Obituaries
Kenneth Milless
Aug 9, 2016
Kenneth Milless, age 69, of Pine River, MN, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society in Pine River. He was born to Adrian and Delrose Milless on June 10, 1947, in Minneapolis, MN. Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Nancy. He is survived by his children: Bradley, Kelly Bock (Dan), Shelley;...
Mary Axt
Aug 8, 2016
Mary Axt, 96, of Brainerd, died Monday, August 8, 2016 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village. Arrangements are pending.
Judith Hietala
Aug 7, 2016
Judith Hietala, 72, of Wadena, MN died Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Heritage House in Sebeka, MN. Services for Judith will be 4:00PM, Monday, August 15, 2016 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, with a visitation one hour prior to services. Judith was born June 11, 1944 in Eden Valley, MN to Chris and Hilaria (Klein) Schreiner....
Betty Pelzl
Aug 6, 2016
Betty Ann "Tina" Pelzl, age 85, of Pine River, passed peacefully into Heaven Saturday, August 6, 2016. She was born to Anders and Anna Pearson on March 4, 1931, in Grand Rapids, MN. Tina attended Gustavus Adolphus College for one year then the University of Minnesota where she studied Home Economics. She married Chuck Pelzl on December 29, 1951,...
Donald Lenk, Sr.
Aug 5, 2016
Donald James Lenk, Sr., of Staples, passed away Friday, August 5, 2016 at the St. Cloud Hospital, after a long illness. Don was born January 29, 1932, in the Staples area, the son of Vincent and Mary (Opat) Lenk. He spent his boyhood years working on his parents' farm and attended country school and Staples High School. In 1952,...
James Marie
Aug 3, 2016
James Phillip St. Marie, age 72, of Pine River, MN, went home to be with his Lord Jesus August 3, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Gail St. Marie; his children, Todd St. Marie, Angie Martin; grandchildren, Dakota Martin, Autumn Martin; great granddaughter, Jazmen Rose; sister, Pat Carver; brother, Wade St. Marie; and many other loving family members....
Sherrill Ulferts
Aug 3, 2016
Sherrill Ulferts, 69, of Randall, MN died Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls, MN. Services for Sherrill will be 4:00PM, Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with Pastor Les Crider officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation one half hour prior to services. Arrangements have been...
Alan Crimmins
Aug 2, 2016
Alan Eugene Crimmins, age 80, of Backus, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at the Heritage House in Pequot Lakes. He was born August 20, 1935, to Edward and Opal Crimmins. Alan married Janice Aker on October 29, 1966. For many years, Alan was a roofing foreman and on the Pine River Township Board. He loved farming, hunting and...
Roger Walton
Jul 31, 2016
Roger L. Walton, 73, of Brainerd, passed away on July 31, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society - Bethany campus. Roger was born May 18, 1943, to Donald and Betty Walton in Creston, Iowa. He proudly served four years in the U.S. Air Force. He relocated to Brainerd in 1969, where he worked for over 30 years in the...
Gloria Gray
Jul 31, 2016
Ms. Gloria Gail (Halverson) Gray, age 56, passed away at her home in Pequot Lakes, MN, on July 31, 2016. She was born in Princeton, MN, on October 11, 1959. Gloria was preceded in death by her father, Ralph Halverson. She is survived by her sons: Nathan Gray, Bemidji, MN, and Evan (Melissa and Baby) Gray, Kelliher, MN; her...
Sharon Day
Jul 30, 2016
Sharon Day, 71, of Brainerd, MN was suddenly ushered into heaven early on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, NE. Services for Sharon will be held on Friday, August 5, 2016 at 11:00AM at Faith Baptist Church in Brainerd, MN with Pastor Chris Erickson officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2016...
Kevin Yeats
Jul 30, 2016
Kevin Yeats was born on March 3, 1954, and went to heaven on July 30, 2016. He lived in Pequot Lakes with his wife, Carmel, in a cozy house with two loyal dogs. Kevin was a humble man and artist of the great outdoors who highly adored his three children, Joshua, Aaron and Celeste. They will miss him dearly...
Joyce Hanson
Jul 29, 2016
Joyce M. Hanson, age 84, of Brainerd, MN, passed away July 29, 2016. Preceded in death by parents, Esther and Thorvald Hagen of Thief River Falls, MN; brothers, Albert (MT) and Merle (SD). Survived by husband, John Hanson; sister, Jean Hanson of Fosston, MN; son, Gary Hanson of Jefferson, WI; daughter, Terry (Ed) Ozment of Davenport, FL; grandchildren: Adrienne...
Jeanne Coffin
Jul 29, 2016
Jeanne Coffin, age 87, of Fifty Lakes, MN, passed away Friday, July 29, 2016. She had lived her whole life in Fifty Lakes. She enjoyed everyone that she came in contact with and also adopted some of them into her family. Jeanne was known by many as "Cook" or "Cookie". She has had the nickname ever since she was...
Vivian Tweedy
Jul 29, 2016
Vivian (Satherlie) Tweedy, age 97, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 29, 2016, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd. She was born Vivian Clarice Wannebo on July 22, 1919, in Clear Lake, WI, to Otto and Myrle Wannebo. Her family moved around a lot but settled in Minneapolis where she graduated from high school at South High. She married...
Janet Mckinney
Jul 27, 2016
Janet McKinney, age 93, of Pine River, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Brookside Comfort Care, Pine River. Services will be 2 PM on Wednesday, August 3, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Our Savior's Cemetery, Pequot Lakes.
Charles Kassulker
Jul 27, 2016
Charles "Charlie" Kassulker, 24, of Brainerd, MN died Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, MN. Services for Charlie will be at 2:00PM, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at the Northern Pacific Center Event Center in Brainerd, MN. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00PM, Tuesday, August 2 at Brenny Funeral Chapel and one hour prior to services on Wednesday....
Charles Simonson
Jul 25, 2016
Charles Edward Simonson, 85, of Brainerd, passed away at Good Samaritan Society - Bethany Campus on Monday, July 25, 2016. Services for Chuck will be held at Noon, Saturday, August 6, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Pastor Nathan Lundgren officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather starting at 10:30 AM and to stay following the...
Helen Helm
Jul 25, 2016
Helen Vivian Tweten Helm passed away on July 25, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Brainerd, MN. She was born on February 28, 1927 to Gunder and Hilma (Johnson) Tweten in East Grand Forks, MN where she grew up and graduated with the class of '45 from Central High School. She worked at Northwestern Bell until her...
Jon Berggren
Jul 25, 2016
Jon Berggren, 56, of rural Staples, MN passed away at his home on Monday, July 25, 2016. Services for Jon will be at 11:00AM, Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, with Pastors Barry Klein, Mike Kilgallin and Jim Conner officiating. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00PM, Friday, July 29, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples and...
