Obituaries
Vivian Engholm
Feb 3, 2016
Vivian "Babe" M. Engholm, 91, of Baxter, MN passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Northern Lakes Senior Living in Baxter, MN. Funeral Services for Babe will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 11:00AM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN with visitation one hour prior to services at the chapel. Burial will be at...
Dorothy Bentler
Feb 2, 2016
Dorothy Bentler, 81, of Cushing, MN died at her home on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. Funeral Services for Dorothy will be held on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 11:00AM at St. James Catholic Church in Randall, MN with Father Jimmy Joseph officiating. Visitation will be held on Sunday, February 7, 2016 from 2:00-4:00PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Randall,...
Harold Bergstrom
Feb 1, 2016
Harold Anders Bergstrom, 76, of Merrifield, MN died at St. Cloud Hospital on Monday, February 1, 2016. Services for Harold will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 11:00AM at Crosslake Lutheran Church with Pastor Kristin Oltmann officiating. Visitation will begin at 10:30AM at the church before services on Saturday. Interment will be at Mission Cemetery. Please wear...
Waldemar Anderson
Jan 31, 2016
Waldemar "Wally" Anderson, 82, of Staples, MN died Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples, MN. A Memorial Service for Wally will be at 11:00AM, Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, with Pastor Steve Sveom and Pastor Gene Floistad officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior...
Lois Anderson
Jan 30, 2016
Lois Jean (Arnold) Anderson, 73, of Pine River, passed away, Saturday, January 30, 2016 at her home, surrounded by family. She was born to Robert N. and Mildred (Lucht) Arnold in Minneapolis, MN on October 10, 1942. Lois graduated from Osseo High School and attended a year at Olivet Nazarene College and then attended the University Of Minnesota School...
Lydia Graf
Jan 29, 2016
Lydia (Luithle) Graf Angels took Lydia home on January 29, 2016, just one week short of her 102nd birthday. She left peacefully from her own home, with family present. Lydia's Celebration of Life will be held at the Verndale Methodist Church on February 13th, 2016 at 2pm. She was born and raised in Hebron, North Dakota, to Jacob and...
Sherman Worrick
Jan 29, 2016
Sherman B. Worrick, age 80, of Pine River, passed away, Friday, January 29, 2016 at the good Samaritan Society, Pine River. He was born on October 20, 1935 to Earl H. and Alice D. (Applegate) Worrick in Chillicothe, Illinois. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. Sherman retired from the State of Illinois, where he worked in the security...
Donnie Larsen
Jan 29, 2016
Donnie Rae Larsen, 89, of Backus, passed away after a brief illness, on January 29, 2016, at Sanford Medical Center in Bemidji. She was born, April 5, 1926, to Frank and Myrtle (Olsen) Faughnan in Duluth, MN. Donnie led an interesting and fun-filled life bartending, working in factories and spent the last 30 years of her working life filling...
Steven Steinke
Jan 26, 2016
Steven "Steve" H. Steinke, 68, of Pequot Lakes, MN died on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at St. Cloud Hospital. Services will be held on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 11:00AM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Pequot Lakes, MN with visitation one hour prior to services at the chapel. A Celebration of his Life will be at Lucky's in Pequot...
Rosemary Potvin
Jan 25, 2016
Rosemary Potvin, 91, of Brainerd, MN died on Monday, January 25, 2016 at St. Cloud Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00PM, Saturday, January 30, 2016 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd, MN with Pastor Tony Wroblewski officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 29, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN...
Isabella Carlson
Jan 24, 2016
Isabella "Ise" Margaret Carlson,age 68, of Pine River, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 24, 2016, at her daughter's home in Iowa. Ise is survived by her 4 children and 12 grandchildren: daughter,Kimberly Sherman of Mount Vernon,IA; sons, Gary(Wanda) Carlson of Pine River,MN, Kevin(Andrea) Carlson of Brainerd,MN; daughter, Tammy(Steve) Frericks of Albany,MN; grandchildren: Lindy, Taylor and Laurel Sherman, Logan,...
Andrew Froehle
Jan 22, 2016
Andrew Froehle, 72, of Browerville, passed away unexpectedly Friday, January 22, 2016 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, January 29, 2016 at Christ the King Catholic Church in Browerville. Family and friends are welcome to gather Thursday evening from 5-7 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples and...
Teresa Goldberg
Jan 22, 2016
Teresa "Teri" Marie Goldberg, 51, of Pequot Lakes, died Friday, January 22, 2016. Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, February 1, 2016 at St. Christopher's Catholic Church in Nisswa. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. Teri was born January 26, 1964, Brainerd, the daughter of Ray and Sharon (Bisson) Fitzer. In...
Orville King
Jan 21, 2016
Orville Archie King passed peacefully in his sleep at the Good Samaritan Society's Riverside Assisted Living facility in Pine River, MN, at the age of 91. Born on May 3, 1924, on the family farm in Ideal Township, six miles east of Pine River, to parents William and Maude (Bowman) King. He was a graduate of Pine River High...
Elvina Rolla
Jan 19, 2016
Elvina Rolla, 84, of Pillager, MN died on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. Funeral Services for Elvina will be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Fulkerson Funeral Home in Watford City, ND at 2:00PM with visitation one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Elvina enjoyed playing cards and having coffee...
Choko Engisch
Jan 18, 2016
Choko Engisch, 83, of Baxter, entered into eternally rest peacefully Monday, January 18, 2016 in Brainerd. Services for Choko will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services. Choko was born February 23, 1932, in Osaka, Japan, the daughter of...
Irene Eveland
Jan 17, 2016
Irene (Viner) Eveland, 84, formerly of Backus, MN, died Sunday afternoon, January 17, 2016, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, MN, after a long battle with cancer. Irene was born on January 1, 1932, in La Crosse, WI. She was the fourth of ten children born to Ellsworth and Amy Viner. Neighbors took her to church and through her...
Mary Reed
Jan 17, 2016
Mary Jo Reed, 84, of Fargo, ND (formerly of East Gull Lake, MN) died on Sunday, January 17, 2016 at Bethany on 42nd in Fargo, ND with her family by her side. A Memorial Service for Mary Jo will be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 11:00AM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN with visitation one hour...
Richard Brown
Jan 17, 2016
Richard "Dick" Brown, age 73, of Backus, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016, at the Fargo VA Hospital. He was born to Norman and Lorraine Brown on August 11, 1942, in Wayzata, MN. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1960 to 1962 and again from 1964 to 1966. Dick is survived by his son, Brian (Trish); and brothers,...
Marilyn Marcellus
Jan 16, 2016
Marilyn (Lindhart) Marcellus passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, in Brainerd, Minnesota after a short battle with cancer. Per Marilyn's request, there will be no funeral services, rather, there will be a celebration of her life with family and friends this summer and her ashes will be scattered at that time. Marilyn was born...
