Obituaries
Alma Mammenga
Mar 28, 2016
Alma Mae Barbra Mammenga, 87, of Staples died on Monday, March 28, 2016 at Tri County Hospital in Wadena, MN. Private Family Services at a later date. Interment will be at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, MN. Alma was born on February 10, 1929 in Tracy, MN to Lester and Viola (Finnell) Sheets. She was a homemaker...
Richard Weiss
Mar 27, 2016
Richard H. Weiss, 95, of Pierz, MN died on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at Pierz Villa. Services for Richard will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 11:00AM at Holy Cross Church in Harding, MN with visitation beginning at 10:00AM at the church. Interment will be at the Holy Cross Catholic Parish Cemetery in Harding, MN. Richard was...
Terri Abbas
Mar 27, 2016
Terri Darlene Abbas, 68, of Staples, quietly entered into eternal rest surrounded by her loving family in her home on Easter Sunday March 27, 2016. Visitation will be at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples on Friday April 8th, 2016 from 5-�8pm and again, one hour prior to the funeral service. The Funeral service will be at the Staples...
David Cooper
Mar 25, 2016
David Lawerence Cooper, 54, Motley, MN, died Friday, March 25, 2016 at his home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 11 AM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, with one hour of visitation time prior to the service. David was born on May 28, 1961 in Wadena, MN, son of...
Dawn Thompson
Mar 24, 2016
Dawn Thompson, 47, of Staples, MN went to join her sister, on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Lakewood Health System Hospital in Staples, MN. Services for Dawn will be at 11:00AM, Friday, April 1, 2016 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, with Father Joe Korf officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation one hour prior...
Jennifer Galligan
Mar 21, 2016
Jennifer Michelle Galligan, 42, of Brainerd, died Monday, March 21, 2016 at her home. She passed away unexpectedly from medical complications. Services for Jennifer will be held at 6:00 PM, Monday, March 28 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. Jennifer was born June 21, 1973, in St....
Stanley Bettis
Mar 20, 2016
Stanley Bettis, 80, of Motley, MN arrived in Heaven on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. Services for Stanley will be 11:00AM, Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Lincoln Evangelical Free Church in Lincoln, MN with Pastors Jim Brown and Dan Crocker officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation from 5:00-7:00PM, Wednesday,...
Maria Biermann
Mar 20, 2016
Maria Anna Biermann (Muller), 87 years old, was born January 15, 1929 in Kiedrich, Germany and died March 20, 2016 in Crosslake Minnesota were she was a resident of the Golden Horizons Care Facility. Services for Maria will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 12:00PM at Crosslake Presbyterian Church. Visitation one hour prior to services at the...
Jason Stowell
Mar 19, 2016
Jason Stowell, 43, passed away unexpectedly at his mother's home in Pillager on March 19, 2016. He had returned to the states on March 9, 2016, after a year in China. Visitation will be Monday, March 28, 2016 from 10-11 am with a service at 11 at the Brenny Funeral Home. Chef Jason was born in Brainerd, Minnesota on...
Amy Granby
Mar 17, 2016
Amy Granby, 24, of Staples, MN died on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Monticello, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, March 21, 2016 at 11:00AM at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Motley, MN. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 20, 2016 from 4:00-7:00PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, MN with a prayer...
Francis Perlinger
Mar 17, 2016
Francis Perlinger, 85, of Brainerd, MN died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Senior Class Care in Pequot Lakes, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00 pm, Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at St. Mathias Parish, with Father Daniel Weiske officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation from 5:00-7:00 pm, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Brenny Funeral...
Allison Brunes
Mar 17, 2016
Allison Kathryn Edna Brunes, age 92, of Pequot Lakes, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society, Pine River. She was born to Louie and Esther Arvig on September 8, 1923. She married James Brunes on June 15, 1941. Jim and Allison traveled extensively, often with friends, wintered in Texas and Arizona and spent summers in...
Betty Peppel
Mar 17, 2016
Betty Kathleen Peppel, age 90, was born to Carl and Opal Smedberg of Kenmare, ND, on November 18, 1925. Betty passed away on March 17, 2016, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd, MN with her family at her side. Betty married Hans Herbert Peppel Sr. and had five children; Frank, Mark, Steve, John, and Hans Jr.. She was preceded...
Arthur Manning
Mar 15, 2016
Arthur "Art" Manning, 84, of Staples, MN passed away peacefully with his family by his side Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples, MN. Funeral services for Arthur will be 10:00AM, Monday, March 21, 2016 at the Church of Christ in Staples with Pastor Barry Klein officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather...
Angelo Smieja
Mar 14, 2016
Angelo M. Smieja "HoneyDear", 88, of Hackensack, MN formally of Cushing, MN died at his home on Monday, March 14, 2016. A Mass of Christian Burial for Angelo will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 11:00AM at St. James Catholic Church in Randall, MN with Father Francis Kabiru officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 18,...
Janice Tadych
Mar 13, 2016
Janice Tadych, 73, of Baxter, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016 at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls. Private Family Services will be held. Janice was born May 1, 1942 in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Kenneth and Alice (Bugbee) Toso. In 1958, she was united in marriage to Robert Tadych. While raising her children, she worked at Crystal...
Raymond Flicek
Mar 12, 2016
Raymond Eugene Flicek, 94, Baxter, MN died Saturday, March 12, 2016 in Brainerd, MN after a month long battle with sepsis. Funeral services will be held at 12:30PM on Monday, March 21, 2016 at St. Francis Catholic Church, 404 North 9th Street, Brainerd MN with Rev. Blake Rozier officiating. Visitation will begin at 10:30AM at the church. A private...
Eugene Baumann
Mar 12, 2016
Eugene Floyd Baumann, of Baxter, passed away peacefully to be with the Lord March 12, 2016 in Phoenix, AZ surrounded by his loving wife, sister and brother-in-law, and cousin. A Celebration of Gene’s Life will be held at 4:00 PM, Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather for a...
Sandra Olson
Mar 11, 2016
Sandra M. Olson, 72, of Crosslake, MN, beloved wife, mom and nannie passed away peacefully, on March 11, 2016, at the St. Cloud Hospital, surrounded by her family. Sandra is survived by her husband, of 53 years, Jack; children, Kimberly, Wanda, Barbara (Rick), Jack Jr, and Timothy (Brenda, fiancé); grandchildren, JoAnn, Katelyn, Garret, Jessica, Derek and Tristan; and brother,...
Lowell Englert
Mar 11, 2016
Lowell Englert, 76, of Pequot Lakes, MN died Friday, March 11, 2016 at Senior Class Care in Pequot Lakes, MN. Services for Lowell will be 2:00PM, Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Mission of the Cross Lutheran Church in Crosslake, MN with Pastor Leslie Uhrinak officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation one hour prior to services...
