Obituaries

Marcella Jordan

Dec 15, 2014

Marcella A. Jordan, 52, of Brainerd, MN died on Monday, December 15, 2014 at Essentia Health/St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, MN. Services for Marcella will be held on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 11:00AM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be held at a later date...

Jeanette Mullen

Dec 15, 2014

Jeanette Mullen, 92, formally of Fish Trap Lake, MN died on Monday, December 15, 2014 at Central Minnesota Senior Care in Little Falls, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 11:00AM at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Motley, MN with Father Joe Korf officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to...

Frances Arrigoni

Dec 14, 2014

Frances Caroll Arrigoni, age 81, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society, Pine River. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, December 20, at St. Alice Catholic Church, Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. A luncheon will follow the service at the Pequot...

Renate Wiegert

Dec 14, 2014

Renate A. Wiegert, 55, of Pillager, MN died Sunday, December 14, 2014 at Lakewood Health System Hospital in Staples, MN. There will be an open house to celebrate Renate's life from 11:00-2:00 PM, Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Casino Assembly of God Church in Pillager, MN, with Pastor Dan Johnson officiating. Renate was born September 4, 1959 in Staples,...

Joann Grey

Dec 14, 2014

Joann M. Grey, 74, of Randall, MN died on Sunday, December 14, 2014 at Pierz Villa in Pierz, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial for Joann will be held on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 11:00AM at the St. James Catholic Church in Randall, MN with Father Tim Wenzel officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at...

Bonnie Johnson

Dec 12, 2014

Bonnie Mae Livingston Johnson, age 72, of Brainerd, MN went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 12, 2014 at St. Mary's Essentia Health in Duluth, MN. A family and friends memorial picnic is planned for the spring of 2015, after interment at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Brainerd, MN. Memorials are preferred to HART of Baxter, MN. Bonnie...

Harold Erickson

Dec 11, 2014

Harold A. Erickson, 77, of rural Pequot Lakes, MN died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, MN. There will be no services at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel in Pequot Lakes, MN.

Linda Davis

Dec 9, 2014

Linda M. Davis, 65, of Verndale, MN died on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples, MN. Services will be held at a later date. Linda was born on June 23, 1949 in Wisconsin to Vernon and June Koch. She attended Beaver Dam High School in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. She lived in various communities....

Harold Baker

Dec 8, 2014

Harold E. Baker, 76, of Brainerd, MN died on Monday, December 8, 2014 at Good Samaritan Village-Bethany in Brainerd, MN. There will be no services at this time. Harold was born on February 2, 1938 in Cicero, Illinois to Harold and Mary Baker. He entered the United States Air Force. Harold moved from Illinois to Minneapolis, MN where he...

Geanie Girard

Dec 6, 2014

Geanie R. Girard, 39, of Staples, MN died Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Lakewood Health System Hospital in Staples, MN. Memorial service for Geanie will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, December 12, 2014 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, MN, with Reverend Roy Miles officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Geanie was born February 28,...

Arvis Brunko

Dec 6, 2014

Arvis Arlene Brunko (Chapman) was ushered into the presence of her Lord Saturday, December 6, 2014, with family members at her side at Elim Care Center in Milaca, MN. Arvis Brunko was born May 2, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN, to Frank and Vera Chapman. With her family she lived her early years near Ortly, SD. Her family moved to...

Virginia Hall

Dec 5, 2014

Virginia (Moberg) Hall, 83, of Pequot Lakes, MN, passed away at her home on December 5, 2014. She graduated from Pequot Lakes High School and then served in the military as a Navy LPN nurse until she married and had two children. She then followed her Navy husband around the world working as a civil servant for the U.S....

Cecelia Backberg

Dec 5, 2014

Cecelia "Ceil" Faye Backberg, 85, of Staples died on Friday, December 5, 2014 at Lakewood Health System Hospital in Staples, MN. Memorial Service for Ceil will be held on Monday, December 8, 2014 at 11:00AM at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Interment at a later date. Ceil...

Lewis Munson Jr.

Dec 4, 2014

Lewis D. Munson, Jr., age 89, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Brainerd. He was born to Lewis, Sr. and Sarah (Russell) Munson on September 14, 1925, in Hackensack, MN. Lewis was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II and was a dairy farmer most of his life....

George Johnson

Dec 4, 2014

George Odin Johnson of Pequot Lakes, Minn., beloved husband, loving father and adoring grandfather, died unexpectedly Dec. 4 while visiting his daughters and grandsons in Oakland, Calif. He was 77. George ran the graduate program in healthcare administration at the University of Minnesota for more than 20 years during a critical time of growth in the field. A memorial...

Patricia Thompson

Dec 4, 2014

Patricia Ann Thompson, 87, of Motley, MN died Thursday, December 4, 2014 at her home. Memorial service for Patricia will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Motley United Methodist Church, with Pastor Greg Ciesluk officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:00AM to the time of services Thursday morning, also at the church. Patricia was born in Nokay...

Carl Avant

Dec 1, 2014

Carl Avant, age 62, of Backus, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, December 1, 2014. He was born to Donald and Alice Avant on February 16, 1952, in Bloomington, MN. Carl is survived by his wife, Lisa Avant; children: Ron Avant (Betsy), Tommy Avant (Sam), Curtis Avant, Anthony DeClusin (Janae), Curtis DeClusin (Jenna), Mataya Preston (Michael); stepsons:...

Mary Koroll

Dec 1, 2014

Mary Ann Koroll, 88, of Elmdale, MN died on Monday, December 1, 2014 at St. Benedict's Senior Community in St. Cloud, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 11:00AM at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Elmdale, MN with Father John Odero officiating. Visitation will be on Friday, December 5, 2014 from...

Marilyn Dickey

Nov 30, 2014

Marilyn Dickey, age 88, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Sunday, November 30, 2014, at Essentia St. Joseph's Medical Center, Brainerd. No services are planned at this time.

Beverly Plyer

Nov 28, 2014

Beverly D. (Schultz) Plyer, age 76, passed away peacefully on November 28, 2014, in the arms of her family in Brainered, MN. She was born on October 4th, 1938, in Park Falls, Wisconsin, to Ruben and Viola (Gropp) Schultz and graduated from Park Falls in 1956. Beverly is survived by daughters: Sheryl (Michael McShane) of Bemidji, MN, Denise (Mark...