Obituaries
Cecil Enlund
Mar 28, 2011
Cecil Enlund, 79, of Brainerd, passed away at his home, on Monday, March 28, 2011, after a courageous battle of renal disease. Visitation will be on Friday, April 1st, from 5 to 7pm at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Funeral services will be on Saturday, April 2 at 2 pm at First Lutheran Church, 424 South 8th Street, Brainerd,...
Alice Terry
Mar 26, 2011
Alice K. Terry, 86, of Breezy Point, MN, passed away March 26, 2011. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Pastor Bob Twiton officiating. Family and friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services. Alice was born December 15, 1924, in Oklahoma, the daughter...
Mary Bilodeau
Mar 26, 2011
Mary (Patalano) Bilodeau, age 83, of Hackensack and formerly Providence, RI, died at Evergreen Terrace in Grand Rapids after a heartbreaking struggle with Alzheimer's disease. She is survived by her husband, Normand of Hackensack; son, Robert (Holly) of Hackensack; daughter-in-law, Carol of Nevada; brothers, Anthony of Cape Coral, FL, and John of Scottsdale, AZ; granddaughter, Caroline (Jonathan) of California;...
Dennis Heyer
Mar 26, 2011
Dennis Keith Heyer, 48, of Baxter, formerly of St. Cloud, died on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at his home. Services for Dennis will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Northland Baptist Church in St. Cloud, Minnesota with Pastor Thomas Cucuzza officiating. Dennis was born on June 24, 1963 in Minneapolis to Terrance and Marie...
Bernelda Kullgren
Mar 24, 2011
Bernelda Kullgren, 90, of Crosslake, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Good Samaritan Society - Whispering Pines in Pine River, MN. Private family services will be held. Bernelda is survived by her daughter, Judith (David) Fair, of Birmingham, AL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth and her parents, Zedore and Anna (Miller) Bolduc.
Willis Sautbine
Mar 24, 2011
Willis "Bill" Sautbine, age 86, of Staples, passed away at the Lakewood Health System Hospital, on Thursday, March 24. Services will be held on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at 11:00 AM, at the Church of Christ, Staples, Minnesota, with Pastor Barry Klein officiating. Visitation will be an hour prior to the services at the church. Internment will be at...
Eugene Majka
Mar 23, 2011
Eugene "Gene" Majka, 86, of East Gull Lake, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Mass of Christian Burial is planned for 1:00 PM, Friday, March 25, 2011 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. Family and friends are invited to gather at the Brenny Funeral Chapel Reception Room following services at the church. Gene was born August 10,...
Rosemary True
Mar 21, 2011
Rosemary J. True, 91, formerly of Buffalo, Iowa and Backus, Minnesota, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011 at the Kahl Home in Davenport, IA. Rosemary was born April 19, 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Charles and Margaret (Fox) Northrup. On March 2, 1946 she married Harold True in Davenport, Iowa. He preceded her in death in...
Shirley Wiese
Mar 17, 2011
Shirley Wiese, age 85, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Heritage House in Pequot Lakes. She was born March 3, 1926, in Thompson Falls, MT, to Alexander and Ruth Allan. The family moved to Nebraska when Shirley was a young girl. The Allan family, along with the Wiese family, moved from Nebraska to Minnesota in...
Robert Hall
Mar 17, 2011
Robert Dale Hall, 88, of Brainerd, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 at St. Cloud Veterans Hospital. Memorial Services will be held at 12:00 PM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at Living Word North Church on Brainerd, MN with a visitation one hour prior to services. Interment will take place at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery. Robert was born August 30,...
Morley Thorsett
Mar 17, 2011
Morley O. Thorsett, age 93, of Motley, passed away at the Lakewood Care Center in Staples on Thursday, March 17, 2011. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, April 2nd, at 1:00 PM, at the Lakewood Health System Care Center. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to the service. A visitation will held on Friday,...
Carolyn Peterson
Mar 16, 2011
Carolyn P. Peterson, 72, of Aitkin, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at her home. Memorial Services will be held later this spring at Riverwood Cemetery in Kelsey, MN. Carolyn was born November 25, 1938, in Kelsey, MN, the daughter of Ernest and Borghild (Soth) Randall. After graduating from Cotton High School in 1956, Carolyn was united in marriage...
Duane Lewandowski
Mar 14, 2011
Duane Allen Lewandowski, 47, of Merrifield, passed away at his home on Monday, March 14, 2011. Memorial Services will be held at 3:00 PM, Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake. Family and friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services.
William Dunn
Mar 14, 2011
William F. Dunn, 82, of Pequot Lakes, formerly of Tenstrike, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2011, at his home. He was born in Tenstrike on January 2, 1929, to Paul and Lillian Dunn. He married Goldie Bliss on September 4, 1954. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict and worked for Burlington Northern Railroad for...
Roger Twombly
Mar 12, 2011
Roger Lee Twombly, 65, of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village. A Memorial Service is planned for 11 AM, Saturday, April 9th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brainerd with Pastor Dave Holte officiating. Family and friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services. Roger's remains will be made part of the...
William Heishman
Mar 10, 2011
William E. "Bill" Heishman, 78, of Brainerd, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Funeral Services are scheduled for 11:00 AM, Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter, with Pastor Darrell Pedersen officiating. Family and friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services. Interment will be...
Ambrosia Culbertson
Mar 7, 2011
Ambrosia Rose Manija Culbertson, 78, of Randall, passed away Monday, March 7, 2011 at her home. A Memorial Service for Ambrosia will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 10 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Randall with Father Leo Moenkedick officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. There will also be a...
Evelyn Nordstrom
Mar 6, 2011
Evelyn Nordstrom, born April 7, 1914, died peacefully at her home in Pequot Lakes on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Evelyn attended Our Savior's Lutheran Church where she sang in the choir and was part of the quilting group for many years. She is survived by her daughters, Sandra Young (Jay), and Mary Langland; and grandchildren, Jeremy, Joseph, Daniel, Andrew,...
Joseph Dahl
Mar 4, 2011
Joseph Dahl, age 92, of Pine River, passed away Friday, March 4, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Center, Pine River. He was born October 12, 1918, in Bremerton, Washington, to Ludwig and Elizabeth Dahl. He graduated in from Central High School in Minneapolis in 1936, and served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. Joe was a member...
Mary Melby
Mar 4, 2011
Mary Melby, age 93, of Backus, passed away Friday, March 4, 2011, at Heritage House, Pequot Lakes. She was born November 26, 1917, to Guy and Helena Edwards. She was born and raised in South Dakota where she lived with her family until 1936. Due to drought conditions their family moved to rural Backus when Mary was 18. In...
