Obituaries
Mark Humphrey
Nov 26, 2007
Mark Humphrey, age 44, of Pine River, passed away Monday, November 26, 2007, near Pequot Lakes as the result of an automobile accident. He was born July 4, 1963 in Brainerd to Gary and Joyce Humphrey. Mark was a dairy farmer for many years before working as a heavy equipment operator in road construction. He was a wrestling coach...
Maxine Houg
Nov 25, 2007
Maxine M. Houg, age 85, of Sartell, and formerly Pine River, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2007, at Country Manor in Sartell. She was born September 3, 1922 in Anamosa, IA, to Paul and Gertrude Thompson. Maxine moved from Iowa to the Brainerd area after a short marriage that ended in her husband's death. She met and married Kenneth...
George Melin
Nov 24, 2007
George Melin, Jr., age 69, of Staples died Saturday, November 24, 2007 in Yuma, AZ. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 1, at 10:00 am, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brainerd, with the Rev. David Holte and the Rev. Jim Almquist officiating. Friends may visit Friday, November 30, from 6-8 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, and at...
Neva McCoy
Nov 23, 2007
Neva May McCoy, age 83, of the Motley-Leader area, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, November 23. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, November 27, at the Motley Free Methodist Church in Motley. Friends may call from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Monday at the Church and also for one hour prior to Services on Tuesday. Interment...
Lois Metzler
Nov 22, 2007
Lois A Metzler, age 67, of Staples, died early Thursday morning, at Lakewood Health System Hospital. Funeral Service will be on Tuesday, November 27, 2007, at 10:30 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Staples with Father Peter Kirchner officiating. Visit will be Monday evening from 5-7 at the Brenny Funeral Home of Staples, with parish prayers at 6:45. Interment will...
Elizabeth Drake
Nov 21, 2007
Elizabeth Betty Drake, 93, formerly of Minneapolis, died Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at Whispering Pines Good Samaritan Home in Pine River, MN. She was born November 19, 1914 in Minneapolis, the second of three children. She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin Sr. and Martha Drake; her brother, Benjamin Drake, Jr; and her sister, Martha Belle Drake. Betty...
Donald Lundquist
Nov 20, 2007
Donald Vernon Lundquist, 81, of Hackensack, passed away November 20, 2007 at Neilson Place in Bemidji. He was born March 9, 1926 in Minneapolis to Walter Leonard and Hannah Maria Linnea (Brink) Lundquist. He graduated from Minneapolis Central High School and attended the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He served in the US Navy from...
Kenneth Wenstrand
Nov 19, 2007
Kenneth Norman Wenstrand, age 93, of Longville, passed away Monday, November 19, 2007, at his home, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born March 18, 1914 to Gust and Anna (Johnson) Wenstrand at their farm home northwest of Wakefield, NE. He was baptized into the Swedish Covenant Faith on October 4, 1914, and confirmed in the Swedish...
Ann Witt
Nov 18, 2007
Ann Witt, age 76, of Hackensack, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2007 at her home. She was born March 17, 1931 in Bellevue, IA, to Anton and Irma Michels. Ann graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1949, and married Kenneth Witt at St. Joseph's in Bellevue on April 24, 1954. She worked the lunch shift at Rastrelli's in...
Evelyn Barron
Nov 17, 2007
Evelyn Rosemund Barron, age 92, of Pine River, and formerly Backus, passed away November 17, 2007. She was born August 24, 1915 in Colfax, WI to Ernest and Helen Roff. She married George Barron on September 16, 1939. They celebrated 66 years of marriage before George passed away in 2005. She enjoyed canning and gardening. She is survived by...
Alan Milliman
Nov 16, 2007
Alan Milliman, 68, Breezy Point, died Friday 11/16/07 at his home. Funeral services will be Tuesday, 11/20/07, at 2 pm at Crosslake Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. John Hill and the Rev. Dr. David Stevens officiating, Burial will be at Pelican Woods Cemetery in Breezy Point. Relatives will receive friends from 5 until 7 pm on Monday, at Brenny...
Tami Jones
Nov 15, 2007
Tami JoAnn Jones, 48, of Brainerd died Thursday, November 15, 2007 at her home. Funeral services will be Monday, November 19, at 2 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with the Rev. Rory Swenson officiating. Friends may visit at the funeral home from noon until 2 pm. Interment will be at Baxter City Cemetery. Tami is survived by...
Gerald Kohout
Nov 13, 2007
Gerald Kohout, age 61, of Eagle Bend, Minnesota, died at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena, early Tuesday morning. Funeral Service will be Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 2:00 pm at Brenny Funeral Chapel of Staples. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Funeral arrangements are with Brenny Funeral...
Betty Marotzke
Nov 12, 2007
Betty Marotzke, age 73, of rural Staples, died early Monday, November 12, 2007 at St. Cloud Hospital. Funeral services will be Friday, November 16, at 10 am, at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, with the Reverend Steve Sveom officiating. Friends may visit Thursday, November 15, from 5-8 pm at Brenny Funeral Home in Staples, with a remembrance service and...
Edward Tauzell
Nov 11, 2007
Edward J. Tauzell, of Crosby, died at his home November 11, 2007 at age 81. He was cared for by his loving wife Marlene and family. Ed was born on January 22, 1926 in Crosby to John and Anna. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son; two brothers; five sisters; and seven brother-in-laws. Ed is...
Louis Magnan
Nov 10, 2007
Louis Magnan, 50, of Nisswa, died November 10, 2007 at his home. A service of remembrance and celebration will be Friday, November 16, at 2 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. An informal reception will follow at the Old Waterfall Inn near Brainerd. Louis is survived by his wife, Sharon; his daughters, Missy (Brent) Fleisher, Brainerd and Nicole...
Marlys Hollister
Nov 9, 2007
Marlys Marie Hollister was born on September 26, 1909, in Staples, MN, the daughter of Ray and Cecil (Edwards) France. She grew up on the family farm near Staples and attended country school there. After her schooling she married Francis Moravec. To this union 3 children, Luella, Dennis and Lois were born. The family lived in the Bagley and...
Gail Cronk
Nov 7, 2007
Rosita Gail Cronk, 69, of Pine River, passed away on 7 Nov. 2007. She was born Rosita Korby in Bumbletown, Michigan on 7 September 1938. She was preceded in death by her father Russell Korby and mother Lydia Korby of Allouez, Michigan. She was survived by her husband Ken Cronk, brother Russell Korby, sons Mark Englund, Randall Cronk (Geraldine),...
Lynn Martin
Nov 7, 2007
Lynn L. Martin, 85, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Staples, MN, Pine River, MN, New Mexico, and California, died Wednesday, November 7 at Wendigo Pines Assisted Living in Grand Rapids. A Memorial Service is scheduled for 11:00 AM, Saturday, December 8, 2007 at the Longville Community Church with Reverend Duane Brown officiating. The interment will take place at a...
Elmer Baltes
Nov 4, 2007
Elmer Al Baltes, 78, of Baxter, died at his home Sunday, November 4, 2007. There will be a visitation Tuesday, November 6 from 4-8 PM with Parish Prayers at 6:30 PM and one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for 12 PM, Wednesday, November 7 at...
