Obituaries
Mary Day
Dec 21, 2007
Mary Virginia Day, 80, died December 21, 2007 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, December 26, 11 am, at St. Andrews Catholic Church. Friends may visit at the church during the hour prior to services. Interment will be at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery. Mary Virginia Method was born October 20, 2007 in Duluth, to Joseph and Edith...
Annabelle Loftis
Dec 20, 2007
Annabelle Loftis, 65, of Pillager, died Thursday, December 20, 2007 at the Lakewood Health Systems Health Center in Staples after a brave fight with cancer. Funeral Services for Annabelle will be 1:00 PM, Saturday, December 22 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Friends are welcome to gather at 11:30 AM Saturday morning. Interment will follow services at Swan...
Mary Johnson
Dec 20, 2007
Mary Clarice (Gates) Johnson, 79, of Pequot Lakes, died December 20, 2007 at St. Cloud Hospital. Memorial services will be Sunday, December 23, at 2 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with the Rev. Jeff Ozanne officiating. A luncheon will follow in Brennys reception room. Mary is survived by her children, Carol Erikson, St. Cloud, Ronald (Bernie) Johnson,...
Ollis Nelson
Dec 19, 2007
Ollis Ole Nelson, 73, of Crosslake, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at his home. Services for Ole are scheduled for 1:00 PM, Saturday, December 29 at Crosslake Lutheran Church. Friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. Ollis L. Nelson was born December 11, 1934 in Philadelphia, PA, the son of...
Lawrence Huesmann
Dec 19, 2007
Lawrence Huesmann, age 78, of Backus, passed away Wednesday, December 19, at his home. He was born September 13, 1929 in St. Paul to Odillo and Ruth Huesmann. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice; children: Roxanne Huesmann, Ruth Huesmann, Shelly Schug, Terry Huesmann; 13 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, George...
Anton Richter
Dec 17, 2007
Anton Richter, age 88, formerly of Pequot Lakes, passed away Monday, December 17, 2007 at Whispering Pines Good Samaritan Center in Pine River. He was born September 24, 1919 in Linton, ND, to John and Martina Richter. No services are planned at this time.
Mae Schrankel
Dec 12, 2007
Mae E. Schrankel, 86, of Pillager, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd, MN. Services for Mae will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, December 15 at the First Lutheran Church in Pillager. There will be a visitation Friday evening from 5-7 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Interment will follow services...
Gladys Motl
Dec 11, 2007
Gladys A. Motl, age 90, formerly of Staples, passed away late Tuesday evening at the Long Prairie Memorial Hospital in Long Prairie. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:30 PM Sunday, December 16, 2007, at the Motley Free Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Johnson officiating. Interment will be in the Spring at Riverside Cemetery in Moran Township. Gladys...
Tiffany Charpenter
Dec 10, 2007
Tiffany Rose Charpenter, age 11, of Staples, passed away at home surrounded by her family on Monday night after a brave fight with cancer. A luncheon to celebrate Tiffanys life will be held on Saturday, December 15, from 12:00 2:00 at the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Staples. Tiffany loved the outdoors, camping, fishing, and 4-wheeling. She was...
W. Osterloh
Dec 8, 2007
W. LeRoy Osterloh, age 89, of Pine River, MN, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2007, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, MN. He was born November 17, 1918 in Hecla, SD, to Henry H. and Vera Osterloh. He married Vergene Noble on November 19, 1939. They lived in South Dakota where LeRoy farmed, and was a Phillips 66...
Lester Lind
Dec 7, 2007
Lester Dop Lind, age 88, of Brainerd passed away at his home on Friday, December 7, 2007. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday, December 12 at 11:00am at the Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd with Rev Rory Swenson officiating. Visitation will begin at 9:30am at the church. Burial will take place at the MN Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls....
Marlene Hansell
Dec 6, 2007
Marlene Dawn Hansell, age 73, of Staples, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2007, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. She was born March 18, 1934 in Minneapolis to Peter and Ruby Stolson. Her home and her children were the most important part of her life. She is survived by her husband, Donald; children: Dale Lawrence Hansell of California,...
Charles Hanson
Dec 3, 2007
Charles Chuck Hanson, age 72, of Pillager, passed away peacefully at his home late Monday, December 3, 2007. Charles Henry Hanson was born in Spirit Lake, Iowa on May 2, 1935. He was united in marriage to Sharon Saastamoinen in Brainerd on July 24, 1954. He was drafted into the US Army, where he served from 1958 to 1960. Following...
Amaryllis Shubert
Dec 3, 2007
Amaryllis Ann (Amy) Shubert, age 76, of Pequot Lakes, passed away on Monday, December 3, 2007 at St. Joseph Hospital in Brainerd. Born January 15, 1931 to Edwin and Anna Peterson in Stanchfield, Minnesota, Amy was a graduate of Braham High School. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and two brothers. She is survived by...
Stanley Harris
Dec 2, 2007
Stanley Harris, age 80, of Brainerd died Sunday at Woodland Good Samaritan Village. Funeral services will be Thursday, December 6, at 11 am at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with Deacon Dave Brown officiating. Services will be followed by a luncheon in Brennys reception room. Friends may visit at the funeral home Wednesday, December 5 from 5-7 pm and...
Juliene Reed
Nov 30, 2007
Juliene Jill Anne Reed suddenly but peacefully completed her earthly journey at her Crosslake home on Friday evening, November 30, 2007. Memorial services will be Thursday, December 6, at 3 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. A celebration of life reception will follow, in Brennys reception room. Jill was born in Minneapolis, June 15, 1952 to Gerald and Louise...
Harold Graves
Nov 30, 2007
Harold Graves, 88, of Nisswa, died Friday November 30, 2007 at the Veterans facility in St Cloud. Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 10:30 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Fr George Zeck officiating. A Reception will follow the services at Brennys Reception Room. Interment will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near...
Dorothy Bandel
Nov 29, 2007
Dorothy O. Bandel, age 87, of Brainerd, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007 at St. Josephs Medical Center in Brainerd. Abiding by her wishes, no services will be held. Dorothy is survived by her sons, Jim Bandel, of Brainerd, MN and Larry Schwendeman, of Brainerd, MN; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Dean Traynor
Nov 26, 2007
Dean Thomas Traynor, 56, of Merrifield died Monday, November 26, 2007 at his friends home. Funeral Services for Dean will be 12:30 PM, Friday, November 30, 2007 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Pastor Bob Twiton officiating. There will be a visitation starting one hour prior to services. Interment with Military Honors will be held at Minnesota...
Kenneth Jay
Nov 26, 2007
Kenneth Thompson Jay was born March 17, 1951 to Oral and Betty Thompson in Brainerd, MN. He was adopted by his step father Ed Jay in 1958. Kenny grew up in the Staples-Motley area. He went to Sacred Heart Elementary school and graduated from Staples High School in 1969. Kenny was married to Vickie Cole in 1971. He attended...
