Obituaries

Earl Star
Apr 4, 2006
Earl Star, age 86, of Backus, died Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at St. Josephs Medical Center in Brainerd. Memorial services will be Saturday, April 15, at 2 pm, at the Lakewood Cemetery Chapel in Minneapolis. Earls cremated remains will be inurned with those of his wife at the Lakewood Columbarium. Earl Star was born September 5, 1919 in Pine...

Flora Larson
Mar 31, 2006
Flora Larson, age 90, of Clarissa, MN, died early Friday morning at the Long Prairie Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, April 4, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, interment will be in Roseland Cemetery near Randall. Friends may call for one hour prior to services at the funeral home on Monday. Flora Martha Larson...

Robert Jones
Mar 30, 2006
Visitation will be at the Randall Funeral Home in Randall on Sunday, April 2, 2005 from 4 - 8 pm. Services will be Monday, April 3, 2006, 11:00 am at Saron Lutheran Church Big Lake, Minnesota, with burial following in the Big Lake Cemetery. Robert Duane Jones was born on March 11, 1935, in Howard Lake, MN, the son...

Gevynne Olson
Mar 30, 2006
Gevynne Olson, age 66, of Baxter died Thursday, March 30, 2006 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Memorial services will be Thursday, April 6, at 11 am, at Zion Lutheran Church in Brainerd, with Reverend Paul Biegner officiating. Friends may visit at the church during the hour prior to services. Burial will be in McIntosh at a later...

Constance Ford
Mar 25, 2006
Constance Connie Ford, age 85, of Nisswa, died Saturday, March 25, 2006 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Memorial services will be Monday, April 24, at 1 pm, at the Woodland Chapel, with Reverend Barb Christensen officiating. Burial will be at a later date, in Longville. Constance Adelaide Ford was born May 7, 1922 in Longville, to James...

Arthur Holth
Mar 20, 2006
Arthur T. Holth was born on September 20, 1920, in Fairdale, ND, the son of Olaf and Bertha (Swenneby) Holth. He was called from this life Monday evening, at the age of 85 years and 6 months. Arthur was born and raised in Fairdale, ND. After high school, he entered the Army Air Corps in 1942, serving in North...

Edith Sobieck
Mar 17, 2006
Edith M. Sobieck, age 84, of Pequot Lakes died Friday, March 17, 2006 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, March 22, at 11 am, at St. Alice Catholic Church in Pequot Lakes, with Reverend Father George Zeck officiating. Friends may visit at the church during the hour prior to services. Interment...

Aubrey Barnett
Mar 14, 2006
Aubrey BarneyBarnett, age 77, of Long Prairie, formerly of Staples, died early this afternoon, March 14, 2006, at the Long Prairie Nursing Home, Long Prairie. Memorial Service will be on Monday, March 20, 2:00 pm, with Rev. Wes Johnson officiating, at Long Prairie Memorial Nursing Home. Aubrey was born in Crystal Falls, MI and worked on his grandparents farm....

David Larson
Mar 13, 2006
David Lloyd Larson, age 66, of Staples, died Monday, March 13, 2006 at Lakewood Health System Hospital. Memorial Service will be on Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 2:00 in the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Staples. Interment will be in the Esterday Cemetery in the Spring. David was born in St Paul to Lloyd O. and Lillian (Nelson) Larson, on...

Evelyn Hastings
Mar 12, 2006
Evelyn A. Hastings, age 68, of Onamia, died Sunday, March 12, 2006 at her home. Memorial services will be Friday, March 17, at 1 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with Reverend Bob Twiton officiating. Burial will be at Red Lake, at a later date. Evelyn Sumner was born April 19, 1937 in Red Lake, to Simon and...

Gary Fietek
Mar 10, 2006
Gary E. Fietek, age 53, of Sebeka, died Friday morning at Merit Care South Hospital in Fargo, ND. A Memorial Service will be at 2:00 PM Saturday followed by Military Honors provided by the Brainerd American Legion Post 255 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Friends may call at the chapel beginning at 1:00 PM on Saturday. Gary...

Peter LaPorte
Mar 10, 2006
Peter Harlan LaPorte was born in Prescott, IA, to Earl and Pearl (Peterson) LaPorte, on January 18, 1921. He passed away on March 10, 2006 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 14, at 11 am, at First Baptist Church in Pillager, with Reverend Bob Ossell officiating. Interment will be at Wildwood Cemetery in...

Berniece Thurlow
Mar 1, 2006
Berniece Margery Elizabeth (Gutz) Thurlow, age 93, of Nisswa, passed away Wednesday night, March 1, at Woodland Good Samaritan Village. She was born on November 1, 1912, to Frank R. and Elizabeth Ida (Sidel) Gutz in St. Paul, MN. After her mother died during the Flu Pandemic of 1918, she and her family moved to the north shore of...

Rodger Kriefall
Feb 27, 2006
Rodger Wesley Kriefall was born on March 18, 1939, in Minneapolis, the son of Raymond and Ellen (Hulbert) Kriefall. He was called from this life Monday evening, February 27, 2006 at his home near Aitkin. He was 66. Rodger graduated from Osseo High School and shortly thereafter enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Feb. 13, 1957. He served several...

John Berg
Feb 25, 2006
John Everett Berg, 84, passed away February 25, 2006 in Brainerd, Minnesota. Memorial Services for John will be 11:00 AM, Friday, March 3 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Reverend Lilja Behr officiating. Military Honors will be provided by Brainerd American Legion Post 255. Following the service Johns cremated remains will be united with those of his...

Dorothy Farley
Feb 23, 2006
Dorothy Anna Farley, age 86, of Brainerd, died Thursday, February 23, 2006 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Memorial services will be Saturday, March 11, at 1:00 pm, at the Woodland Chapel, with Reverend Jim Rogers and Reverend Barb Christenson officiating. Interment will be in Wisconsin at a later date. Dorothy was born April 29, 1919 in Montevideo,...

Kathryn Pederson
Feb 20, 2006
Kathryn Mae Pederson, age 53, of Baxter died in her sleep of liver cancer on February 20, 2006. A remembrance gathering for family and friends will be Saturday, February 25, from 11-1 pm at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Kathryn was born in Winton, MN on June 17, 1952, to Ollie and Mona Thuns. She was a beloved mother...

Helen Gould
Feb 15, 2006
A graveside service will be held at 3 PM on Sunday, June 25 at the Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake.

Maxine Doyle
Jan 31, 2006
Maxine MickeyDoyle, age 84,of Staples, died early Tuesday morning at the Lakewood Health Center in Staples. Funeral services will be Monday, February 6, 2006 at 10:30 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Peter Kirchner officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, February 5, from 1-4PM at Brenny Funeral Home in Staples. Interment will be in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Staples,...

Catherine Reck
Jan 28, 2006
Catherine Mary Hughes Reck passed away peacefully on January 28, 2006, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held at the Bethany Good Samaritan Chapel at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 2, 2006. Friends may visit during the hour prior to services. Her final resting place will be the Minnesota State Veteran's Cemetery at...