Obituaries
Walter Fisher
Sep 8, 2006
Walter Fisher, 85, of Crosslake, died Friday, September 8 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Services for Walter are scheduled for 10 AM, Thursday, September 14 at St. Columba Catholic Church (1327 LaFond Avenue St. Paul, MN). A Visitation will begin at 9 AM. Interment to follow services at Elmhurst Cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral...
Leona Olds
Sep 6, 2006
Leona E. Olds, age 96, of Staples, passed away Wednesday morning at the Lakewood Care Center in Staples. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday, September 9, 2006, at the Staples United Methodist Church with Rev. Wes Johnson officiating. Interment will be in West Lyon Cemetery. Friends may call beginning at 10:00 AM Saturday at the Methodist Church. Leona...
Joyce Braak
Sep 1, 2006
Joyce Elaine Braak, 62, Baxter, passed away Friday, September 1, 2006 surrounded by many family members and friends at St. Josephs Medical Center in Brainerd. Funeral services will be Tuesday, September 5, at 1 pm, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter, with Reverend Darrell Pederson and Reverend Jennifer Wilson officiating. Friends may visit at Brenny Funeral Chapel...
Brad Serani
Aug 30, 2006
Brad Serani, 49, of Brainerd, died Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, September 6, at 11 am, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd, with Reverend Father Seamus Walsh officiating. Friends may visit Tuesday, September 5, from 5-7 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with Fr. Kristoffer McKusky leading parish...
Wilfred Neugebauer
Aug 29, 2006
Wilfred Neugebauer, age 88, of rural Brainerd, died Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at his home. Funeral services will be Saturday, September 2, at 11 am, at Zion Lutheran Church in Brainerd, with the Rev. Kevin Robson officiating. Friends may visit Friday, September 1, 5-7 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, and at church during the hour prior to...
Donald Ciardelli
Aug 27, 2006
Donald Ciardelli, 74, of Crosslake died Sunday, August 27 at his home. Services for Donald will be 11 AM, Saturday, September 9, 2006 at Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Crosslake. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.
Donald Geisler
Aug 26, 2006
Donald Geisler, 50, of Brainerd, died accidentally Saturday, August 26, 2006, while working in the woods in Longville. A gathering celebrating the life of Don will start at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 31st at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with a Memorial Service at 11:30 a.m. and a luncheon immediately following. Don didnt appreciate stuffy, formal occasions. Therefore,...
Cynthia Sampson
Aug 21, 2006
Cynthia Kay Johnson was born March 11, 1947 in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Arney and Eleanore (Nephew) Johnson. Her father died when she was 13, and she moved to Duluth with her mother, to be near her grandmother. Eventually, her family lived in Crosby. She was married to Herman Burns in March of 1965; together, they had two children, Mike...
Ralph Potvin
Aug 20, 2006
Ralph Potvin, 81, of Brainerd, died Sunday, August 20 at St. Josephs Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 23 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd with Father Seamus Walsh officiating. Interment will follow at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery at Camp Ripley with military honors provided by the Brainerd American Legion,...
Joan Steele
Aug 19, 2006
Joan C. Steele, age 90, of Lake Shore, passed away Saturday morning at the Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. She was born April 15, 1916, in Montevideo, MN, the daughter of Arthur and Jennie (Hauge) Lund. She grew up and went to school in Montevideo, MN, graduating in 1935. In 1949 she was united in marriage to Orvel...
Curt Stillwell
Aug 18, 2006
Curt Stillwell, 77, of Sylvan Township, passed away Friday (8/18/06) evening at the Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Services will be Monday 8/28/06 at 11 A.M. at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter-Brainerd with Rev. Jim Almquist officiating, with a reception to follow at Brennys Reception Center. The relatives will receive friends one hour prior to services at...
Elmer Halvorsen
Aug 11, 2006
Bud (Elmer C.) Halvorsen of Pequot Lakes, MN passed away Friday, August 11, 2006 at home. He was born July 31, 1922, in Manitowoc, WI to Elmer and Emma Halvorsen. Bud served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He taught Biology and coached wrestling at Edina High School. Bud is survived by his wife, Hedy...
Jacqueline Jansen
Aug 8, 2006
Jacqueline Jansen, 77, of Crosslake died Tuesday, August 08, 2006 at the Crosby Care Center. Memorial services will be Friday, August 11, at 11 am, at Mission of the Cross Lutheran Church in Crosslake, with the Rev. Steven Anderson officiating. Friends may visit at the church during the hour prior to services. Interment will be at a later date,...
Richard Volkmuth
Aug 8, 2006
Richard (Dick) F. Volkmuth, 77, of Brainerd, Minnesota died peacefully in his sleep on August 8, 2006 at Diamond Willow Assisted Living in Baxter. Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, August 14, 10:30 am, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd, with the Rev. Father Kristoffer McKusky officiating. Friends may visit Sunday, August 13, 5-7 pm, at Brenny...
Jeffery Sundquist
Aug 6, 2006
Jeffery R. Sundquist, 49, of Brainerd died Sunday, August 6, 2006 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 10, 11 am, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with the Rev. Father Kristoffer McKusky officiating. Luncheon will follow, at Brennys reception center. Friends may visit during the hour prior to services. Interment will be...
Jerry Hausfeld
Aug 4, 2006
Jerry Hausfeld, 59, of Crosby, died at his home Friday, August 4, 2006. Funeral services will be Friday, August 11, at 1 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with luncheon following, at the funeral home. Friends may visit during the hour prior to services. Memorials are preferred to the family. Jerry will be sadly missed by his stepmother,...
Tome Morton
Jul 30, 2006
Tom Morton, age 69, died Sunday, July 30 at St. Josephs Medical Center. He was born August 7, 1936 in Louisville, KY. Tom graduated in 1954 from O'Keefe High School in Atlanta. After two years in the Marines he attended Yankton College in Yankton, SD. He graduated in 1962. He married Jan Dannenbring in Chamberlain, SD in 1959. Tom...
Lawrence Sawatzke
Jul 29, 2006
Lawrence P. "Larry" Sawatzke, age 80 of Crosslake, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday July 29, 2006. A funeral Mass will be 12:00 PM Thursday at the Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Crosslake, MN. Friends may call beginning at 10:00 AM to share memories of Larry and celebrate life at the church on Thursday. Private interment...
Howard Olsen
Jul 28, 2006
Howard J. Olsen, age 92, of Staples, passed away on Friday July 28, surrounded by his family. A memorial service is planned for Monday July 31, at the Staples Congregational Church at 11:00 AM with Rev. Muriel Hachfeld officiating. Howard was born on April 16, 1914 in Ledgerwood, ND, one of ten children born to Nels and Maren (Rasmussen)...
Gary Tighe
Jul 23, 2006
Gary C. Tighe, age 65, of Owatonna, passed away Sunday morning at his sons home in Pillager, MN. A Celebration of Garys Life including visitation with the family will be from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on Saturday, July 29, 2006, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Owatonna. Gary was born on November 10, 1940, in New York City, the...
