Obituaries
Helen Schwankl
May 9, 2004
Helen Schwankl, 88, Pequot Lakes, died Sunday, May 9, 2004, at Crosby Care Center. Memorial services will be private. Arrangements entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter. Helen was born September 10, 1915, in Brooklyn, NY, to Leopold and Helen Miller. After moving to Brainerd, Helen worked as an RN for more than forty years at St. Joseph?s Medical...
James Payne
May 6, 2004
James Payne, 52, Brainerd, died May 6, 2004 at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Burial, with Military Honors by the Brainerd VFW Post #1647 will be at 1 p.m. Monday, May 10, 2004 at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m. at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with the Reverand Chip Avelsgaard officiating. James...
Emil Nelson
May 4, 2004
Emil ?Gene? Nelson, 73, of Crosslake, died Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd after a long battle with cancer. Gene was born February 3, 1931 in Dodgeville, WI son of Oscar and Gayle (Richardson) Nelson. He was a graduate of Macalaster College and worked for many years as a buyer for both Donaldson?s and...
Lambert Koepke
May 3, 2004
Lambert ?Lam? Koepke, 86, of Crosslake, died Monday, May 03, 2004 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Funeral services will be Thursday, May 6, 1 PM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake, with Reverend Steven Anderson officiating. Friends may visit for one hour prior to services. Private interment will be at Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake. Arrangements have been...
Spencer Johnson
Apr 30, 2004
Spencer Forrest Johnson, 61, of Pine River, died Friday, April 30, 2004 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Spencer was born June 9, 1942 in Hallock, MN son of George and Frances Johnson. He graduated from Hallock High School and then attended the University of Minnesota. He owned and operated a service station in Minneapolis/St. Paul. He moved...
Lawrence Mertens
Apr 26, 2004
Lawrence Fredrick Mertens, age 89, of Staples died at his home that he built in 1939 on Monday, April 26, 2004 surrounded by his loved ones after a long battle with cancer. Mass of Christian burial will be on Thursday, at 11:00 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples with Father Peter Kirchner officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen...
Elmer Chamberlain
Apr 24, 2004
Elmer Chamberlain, age 70, of Pequot Lakes, died Saturday, April 24, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 28, 11 AM, at Our Savior?s Lutheran Church in Pequot Lakes, with Reverend David Stevens officiating. Friends may visit Tuesday, April 27, 5-7 PM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake, and at the church one...
Viola Beach
Apr 24, 2004
Viola Beach, age 92, of Brainerd, died Saturday, April 24, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Memorial services will be Tuesday, April 27, 3 PM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with Reverend Joe Fuhrer officiating. Friends may call for one hour prior to services. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter. Viola Berle Turner...
Lawrence Bartylla
Apr 22, 2004
Lawrence Bartylla, age 79 of St. Paul, formerly of Staples, died Thursday morning (April 22) at his home in St. Paul. Funeral Services will be Sunday, April 25, at 3:00 pm in the Congregational Church at Staples with Pastor Randy Tabor officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 4 ? 8 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel, Staples....
Loretta Hanson
Apr 21, 2004
Loretta Hanson, age 92, formerly of Motley, died Wednesday, April 21st, in New Prague, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday morning at 11:00 in St. Michaels Catholic Church with Father Peter Kirchner officiating. Burial will follow in the Motley Cemetery. Relatives will receive friends on Monday evening from 5 to 8 at the Brenny Funeral Home...
Josephine Dailey
Apr 21, 2004
Josephine Dailey, age 78, of the Poplar area (Leader), died Wednesday afternoon at the Staples Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday morning at 11:30 in St. Michaels Catholic Church in Motley with Father Peter Kirchner officiating. Burial will be in the Poplar Cemetery north of Leader. Relatives will receive friends on Friday evening from 5 to 8...
John Peterson
Apr 19, 2004
John M. Peterson, 54, died April 19, 2004, at his Manhatten Beach home. Memorial services will be Friday, April 23, 1 PM, at the Crosslake Evangelical Free Church (the ?Log Church?), with Reverend Fred Creffman officiating. Arrangements entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake. John Massie Peterson was born June 8, 1949, in Duluth, to Robert and Alice (Mitchell)...
Elizabeth Sather
Apr 18, 2004
Elizabeth K. Sather age 88, of Staples, died Sunday at the Staples Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, April 21, at 10:30 AM in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Peter Kirchner officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday evening at the Brenny Funeral Chapel from 4 ? 7 with the Rosary at 5:30,. Interment will be in the...
Rick Hansen
Apr 15, 2004
Rick D. Hansen age 45, of rural Staples, died Thursday, April 15, 2004 at his home. Memorial Services will be held Sunday afternoon, May 2, 2004 at 2:00pm in the Verndale Alliance Church with Pastor Daryl Jacobson officiating. Rick Donald Hansen was born on June 13, 1958 to Donald and Beverly (Ricketts) Hansen in Bertha, MN. He attended school...
Ruth Severin
Apr 13, 2004
Ruth Severin, 89, of Crosslake, died at her home, Tuesday, April 13, 2004. Funeral services will be 11 AM, Friday, April 16 at Crosslake Lutheran Church in Crosslake with Reverend Mark Anderson officiating. Friends may visit Friday morning at the church beginning at 9:30 AM. Interment will be at Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake. Ruth Susan Severin was born August...
Paul McGillivray
Apr 11, 2004
Paul Richard McGillivray, age 79, of Yuma, AZ, died Sunday at the Yuma Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 in the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Hill Cemetery. Relatives will receive friends on Friday evening from 5 to 8 at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples....
Genevieve Stoehr
Apr 1, 2004
Genevieve ?Mickey? Ann Stoehr, age 71, of Breezy Point, died Thursday, April 1, 2004 at her home. Mickey Stoehr was born on February 25, 1933 in St. Paul to Charles and Martha (Pasket) Brennhofer. She graduated from Washington High School in St. Paul in 1950. She was united in marriage to Richard Stoehr Sr. on October 14, 1950 at...
Judy Robinson
Apr 1, 2004
Judy A. Robinson passed on 4/1/2004 after a long cancer illness. Judy was born to Otto & Ruth Kleve on 22 March 1943 in Royal Oak, Michigan. At the age of five, Judy and her family moved to Spruce, Michigan, South of Alpena where the family engaged in farming. Following graduation from Alcona Community High School in 1961, Judy...
Doris Johnson
Mar 23, 2004
Doris M. Johnson, 86, of East Gull Lake, MN, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd, MN. Doris was born January 1, 1918 to William and Mabel (Busbey) Maust in Brainerd. She attended Brainerd Area Schools and graduated in 1936. She was united in marriage to Ernest Johnson September 16, 1936 in Brainerd. During...
Ernest Jaschke
Mar 23, 2004
Ernest E. ?Bud? Jaschke, age 76, of rural Randall, died Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004 at St. Otto?s Care Center in Little Falls. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, March 27th at 10:30 in St. James Catholic Church in Randall. Burial will follow in the St James Parish Cemetery. Relatives will receive friends on Friday evening...
