Obituaries

Ann DeRose

Ann DeRose

Jul 31, 2001

Ann J. DeRose, age 86, of Staples, MN, died on Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at the Elim Home in Princeton, MN. Graveside services will be held at the Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Staples at a later date. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples. Ann J. DeRose was born on November 4, 1914, in Staples, MN, to...

Therisa Finneman

Therisa Finneman

Jul 31, 2001

Therisa Finneman, age 51, of Brainerd, MN died at her home on Tuesday, July 31, 2001. Services will be Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 1:30 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Henry Ewers officiating. Family will receive relatives and friends starting at 10:00 AM the day of the service. Burial will follow in the Wildwood Cemetery...

Anastasia Davis

Anastasia Davis

Jul 30, 2001

Anastasia (Hannigan) Davis, age 98, of Brainerd, MN passed away Monday, July 30, 2001 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. A Memorial Mass will be held on August 6, 2001 at 1:00 PM at the Church of The Nativity, in Cleveland, MN with Father Glen Jenson officiating. Burial will be in the Savage Lake Cemetery, in rural Cleveland....

Douglas Dukowitz

Douglas Dukowitz

Jul 24, 2001

Douglas O. Dukowitz, age 36, of Staples, MN, died Tuesday morning, July 24, 2001. Services will be held on Thursday, July 26th, at 11:00 AM, in the Brenny Funeral Chapel, in Staples. Relatives will receive friends after 10:00 AM at the Chapel. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples....

Laverne Hendrickson

Laverne Hendrickson

Jul 21, 2001

Laverne Carol Hendrickson, age 74, of Crosslake, Minnesota passed away Saturday, July 21, 2001 at Hennepin County Medical Center. Private services will be held at a later date. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan, ND. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake. Memorials preferred to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research....

Duane Hurd

Duane Hurd

Jul 20, 2001

Duane Hurd, age 75, of Staples, MN, died Friday, July 20, 2001, at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM, on Tuesday, July 24, 2001, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples, with Father Tim Wenzel officiating. Friends may call at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples on Monday evening, from 5...

Mary Moran

Mary Moran

Jul 18, 2001

Mary Betty Moran, age 84, of Longville, MN died Thursday, July 18 at Woodhaven Senior Community at the Brainerd Regional Human Services Center. Graveside services will be held on September 16, 2001 at the Eden Prairie Cemetery in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Mary Betty Moran was born on February 11, 1917...

Nathan Dilley

Nathan Dilley

Jul 16, 2001

Nathan Dilley, age 5, of Brainerd, MN, died on Monday, July 16, 2001, as the result of a drowning accident. Father Seamus Walsh, will celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial for Nathan at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd, on Friday, July 20, at 11:00 AM. Interment will follow, at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Brainerd. Friends may call at...

Max Maas

Max Maas

Jul 10, 2001

Max Maas, age 69, of Crosslake, MN died on Monday, July 10, 2001, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd, MN. Funeral services will be at the Crosslake Evangelical Free Church on Saturday, July 14, at 10:30 AM, with Reverend Jeffrey Jensen officiating. Visitation will be Friday, July 13, from 7 ? 8 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel...

LeRoy Loucks

LeRoy Loucks

Jul 7, 2001

LeRoy E. Loucks, age 89, of Motley, MN, died Saturday, July 7, 2001, at the Greater Staples Care Center. Services will be 1:30 PM, on Wednesday, July 11th, at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples, with Pastor Les Crider officiating. Friends may call Tuesday evening, from 6 to8 PM, at the Brenny Funeral Home. Burial will be in the...

Lila Cole

Lila Cole

Jun 16, 2001

Lila Marie Cole, age 75, of Pillager, MN, died Saturday, June16, 2001, at the Greater Staples Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 21st, at 10:30 AM, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples, with Father Lauren Germann officiating. Burial will follow in the Wildwood Cemetery in Pillager. Relatives will receive friends on Wednesday evening, from 5...

Leona Roberts

Leona Roberts

Jun 10, 2001

Leona Louise Roberts was born on May 15, 1910, in Wadena, MN to Henry and Mary (Haase) Bartelt. She grew up and attended school in Wadena. On October 27, 1930, married Richard M. Roberts in Moorhead, MN. They made their home in Wadena until 1944 when they moved to Staples in 1944 where they have resided since. Leona was...

Conrad Anderson

Conrad Anderson

Jun 8, 2001

Conrad H. Anderson was born on September 8, 1935 in Grygla, MN, to Hilmer and Marie (Bjerken) Anderson. He graduated from high school in Bemidji. He attended Virginia Community College, earning an Associate Degree. He served in the U.S. Air Force, in the Pacific theater, during the Korean conflict. After his honorable discharge, he met and married Sabina, his...

Annamae Dill

Annamae Dill

Jun 8, 2001

Annamae Gloria Dill was born in Chicago, IL on October 2, 1927, to Eric and Helen M. (Skar) Mattson. As a youngster she moved to St. Paul with her family, where she attended school. She was married to her husband of 35 years, Lawrence James Dill, in St. Paul, on June 24, 1965. They lived in Roseville, and Gloria...

George Knosalla

George Knosalla

Jun 6, 2001

George Knosalla, age 89, of Staples, MN, passed away on Wednesday, June 6, George Steve Knosalla was born on December 21st, 1911 in Moran Township of Todd County to Theodore and Josie (Tepley) Knosalla. He grew up on the family farm and attended country school. During the war effort he went to the West Coast and worked in the...

Virginia Brauer

Virginia Brauer

Jun 5, 2001

Virginia "Ginger" Brauer, age 57, of rural Nisswa, MN, died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at her home. A memorial service is scheduled for Friday, June 8th, at 1:30 PM, at the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Nisswa, with Reverend Len Anderson officiating. Friends may call an hour before the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Brenny...

Jimmy Thompson

Jimmy Thompson

May 28, 2001

Jimmy M. Thompson, age 64, of Brainerd, died on Monday, May 28, 2001, at the Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. A gathering of friends and family will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, June 2, 2001, with services at 1:30 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter....

Bessie Janeck

Bessie Janeck

May 26, 2001

Bessie I. Janeck, age 79, of Brainerd died on Saturday, May 26, 2001 at the Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at St. Francis Catholic Church of Brainerd on Wednesday, May 30, at 10:00 AM, with Reverend Father Seamus Walsh officiating. Burial will follow at the Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd. Arrangements are...

Evelyn Mennenga

Evelyn Mennenga

May 24, 2001

Evelyn Francis Mennenga, age 87 of Crosslake, MN passed away on Thursday, May 24, 2001 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, MN. Services will be on Wednesday, May 30, 2001 at 1:00 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake with Reverend Mark Anderson officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the chapel. Arrangements...

Rita Boog

Rita Boog

May 24, 2001

Rita Mae Boog, age 68, of Crosslake, died on Thursday, May 24, 2001, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. A gathering of family and friends, in memory of Rita, will be held at the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake on Tuesday, May 29, at 2:00 PM. Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake. Rita Armstrong Boog was...