Obituaries

Anne Schoen
Feb 23, 2003
Anne Schoen, age 92, of East Gull Lake died Sunday, February 23, 2003 at her daughter?s home in Lakewood, Colorado. Anne Schoen was born April 5, 1910 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Peter and Theresa (Borcheller) Bachman. Anne grew up in the Black River Falls, Wisconsin area and was united in marriage to Henry Schoen in 1933. They raised...

Elmer Campbell
Feb 21, 2003
Elmer ?Bud? Lee Campbell, 71, of Brainerd died Friday, February 21, 2003 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. He was born March 29, 1931 in Oelwein Iowa, to Ray and Mildred (Sanders) Campbell. He moved with his family to the Chippewa Lodge Resort near Longville, where he grew up. He graduated from high school in Longville and then...

Roy Stelzig
Feb 20, 2003
Roy Stelzig, 91 of Crosslake, MN died Thursday, February 20, 2003 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Roy Floyd Stelzig was born January 28, 1912 in Waite Park, to Floyd and Oada Stelzig. He graduated from St. Cloud Tech High School and St. Cloud State University, and did graduate work at Iowa State University at Ames. He was...

Doris Carlson
Feb 17, 2003
Doris Mae Carlson, 74, of Gull Lake died Monday, February 17, 2003 at Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis. She was born in Brainerd on March 6, 1928 daughter of Elmer and Ismay Widmark. She was employed by Dunwoody Industrial Institute of Minneapolis as head accountant for 30 years. Doris is survived by her son Mark Harris of Long Lake, MN,...

Andrew Nelson
Feb 15, 2003
Andrew T. Nelson, age 72, of Crosslake and Bloomington died February 15, 2003. Survivors include his wife, Jane Schreiber; daughter, Colleen; sons, Tim and Ron(Sue); three grandchildren; sisters, Helen Faulise, Arlene Pape, Joan Helling, Ruth Nachtigal, Janet McGinley; brothers, James and Ed; step children,Tom and John Schreiber, Mary Massengale, Katie Peterson, Anne Ullmann; 10 step grandchildren; 41 nieces and...

Edna Pikula
Feb 14, 2003
Edna Mae Pikula, age 77, of Nisswa, MN died Friday, February 14, 2003 at her home. Edna Mae was born July 3, 1925 to Fredrick and Mary (Kellerman) Dowling at home in Mission Township, MN. She attended the Dowling School in Mission Township. She was united in marriage to Floyd Jake Pikula on June 14, 1947 at St. Francis...

Nils Petrusson
Feb 5, 2003
Nils ?Holger? Petrusson, 78, of Brainerd died Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at St. Cloud Hospital. He was born March 30, 1924 in Varmland, Sweden, to Birger and Gerda (Nilsson) Petrusson. He grew up in Sweden, and served as a border guard in the Swedish Army during WWII. In 1949, at the age of 25, he came to America and...

Dale Aykens
Feb 4, 2003
Dale ?Ole? Aykens, age 81, of Brainerd died Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Dale LeRoy Aykens was born February 25, 1921 in Dexter, Iowa to Altman and Birdie (Worster) Aykens. As a young child, his family moved to Wadena and then Brainerd. He grew up and attended school in Brainerd. He became employed...

Eugene O'Hotto
Feb 2, 2003
Eugene O?Hotto, age 67, of Crosslake, MN died Sunday, February 2, 2003 at his home. Eugene John O?Hotto was born May 4, 1935 in Little Falls, MN son of Albert and Margaret (Hoppe) O?Hotto. He joined the United States Navy and served during the Korean Conflict, receiving a honorable discharge in 1953. He was a truck driver then a...

William Handlos
Feb 2, 2003
William Arnold Handlos, 80, of Staples died Sunday, February 2, 2003 at the Staples Care Center. William was born October 14, 1922 in St. Paul, to William F. and Florence Handlos. He grew up and attended school in St. Paul. He enlisted in the US Army and served during WWII, working as an airplane mechanic. Following his honorable discharge...

Sylvia Nelson
Jan 29, 2003
Sylvia A. Nelson, 89, of Brainerd died Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. She was born December 26, 1913 in Waldorf, MN to Christian and Martha (Rush) Walther. She moved with her family to Deer Park, WI, where she grew up. Her family moved to Brainerd in the late 1930?s, and she worked at...

Russell Thurrott
Jan 27, 2003
Russell C. Thurrott, age 96, of Baxter, MN died January 27, 2003 at home. Russell Clark Thurrott was born on January 28, 1906 in Taunton, Massachusetts to Russell Clark & Flora (Whitford) Thurrott Sr. He enlisted in the United State Navy at the age of 17 as a seaman after serving in the Navy for 24 years he retired...

Mary Salber
Jan 13, 2003
Mary Delores (Wagner) Salber was born August 12, 1925 in Ellsworth, Minnesota to Joseph and Mathilda (Gerardy) Wagner. She grew up and graduated from high school in Ellsworth. She attended Mankato State Teachers College and then taught for three years in Noble County. She was married to Leonard Salber on June 16, 1947 in Ellsworth. The couple moved to...

Leslie Satre
Jan 11, 2003
Leslie Satre, 80, of Brainerd died Saturday, January 11, 2003 at his home. He was born August 21, 1922 in Brainerd, to Ole and Lina (Kopperstad) Satre. He grew up in Brainerd and graduated from Brainerd High School. He served in the US Army Air Force from 1942-1945. He was married to June Rice, his wife of 57 years,...

Evangeline Kaspar
Jan 4, 2003
Evangeline Kaspar, 90, of Brainerd, died Sunday, January 4 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Services will be 11:00 AM Thursday, January 8 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Reverend Chris Meier officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Evangeline was born October 28, 1913 to Peter and Margaret (Siblerud) Ackland in Albert Lea....

Edwin O'Day
Dec 21, 2002
Edwin L. O?Day, age 94, of Brainerd, MN died Saturday, December 21, 2002 at the Trillium Eldershare Assisted Living Home in Brainerd. Edwin was born December 6, 1908 in Aitkin to Thomas and Lillian (Ivy) O?Day. He was married to Rachel Robinson on June 20, 1934 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. They moved to Brainerd in 1937 where he worked...

Irene Kuschel
Dec 17, 2002
Irene Kuschel, age 84, of Crosby, MN died December 17, 2002 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center. Services will be Friday, December 20, 2002, 11 AM at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Brainerd, MN with Father Seamus Walsh officiating. Visitation was held on Thursday, December 19, 2002 from 6 ? 8 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter,...

Patricia Smith
Dec 14, 2002
Patricia ?Patty? Smith, age 44, a resident Brainerd, died Saturday, December 14, 2002 at St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, MN. Patricia was born to Joseph Dovard and Denver Laverne (Voltz) Norris. She attended schools in Brainerd. Living her entire life in Brainerd she enjoyed spending time with her three devoted cats, Ben, Bunny, and Poop Snot. Patricia is...

Vincent Englund
Dec 3, 2002
Vincent ?Vince? Englund, 74, of Crosslake died Tuesday, December 3, 2002 at his home. Vincent Dale Englund was born October 7, 1928 in Red Wing, to Lawrence and Pearl (Strothman) Englund. He grew up and graduated from high school in Red Wing. He was married to Joan Miller on November 19, 1949 in Red Wing. He worked for Northwestern...

Kurt Anderson
Nov 24, 2002
Kurt E. Anderson, age 65 of Crosslake, Minnesota, died Sunday, November 24, 2002 at his home. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, November 27, 2002 at Crosslake Lutheran Church with Rev. Mark Anderson officiating. A gathering of friends and family will be held at the church one hour prior to the service. The family requests...