Obituaries
Robert Gorman
Jul 14, 2021
Robert George Gorman passed into heaven on July 14, 2021 in Milaca, Minnesota, at Elim Care and Rehab Center after a brief illness.
Bob was born April 9, 1936 in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Matilda Goble Gorman and George Saunders Gorman. He married Anita Ludemann on Easter Sunday, April 18, 1954 in Dennison, Iowa. From...
Perry Paulson Jr.
Jul 14, 2021
Perry Alvin Paulson Jr, 81 of Brainerd, passed away on July 14, 2021.. A visitation will be held at 1PM on Saturday August 7,2021. Interment will be at Bethel Cemetery in Brainerd, MN around 2PM.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Family Funeral Chapel, Baxter
Gaylan Pegel Sr.
Jul 13, 2021
Gaylan Dean Pegel, Sr., retired Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Army, was called home to be with the Lord on July 13, 2021 while at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California. He was surrounded by family as he entered eternal life.
Gaylan was born on May 4, 1949 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota. Gaylan...
Ronald Johnson
Jul 13, 2021
Ronald D. Johnson, 80 of Pillager, passed away on July 13, 2021. A celebration of life will be held at the Eagles in Brainerd from 10am-1pm on Saturday July 24th.
Ronald was born on February 12, 1941 to Kenneth and Grace (Robin) Johnson in Minneapolis. On August 1, 1959 he married Jeanne Schrankel. Ronald enjoyed fishing, hunting,...
Richard Bolduc
Jul 12, 2021
Richard “Dick” Bolduc, 79, of Motley, passed away on July 12, 2021 at his home in Motley. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 20, 2021, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at the Brenny Family Funeral Chapel in Staples, Mn with Interment on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Minneapolis State Veterans Cemetery...
Darlene Gillson
Jul 12, 2021
Darlene Gillson, 80, of Motley, passed away on July 12, 2021. Burial will take place at 10 AM at Wildwood Cemetery on Monday, July 26, 2021.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Family Funeral Chapel, Baxter.
Gloria Butzlaff
Jul 11, 2021
Gloria Marie Butzlaff, 76, of Brainerd, passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2021. There are no services scheduled at this time.
Harley Martin
Jul 11, 2021
Harley L Martin “HL”, 81, of Brainerd, passed away peacefully with family by his side at Hills Crossing Senior Living in Nisswa, MN on July 09, 2021. Harley was born in Harrison County, IA on August 08, 1939 to Leslie and Ada (Dow) Martin.
He is survived by his wife Ann (Crees) of 56 years; daughters Jane...
Mary "Peggy" Van Lear
Jul 10, 2021
Mary Margaret "Peggy" VanLear, of East Gull Lake, passed away at home on Saturday, July 10, 2021. Private family services will be held.
An inspiring free spirit, Mom pursued a career in aviation, married her high school sweetheart, David Van Lear, returned to college to earn her BA degree, danced with reckless abandon, became an accomplished painter, all...
Dan Nelson
Jul 9, 2021
Dan Nelson passed away July 9, 2021 at the Lakewood Hospice Care Center in Staples MN following a brief illness.
Danny Lew Nelson was born February 3, 1946 in Sioux Falls, SD and grew up in Canton, SD with his parents Floyd and Arla Nelson and little sister, Renae. Dan was raised from a young age to...
Lanny LeDoux
Jul 9, 2021
Lanny LeDoux, 74, of Pillager, after 8 years of struggling with ALS went to be with Jesus on Friday, July 9, 2021. Funeral services will be at 12 PM on Monday, July 19, 2021 at the Brenny Family Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN. A visitation will take place one hour prior to services. Interment will be at Minnesota State...
Thomas Weismann
Jul 7, 2021
Thomas M Weismann, 80, of Brainerd and formerly of Anchorage, Alaska, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, July 7, 2021.
Thomas was born on December 21, 1940 in St. Cloud, Minnesota to John and Dorothy (Harrison) Weismann. He attended St. Cloud State University, and later received his master’s degree from the University of Minnesota. While...
Sheilla Harper
Jul 6, 2021
Sheilla Harper, 74, of Brainerd, passed away on July 6, 2021 at St. Josephs Medical Center.
There are no services scheduled at this time.
Calvin Robertson
Jul 6, 2021
Calvin Robertson, 77, of Motley, passed away on July 6, 2021. Services will be held at 2pm on July 16th at the Brenny Family Funeral Chapel in Staples. A visitation will be one hour prior to services. Interment will be held at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery at a later date.
Calvin was born on May 29,...
Erna Schmidt
Jul 5, 2021
Erna Ella Schmidt, 91, of Sartell and formerly of Motley, passed away on Monday, July 05, 2021 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Funeral Services will take place at 2 PM on Sunday, July 11, 2021 at the Motley United Methodist Church in Motley, MN. Visitation will take place 30 minutes prior to services. Interment will take place at Evergreen...
Arthur "John" Anderson
Jul 5, 2021
Arthur “John” Anderson died peacefully in his home in Breezy Point, MN on July 5, 2021. He was born on March 25, 1948 in Blue Earth, Minnesota to Medford and Lois Anderson.
John graduated from Blue Earth High School and went on to play football and attend Morningside College in Sioux City, IA. There he met the...
Genevieve Johnson
Jul 2, 2021
Genevieve Violet (Ostlund) Johnson, 94, of Motley, MN died Friday, July 2 at her home on Lake Shamineau.
Gen was born on February 26, 1927 to Francis and Ruth (Nelson) Ostlund in Tioga, North Dakota as the fourth of seven children. She grew up in Tioga on a potato farm and graduated from high school in 1945....
Sandra Besmehn
Jul 2, 2021
Sandra “Sandi” Jean (Leek, King) Besmehn, 71, of Nisswa, MN and Mesa, AZ, passed away surrounded by loved ones on July 2, 2021, after a fierce fight against cancer. She is survived by her husband, Rick; her brothers John “Jack” (Sharon) Leek, and Todd Leek (Dan Mesick); her children Kristin (Eric) Mickelson, Karla Jo (Chris) Cunningham, Kraig (Tracy) King, Kendra...
Francis Schreier
Jul 1, 2021
Francis Joseph Schreier, of Emily, passed away peacefully on July 1, 2021, at Whitefish at the Lakes in Cross Lake MN. A Mass of Christian Burial, with visitation at 10:30 am, will be at St. Emily's Catholic Church on July 13, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be at a later date in Delano, MN. Francis was born October 4, 1939,...
Helen "Janet" Beltran
Jun 29, 2021
Helen Janet Browne Beltran ("Janet"), age 92, of Bismarck, ND, passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at the Harmony House in Brainerd, MN.
She was born on October 18, 1928, in New Rochelle, NY, to Robert Browne and Helene Michelson Browne. Janet was an only child. Approximately one year after she was born, the stock market...
