Obituaries

Jan 5, 2016

Kenneth John Ose, 94, was born at home on October 18, 1921 on the family farm in Silverton Township, which is located in Pennington County, Minnesota, the son of Ole and Gunhild (Neset) Ose. He attended country schools through the eighth grade and was a member of the 1940 class at Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls. He was...

Jan 2, 2016

Francis “Frank” Reed returned to his heavenly Father and joined his eternal family on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Hospice of the Valley in Mesa, AZ after a thankfully short battle with lung cancer at the age of 93.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 17, 2016 at 10:30 AM at St. Josephs...

Jan 1, 2016

Roger “Rocky” Jordan Walker was born February 12, 1951 in San Bernardino, California, the son of Earl and Virginia (Weimer) Walker. He was raised in southern California and attended school in Orange California. As an adult, he moved to Nederland, Colorado, where he worked as a truck driver for several years. At this time he...

Jan 1, 2016

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, January 6, at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Benson. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Benson and will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday. Caroline E. “Karri” Hagen, 78, was born on November...

Dec 31, 2015

George Franklin Higdon was born on May 13, 1920, in McFall, Missouri, the son of George Franklin and Nellie Agnes (Salmon) Higdon. He was baptized in McFall Missouri. He graduated from high school and on June 29, 1941, Frank was united in marriage to Ruby Valentine at the Kandiyohi County Courthouse in Willmar, Minnesota. Together they shared in over 74...

Dec 31, 2015

Iona Mae Norby, known as Ione, formerly of Benson and Montevideo,  died Thursday, December 31, 2015 in Denver, CO at the age of 85.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 12 Noon at Big Bend Lutheran Church.  Rev. Doris Weber will officiate and interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...

Dec 28, 2015

Maxine A. Meyer, 87, died on Monday, December 28, 2015, at Central Minnesota Senior Care in Willmar. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 8, 2016, at 1:00 pm at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Swift Falls. Visitation will be held from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm on Friday. Maxine grew up in Vesta, Minnesota. She married...

Dec 26, 2015

Gerald Dean Barney was born on March 11, 1944, in Rhiederland Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota, the son of Christian and Hattie (Van Heuvelen) Barney. He was baptized and confirmed at the Bethany Reformed Church and grew up in Clara City. He graduated from Clara City High School in 1962, attended Willmar Community College where he was all conference in basketball...

Dec 26, 2015

Ruth was born on October 2, 1937 to Loretta and Walter Holzheimer in their home in Fairfield Township. Shortly after, she was baptized into the Christian faith. Upon her mother’s death, Ruth was raised by her grandmother Anna Marie Heldt and two very special uncles Eddie and Roy. Growing up around Holloway she enjoyed animals especially their dog and...

Dec 25, 2015

Henry M. Walsh was born on October 10, 1929 in Murdock, Minnesota, the son of Henry Leo and Mary (Foley) Walsh. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Murdock. He grew up and attended school in Murdock and graduated from Murdock High School. He then attended Ag school in Morris. Henry served...

Dec 24, 2015

Fern Landmark, of Montevideo, died Thursday, December 24, 2015, at Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 92. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at Community Bible Church with Rev. Bruce Jarman  officiating.  Interment will be in Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held one hour before the...

Dec 23, 2015

Kristen Ricke, 97, of Benson, died on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at Homestead Place North. A Memorial Service will be Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 1:00 PM at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Benson with visitation for one hour prior to the service.

Kirsten Ricke was born in Ringsaker, Norway, the daughter of Adolf and Margit (Aurlien) Vingerhagen, on...

Dec 22, 2015

Muriel Alida Wordelman, age 97 years and 9 months, died December 22, 2015 in the St. Cloud Hospital.  She was born in Ormsby, Minnesota on March 25, 1918 to Olaus and Tena (Sorlie) Syverson. Muriel graduated from St. James High School and from Winona State Teachers College with a two-year degree. Later, she completed her Bachelor’s Degree at the...

Dec 20, 2015

Ward Thomas Fennell, 89, currently of New Ulm, MN, formerly of Benson, MN, passed away at his residence on December 20, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM on Friday, May 27, 2016, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Benson. Burial will be held at a later date in the St. Francis Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held...

Dec 19, 2015

Pearl Eye, of Hanley Falls, died Thursday, November 26, 2015 at the Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center at the age of 91.

Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 10:00 AM at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, MN.  Rev. David Peterson will officiate and interment will be at the East Yellow...

Dec 19, 2015

Leola Mae (Lund) Nelson was born May 27, 1928, in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Laura (Enstad) Lund. She graduated from Granite Falls High School in 1946 and attended Normal Training in Madison. She taught rural school for a few years southeast of Granite Falls. Leola was united in marriage with J....

Dec 17, 2015

Ronald E. Swan of Kerkhoven, age 72, died Thursday, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral Services will be 1:00 PM, Tuesday, December 22, 2015, with visitation from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM at the Zniewski Funeral Home in Benson, MN. Burial will be in the Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations are preferred to the Kerkhoven...

Dec 13, 2015

Our annual Christmas Service of Remembrance was held 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 13, 2015, in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Bruce Jarman from Community Bible Church in Montevideo officiating and Mary Grey was the accompanist for the singing of Christmas hymns.  During the service the personalized red heart ornaments were given to the families in attendance.

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Dec 12, 2015

Our annual Christmas Service of Remembrance was held 2:00 PM, Saturday, December 12, 2015, in the funeral home chapel with Vicar Matt Danielson from Our Saviour's Lutheran Church of Baxter in rural Dawson officiating and Chris Lehne was the accompanist for the singing of Christmas hymns.  During the service the personalized red heart ornaments were given to the families...

Dec 12, 2015

Barbara Lundquist, of Dawson, died December 12, 2015 at Johnson Memorial Home in Dawson, MN at the age of 94. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 1:00 PM at the First Presbyterian Church in Dawson, MN.  Rev. Herb Rotunda will officiate and interment will be at Dawson Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour...