Obituaries

Dec 17, 2013

Rita Larson, died on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at her home in the Snip area of  Hagen/Big Bend at the age of 59.  Private family funeral services will be conducted.

Rita Mae (Determan) Larson was born on March 2, 1954 in Marshall, MN to Ivo and Margaret (Vandermeersch) Determan.  She was baptized and confirmed at Holy Redeemer...

Dec 14, 2013

Paul M. Olson, of Montevideo. died peacefully Saturday evening, December 14, at Saint Cloud Hospital in the loving arms of LeNore, his wife of 66 years and surrounded by many other family members at the age of 90.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 20, 2013, at 1:30 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Montevideo, ...

Dec 13, 2013

Lyland Edward-Otto Reich was born May 13, 1916, the son of William and Amanda (Boese) Reich. He was born and raised on the family farm in Marysland Township, Swift County. Lyland was baptized on June 16, 1916 and was confirmed on July 13, 1930, both at St. John's Lutheran Church, Moyer Township. In 1930 he graduated from country school in...

Dec 13, 2013

Wendell Anderson, of Dawson and formerly of Tracy, died Fri., Dec 13, 2013, at the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson surrounded by his family at the age of 94.

Funeral service will be 1:00 PM, Sat, Dec 21, at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson.

Visitation will be Fri from 5-7 PM with closing prayer at...

Dec 9, 2013

Richard Olson, of Montevideo, died on Monday, December 9, 2013 at the Clarkfield Care Center at the age of 76.  Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. at the United Methodist Church in Montevideo with Rev. Gwen Bohlke officiating.  Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery.  Visitation will be Wednesday afternoon and evening...

Dec 8, 2013

Lucille Tise, of Montevideo, died on December 8, 2013 in Claremount, CA at the age of 98.

Lucille (Collins) Tise was born April 5, 1915 at Montevideo, MN the daughter of Nick and Nellie Collins.   She was the third of nine children and she graduated from Montevideo High School in 1933.  Lucille started working in the restaurant...

Dec 7, 2013

Loretta Marian Jacobson was born on June 2, 1926, in Benson, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Stella (Ecklund) Schirmer. She grew up in the Benson area and graduated from Benson High School. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On April 5, 1945, Loretta was united in marriage with Bertice LeRoy Jacobson by Pastor Swedberg at the...

Dec 6, 2013

Leona B. Freilinger was born on August 02, 1914, the daughter of Fred and Amanda Mattwa Nash, in Grace Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota. She was baptized at Havelock Church. She moved with her family to Wadena County, then back to Havelock Township in Chippewa County, and then in 1946 she moved to Maynard, where she worked as a clerk in...

Dec 5, 2013

Clontarf, Minnesota - Deann Kay (Chamberlain) Johnson, age 73, of Clontarf, died peacefully at home on Thursday, December 5, 2013. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 9, 2013 at the St. Malachy Catholic Church in Clontarf, with Father William Sprigler officiating. Interment will be held at the St. Malachy Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held from...

Dec 5, 2013

DuWayne Carlyle Halvorson, 59, of Clontarf, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2013, at St. Cloud Hospital. Funeral services burial will be held on Monday, December 9, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the Shalom Lutheran Church in Starbuck. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 8, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Zniewski Funeral Home in Benson,...

Dec 4, 2013

Arden Harold Pearson was born in Swede Prairie Township of Yellow Medicine County on May 17, 1923, to Harold and Alice (Johnson) Pearson. He was baptized and confirmed at Swede Home Lutheran Church, rural Clarkfield, MN. Arden attended rural School District 90 and graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1942. On June 22, 1944 he entered the Army at Fort...

Dec 4, 2013

Harlen Christenson, of Montevideo, died on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis at the age of 86.  Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Christopher Lieske officiating.  Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery.  Visitation will be Monday...

Dec 3, 2013

Murdock, Minnesota - Margaret Anne Walsh, age 95, of Murdock, passed peacefully at the Bethesda Heritage Center on Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 7, 2013, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Murdock, with the Rev. William Sprigler officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December...

Dec 3, 2013

Wallace Buhr, of Dawson, died on Tuesday morning, December 3, 2013, at the Johnson Memorial Care Center in Dawson, MN at the age of 83.

Memorial service will be held on Monday, December 9, 2013 at 1:00 PM, at the Hanson & Dahl Funeral Home in Dawson with Rev. Erik Carlson officiating. Interment will be at Grace...

Dec 1, 2013

Beverly Ann Goldsmith was born in Grant County, South Dakota on June 23, 1938. She was the eldest of two children. Bev and her sister, Mona Maude, were born to parents Owen and Mona Mae (Hills) Goldsmith. She enjoyed looking through magazines, especially "People Magazine", listening to country music, and she liked to watch "Oprah", "Ellen", and "Dr. Phil". Bev...

Dec 1, 2013

Benson, Minnesota - Vera Mae (Chevalier) Krattenmaker, age 85, of Benson, formerly of DeGraff, died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the Golden Living Center - Meadow Lane in Benson, Minnesota. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, December 5, 2013, at 11:00 a.m., at the St. Bridget's Catholic Church in DeGraff, with Father Steven Verhelst officiating. Visitation will...

Nov 30, 2013

Roger Lenoyd Gronholz was born October 14, 1929, to parents Paul E. and Martha (Radtke) Gronholz at their farm home in Shible Township, Swift County. He was baptized November 1, 1929, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Appleton and was confirmed on April 18, 1943, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Shible Township. Roger attended rural school at District 56 for grades 1-8...

Nov 30, 2013

Colleen Frey, of Appleton, died Saturday, November 30, 2013, at her home near Milan, MN at the age of 58. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Colleen Frances Frey was born February 7, 1955 at New Ulm, MN the daughter of Earl and Verna (Miller) Frey.  She moved with her family to Anoka as a young...

Nov 29, 2013

Urban Just, of Dawson, died on Friday, November 29, 2013, at the Johnson Memorial Care Center in Dawson, MN at the age of 92. Funeral service will be held Monday, December 2, 2013 at 10:30 AM at St. Johns Lutheran Church of rural Boyd with Pastor Allen Lonnquist officiating.  Interment will be in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will...

Nov 22, 2013

Darlene Kranzler, of Montevideo, passed away on Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Luther Haven Nursing Home at the age of 82.

Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Chris Lieske officiating.  Interment in Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens.

Visitation will...