Obituaries

Verl Tilbury

Aug 15, 2016

Verl James Tilbury, age 83, of Backus, MN, passed away Monday, August 15, 2016, at his home. He was born to Verl and Agatha Tilbury on January 9, 1933, in Backus. Verl was a self-employed logger in the Grand Marais area and a commercial fisherman in Alaska. He was a loving husband, father and friend to many. Verl is...

Carole McChesney

Aug 14, 2016

Carol Evelyn McChesney, age 87 of Cross Lake, formerly of Robbinsdale, entered her new life on August 14, 2016. She was born in Ramsey County, MN on July 25, 1929, the only child of William B. and Cora Sparby. She attended Henry High School where she developed life long friendships and the U of MN. She was a loving...

Claudia Wohl

Aug 12, 2016

Claudia Wohl, 76, Merrifield passed away unexpectedly in Nisswa on Friday, August 12, 2016. Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 17, at 11 AM, at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Nisswa. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 16, from 5-8:00 PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, and one hour prior to the service, at the church. Interment will...

Arlys June

Aug 12, 2016

Arlys J. June, 69, died on Friday, August 12, 2016 in Midland, MI. Services for Arlys will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 3:00PM with visitation beginning at 2:30PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN. A luncheon will be held at 4:30PM at Pequot American Legion in Pequot Lakes, MN. Arlys was born on April 10,...

Paul Lund

Aug 11, 2016

Lund, Paul Charles Age 81, of Crosslake, died August, 11, 2016. Preceded in death by parents Phillip and Anne (Bjornberg) Lund of Dawson. Survived by his wife of 58 years, Gloria (Swanson) Lund; daughter, Cynthia (Bill) Hedberg Killion; daughter, Leslie Michel; son, Bradley (Tina) Lund; grandchildren, Courtney (Shaun) Handlin; Christopher (Stevie) Hedberg; Dustin Michel; David Hedberg and 4 great...

Charles Bielefeld

Aug 10, 2016

Charles Bielefeld, 93, of Verndale, MN passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples, MN. Services for Charles will be 11:00AM, Wednesday, August 17 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples with Father Joe Korf officiating. Visitation will be from 6-8PM, Tuesday, August 16 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples and one...

Kenneth Milless

Aug 9, 2016

Kenneth Milless, age 69, of Pine River, MN, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society in Pine River. He was born to Adrian and Delrose Milless on June 10, 1947, in Minneapolis, MN. Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Nancy. He is survived by his children: Bradley, Kelly Bock (Dan), Shelley;...

Mary Axt

Aug 8, 2016

Mary Axt, 96, of Brainerd, died Monday, August 8, 2016 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village. Arrangements are pending.

Judith Hietala

Aug 7, 2016

Judith Hietala, 72, of Wadena, MN died Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Heritage House in Sebeka, MN. Services for Judith will be 4:00PM, Monday, August 15, 2016 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, with a visitation one hour prior to services. Judith was born June 11, 1944 in Eden Valley, MN to Chris and Hilaria (Klein) Schreiner....

Betty Pelzl

Aug 6, 2016

Betty Ann "Tina" Pelzl, age 85, of Pine River, passed peacefully into Heaven Saturday, August 6, 2016. She was born to Anders and Anna Pearson on March 4, 1931, in Grand Rapids, MN. Tina attended Gustavus Adolphus College for one year then the University of Minnesota where she studied Home Economics. She married Chuck Pelzl on December 29, 1951,...

Donald Lenk, Sr.

Aug 5, 2016

Donald James Lenk, Sr., of Staples, passed away Friday, August 5, 2016 at the St. Cloud Hospital, after a long illness. Don was born January 29, 1932, in the Staples area, the son of Vincent and Mary (Opat) Lenk. He spent his boyhood years working on his parents' farm and attended country school and Staples High School. In 1952,...

James Marie

Aug 3, 2016

James Phillip St. Marie, age 72, of Pine River, MN, went home to be with his Lord Jesus August 3, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Gail St. Marie; his children, Todd St. Marie, Angie Martin; grandchildren, Dakota Martin, Autumn Martin; great granddaughter, Jazmen Rose; sister, Pat Carver; brother, Wade St. Marie; and many other loving family members....

Sherrill Ulferts

Aug 3, 2016

Sherrill Ulferts, 69, of Randall, MN died Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls, MN. Services for Sherrill will be 4:00PM, Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with Pastor Les Crider officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation one half hour prior to services. Arrangements have been...

Alan Crimmins

Aug 2, 2016

Alan Eugene Crimmins, age 80, of Backus, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at the Heritage House in Pequot Lakes. He was born August 20, 1935, to Edward and Opal Crimmins. Alan married Janice Aker on October 29, 1966. For many years, Alan was a roofing foreman and on the Pine River Township Board. He loved farming, hunting and...

Roger Walton

Jul 31, 2016

Roger L. Walton, 73, of Brainerd, passed away on July 31, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society - Bethany campus. Roger was born May 18, 1943, to Donald and Betty Walton in Creston, Iowa. He proudly served four years in the U.S. Air Force. He relocated to Brainerd in 1969, where he worked for over 30 years in the...

Gloria Gray

Jul 31, 2016

Ms. Gloria Gail (Halverson) Gray, age 56, passed away at her home in Pequot Lakes, MN, on July 31, 2016. She was born in Princeton, MN, on October 11, 1959. Gloria was preceded in death by her father, Ralph Halverson. She is survived by her sons: Nathan Gray, Bemidji, MN, and Evan (Melissa and Baby) Gray, Kelliher, MN; her...

Sharon Day

Jul 30, 2016

Sharon Day, 71, of Brainerd, MN was suddenly ushered into heaven early on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, NE. Services for Sharon will be held on Friday, August 5, 2016 at 11:00AM at Faith Baptist Church in Brainerd, MN with Pastor Chris Erickson officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2016...

Kevin Yeats

Jul 30, 2016

Kevin Yeats was born on March 3, 1954, and went to heaven on July 30, 2016. He lived in Pequot Lakes with his wife, Carmel, in a cozy house with two loyal dogs. Kevin was a humble man and artist of the great outdoors who highly adored his three children, Joshua, Aaron and Celeste. They will miss him dearly...

Joyce Hanson

Jul 29, 2016

Joyce M. Hanson, age 84, of Brainerd, MN, passed away July 29, 2016. Preceded in death by parents, Esther and Thorvald Hagen of Thief River Falls, MN; brothers, Albert (MT) and Merle (SD). Survived by husband, John Hanson; sister, Jean Hanson of Fosston, MN; son, Gary Hanson of Jefferson, WI; daughter, Terry (Ed) Ozment of Davenport, FL; grandchildren: Adrienne...

Jeanne Coffin

Jul 29, 2016

Jeanne Coffin, age 87, of Fifty Lakes, MN, passed away Friday, July 29, 2016. She had lived her whole life in Fifty Lakes. She enjoyed everyone that she came in contact with and also adopted some of them into her family. Jeanne was known by many as "Cook" or "Cookie". She has had the nickname ever since she was...