Obituaries
Leonard Sowada
Mar 10, 2025
Leonard E Sowada, 65 years old of Randall Minnesota passed away March 10th, 2025 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Leonard suffered a cardiac arrest on Friday and passed away peacefully with his family by his side.
Services will take place at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday March 22nd, 2025 at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Royalton with Father Sauer officiating. Visitation...
Robert Lutz
Mar 10, 2025
Robert Joseph Lutz
September 27, 1941 - March 10, 2025 Resident of Little Falls
Robert Joseph Lutz of Little Falls passed away Monday, March 10, 2025 after a courageous battle with multiple issues. Born on September 27, 1941 in Sauk Rapids, MN to Harold Alois Lutz and Mary Compton Lutz he was the first of seven children helping in Harold and Mary’s...
Paulette Lendtvedt
Mar 9, 2025
Paulette “Polly” Ann Lendtvedt, 78, of Brainerd, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2025.
Polly was born on March 28, 1946, to Virgin “Pat” and MaryAnn (Kindler) Sackett in Springfield, Minnesota. She married Steven Lendtvedt on September 19, 1964, in Storden, Minnesota. Polly was honored as the homecoming queen of her high school’s class of 1964. She was a homemaker and...
Sandra Buschmann
Mar 9, 2025
Sandra “Sandy” Buschmann passed away March 9, 2025 at the Good Sam in Pine River.
Sandy was born August 18, 1943, in Port Orchard, WA. She started to date Larry Buschmann in 1959 and they married July 1, 1961, being married for 63 years.
Sandy is survived by her husband, Larry; son, Brent Buschmann; daughter, Lynn Sherman; 6 granddaughters; 2 great-grandchildren; aunt,...
James Mikesh
Mar 5, 2025
James (Jim) Roger Mikesh, 88, of Pequot Lakes, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2025 surrounded by family. Jim was born to John and Minda (Gjemse) Mikesh on September 14, 1936, in St. Paul. He married Nancy Horner on April 12, 1958, in Minneapolis. He was an engineer and VP for Cherne Contracting Corp.
Jim was an amazing husband, father, grandfather,...
Dick Kerfeld
Mar 4, 2025
Sylvester (Dick) Kerfeld, age 80 of Merrifield, formerly of St. Cloud, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, MN.
Visitation will be from 10:00-11:30am at Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Crosslake on Thursday, March 13th. Mass will be held at 11:30-12:30. Lunch will follow at the church.
Dick was born June...
Karen Zeipelt
Mar 3, 2025
Karen Ann (Walter) Zeipelt, 81, of Pequot Lakes, passed away March 3, 2025.
Karen is survived by her husband, Robert; sons, Mark (LeeAnn), Paul (Diane), and Gregory; sister, Sandy (Gary) Henning; grandchildren, Joseph, Zachary, Kevyn, Benjamin, and Kasey (Mike) Stierna; and many nieces and nephews.
Karen was preceded in death by her father, Eugene; mother, Edna; sister, Carol Quigley; brother, James Walter;...
George A. Johnson
Mar 2, 2025
George A. Johnson, 95, of Brainerd, MN passed away peacefully on March 2, 2025, in Brainerd. A Memorial Service will be held on March 15, 2025 at 11:00AM at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Baxter. There will be a visitation held one hour prior to the start of the service at the church.
Memorial gifts are preferred to Prince of...
Delores Hill
Mar 1, 2025
Delores passed away on March 1, 2025. She was a strong woman and fought cancer starting in 2019. Her motto was, “Life Is Good!” She loved life and would always find something good in every day.
Delores was born on a farm near Foley MN, attending a one room schoolhouse until moving to St. Cloud with her parents, Lorraine & George...
Bruce Harrier
Mar 1, 2025
Bruce Harrier, 79, of Lakeshore, passed away on March 1, 2025.
Bruce was born on February 6, 1946, to Russel and Lottie (Boessenroth) Harrier in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He married Linda Steele on September 11, 1976.
Bruce spent many years on Bass Lake at the family cabin. In 2007, Bruce and Linda built their dream home. Bruce loved the outdoors, whether he was...
Marjorie Pearson
Feb 28, 2025
Marjorie Ann (Gregerson) Pearson, 77, a resident of Staples Care Center, formerly of Wadena, passed away peacefully Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at the Care Center with her family by her side.
Marge was born Feb. 11, 1948, in Superior, Wisconsin, to Andrew and Anna Gregerson. She was an LPN and then a stay-at-home mom, taking care of her two daughters, Candy...
Delbert Bahr
Feb 26, 2025
Delbert (Del) Bahr, 90, of Brainerd, passed away on February 26, 2025. Services will be held on Saturday, April 26th, at 1:00 pm, with visitation one hour prior at the Brenny Family Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN.
Del was born on December 27, 1934, in Bemidji, MN, to Roy and Mabel (Shoberg) Bahr. At the age of nine, Del lost his...
Lyle Gaines
Feb 26, 2025
Lyle Maynard Gaines, 75, of Baxter, passed away peacefully on February 26, 2025.
Lyle was born on May 5, 1949, to Maynard Gaines and Virginia (Olson) Busch in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lyle and Beverly spent the first part of their marriage in Minneapolis. Due to their love of northern Minnesota, they moved to Outing, MN, and became owners of Roosevelt Lake Service,...
James Kohnen
Feb 25, 2025
James Michael Kohnen died February 25, 2025, at Northern Lakes Senior Living in Baxter, MN. He was 93 years old.
James was born December 17, 1931, in Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Peter and Hedwig (Hemauer) Kohnen. He attended school through 8th grade in Langenburg and then helped out on the family farm. Later, he pursued training as an electrician, and began...
Richard Warn
Feb 25, 2025
Richard passed away with family by his side on February 25th, 2025 in Staples, MN after a long journey with dementia.
Richard was born October 15th, 1951 in Eveleth, MN to Robert and Inez Warn. He graduated from Eveleth High School in 1969.
He worked in many different trades as a young adult, including photo finishing and road construction. He also completed...
Robert O. Westlund Jr.
Feb 25, 2025
Robert Oscar Westlund, Junior
July 19, 1943 - February 25, 2025
A Memorial Service will be held on Friday March 7, 2025 at 2:00pm at the Log Church in Crosslake (37218 County Rd 16, Crosslake). Refreshments will be served following the service. Memorials are preferred to the Robert Westlund Jr. family or to the Log Church Benevolence Fund.
Preceded in death by Parents...
Michael Lattery Sr.
Feb 23, 2025
Michael Dennis Lattery, Sr., received his final orders. He passed away peacefully at home in Crosby, MN, on February 23, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. After being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in February 2023, he faced it with the same grit, stubbornness, and inappropriate jokes that got him through everything else in life.
Mike was a proud U.S. Navy...
Larry Moses
Feb 22, 2025
Larry Gene Moses, known widely as “Moe”, was born January 11, 1937 in Big Lake Township and died February 22, 2025 in Brainerd. The son of Alva and Bertha Moses, Moe grew up in Big Lake working on the family farm along with his siblings Marion, Marjorie, Joyce, Alva Duane (Buzz) and Lill. He married Jeanne Hanson in 1956 and...
James 'Jim' Brown
Feb 20, 2025
James Robert “Jim” Brown, age 92, was a patient at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota, when he left his earthly body Thursday, February 20, to continue life in heaven with his precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
A celebration of Jim’s life will be at Lincoln Evangelical Free Church on Saturday, March 1,2025 at 11:00 a.m. with pastor Don Reigstad officiating....
Jean Kruckow
Feb 20, 2025
Jean Marie Kruckow, born on January 22, 1938, to Henry and Glorene (Glover) Kramp in Gail Lake Township, MN, passed away on February 20, 2025, in Pine River, MN.
Jean started her adult career as a waitress at Torske’s in Pine River, then at the Pine River Creamery, and finally she worked for 22 years as a secretary at Cenex Gas...
