Obituaries
Eugene Durham
Apr 23, 2016
Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN. Eugene ("Gene") Stanley Durham, 82, of Brainerd, died Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Diamond Willow Assisted Living. Services will be held at 1 PM, Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Pastor Dave Holte...
Inez Olson
Apr 22, 2016
Inez Olson, 99, of Staples, MN passed away on Friday, April 22, 2016 at the Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples, MN. Services for Inez will be 10:30AM, Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, with Pastor Steve Sveom officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7PM, Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples...
Louise Evans
Apr 20, 2016
Louise F. Evans, 70, of Brainerd, died at Essentia Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Services were held on Monday, April 25 and Tuesday, April 26, 2016 in Salisbury Mills, New York. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN.
Rose Ranney
Apr 18, 2016
Rose E. Ranney, 88, of Brainerd, passed away Monday, April 18, 2016 at Carefree Living. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, April 23, 2016 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd with Father Blake Rozier officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather Friday evening at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter on Friday,...
Steve Praska
Apr 17, 2016
Steve Praska, 31, of Brainerd, MN died on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at St. Cloud Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 1:00PM at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd, MN with Father Tony Wroblewski officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 5:00-7:00PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel...
Janice Egan
Apr 16, 2016
Janice Marie Egan, 73, of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Essentia Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center. Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services and stay for a reception to follow. Private family interment...
Donald Mccuskey
Apr 15, 2016
Donald Homer McCuskey, 90, of Longville, Minnesota, passed away on April 15, 2016, peacefully in his sleep. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, with visitation beginning at 1:00 PM, on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Salem Lutheran Church in Longville, Minnesota. Donald was born in Holyoke, Minnesota, on October 14, 1925. He was married to Barbara...
Terry Dingman
Apr 14, 2016
Terry Lee Dingman, 66, of Brainerd, died in a motorcycle accident Thursday, April 14, 2016. Services for Terry will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. Interment with Military Honors will be held at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near...
Betty DeChaine
Apr 14, 2016
Betty Louise DeChaine, age 90, of Brainerd, MN passed away on April 14, 2016 at her home in Brainerd. Betty was born to John and Estella (Wood) Brooks on September 26, 1925 and grew up in Maywood, Illinois. Betty married Leo DeChaine and together they had two children. Leo died in 1985. Later in life, Betty and Hubert Alt...
Donald Tepfer
Apr 11, 2016
Donald Edward Tepfer, age 83, of Pequot Lakes, passed into the loving arms of Jesus on Monday, April 11, 2016. He was born September 9, 1932, in Faribault, MN and was adopted by Adolph and Edna Tepfer at the age of 23 months. Don was baptized on June 11, 1934, and was confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church (now Gloria...
Charleen O'Neil
Apr 11, 2016
Charleen L. O'Neil, 70, of Brainerd, MN died on Monday, April 11, 2016 at Essentia Health/St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, MN. A Graveside Service for Charleen will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 11:00AM at Garrsion Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 15, 2015 from 5:00-7:00PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN. Charleen...
Kathleen Violette
Apr 10, 2016
Kathleen ‘Kay' May Violette (Coyer), age 91, passed away on April 10th, 2016 in Brainerd, MN at Good Samaritan Assisted Living. Kay was born on February 27th, 1925 in Fosston, MN to parent's Amil Maynord Coyer and Hazel May (Pulzer). Kay worked on her family's farm until the age of eighteen. She worked for 23 years until retirement at...
Douglas Vogel
Apr 10, 2016
Douglas Vogel, 63, of Motley, MN passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at the St. Cloud Hospital. A Memorial Service for Doug will be at 3:00PM, Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, MN. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation from 1:00 until the service. Military Honors will be provided by the...
Delene Berry
Apr 9, 2016
Delene R. Berry, 91, of Brainerd, MN died on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Good Samaritan Village-Woodland in Brainerd, MN. Private Family Services will be held. Delene was born on December 16, 1924 in Swatara, MN to James and Irene (Harrington) Elliott. She worked in Washington during WWII for Boeing "Rosie The Riveter". Delene returned to the Brainerd/Merrifield area,...
Dolores Cummings
Apr 7, 2016
Dolores Cummings, age 87, of Pine River, MN, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born August 1, 1928, in Minneapolis, to Everett and Agnes Johnston. Memorial services will be 1:30 PM on Saturday, April 16, at Pine River United Methodist Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service....
Darlene Evenson
Apr 6, 2016
Darlene Bernice Evenson, age 72, passed away on April 6, 2016, after losing her battle with cancer. She passed away at home being comforted and cared for by her husband, Ronnie, and family members. Darlene was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pies of Nisswa on July 8, 1943. Darlene loved her family and enjoyed being a homemaker. She...
William Worcester
Apr 5, 2016
William "Augie" August Worcester, Age 65 of Blind Lake Township passed away peacefully after a long fight with Alzheimer. Bill "Augie" was born in Brainerd, MN. "Augie" lived in the Blind Lake and Pine River area for most of his life. His greatest loves were his family, hunting, ice fishing and helping others. Augie spent most of his working...
Otelia Schmieg
Apr 5, 2016
Otelia Schmieg, age 100, passed away on April 5, 2016. Otelia (Odie) Schmieg was born September 19, 1915, to Bert and Emma Hartung of Bertha, Minnesota. She attended grade school at Immanuel Lutheran Church at Bartlett, where she was confirmed May 29th, 1929. She graduated from Bertha High School in 1933. There were three classmates at her 80th class...
James Sadusky
Apr 3, 2016
James "Jim" Sadusky, 77, of Staples, MN passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Sunday, April 3, 2016. Services for Jim will be at 11:00AM, Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples, with Father Joe Korf officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation from 4:00-7:00PM, Wednesday, April 6 at...
Carl Roseland
Apr 3, 2016
Carl Vernon Roseland, age 76, formerly of Baxter and St. Francis, died peacefully, Sunday, April 3, 2016, at his home in Pequot Lakes, MN. Carl was born at Grandma Putnam's house on March 19, 1940, in Anoka, MN to Olaf and Julia (Putnam) Roseland. "Grandpa Carl" enjoyed camping, tinkering with cars, visiting his land in Ideal Corners and going...
