Obituaries

Marla Olson

Mar 31, 2016

Marla Mae Olson, 79, of Brainerd, MN passed away Thursday, March 31, 2016. She was born August 24, 1936 in Minneapolis, MN to David and Elizabeth (Born) Washburn. Marla is survived by her children, Pamela (Mark) Morton, Daniel (Leigh), Thomas (Janice), Jerome (Cathy); 18 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; sisters, Joan Hovet, Diane Berglund, Kathleen Gronskei, and Marianne Washburn. She...

Anna Edmon

Mar 31, 2016

Anna M. Edmon, 84, of Pequot Lakes, MN died on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel in Pequot Lakes, MN.

Reuben Lehtola

Mar 31, 2016

Reuben Lehtola, 87, of Merrifield, MN passed away Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Essentia-St. Joe's Hospital in Brainerd, MN. Services for Reuben will be at 11:00AM, Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN, with Pastor Erika Nilsen officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation one hour prior to services. Interment will be...

Colleen Souther

Mar 30, 2016

Colleen "Susie" Lenore Souther, 87, of Crosslake, MN passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 30 at Guardian Angels Assisted Living in Elk River. A celebration gathering will be held on Wednesday, April 6 at 11:00 a.m. at Saron Lutheran Church in Big Lake, with a luncheon to follow. Visitation will be from 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Susie was born...

Virginia Dolmar

Mar 28, 2016

Virginia Mae Dolmar, of Crosslake, died March 28, 2016. Born December 4, 1930 to Walter and Lucreaty Althaus, she was raised by Walter's brother Charlie and his wife Lettie in Minneapolis where she graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1948. She worked as a clerk at a bank and a Veteran's Administration hospital before marrying Roy Dolmar, with whom...

Alma Mammenga

Mar 28, 2016

Alma Mae Barbra Mammenga, 87, of Staples died on Monday, March 28, 2016 at Tri County Hospital in Wadena, MN. Private Family Services at a later date. Interment will be at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, MN. Alma was born on February 10, 1929 in Tracy, MN to Lester and Viola (Finnell) Sheets. She was a homemaker...

Richard Weiss

Mar 27, 2016

Richard H. Weiss, 95, of Pierz, MN died on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at Pierz Villa. Services for Richard will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 11:00AM at Holy Cross Church in Harding, MN with visitation beginning at 10:00AM at the church. Interment will be at the Holy Cross Catholic Parish Cemetery in Harding, MN. Richard was...

Terri Abbas

Mar 27, 2016

Terri Darlene Abbas, 68, of Staples, quietly entered into eternal rest surrounded by her loving family in her home on Easter Sunday March 27, 2016. Visitation will be at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples on Friday April 8th, 2016 from 5-�8pm and again, one hour prior to the funeral service. The Funeral service will be at the Staples...

David Cooper

Mar 25, 2016

David Lawerence Cooper, 54, Motley, MN, died Friday, March 25, 2016 at his home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 11 AM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, with one hour of visitation time prior to the service. David was born on May 28, 1961 in Wadena, MN, son of...

Dawn Thompson

Mar 24, 2016

Dawn Thompson, 47, of Staples, MN went to join her sister, on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Lakewood Health System Hospital in Staples, MN. Services for Dawn will be at 11:00AM, Friday, April 1, 2016 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, with Father Joe Korf officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation one hour prior...

Jennifer Galligan

Mar 21, 2016

Jennifer Michelle Galligan, 42, of Brainerd, died Monday, March 21, 2016 at her home. She passed away unexpectedly from medical complications. Services for Jennifer will be held at 6:00 PM, Monday, March 28 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. Jennifer was born June 21, 1973, in St....

Stanley Bettis

Mar 20, 2016

Stanley Bettis, 80, of Motley, MN arrived in Heaven on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. Services for Stanley will be 11:00AM, Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Lincoln Evangelical Free Church in Lincoln, MN with Pastors Jim Brown and Dan Crocker officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation from 5:00-7:00PM, Wednesday,...

Maria Biermann

Mar 20, 2016

Maria Anna Biermann (Muller), 87 years old, was born January 15, 1929 in Kiedrich, Germany and died March 20, 2016 in Crosslake Minnesota were she was a resident of the Golden Horizons Care Facility. Services for Maria will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 12:00PM at Crosslake Presbyterian Church. Visitation one hour prior to services at the...

Jason Stowell

Mar 19, 2016

Jason Stowell, 43, passed away unexpectedly at his mother's home in Pillager on March 19, 2016. He had returned to the states on March 9, 2016, after a year in China. Visitation will be Monday, March 28, 2016 from 10-11 am with a service at 11 at the Brenny Funeral Home. Chef Jason was born in Brainerd, Minnesota on...

Amy Granby

Mar 17, 2016

Amy Granby, 24, of Staples, MN died on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Monticello, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, March 21, 2016 at 11:00AM at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Motley, MN. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 20, 2016 from 4:00-7:00PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples, MN with a prayer...

Francis Perlinger

Mar 17, 2016

Francis Perlinger, 85, of Brainerd, MN died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Senior Class Care in Pequot Lakes, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00 pm, Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at St. Mathias Parish, with Father Daniel Weiske officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather for visitation from 5:00-7:00 pm, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Brenny Funeral...

Allison Brunes

Mar 17, 2016

Allison Kathryn Edna Brunes, age 92, of Pequot Lakes, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society, Pine River. She was born to Louie and Esther Arvig on September 8, 1923. She married James Brunes on June 15, 1941. Jim and Allison traveled extensively, often with friends, wintered in Texas and Arizona and spent summers in...

Betty Peppel

Mar 17, 2016

Betty Kathleen Peppel, age 90, was born to Carl and Opal Smedberg of Kenmare, ND, on November 18, 1925. Betty passed away on March 17, 2016, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd, MN with her family at her side. Betty married Hans Herbert Peppel Sr. and had five children; Frank, Mark, Steve, John, and Hans Jr.. She was preceded...

Arthur Manning

Mar 15, 2016

Arthur "Art" Manning, 84, of Staples, MN passed away peacefully with his family by his side Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples, MN. Funeral services for Arthur will be 10:00AM, Monday, March 21, 2016 at the Church of Christ in Staples with Pastor Barry Klein officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather...

Angelo Smieja

Mar 14, 2016

Angelo M. Smieja "HoneyDear", 88, of Hackensack, MN formally of Cushing, MN died at his home on Monday, March 14, 2016. A Mass of Christian Burial for Angelo will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 11:00AM at St. James Catholic Church in Randall, MN with Father Francis Kabiru officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 18,...