Obituaries
Anna Kern
Jan 2, 2013
Anna Marie Kern, age 71, passed away in her home on January 2, 2013. Anna was a long-time resident of the Twin Cities but spent her last several years in Hackensack, MN where she lived with her beloved husband, Bertram "Bert" Kern. Anna met Bert on a bike ride in Brooklyn Park. They later married and lived happily together,...
Joyce Thiel
Jan 2, 2013
Joyce John Thiel, 91, of Staples, passed away at Lakewood Hospital Wednesday, January 2, 2013. Services will be at 11:00AM on Monday, January 7, 2013, at United Methodist Church in Staples. Visitation will be Sunday from 2-6pm, at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples, MN, and 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Joyce was born May...
Inez Betts
Dec 31, 2012
Inez Gladys Betts, 96, of Staples, passed away at Lakewood Hospital Monday, December 31, 2012. Services will be at 11:00AM on Friday, January 4, 2013, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Staples. Visitation will be one hour prior at the church. Burial will be at Evergreen Hill in the spring. She was born to Herman and Catherine (Lenius) Wessel, March...
William Steuber
Dec 31, 2012
William "Bill" Steuber, 96, of Crosslake, died Monday, December 31, 2012 at Golden Horizons Assisted Living. Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, January 4, 2013 at Mission of the Cross Lutheran Church in Crosslake with Pastor Leslie Uhrinak officiating. Family and friends are welcome to visit Thursday evening at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake from 4-8...
Arnold Olsen
Dec 31, 2012
Arnold Inge Olsen, 81, passed away December 31, 2012 at Essentia Health/St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter, MN. Friends may visit with family on Friday evening from 5:00-7:00PM at the church. Interment will be private at Minnesota State Veteran's...
Delores Treague
Dec 29, 2012
Delores Treague, age 70, of Pine River, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Society, Pine River. She was born September 28, 1942, in Payneville, Kentucky. Delores was a very hard-working person and will always be loved and missed by her family. Delores is survived by her husband, Art; children: Richard Treague, Joyce Treague; six grandchildren...
Anthony White
Dec 29, 2012
Anthony Jay White, 23, of Nisswa died on Saturday, December 29, 2012. A Gathering of Family and Friends will be held on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN from 1:00-3:00 PM with sharing time at 2:00PM. Family requests that family and friends arrive in purple attire. Private Family Interment. Anthony was born on September...
Alfred Aegerter
Dec 28, 2012
Alfred Aegerter, 88, died Friday, December 28, 2012 at Essentia Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, MN. Private family services with interment at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley.
John Knutson
Dec 28, 2012
John Knutson, age 74, of Pequot Lakes passed away Friday, December 28, at his home, after a 4-year battle with esophageal cancer. John was born to John and Mary Knutsen on February 28, 1938, in Brainerd. He grew up in Ideal Corners and graduated from Pequot Lakes High School. He married Jane Erickson in 1982. John was an expert...
Merle Bygness
Dec 28, 2012
Merle Donovan ("Don") Bygness passed away at age 90 on Dec. 28, 2012, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, Minn., following a brief hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia. Don was a proud WWII (USN) veteran (1942-1946), born in Lake Township, Humboldt County, Iowa in 1922; graduate of Waldorf and St. Olaf colleges; dedicated teacher and school administrator in Renwick...
Mary Meyer
Dec 26, 2012
Mary Ann Olson Meyer, age 82, of Verndale, passed away at the Lakewood Health System Hospital, on Wednesday, December 26. A Funeral Service is planned for Monday December 31, at 11:00 AM, at the Swan Valley Lutheran Church. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at the Swan Valley Cemetery....
Joshua Jurek
Dec 26, 2012
Joshua David Jurek, infant son of John and Dava Jurek, of Pillager, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Private Family Services.
Robert Brown
Dec 25, 2012
Robert Stanley Brown, 86, of Baxter, previously of Brainerd, Coon Rapids, and Minneapolis, died Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Diamond Willow Assisted Living. Visitation Friday evening from 4:30 - 7:30 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Rosary at 7:30 PM. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, December 29 at St. Francis...
"Rollie" Kollodge
Dec 25, 2012
Rollie" Roland D. Kollodge, 74, of East Gull Lake died on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at his home. A Gathering of Family and Friends will be held on Saturday, December 29, 2012 from 1:00-3:00PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Rollie was born on November 17, 1938 in Little Falls, MN to Peter and Frances (Schibella) Kollodge. He married...
Richard Winkelman
Dec 23, 2012
Richard "Dick" Winkelman, age 90, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012, at Good Samaritan Society Woodland in Brainerd. He was born to Howard and Frances Winkelman on August 13, 1922, in Marian, North Dakota. Dick served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. He was a blacksmith and worked for the city of Pequot Lakes...
Evelyn Jones
Dec 23, 2012
Evelyn Jones, age 98, of Hackensack, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012, at her home. She was born to Joseph and Anna Safer on January 1, 1914, in Holdingford, MN. Evelyn was raised by parents who were immigrants from Czechoslovakia, attended a one-room elementary school and then high school in the Upsala, MN, area. She married Walter "Buck" Jones...
Steven Ross
Dec 22, 2012
Steven Ross, age 56, of Bemidji, passed away suddenly on Saturday, December 22, 2012. Services will be 11 AM on Thursday, December 27, at St. Michael's Catholic Church in St. Cloud. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service at the church.
Glen Smith
Dec 21, 2012
Glen "Pat" Smith, 67, of Nisswa, died at his home Friday, December 21, 2012. Mass of Christian Buiral will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, December 27, 2012 at St. Christopher's Catholic Church in Nisswa with Father George Zeck officiating. Family and friends are welcome to gather Wednesday evening from 5-7 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter...
Joseph Carl
Dec 21, 2012
Joseph William Carl, age 80 of Motley, MN, formerly of Princeton, MN passed away at the VA nursing home in St. Cloud on December 21, 2012. Services will be held at 10am on Friday, December 28, 2012 at St. Michael Catholic Church in Motley, MN. Wake will be Thursday evening from 5-7pm, at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples,...
Dale Hauggorde
Dec 20, 2012
Dale I. Hauggorde, 83, of Nashwauk, MN, died Thursday, December 20, 2012 in Mesa, AZ. Services will be held in Spring 2013.
