Obituaries
Phyllis Ohlsen
Dec 8, 2011
Phyllis E. Ohlsen, 85, of Alexandria, died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Essentia Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Private family services are planned.
Nevaeh Gerdes
Dec 8, 2011
Nevaeh Marie Brown, daughter of Laura Gerdes and Patrick Brown, was born and died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Essentia Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Memorial Services will be held at 10 AM, Monday, December 12 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. She...
Joyce Cottrell
Dec 7, 2011
Joyce Cottrell, 85, of Brainerd, died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at her home. Services are planned for a later date.
Barbara Philipson
Dec 6, 2011
Barbara E. Philipson, 79, of Brainerd died on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Edgewood Vista in Brainerd. Private Family Services will be held with interment at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, MN.
Betty McGraw
Dec 6, 2011
Betty Ruth McGraw, 83, of Burnsville, MN died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ surrounded by her family. Funeral Services will be held at 1 PM, Monday, December 12, 2011 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services and stay for a luncheon...
Dr. Sievers
Dec 5, 2011
Dr. Farrell Patrick Sievers, age 79, passed away December 5, 2011, at his home in Hackensack, after a courageous year-long battle with melanoma. He was born July 29, 1932, in Minneapolis and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1950. He later graduated from St. Thomas College and earned a Doctorate degree from the University of South Dakota. Later, Farrell...
Mabel Schmahl
Dec 5, 2011
Mabel D. Schmahl, 90, of Brainerd, formerly of The West Side, died on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Essentia/St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Private Family Services. Mabel is survived by daughter, Nancy Lee Baird; son, Bill both of Brainerd; grandchildren, Lori (Joe) Szepieniec and Rodger Baird; special great grandchildren, Leeann, Sherre, Grant, Mitchel; and her special dog, Siren....
Myrtle Torkelson
Dec 4, 2011
Myrtle L. Torkelson, age 95, of Pine River, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011, at Good Samaritan Society, Pine River. She was born November 1, 1916, in Pine River, to Francis and Ruth Jones. She married Walt Torkelson in 1934. Myrtle is survived by her daughter, Shirley Flategraff; sister, Doris Glover; nine grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 15 great-great...
Jason Matson
Dec 3, 2011
Jason Matson, 56, of Watertown, NY died on Saturday, December 3, 2011 in New York. Interment is scheduled for 11 AM, Monday, December 12, 2011 at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Little Falls, MN.
Neal Williams
Dec 3, 2011
Neal Williams, beloved husband, son, brother, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, passed away December 3, 2011, at the age of 77. He was born September 13, 1934 and was a resident of Longville, MN, from 1984 to the present. He was preceded in death by wife, Julie, brothers, Al and Larry Williams, daughter, Brenda Grove, and grandson, Blake Flanigan....
Betty Belling
Dec 3, 2011
Betty Jean (Odden) Belling, 85 of Staples died Dec. 3, 2011 at the Lakewood Health System Hospital in Staples. A memorial service was held Dec. 7, at Faith Lutheran Church, Staples with Pastor Steven Sveom officiating. Burial will be held in the spring at Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Staples. Arrangements were with the Brenny Funeral Home, Staples. Betty was born...
Russell Hamblin
Dec 1, 2011
Russell Arthur Hamblin, 92, of Baxter, MN, and formerly of Hayward, WI, and Virginia, MN, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2011, in Brainerd, MN. Memorial services will be on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the Anderson Nathan Koerpel Funeral Home (15571 West County Hwy B. - Hayward, WI), with a visitation one hour prior to...
Bonnie Rude
Nov 30, 2011
Bonnie Jo (Day) Rude, 57, of Brainerd, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Private Family Services are scheduled. Bonnie was born June 28, 1954 in Duluth, MN, the daughter of William and Mary Day. She will be missed by her children, Kelsie (fiancé Justin Abbott) Rude, Mindy Rude, and Riley Northcott; brother, Kenn (Mary) Day;...
Larry Mulholland
Nov 30, 2011
Larry "Bim" Mulholland, 60, went to be with the Lord on November 30, 2011 @ St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Larry was born on August 4, 1951, in Brainerd, to Ray & Agnes (Gaspers) Mulholland. He married Donna Vogt on May 21, 1983. Larry was a dedicated family man and was totally devoted to his grandchildren. He was...
Patricia Ford
Nov 29, 2011
Patricia Ann Ford, age 72, of Hackensack, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2011. She was born to Paige and Kay Green on March 23, 1939, in Pipestone, MN. Pat married Gordon Ford on September 8, 1958. Being a military family, they lived in many places across the country until retiring to Hackensack in 1975. She was an avid bingo...
James Forbrook
Nov 29, 2011
James "Jim" Forbrook, age 64, of Hackensack, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2011. He was born September 27, 1947, in Nicollet, MN, to Lester and Phyllis Forbrook. Jim graduated from Nicollet High School in 1967. He married Rita June Fahning in 1971. They later divorced. On March 28, 1981, he married Kathy Hanks. Jim served in the US Marines...
Beulah Hendricks
Nov 29, 2011
Beulah May Hendricks passed away on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 at the Meritcare Health System hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Born on June 27th, 1918 in New Market, Iowa, she was the daughter of Wilbert and Julia Deibel. As a true pioneer, at age five her family moved to Walker, Minnesota setting up homestead in a small log cabin;...
Della Evans
Nov 28, 2011
Della (Bacon) Evans, age 88, resident of Edgewood Vista, Brainerd, MN passed away peacefully on Monday, November 28, 2011. Della was born to Edmund and Delphina (Jones) Bacon on December 24, 1922 in Beaver, Utah. She and her husband owned and operated the Hub Cafe in Brainerd for many years and she was also employed by the Brainerd School...
Hazel Larson
Nov 26, 2011
Hazel M. Larson of Merrifield, Minnesota passed away peacefully at her home on Horseshoe Lake, November 26, 2011, surrounded by her immediate family. Beloved wife, mother and friend, Hazel was born in Bird Island, Minnesota on September 1, 1928, the daughter of Hugo and Mary Lidbeck. As a young woman she moved to Minneapolis where she worked at NSP...
Caroline Schroeml
Nov 26, 2011
Caroline A. Schroeml, 71, of Brainerd, died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Essentia Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center. Private family interment will be held at a later date at Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd. Caroline was born November 24, 1940, the daughter of Sylvester and Esther (Simonson) Janeck. For most of her life, she lived in the Brainerd Lakes...
