Obituaries
Morley Thorsett
Mar 17, 2011
Morley O. Thorsett, age 93, of Motley, passed away at the Lakewood Care Center in Staples on Thursday, March 17, 2011. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, April 2nd, at 1:00 PM, at the Lakewood Health System Care Center. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to the service. A visitation will held on Friday,...
Carolyn Peterson
Mar 16, 2011
Carolyn P. Peterson, 72, of Aitkin, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at her home. Memorial Services will be held later this spring at Riverwood Cemetery in Kelsey, MN. Carolyn was born November 25, 1938, in Kelsey, MN, the daughter of Ernest and Borghild (Soth) Randall. After graduating from Cotton High School in 1956, Carolyn was united in marriage...
Duane Lewandowski
Mar 14, 2011
Duane Allen Lewandowski, 47, of Merrifield, passed away at his home on Monday, March 14, 2011. Memorial Services will be held at 3:00 PM, Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake. Family and friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services.
William Dunn
Mar 14, 2011
William F. Dunn, 82, of Pequot Lakes, formerly of Tenstrike, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2011, at his home. He was born in Tenstrike on January 2, 1929, to Paul and Lillian Dunn. He married Goldie Bliss on September 4, 1954. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict and worked for Burlington Northern Railroad for...
Roger Twombly
Mar 12, 2011
Roger Lee Twombly, 65, of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village. A Memorial Service is planned for 11 AM, Saturday, April 9th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brainerd with Pastor Dave Holte officiating. Family and friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services. Roger's remains will be made part of the...
William Heishman
Mar 10, 2011
William E. "Bill" Heishman, 78, of Brainerd, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Funeral Services are scheduled for 11:00 AM, Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter, with Pastor Darrell Pedersen officiating. Family and friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services. Interment will be...
Ambrosia Culbertson
Mar 7, 2011
Ambrosia Rose Manija Culbertson, 78, of Randall, passed away Monday, March 7, 2011 at her home. A Memorial Service for Ambrosia will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 10 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Randall with Father Leo Moenkedick officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. There will also be a...
Evelyn Nordstrom
Mar 6, 2011
Evelyn Nordstrom, born April 7, 1914, died peacefully at her home in Pequot Lakes on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Evelyn attended Our Savior's Lutheran Church where she sang in the choir and was part of the quilting group for many years. She is survived by her daughters, Sandra Young (Jay), and Mary Langland; and grandchildren, Jeremy, Joseph, Daniel, Andrew,...
Joseph Dahl
Mar 4, 2011
Joseph Dahl, age 92, of Pine River, passed away Friday, March 4, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Center, Pine River. He was born October 12, 1918, in Bremerton, Washington, to Ludwig and Elizabeth Dahl. He graduated in from Central High School in Minneapolis in 1936, and served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. Joe was a member...
Mary Melby
Mar 4, 2011
Mary Melby, age 93, of Backus, passed away Friday, March 4, 2011, at Heritage House, Pequot Lakes. She was born November 26, 1917, to Guy and Helena Edwards. She was born and raised in South Dakota where she lived with her family until 1936. Due to drought conditions their family moved to rural Backus when Mary was 18. In...
Ronald Rolfe
Mar 3, 2011
TSGT Ronald "Rip" Rolfe, USAF, 74, of Baxter, passed away March 3, 2011 with his wife Judy at his side. Rip served his country around the world for more than 20 years as part of the US Air Force. He retired from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota and continued to serve his community for another 20 years...
Randall Mielke
Mar 2, 2011
Randall H. Mielke age 63, of Staples, passed away at St. Benedict's Senior Community in St. Cloud, Minnesota on Wednesday, March 2. A funeral service is planned for Tuesday, March 8 at 12:00 pm at the Church of Christ in Staples. Visitation will be Monday evening, March 7, from 5-7 pm at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples and...
Jeff Finn
Mar 2, 2011
Jeff Finn. 49, of Motley, passed away Wednesday, March 2 at his home. Private family servies will be held. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel of Staples.
Harlen Britton
Mar 2, 2011
Harlen "Spike" Britton, 92, of Brainerd, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Good Samaritan Village - Bethany. A gathering for family and friends is scheduled for Sunday, March 13 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM at the Oak Lawn Town Hall. Harlen was born July 27, 1918, in Vineland, MN, the son of Henry and Lillie (Hoskins) Britton. Early...
Mark Crawley
Feb 28, 2011
Mark Alan Crawley, 52, of Pequot Lakes, went to be with the Lord on February 28, 2011, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, after a short battle with cancer. He was born May 19, 1958, to Maurice and Shirley (Kraushar) Crawley. He was a loving brother, special uncle, and great friend. Motorcycles were his biggest passion. He loved being a...
Virginia Vogt
Feb 27, 2011
Virginia "Ginny" Vogt, 71, of Brainerd died at her home on Sunday, February 27, 2011. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 1:00 PM at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd with Father Tony Wroblewski officiating. Visitation will be held at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 from...
Lois Mick
Feb 23, 2011
Lois J. Mick, age 80, of Staples, passed away at Lakewood Health System Hospital on Wednesday, February 23. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 26, at 11:00 AM at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples. Friends may visit one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at the Evergreen Hill Cemetery in the spring. Lois...
Thomas Pine
Feb 22, 2011
Tom Pine, 70, of Little Falls, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at St. Gabriel's Hospital. Services for Thomas will be on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Randall with Father Leo Moenkedick officiating with visitation one hour prior to services. Interment will be at the Minnesota State Veteran's Cemetery in Little...
Albert Parrish
Feb 22, 2011
Albert "Smoky" Parrish, 83, of Hackensack, passed away February 22, 2011, in Harlingen, TX. A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, June 25, at Lakeside Baptist Church, Backus, with Pastor Jeff Broom officiating. Gathering time will be one hour prior to the service, with a lunch following the service. Smoky is survived by his wife,...
Elizabeth Valley
Feb 21, 2011
Elizabeth Marie (Gorden) Valley, age 42, of Backus went home to heaven on February 21, 2011. Elizabeth was born at her home in Crystal, Minnesota on November 8, 1968, moved to Climax, Minnesota when she was 3, and accepted Jesus in her heart when she was 10. She graduated 2nd in her class in 1987, and in 1989, earned...
