Obituaries
Karen Marie Card
Nov 22, 2023
Karen Marie Card, 75, of Staples passed away on November 22, 2023, at Sanford Health in Fargo. Funeral Services will take place at 11 am on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at Thomastown Covenant Church in Staples, MN. A visitation will take place one hour prior to services.
Karen was born on December 9, 1947 in Fargo, North Dakota to...
Bob Hendrickson
Nov 21, 2023
Bob Hendrickson, 69, of Brainerd, passed away on November 21, 2023. Services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, December 6th at the Brenny Family Funeral Chapel in Baxter.
Bob was born on September 16, 1954, in Viroqua, Wisconsin to Roger and Mavis (Sanden) Hendrickson. He grew up in Houston, Minnesota and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. His family moved to...
James G Hanus
Nov 21, 2023
James (Jim) Gregory Hanus, 63, of Merrifield, MN passed away peacefully at his home with his family by his side on Tuesday November 21, 2023.
James was born to Wally and Jean Hanus on June 20, 1960, in Robbinsdale, MN. He was the youngest of their four children.
On November 30th 1991, Jim and Roxanne Jans married in Crosslake, MN....
Robert Wynn
Nov 20, 2023
Robert (Bobby) Cecil Wynn passed away unexpectedly at CentraCare Hospital in St. Cloud due to complications of diabetes at the age of 47. He was born March 30, 1976, in Brainerd, the third child of Douglas and Shirley (Larson) Wynn. Bobby attended school in Pequot Lakes. He worked several jobs in his younger years.
Bobby enjoyed feeding and watching his birds...
Ruth Knox
Nov 20, 2023
Ruth Boynton Knox, known by family and friends as Grandma Ruth, age 96, of Pine River, MN, and formerly Webster City, IA, received her last and final change of address as she was escorted to her heavenly home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, November 20, 2023.
Ruth was the daughter of Leland Boynton and Mary (Nelson,...
Margaret Lehrke
Nov 19, 2023
Margaret “Marge” Mary Lehrke, 88, peacefully passed away at Grand Arbor Memory Care in Alexandria, Minnesota, on November 19, 2023.
Margaret was born October 5, 1935, in Bowlus, Minnesota, to Joseph and Helen (Eggert) Prokott. She grew up on her family’s farm with older brother Robert, older sisters Dolores, Dorothy, and Rita and younger sister Jeanette. In 1955, she was...
Eva Reither
Nov 17, 2023
Eva Barbara (Lugert) Reither, of Staples, passed away on November 17, 2023, at 105 ½ years of age.
Eva was born 3lbs, on a farm in Mantador, North Dakota. Her mom put her in a shoebox lined with cotton and put her in the oven to keep warm – No incubators back then. Later in life her husband said, “I...
Kim Trana
Nov 17, 2023
Kim Trana, 68, of Staples, passed away on November 17, 2023. Services will be held 11:00 am on Tuesday November 28, 2023 at Motley Free Methodist Church with a visitation starting one hour prior.
Kim was born on October 10th 1955 in Staples, MN to Tom and Barbara (Modrow) Trana. He graduated from Staples High School in 1974. He...
Virginia 'Ginger' Gunderson
Nov 17, 2023
Viriginia “Ginger” Gunderson of Baxter, Minnesota, passed away on November 17, 2023, at the age of 83.
Ginger grew up in Willmar, Minnesota, with her parents, Harvey and Dina Spaulding, and her brother, Gene Spaulding (Judy). After graduating from Willmar Senior High School, Ginger worked for Ministers Life Insurance Company in Minneapolis, and later the Brainerd Credit Bureau, and she...
Jerry Cavin
Nov 16, 2023
Jerry Patrick Cavin, 85, passed away peacefully on November 16, 2023, at Shiloh assisted Living in Pequot Lakes, MN.
Jerry was born to Roy Fred Cavin and Bessie Marie Wood in Dallam County, Texas, on January 3, 1938. He attended Texline High School where he met “The Love of His Life” Marilyn Gail Wheeler. They married on December 21, 1956,...
Marie Flanagan
Nov 16, 2023
Marie Idella Flanagan, 86, of Brainerd, MN passed away peacefully on Thursday November 16, 2023, surrounded by family at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Brainerd. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday December 1, 2023, at 11:00am at the Brenny Family Funeral Chapel in Baxter. There will be a visitation held one hour prior to the start of the service...
Harold Elling
Nov 15, 2023
Harold Elling, age 67, of Pequot Lakes, MN passed away on November 15, 2023 in Duluth, MN. No services wil be planned at this time. Harold's wishes are to have a private Celebration of Life.
A full obituary will be posted soon.
Arrangements are entrusted to Brenny Family Funeral Chapel, Pequot Lakes.
Richard Roy Tornow Sr
Nov 13, 2023
Richard Roy Tornow Sr. “Dick”, 81, of Baxter, passed away on November 13, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 11 am at Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Church on November 18, 2023. A visitation will take place 1 hour prior to services.
Dick was born to Lyle and Fayne on January 23, 1942. He was a 30-year retiree from...
Jay Jeffers
Nov 12, 2023
Jay Jeffers, 84, of Breezy Point, passed away November 12, 2023, at Senior Class Community in Pequot Lakes. Jay was born July 13, 1939, in Austin Minnesota, to Roy Jeffers and Winifred (Johnston) Jeffers. He attended Austin High School. He joined the Navy in 1957 and spent over three years stationed in Japan. Jay attended Mankato State College and eventually...
Robert Heath
Nov 12, 2023
Robert Lee Heath passed away on the afternoon of November 12, 2023, at his home near Pine River, Minnesota, in the presence of family members. Born April 5, 1931, in Brainerd, Minnesota, to Lee and Mae Heath, Bob was 92 years old. He is survived by his wife, Doris Lovegreen Heath, as well as his two children, Ann Stark...
Duane Ambuehl
Nov 11, 2023
Duane G. Ambuehl passed away on November 11, 2023. He was born on August 13, 1934 in Clearbrook, MN. He was preceded in death by his mother, father and beloved wife, Dorothy.
He leaves behind a sister, brother, son, daughter, and many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
Duane retired after 21 years in the Air Force. He...
Robert Sylvester Hahn
Nov 11, 2023
Robert S Hahn "Bob", 82, of Aitkin, passed away on Veterans Day, November 11, 2023, at his home. Funeral Services will be held on December 2, 2023 at 1:00pm at the Garrison VFW Post #1816. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the start of the service.
Bob was born on August 1, 1941, to Donald and Leona...
Mary Beatrice Woldahl
Nov 11, 2023
Mary Woldahl, 86, of Motley, MN passed away on November 11, 2023, in Staples, MN. On June 11, 1937, Mary was born to Verne and Alice (Clark) Rittenhouse in Martin County, MN.
After graduating high school, Mary moved to Kansas City, after a short period of time she moved to Duluth MN, where she met Duane, the love...
Diana Linehan
Nov 10, 2023
Diana Linehan, 80, left us on November 10, 2023, with her family by her side at her home in Cushing, MN.
Diana was born in Seattle, Washington to Phyllis Elaine Wright (Montagne) and James Richard Wright Senior.
Diana moved to Minnesota after high school to be a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines in 1963. While living In Minnesota she met...
Larry Michael Jumer
Nov 10, 2023
Larry Jumer [66] passed away Friday, November 10th, 2023 at his home in Crosslake, MN. Larry was born to Earl and Marilyn Jumer October 7th, 1957 in Lancaster, CA. He graduated from Blaine Senior High School in 1976, and spent the next 30 plus years working in the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsman trade. Larry retired in 2012 and spent...
