Obituaries
Arlene Swanson
Oct 23, 2023
Arlene May McGillivray Swanson passed away peacefully on October 23, 2023, at her home in Brainerd. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday November 2, 2023, at 11:30am at the Brenny Family Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the start of the service. Lunch will be served following the service. Burial...
Betty Pemble
Oct 22, 2023
Betty Pemble, age 92, of Brainerd, MN passed away on October 22, 2023, in Brainerd. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday October 27, 2023, at 11:00am at the Brenny Family Funeral Chapel in Baxter. There will be a visitation one hour prior to the start of the service at the Chapel.
Betty was born to Loddie and Lena...
Benjamin Pagel
Oct 21, 2023
Benjamin Pagel, 58, of Brainerd, MN passed away on October 21, 2023 in Brainerd. Private family services will be held.
Arrangements are entrusted to brenny Family Funeral Chapel, Baxter.
Terry I. Fornell
Oct 20, 2023
Terry Fornell, age 74, died peacefully at her Crosslake home on October 20, 2023, after a long battle with cancer. She was born on October 21, 1948, in Brainerd, MN to Donald and Bertella Raph. She attended Pine River High School, graduating as the class of 1966’s valedictorian. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. Cloud State University...
Wesley Borchert
Oct 19, 2023
Wesley Allen Borchert, aged 86, passed away peacefully on October 19, 2023, in Backus, MN. He was born on February 17, 1937, to Fred and Esther (Gish) Borchert in Federal Dam, MN. Wes graduated from Grove City High School in 1955, where he denied ever exhibiting behavior problems in any grade…we don’t buy it.
After high school, Wes joined the...
Nancy Elwell
Oct 19, 2023
Nancy Elwell passed away peacefully at home with family by her side on October 19, 2023. Nancy was born on August 30th, 1950, in St. Cloud, MN to the late Andrew and Geraldine (Keehr) Carter. She grew up in the Hillman area where she attended school and graduated from Onamia High School with the nickname “Smiley”. She was united in...
Michelle Marie Olson
Oct 18, 2023
Michelle Olson, 60, of Brainerd, passed away on October 18, 2023.
Arrangments have been entrusted to the Brenny Family Funeral Chapel, Baxter.
Myrle Dabill
Oct 17, 2023
Myrle Dabill (Cusey) age 101 of Pine River, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2023. She was born in McKinley Township on March 15, 1922. Myrle was a teacher in country schools after graduating from Pine River High School and teacher’s training. She married the love of her life, Don Dabill, on June 9, 1943. They were happily married for 65...
Daniel DuRand
Oct 17, 2023
Daniel DuRand, 54, of Watertown, passed away on October 17, 2023. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday October 28, 2023 at 3:00pm at The Iten Funeral Home (300 3rd St N, Delano, MN 55328). There will be a visitation held one hour prior to start of the service.
Please refer all memorials to Iten Funeral Home.
James Hadfield
Oct 17, 2023
James Walter Hadfield, born February 25, 1951, passed away at the age of 72 on October 17, 2023 in Brainerd, MN.Jim married Barbara Ann Hadfield (Kitzke) in 1972. They are both survived by their 4 children, Katherine (Brian) VanGheem, Chris (Amynda) Hadfield, Nick (Melissa) Hadfield, and Jeremy (Alexia) Hadfield, and 16 grandchildren.Jim is preceded in death by his wife Barbara,...
Joyce Marie Nelson
Oct 17, 2023
Joyce Marie Nelson, 88, of Little Falls passed away at her home surrounded by family on October 17, 2023. Mass of Christian burial will take place at 11 am on Friday, October 20, 2023 at St. James Catholic Church in Randall with Father Ben Kociemba. A visitation will take place from 5-7pm on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at the Brenny...
Dean Spencer
Oct 16, 2023
Dean Spencer, 71, of Brainerd, MN passed away at his home on October 16, 2023. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Dean was born to Craig and Lorraine Spencer on March 16, 1952 in Brainerd, MN. He married Shelley Marmorine on April 17, 1982. Dean was employed by the City of Brooklyn Park as the...
Chad Kilbury
Oct 14, 2023
Chad Leon Kilbury, 48, of Bertha, passed away on Saturday October 14, 2023, at 3:01am from natural causes. There will be a celebration of his life later in November. It will be posted to Facebook soon.
Chad was born on July 7, 1975, to James and Mildred (Forsyth) Kilbury in Jacksonville, Illinois. He married the love of his life...
Adeline Crosby
Oct 14, 2023
Adeline Bernadet Crosby, 88, of Cushing, passed away on October 14, 2023. A private family service will be held.
Adeline was born on September 6, 1935, to Joseph and Mary (Feela) Hanych in Clarissa Minnesota.
Adeline enjoyed gardening and growing flowers. She played the concertina and loved to dance. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Adeline is...
Ralph Rich Jr.
Oct 13, 2023
Ralph Rich Jr., age 81, of Brainerd, passed away on October 13, 2023 at Bethany Good Samaritan in Brainerd. Service arrangements are pending at this time.
Arrangements are entrusted to Brenny Family Funeral Chapel, Baxter.
Franklin Cerney
Oct 13, 2023
Franklin Delano Cerney, 85, of Staples passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on October 13, 2023.
Franklin was passionate about his work but mostly so his customers, whom he viewed as friends, had everything they needed. That excellent customer service was a driving force in everything he did. Franklin loved spending time with his family and was deeply proud...
Gloria Arnold (Odegard)
Oct 12, 2023
Gloria Lynn Arnold (Odegard), age 72, of Prescott Valley, AZ, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 12, 2023. Born to Obed and Evelyn Odegard on December 30, 1950, Gloria was one of seven children and grew up in Pine River, MN.
As a young woman, she adventured the Southwest ending up in Sedona, AZ....
Douglas Wynn
Oct 12, 2023
Douglas Wilbert Wynn was born on April 23, 1949 in International Falls, MN, to Lloyd and Marie (White) Wynn. He graduated from Pine River High School in 1968. Doug was united in marriage to the love of his life, Shirley Larson, on October 31, 1970, and they were blessed with 4 children.
Doug had several jobs throughout his lifetime. He...
Debra Brown
Oct 11, 2023
Debra A. Brown, age 62, after courageously fighting cancer for many, many years, passed away peacefully and at home with her loving husband, Steve, and cats by her side on October 11, 2023, three days after their 35th wedding anniversary. Debbie recently retired after 24 years with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department. Debbie's kindness, compassion and generosity touched countless...
Raymond Wolkenhauer
Oct 11, 2023
Raymond George Wolkenhauer, known to his loved ones as Ray, passed away on October 11, 2023, at the age of 93 in Pine River, Minnesota. Born on May 18, 1930, in Sauk Center, Minnesota, he was the fun-loving, kind and good-natured son of Elda and Herbert Wolkenhauer.
Ray proudly served his country as a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force...
