Obituaries
Dorothy Stokke
Jan 30, 2007
Dorothy G. Stokke, 83, of Baxter, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Monday, February 5 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd with Father Kristoffer McKusky officiating. Family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 1-4 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Interment...
James Larson
Jan 25, 2007
James M. Jim Larson, age 77, of Brainerd died Thursday, January 25, 2007, surrounded by his three sons, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village. Memorial services will be Tuesday, January 30, at 11 am, at Zion Lutheran Church in Brainerd with Reverend Mark Kleckner officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Monday, January 29 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Interment...
Bertha Heil
Jan 25, 2007
Bertha Beth Heil, age 81, died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Memorial services will be Monday, January 29, at 1:30 pm, at Bethany Good Samaritan Chapel, with the Rev. Lilja Behr and the Rev. Seamus Walsh officiating. Interment will be private. Bertha is survived by her husband, Ken; children, Sheila Dickinson, Vancouver, WA and...
Phillip Holp
Jan 24, 2007
Phillip Allen Holp, age 71, of Pine River, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2007, at his home. Arrangements are pending with Kline Funeral Home, Pine River.
Donovan Schimpp
Jan 24, 2007
Donovan Schimpp, age 75, died Wednesday morning, January 24th, at his home in Bullard Township after a two year battle with Leukemia. Services are planned for Saturday, Jan 27th at 2:00 PM at the Thomastown Covenant Church with Rev. Jack Trosen officiating. Visitation will be Friday evening from 5-7 at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples and one hour...
Harold Wiese
Jan 22, 2007
Harold "Mike" Wiese passed away Monday, January 22, 2007 at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Services will be 11 AM on Friday, January 26 at Kline Funeral Home, Pine River. Burial will follow at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Pine River. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 to 7 PM, and one hour prior to the service on Friday. He...
Warren Clarke
Jan 22, 2007
Warren (Bud) Clarke, 84, of Pequot Lakes, died Monday, January 22, 2007 at St. Josephs Medical Center in Brainerd. A memorial service is planned for 11:00 AM, Friday, January 26 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Pequot Lakes with a visitation starting one hour prior. Interment will follow at Pequot Lakes City Cemetery. Warren was born December 4, 1922...
Aloise Yorek
Jan 19, 2007
Aloise Al Yorek, age 76, formerly of Crosslake, died Friday, January 19, 2007 at DuPage Central Hospital in Winfield, IL. Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 24, at 11 am, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake. Friends may visit at the funeral home from 9-11 am. Interment will be at Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake. Memorials are preferred, to a charity...
Lorraine Bruckelmyer
Jan 17, 2007
Lorraine V. Bruckelmyer, 87, of Merrifield, died Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Memorial services will be Saturday, January 20, 1 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with luncheon following in Brennys reception room. Friends may visit at the funeral home during the hour prior to services. Lorraine is survived by Charles, her...
Ivadean Irwin
Jan 16, 2007
Ivadean (Ivy) Irwin, age 74, of Pine River, MN, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at her home. Services will be 1 PM on Friday, January 19 at Mildred Bible Chapel, Backus, MN, with Pastor Dennis Gellerman officiating. Visitation will be Thursday evening from 5 to 7 PM at Kline Funeral Home, Pine River, and one hour prior to...
Calvin Zierke
Jan 14, 2007
Calvin J. (Tinker) Zierke, age 49, of Reeds Spring, MO, son of Calvin L. Zierke and Marvel Mae (Knudson) Christie, was born Nov.13, 1957 in Crosby, Minnesota and died Jan. 14, 2007 at his home. Calvin lived in Reed Spring for the past year. Calvin was raised in the Savage/Lakeville area of Minnesota and also lived in Hartford, WI...
Marvin Fox
Jan 14, 2007
Marvin L. Fox, age 76, of Randall, passed away Sunday at St. Ottos Care Center in Little Falls, MN. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Friday, January 19, at the Randall Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Little Falls. Friends may call from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Thursday at the Randall Funeral Home...
Patrick Montague
Jan 13, 2007
Patrick R. Montague, age 80, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Saturday morning at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. In Loving Memory of a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle a Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at St. Alice Catholic Church of Pequot Lakes with Father George Zeck officiating. A Wake...
Gwen Laing
Jan 12, 2007
Gwen E. Laing, 88, of Lake Shore, died Friday, January 12 at Parkview Care Center in Buffalo, MN. Services for friends and family will begin 12 PM, Thursday, January 25 at Brenny Funeral Chapel Reception Center in Baxter with a luncheon followed by services with Revered Jim Rogers officiating. Interment will follow services at Greenwood Cemetery in Nisswa. lieu...
Catherine Hill
Jan 7, 2007
Catherine W. Hill, age 105, of Staples, passed away on Sunday Jan 7th at the Lakewood Care Center in Staples. A memorial service is planned for the spring. Catherine Wright Hill was born on December 24, 1901 in Des Moines, IA to Craig Tuttle Wright and Myra Thompson Dey. She attended elementary and high school in Des Moines the...
Myron Stresemann
Jan 7, 2007
Myron M. Stresemann, age 74, of Brainerd died Sunday, January 7, 2007 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village. Funeral services will be private, with military honors and interment at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery. Myron Martin Stresemann was born July 19, 1932 in Glencoe, to Martin and Alpha (Mahnke) Stresemann. He graduated from high school in Glencoe. He was united in...
Sarah Johnson
Jan 6, 2007
Sarah F. Johnson, age 89, of Staples, passed away on Saturday morning surrounded by her family. Mass will be on Tuesday Jan 9th, at 10:00 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Fr. Peter Kirchner officiating. The wake will be Monday evening from 4-7 at the funeral home, with the Rosary at 6:30 and Parish Prayers at 6:45. Burial...
Richard Christianson
Jan 4, 2007
Richard Christianson, age 84, of Staples, died Thursday evening, January 4 at the Lakewood Care Center in Staples. Memorial service will be Tuesday, January 9, at 11:00 am at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples with Pastor Stephen Sveom and Intern Pastor Jill Michelle Cosart officiating. There will be a time to gather one hour prior to the service at...
Kenneth Minor
Jan 2, 2007
Kenneth Minor, 79, of Lake Shore and Champlin, died Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Hospice in St. Paul. A memorial gathering will be Friday, January 12, 2-4 pm, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Memorials are preferred, to the hospice. Kenneth is survived by his wife, Audrey; son, Dennis (Pam); grandsons, Justin Berg and...
Frances Trantina
Dec 31, 2006
Frances Mary Trantina was born January 16, 1922 in Fawn Lake Township, to Frank and Loretta (Smith) Trantina. She lived in Duluth from 1948 2003, where she worked as a waitress at the Hong Kong Café for more than twenty years. Following her retirement, she delivered the Duluth Budgeteer newspaper to everyone in the 13-story high-rise she lived in,...
