Obituaries
Pastor Johnson
May 28, 2004
Pastor Roberta ?Bobbie? Ann Johnson, 67, Brainerd, died Friday, May 28 at the Greater Staples Care Center. Funeral services will be Wednesday, June 2, 2 p.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brainerd, with Reverend David Holte officiating, assisted by Pastor Cheryl Berg, of Huntington Station, Long Island, New York and Pastor Sherry Billberg, of Wausau, Wisconsin. Interment will be...
Edna Zika
May 23, 2004
Edna Marie Zika, 88, of Backus, died Sunday, May 23, 2004, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Memorial services will be at a later date. Survived by her children, Jean (Dale) Krause, of Backus, and James (Lynette) Zika, of St. Paul; grandchildren, Robert Krause and Alison Farmer; and sister, Minnie Neubauer, of Pine River. Preceded by husband, Henry;...
Betty Stern
May 21, 2004
Betty Stern, age 75, of Fort Ripley, died Friday, May 21, 2004 at her home. Funeral services will be Monday, May 24, 1 PM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with Reverend Kristen Kelsey officiating. Interment will be at Minnesota State Veteran?s Cemetery in Camp Ripley. Memorials preferred, to St. Joseph?s Medical Center Hospice of Brainerd. Arrangements entrusted to...
Muriel Mehl
May 19, 2004
Muriel J. Mehl, age 78, of Brainerd, died Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center. Memorial services will be Friday, May 21, 11 AM, at Crosslake Lutheran Church, with Reverend Mark Anderson officiating. Friends may visit at the church one hour prior to services. Memorials are preferred, to the local chapter of the National Alliance for Mental...
Gene Tallant
May 19, 2004
Gene ?Charlie? Tallant, age 54, of rural Pequot Lakes, died at his home Wednesday, May 19, 2004. Funeral services will be Monday, May 24, 11 AM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake. Friends may visit for one hour prior to services. Interment will be at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Minneapolis. Arrangements entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake. Gene...
Merle Sundberg
May 12, 2004
Merle June Sundberg, 85, of Baxter, died Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet, MN. A memorial service will be on Friday at 11 a.m. at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter with Reverend Darrell Pedersen officiating with visitation one hour before the service. Burial will be in the Garrison Cemetery. Merle was born on...
Elwyn Larson
May 12, 2004
Elwyn Larson, 76, of Brainerd, died May 12, 2004 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. on Friday at the First Lutheran Church in Brainerd with Reverend Andy Smith officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester, MN. Memorials are preferred to the First Lutheran Church. Elwyn Brown Larson was...
Edna Siltman
May 9, 2004
Visitation Thursday, May 13 4 to 7 PM Service friday, May 14,2004 1PM Kline Funeral Home
Helen Schwankl
May 9, 2004
Helen Schwankl, 88, Pequot Lakes, died Sunday, May 9, 2004, at Crosby Care Center. Memorial services will be private. Arrangements entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter. Helen was born September 10, 1915, in Brooklyn, NY, to Leopold and Helen Miller. After moving to Brainerd, Helen worked as an RN for more than forty years at St. Joseph?s Medical...
James Payne
May 6, 2004
James Payne, 52, Brainerd, died May 6, 2004 at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Burial, with Military Honors by the Brainerd VFW Post #1647 will be at 1 p.m. Monday, May 10, 2004 at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m. at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with the Reverand Chip Avelsgaard officiating. James...
Emil Nelson
May 4, 2004
Emil ?Gene? Nelson, 73, of Crosslake, died Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd after a long battle with cancer. Gene was born February 3, 1931 in Dodgeville, WI son of Oscar and Gayle (Richardson) Nelson. He was a graduate of Macalaster College and worked for many years as a buyer for both Donaldson?s and...
Lambert Koepke
May 3, 2004
Lambert ?Lam? Koepke, 86, of Crosslake, died Monday, May 03, 2004 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Funeral services will be Thursday, May 6, 1 PM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake, with Reverend Steven Anderson officiating. Friends may visit for one hour prior to services. Private interment will be at Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake. Arrangements have been...
Spencer Johnson
Apr 30, 2004
Spencer Forrest Johnson, 61, of Pine River, died Friday, April 30, 2004 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Spencer was born June 9, 1942 in Hallock, MN son of George and Frances Johnson. He graduated from Hallock High School and then attended the University of Minnesota. He owned and operated a service station in Minneapolis/St. Paul. He moved...
Lawrence Mertens
Apr 26, 2004
Lawrence Fredrick Mertens, age 89, of Staples died at his home that he built in 1939 on Monday, April 26, 2004 surrounded by his loved ones after a long battle with cancer. Mass of Christian burial will be on Thursday, at 11:00 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples with Father Peter Kirchner officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen...
Elmer Chamberlain
Apr 24, 2004
Elmer Chamberlain, age 70, of Pequot Lakes, died Saturday, April 24, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 28, 11 AM, at Our Savior?s Lutheran Church in Pequot Lakes, with Reverend David Stevens officiating. Friends may visit Tuesday, April 27, 5-7 PM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake, and at the church one...
Viola Beach
Apr 24, 2004
Viola Beach, age 92, of Brainerd, died Saturday, April 24, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Memorial services will be Tuesday, April 27, 3 PM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with Reverend Joe Fuhrer officiating. Friends may call for one hour prior to services. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter. Viola Berle Turner...
Lawrence Bartylla
Apr 22, 2004
Lawrence Bartylla, age 79 of St. Paul, formerly of Staples, died Thursday morning (April 22) at his home in St. Paul. Funeral Services will be Sunday, April 25, at 3:00 pm in the Congregational Church at Staples with Pastor Randy Tabor officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 4 ? 8 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel, Staples....
Loretta Hanson
Apr 21, 2004
Loretta Hanson, age 92, formerly of Motley, died Wednesday, April 21st, in New Prague, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday morning at 11:00 in St. Michaels Catholic Church with Father Peter Kirchner officiating. Burial will follow in the Motley Cemetery. Relatives will receive friends on Monday evening from 5 to 8 at the Brenny Funeral Home...
Josephine Dailey
Apr 21, 2004
Josephine Dailey, age 78, of the Poplar area (Leader), died Wednesday afternoon at the Staples Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday morning at 11:30 in St. Michaels Catholic Church in Motley with Father Peter Kirchner officiating. Burial will be in the Poplar Cemetery north of Leader. Relatives will receive friends on Friday evening from 5 to 8...
John Peterson
Apr 19, 2004
John M. Peterson, 54, died April 19, 2004, at his Manhatten Beach home. Memorial services will be Friday, April 23, 1 PM, at the Crosslake Evangelical Free Church (the ?Log Church?), with Reverend Fred Creffman officiating. Arrangements entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake. John Massie Peterson was born June 8, 1949, in Duluth, to Robert and Alice (Mitchell)...
