Obituaries
Doris Nelson
Jan 30, 2004
Doris Nelson, age 68, of Crosslake, died Friday night (January 30th, 2004) at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 4th, 2004 at 11:00 in the Crosslake Presbyterian Church with Reverend Ray Larson officiating. Burial will follow in the Pinewood Cemetery. Relatives will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 4 to 8 at the...
Irma Dunbar
Jan 24, 2004
Irma Dunbar, of Crosslake, died Saturday, January 24, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Memorial services will be Thursday, January 29, 11 AM, at Emily United Methodist Church, with Reverend Fayetta Maki officiating. Friends may visit at the church for one hour prior to services. Interment will be at Pinewood Cemetery in Emily. Irma Sophia Buchite Dunbar was born June...
Marie Bigley
Jan 22, 2004
Marie Bigley, age 89, of Brainerd died January 22, 2004 at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Arrangements are pending.
Lois Thomas
Jan 21, 2004
Lois Thomas, 76, of Brainerd, formerly of Crosslake, died Wednesday, January 21, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Lois was born June 10, 1927 in Minneapolis to Oscar and Bessie (Ward) Johnson. She grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from Patrick Henry High School. On November 6, 1948 she was united in marriage to Donald Thomas. She was...
Richard Schultz
Jan 17, 2004
Richard ?Schultzie? Schultz, 78, Crosslake, died Saturday at his home. Services will be Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 1 PM at the Crosslake Lutheran Church with visitation one hour prior to services. Military honors will be provided by the Crosslake American Legion Post #500. Burial will be at the Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake. Arrangements entrusted to the Brenny Funeral...
Lloyd Hoban
Jan 14, 2004
Lloyd E. Hoban, 80, of Pequot Lakes, died Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Funeral Services will be 2 PM Saturday, January 17 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Father Glen Derby officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Nisswa. Family will receive friends starting at noon on Saturday at the...
Sylvia Hill
Jan 11, 2004
Sylvia A. Hill, age 88, of Nisswa, died Sunday, January 11 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Sylvia is survived by her daughters, Karen Hill of Nisswa, Sharon Rice of Scottsdale, AZ; Grandson, Judd Rice of Pasadena, CA; Great granddaughters Caia and Keelin Rice of CA; a niece Cathy Schnackerberg of Eden Prairie and a nephew Glenn Hill...
Marilyn Sims
Jan 10, 2004
Marilyn Tressa Sims, 76, of Baxter, passed away Saturday, January 10 at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. She was born January 14, 1927 in Staples to Willbert and Martha (Peterson) Bruggman. She attended schools in Staples and McGregor and graduated from Brainerd High School in 1945. She married Rodney Sims in 1947. She took nurses training and was...
Roman Zenner
Jan 8, 2004
Roman S. Zenner, age 80, of rural Longville, died Thursday, January 8, at his home. Roman (?Zeke?, ?Manny?), was born May 17, 1923 at Ada, the 3rd of 4 sons born to Henry & Anna (Karls) Zenner. The Zenner family moved to St. Cloud in 1925. Manny was raised during the Great Depression and worked at his father?s place...
Wayne Brandt
Dec 27, 2003
Wayne A. Brandt, age 63, Crosslake, died Saturday 12/27/03 at home following a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be Tuesday 12/30/03 at 11 AM at Crosslake Lutheran Church with Rev. Marshall Pechauer officiating. The relatives will receive friends from 6 till 8 PM on Monday at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake with a prayer service at...
Catherine Blaeser
Dec 18, 2003
Catherine(Arens)Blaeser, age 94, of Pequot Lakes, formerly of St. Paul, died peacefully at the home of her son Joe and dtr-in-law, Geri. Catherine?s Faith, her love for family, friends, and her awe and respect for all of nature sustained her; keeping her in good humor and giving her a zest for life. Friends and family gravitated around her loving...
Samuel Moss
Dec 15, 2003
Samuel Moss, 82, of Crosslake, died Monday, December 15, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Samuel Clayburn Moss was born September 7, 1921, in Lancaster, Tennessee, to Robert and Sarah(Smith) Moss. He grew up and attended school in Tennessee. He moved to Indiana, where he began work for the Union Pacific Railroad. He served in the Marines during...
Margaret Ische
Dec 5, 2003
Margaret Ische, age 87, Brainerd, formerly of St. Paul, died December 5, 2003 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village. Margaret was born on December 13, 1916 in Winthrop to the late Herman & Hilda (Wiese) Ellig. She grew up in the Montevideo area. She was united in marriage to Elmer Ische on October 10, 1937 in St. Paul. Following their...
Lois Hoskins
Dec 5, 2003
Lois M. Hoskins, age 62, of Baxter, lost her battle with cancer, Friday, December 5, 2003 at St. Joseph?s Hospital in Brainerd. Lois was born on November 15, 1941 in Onamia, MN. She graduated from Onamia High School in 1959 and worked for Prudential Insurance before beginning a rewarding career as a Mom. Wanting to give more to children,...
Bill Coffman
Dec 4, 2003
Bill Coffman, age 87, of Crosslake, died December 4, 2003 at his home. Bill was born February 13, 1916 in Minneapolis to the late Harry & Florence (Motzko) Coffman. He graduated from Washburn High School then the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis with a degree in Architecture. He was a home builder. He was married to Meredith Rowland, following...
Bruce Hebeisen
Nov 21, 2003
Bruce M. Hebeisen, 63, of Hackensack, died Friday, November 21, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Bruce Milton Hebeisen was born October 16, 1940, in Hamburg, MN, to Milton and Marie (Stoeckmann) Hebeisen. He grew up in Hamburg and graduated from Central High School in Norwood. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1958, and served as a...
Ralph Spitzer
Nov 15, 2003
Ralph Paul Spitzer, (88) died November 15,2003 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village, Brainerd, MN. He was born September 24,1915 in New York City, NY to Otto &: Elizabeth (Lehmann) Spitzer. He was educated in NY and served as a Chief in the Navy during WWII serving in Atlantic, Pacific &: Mediteranean. He had the distinction of seeing Charles Lindberg's...
Marie Fitch
Nov 14, 2003
Marie Katherine Fitch, 98, of Brainerd died November 14 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Marie was born on September 7, 1905 to Michael and Anna Peterson in Brainerd. She is survived by one son, James Fitch of Brainerd: two daughters, Judy Schrader of Brainerd, Barb McDonald of Superior, WI and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her husband, four...
Kenneth Jacobson
Nov 13, 2003
Kenneth Orval Jacobson, 77, of Longville, Minnesota., died November 13th at his home on Little Boy Lake, Wabedo Township. He was born December 29, 1925 to John and Bertha (nee Wilkins) Jacobson in New Hampton, Iowa. Raised in the turmoil of the Great Depression, he attended school in New Hampton and Charles City, Iowa, depending on where his father...
Fred Kunkel
Nov 11, 2003
Fred L. Kunkel, 92, of Brainerd, died November 11 at Bethany Covenant Home in Minneapolis. Fred was born to Joseph and Mae (Black) on September 18, 1911 in Shambaugh, IA. He moved with his family at an early age to the family farm near Pillager. He graduated from Pillager High School. As a young man he spent several years...
