Obituaries

Richard Kendall
Jun 12, 2002
Richard Kendall, age 76, of Crosslake, MN died June 12, 2002 at his home. Services will be Saturday, June 15, 2002 at 11AM at Crosslake Lutheran Church in Crosslake with Reverend Mark Anderson officiating. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Pinewood Cemetery. Crosslake American Legion Post #500 will provide military honors. Arrangements are...

Anthony Rolfes
May 24, 2002
Anthony ?Tony? Rolfes, age 76, of Mission Township died Friday, May 24, 2002 at the St. Cloud Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, May 28, at 10:30 AM at Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Crosslake, with Reverend Dennis Hoffman and Reverend Bob Rolfes officiating. Friends may visit on Monday, May 27, from 5-8:00 PM at...

Michael McCormick
May 9, 2002
Michael ?Mike? McCormick, age 59, a resident of rural Merrifield, (Horseshoe Lake) died Thursday, May 9, 2002, at his home, surrounded by his family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, May 14 at 10:30 AM at the Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Crosslake with Father Dennis Hoffman officiating. Burial will be in the Mission Cemetery. Visitation...

Monte Kirk
May 2, 2002
Monte Roy Kirk, 76, of Baxter, died peacefully on May 2, 2002. Services will be on Monday, May 6, 2002 at 11:00 AM at Lakewood Evangelical Free Church with Reverend Randy Ahlberg officiating. Burial will be in the Baxter City Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 2 - 4 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter/Brainerd and...

Lavada Erickson
Mar 25, 2002
Lavada A. Erickson, age 61, of Backus, died Monday, March 25, 2002 at Bethany Good Samaritan Village. A memorial gathering will be held on Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at 2:00 PM at the Nazarene Church in Backus. Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter. Lavada Arlis Erickson was born July 27, 1940 in North Dakota, to David Gramm...

Harry Benke
Mar 24, 2002
Harry Benke, age 86, of Brooklyn Park, MN died Sunday, March 24, 2002. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, April 1, 2002 at 1:00 at the Assumption Catholic Church in Florian, MN with Father August Gothman officiating and Father Joseph Menker, OMI concelebrating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:00 to the...

Alfred Lund
Mar 20, 2002
Alfred Lund, age 83, of Nisswa, MN died Wednesday, March 20, 2002 at his home. Services will be Friday, March 22, 2002 at 10:00 AM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Reverend Bill Ingvoldstad officiating. Burial will follow at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery at Camp Ripley. Visitation will be 1 hour before the service at the...

Harvey Beck
Mar 20, 2002
Harvey Beck, age 74, of Brainerd, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 at Woodland Good Samaritan Apartments. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Interment will be at the Greenwood Cemetery in Nisswa. Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter. Harvey L. Beck was born July 7, 1927 in Duluth, Minnesota, to Rasmus and Bertha...

Melvin Mass
Mar 9, 2002
Melvin Mass, age 79, of Merrifield died at his home on Saturday, March 9, 2002. Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at 10:30 AM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, with Reverend Jon Gehrls officiating. Friends may visit on Tuesday, March 12, from 6-8:00 PM, at the funeral chapel. Interment will be private. Arrangements are with Brenny...

William DeVries
Mar 7, 2002
William DeVries of Brainerd, MN died Thursday, March 07, 2002 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Services will be Saturday, March 9, 2002 at 10:30 AM at Woodland Good Samaritan Village Chapel with Duane Block and Reverend Mark Whittemore co-officiating. Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. William O. DeVries was born on July 21, 1911 in...

Jane Noehring
Feb 26, 2002
Jane Noehring, age 72, of Brainerd, Minnesota died Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at the Sun Health Hospice in Peoria, Arizona. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Seamus Walsh at St. Francis Catholic Church of Brainerd on Monday, March 4, 2002, at 10:30 AM. Burial will be at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Brainerd. Friends may visit...

Reverend Bell
Feb 19, 2002
Reverend Willard Bell, age 92, Brainerd, MN, retired minister of the United Methodist Church, died Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at his daughters home in Farmington, MN. Funeral Services will be Thursday at 11:30 AM at Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd with Reverend Rory Swenson officiating, burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Brainerd. The relatives will...

Ethel Kellams
Feb 16, 2002
Ethel Rose Kellams, age 94, of Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd, died Saturday, February 16, 2002, at St. Joseph?s Medical Center in Brainerd. Services will be at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter on Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 10:00 AM with Reverend Lilja Behr officiating. Interment will be at the Beverly Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois. Arrangements are...

Thomas Mezzenga
Feb 13, 2002
Thomas Mezzenga, age 51, a resident of Crosslake, MN died Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at St Joseph Medical Center in Brainerd. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday at 11:00 AM at Immaculate Heart Catholic Church (Summer Church) in Crosslake with Fr Dennis Hoffman and Reverend Doctor Paul Fruth officiating. Friends may call 1 hour prior to the...

James Copeland
Feb 9, 2002
James H. Copeland, age 75, a resident of Fifty Lakes, MN died Saturday at his home after a courageous battle with pulmonary fibrosis and cancer. Services will be Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 11:00 AM at Immaculate Heart Church in Crosslake, MN with Father Dennis Hoffman officiating, burial will be in the Minnesota State Cemetery at Camp Ripley. Friends...

Ralph Crose
Feb 8, 2002
Ralph W. Crose, age 88, a resident of Woodland Apartments in Brainerd, MN formerly of Crosslake, MN died Friday, February 8, 2002 at his home. Services will be held on Wednesday at 1:00 PM at the Crosslake Evangelical Free Church with Reverend Jim Woldhuis officiating, burial will be at the Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake. Military honors will be provided...

Milton Ertl
Feb 2, 2002
R. Milton Ertl, age 62, of Crosslake, MN, formerly of Minneapolis, died on Saturday, February 2nd at his home. Services are 2:00 PM on Wednesday, Feb. 6th at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake with Pastor Mark Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake. Friends may call 1 hour prior to the service at the...

Lawrence Dill
Jan 29, 2002
Lawrence James Dill, age 73, of Brainerd, Minnesota died on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 in Fargo, North Dakota. Services will be on Saturday, February 2, 2002 at 1:00 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Reverend Rory Swenson officiating. Visitation will be Friday, January 31 from 5:00 ? 7:00 PM and 1 hour before the service at...

Raymond Eagle
Jan 26, 2002
Raymond Eagle, age 64, of Crosslake died Saturday, January 26, 2002 at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. Memorial services will be Thursday, January 31, 2:00 PM, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake, with Reverend Rory Swenson officiating. Interment will be at Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake. Raymond Eagle was born September 12, 1937 in Nashville, Tennessee, to John F....

Milo Michealson
Nov 13, 2001
Milo A. Michealson, age 84, of Nisswa, died Tuesday, November 13, 2001 at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. Memorial services will be Saturday, November 17, 1:00 PM, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter, with Reverend Jennifer Wilson officiating. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Nisswa with military honors provided by the Nisswa American Legion, Post...