Obituaries

Clara Hickey

Clara Hickey

Jan 20, 2010

Clara L. Hickey, age 100, of Willmar, died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 20, at the Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, January 25, at the Church of St. Mary. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Sunday, Jan. 24, with Parish Prayers at 5 PM...

Morse Watkins

Morse Watkins

Jan 18, 2010

Morse F. Watkins, age 90, of Willmar, died Monday, January 18, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home in Willmar. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 23, at Salem Covenant Church in Pennock. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar at a later date. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM with a prayer and sharing...

Louis Thorson

Louis Thorson

Jan 17, 2010

Louis E. Thorson, age 78, of Willmar, died Sunday morning, January 17th, at Bethesda Pleasantview Nursing Home in Willmar. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, January 23rd, at Vinje Lutheran Church. Visitation is one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday. Arrangements are with the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Louis Even...

Kevin Gruenhagen

Kevin Gruenhagen

Jan 15, 2010

Kevin R. Gruenhagen, age 55, of Willmar, died Friday morning, January 15th, at his home. Memorial services will be held 11 A.M., Saturday, January 23rd, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Kevin Ross Gruenhagen was born on January...

Ellen Lane

Ellen Lane

Jan 10, 2010

Ellen Lane, 76, of Willmar, died Sunday, January 10, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 13, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar. Burial will be in Cloverleaf Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, January 12, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and one hour prior to...

Alvin Hans

Alvin Hans

Jan 6, 2010

Alvin T. Hans, 93, of Willmar, died Wednesday, January 6, at Bethesda Pleasantview Nurisng Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 9, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar. Burial will be in Cloverleaf Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m Friday, January 8, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and one hour prior to...

Marian Pladsen

Marian Pladsen

Jan 2, 2010

Marian M. Pladsen, age 76, of Kandiyohi, died Saturday evening, January 2nd, at the Golden Living Center in Olivia. A memorial service will be held at 11 A.M., Saturday, January 16th, at the First Presbyterian Church in Willmar. The interment will be in the spring at the Green Lake Lutheran Cemetery in rural Spicer. Friends may call one hour prior...

Ruth Bjornberg

Ruth Bjornberg

Jan 1, 2010

Ruth M. Bjornberg, age 87, of Mankato, formerly of Willmar, died Friday afternoon, January 1, at the Mankato House Health Care Center in Mankato, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. on Friday, February 5, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are...

Eldon Mahn

Eldon Mahn

Dec 30, 2009

Eldon Mahn, age 86, of Atwater died Wednesday morning, December 30th, at the Sunnyview Care Center in Atwater. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, January 3, at St. John Lutheran Church in Atwater. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Saturday, January 2, at the Atwater Funeral Home and one hour prior to the...

Nila Carlson

Nila Carlson

Dec 29, 2009

Nila R. Carlson, age 63, of Spicer died Tuesday evening, December 29th, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1 P.M., Monday, January 4th, at the Hope Presbyterian Church in Spicer. The interment will be in the Spicer City Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. at the church. Arrangements are with...

Thelma Peters

Thelma Peters

Dec 22, 2009

Thelma A. Peters, age 91, of Willmar, died Tuesday, December 22, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be 1:30 PM. Wednesday, December 30, at the Calvary Lutheran Church Chapel with Rev. Matthew Williams officiating. Interment will be in the Spicer City Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with...

Annette Meyer

Annette Meyer

Dec 21, 2009

Annette D. Meyer, age 53, of rural Spicer, died Monday evening, December 21, at her home on George Lake. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 28, at Calvary Lutheran Church with Rev. Timothy Larson officiating. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Sunday, December 27, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home...

Henrietta Larson

Henrietta Larson

Dec 20, 2009

Henrietta "Tootsie" R. Larson, age 90, of Willmar, died Sunday evening, Dec. 20, at Bethesda Pleasantview Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, Dec. 28, at the First Baptist Church in Willmar. Burial will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Monday. Arrangements are with Peterson...

Theodora Anderson

Theodora Anderson

Dec 15, 2009

Theodora Alvina Anderson, 90, of rural Murdock, died Tuesday, December 15, at Golden Living Center in Benson, Minnesota. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 19, at Scandia Lutheran Church in rural Glenwood . Interment will be in the church cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Sunburg Funeral Home and...

Gladys Rossell

Gladys Rossell

Dec 13, 2009

Gladys Madeline Rossell, age 94, of Atwater, died Sunday morning, December 13, at the Sunnyview Care Center in Atwater. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Atwater. Burial will be at Union Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday. Arrangements are with the Atwater Funeral Home. Gladys...

Mary Boonstra

Mary Boonstra

Dec 10, 2009

Mary E. Boonstra, age 81, of Alexandria, formerly of Willmar, died Thursday, December 10th, at the Clearwater Suites Assisted Living Center in Alexandria. Memorial service will be held at 11 A.M., Thursday, December 17th, at the First Covenant Church with Rev. Daniel Johnson officiating. The interment will be in the Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call one hour prior...

Juanita Seffens

Juanita Seffens

Dec 7, 2009

Juanita I. Seffens, age 90, of Willmar, died Monday morning, December 7, at her residence following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 10, at the First Baptist Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. on Wednesday, December 9, at Peterson Brothers Funeral...

Shirley Owen

Shirley Owen

Dec 4, 2009

Shirley A. Owen, age 70, of Atwater, died Friday morning, December 4, at her home on Diamond Lake near Atwater. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 7, at Faith Lutheran Church (310 Medayto Dr., Spicer, MN 56288) in Spicer. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, December 6, at the church and will continue one hour...

Rose Hirman

Rose Hirman

Nov 29, 2009

Rose Hirman, age 90, of Cokato, formerly of Willmar, died Sunday morning, Nov. 29, at Cokato Manor Nursing Home in Cokato. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM with a Daughters of Isabella Rosary...

Lavonne Madsen

Lavonne Madsen

Nov 24, 2009

Lavonne Lynn Madsen, age 41, of Willmar, died unexpectedly at her residence on Tuesday, November 24, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, November 27, at the Willmar Christian Reformed Church. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday....