Obituaries

Helen Zimmer

Helen Zimmer

Feb 7, 2009

Helen J. Zimmer, age 64, of Willmar, died Saturday, February 7, 2009, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Raymond. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Monday at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and one hour prior...

Lawrence Opsahl

Lawrence Opsahl

Feb 5, 2009

Dr. Lawrence J. Opsahl, age 87, of Willmar, died Thursday afternoon, February 5, at Rice Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Bethel Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 P.M. on Monday, Feb. 9, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home and for one hour prior...

Lavern Dubrosky

Lavern Dubrosky

Feb 4, 2009

Lavern A. "Smokey" Dubrosky, age 83, of Willmar, died Wednesday evening, February 4, at the Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, February 7, at Vinje Lutheran Church. The interment will be held at a later date at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Military Honors will be provided by the Finstad-Week V.F.W. Post...

Merrill Sundlee

Merrill Sundlee

Feb 2, 2009

Merrill E. Sundlee, age 76, of Willmar, died Monday, February 2, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 6, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar with Rev. Barbara Johnson officiating. Military honors will be provided by Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post #167 of Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service...

Jon Bratberg

Jon Bratberg

Jan 26, 2009

Jon C. Bratberg, age 71, of Atwater, died Monday morning, January 26, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home in Willmar following a battle with a glioblastoma brain tumor. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 29, at Hope Presbyterian Church in Spicer. Interment will be in the Spicer City Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be 5:00 -...

Dorothy Fleming

Dorothy Fleming

Jan 23, 2009

Dorothy Mae Fleming, age 74, of New London and formerly of Spicer, died Friday morning, Jan. 23, at Glen Oaks Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spicer. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at a later date at...

Clifford Ackerman

Clifford Ackerman

Jan 5, 2009

Clifford James Ackerman, age 86, of Atwater, died Monday morning, Jan. 5, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, Jan. 9, at the Church of St. Patrick in Kandiyohi. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Willmar American Legion and V.F.W. Posts. Visitation...

William Lehrke

William Lehrke

Jan 4, 2009

William "Bill" A. Lehrke, Jr., 89, of Willmar, died January 4, 2009, at Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, June 6, at Bethel Lutheran Church. Interment will be at Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery in Kandiyohi with Military honors provided by the Willmar American Legion Post #167. Visitation will be one hour prior...

Morris Malquist

Morris Malquist

Dec 30, 2008

Morris W. Malquist, age 83, of Willmar, died Tuesday afternoon, December 30, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 6, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are with...

Gordon Lane

Gordon Lane

Dec 29, 2008

Gordon W. Lane, age 74, of Willmar, died unexpectedly Monday afternoon, December 29, at his home in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M., Wednesday, December 31st, at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar with Rev. Steven Bielenberg officiating. The interment will be in the Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-7 P.M. Tuesday at the...

Wilbur Lane

Wilbur Lane

Dec 28, 2008

Wilbur "Bill" R. Lane, age 95, of Willmar, died Sunday morning, December 28, at Bethesda PleasantView Nursing Home in Willmar. Services will be held at 11 A.M., Wednesday, December 31, at the Redeemer Lutheran Church with Rev. Steven Bielenberg officiating. The interment will be in Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-7 P.M. Tuesday, Dec. 30, at the...

Cleo Pistulka

Cleo Pistulka

Dec 27, 2008

Cleo J. Pistulka, age 77, of Willmar, died Saturday, December 27, at his home following a battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 30, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Willmar V.F.W. and Seaforth American Legion Posts. Visitation...

Bernice Engfer

Bernice Engfer

Dec 22, 2008

Bernice Maud Engfer, age 88, of Willmar, died Monday evening, Dec. 22, at Bethesda Pleasantview Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, Dec. 26, at the Bethesda Pleasantview Nursing Home with Rev. Pablo Obregon officiating. Interment will be at the Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria. Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the nursing...

Martha Gravley

Martha Gravley

Dec 21, 2008

Martha Merle Gravley, 86, of Willmar, formerly of Raymond, died Sunday at Rice Care Center in Willmar. The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Raymond United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Raymond. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. today at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home and for one hour prior to the...

Earle Johnson

Earle Johnson

Dec 17, 2008

Earle A. Johnson, age 96, of Atwater, died Wednesday evening, December 17, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, December 20, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Atwater. The interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday, December 19, at the Atwater Funeral Home and one hour prior to the...

Hazel Kluegel

Hazel Kluegel

Dec 11, 2008

Hazel A. Kluegel, age 104, of New London and formerly of Lamberton, died Thursday morning, Dec. 11, at the Glen Oaks Care Center in New London. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in Spicer with Fr. Jeff Horejsi officiating. Interment will be at 2:30...

Donna Wersal

Donna Wersal

Dec 9, 2008

Donna R. Wersal, age 80, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, December 9, at her home in Atwater. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, December 12, at St. John's Catholic Church in Hector. Burial will be in the Hector City Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Arrangements are...

Elizabeth Kiecker

Elizabeth Kiecker

Dec 8, 2008

Elizabeth T. (Riedger) Kiecker, age 90, of Litchfield formerly of the Atwater and Willmar area, died Monday morning, December 8th, at the Emmanuel Home in Litchfield. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M., Thursday, December 11th, at the Church of Christ in Kandiyohi with Jerry Skinness officiating. The interment will be in the Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery in Willmar....

Margaret Roulet-Renstrom

Margaret Roulet-Renstrom

Dec 8, 2008

Margaret Viola Renstrom, age 88, of Willmar, died Monday morning, Dec. 8, at the Willmar Commons Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Calvary Lutheran Church Chapel. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers...

Laura Sjoquist

Laura Sjoquist

Dec 7, 2008

Laura E. Sjoquist, 91, of Sunburg, died Sunday, December 7, at Glen Oaks Care Center in New London. The service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 13th, at West Lake Lutheran Church in rural Sunburg. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the...

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