Obituaries

Laverne Budach

Laverne Budach

Mar 31, 2018

* Please note the date change due to inclement weather* Laverne Budach, age 92, of Willmar, died Saturday afternoon, March 31, surrounded by his family at his home in Willmar. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at...

Shirley Layman

Shirley Layman

Mar 29, 2018

Shirley Ann Layman (Evenson), age 77, of Willmar, died unexpectedly on Thursday morning, March 29, at her home in Willmar. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 7, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, April 6, at Peterson Brothers...

James Niemeyer

James Niemeyer

Mar 25, 2018

James T. Niemeyer, age 74, of Willmar, died Sunday morning, March 25, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, at Bethesda Grand in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Bethesda Grand on...

Ashley Bratsch

Ashley Bratsch

Mar 24, 2018

Ashely R. Bratsch, age 27, of Clara City, died unexpectedly Saturday, Mar. 24, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 30, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 2, at Elim Lutheran Church, 16307 141st Ave, Osakis, MN...

Ko Der

Ko Der

Mar 23, 2018

Ko Der, age 69, of Willmar, died at his home in Willmar on Friday, March 23. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, at Grace Baptist Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. He is survived by his wife,...

Colleen Christensen

Colleen Christensen

Mar 22, 2018

Colleen J. Christensen, age 68 of Willmar, passed away Thursday morning, Mar. 22, at the Mayo Clinic Hospitala�"St. Mary's Campus in Rochester. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 13, at the First Presbyterian Church in Willmar followed by a social dance at Colleen's School of Dance (132 Benson Ave. SW). A private...

Ruby Watson

Ruby Watson

Mar 15, 2018

Ruby Watson, age 92, of Willmar, died Thursday morning, March 15, at Rice Care Center in Willmar. Memorial service will be at 12:00 pm on Saturday, April 28th, at Refuge Church in Willmar. Memorials are preferred to The Korean Baptist University and Seminary/ Scholarship Fund for M.DIV. Students, or Refuge Church/Trout Lake Scholarship Fund. Arrangements are by Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in...

Lois Bartel

Lois Bartel

Mar 13, 2018

Lois Bartel, age 77, of Willmar, died Tuesday morning, March 13, at her home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 19, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar.  Interment will be at Cloverleaf Cemetery.  Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue one hour prior to the...

Luz Juarez

Luz Juarez

Mar 12, 2018

Luz Juarez, age 84, of Willmar, died Monday evening, March 12, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 16, at the Encore Center of the Assembly of God Church in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Luz Ramona Juarez was born February 14, 1934, in Cotulla,...

Lucien Vlaminck

Lucien Vlaminck

Mar 9, 2018

Lucien Leon Vlaminck, age 86, of Kandiyohi, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, March 9, at his home. Blessed and eternal be his memory! Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13 at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in Spicer. Interment will be at St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery in Kandiyohi. Military Honors will...

Colleen Fleck

Colleen Fleck

Mar 9, 2018

Colleen "Coke" Patricia Fleck, age 92, of Willmar, died Friday afternoon, March 9, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. with a Daughter of Isabella...

Margaret Mossberg

Margaret Mossberg

Mar 9, 2018

Margaret "Peg" Mossberg, age 89, of Spicer, died Friday morning, March 9, at Central Minnesota Senior Care in Lake Lillian. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 7 PM on Thursday, March 15, at the Peterson Brothers Green Lake Funeral Home in Spicer. Visitation will be from 4-7 PM on Thursday, March 15, at Peterson Brothers Green Lake...

Alan Belseth

Alan Belseth

Mar 8, 2018

Alan F. Belseth, age 66 of Willmar, died on March 8th at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar from respiratory complications. A memorial visitation for Alan will be held on Tuesday March 13th from 1-3 PM at the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar, with a brief time for sharing at 2:30 PM. www.petersonbrothers.com Alan Floyd Belseth was born on July...

John Huber

John Huber

Mar 7, 2018

John A. Huber, age 89, of Willmar, died Wednesday afternoon, March 7, at Prairie Senior Cottages in Willmar. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Monday, March 12, Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar with visitation one hour prior to the service. Memorials are preferred to the Willmar Public Schools Foundation. John Albert Huber was born October 4, 1928, in Belle...

Inga Hollen

Inga Hollen

Mar 5, 2018

Inga I. Hollen, age 83, of Sunburg, died Monday afternoon, March 5, at the Belgrade Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg. Interment will be at West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 9, at Hope Lutheran Church and will...

Mary Kirkpatrick

Mary Kirkpatrick

Mar 4, 2018

Mary Kirkpatrick, age 82, of Brooten, formerly of Tacoma, Washington, died Sunday morning, March 4. Memorial services will be held at a later date in Washington State. Mary is survived by a daughter: Sheila (and Holman) Hood of Brooten; three sons: Vernie "John" (and Janet) Kirkpatrick, Nathan Kirkpatrick, and Brian Kirkpatrick, all of Tacoma, WA; eleven grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren....

Florence Mensing

Florence Mensing

Mar 3, 2018

Florence Mensing, age 93, of Atwater, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 3. Funeral services for Florence will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, at St. John Lutheran Church in rural Atwater.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers,...

Lawrence Zaeska

Lawrence Zaeska

Feb 28, 2018

Lawrence "Charlie" Zaeska, age 79, of Atwater, died Wednesday, February 28, at Rice Care Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, March 5, at St. John Lutheran Church in Atwater.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home and will continue one hour prior...

Velora Rust

Velora Rust

Feb 25, 2018

Velora Ann Rust, age 93, of Willmar died Sunday morning, Feb. 25, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Mar. 1, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Interment will be at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home. www.petersonbrothers.com...

Lorraine Louden

Lorraine Louden

Feb 21, 2018

Lorraine Marie Louden, 93, of Spicer, MN, and Casa Grande, AZ, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at her home in Spicer. Lorraine was born on January 17, 1925, in St. Cloud, MN to Nicholas and Kathryn Ahles. She married Richard Louden on June 10, 1948. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Richard; sons, Michael, Thomas, and...