Obituaries

Mercedes Peterson

Mercedes Peterson

Mar 10, 2017

Mercedes Peterson, age 103, of Willmar, died Friday morning, March 10, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services be held at 1:30 PM, Wednesday, March 15, at First Lutheran Church of Norway Lake in rural New London. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Tuesday at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and at the church one hour prior...

Viola Gertgen

Viola Gertgen

Mar 9, 2017

Viola Gertgen, age 92, of Willmar and formerly of the Atwater area, died Thursday, March 9, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14, at Nordland Lutheran Church, rural Paynesville. Interment will be at the Spicer City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, March 13 at...

Joseph Eikmeier

Joseph Eikmeier

Mar 6, 2017

Joseph B. Eikmeier, age 86, of Willmar, died Monday evening, March 6, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM Friday, March 10, at Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 PM Thursday at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar with a...

Grace Peterson

Grace Peterson

Feb 25, 2017

Grace E. Peterson, age 91, of rural Atwater, died Saturday evening, February 25, at Meeker Memorial Hospital in Litchfield. Memorial services will be held at 11 AM Saturday, March 4, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Atwater. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will be in the Oakside Cemetery. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers...

Keith Kendall

Keith Kendall

Feb 21, 2017

Keith L. Kendall, age 95, of rural Kandiyohi died Tuesday evening, Feb. 21, at his home under the care of Rice Hospice. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Church of the Nazarene in Willmar. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the...

Suzanne Allen

Suzanne Allen

Feb 16, 2017

Suzanne Kathleen Allen, 67, of Litchfield and formerly of Spicer, died Thursday, February 16, at the St. Cloud Hospital following a hospitalization for influenza. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, at Hope Presbyterian Church in Spicer. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with...

Ronnie Clark

Ronnie Clark

Feb 13, 2017

Ronnie D. Clark, age 71, of Grove City, died Monday morning, Feb. 13, at his residence in Grove City. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Atwater United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at the church. Arrangements are with the Peterson Brothers...

Anna Beecroft

Anna Beecroft

Feb 13, 2017

Anna Beecroft, age 69, of Willmar, died Monday evening, February 13, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar. Memorial services will be 4 p.m. Friday, February 17, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar with visitation one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. Anna Marie Beecroft was born in 1947 in Willmar, Minnesota, the...

Leone Hedlund

Leone Hedlund

Feb 12, 2017

Leone M. Hedlund, age 91, of New London and formerly of Willmar and Atwater, died Sunday morning, February 12, at Glen Oaks Care Suites in New London. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 16, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Atwater.  A family interment will be prior to the service at Cloverleaf Memorial...

Gretchen Kray

Gretchen Kray

Feb 7, 2017

Mary "Gretchen" Kray, age 72, of Willmar, died Tuesday morning, February 7, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar following a courageous battle with cancer. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 11, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to...

Harlan Erickson

Harlan Erickson

Feb 6, 2017

Harlan R. E. Erickson, age 76, of Columbia Heights, formerly of Brooten, died Monday, Feb. 6, at Crest View Lutheran Home in Columbia Heights. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg. Interment will be at West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service...

Maxine Olson

Maxine Olson

Feb 6, 2017

Maxine J. Olson, age 62, of Willmar, died Monday evening, February 6, at her residence in Willmar following a courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 11, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour...

Joan Engelmann

Joan Engelmann

Feb 6, 2017

Joan Engelmann, age 66, of Willmar, died Monday morning, February 6, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. A private family service will be held. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Joan Carol Engelmann was born April 9, 1950, in Prescot, England, the daughter of George and Rachel Engelmann. She was raised in Willmar and graduated from Willmar...

Harold Hydeen

Harold Hydeen

Feb 1, 2017

Harold A. Hydeen, age 87, of Kandiyohi, died Wednesday morning, February 1, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM Saturday, February 4, at Word of Faith Family Church in Willmar. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will be in the Union Cemetery in Atwater. Memorials...

Donald Krogfus

Donald Krogfus

Jan 30, 2017

Donald W. Krogfus, age 93, of Willmar, died Monday evening, Jan. 30, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, February 6, at the Assembly of God Church in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Military...

Fred Kovall

Fred Kovall

Jan 21, 2017

Frederick A. Kovall, age 80, of Willmar, died Saturday evening, Jan. 21, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, at the Peterson...

Eleanor Ruchti

Eleanor Ruchti

Jan 20, 2017

Eleanor M. Ruchti, age 79, of Sunburg, died Friday, January 20, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24, at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Willmar. Interment will be at the Sunburg Free Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. with a time of testimony and sharing of memories...

Dorothy Anderson

Dorothy Anderson

Jan 18, 2017

Dorothy M. Anderson August 19, 1925 - January 18, 2017 Dorothy M. Anderson, age 91, of Litchfield and formerly of Grove City, died Wednesday evening, January 18, at the Meeker Manor in Litchfield. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 7, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Atwater. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service...

Arthur Rivers Jr

Arthur Rivers Jr

Jan 17, 2017

Arthur L. Rivers, Jr., age 56, of Willmar, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, January 17, at his residence from an apparent heart attack. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service on Tuesday. www.petersonbrothers.com Arthur Lee Rivers Jr....

Penny Selseth

Penny Selseth

Jan 14, 2017

Penny Selseth, age 80, of Willmar, died Saturday evening, January 14, at Rice Care Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, January 19 at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Penny Marie Selseth was born September 30, 1936, in...

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