Obituaries

Corenne Brandt

Corenne Brandt

Sep 15, 2016

Corenne J. Brandt, age 90, of Willmar, died Thursday morning, September 15, at Bethesda Grand Senior Living in Willmar. Memorial services will be 11 a.m., Monday, September 19, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Raymond. Interment will be at Tripolis Lutheran Cemetery in rural Kandiyohi. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, September 18, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Raymond...

Jeffrey Pieterick

Jeffrey Pieterick

Sep 14, 2016

Jeffrey M. Pieterick, age 53, of Willmar, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening, Sept. 14, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar from an apparent heart attack. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson...

Charles Robinson

Charles Robinson

Sep 11, 2016

Charles "Chuck" Dennis Robinson, age 76, of Indianapolis, Indiana, formerly of the Willmar and Spicer communities, died unexpectedly Sunday morning, Sept. 11, of a massive heart attack at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 19, at the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Interment will be at 1:45 p.m. on Monday, September 19,...

Fern Ristow

Fern Ristow

Sep 9, 2016

Fern C. E. Ristow, age 97, of Willmar, died Friday morning, Sept. 9, at Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Services will be held at 1:30 PM Tuesday, September 13, at First Lutheran Church of Norway Lake in rural New London. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be from noon until time of service on Tuesday...

Rebecca Mortensen

Rebecca Mortensen

Sep 7, 2016

Rebecca L. Mortensen, 58, of Willmar, formerly of Grove City, died Wednesday, September 7, after a courageous 14-month battle to cancer at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. A celebration of life will be held at 11 am, Saturday, September 10, at Assembly of God Church. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. In lieu of...

Mary Schorn

Mary Schorn

Sep 6, 2016

Mary Lou Schorn, age 87, of Willmar, died Tuesday morning, September 6, at Copperleaf Senior Living Community in Willmar. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 10, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, September 9, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar with a Daughters of Isabella Rosary...

Martha Wagner

Martha Wagner

Sep 5, 2016

Martha Wagner, age 95, of Willmar, died Monday morning, September 5, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 9, at the United Methodist Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Ripley Cemetery in Litchfield. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials to the United Methodist...

Barbara Erickson

Barbara Erickson

Aug 26, 2016

Barbara A. Erickson, age 73, of Willmar, formerly of Blomkest, died Friday morning, Aug. 26, at the Rice Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, August 30, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Visitation will continue from 10-11 a.m., followed by the funeral at 11 a.m., Wednesday, August 31, at the Assembly of God Church in Willmar....

Kenneth Hensch

Kenneth Hensch

Aug 26, 2016

Kenneth Hensch, age 89, of Willmar, died Friday evening, August 26, at Rice Care Center in Willmar. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 30, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Kenneth Charles Hensch was born February 26, 1927, in...

Dr. Harris Hinderaker

Dr. Harris Hinderaker

Aug 25, 2016

Dr. Harris Hinderaker, age 96, of Willmar, died peacefully Thursday morning, August 25, at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 2, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, September 1, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue one hour prior to...

Connie Ulferts

Connie Ulferts

Aug 24, 2016

Connie Lee Ulferts (aka Key Carelli), age 56, of St. Paul and formerly of Willmar, died Wednesday afternoon, August 24, at the Meeker Manor in Litchfield. A Celebration of Life to honor Connie will be from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday September 4, at the Log Cabin on the Kandiyohi County Fairgrounds in Willmar. A private interment will be at Fairview...

Alan Midby

Alan Midby

Aug 22, 2016

Alan Lee Midby, age 63, of Spicer, died unexpectedly, Monday morning, August 22, at his residence in Spicer. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 30, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spicer. Military honors will be provided by the Henderson-Lewis American Legion Post #545. Interment will be at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Visitation will...

Almut Yohe

Almut Yohe

Aug 22, 2016

Almut E. Yohe, age 95, of Willmar, formerly of Spicer, died Monday morning, August 22, at the Copperleaf Senior Living Care Suites in Willmar. Private graveside services will be held at the Spicer City Cemetery. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Green Lake Funeral Home in Spicer. Almut was born January 6, 1921 in Sensburg, Germany, the daughter of Emil and...

Pauline Chambers

Pauline Chambers

Aug 20, 2016

Pauline M. Chambers, age 58 of Winlock, WA., died Saturday, August 20, 2016, at the Seattle VA Hospital of complications of Small Cell Lung Cancer after a battle with cancer which lasted about 16 months. Pauline's Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 27, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Pauline's friend, Pastor...

Emma Kassa

Emma Kassa

Aug 19, 2016

Emma Ruth Kassa, age 100, of Willmar and formerly of Spicer, died Friday, August 19 at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 26, at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. with a Rosary service...

Adrien Miller

Adrien Miller

Aug 15, 2016

Adrien Otto Miller, age 74, of Willmar, passed away August 15th at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, after six years of battling various cancers. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 20, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, August 19,...

Christine Smith

Christine Smith

Aug 14, 2016

Christine Ann "Chris" (Gorres) Smith, age 51, of rural Atwater, died Sunday evening, August 14, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud following a courageous fight against cancer. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, August 19, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be at Tripolis Lutheran Cemetery near Kandiyohi. Visitation will...

Wallace Janssen

Wallace Janssen

Aug 9, 2016

Wallace V. Janssen, age 78, of Willmar, died Tuesday, Aug. 9th, at his home in Willmar. Services will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, August 13, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar, Minnesota. Friends may call 1 hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will be at 2 P.M., Monday, August 15, at the Hillside Cemetery in rural...

Francis Leikvoll

Francis Leikvoll

Aug 4, 2016

Francis "Frank" E. Leikvoll, age 68, of Lake Lillian, died Thursday evening, August 4, at the Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, August 10, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Interment will be at a later date in the Lake Lillian Community Cemetery in Lake Lillian, Minnesota. Visitation will be...

Erling Lundeen

Erling Lundeen

Aug 2, 2016

Erling Lundeen, age 86, of Spicer, went home to be with his Father on Tuesday, August 2, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. His faith always showed him The Way and he followed it. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, August 7, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spicer. Interment will be in the Faith Lutheran Columbarium. Visitation will be...