Obituaries

Iva-Dell Gorans

Iva-Dell Gorans

Apr 17, 2016

Ivy Gorans, age 88, of Willmar formerly of the Svea area, died Sunday evening, April 17,  Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, April 21, at Svea Lutheran Church.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue one hour prior to the service at...

Mary Aleshire

Mary Aleshire

Apr 17, 2016

Mary Jo Aleshire, age 57, of Sunburg, died Sunday evening, April 17, at Glen Oaks Care Center in New London following a 14 year battle with Huntington's Disease. Memorial services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 22, at Salem Covenant Church near Pennock. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and one...

James Pederson

James Pederson

Apr 13, 2016

James Pederson, age 66, of Willmar, died Wednesday evening, April 13, at his home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar with visitation one hour prior to the service. The interment will be 10 a.m. Thursday, April 21, at the Belview City Cemetery. James Thomas Pederson was born March...

Russel Finstrom

Russel Finstrom

Apr 13, 2016

Russel "Red" Finstrom, 90, of Kerkhoven, passed away at his home from natural causes on April 13, 2016. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, April 17 at 2:30 pm at the Kerkhoven Evangelical Free Church. Russel was born November 21, 1925 in Pillsbury Township of Swift County, the 3rd of 11 children born to Elmer and Mildred (Johanson)...

Mary Niemeyer

Mary Niemeyer

Apr 8, 2016

Mary Niemeyer, age 70, of Willmar, died Friday evening, April 8, at Central Minnesota Senior Care - Divine House in Willmar. Memorial service will be held at 2 PM Thursday, April 14, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The interment will be in Fairview Cemetery in...

Minnie Shelstad

Minnie Shelstad

Apr 8, 2016

Minnie "Polly" Shelstad, age 79, of Paynesville, died Friday morning, April 8, at Koronis Manor Care Center in Paynesville. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Koronis Manor Care Center in Paynesville with Chaplain Pamela Nickel officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Koronis Manor Care Center. Interment will be at the Appleton...

Judith Bonnema

Judith Bonnema

Apr 3, 2016

Judy Kay Bonnema, age 71, of Willmar, died Sunday evening, April 3, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar following a courageous two year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 7, at the Evangelical Free Church in Willmar. Interment will be at the Holland Township Cemetery in Prinsburg. Visitation will be from 5-7...

Charles Brown

Charles Brown

Apr 2, 2016

Charles "Chub" W. Brown, age 89, of Willmar, died Saturday afternoon, April 2, at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery with military honors provided by the Willmar American Legion Post #167. Visitation...

Eunice Weflen

Eunice Weflen

Mar 29, 2016

Eunice M. Weflen, age 81, of rural Sunburg passed away Tuesday morning, March 29, at the Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Services will be held at 10 A.M. Friday, April 1, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg.  Interment will be in the West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4-7 P.M., Thursday at the Peterson Brothers Sunburg Funeral...

LaVonne Eliason

LaVonne Eliason

Mar 28, 2016

LaVonne Eliason, age 87, of Spicer, died Monday afternoon, March 28, at Glen Oaks Care Center in New London. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spicer. Interment will be at the Spicer City Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Faith Lutheran Church and will...

Samuel Stefanyszyn

Samuel Stefanyszyn

Mar 22, 2016

Samuel Stefanyszyn, age 67, of St. Cloud and formerly of Minneapolis and Pittsburg, PA., died Tuesday evening, March 22, at the St. Cloud V.A. Hospital. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 28, at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. (www.petersonbrothers.com)...

Audrey Fluck

Audrey Fluck

Mar 17, 2016

Audrey E. Fluck, age 93, of Willmar, died Thursday afternoon, March 17, at Glen Oaks Care Center in New London. Her funeral will be held at 11 am on Tuesday, March 22, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm Monday, March 21, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue 1 hour prior...

Johnny Sundin

Johnny Sundin

Feb 27, 2016

Johnny R. Sundin, age 47 of Willmar, died unexpectedly Saturday, February 27, at his home in Willmar. Services will be held at 11 AM. Friday, March 4, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. Thursday at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and at the church one hour...

Gary Rudningen

Gary Rudningen

Feb 26, 2016

Gary M. Rudningen, age 65, of Willmar died Friday evening, Feb. 26, at his home in Willmar, surrounded by his family following a long battle with cancer. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at 2 P.M., Wednesday March 2, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the...

Judy Dailey

Judy Dailey

Feb 18, 2016

Judith "Judy" A. Dailey, age 69, of Clara City, died Thursday, February 18, at her home in Clara City. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 25, at the Good Samaritan Chapel at 333 West 5th Street in Waconia, Minnesota. Interment will be at a later date at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Clara City. Local arrangements are...

Marv Gulbranson

Marv Gulbranson

Feb 17, 2016

Glenyce and Marvin Gulbranson, ages 71 & 70, of Spicer, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening, February 17, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Spicer. Celebration of Life service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 25, at the Assembly of God Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in New London. Visitation will be from 4-7...

Shannon Kent

Shannon Kent

Feb 16, 2016

Shannon M. Kent, age 48, of Alexandria, formerly of Willmar, died Tuesday morning, Feb. 16, at her home in Alexandria. Services will be held at 1:30 PM, Monday, February 22, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar.  Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Willmar.  Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Sunday at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home and at the...

Leo Pirsch

Leo Pirsch

Feb 14, 2016

Leo R. Pirsch, age 98, of Willmar, died Sunday afternoon, February 14, one day after his 98th birthday, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, February 19, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be at St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery in Olivia. Visitation will be from...

Joyce Eichelberger

Joyce Eichelberger

Feb 14, 2016

Joyce Eichelberger, age 88, of Willmar, Minnesota, formerly of Palmer, Iowa, died Sunday morning, February 14, at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home in Willmar. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. on Friday, February 19, at the Calvary Lutheran Church Chapel in Willmar, MN, and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 5, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Palmer, IA. Visitation will...

Donald Jacobson

Donald Jacobson

Feb 8, 2016

Donald R. Jacobson, age 93, of Willmar, died Monday morning, February 8, at his home in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23, at the Assembly of God Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery with military honors provided by the Willmar American Legion Post #167. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m....