Obituaries

Antonia Centellas

Antonia Centellas

Jan 20, 2015

Antonia Centellas, age 80, of Willmar, died Tuesday, January 20, at her daughter's home in Willmar surrounded by her family. Services will be held at 1 P.M., Friday, January 23, at Evangelical Free Church in Willmar. The interment will be in Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements...

Helen Hawkinson

Helen Hawkinson

Jan 17, 2015

Helen L. Hawkinson, age 91, of Kandiyohi, died Saturday morning, January 17, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 21, at Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kandiyohi. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, at Peterson Brothers...

Rev. Richard Orchard

Rev. Richard Orchard

Jan 17, 2015

Rev. Richard E.  Orchard, age 95, of Casper Wyoming, formerly of Iron River, MI and Willmar, MN, stepped from this life into the next as of Saturday, January 17, 2015, at the Iron River Care Center. Funeral service will be held at the Assembly of God in Willmar, MN, on Friday, January 23, 2015, beginning with a viewing at 9:30 a.m. and...

Zona Niece

Zona Niece

Jan 14, 2015

Zona A. Niece, age 88, of Willmar, died Wednesday morning, January 14, at Glen Oaks Care Center in New London. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, at the First Presbyterian Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. on Monday, January 19, at Peterson Brothers...

Dennis Gerke

Dennis Gerke

Jan 12, 2015

Dennis C. Gerke age 79, of Willmar and formerly of New London, died Monday morning, January 12, at Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 16 at Peterson Brother Funeral Home in Willmar. Graveside services will be held at a later date at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Wood Lake. Dennis Clayton Gerke was...

Duane Nichols

Duane Nichols

Jan 11, 2015

Duane "Ducka" Nichols, age 90, of Alexandria formerly of Willmar, died Sunday evening, January 11, at Bethany Home in Alexandria. Memorial service will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, at Shalom Lutheran Church at 800 County Road 44 NW in Alexandria. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Friday, January 16, at the church and continue one hour prior to the...

Lois Seybert

Lois Seybert

Jan 8, 2015

Lois C. Seybert, age 90, of Willmar, died Thursday, January 8, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 13, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Lois Caroline Seybert was born...

Myrna Dahlberg

Myrna Dahlberg

Jan 7, 2015

Myrna Joy Dahlberg, age 80, of Kandiyohi, died Wednesday evening, Jan. 7, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 12, at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Kandiyohi. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11, at the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home...

LaVaughn Appelgren

LaVaughn Appelgren

Jan 6, 2015

LaVaughn M. Appelgren, age 104, of Willmar died Tuesday morning, January 6, at the Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Services will be held at 1:30 PM, Friday, January 9, at First Covenant Church in Willmar. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Memorials are preferred to the...

Devona Parlee

Devona Parlee

Jan 2, 2015

Devona (Dee) I. Parlee, age 98 of Willmar, died peacefully in her sleep, on January 2, 2015, at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home in Willmar. Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 8, 2015, at the First Presbyterian Church in Willmar. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials are preferred...

Florence Larson

Florence Larson

Jan 2, 2015

Florence Elizabeth Holien Larson was born on December 15, 1932, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the daughter of Christ and Clara (Lerohl) Holien . She was the youngest of seven children that grew up on the family farm where the Hawk Creek meets the Spring Creek near Maynard. She received her education in country schools and graduated from Granite Falls High School...

Clara Thorpe-Yzermans

Clara Thorpe-Yzermans

Dec 31, 2014

Clara W. Thorpe-Yzermans, age 89, of Willmar, died Wednesday, morning December 31, at Bethesda PleasantView Nursing Home in Willmar. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Monday, January 5, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Sunday, January 4, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar...

Harlan Kientiz

Harlan Kientiz

Dec 29, 2014

Harlan J. Kienitz, age 91, of Willmar, formerly of the Raymond area, died Tuesday morning, December 30, at Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Friday, January 2, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar. The interment will be in the Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service...

Jose Perez

Jose Perez

Dec 29, 2014

Jose Porfirio Perez, age 60, of Willmar, died Monday evening, December 29, at his home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 2, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Jose was born February 28, 1954,...

Zachary Pistulka

Zachary Pistulka

Dec 28, 2014

Zachary John Pistulka, 20, of rural Atwater, Minnesota passed away on December 28th, 2014 from injuries suffered in a fatal car accident. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2:00pm Saturday, January 3rd at the Church of St. Patrick in Kandiyohi. Interment will be at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Atwater. Visitation will be 5pm-8pm Friday, January 2nd, at Peterson...

Richard Cain

Richard Cain

Dec 27, 2014

Richard A. Cain, age 70, of Willmar, passed away Saturday afternoon, Dec. 27, at the Regions Hospital in St. Paul surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 31, at the Church of St. Patrick in Kandiyohi. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday,...

Betty Haats

Betty Haats

Dec 25, 2014

Betty Lou Haats, age 80, of Willmar, died Thursday afternoon, December 25, at Glen Oaks Care Center in New London following a courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 3, at the Willmar Christian Reformed Church. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on...

Edmund Koppy

Edmund Koppy

Dec 24, 2014

Edmund R. Koppy, age 71, of rural Atwater, died unexpectedly Wednesday, December 24, at his home on Diamond Lake. A time of sharing will be held from 5-8 PM Tuesday, December 30, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. The interment will be at a later date at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. (www.petersonbrothers.com) Edmund is survived by 1...

Nicholas Kleinhuizen

Nicholas Kleinhuizen

Dec 24, 2014

Nicholas "Nick" Harley Kleinhuizen, age 89, of Willmar and formerly of Renville, died Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 24, at Bethesda Pleasantview Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 29, at Emden Christian Reformed Church in Renville. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28,...

Raymundo Ojeda Jr

Raymundo Ojeda Jr

Dec 22, 2014

Raymundo M. Ojeda, age 57, of Spicer, died Monday morning, December 22, at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis from complications of congestive heart failure. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, December 26, with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Peterson Brothers Green Lake Funeral Home in Spicer (www.petersonbrothers.com). Raymundo was a great musician and an amazing artist....