Obituaries

Eldon Thorson

Eldon Thorson

Apr 27, 2014

Eldon B. Thorson, age 81, of Spicer, died Sunday afternoon, April 27, at Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 2, at First Lutheran Church of Norway Lake. Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in New London. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at Peterson Brothers Green Lake...

Darlene Lorentz

Darlene Lorentz

Apr 24, 2014

Darlene M. Lorentz, age 78, of Willmar, died Thursday, April 24, at the St. Cloud Hospital. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 28, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar...

Lorraine Wegner

Lorraine Wegner

Apr 24, 2014

Lorraine Wegner, age 88, of Willmar, formerly of Raymond, died Thursday evening, April 24, at Bethesda PleasantView Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 29, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Raymond. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Monday, April 28, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home (www.petersonbrothers.com) in Willmar...

Erik Moulton

Erik Moulton

Apr 20, 2014

Erik Moulton, age 73, of Atwater, died Sunday, April 20, at the St. Cloud Hospital with his family at his side. Memorial services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar with visitation one hour prior to the service. Scott Erik Moulton was born July 10, 1940, in Denver, Colorado, the son of Jack...

Jerry Bengtson

Jerry Bengtson

Apr 19, 2014

Jerry A. Bengtson, age 74, of Atwater, died Saturday evening, April 19, at his residence in rural Atwater. Memorial services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the United Methodist Church in Atwater. Interment will be at Union Cemetery in Atwater. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until the time of the service at the church on Saturday. Arrangements...

Alice Shemon

Alice Shemon

Apr 18, 2014

Alice Luella Shemon, age 94, of Spicer, died Friday morning, April 18, at the Glen Oaks Care Center in New London. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 24, at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in Spicer. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic...

Mildred Wermager

Mildred Wermager

Apr 15, 2014

Mildred "Micky" H. Wermager, age 103, of Willmar and formerly of St. Paul, died Tuesday, April 15, at Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, at Vinje Lutheran Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at First Lutheran Cemetery in Fergus...

Richard Erpenbach

Richard Erpenbach

Apr 13, 2014

Richard F. Erpenbach, age 79, of Willmar, died Sunday, April 13, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. `Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 18, at Vinje Lutheran Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral...

Earl Olson

Earl Olson

Apr 10, 2014

Earl I. Olson, age 84, of Willmar, died Thursday afternoon, April 10, at Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 1 P.M., Tuesday, April 15, at the Word of Faith Family Church. The interment will be in Fairview Cemetery with Military Honors provided by the Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post 167 and the Finstad-Week VFW...

Nancy Harder

Nancy Harder

Apr 10, 2014

Nancy A. Harder, age 62, of Willmar, died Thursday afternoon at the Belgrade Nursing Home in Belgrade, Minnesota. A prayer service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, at Hope Presbyterian Church in Spicer with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Church Hill Cemetery near Hector. Arrangements are with the...

Elizabeth Freese

Elizabeth Freese

Apr 9, 2014

Elizabeth Freese, age 92, of Benson, formerly of Willmar, died Wednesday, April 9, at Golden Living Center - Meadow Lane in Benson. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, April 21, at the Calvary Lutheran Church Chapel in Willmar. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements...

Chester Curtis

Chester Curtis

Apr 6, 2014

Chester E. Curtis, age 92, of Willmar, died Sunday evening, April 6, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, Assembly Area #4, in Minneapolis. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Chester Ellis Curtis was born February 20, 1922...

Hanley Reigstad

Hanley Reigstad

Apr 1, 2014

Hanley S. Reigstad, age 89, of Sunburg, died Monday evening, April 1, at the Rice Care Center in Willmar. A memorial service will be held at 11 A.M., Saturday, April 26 at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg. The interment will be in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery with Military Honors provided by the VFW Post 1825 of Belgrade, Minnesota. Visitation...

Marvel Moots

Marvel Moots

Mar 31, 2014

Marvel Joann Moots, age 80, of New Brighton, died Monday evening, March 31, at Unity Hospital in Fridley. Services will be held at a later date. Funeral arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Marvel Joann Moots was born March 22, 1934, in Lamberton, Minnesota, the daughter of Joseph and Myrtle (Larson) Knutson. She graduated from Lamberton High...

Dominga Garcia

Dominga Garcia

Mar 25, 2014

Dominga Garcia, age 70, of Willmar died Tuesday morning, March 25, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 29, at the United Methodist Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 28, at the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar...

Aaren Glesne

Aaren Glesne

Mar 15, 2014

Aaren Glesne, age 21, of Sunburg, died Sunday morning, March 15, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Funeral arrangements are pending with Peterson Brothers Sunburg Funeral Home.

Nathan Schow

Nathan Schow

Mar 13, 2014

Nathan D. Schow, age 58, of Blomkest, died Thursday, March 13, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 17, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at the Church of St. Mary and one hour prior...

Louis Steffens

Louis Steffens

Mar 12, 2014

Louis R. Steffens, age 65, of Willmar, died Wednesday, March 12, at Fairview Riverside Hospital in Minneapolis Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 17, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and one hour prior to the service at the church. www.petersonbrothers.com Louis Roland...

Zachary Junkermeier

Zachary Junkermeier

Mar 11, 2014

Zachary J. Junkermeier, age 18, of Lake Lillian, died Tuesday afternoon, March 11, from injuries received in an avalanche while snowmobiling near Cooke City, Montana. Services will be held at 2 P.M., Tuesday, March 18, at the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School gymnasium in Grove City, Minnesota. The interment will be in the Tromso Cemetery near Lake Lillian. Friends may call from...

Vernon Heyer

Vernon Heyer

Mar 8, 2014

Vernon John Heyer, age 76, of Willmar and formerly of Atwater , died Saturday afternoon, March 8, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Interment will be at Ripley Cemetery in Litchfield. Military honors will be provided by the Willmar American Legion...