Obituaries

James Madison

James Madison

Mar 30, 2013

James H. Madison, 86, of Willmar, died Saturday afternoon, March 30, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post 167 of Willmar. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m....

Harriet Johnson

Harriet Johnson

Mar 30, 2013

Harriet Maxine (Larson) Johnson passed away Saturday, March 30, at Bethesda Pleasant View at the age of 101. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM, Saturday, April 6, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Atwater with burial in Atwater Union Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before services at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home. She was...

Norman Bierwerth

Norman Bierwerth

Mar 28, 2013

Norman Charles "Pete" Bierwerth, age 61 of Atwater, died unexpectedly on Thursday at his home. Memorial services will be at 2pm Wednesday, April 3rd at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Atwater. A private interment will be at a later date. Visitation will be 5-7 pm on Tuesday, April 2nd at Peterson Bros. Atwater Funeral Home. (petersonbrothers.com) Norman was born on Nov....

Bertha Johnson

Bertha Johnson

Mar 23, 2013

Bertha "Birdie" M. Johnson, age 99, of Willmar, formerly of the Raymond area, died Saturday morning, March 23, at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home in Willmar just three months shy of her 100th birthday. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 PM, Saturday, May 4, at the Evangelical Free Church Chapel in Willmar. Memorials are preferred to the Evangelical...

Martin Buer

Martin Buer

Mar 22, 2013

Martin H. Buer, age 101, of Atwater, died Friday morning, March 22, at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home in Willmar. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday, March 26, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Atwater. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Monday at Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home and at the church...

Johanna Honey

Johanna Honey

Mar 20, 2013

Johanna B. Honey, age 95, of Spicer, died Wednesday morning, March 20, at the Rice Care Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29, at the Green Lake Free Lutheran Church in Spicer. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, at the Peterson Brothers Green Lake Funeral Home in Spicer...

Gerald Schroeder

Gerald Schroeder

Mar 20, 2013

Gerald H. Schroeder, age 79, of Atwater, died Wednesday evening, March 20, at Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Memorial services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, at St. John Lutheran Church in Atwater. Interment will be at Oakside Cemetery near Atwater at a later date. Military Honors will be provided by Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post 167 of...

Johnny Sundin

Johnny Sundin

Mar 17, 2013

Johnny M. Sundin, age 73, of Willmar, died Sunday morning, March 17, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 22, at Bethel Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue...

Roger Martin

Roger Martin

Mar 15, 2013

Roger P. Martin, age 72, of Willmar, died at his home on Friday afternoon, March 15, after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 21, at Bethel Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at Peterson Brothers Funeral...

Myrtle Johnson

Myrtle Johnson

Mar 15, 2013

Myrtle A. Johnson, age 90, of Willmar, died Friday morning, March 15, at the Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 19, at Svea Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral...

Doris Radabaugh

Doris Radabaugh

Mar 13, 2013

Doris "Dorrie" Radabaugh, 76, of New London, died Wednesday, March 13, at her home in Glen Oaks Apartments in New London. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 A.M., Saturday, March 16, at the Church of Our Lady of the Lakes in rural Spicer. The interment will be in the Spicer City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 PM...

Leslie Bolt

Leslie Bolt

Mar 10, 2013

Leslie G. Fenton Bolt, age 58, of Kerkhoven, died Sunday afternoon, March 10, at the Rice Care Center in Willmar. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 14, at the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home...

Grace Lorinser

Grace Lorinser

Mar 3, 2013

Grace Lucille (Lawler) Lorinser, age 91 of Willmar, passed away peacefully in the arms of her daughter and granddaughter on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home. We are grateful that she is once again the amazing woman she once was. A celebration of her life and Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 AM on...

Lois Andreen

Lois Andreen

Mar 3, 2013

Lois M. Andreen, age 86, of Willmar, died Sunday evening, March 3, at Rice Care Center in Willmar. Following Lois' wishes, a graveside service will be held at 2 P.M. Saturday, March 9, at Calvary Lutheran Cemetery in Willmar. There will be a time of fellowship and a light lunch served at the Fellowship Hall downstairs at First Presbyterian Church...

Jerome Weflen

Jerome Weflen

Feb 27, 2013

Jerome K. Weflen Aug. 4, 1931 - Feb. 27, 2013 Jerome K. Weflen, age 81, of Sunburg, passed away Wednesday morning, Feb. 27, at Rice Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg. Interment will be in the West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7...

Neil Forsberg

Neil Forsberg

Feb 25, 2013

Neil Duane Forsberg, 86, of Atwater, died Monday morning, February 25, at Golden Living Center in Olivia. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 27, at St. John Lutheran Church in Atwater. Interment will be in the church cemetery, Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangments are with Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home....

John Liedman

John Liedman

Feb 23, 2013

John D. Liedman, age 62, of Willmar, died Saturday afternoon, Feb. 23, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 4, at the Willmar Christian Reformed Church with military honors provided by the Willmar American Legion Post #167. A spring interment will be at Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Hawick. Visitation will be...

George Hulstrand

George Hulstrand

Feb 19, 2013

George E. Hulstrand, age 94, of Willmar, died Tuesday morning, Feb. 19, at Rice Therapy Suites in Willmar. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, February 23, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, February 22, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Memorials in lieu of...

Eva Johnson

Eva Johnson

Feb 17, 2013

Eva J. Johnson of Aurora, Colorado, formerly of Lake Lillian and Svea, Minnesota, died Sunday, February 17, at St. Andrews Village in Aurora. A private burial will be at Svea Lutheran Cemetery with a public memorial service following at the church at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 23. There will be no viewing. Eva Johanna Nelson was born December 6, 1916,...

Ione Grundseth

Ione Grundseth

Feb 14, 2013

Ione M. Grundseth, age 95, of Willmar and formerly of rural Brooten, died Thursday morning, Feb. 14, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, Feb. 17, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Visitation will be from 1-3 P.M. on Sunday at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Interment will be...