Obituaries
Vernon Braaten
Aug 15, 2011
Vernon Ronald Braaten, age 69, of Minneapolis and rural Glenwood, died Monday, August 15, at his home in Minneapolis from cancer caused by exposure to agent orange. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM on Friday, August 19, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg. Interment will be at West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior...
Donna Skimland
Aug 13, 2011
Donna Marie Skimland, age 83, of Albert Lea, formerly of Sunburg, died Saturday afternoon, August 13, surrounded by her family at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester after a short illness. Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 20, Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Memorials are preferred to the Alzheimer's...
Audrey Falk
Aug 9, 2011
Audrey Jane Falk, age 76, of Willmar, died Tuesday morning, August 9, at her home in Willmar. Her memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 27, at Bethel Lutheran Church. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Friday, August 26, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and...
Shirley Chapin
Jul 29, 2011
Shirley Chapin, 87, of Willmar, died Friday evening (July 29) at Rice Hospital in Willmar following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 5, at 11:00 am at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar, with Pastor Dean Johnson officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, August 4, from 5-7 pm at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. A private family...
Richard Drew
Jul 28, 2011
Richard R. Drew, age 80, of rural Sunburg, died Thursday afternoon, July 28, at his home south of Sunburg. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, August 6, at the Harbor Church in Spicer. A private interment will be at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by the Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post 167 of Willmar....
Daniel Suter
Jul 26, 2011
Daniel M. Suter, age 45, of rural Kandiyohi, died unexpected Tuesday evening, July 26. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. on Monday, August 1, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Burial will be at St. Bridget's Catholic Cemetery in DeGraff. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, July 31, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar...
Donald Oeffling
Jul 24, 2011
Donald P. "Donnie-O" Oeffling, age 62, of Atwater, died Sunday evening, July 24th, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, July 30th, at Church of St. Patrick in Kandiyohi. Interment will be at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be one hour prior to...
Patricia Williamson
Jul 14, 2011
Patricia Ann Williamson, 77, of Willmar, died Thursday, July 14, at Bethesda PleasantView Nursing Home in Willmar. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 22, at the Church of the Nazarene in Willmar. A private burial will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home and one hour...
Evelyn Dawson
Jul 3, 2011
Evelyn M. Dawson, age 92, of Willmar, died Sunday evening, July 3, at the Prairie Home Hospice House in Marshall following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 8, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Visitation will be from 4:30 - 7:00 PM with Daughter of Isabella Rosary at 4:30 PM...
Robert Lehman
Jul 3, 2011
Robert "Bob" F. Lehman, age 89, of Willmar, died peacefully Sunday evening, July 3, at Rice Care Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, July 7, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Willmar American Legion Post. Visitation will...
Valerie Messner
Jun 27, 2011
Valerie J. Messner, age 49, of Kandiyohi, died Monday, June 27, at the St. Cloud Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11 A.M., Friday, July 1, at Tripolis Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kandiyohi. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Willmar. Valerie...
MaryEllen Tebben
Jun 23, 2011
MaryEllen Tebben, age 80, a long time resident of Raymond, Minnesota, died Thursday, June 23, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at the Raymond United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Raymond. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in...
Antonio Garcia
Jun 19, 2011
Antonio Garcia, age 89, of Willmar, died Sunday morning, June 19, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 21, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Burial will be in Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be 4-7 P.M. Tuesday at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Antonio Garcia was born...
Clifford Isachsen
Jun 17, 2011
Clifford S. Isachsen, age 86, of Willmar, died Friday morning, June 17, at the Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 21, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post 167 of Willmar. Visitation will be...
Allyn Sogard
Jun 16, 2011
Allyn Clair Sogard, 74, of New London died Thursday at home. The service will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ellsworth, Iowa. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Ellsworth. Local arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Green Lake Funeral Home, Spicer. Al was born July 16, 1936, to Harold and Melva (Porter) Sogard. Al graduated from...
Elsie Thompson
Jun 13, 2011
Elsie S. Thompson, age 85, of Hutchinson formerly of Spicer, died Monday afternoon, June 13, at the Hutchinson Area Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 16, at Faith Lutheran Church in Spicer. Burial will be in the Spicer City Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers...
Craig Jones
Jun 10, 2011
Craig R. Jones, 64, of Willmar, died Friday, June 10, at his home in Willmar following a brief illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, at First Baptist Church in Willmar. Burial will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson...
Henry Ruter
Jun 5, 2011
Henry G. Ruter, age 83, of Willmar, died Sunday afternoon, June 5, at his home in Willmar surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 9, at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar. The interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, at the Peterson...
Oliver Cunningham
May 28, 2011
Oliver C. Cunningham, 90, of Kandiyohi, died Saturday, May 28, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar on his 61st wedding anniversary. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Atwater. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home and one hour prior to...
Lois Gjerdingen
May 26, 2011
Lois Shirley Ann Gjerdingen, age 82, of Willmar, died Thursday morning, May 26, at Rice Memorial Hospital. Her memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, May 31, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be in Eagle Lake Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation: will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Arrangements are...
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