Obituaries

Elda Nelson

Elda Nelson

Feb 13, 2011

Elda M. Nelson, 84, of Willmar, died Sunday, February 13, at Bethesda PleasantView Nursing Home in Willmar. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, February 19, at the Calvary Lutheran Church Chapel in Willmar. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral...

Rossie Crute

Rossie Crute

Feb 12, 2011

Rossie Crute, age 98, of Willmar, formerly of Independence, Missouri, died Sunday, Feb. 6, at Rice Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 P.M., Friday, February 18, at the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Burial was in the Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence on Feb. 12. Memorials are preferred to the Memorial Fund at the First...

Coe Meyer

Coe Meyer

Feb 3, 2011

Coe Meyer, age 79, of Willmar, passed away Thursday morning, February 3, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, February 9, at the First Baptist Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Tuesday, February 8, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home and will continue for one...

Ailene Herring

Ailene Herring

Feb 3, 2011

"Ailene "Herring, age 91, of Willmar and formerly of Atwater, died Thursday morning, Feb. 3, at the Willmar Care Center. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 8, at St. John Lutheran Church in Atwater. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Logan Park Cemetery in Sioux City, Iowa. Funeral...

Clinton Strootman

Clinton Strootman

Jan 30, 2011

Clinton M. Strootman, age 88, of Belgrade, died Sunday morning, January 30, at the Belgrade Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday, Feb. 3, at the First Lutheran Church of Norway Lake. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home and...

Gerald Rambow

Gerald Rambow

Jan 28, 2011

Gerald H. Rambow, age 85, of Willmar, died Friday morning, January 28, at the Rice Care Center in Willmar following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, February 1, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Raymond. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Monday, January...

Cynthia Fugleberg

Cynthia Fugleberg

Jan 26, 2011

Cynthia "Cindy" Fugleberg, age 53 of Willmar, an extraordinary wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, died Wednesday morning, January 26th at the Rice Memorial Hospital after a long courageous battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, January 29th, at Church of St. Mary. Interment will be in the church cemetery.  Friends may call...

Theodore Erickson

Theodore Erickson

Jan 22, 2011

Theodore A. Erickson, 92, of Willmar, died Saturday evening, January 22, at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, January 27, at Bethel Baptist Church in Kerkhoven. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery in Kerkhoven. Military Honors will be provided by the Willmar American Legion. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, January 26,...

Jeffrey Oas

Jeffrey Oas

Jan 21, 2011

Jeffrey Oas, 57, of New London, died Friday, January 21, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, January 27, at Peterson Brothers Green Lake Funeral Home in Spicer followed by a brief interment service at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis at 2:30 P.M. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service in...

Margaret Schmitz

Margaret Schmitz

Jan 20, 2011

Margaret M. Schmitz, 83, of Willmar, formerly of Sauk Centre, died Thursday, January 20, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home in Willmar. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, January 24, at the Church of St. Patrick in Kandiyohi. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Sauk Centre. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 PM Sunday with...

Juva Huisenga

Juva Huisenga

Jan 19, 2011

Juva Z. Huisenga, age 83, of Willmar, died Wednesday evening, January 19th, at the Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, January 24, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be in Cloverleaf Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be 3-5 p.m.. Sunday at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and one hour prior to...

Denise Rode

Denise Rode

Jan 18, 2011

Denise Rode, 53, of Willmar, died unexpectedly at her home on Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 28, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. She is survived by a daughter: Janae Rode of Odessa, TX; her mother: Veronica Rode of Midland, TX; two brothers:...

Cecelia Otte

Cecelia Otte

Jan 15, 2011

Cecelia M. Otte, age 92, of Mankato, formerly of Willmar, died Saturday morning, January 15, at the Sunrise Cottages in Mankato. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 A.M., Thursday, January 20, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 A.M. until the time of the...

Filimon Estrada

Filimon Estrada

Jan 13, 2011

Filimon Estrada, age 70, of Willmar died, Thursday morning, January 13th, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM to 12 Noon, with a prayer service at 10 AM on Monday, Jan. 17 at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Filimon Estrada was born on November 22, 1940 in Hiera, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the son of Manuel...

Gene Ryer

Gene Ryer

Jan 9, 2011

ValGene "Gene" D. Ryer, age 72, of rural Atwater, died Sunday morning, Janaury 9, at his home following an extended illness. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, January 13, at Tripolis Evangelical Lutheran Church in rural Kandiyohi. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. ValGene Delaine Ryer was born May 6, 1938, in rural Montevideo, to James...

Daniel Meyer

Daniel Meyer

Jan 9, 2011

Daniel R. Meyer, age 54, of Spicer, died Sunday afternoon, January 9, at his home on George Lake. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 13, at Calvary Lutheran Church. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Wednesday, January 12, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home and will continue...

Janice Heikes

Janice Heikes

Jan 8, 2011

Janice J. Heikes, age 70, of Willmar, died Saturday afternoon, January 8, at Rice Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M., Thursday, January 13th, at the First Covenant Church in Willmar. Interment will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in New London. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the services. Arrangements are with...

Mavis Nelson

Mavis Nelson

Jan 5, 2011

Mavis L. Nelson, 89, of Willmar, died Wednesday morning at Rice Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Reformed Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Funeral arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home....

Adam Sasse

Adam Sasse

Jan 1, 2011

Adam Michael Sasse, 32, of Willmar, died on Saturday, January 1. Funeral services will be 11 A.M. Thursday, January 6, at Crossroads Community United Methodist Church in Spicer. Visitation will be 5-7 P.M. Wednesday, January 5, at Peterson Brothers Green Lake Funeral Home in Spicer and one hour prior to the service at the church. Adam was born September 28,...

Kenneth Angier

Kenneth Angier

Jan 1, 2011

Kenneth H. Angier, 78, of Willmar, died Saturday, January 1, at his home following an extended illness. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 4, at the Church of the Nazarene in Willmar. Burial will be at Ripley Cemetery in Litchfield at a later date. Military Honors will be provided by Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post 167 of...