Obituaries

Ronald R. Peterson, 65

Ronald R. Peterson, 65

Ronald R. Peterson, a resident of rural Royalton, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012, at his home surrounded by family. After a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, he was ready to meet his creator. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Grace Covenant Church in Little Falls, MN  Read more »

Lucas Blowers, 45

Lucas Blowers, 45

Lucas (Luke) S. Blowers,  of Motley, died May 10, 2012, at the St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd following a seven-year fight with cancer. Funeral services will be Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. at Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home.  Visitation will be Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment  Read more »

Mildred Talberg, 87

Mildred Talberg, 87

Mildred Talberg, a resident of Gilman, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at the Foley Nursing Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 14, at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Gilman, with the Rev. Leo Moenkedick officiating. Burial was in the St. Rita’s Catholic Cemetery, Hillman. Friends may  Read more »

Gladys Coenen, 99

Gladys Coenen, 99

Gladys Coenen, a resident of Little Falls, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012, at the Lutheran Care Center in Little Falls. Funeral services were held Monday, May 7, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Little Falls, with Rachel Flogstad-Heise officiating. Burial was in Elmdale Lutheran Cemetery in Elmdale. Gladys was born April 24, 1913, in Swan  Read more »

Mary Ann Wilson, 77

Mary Ann Wilson, 77

Mary Ann Wilson, a resident of Little Falls, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at St. Gabriel’s Hospital in Little Falls. A funeral service will be held Saturday, May 5 at 11:00 A.M. at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls, MN. Friends may gather from 10:00 A.M. until the hour of the service on Saturday at  Read more »

Sandra Coe, 50

Sandra Marie Coe of Baxter, passed away at home April 24, 2012. A memorial service was held at the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd. Sandra was born March 8, 1962, to the late Elmer and Anne (Swenson) Kray in Royalton. She grew up in Royalton. After graduation she went to college where she met her  Read more »

Geraldine Laird, 83

Geraldine Laird, 83

Geraldine ‘Gerry’ Laird, a resident of Little Falls, peacefully joined her Lord  Wednesday, May 2, 2012, from Harmony House in Little Falls, where she had been cared for by a loving and caring staff. Their devotion to her well being gave her peace, dignity and quality of life. Geraldine was born to the late Edgar  Read more »

Lucille A. Langer, 91

Lucille A. Langer, 91

Lucille A. Langer, a resident of Pierz,  passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Pierz with Father Gerald Dalseth officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s Parish Cemetery in Pierz. Visitation will be from  Read more »

Joseph Johnson, 83

Joseph Johnson, 83

Joseph M. ‘Joe’ Johnson, a resident of Little Falls, passed away April 29,  in Little Falls. A Memorial Service for Joe Johnson was held  Wednesday, May 2, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Little Falls with the Rev. Robert Munneke and Joe’s nephew, the Rev. Daniel Johnson officiating.  Burial was in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery.  Read more »

Grace Bryniarski, 74

Grace Bryniarski, 74

Grace E. Bryniarski, a resident of Randall, died April 30, 2012, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Thursday, May 3, at St. James Catholic Church in Randall with Father Jimmy Joseph officiating. Interment was at the St. James Catholic Cemetery. Grace was born July 14, 1937, in Staples, the daughter of  Read more »

Carol Batcha, 85

Carol Batcha, 85

Carol Jean Batcha, a resident of Royalton, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012, at the St. Cloud Hospital, in St. Cloud. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bowlus, MN, with Fr. Michael Kellogg officiating. Interment will be in the parish  Read more »

Yvonne Swanson Anderson, 82

Yvonne Swanson Anderson, 82

Yvonne Swanson Anderson, a resident of rural Upsala, passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at her home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Word Of Life Free Lutheran Church in Upsala, with Rev. Jon Benson officiating. Burial will be at the Word Of Life Free Church  Read more »

Mark Przybilla, 59

Mark Przybilla, 59

Mark Przybilla, a resident of Little Falls, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the St. Cloud Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 7, 2012 at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls, with visitation two hours prior to the service. A private burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in  Read more »

Norman Wuellner, 85

Norman Wuellner, 85

Norman H. Wuellner, a resident of Little Falls, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012, at his home in Little Falls. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday, May 1, at Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church in Little Falls, with Father Mark Innocenti officiating. Burial was at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery north of  Read more »

Thomas Bukowski, 63

Thomas Bukowski, 63

Thomas M. Bukowski, a resident of Sauk Rapids, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, April 24, 2012. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, April 30, at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sauk Rapids with the Rev. Ronald Weyrens officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, with full military honors provided  Read more »