Obituaries

Nov 28, 2019

Mary Ellen Schalz, age 83, of Brainerd, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019 at Essentia- St Joseph’s Hospital. Mary was born on September 26, 1936 in Pine River to James & Josephine (Hanson) Oren. She married Virgil Schalz, and together they had three children. Left to cherish her memory are her children: Del (Collette) of Amery, WI, Debbie...

Nov 26, 2019

Beverly Janet Norgard, age 80, of Brainerd, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at Bethany – Good Samaritan Society. Beverly was born in Paynesville on June 6, 1939 to Evald & Bertha (Olson) Nelson. Beverly enjoyed cooking and knitting projects for her family. She would make her famous apple turnovers for the deer hunting group. She loved spending...

Nov 23, 2019

Penny Reynolds- Lobraico, age 61, of Brainerd, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Penny was born on May 9, 1958 in Brainerd, Minnesota to Ernest & Elaine (Leibolt) Wheeler. Penny will be deeply missed by her children, Scott Reynolds, Hannah Reynolds, Dayna (Joe) Lobraico, and Mandy (Courtney) Lobraico; sisters, Mary (Jim) Wheeler-Wilson and...

Nov 21, 2019

Join us for 90 minutes of education, humor, answers to your questions & as much free pizza as you can eat at our new location in the historic First Presbyterian Church. We’ll start things off with a short program: “10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Funerals & Cremation” and then we’ll open things up to your questions for...

Nov 18, 2019

William J. Dorn, age 82, passed away on Monday, Nov. 18. William (Bill) was born in Mankato, Minnesota on January 16, 1937, to the late Sylvester and Mary (Krautkramer) Dorn and grew up with his younger sister, Jean (Dorn) Rausch of St. Louis Park, MN. Bill graduated from Mankato State University and pursued a career in journalism, moving to...

Nov 17, 2019

Marie Ann McKay Fischer, 77, of Crosslake passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Marie was born at home in Oak Lawn Township to Margaret and George McKay on July 5, 1942. A graduate of Washington High School, Brainerd and the University of Minnesota, Marie began her career as a University of Minnesota...

Nov 10, 2019

R D Briley, age 94, of Baxter Minnesota passed away on November 10, 2019. R D was born September 29, 1925 in Paden, Oklahoma to Fred and Altha Briley. R D married the love of his life, Shirley Melstrand, on July 14, 1943 and together they had two sons Ronald in 1945 and Darryl in 1955. R D and...

Nov 7, 2019

Louise Marie Pilgrim, age 87, of Pillager, MN, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at St. Joseph’s – Essentia Health. Louise was born on March 22, 1932 in Knowlton, Wisconsin to Carl & Rose (Kujawski) Williams. She married the love of her life, Glenn Pilgrim on April 26, 1952. Louise was very much into playing her trumpet, in...

Nov 4, 2019

Nov 3, 2019

John B. Odden 93-year-old resident of Staples, MN passed away November 3, 2019 at the Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, November 9 at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. John was born on...

Nov 3, 2019

Nov 2, 2019

Thomas “Andy” Anderson 73-year-old resident of Nisswa, MN passed away on November 2, 2019 at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM on Monday, November 18 at Halvorson Taylor Funeral Home in Brainerd, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Andy was born on November 8, 1945 in...

Nov 1, 2019

Marjorie A. Knoblauch 87 year old resident of Pillager, MN passed away November 1, 2019. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with the Halvorson Taylor Funeral Home in Brainerd.

Oct 31, 2019

Veva F. Mick 86 year old resident of Edgewood Vista in Brainerd, MN passed away October 31, 2019. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with Halvorson Taylor Funeral Home in Brainerd.

Oct 28, 2019

Thomas R. Carner age 69 of Pillager was called home to be with the Lord on October 28, 2019. Thomas was born on January 16th, 1950 in Brainerd, MN to Raymond & June (Glanville) Carner. He married Debra Hines on January 24, 1981. Tom loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, hiking and most recently watching ships come into the harbor...

Oct 25, 2019

Joyce Oatey, age 83, of Brainerd, passed away on October 25, 2019 at Woodland Good Samaritan Society. Joyce was born on March 30, 1936 in George Iowa, the second of eight children to Herman & Lillian (Landhuis) Koerselman. She was married to Bill Oatey for eight years. Joyce was a music teacher for one year after receiving her BA...

Oct 21, 2019

Bonnette Doris Thompson, age 99, of Staples, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2019 at Elim Health Care Center in Milaca. Bonnie was born on January 29, 1920, north of Verndale to Jesse and Nettie (Ruch) Coleman. Her early years were spent between Iowa and Minnesota, returning to Staples where she started kindergarten in the Lincoln School. Bonnie graduated...

Oct 21, 2019

Martin (Marty) L. Raddatz, age 68 of Staples passed away at his home in Staples on October 21, 2019. He was born on May 19, 1951 in Bay City, Michigan to Carolyn (Goeckerman) and Ivan Raddatz. Marty married Mary Schilke in Benton Harbor, MI on March 20, 1971. They began their life together serving the United States Navy stationed...

Oct 17, 2019

Frances Carol Grams, age 89, of Brainerd, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at Woodland Good Samaritan Society. Frances was born on August 27, 1930 in St Paul. She married Loren Grams in Windom on June 5, 1952. Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 67 years, Loren; children: Karen Dahl of Brainerd, Bruce (Barbara) of...

Oct 14, 2019

Clinton Lee Anderson, age 81, of Brainerd, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2019 at Harmony House of Baxter. Clinton was born on April 22, 1938 in Brainerd to Arvid & Bertha (Cain) Anderson. He married Linda Pierson on October 7, 1972. Clinton was a mail carrier for the US Postal Service. He also was a photographer. Left to...