Margaret Magnan

passed away Thursday, December 29. Arrangements are pending with Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Marvin Brynarski,

age 76, of Pierz passed away Wednesday, December 28. Funeral Mass will be 11AM, on Saturday, December 31, at the St. James Catholic Church in Randall. Visitation will be at the church beginning at 9:30AM. Burial will be in the St. James Cemetery. Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel in Randall.

Sara “Toots” M. Ellstrom

age 96, of Baxter, passed away Wednesday, December 28. Private interment will be held at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Brainerd. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Donald Werkman

age 75, of Little Falls, passed away Wednesday, December 28. Service will be 11AM, Saturday, December 31, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Little Falls. Private interment will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 4-8PM, Friday, December 30, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls, and one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Michael J. Petterson

age 51, of Merrifield, passed away Sunday, December 25. Memorial services will be 1:00 PM Thursday, December 29, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake. Everyone is invited to gather to share memories with the family beginning at 11:00 AM Thursday at the Chapel. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake.

Robert G. Sellnow

age 91, of Staples, passed away Sunday, December 25. Funeral Services will be 1:00 PM on Thursday, December 29, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Staples. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 28, from 4:00-6:00 PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples. Interment will be at Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Staples. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples.

Linda Ulland

age 65, of Pequot Lakes passed away Monday, December 26. Memorial service will be 11A.M., Monday, January 2, at Crosslake Lutheran Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake.

Wesley A. Richmond

age 56, of Staples passed away Sunday, December 25. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM on Thursday, December 29, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples and one hour prior to services at the church. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM on Friday, December 30, 2011 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Cushing. Interment will be at Wildwood Cemetery in Pillager. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples.

Kathleen Pawlicki

age 67, of Pine River, passed away Friday, December 23. Funeral Mass will be 11AM, Wednesday, December 28, at St. Alice Catholic Church in Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Richard F. Armstrong

age 75, of Crosslake, passed away Wednesday, December 21st. A Memorial Gathering will be Wednesday, December 28, from 1-2PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake.

Linda Bolei

age 43, of Merrifield, passed away Monday, December 26. Funeral Mass will be 11AM, Friday, December 30, at St. Christopher's Catholic Church in Nisswa. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Nisswa. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Joyce Mose

age 89, of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, December 24. Service will be 11AM, Friday, December 30, at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd. Visitation will be 5-8PM, Thursday, and one hour prior to the service on Friday at the the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Arlo "John" Olson

age 81, of Brainerd, passed away Monday, December 12. Services will be 11AM, Tuesday, January 3, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials are preferred to St. Francis Catholic School Foundation. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Ann Catherine Freeman

age 96 of Brainerd, passed away Sunday, December 25. There will be a celebration of life during the summer of 2012, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial gifts be sent ot St. Francis Church, 1108 Willow Street, Brainerd. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Mark J. Grosso

age 45, of Isanti, formerly of Little Falls, passed away Monday, December 26. Service will be 11AM, Thursday, December 29, at First Lutheran Church in Little Falls. Friends may call from 9-11AM, Thursday, at First Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the Minnesota State Veteran's Cemetery north of Little Falls. Arrangements are with Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Charlene McAllister

age 56, of Backus, passed away Monday, December 19. Service will be 1PM Friday, December 23, at First Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, rural Pine River. Visitation will be Thursday from 5-7PM at Kline Funeral Home, Pine River and one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Craig Rye

age 47, of Brainerd, passed away Monday, December 19. Service will be 11AM, Friday, December 23, at Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd. Visitation will be Thursday from 4-7PM at the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd and will continue the hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd.

Inez V. Schneider

age 91, of Brainerd, passed away Monday, December 19. Service will be 1PM on Wednesday, December 28, at Good Samaritan Society - Bethel Chapel in Brainerd. Visitation will begin at 12:30 at Bethany Chapel. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Mike Michaloski

age 86, of Deerwood, passd away Sunday, December 18. Service will be 11AM, Friday, December 23, at St. Joseph's Catholic Chuch in Crosby. Burial will be at the Lakewood Cemetery in Crosby with full military honors given by the Myrin-James American Legion. Friends may call Thursdayat the Koop Funeral Home in Crosby from3-7PM with a rosary lead by the Cuyana Range Knights of Columbus at 7PM. Visitation will continue Friday, 9AM until 10:30am at the funeral home prior to the mass at church. Arrangements are with Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Lawrence Seidel

age 64, of Merrifield, passed away Tuesday, December 20. A Celebration of his life will be held at his home at Thursday, (Today) December 22, from 4:00-8:00 PM. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Catherine Betts

age 96, of Brainerd passed away on Saturday, December 17. Services will be 11:00 AM on Friday, December 23, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with visitation starting one hour prior to services. Interment will take place in the spring at Riverside Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Claire Ayers

age 58, of Staples, passed away Saturday, December 17. A memorial service will be 1:00PM, on Wednesday, December 21, at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home of Staples.

Catherine Betts

age 96, of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, December 17. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

John Raymond Blais

age 66, of Longville, passed away Saturday, December 17. Memorial Service will be 11:00AM, Wednesday, December 21, at St. Edwards Catholic Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Military Honors will be provided by the Longville VFW Post #772 prior to a private family inurnment at Riverside Cemetery. Lunch will be served at Patrick's Fine Dining in Longville immediately following the service. Arrangements are with the Dennis Funeral Home of Longville.

Elmer Soukup

age 95, of Pine River, passed away Saturday, December 17. Service will be 11AM, Thursday, December 22, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Pine River. Visitation will be from 5-7PM, Wednesday, at the Kline Funeral Home in Pine River, and one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Lyle Johnson

age 79, of Brainerd, passed away Friday, December 16. Services will be 11AM, Thursday, December 22, at Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd. Family and friends are invited to gather Wednesday evening from 5-7 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter and one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday. Interment with military honors will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Janet Bowman

age 51, of Brainerd, passed away Wednesday, December 14. Memorial Service will be 2:30PM, Saturday, December 17, at Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home in Brainerd. Visitation will be from 1:30-2:30PM, prior to the service. arrangements are with the Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Eileen Frances Durham

age 88, of Oak Lawn Township, passed away Saturday, December 10. Service will be 11AM, Thursday, December 15, at Zion Lutheran Church in Brainerd. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd. Visitation will be held the hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Barbara Beske

age 80, of Redwood Falls, passed away Monday, December 12. Service will be 3PM, Sunday, December 18, at the Church of the Nazarene in Backus. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Ruth Rinke

age 96 of Pine River, passed away Wednesday, December 14. Service will be 2PM, Saturday, December 17, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of McKinley Township, Backus. Visitation will be Friday from 5-7PM at Kline Funeral Home in Pine River, and one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

David Erickson

age 87, of Hackensack, passed away Monday, December 12. Service will be 12PM, Saturday, December 17, at Kline Funeral Home, Pine River. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Harlen Keith Sorsveen

age 81, of Brainerd, passed away Monday, December 12. a Celebration of life will be 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Cypress Room 13060 Cypress Drive, Baxter. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Pauline J. Koval

age 93, of Little Falls, formerly of Flensberg, passed away, Monday, December 12. Funeral Mass will be 11AM, Friday, December 16, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Flensberg. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Parish Cemetery, Flensberg. Friends may call from 4-8PM, Thursday, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls and from 10AM until the hour of service on Friday at the church. Christian Mothers and the Rosary Sodality will pray the rosary at 4:30PM, followed by Parish Prayers at 7PM on Thursday at the funeral home. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Margaret M. Rakauskas

age 86 of Brainerd, passed away Friday, December 9. Funeral Mass will be 10:00AM, Saturday, December 17, at St. Mathias Catholic Church in St. Mathias Township. Visitation will be from 4-8PM, Friday, with a prayer service at 7pmm at the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd. Visitation will also be held the hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Burial will be in St. Mathias Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Elaine M. Adamek

age 91, of Staples, passed away Tuesday, December 13. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Cecil Joseph Adams Sr.

age 89, of Brainerd passed away Monday, December 12. Services will be 11:00 AM on Friday, December 16, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Luncheon will follow at the Brenny Funeral Chapel Reception Room. Interment is at Bay Lake Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Sarah Ann Carol Olson

age 80, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Saturday, December 10. Services will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, December 15, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Pequot Lakes. A secondary service will be held in California at Red Hill Lutheran next week. Interment will be at a later date. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Pequot Lakes. In lieu of flowers memorials in Sarah Ann’s name may be given to: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of Pequot Lakes or to Free Wheelchair Mission (www.freewheelchairmission.org)

Roger Hotardt

age 64, of Browerville, passed away Monday, December 12, Services will be 11:00 AM on Friday, December 16, at Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Staples with visitation one hour prior to services. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Staples.

Mary D. Dose'

age 68, of Hillman, passed away Saturday, December 10. Please see www.caringbridge.org for details. There will be a celebration of life at Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Hillman, (corner of highway 47 & 27) at 12:00 PM on Saturday, December 17. Visitation before the service from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Garrison Animal Hospital, CaringBridge or to the family. Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Nevaeh Marie Brown

daughter of Laura Gerdes and Patrick Brown, was born and passed away, Thursday, December 8. Memorial Services will be 10 AM, Monday, December 12 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Scott Armstrong

age 41, of Culdrum Township in Morrison County, passed away Thursday, December 8. Service will be 11AM, Tuesday, December 13, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. Private interment will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 4-8PM, Monday, December 12, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls, and will continue on Tuesday, one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Betty Ruth McGraw

age 83, of Burnsville, MN passed away Tuesday, December 6. Funeral Services will be 1 PM, Monday, December 12, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services and stay for a luncheon following. Interment will take place at the Dykeman Union Cemetery in Garrison, MN. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Joyce Cottrell

age 85, of Brainerd, passed away Wednesday, December 7 Services are planned for a later date. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapels.

Earl "Andy" Anderson

age 84, of Pillager, passed away Tuesday, December 6. Memorial gathering will be from 11:00AM to 1:00PM on Monday, December 12, at Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home in Brainerd. Arrangements are with the Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Mabel D. Schmahl

age 90, of Brainerd, formerly of The West Side, passed away Monday, December 5. Private Family Services will be held. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Barbara Philipson

age 79, of Brainerd passed away, Tuesday, December 6. Arrangements are pending with Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

John "Jack" Bares

age 78, of Little Falls, passed away Wednesday, November 30. Memorial Service will be 7PM, Thursday, December 8, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. Private interment will be at a later date. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Neal Williams

age 77, of Longville, passed away Saturday, December 3. Service will be 1PM, Saturday, December 10, at Kline Funeral Home in Pine River. Visitation will be two hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Dr. Farrell Sievers

age 79, passed away Monday, December 5. Service will be 12PM, Thursday, December 8, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hackensack. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Alex Pugh

age 8, of Randall, passed away Friday, December 2. Service will be 11AM, Tuesday, December 6, at St. James Catholic Church in Randall. Burial will be in Roseland Cemetery north of Randall. Visitation will be Monday from 4-8PM at the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls and Tuesday from 10-11AM at St. James Catholic in Randall. A prayer service will be 6:30PM Monday evening at the funeral chapel. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Betty J. Odden-Belling

age 85, of Staples, passed away Saturday, December 3. Memorial service will be 11AM on Wednesday, December 7, at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples. Visitatin will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Evergreen Hill Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home of Staples.

Myrtle L. Torkelson

age 95, if Pine River, passed away Sunday, December 4. Service will be 1PM, Wednesday, December 7, at Kline Funeral Home, Pine River. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Candice "Candy" Kaun

age 40,of Grey Eagle, MN, passed away Sunday, December 4. Funeral Mass will be 11AM, Friday, December 9, at St. Johns the Baptist Catholic Church in Swanville. Burial will be at Bearhead Cemetery in Pillsbury. Friends may call from 4-8PM, Thursday at the St. John' the Baptist Catholic Church in Swanville. Parish prayers will be said at 4PM on Thursday at the church. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Bonnie Jo (Day) Rude

age 57, of Brainerd, passed away Wednesday, November 30. Private Family Services are scheduled.

Russell Arthur Hamblin

age 92, of Baxter, formerly of Hayward, WI, and Virginia, MN, passed away Thursday, December 1. Memorial services will be 11:00AM, Monday, December 5, at the Anderson Nathan Koerpel Funeral Home (15896 West 3rd Street – Hayward, WI 54843), with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will take place at the Greenwood Cemetery in Cable, WI. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Larry “Bim” F. Mulholland

age 60, of Brainerd passed away Wednesday, November 30. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 AM, Monday, December 5,at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. Visitation will be Sunday, December 4,from 5:00-7:00 PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter and one hour prior to services to at the church. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Virginia L. Guderjohn

age 73, of Brainerd, passed away Tuesday, November 29. Service will be 11AM, Saturday, December 3, at the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Jean Elaine Zauhar

age 80, of Ironton, passed away Wednesday, November 30. Service will be 11AM, Monday, December 5, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Crosby. Burial will be at the Lakewood Cemetery in Crosby. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Beulah Hendricks

age 93, of Walker, passed away Tuesday, November 29. Service will be 11AM, Tuesday, December 6, at Hope Lutheran Church, Walker. Visitation will be from 5-7PM, Monday, December 5, also at Hope Lutheran Church in Walker. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home in Pine River.

James "Jim" Forbrook

age 64, of Hackensack, passed away Tuesday, November 29. Memorial service will be 1:30PM, Saturday, December 3, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Hackensack. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home in Pine River.

Sylvester Scepurek

age 68, of Little Falls, passed away Thursday, December 1. Funeral Mass will be 12:00 noon, Monday, December 5, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bowlus. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8PM, Sunday and 10:00-12:00 Noon, Monday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bowlus. A rosary will be said at 6PM Sunday evening at the church followed by parish prayers at 7:00PM. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.