Darrell L. Beddow

age 67, of Crosby, passed away on Saturday, February 26. Service will be 1PM on Friday, March 4, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Crosby. Burial will be at the Lakewood Cemetery in Crosby. Friends may call on Friday one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Marvin Copa

age 54, of Barrows, passed away on Saturday, February 27. Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM on Thursday, March 3, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Little Falls. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00PM on Wednesday, March 2 and from 9:00-10:00AM on Thursday, March 3, all at the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. A parish prayer service will be be 6:00PM on Wednesday evening at the funeral home. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Joleen Held

age 56, of Little Falls, passed away on Saturday, February 26. Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM on Wednesday, March 2, at St. Rita's Catholic Church in Hillman. Friends may call from 9:30-10:30AM on Wednesday at the church.
Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Virginia Vogt

age 71, of Brainerd, passed away on Sunday, February 27. Funeral Mass will be 1:00 PM, Thursday, March 3, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. Visitation will be at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter on Wednesday, March 2,from 5:00-7:00 P.M. Interment will be at The Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery Columbarium in Little Falls. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Illamae Mary Dobson

age 92, of Brainerd, passed away on Tuesday, February 22. Funeral Mass will be 1PM on Saturday, February 26, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Brainerd. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the services at the church. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Jean Eich

age 82, of Fish Trap Lake, Cushing, passed away on Thursday, February 24. Public Visitation will be 5-7:30PM on Sunday, February 27, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Lois J. Mick

age 80, of Staples, passed away on Wednesday, February 23. Memorial service will be 11AM on Saturday, February 26, at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples. Friends may visit one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at the Evergreen Hill Cemetery in the spring. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home of Staples.

Tom Pine

age 70, of Little Falls, passed away Tuesday, February 22. Services will be 11:00 AM, Friday, February 25, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Randall. Interment will be at the Minnesota State Veteran’s Cemetery in Little Falls. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Randall.

Edith A. Mitchell

age 60, of Brainerd, passed away on Sunday, February 20. Service will be 10AM on Friday, February 25, at Heritage Assembly of God Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd. Arrangements are with the Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Service of Brainerd.

Benedict Kasella, Jr.

age 69, of Morrill, passed away on Monday, February 21. Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM on Friday, February 25, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Morrill. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4-9PM on Thursday, at the church hall and from 9-10:15AM on Friday at the church in Morrill. Parish Prayers will be said at 7PM, followed by the Knights of Columbus at 8PM on Thursday at the church. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Dorothy Alice (Hunt) Winson

of Brainerd, passed away at the amazing age of 100, Saturday, February 19. Service will be 1PM on Friday, February 25, at Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd. Interment will be at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 4-7PM on Thursday, February 24, at the Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home of Brainerd with Eastern Star service at 6:45pm. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home of Brainerd.

James (Jay) Adams Udy

age 31, of Little Falls, passed away on Sunday, February 20. Service will be 11AM on Saturday, February 26, at Little Falls Alliance Church. Visitation will be from 4-8PM on Friday at the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls and at the church one hour prior to the service.

Elizabeth Valley

age 42, of Pine River, passed away on Monday, February 21. Service will be 1PM on Saturday, February 26, at Riverview Church in Pine River. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Cheryl A. Johnson

age 62, of Aitkin, passed away on Friday, February 19. Time of Gathering will be 11AM to 1PM on Saturday, February 26, at Koop Funeral Home in Crosby. Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Roger E. Hjerpe

age 82, of Crosslake, passed away on Thursday, January 27. Visitation will be 10AM, and Memorial Service 11AM on Saturday, February 26, at Crosslake Lutheran Church. Luncheon and time of fellowship will follow. Inurnment will be 1:30PM on Monday, February 28, at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Assembly Area #5. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake.

Andrew "Andy" Ritchie

age 83, of Baxter, passed away on Saturday, February 19. Private family services will be held at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Brainerd.

Sister Mary Leonette (Bridget) Bursch

age 90, of St. Francis Convent, Little Falls, passed away on Tuesday, February 22. Funeral Mass will be 11AM on Saturday, February 26, at St. Francis Convent in Little Falls. Friends may call at the Convent on Friday, from 4-8:30pm and from 8:30am until the time of service on Saturday. A wake service will be 7pm on Friday at the Convent. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

John Crary

age 80 of Little Falls, passed away on Thursday, February 24. Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM on Tuesday, March 1, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Little Falls. Friends may call from 4-8PM on Monday at the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls and from 8:30-10:00AM on Tuesday at the funeral home. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service on Little Falls.

James V. Barry

age 94, of Baxter, passed away on Thursday, February 17. Service will be 1PM on Monday, February 21, at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd. Burial will be in Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Joyce Hines

age 91, of Little Falls, passed away Wednesday, February 16. Funeral Mass will be 11:00AM, on Saturday February 19, at St. James Catholic Church in Randall Visitation will be one hour prior to services at church. Interment will be in the St. James Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Randall.

Inga J. Smith

age 100, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Little Falls, passed away on Monday, February 14. Service will be 1PM on Saturday, February 19, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. Friends and family may call from 12-1PM on Saturday at the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Lillte Falls. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Madge Durm

age 89, of Pine River, passed away on Monday, February 14. Services will be 11AM on Saturday, February 19, at First Lutheran Church in Pine River. 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.

Mary J. Beers

age 92, of Motley, passed away on Saturday, February 12. Service will be 11AM on Thursday, February 18, at the Motley United Methodist Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at the Motley Public Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples.

Ann Weisinger

age 86, of Brainerd, passed away Monday, February 14. Services will be 3:00 PM Thursday, February 17, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. A lunch will be held after services at the Brenny Funeral Chapel Reception Room. Interment will be at the Ely Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Dr. Keith DeFries

age 39, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Friday, February 11. Services will be 10:30AM on Wednesday, February 16, at First United Church in Little Falls. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery in Royalton. Visitation will be from 4-8 on Tuesday, February 15, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls and at the church one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

James L. Mrosla

age 67, of Wasilla, Alaska, formerly of Rice, passed away on Saturday, February 5. Service will be 2PM on Thursday, February 17, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Royalton. Burial will be in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in North Prairie. Friends may call from 12-2PM on Thursday at the funeral home in Royalton. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls

Mary Elizabeth Hartung

age 79, of Crosby, passed away on Thursday, February 10. Service will be 11AM on Thursday, February 17, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Crosby. Burial will be at the Lakewood Cemetery in Crosby. Friends may call at the Koop Funeral Home on Wednesday from 4-7 with a prayer service at 6:30PM and on Thursday one hour prior to the services at the church. Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Raymond Hall

age 88, passed away on Sunday, February 13. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Frank Boyce

age 66, of Crosslake, passed away Saturday, February 12. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake.

Ruth Lois Masters

age 84, of Swatara, passed away February 8. Private family services will be held. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Pequot Lakes.

Sharon Christoffer

age 67, of Baxter, passed away Tuesday, February 8. Memorial Services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, February 12, at Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd. Friends are invited to gather beginning at 1:00 PM Saturday at the Church to visit with her family before Services. Interment will be in the Spring in Lake Ripley Cemetery at Litchfield, MN.

Jay Schmidtke

age 89, of Backus, passed away on Monday, February 7. Service will be 2PM on Friday, February 11, at Kline Funeral Home in Pine River. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Bonnie Watt

age 61, of Pequot Lakes, passed away on Monday, February 7. Services will be 11AM on Friday, February 11, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be from 5-7PM on Thursday, at the Kline Funeral Home in Pequot Lakes and one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pequot Lakes.

Frances Marie Tabaka

age 97, of Pine River, passed away on Saturday, February 5. Service will be 11AM on Saturday, February 12, at the Dennis Funeral Home in Longville. Visitation will be from 9AM until the time of service. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Longville. Arrangements are with the Dennis Funeral Home of Longville.

Cindy Kramp

age 56, of Backus, passed away on Tuesday, February 8. Service will be 11 AM on Saturday, February 12, at the Church of the Nazarene in Backus. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Ann M. (Nyberg) Rhodes

age 97, of Brainerd, passed away on Tuesday, February 8. Memorials in lieu of flowers requested to be sent to Harmony House of Brainerd, 218 SW 9th Street, Brainerd. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Donald "Bud" Kline

age 87, of Pine River, passed away on Sunday, February 6. Service will be 11AM on Thursday, February 10. Visitation will be from 4-8PM on Wednesday, 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.

Titus Goodew

age 22, of Brainerd, passed away on Sunday, February 6. Services will be 11 AM, Saturday, February 12, at Lakewood Evangelical Free Church in Baxter. Visitation will be Friday evening from 6-8PM at Faith Baptist Church in Brainerd (229 28th Street E Brainerd, MN 56401). Family and friends are also welcome to gather one hour prior to services at Lakewood Evangelical Free Church in Baxter on Saturday morning. Interment will be at Oakland Cemetery in Brainerd, MN. Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Kenneth Ray Nelson

age 82, of Lakeshore, passed away on Friday, February 4. Services will be 11AM on Tuesday, February 8, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pequot Lakes.

Donald John Moe

age 84 of Motley, passed away on February 6. Funeral service will be 2:00pm, Saturday , February 12th, at the Staples United Methodist Church. Family visitation will be at the church, one hour before the service. Internment will be at a later date at Camp Ripley. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples.

Helen Kramer

age 93, formerly of Motley, passed away on Monday, February 7. Funeral mass will be 11AM on Friday, February 11, at the St. Michael's Catholic Church in Motley. Visitation will be on hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at the Motley Public Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home of Staples.

Ruth Ann Kuhlman

age 83, of Crosslake, passed away February 7. Funeral Service will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, February 17, at Mission of the Cross Lutheran Church in Crosslake. Family and friends are welcome to visit on Wednesday evening from 5-7 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake and on Thursday morning at the church one hour prior to services. A second Funeral Service is planned for 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 19, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Edina, MN. Family and friends are also welcome to gather one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. Interment will follow Saturday’s services at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Crosslake.

Mable Fern Caddy

age 96, of Crosby, passed away on Thursday, February 3. Service will be 11AM on Tuesday, February 8, at the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby. Burial will be at the Lakewood Cemetery in Crosby. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 4-6PM and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday. Arrangement are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Gertrude Anderson

age 93, of Coon Rapids, formerly of Royalton, passed away on Friday, February 4. Arrangements are pending with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Royalton.

Gloria Jean Hales

age 85, of Bay Lake, passed away on Thursday, February 3. Service will be 11:30AM on Tuesday, February 8, at Salem Lutheran Church in Deerwood. Burial will be at the Bay Lake Township Cemetery. Friends may call on Tuesday one Hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Irma Minnie Maier

age 80, of Lakeshore, passed away February, 2. Memorial Services will be 1:00 PM, Tuesday, February 8 at the Church of the Nazarene in Brainerd. Family and friends are welcome to visit one hour prior to services. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Gene Peterson

age 61, of Pine River, passed away on Tuesday, February 1. Services will be 2PM on Saturday, February 5, at Crosslake Lutheran Church in Crosslake. Visitation will be from 6-8PM on Friday at the Kline Funeral Home in Pine River. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Norma "Risty" Risland

age 50, formerly of Pine River, passed away on Saturday, January 29. Service will be 1PM on Monday, February 7, at Pleasant Hill Community Church, Rural Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be one half hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Jean Reynolds

age 70, of Backus, passed away on Tuesday, February 1. Services will be 11AM on Friday, February 4, at the Church of the Nazarene in Backus. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Genevieve L. Bannister,

age 100, formerly of Hackensack, MN, passed away Thursday, February 03. There will be a private interment in the Spring of 2011 at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Hackensack, MN.

Erma Maier

age 80, of Brainerd, passed away on Wednesday, February 02. Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Russel N. Shaw

of Brainerd, passed away on Sunday, January 30. Memorial service will be 11AM on Saturday, February 5, at Trinity Lutheran Church, with a luncheon to follow the service. Visitation will be 5-7pm on Friday at the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd and will continue the hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Verd Anez

age 46, of Little Falls, passed away on Monday, February 31. Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM on Saturday, February 5, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Little Falls. Burial will be in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Parish Cemetery. Knights of Columbus Office of the Dead at 5:00PM on Friday, February 4 at the church. Friends may call from 4-8PM on Friday, February 4, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and from 8:30-10AM on Saturday at the church. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Jesse Riddle

age 57, of Randall, passed away on Tuesday, February 1. Memorial service will be 1PM on Saturday, February 5, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Ed Witucki

age 85, of Little Falls, passed away on Tuesday, February 1. Service will be 10:30AM on Monday, February 7, at St. Otto's Care Center Chapel in Little Falls. Interment will be in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery in Little Falls with military honors by Minnesota Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 4-8PM on Sunday, February 6, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. Parish prayer service will be 5:00PM at the funeral home. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Frieda C. Soderlund

age 92, of Brainerd, passed away on Sunday, January 30. Service will be 11AM on Thursday, February 3, at Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be from 10-11:00AM at the funeral home. Arrangements are with the Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Linda Lou Prokop

age 61, of Crosby, passed away on Saturday, January 29. Friends may call from 1-4PM, on Saturday, February 5, at Koop Funeral Home in Crosby, with a time of sharing at 3PM. Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Ronald Ehrich

age 54, of Brainerd, passed away January 31. Private Family Services will be held at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Interment will be at Lakewood Cemetery in Crosby. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.