Mark Przybilla

age 59, of Little Falls, passed away Saturday, April 28.  Memorial service will be 6:30PM, Monday, May 7, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.  Visitation will be two hours prior to the service.  There will be a private burial in St. Mary's Cemetery in Little Falls.  Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. 

Carol Batcha

age 85, of Royalton, passed away Monday, April 30. Funeral Mass will be 11am, Saturday, May 5, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bowlus.  Interment will be in the parish cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4-8pm, Friday, May 4th and 10-11am, on Saturday, May 5, all at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bowlus.  There will be a rosary at 4:30pm, Friday at the church, followed by parish prayers at 7pm.   Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Vivian N. Haney

age 92, of Pillager, passed away Monday, April 30.  Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Grace E. Bryniarski

age 74, of Royalton, passed away Monday, April 30. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, May 3, at St. James Catholic Church in Randall.  Family and friends are welcome to gather beginning at 9:30 AM at the church.  Interment will take place at the St. James Catholic Cemetery.  Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Chapel of Randall.

Vasie Schmidt

age 93, of Kansas City, MO, formerly of Crosby, passed away Tuesday, April 24.  Service will be 10AM, Monday, April, 30, at Zion Lutheran Church in Crosby.  Burial will be at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Long Prairie, Monday at 2:30PM.  Friends may call on Sunday at the Zion Lutheran Church in Crosby, from 2-5PM and one hour prior to the services on Monday.  Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Rebecca "Becky" Jean Zahn

age 21, of Little Falls, passed away Tuesday, April 24.  Service will be 1:30pm, Friday, April 27, at the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd.  Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Brainerd.  Visitation will be one prior to the service.  Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Joseph Alan Andresen

age 53, of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, April 21. Funeral Mass will be 2PM, Wednesday, April 25, at All Saints Catholic Church, 16898 Carlson Lake Road, in Brainerd.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.  Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home, of Brainerd.

Ruth E. Bedard

age 96, of Brainerd, passed away Sunday, April 22.  Funeral Mass will be 11AM, Thursday, April 26, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd.  Vistation will be from 5-7PM, Wednesday, April 25, at the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd, and one hour prior to the services Thursday at the church.  Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Delores A. Kounkel

age 82, of Fort Ripley, passed away Friday, April 20.  Service will be 11AM, Tuesday, April 24, at Riverside Union Church (7 miles south of the Crow Wing Co. Fairgrounds on County Rd. 45).  Friends may call at the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home on Monday evening from 5-8PM and on Tuesday, one hour prior to the service at the church.  Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

David Turner

age 65, of Backus, passed away Tuesday, April 17.  Service will be 1PM, Tuesday, April 24, at Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.  Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Mary Hietala

age 69, of Little Falls, passed away Friday, April 20.  Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM, Thursday, April 26, at Holy  Family Catholic Church in Belle Prairie.  Visitation will be from 4-8PM, Wednesday at the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls, and from 9:30 - 10:30AM, Thursday, at Holy Family Catholic Church. There will be a prayer service at 6:00pm, Wednesday evening at the funeral chapel.  Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Norma Steele

age 94, of Little Falls, passed away Monday, April 23.  Service will be 11:00AM, Monday, April 30, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.  Burial will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery north of Little Falls.  Friends may gather from 9:00AM until the hour of service on Monday at the funeral home.  Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Theresia Fussy

age 94, of Royalton, passsed away Sunday, April 22.  Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM, Saturday, April 28, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Royalton.  Interment will be in the parish cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4-8PM, Friday, April 27, and from 9-10AM, Saturday, April 28, at the th Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Royalton.  There will be a Rosary by the Christian Mothers and the Daughters of Isabella at 4PM, Friday at the funeral home.  Arrangements are pending with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Royalton.

Harold J. Oanes Jr.

age 82, of Baxter passed away Monday, April 23. Services will be 10:30 AM on Friday, April 27, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brainerd. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Interment at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Maya Hoheisel

was born and passed away Friday, April 20.  Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Eugene Drum

age 86, of Longville, passed away Friday, April 20.  Arrangements are pending with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Leonard Knopik

age 83, of Brainerd passed away Tuesday, April 17. Services will be 1:00PM, Saturday, April 21, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery in Harding, MN. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Ann Marie St. Marie

age 81, of Walker, passed away Saturday, March 24. Memorial service will be 1PM, Friday, April 20, at Hope Lutheran Church in Walker. There will be a gathering for family and friends beginning at 11AM, until the time of service. Inurnment will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls at a future date. Arrangements are with the Dennis Funeral Home of Walker.

Michael L. Hummel

age 59, of Ironton, passed away, Saturday, April 14. Service will be 11am, Saturday, April 21, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Crosby. Friends may call one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday. Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Bettie (Denne) Grossman

age 84, of Baxter, passed away Saturday, April 14. Services will be 11AM, Thursday, April 19 at First Lutheran Church in Brainerd. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Brainerd/Baxter.

Dennis J. Stanek

age 70, of Motley, passed away Saturday, April 14. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 AM, Wednesday, April 18, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Motley. Family and friends are welcome to gather Tuesday evening from 5-7 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples. Parish Prayers will be at 7 PM followed by a time of sharing. There will also be a visitation one hour prior to services on Wednesday morning at the church. Interment will take place at Motley Public Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples.

June Maxine (Kennedy) Clemens

age 90, of Brainerd, passed away Thursday, April 12. Interment will take place in Iowa, at a later date. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Joann Austin

age 75, of Brainerd, passed away Thursday, April 12. Service will be 2:00PM, Monday, April 16, at the Church of the Nazarene in Merrifield. Friends may call the hour prior to the services at the church. A luncheon will follow the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Donald Duane Johnson

age 71, of Brainerd, passed away Thursday, April 12. Service will be 2pm, Tuesday, April 17, at Bethel Lutheran Church, rural Brainerd. Military honors will be provided by the American Legion Post #255 Color Guard. Burial will be in Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be 4-7PM, Monday at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd and at the church Tuesday one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Richard R. Pankratz

age 83, of Staples, passed away Thursday, April 12. Funeral Mass will be 11AM, Tuesday, April 17, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service, at the church, with a Rosary at 10:30. Burial will be at the Evergreen Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples.

Thelma O. Cahill

age 96, of Brainerd passed away Thursday, April 12. Services will be 11 AM, Saturday, April 21, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services and stay for a luncheon immediately following services at the Brenny Funeral Chapel Reception Room. Private interment will take place at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Minneapolis. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

Donna M. McDermond

age 82, of Brainerd, passed away Wednesday, April 11. Services will be 2:30 PM Friday, April 13, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the Chapel. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Robert W. Lindgren

age 82, of Platte Lake/Hillman, passed away Tuesday, April 10. Service will be 11AM, Friday, April 13, at the Lakeview Community Church in Hillman. Interement will be at Glen Haven Cemetery in Crystal. Visitation will be from 9-10AM, Friday at the Lakeview Community Church in Hillman. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Pierz.

Aloysius Sobiech

age 91, of North Prairie, passed away Tuesday, April 10. Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM, Saturday, April 14, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in North Prairie. Interment willbe in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8PM, Friday, April 13, at Holy Catholic Church in North Prairie with a parish prayer service at 7PM. Visitation will continue Saturday at the church one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls.

Dean Hillyer

age 71, of Becker, formerly of Backus, passed away Thursday, March 31. Service will be 11AM, Saturday, April 14, at Lakeside Baptist Church, Backus. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Daniel Noerenberg

age 81, of Backus, passed away Saturday, April 7. Service will be 11AM, Thursday, April 12, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Backus. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

Daryl Wayne Harris

of Brainerd, passed away Wednesday, April 4. There will be a private interment only. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Denise Marks

age 60, of South Long Lake, passed away Sunday, April 8. Services will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, April 12, at First Lutheran Church in Brainerd. Family and friends are welcome to gather Wednesday evening from 5-7 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter and one hour prior to services Thursday morning at the church. Interment will be held at Dykeman Union Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Fayne L. Hall

of Brainerd, passed away Sunday, April 8. Services will be 1:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, at First Presbyterian Church in Brainerd. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be Oakland Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home of Baxter.

Valarie Kramer

age 85, of Hackensack, passed away Friday, April 6. Service will be 11AM, Wednesday, April 11, at Union Congregational Church, Hackensack. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home in Pine River.

Raymond Peter Woitalla

age 80, of Harding, passed away Friday, April 6. Funeral Mass will be 11AM, Thursday, April 12, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Harding. Interement will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8PM, Wednesday, April 11, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Pierz, with parish prayer service at 5:30PM. Visitation will continue at the church Thursday, one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Pierz.

Andrea Torkelson Reed

age 64, formerly of Longville, passed away Tuesday, April 3. Service will be 2PM, Monday, April 9, at Kline Funeral Home of Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pequot Lakes.

Michael "Buck" Riley

age 63, of Crosby, passed away Sunday, April 1. Service will be 11AM, Monday, April 9, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic 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.

Dennis "Swordfish" Horn

age 67 of Pillager, passed away Wednesday, April 4. Service will be 11AM, Saturday, April 7, at First Lutheran Church in Pillager. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Bridgman Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Staples.

Eleanor Muehlbauer-Bolz

age 85, of Pierz, passed away Tuesday, April 3. Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM, Saturday, April 14, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Harding. Burial will be in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery on Monday, April 16. Friends may gather from 9:30 to 10:30 on Saturday, April 14 at Holy Cross Church in Harding. Arrangements with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Pierz.

Bona Decker

age 88, of Farmington, passed away Wednesday, April 04. Memorial Service will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, April 7, at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be at 1:00 PM prior to services at the chapel. Interment will be at Norwood Cemetery in Jenkins. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Pequot Lakes.

Donald Inwards

age 70, of Brainerd, passed away Tuesday, April 03. Private Interment with Military Honors will take place at 11:00AM, Thursday, April 12, at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley. There will be a gathering at the American Legion in Brainerd and family will start receiving friends from 1:00-5:00 PM on Saturday, April 14, 2012. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel.

Ruby Peters

age 94, of Brainerd, passed away Monday, April 2. Service will be 2PM Thursday, April 5, at Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:30PM to 8:00PM, Wednesday at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd and the hour prior to the services Thursday at the church. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home of Brainerd.

Betty Trib

age 89 of Royalton passed away at the home of her daughter. Funeral Mass will be 11AM, Tuesday, April 10, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Royalton. Interment will be in the Holy Trinity Parish Cemetery in Royalton. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Royalton.

Anna Belle Bannister

age 68, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Tuesday, March 27. Graveside service will be 11AM, Thursday, April 5 at Kedron Cemetery, rural Pequot Lakes. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pequot Lakes.

Loreen Arnold

age 90, formerly of Pine River, passed away Thursday, March 29, in Lewiston, Idaho. Graveside services will be 2PM, Thursday, April 5, at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Pine River. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 5-7PM, at Kline Funeral Home in Pine River. Arrangements are with the Kline Funeral Home of Pine River.

John K. "Bud" West

age 79, of Little Falls, passed away Sunday, April 1. Memorial service will be 11AM, Thursday, April 5, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. Friends may gather from 9:30AM until the hour of service on Thursday at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. Burial will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery north of Little Falls. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion Post #46 and Randall VFW Post #9073. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Little Falls.

Rolland "Rollie" Block

age 85 of Pierz, passed away Monday, April 02. Funeral Mass will be 10:30AM, Tuesday, April 10, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Pierz. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8PM, Monday, April 9, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Pierz, with a Rosary at 4:30, followed by parish prayers at 7PM. Visitation will continue on Tuesday at the funeral home from 9-10AM. Arrangements are with Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service of Pierz.

Frank E. Starry

age 92, of Crosby, passed away Saturday, March 31. Services will be 11AM, Wednesday, April 4, at the Wesleyan Church in Emily. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at the Pine Ridge Cemetery, Emily. Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home of Crosby.

Roger Rutt

age 58, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Saturday, March 31. Services will be 1:00 PM, Friday, April 6, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Pequot Lakes. Family and friends are invited to gather Thursday evening from 5-7 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel. A Reception will follow services on Friday in the Brenny Funeral Chapel Reception Room at Pequot Lakes. Interment at Breezy Point Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Pequot Lakes.

Lucille “Chub” Lembke

age 78, of Baxter, passed away Friday, March 30. Services will be 11:00 AM, Monday April 2, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services. A reception will be held in Brenny’s Reception Room following services. Interment will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.

Susan A. Fiebiger

age 76, of Lake Shore, formerly of Coon Rapids, passed away Friday, March 30. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 AM, Wednesday, April 4, at St. Christopher’s Catholic Church in Nisswa. Family and friends are invited to gather Tuesday evening from 5-7 PM at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. There will be a visitation one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday as well. Interment will be at Lake Shore Memorial Garden Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter.