Obituaries
Lois Bartel
Mar 13, 2018
Lois Bartel, age 77, of Willmar, died Tuesday morning, March 13, at her home in Willmar. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 19, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue one hour prior to the...
Luz Juarez
Mar 12, 2018
Luz Juarez, age 84, of Willmar, died Monday evening, March 12, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 16, at the Encore Center of the Assembly of God Church in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Luz Ramona Juarez was born February 14, 1934, in Cotulla,...
Lucien Vlaminck
Mar 9, 2018
Lucien Leon Vlaminck, age 86, of Kandiyohi, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, March 9, at his home. Blessed and eternal be his memory! Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13 at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in Spicer. Interment will be at St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery in Kandiyohi. Military Honors will...
Colleen Fleck
Mar 9, 2018
Colleen "Coke" Patricia Fleck, age 92, of Willmar, died Friday afternoon, March 9, at Bethesda Grand Nursing Home in Willmar. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. with a Daughter of Isabella...
Margaret Mossberg
Mar 9, 2018
Margaret "Peg" Mossberg, age 89, of Spicer, died Friday morning, March 9, at Central Minnesota Senior Care in Lake Lillian. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 7 PM on Thursday, March 15, at the Peterson Brothers Green Lake Funeral Home in Spicer. Visitation will be from 4-7 PM on Thursday, March 15, at Peterson Brothers Green Lake...
Alan Belseth
Mar 8, 2018
Alan F. Belseth, age 66 of Willmar, died on March 8th at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar from respiratory complications. A memorial visitation for Alan will be held on Tuesday March 13th from 1-3 PM at the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar, with a brief time for sharing at 2:30 PM. www.petersonbrothers.com Alan Floyd Belseth was born on July...
John Huber
Mar 7, 2018
John A. Huber, age 89, of Willmar, died Wednesday afternoon, March 7, at Prairie Senior Cottages in Willmar. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Monday, March 12, Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar with visitation one hour prior to the service. Memorials are preferred to the Willmar Public Schools Foundation. John Albert Huber was born October 4, 1928, in Belle...
Inga Hollen
Mar 5, 2018
Inga I. Hollen, age 83, of Sunburg, died Monday afternoon, March 5, at the Belgrade Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg. Interment will be at West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 9, at Hope Lutheran Church and will...

Mary Kirkpatrick
Mar 4, 2018
Mary Kirkpatrick, age 82, of Brooten, formerly of Tacoma, Washington, died Sunday morning, March 4. Memorial services will be held at a later date in Washington State. Mary is survived by a daughter: Sheila (and Holman) Hood of Brooten; three sons: Vernie "John" (and Janet) Kirkpatrick, Nathan Kirkpatrick, and Brian Kirkpatrick, all of Tacoma, WA; eleven grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren....
Florence Mensing
Mar 3, 2018
Florence Mensing, age 93, of Atwater, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 3. Funeral services for Florence will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, at St. John Lutheran Church in rural Atwater. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers,...
Lawrence Zaeska
Feb 28, 2018
Lawrence "Charlie" Zaeska, age 79, of Atwater, died Wednesday, February 28, at Rice Care Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, March 5, at St. John Lutheran Church in Atwater. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home and will continue one hour prior...
Velora Rust
Feb 25, 2018
Velora Ann Rust, age 93, of Willmar died Sunday morning, Feb. 25, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Mar. 1, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Interment will be at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home. www.petersonbrothers.com...
Lorraine Louden
Feb 21, 2018
Lorraine Marie Louden, 93, of Spicer, MN, and Casa Grande, AZ, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at her home in Spicer. Lorraine was born on January 17, 1925, in St. Cloud, MN to Nicholas and Kathryn Ahles. She married Richard Louden on June 10, 1948. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Richard; sons, Michael, Thomas, and...
Dr. James Dahl
Feb 15, 2018
A retired cardiologist, Jim Dahl died peacefully at home with his wife Marilyn by his side and the music of Glen Miller playing in the background. He was predeceased by his parents and his first wife, Helen. Jim grew up in Hutchinson, Minnesota, but was born in St. Paul so his mother could have a female obstetrician. She was a...
Elva Abrahamson
Feb 12, 2018
Elva "Jo" Abrahamson, age 86, of Willmar, died Monday evening, February 12, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Monday, February 19, at Tripolis Evangelical Lutheran Church near Kandiyohi with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Lundby Cemetery near Pennock at a later date. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral...
Loren Mackedanz
Feb 10, 2018
Loren Mackedanz, age 64, of Mitchell, SD, formerly of Willmar, died Saturday, February 10, in Mitchell. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 24, at Tripolis Evangelical Lutheran Church near Kandiyohi. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Loren Lee Mackedanz was born July 1,...
Carrie Gorans
Feb 4, 2018
Carrie J. Gorans, age 50, of Willmar, died on Sunday morning, February 4, at her home in rural Willmar. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Friday, February 9, at Svea Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, February 8, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue one hour prior...
Elaine Wetzel
Jan 26, 2018
Elaine J. Wetzel, age 68, of Spicer, died Friday morning, Janaury 26, at her home. A visitation for Elaine will be held 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, January 30, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Elaine June Wetzel was born on April 11, 1949, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Aaron and June (Fischer) Schafer. She grew up and received...
Justine Lawrence
Jan 23, 2018
Justine C. Lawrence, age 85, of Willmar, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at Benedictine Health Care at Innsbruck in New Brighton. Justine C. Lawrence, age 85, of Willmar, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at Benedictine Health Care at Innsbruck in New Brighton. A worship service and celebration of life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan....
Rita Bennett
Jan 22, 2018
Rita Bennett, age 70, of Willmar, died Monday, January 22, at her home in Willmar. Memorial services for Rita will be 11 a.m. Friday, February 2, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar with visitation one hour prior to the service. A private interment was held at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Cemetery Details Fairview Cemetery Gorton Avenue NW Willmar, MN,...
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