Obituaries

Fred Koch

Fred Koch

Mar 30, 2015

Fred Koch, age 85, of Willmar, died Monday, March 30, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Frederick "Fred" Eugene Koch was born December...

Eleanor Hellevang

Eleanor Hellevang

Mar 28, 2015

Eleanor J. Degeest - Hellevang, age 89, of Spicer, formerly of the Kerkhoven area, died Saturday morning, March 28, at the Benedictine Living Community of New London (formerly Glen Oaks Care Center). A memorial service will be held at 1 P.M., Saturday, April 18, at First Lutheran Church of Norway Lake. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the...

Peter Monson

Peter Monson

Mar 26, 2015

Peter Monson, age 88, of Willmar, died Thursday, March 26, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Memorial services with be 11 a.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Church of the Nazarene in Willmar. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar with military honors provided by Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post #167. Visitation will be one hour prior to...

Lucille Corneil

Lucille Corneil

Mar 24, 2015

Lucille "Tweet" Violet Corneil, age 98, of Willmar died peacefully on March 24, at Rice Memorial Hospital following complications from pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church on Monday March 30, 2015 at 1:00 pm. A private family burial service will be held before the service at Fairview Cemetery. Visitation is from 5-7 pm on Sunday,...

Ruth Brown

Ruth Brown

Mar 23, 2015

Ruth Brown, age 98, of Atwater, died Monday, March 23, at Rice Care Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Atwater with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Union Cemetery in Atwater. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home. Ruth Christine...

Darlyne Houdek

Darlyne Houdek

Mar 23, 2015

Darlyne Roberta Houdek, age 96, of Willmar, died Monday evening, March 23, at Bethesda PleasantView Nursing Home in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 28, at the Church of St. Mary in Willmar. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 27, at Peterson Brothers Funeral...

Ardella Cobb

Ardella Cobb

Mar 15, 2015

Ardella I. Cobb, age 76, of Willmar, died Sunday evening, March 15, at her residence in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31 at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Cemetery Details Fairview Cemetery Gorton Avenue NW...

Mark Sward

Mark Sward

Mar 15, 2015

Mark S. Sward, age 59, of Willmar, died Sunday morning, March 15, at his home in Willmar. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 20, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Mark Steven Sward was born...

Aaren Glesne

Aaren Glesne

Mar 15, 2015

Aaren A. Glesne, age 21, of Sunburg, died Sunday morning, March 15, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 20, at Hope Lutheran Church and will continue for one hour prior to...

Luella Behm

Luella Behm

Mar 9, 2015

Luella D. Behm, age 94, of Atwater, died Monday evening, March 9, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 13, at St. John Lutheran Church near Atwater. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home and will...

Dorothy Lansverk

Dorothy Lansverk

Mar 8, 2015

Dorothy D. Lansverk, age 84, of rural Murdock, died Sunday evening, March 8, at the Belgrade Nursing Home in Belgrade. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg. Interment will be at the Spring Creek Lutheran Cemetery near Sunburg. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at Peterson Brothers Sunburg Funeral Home...

F. Carlson

F. Carlson

Mar 7, 2015

F. Joan "Jo" Carlson, age 85, of Willmar, died Saturday morning, March 7, at the St. Cloud Hospital. A memorial service will be held 2 PM Tuesday, March 10, at St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Pennock. Burial will be at a later date at the Fairview Cemetery in Willmar. Visitation will be from noon until time of service at...

Myra Scheltens

Myra Scheltens

Mar 3, 2015

Myra O. Scheltens, age 98, of Willmar, formerly of Raymond, died Tuesday evening, March 3, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Services will be held at 2 P.M., Saturday, March 7, at the First United Methodist Church in Raymond. The interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Raymond. Visitation will be from 4-7 P.M. Friday, March 6, at Peterson...

Birdie Swenson

Birdie Swenson

Mar 2, 2015

Birdie L. Swenson, age 70, of Willmar, died unexpectedly Monday, March 2, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 7, at the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. Interment will be at Cloverleaf Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 7, at Peterson...

Maynard Lawrence

Maynard Lawrence

Feb 25, 2015

Maynard A. Lawrence, age 87, of Willmar, died Wednesday morning, Feb. 25, at Bethesda Heritage Center in Willmar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, at the United Methodist Church in Willmar. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Winnebago. Military honors will be provided by the Willmar American Legion Post. Visitation will be...

Selma Engleson

Selma Engleson

Feb 12, 2015

Selma "Sally" Engleson, age 94, of Willmar, died Thursday evening, February 12, at Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home in Willmar. Services will be held at 11 AM, Thursday, February 19, at Big Bend Lutheran Church in Milan, Minnesota. The interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 AM Thursday until time of service at the church....

David Peterman

David Peterman

Feb 12, 2015

David B. Peterman, age 73, of New London, went to be with the Lord on February 12, 2015, while hiking in the Grand Canyon with his son, brother, and a good friend. He died immediately due to a massive heart attack. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, February 20, at the First Baptist Church in Willmar....

John Panasuk

John Panasuk

Feb 8, 2015

John M. Panasuk, age 70, of rural New London, died unexpectedly Sunday, February 8, at his residence. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 14, at the Church of Our Lady of the Lakes in Spicer. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by the Henderson-Lewis American Legion Post #545 of Spicer...

Eric Grahn

Eric Grahn

Feb 8, 2015

Eric Grahn, age 39, of Atwater, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, February 8. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 13, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Atwater. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, February 12, at Peterson Brothers Atwater Funeral Home in Atwater (www.petersonbrothers.com) and one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of...

Leon Schulz

Leon Schulz

Feb 8, 2015

Leon G. Schulz, age 78, of Willmar, died Sunday morning, Feb. 8, at Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 16, at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville. Internment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, February 15, at the Church of St....