Obituaries

Rita E. Gerads, age 64 of Upsala, died Sunday, December 11, 2016, after a long hard battle with cancer, at her home in Upsala, Minnesota. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 14 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in St. Anthony with Rev. Cletus Connors, O.S.B. officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be held from … [Read more...] about Rita E. Gerads

Bonita L. “Bonnie” Hughes, age 76 of Melrose, died on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the CentraCare Health Hospital in Melrose, surrounded by her family after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 15, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Meire Grove with Rev. Marvin Enneking officiating. Interment … [Read more...] about Bonita L. “Bonnie” Hughes

Funeral Service was held at 2 pm Friday, December 2, 2016 at First Baptist Church, Long Prairie, for Janlin R. Tomford, age 51 of Long Prairie who passed away on Tuesday at CentraCare Health Systems-Long Prairie. Rev. Gary Taylor officiated and burial was at Pleasant Valley Cemetery near Clotho. Janlin Renee Holen was born December 15, 1964 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the … [Read more...] about Janlin Renee Tomford

Memorial services will be 11:00 am Thursday, December 8, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Long Prairie for Delmar Zeller who died Friday at the Long Prairie Hospital. The Rev. Noah Wehrspann will officiate. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Park Rapids. Visitation will be from 9:00 am until the time of services Thursday at the church in Long Prairie. Delmar was born … [Read more...] about Delmar L. Zeller

Raymond A. “Ray” Barten, age 91 of Greenwald, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at the CentraCare Health Hospital in Melrose, Minnesota. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 10 at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Greenwald with Rev. Mitchell Bechtold officiating and Rev. Marvin Enneking, and Rev. Ken Thielman … [Read more...] about Raymond A. “Ray” Barten