Obituaries
Frank Junior Mitchell
Nov 18, 2016
Frank J. Mitchell age 85, a long time Park Rapids, MN area resident, peacefully slipped into eternal glory, surrounded by his loved ones in the comfort of his own home, on Friday, November 18, 2016. Frank was born on April 13, 1931 in Cherry County, near Whitman, Nebraska to Frank and Ellen (Garwood) Mitchell. At the age of one, Frank...
Ronald Jacobson
Nov 15, 2016
Ronald Arthur Jacobson, age 70, of Osage, Minnesota passed away at his residence on November 15, 2016. He was born October 3, 1946 in Park Rapids, MN to Arthur P. and Mary W. (Wirkkanen) Jacobson. After graduation from high school, Ronald served in the US Navy – upon completion of serving his country he returned to the Osage area and...
Marceline (Marcy) Helen Mills
Nov 14, 2016
Marceline “Marcy” Helen (Kernan) Mills, age 82, of Park Rapids, MN passed away November 14, 2016 at St. Joseph Hospital in Park Rapids. She was born August 15, 1934 to Owen Marcel & Helen Dora (Potter) Kernan in Oregon City, Oregon. She attended Wilkes Grade School graduating in 1948 then attended Washington High School for three years. She married the...
Charles G. Peabody
Nov 10, 2016
Charles G. Peabody, age 73, of Park Rapids, MN passed away peacefully in his home on November 10, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. Charles was born June 9, 1943 in Park Rapids, MN to Chester & Violet (Erickson) Peabody. He attended public schools in Park Rapids and graduated from Park Rapids High School with the class of 1961. In...
Jane Jankowsky
Nov 4, 2016
Jane Elsie Jankowsky, age 95, passed away November 4, 2016 in Waite Park, MN. Jane was born January 3, 1921 to Eric and Bertha Huset in Dallas, WI. She attended school in Gilbertson and Dallas, WI. On October 5, 1941 Jane was united in marraige to Edwin Jankowsky in Edgerton, WI. This union was blessed with two children: Patricia Jane...
Deloris May Parks
Nov 2, 2016
Deloris May Parks, age 75, a lifelong area resident of Park Rapids, Mn passed away peacefully on November 2, 2016 at the Cancer Treatment Center of America, in Zion Illinois. She was born to George & Vera (Beck) Broten on November 21, 1940, premature at home and was placed on the oven door in a shoe box. She survived and...
Stephen Richard Weech
Nov 2, 2016
Stephen R. Weech, age 66, of Park Rapids, passed away November 2, 2016 at Bemidji Sanford hospital after an extended illness with heart failure. Stephen was born July 20, 1950 in St. James, MN to Richard & Carol (Larson) Weech. He graduated from North Plainfield High School in New Jersey in 1968. He then went onto college at Gustavus Adolphus...
Betty V. Swenson
Nov 2, 2016
Betty Virginia (Crosby) Swenson formerly of Osage, Minnesota, died November 2, 2016 at Guardian Angel Care Center in Vancouver, Washington. She was born January 23, 1925 to Arville and Isabelle Crosby in Osage, Minnesota. After her mother died at an early age, she was raised by Fred and Jennie Bateman and their sons, Glen and Grant Bateman. Betty married Eldred...
Linda Cheryle Roberds
Nov 2, 2016
LINDA C. ROBERDS July 25, 1943 – November 2, 2016 Linda Cheryle Roberds, age 73, of Park Rapids, MN peacefully passed into eternal life on Wednesday evening November 2, 2016 at the Green Pine Acres Nursing Home in Menahga with her daughter, Jamie at her side. Linda was born on July 25, 1943 in Preston, MN to Lynn & Venita...
Dwight Raddatz
Nov 1, 2016
Dwight Lee Raddatz, 63, of Laporte, passed away peacefully during a nap on the afternoon of November 1st while lunch was being prepared for him by his wife. His passing was the result of a yearlong struggle with pancreatic cancer. Dwight was born in Bemidji, MN on October 2nd, 1953. He was the eighth child and third son of Lloyd...
Richard L. Schmaus
Oct 31, 2016
Richard Leo Schmaus, age 80 of Enid, Oklahoma (formerly of Park Rapids, MN) peacefully entered eternity on October 31, 2016 at his home in Enid with his family at his side. Richard was born June 12, 1936, on the Ponsford prairie to George and Edna (Ness) Schmaus; he was the 6th of 8 children. He attended country school and went...
Lenora "Lana" J. Renneberg
Oct 28, 2016
Lenora J. Renneberg (Lana), 51, passed away peacefully in Park Rapids, MN on October 28, 2016 with her family at her side. She had courageously battled breast cancer and then brain cancer for 2 ½ years. Lana was born on March 3, 1965 to Henry and Ellen (Johnson) Hallikainen in Park Rapids, MN. She grew up on the family dairy...
Lottie Mary McGrane
Oct 20, 2016
LOTTIE MARY (WALKER) McGRANE March 30, 1917 – October 20, 2016 Lottie Mary (Walker) McGrane of Park Rapids died on October 20, 2016 at Diamond Willow in Park Rapids, MN at the age of 99 yrs, 6 months and 21 days. She was born March 30, 1917 to Ernest L. Walker and Martha Ann (Smith) Walker on their farm near...
Wilfred "Willie" Jacobs
Oct 17, 2016
Willie Jacobs, age 60, of Brainerd, Minnesota passed away in his residence October 17, 2016. He was born June 29, 1956 in Cass Lake, Minnesota the son of George and Louella. Willie married Donna Heinonen in 1986. Willie and Donna loved each other through the good times and bad, Willie is in the arms of the Lord wearing wings of...
Harold Glen Cleland
Oct 14, 2016
HAROLD GLEN CLELAND August 9, 1946 – October 14, 2016 Harold Glen Cleland, age 70, of Watkins, MN, formerly of Park Rapids, MN, peacefully entered the fully glorious splendor of Heaven on early Friday morning, October 14, 2016, surrounded by his loved ones at the Hilltop Care Center in Watkins, MN. Harold was born on August 9, 1946 in Rochester,...
Mary Vlasak
Oct 13, 2016
MARY VLASAK August 2, 1919 – October 13, 2016 Mary Vlasak, age 97, of Ponsford, formerly of Downers Grove, IL, died Thursday, October 13, 2016 at the Cottage in Detroit Lakes, MN. Mary was born on August 2, 1919 in Naperville, IL to Arthur and Frances (Spinner) Hinterlong. She was raised in the Naperville area, graduating from high school at...
Gary Allen Mickelson
Oct 11, 2016
GARY ALLEN MICKELSON April 17, 1957 – October 11, 2016 Gary Allen Mickelson, age 59, of Park Rapids, MN, formerly of Fargo, ND, peacefully entered Heaven following a hard fought battle with life-long diabetes, on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at the Sanford Health Medical Center in Fargo, with his loved ones at his side. Gary was born in Fargo, ND...
Carol Kay Garrett
Oct 11, 2016
Carol Kay Garrett, age 77, a resident of Green Pine Acres in Menahga and formerly of Park Rapids, passed away October 11, 2016 at Essentia Health Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Carol was born February 18, 1939 in Fargo, North Dakota to Bernard and Lois Grace (Meinke) Sherk. Carol attended Park Rapids Schools and later married James Edward Sharp on...
Calvin H. Christensen
Oct 11, 2016
Calvin Christensen, age 90 of Walker, MN entered eternity on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at May Creek in Walker, MN. In keeping with Calvin's personal wishes his cremation arrangements were handled by the Jones-Pearson Funeral Home in Park Rapids, MN and a private family burial will take place in Lakeville.
Arthur Maynard Brissett
Oct 9, 2016
Arthur “Art” Brissett, 77, of Park Rapids, died Sunday, October 9, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Art was born on August 13, 1939 in Park Rapids to George and Vera (Beck) Brissett. He was raised in the Park Rapids area, assisting his parents in their various business ventures. In 1957, he joined the Army Air Force,...
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