After an almost two-year struggle with brain cancer, Linda Mildred (Kallinen) Retel passed away peacefully on March 10, 2025 at the J. A. Wedum Residential Hospice facility in Brooklyn Park, Minn. at the age of 68 years. Linda was born on October 18, 1956 in Detroit Lakes, Minn., as the first child of Charles Ernest…

Bernadine Thyra (DeGroat) Johnson died on March 10, 2025, at the age of 91, at Green Pines Acres Nursing Home in Menahga, Minn. Bernadine was born on October 26, 1933, in Marshall, Minn., to Gertrude (Lindsay) and Alfred DeGroat. She was the oldest of five siblings with two brothers and two sisters. She graduated from…

Durlyn Stomberg, age 89, of Miltona, Minn. died on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at his home. Services will be held at Rose City Evangelical Free Church with the time to be determined. Additional services and burial will be held in Odenville, Alabama at a later date. Durlyn was born on Dec. 21, 1935, to Albert…

David “Dave” Wayne Weber, age 72, of Menahga, Minn. passed away on Feb. 20, 2025. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday March 8, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Salem Historical Church & Cemetery, Paynesville, Minn. with public visitation to be held one hour prior. Services provided by Karvonen Funeral Home & Cremation Services…

Patricia Beldo, age 74, of Menahga, Minn. passed away on March 6, 2025, at St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Minn. Memorial Services will be held on Friday, March 14, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Karvonen Funeral Home in Wadena, Minn. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Patricia…

Joyce E. Harmala died Feb. 25, 2025 at the age of 86. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Harmala, and her son Timmy Harmala. Joyce was born on Sept. 10, 1938 to Edwin and Alina Niemela in Detroit, Mich. She was raised in Sebeka, Minn., raised her family in Farmington Hills, Mich.…

Ruth Ann Rolfzen (Salonek) formerly Berthiaume, age 77, of Menahga, Minn., passed away unexpectedly Feb. 24, 2025, at the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND. Ruth Ann was born in Watertown, Minn., to Harold and Caroline (Otten) Salonek on Dec. 1, 1947, and was a devoted Catholic. She married Raymond F. Berthiaume, Jr., on Dec.…

Linda Aline Franich, age 75, of Park Rapids, Minn., passed away on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at Diamond Willow Nursing Home in Park Rapids, with her family by her side. Linda was born on July 18, 1949, in Seattle, Wash., to the late Milton and Lorraine (Ayers) Smotherman. She grew up in Seattle, Wash., where…

Karen Marjorie Wierima, 81, of Frazee, Minn., passed away on Jan. 21, 2025. Karen was born on Sept. 18, 1943, to Harry and Fairlee Austin in Breckenridge, Minn.. She was the oldest of four children raised on a farm just outside Richville, Minn.. She graduated from Perham High School in 1961 and Nursing School at…

Joshua Andreas Aho, 71, a lifelong Wolf Lake area resident, passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 17, 2024 from Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. He was born in Detroit Lakes on Oct. 22, 1953 to Elsie and Hugo Aho.  Joshua attended elementary school in Wolf Lake. After graduating from Menahga High School in 1971, he continued to…