Michael Dobbs Parker, age 86 of Thief River Falls, MN passed away on December 13, 2023. Funeral services will be held at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Thief River Falls, MN at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 17, 2024. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Michael (Mike) was born in Oklahoma on July…

DeAnna Marie (Tappe) Krupke, age 69 passed away due to many health issues the morning of December 15, 2023, at Fair Oakes Nursing Home. DeAnna Marie was born, July 11, 1954, in Wadena, Minnesota, the 1st daughter of Edgar and Mary (Sidenkrantz) Tappe. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Sebeka,…

Mary Ann Gilyard, age 100 of Sauk Centre, MN passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, December 8, 2023 in Centra Care Hospital, Sauk Centre. A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 22 at First Lutheran Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Michael Carlson officiating. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery…

Elizabeth Tolppi Stoneman, 76, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away peacefully on September 18, 2023. She lost her short-lived battle against pulmonary fibrosis, but her vivacious spirit lives on in those who were blessed to know her. Elizabeth was born on January 2, 1947, in Wadena, Minnesota, to Wilbert and Dorothy (Carlson) Tolppi. She was very…

Shirley Mae Harvala, 91, died peacefully on Friday, December 8, 2023 at Green Pine Acres Nursing Home in Menahga, Minnesota. Shirley was born to Clifford and Saima (Simi) Salmela on July 4, 1932 in Red Eye Township, Sebeka and was raised on a farm outside of Menahga. Shirley attended a country school and eventually transferred…

Kathleen M. Roberts, age 77 of Park Rapids, Minnesota, formerly of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, died on December 1, 2023, at Diamond Willow Assisted Living in Park Rapids, Minnesota. Visitation will be on Saturday, December 16, 2023, from 12 to 3 p.m. at Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye Chapel. A Memorial Service will be held at…

Arnold W. Granroth of Sebeka died on December 2, 2023 at Providence Villa in Sebeka at the age of 75 years. He was born on July 22, 1948. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by Wevley Funeral Home of Sebeka. Online condolences may be left at www.wevleyfuneralhome.com.12-6c

Dean Spencer Stack, 72, of Nevis, MN passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Dean was born May 7, 1951 in Baldwin, WI to Lawrence and Jeanne (Anderson) Stack.  He grew up in Chisago city and graduated from Chisago City high school.   He served in the U.S. Navy Reserves. …

The funeral service celebrating the life of Steven Kluenenberg, of Wadena, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wadena, with Pastor Nate Loer presiding. Visitation will be held at the church on Wednesday, from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. Steve, age 71, passed…

Agnes Aileen Goerges, 92, of Pequot Lakes, died on Saturday, December 2, 2023, peacefully at Golden Horizons in Crosslake. Agnes was born April 25, 1931, in Wadena County, daughter of Edward and Tillie (Kinnunen) Cary. After graduating from Menahga High School, she moved to St. Paul where she met and married Josef Goerges on June…