Surrounded by his three children and his loving wife, Gary Weyer passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022 at Fargo Sanford Medical Center, at the age of 76 years. A Catholic Funeral Mass will be held at Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church in Menahga, MN on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10 a.m. A…

Helen Kimball, 75, of Staples, MN passed away at Lakewood Health System in Staples on December 9, 2022, with her family by her side. A private family service will be held at a later date. Helen was born to Rufus and Lillian (Makinen) Patson on December 4, 1947, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Park Rapids,…

William “Bill” Geschwill, 67 year old resident of Menahga, MN, formerly of Little Falls, MN passed away Sunday, December 11, 2022 at his home in Menahga. A Funeral Service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, December 19, 2022, at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, MN with Bill Meyer officiating. Visitation will be…

Donald Eino Lillquist was born on June 30, 1941, to Eino and Signe (Mattson) Lillquist and died due to complications of the dreaded disease, mesothelioma (Yep, the one you’ve heard the commercials about) on December 5, 2022. He was 81. When Don entered heaven, he was reunited with his angel on earth, his loving wife…

Darwin Bruce “Doc” Anderson. age 74, a long time area resident, peacefully and suddenly passed into eternity on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at his home. Doc was born on June 16, 1948 in Perham, MN to Jens and Marian (Hanson) Anderson. He attended the District 75 Country School near his parent’s farm until switching to…

Ruben James Besonen Jr. passed away peacefully on December 2, 2022 surrounded by family. Ruben was born to Ruben Besonen Sr. and Ada (née Salmela) Besonen on November 20, 1942. He was raised in Menahga, MN on the family farm where he developed a strong, farm boy work ethic. Ruben graduated from Menahga High School…

Arnold Reznechek, age 76, of Wadena, Minnesota passed away on December 1, 2022 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Funeral Services were held on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at Karvonen Funeral Home in Wadena, Minnesota with Pastor Dave Seaton officiating. Pallbearers were Steve Brand, Seth Iverson, Don Reznechek, Richard Reznechek, Ian Richter and Tim…

Mark Daniel Hanson, age 59 of Akeley, MN passed away peacefully at United Hospital in St. Paul, MN on November 21, 2022, after battling a multitude of medical issues for the past year Mark experienced respiratory failure. Mark was born July 6, 1963, at St. Joseph’s hospital in Park Rapids, MN. He was born to…

Dale Iver Moberg, 92, Park Rapids, MN passed away Monday, November 21, 2022. Dale was born August 28, 1930 in Mantrap Township to Axel and Ellamae (Hensel) Moberg. He grew up in the Park Rapids area. As a young man he served in the US Navy. Throughout the years he lived in Itasca Park, Lake…

Susan Muriel Kinnunen (Wiita) age 57 passed away on November 21 at her home in Battle Lake, MN. Sue was born on December 14, 1964 in Duluth to Arnold and Flora Wiita. As a young child the family moved from Duluth to Minneapolis. Later they moved to Sebeka where she attended and graduated from Sebeka…