1933 – 2022 Adeline Margaret Butzin went to be with her Lord on April 10, 2022. She was born April 19, 1933 at home in rural Veblen South Dakota to Wenzel and Antonia (Zahradnek) Vrchota. Growing up on a farm with 3 brothers and 4 sisters and a niece, she enjoyed gardening, feeding birds, going…

1926 – 2022 Charles (Charlie) Ljungren, 96, died on Thursday, March 31, 2022 surrounded by his family. A service celebrating Charlie’s life will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 2 p.m., at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Sebeka. A family burial will be held at a later date. He was born February 4,…

1938 – 2022 Leslie Mattson passed away at his home in Menahga on March 22, 2022 at 83 years of age. Graveside services will be held at a later date at Menahga City Cemetery, Menahga, Minnesota. Leslie Louie Mattson was born to Edward and Florence Matson at home in Wadena, Minnesota on April 15, 1938.…

1924 – 2022 Viljo David Katainen was born on September 14, 1924 to David and Selma (Ollila) Katainen in Huntersville Township, Wadena Co. Minnesota. He attended country school at Sunnyside 59E in Huntersville township graduating 8th grade. After school he stayed home to help his parents on the farm. He was baptized into the Lutheran…

1936 – 2022 Neil Loren Wogsland, 85, of Menahga, Minnesota, a dad, grandfather, brother, veteran, husband, and friend. A man whose life motto was that “he’d rather wear out than rust out” and anyone that met him knows that is how he lived his life until his last moments. Neil was born in Hoople, North…

1949 – 2022 Florence May Odland was born on April 01, 1949 in Park Rapids, Minnesota, to Rufus and Lillian Patson. She went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 28, 2022, at home with her loving children by her side. She graduated from Menahga High School in 1967, Nursing Assistant completed October 25,…

1931 – 2022 Verna (Ylitalo)Engen, age 91, passed away on March 16, 2022, from complications of congestive heart failure at the Schneidmiller Hospice House in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Verna was born in Green Valley Township, Minnesota to Waino and Miriam (Koskela) Ylitalo. Verna was one of eight children. Verna married Conrad J Geston, a returning…

1940 – 2022 Lester Martin Zentner, age 81, of North Branch, Minnesota peacefully passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at Encore Assisted Living in North Branch. Lester was born on October 22, 1940 in Cass County, Minnesota to Lester and Evelena “Hemmie” (Blanchard) Zentner.  He was the third of five children and only son.…

1923 – 2022 Vera I. Amyotte, 99 of Le Sueur died on March 14, 2022. She is survived by daughter, Michelle and Thomas Hoy; grandchildren: Theone Davis, Kari and Tod Oswald, Angela and David Mattox and Asher and Marissa Hoy; daughter in law, Sandra Amyotte, 11 great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. Vera’s funeral service…

1968 – 2022 Jonathan William Maaninga, age 53 of rural Menahga, Minnesota, passed over to be with his Savior Jesus Christ; and as the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ has been left with us, our separation is merely physical… and merely temporary. Jon’s soul departed his human vessel on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 following a…