1937 – 2021 Jean Avon Lindroos (Manthei) age 84 of Menahga MN, passed away August 10, 2021 following a brief illness. Jean was born June 24, 1937 in Long Prairie, MN to the late Harry and Dorothy Manthei. She attended high school in Redwood Falls, Menahga, Hibbing, and was a graduate of Willmar High School.…

1941-2021 Judy Lavonne (Kuha) Johnson, age 80, passed away on August 1, 2021 in Niceville, Florida due to complications of dementia and Covid-19. Judy was born on May 29, 1941, in Sebeka, Minnesota, daughter of Evelyn and Oscar Kuha. Not long after graduating high school in Sebeka, Judy was united in marriage to Jack on…

1937-2021 Josephine (Josie) Louise Peterson, age 84 of Menahga passed away August 1 2021. Josephine (Josie) Louise Peterson was born to Ida Esther and Jalmer Haverinen on February 23, 1937 in Red Eye Township, Wadena County, Minnesota. She grew up on the family farm southwest of Menahga. Josie attended 42 North country school and Menahga…

1954-2021 Greg Peterson, age 67, of Menahga, MN, died Sunday August 1, 2021, at home. Gregory Allen Peterson was born in Minneapolis, MN on April 28, 1954, to George and Anna Peterson. He attended school in Plymouth, MN and Ventura, CA. He graduated from Ventura High School in 1972. Once Greg graduated high school, his…

1933-2021 Thayer “Ted” Nolte, 87, Crosslake formerly of Bluegrass passed away peacefully on July 25 surrounded by his family. Services will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday July 31 at the Bethany Free Lutheran Church with a visitation at 1 p.m. There will be a luncheon following the service. Interment will follow at Green Hill…

1930-2021 Lydia Arlene Harmon, 91, of Bemidji, MN, formerly of Menahga, MN, died Friday, July 21, 2021 at Gold Pine Home in Bemidji. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 29, 2021 at Cease Family Funeral Home in Park Rapids, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will…

1929-2021 Olga Annette (Goedel) Schwartz was born April 20, 1929 at home in Wadena Township, Wadena, Minnesota; to parents Carl W. and Lorna H. L. (Feyerherm) Goedel. She was called into the arms of her Loving Savior on July 22, 2021 in Menahga, MN at the age of 92 years. She was united in marriage…

1934-2021 The funeral service for Ruth Gronlund was held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 22, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Wadena, with Pastor Stephen Meltzer presiding. Ruth, age 87, passed away on July 17, 2021, at The Meadows of Wadena Senior Living, in Wadena, MN, under the compassionate care of Knute Nelson Hospice.…

1952-2021 James (Jim) Edward Wheeler passed away peacefully June 25, 2021 at the age of 69 surrounded by family at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN. He fought courageously for nine years battling leukemia and other health issues. Jim was born April 5, 1952 in Breckenridge, MN to James Eugene and Helen (Anderson) Wheeler. Jim…