Patricia (Lund) Kyro age 89 of Otsego, Minn., passed away on July 13, 2025 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale. Pat was born August 21, 1935 in rural Menahga, Minn., to Albert and Anna (Peterson) Lund. She graduated from 8th grade country school at Midway and graduated from Menahga High School in 1953. After meeting…

Evelyn Martha (Majava) Nevala, 97, of Sebeka, Minn., passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday, July 13, 2025. Evelyn was born on October 16, 1927, on the family farm in Trap Rock Valley near Calumet, Mich., to Gust and Liisa (Pelli) Majava. Evelyn attended country school through the 8th grade. She briefly moved…

James (Jimmy, J.R.) Rodney Kumara, age 81, of Park Rapids, Minn., died at home from health reasons on June 25, 2025. James was born to Hugo and Laura (Thiede) Kumara on Sept. 24, 1943, in Ottertail County, Perham. He attended and graduated from Chisholm High School in Chisholm, Minn. He served in the U.S. Army…

With heavy hearts and loving memories, the family of Ronald Lappinga of Park Rapids announces his peaceful passing on July 3, 2025. Born in Los Angeles, Cali., to John and Julia Lappinga, Ron was the eldest of four children raised in a close-knit Dutch Reform community in Redlands, Cali. He pursued a career in nursing,…

  Vernon “Vern” Ronald Kath, age 79, of Menahga, Minn., passed away on June 16, 2025, at Sandford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota. Memorial Services will be held on Friday, July 18, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Menahga. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at church. Vernon…

Joyce Edla Jeanette (Kinnunen) Ramsay, age 84 formerly of Clarkfield and Wolf Lake, Minn., passed away June 27, 2025 to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Joyce was born June 19, 1941, at Jack Pine Center, Wadena Country, Minn., to Jennie (Keranen) and Walter Kinnunen. She grew up in Wolf Lake. She lived…

Archie Raymond Lake was born on Oct. 30, 1937 to Arthur and Lempi Lake on the land he would spend most of his life. Archie grew up with his five siblings, and he was known for goofing off and working hard in equal measure. Archie graduated from Sebeka High School in 1956. After high school…

Deloris Saima Youngbauer was born on July 17, 1945 in Wolf Lake, Minn. She was the tenth child of Emil and Edna (Bakkila) Koski. Deloris passed away at the age of 79 on November 13, 2024. Deloris graduated from Menahga High School in 1963. After graduation she moved to Minneapolis for employment and where she…

Archie Lake, age 87 of Menahga, Minnesota died at his home on Monday, June 23, 2025. Services are pending. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming issue of the Review Messenger. Arrangements are being entrusted to Wevley Funeral Home of Sebeka. Online condolences may be left at www.wevleyfuneralhome.com. 6-25pd

The Mass of Christian Burial for Barbara Burczyk of Sebeka and formerly of Wadena, will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1, at St. Hubert’s Catholic Church in Blue Grass, with Father Jean-Claude Duncan as celebrant. Visitation will be held at the church on Tuesday beginning at 9:30 a.m. A Rosary will be…