Mary L. Roby

Jan 8, 2017

Mary L. Roby, of St. Louis Park, went to be with the Lord on her 89th birthday, Sunday January 8. She was preceded by husband, Richard; sisters, Carol Ruppe, Bev Mueller and Pat Hodne; brother, Cyril Doyle; brothers-in-law, Peter Mueller and Peter Ruppe. Mary is survived by daughter, Maureen (Ed) Krmpotich; sons, Dan (Patti) and John (Peg); 11 grandchildren...

Larry Schultz

Jan 7, 2017

Schultz, Larry Gene, age 85, of Plymouth.  Captain-U.S. Marines.  Born 12/30/31 in South Dakota and passed away on 1/7/17.  Preceded in death by parents, Theodore B. and Florence Schultz and son, Ted.  Survived by wife of 62 years, Joan; daughters, Cindy, Stacy, and Wendy; daughter-in-law, Nancy; grandchildren, Cooper, Corey, Rowan, Emma, and Casey.  Larry graduated from Mpls. Central in...

Kirby V. Jensen

Jan 7, 2017

Passed peacefully on January 7, 2017 after a long hard fight with dementia. Survived by his beloved wife of 34 years, Georgia; sons, Nicholas (Christa), Andrew, Derick (Caroline), Jesse (girlfriend, Wendy), Jason (Megan); grandchildren, Dylan, Irene and Virginia; brothers, Kevin (Karen) and Kim (Cecelia); niece, Anastasia (Robert) Murry; nephew, Dmitriy; great-nephew, Ethan. Preceded in death by his parents, Irene...

Faith M. McBride

Jan 6, 2017

Faith, age 80 of New Hope, formerly of St. Louis Park passed away January 6, 2017. Preceded in death by husband of 60 years, John; sons, Jimmy and Steve. Survived by son, Bradley McBride; daughter, Nancy McBride (Phil Wetzel); daughters-in-law, Cheryl McBride, Margo Driscoll; grandchildren, Kelly (Dan), Jeffrey, Jimmy, Patrick, Ashley, Tyler and Taryn; 5 great-grandchildren and beloved cat,...

Melvin C. Rademacher

Jan 4, 2017

Preceded in death by his beloved wife, LaVerne and sister, Florence Rademacher. Survived by daughters, Barbara, Linda and Joan; sister, Alice (Robert) Arantowicz and special friend, Gwen Fondow and her family. Private services will be at later date.

Lance A. Maly

Jan 2, 2017

Lance A. Maly, died peacefully at home on January 2, 2017 after a heroic year-long battle with brain cancer. Lance was born in Des Moines, Iowa on October 21, 1966. He attended the University of Iowa, where he was a proud member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Lance graduated from Iowa in 1989 with degrees in Economics and Communications....

Angeline K. Bartlett

Jan 2, 2017

Angeline K. Bartlett, age 96 of Golden Valley. She is survived by daughters, Shane (Steve) Holonitch, Camille A. Hetman & Elizabeth Bartlett (Ken Greening); grandchildren, Carrie Anne Claypatch (Jerry Brownrigg) and Anita (Jeremy)Johnson; Thomas (Anna) Bartlett and Paul (Jordan) Bartlett: great-grandchildren, Noli Bartlett and another on the way. Angie is preceded in death by husband, Rodger Bartlett' son, Gary...

Jeanne Anderson Collison

Jan 1, 2017

Jeanne A. Collison, age 91, of Golden Valley, went home to her Heavenly Father on New Year’s Day. Jeanne was born in Rochester, MN, near Haverhill Township and her grandparents’ farm. All agreed: “You can take Jeanne out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of Jeanne.” She took pride in their achievements and adventures, cooked...

Lurene Martel Jackson

Jan 1, 2017

Reception following service at Trillium Woods, 5855 Cheshire Parkway, Plymouth, MN 55446. The family will be having a private inurnment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to North Memorial Hospice at: North Memorial Foundation, 3300 Oakdale Avenue Suite 425, Robbinsdale,...

Steve Anthony Vekich

Jan 1, 2017

Steve Anthony (Stepo) Vekich, born August 22, 1929 to Matt and Kristine Vekich, immigrants from Croatia and Slovenia. A lifelong Duluth resident, he was raised in the Raleigh Street neighborhood of West Duluth, graduating from Denfeld High School in 1947. Steve was a natural athlete in hockey, baseball, fast pitch softball and football. He played football and baseball for...

Jo Lehnen

Dec 31, 2016

Jo Lehnen of Crystal Minnesota, passed away peacefully in her home on December 31st surrounded by family. Jo was born on November 25, 1939 in Iron Mountain, Michigan. She is survived by her sons Frank Jr and Kurt; grandchildren Tiffany, Dalton and Tristan; great-grandchildren Kiera, Marcus Jr and Alivia; sister Mary Ann; and brother Tony (Sherry). She was preceded...

Ralph Etherington

Dec 29, 2016

Ralph E. Etherington, age 81 of New Hope passed away December 29, 2016. Survived by wife, Roberta; son Brad and his children, John and Grace; daughter, Jean Callinan (Andrew) and their children, Neal (fiancée Tana) and Jenna; sister, Vivian Thomas; brothers, Robert (LaVon) and Jerry (Judy) Etherington; nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents; brother, Edgar; sisters, Berneatha...

Barbara Joan Karels

Dec 29, 2016

Barbara Joan Karels formerly of Crystal, MN passed away in Elgin, Illinois December 29, 2016 at age 83.  Preceded in death by husband, Gerhardt; daughter, Dale Juenemann; son, Darrell Wilder and brother, Dennis Forseth.  She is survived by her grandchildren, Michael (Laurel) Baier, Jodi (Dana Ballard) Rice, Alex (Jenn Gronke ) Juenemann; great-grandchildren, Kate, Molly, Sarah, Charlie, Nathan, Justin,...

Ewan D. Chowen

Dec 29, 2016

Ewan Donald James Chowen, age 98 of Minnetonka, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2016. Ewan was born on March 2, 1918, the son of Lew and Kate Chowen. He grew up in North Minneapolis, loving to fish, hunt and spend summers with family in the country. Ewan served for four years in the Army’s Persian Gulf Command overseas...

Genevieve A. Schrenk

Dec 28, 2016

Genevieve Annamarie Schrenk, 95, passed away peacefully in Alexandria, MN on December 28, 2016.   She was born on May 24, 1921 on the family farm near Long Prairie, the second of nine children of Anton and Elizabeth (Goebel) Clasemann.

Genevieve (Gen) had great emotional strength based on a strong faith and her family. She was naturally kind,...

Ruby Lila Werner

Dec 27, 2016

Ruby “Lila” Werner, formerly of Crystal and Robbinsdale, passed away December 27, 2016 at age 92.  Lila was born and raised in Little Fork, MN. She served as a WAVE in the Navy during WWII.  She graduated from St. Cloud State University and during her career she was a school teacher, worked at Honeywell and was a secretary for...

Warren Krekelberg

Dec 25, 2016

Krekelberg, Warren James

of Dayton, MN, formerly of Brooklyn Center and Green Valley, AZ.  Preceded in death by wife, Connie; parents & siblings.

Survived by wife, Karen; 5 children, Warren (Dianne), Joseph (Anne), Daniel (Susan), Kevin (Lauren), Colleen (Chris) Bennett; 3 step-children, Pamela (John) Chrystal, Brett (Kimberly) Morris, Jodi (Mark) Laubersheimer; 31 grandchildren;...

Dorothy Waldmann Gruidl

Dec 23, 2016

Dorothy Waldmann Gruidl, age 95, a woman of deep faith and longtime member of St. Agnes (St. Paul) and St. Anne’s (Minneapolis) Catholic Churches. Dorothy was born 8/17/21, always proud to share her birth location on the banks of the Mississippi River in NE Minneapolis. After graduating from the College of St. Catherine, she taught music in Hackensack, Melrose,...

Michael T. Boyle

Dec 23, 2016

Michael Terence, age 86, of Crystal, preceded in death by parents, Cornelius J. Boyle and Katherine (Zink) Boyle; step mother, Pearl (Hennessy), sister, Kathleen (Boyle) Milburn; grandson, James Boyle.

Survived by: sister, Mary Geraldine Sittauer, brother, Patrick (Mary) Boyle; wife, Dolores; children: Thomas (Ann), Terence (Kelly), Timothy (Margaret), Anne (Alan) Nicklaus, John (Lyn); 23 grandchildren: Theresa, Carolyn,...

Emma Ella Mayer

Dec 21, 2016

Emma Ella Mayer (Nee Kessler) was born in a farm home on May 1, 1923, the daughter of Jacob J. and Katie (Zimbelman) Kessler. She was raised and educated in the Anamoose, North Dakota community. She graduated from Anamoose High School in 1941. That fall, she had the opportunity to teach in a rural school in Lincoln Valley. This...