Obituaries

Duane E. Miller

Duane E. Miller

Aug 23, 2024

Duane Miller, age 72 of Watkins, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2024. A Celebration of Life for Duane will be held on Friday, August 30, 2024 at 1:30 PM at the Watkins Fire Hall. A visitation will be held Thursday, August 29, 2024 from 4:00-8:00 PM at Ertl Funeral Home, Watkins, MN. The service will be livestreamed at www.ertlfuneral.com. 

Duane...

Robert 'Bob' Peters

Robert 'Bob' Peters

Aug 23, 2024

Robert “Bob” C. Peters, age 85, of Watkins, MN, died on Friday August 23, 2024 at the St. Cloud Veterans Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday September 30, 2024 at the Church of St. Anthony in Watkins, MN. A visitation will be held from 4:00 - 7:00 PM on Sunday September...

Mark Roger Carlson

Mark Roger Carlson

Aug 15, 2024

Funeral service for Mark Carlson, age 66, of Litchfield, MN will be on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 11 AM at Ostmark Lutheran Church, Watkins, MN. A visitation will be on Monday, August 19 from 5-7 PM at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home, Litchfield and one hour prior to service at the church on Tuesday. Interment will be at Ostmark Cemetery, Watkins,...

Gloria Schmidt

Gloria Schmidt

Aug 12, 2024

Gloria Schmidt, age 93 of Watkins, passed away at Hilltop Care Center in Watkins on Monday, August 12, 2024. A funeral service for Gloria will be held at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Watkins on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 11:00AM. Visitation will be held one hour prior.  A luncheon will follow the funeral service at which time there will...

Beatrice "Bea" Devereaux

Beatrice "Bea" Devereaux

Aug 8, 2024

Beatrice "Bea" Devereaux, age 90 of Litchfield, passed away at Lakeside Generations Nursing Home in Dassel, MN on Thursday, August 8, 2024. A funeral service for Bea will be held on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 2:00PM at Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Visitation will be held from 4-7PM on Monday, August 12 and continue 1 hour prior to the...

Larry Ray Hoffmann

Larry Ray Hoffmann

Aug 8, 2024

Larry Ray Hoffmann, age 76 of Litchfield, husband of Karen Hoffmann, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at his home due to heart complications, and was surrounded by his loving family. As a faithful Christian, Larry faithfully believed in the importance of love and forgiveness, living his life by the sentiment, “Always remember to forgive; it’s the greatest love...

Roberta Kargas

Roberta Kargas

Jul 31, 2024

Roberta J. Kargas, age 85 of Litchfield, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at Meeker Manor Rehabilitation Center in Litchfield. A memorial service for Roberta will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, August 5, 2024 at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home in Litchfield. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will be held at Ripley Cemetery....

Barbara Holmberg

Barbara Holmberg

Jul 30, 2024

Barbara (Barb) J. Holmberg, age 87, of Litchfield, MN, died Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at the Talamore Senior Living Community in St. Cloud, MN. Visitation and Funeral service will be held on Friday, August 2, 2024. Visitation at 1:00 PM, Funeral at 2:00 PM at First Lutheran Church, Litchfield, MN. Interment will be held in Lake Ripley Cemetery, Litchfield, Minnesota....

Neal Johnson

Neal Johnson

Jul 23, 2024

Neal E. Johnson, age 91 of Atwater, MN, formerly of Litchfield, MN died at the Meeker Manor in Litchfield, MN on Tuesday July 23, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday August 2, 2024 at Johnson Hagglund Funeral and Cremation Service. Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Neal Edwin Johnson, the son of Edwin...

Else Morch-Cowley

Else Morch-Cowley

Jul 22, 2024

Else Mørch-Cowley, age 71 of Litchfield, MN, passed away at her home on Tuesday July 23, 2024. A time of visitation will be held from 1:00 - 4:00 PM on Saturday August 24, 2024, at Johnson Hagglund Funeral and Cremation Service.

Else Mørch-Cowley, the daughter of Ole and Grete (Backer) Mørch, was born in Oslo, Norway on June 22, 1953. She...

Lois Larsen-Guenette

Lois Larsen-Guenette

Jul 20, 2024

Lois Larsen-Guenette, age 91 of Sartell, MN, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at the St. Cloud Hospital. A memorial service for Lois will be on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grove City at 2:00PM. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior. Interment will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Grove City, MN following the...

Merliene M Schultz

Merliene M Schultz

Jul 20, 2024

Memorial service for Merliene M. Schultz, age 88, of Grove City, MN will be on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 11 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church, Grove City, MN. The visitation will be on Friday, July 26, 2024, from 4-7 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church, Grove City, MN. Interment will be on the family farm next to her husband. Merliene...

Charles Fenton

Charles Fenton

Jul 19, 2024

A man of great character with a joy for life has left us far too early. Charles ‘Chuck’ H. Fenton, of Litchfield, MN passed away on July 19th, at his lake home in Park Rapids, MN, after a short and heartbreaking battle with pancreatic cancer. Chuck was surrounded by his loving wife, Sue and two children, Josh and Cassie as...

Craig Bengtson

Craig Bengtson

Jul 18, 2024

Craig Bengtson, age 61 of Litchfield, passed away at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, MN on July 18, 2024. A memorial service for Craig will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 3:00PM at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home in Litchfield. Visitation will be from 1:00-3:00 prior to the service. Interment will be at Burr Oak Cemetery in Paynesville, MN. 

Craig was...

Scott Edwin Nemitz

Scott Edwin Nemitz

Jul 18, 2024

Scott Edwin Nemitz, age 65 of Darwin, MN passed away at his home on Thursday July 18, 2024.

A private family memorial service for Scott Nemitz, will be on Monday, July 22, 2024 at 11 AM at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Darwin, MN. Visitation will be on Sunday, July 21, 2024 from 4-7 PM at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church....

Ann Hallberg

Ann Hallberg

Jul 17, 2024

Ann Hallberg, age 89 of Chicago, Illinois, passed away on July 17, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. A committal service will be held on Monday, July 29, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Ostmark Lutheran Church, 32721 680th Avenue, Watkins, Minnesota 55389.

Ann Christine Hallberg, age 89. It was Palm Sunday, when Ann came into this world born on the family farm in...

Viona E. Schroeder

Viona E. Schroeder

Jul 14, 2024

Viona E. Schroeder, 94 of Hutchinson, MN, died at Harmony River Nursing Home in Hutchinson on Sunday, July 14, 2024. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 19, 2024 at All Saints Lutheran Church in Darwin and visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will be at All Saints Lutheran Cemetery in...

Larry Swenson

Larry Swenson

Jul 12, 2024

Larry R. Swenson, 83, of Litchfield, MN, passed away at Meeker Manor in Litchfield on Friday, July 12, 2024 surrounded by his family. Memorial Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield and visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. All are welcome to attend the Golden...

Dorothy "Dottie" Madsen

Dorothy "Dottie" Madsen

Jul 9, 2024

Dorothy "Dottie" Madsen, age 100 of Litchfield, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at her home in Litchfield. Memorial services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Litchfield, MN on August 8, 2024 at 2P.M.  Visitation will be one hour before services at the church.  

Dorothy Florence Hanscom Madsen was born June 24, 1924 in St. Paul,...

Wayne Pitzl

Wayne Pitzl

Jul 5, 2024

Wayne N. Pitzl, 69 of Litchfield, MN, formerly of Annandale, MN, died at the Meeker Manor in Litchfield, MN on Friday July 5, 2024. A family service will be held at North Star Cemetery in St. Cloud, MN.

Wayne Norbert Pitzl, the son of Robert and Elaine (Anderson) Pitzl Sr. was born on September 14, 1954 in St. Cloud, MN. He...

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