Obituaries

The funeral service for Gary Van Winkle, Sr., 70, of Echo, will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, at Christ Lutheran Church in Cottonwood. A livestream and recording of the service will be available on the church YouTube channel. Visitation will be Sunday from 3-5 p.m. at Sunset Funeral Home in Echo, with a prayer service at 5 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at church. Interment at Rock Valle Lutheran Cemetery...
Galen Lanners, age 44, of Marshall, MN, died peacefully in his loving home under the care of Hospice on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Funeral services are set for 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at Living Word Lutheran Church in Marshall. A reception will follow at the church. Interment will be at 4 p.m. in St. Edward’s Catholic Cemetery in Minneota. Visitation was held from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at Living Word Lutheran Church in...
Gregory “Greg” Ahern, 71, of Milbank, SD, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, while receiving hospice care from Prairie Lakes Hospice at Avantara Care Center in Milbank, SD with family members at his side. A celebration of Greg's life will be held on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, at the Horvath Remembrance Center in Minneota. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a prayer service beginning at 1 p.m., followed by inurnment with...
Virginia T. (Sumerfelt) Vikesland, 94, of Fergus Falls and formerly of Frazee, passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Virginia was born on Dec. 20, 1928 in rural Taunton, MN, the daughter of the late Alexander and Domicela (Kielb) Sumerfelt. She grew up on a farm near Taunton and attended schools at Taunton and Minneota. Virginia married Russell Vikesland on June 1, 1955, and they lived in Fergus Falls and Perham before moving to Frazee...
Charles Harlan “Chuck” Josephson was born in Minneota, MN on Aug. 2, 1933, to Clarice and Adalbjorn “Abo” Josephson. He was a graduate of Minneota High School and Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD. He married his wife, Joan, while in the army and stationed in Germany. Charles lived in several communities, including Tucson, AZ since 1979, where he died on Aug. 13, 2023 of natural causes at the age of 90. Charles owned and operated the Ink Well...
On Aug. 9, 2023, Robert “Bob” Lawrence Bauer, loving husband and father, passed away at the age of 89. Bob was born on June 19, 1934 to Joseph and Emma Bauer at St. Mary’s Hospital in New Ulm, MN. Bob graduated from Minneota High School in 1952. On Oct. 17, 1953, Bob married his high school sweetheart, Jeanette Ann Sanders, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Roseburg, Oregon. They moved to California in 1956 where Bob worked as a machinist for...
Mass of Christian Burial for Donald Dean Decrock was held on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent, MN at 10:30 a.m. A public visitation was held at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent, MN on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 from 5-7 p.m. with a rosary at 5 p.m. and prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Visitation continued Friday morning at the church from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Burial took place at St. Eloi Cemetery in Ghent following the funeral...
A funeral mass for Donald Dean Decrock will take place on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent, MN beginning at 10:30 a.m. A public visitation will be held at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent, MN on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 from 5-7 p.m. with a prayer service beginning at 6:30 p.m. Visitation will continue Friday morning at the church from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Burial will take place at St. Eloi cemetery in Ghent, MN following...
Mass of Christian Burial for Richard Bot, 100, of Marshall, formerly of Cottonwood, was held Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, at 11 a.m. at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent. Visitation was Tuesday, August 8, from 5-7 p.m. at the Horvath Remembrance Center in Marshall, with a rosary at 5 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation continued one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment with military honors was held at St. Eloi Catholic...
A gathering in remembrance of Francis "Franz" Cyril Breyfogle, 98 of Taunton, MN will be held at the Taunton Senior Center from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday July 22nd. Cake and ice cream will be served. A private family burial will take place at a later date.

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