Obituaries
Ronald "Ron" Brown
Oct 5, 2025
Ronald Carl Brown, 73, of Elbow Lake, Minnesota, passed away at his residence on October 5, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. His celebration of life is planned for Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 2-4pm at the Knotty Pine in Elbow Lake.
Ronald Carl Brown was born on October 16, 1951, in Alexandria, Minnesota, to Ronald and Jeanette (Synstelien) Brown. He...
Dean Aanerud
Sep 14, 2025
Dean Aanerud, 86 of Pelican Rapids, formerly of Elbow Lake, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2025, at the Pelican Valley Sr. Living.
Dean Owen Aanerud, born on September 17, 1938, to Joe and Grace (Schoonover) Aanerud in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, entering into the world at the home of midwife Emma Nelson. He passed away on September 14, 2025, at Pelican Valley...
Shelby Stonestrom
Oct 13, 2025
Shelby Stonestrom, 88 of Barrett, passed away Monday, October 13, 2025, at the Barrett Assisted Living.
An Open House Visitation will be held from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at Erickson-Smith Funeral Home in Elbow Lake.
Obituary is pending.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Elbow Lake First Responders, PO Box 55, Elbow Lake, MN...
Bardene "Bart" Larson
Oct 10, 2025
Bardene “Bart” Larson, 85, of Hoffman, MN, died on Friday, October 10, 2025, at the St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, MN.
Bardene Cellan was born on July 21, 1940, the son of Harold and Edna (Buckenburger) Larson. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith. After school, Bart enlisted in the US Army where he worked in Auto Maintenance and...
Gerald Coleman
Oct 8, 2025
Jerry Coleman, 88, of Elbow Lake, passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at Mill Street Residence in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Gerald Norman Coleman was born December 3, 1936, to Roy and Alma (Melaas) Coleman in Elbow Lake, Minnesota. He attended District #25 country school and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1954. He served as a boiler operator on ship...
Ronald Ehlers
Sep 23, 2025
Ronald Ehlers, 80 of Elbow Lake, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at Lake Region Healthcare in Elbow Lake.
There will be no services held at this time. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Jeanne Marts
Sep 17, 2025
Jeanne Marts, 42, of Hoffman, Minnesota, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025, surrounded by her family under the care of Vivie Hospice.
Jeanne Anne Winter was born on November 17, 1982, to Scott and Nancy (Will) Winter in Elbow Lake, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Hoffman. Jeanne graduated from West Central High School in...
Darlene Christensen
Aug 14, 2025
Darlene Christensen of Hoffman passed away peacefully Thursday, August 14, 2025 at the Evansville Care Center.
Darlene Amelia (Schaffran) was born February 27, 1934, in Granite Rock Township, Lucan, MN, to parents George and Gesena (Schmiesing) Schaffran. She was baptized and later confirmed at Johnsonville Trinity Lutheran Church in Lucan. She attended Wabasso Public School before continuing her education at Mankato...
Marlys Jensen
Jul 28, 2025
Marlys Jean (Nelson) Jensen was born to Ole and Mildred Nelson on February 14th, 1940, in Kensington, MN. She grew up on Ole and Mildred’s turkey farm, Oakdale Farm, with her older brothers, Omar and Vernal. She went to School District 63 until 8th grade and then attended Kensington High School where she graduated in 1958. She then attended the...
Gene Eblen
Jul 18, 2025
Gene Eblen, 78, of Barrett, MN, passed away Friday, July 18, 2025, in Osakis, MN, with his wife by his side. A Funeral Service will be held at 11 AM Friday, July 25, 2025, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Hoffman, MN. A visitation will be held from 5-7 PM Thursday, July 24, at Erickson-Smith Funeral Home in Hoffman with a...
Pam Rupp
Jul 15, 2025
Pamela Rupp, age 77 of Elbow Lake, passed away on July 15, 2025, at the Barrett Care Center.
Pamela Jill was born on March 29, 1948, in Breckenridge, Minnesota to Louis and Florence (Peterson) Hasbargen. She was baptized and confirmed at Foxhome Lutheran Church. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1966. After high school, she attended Ritter’s School of...
Timothy J Scheffler
Jul 2, 2025
Timothy Scheffler, 64 of Elbow Lake passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at the St. Cloud Hospital.
Timothy (Tim) Joseph Scheffler was born on December 31, 1960, in Monroe, MI to the late Harley Sr. and Beverly (Bourassa) Scheffler. He lived in Carleton, MI until moving to Alexandria, MN on a dairy farm outside of Alexandria. He then graduated from Jefferson...
Michael L Johnson
Jul 2, 2025
Michael Lloyd Johnson, age 75, of Kensington, Minnesota passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones. He was born on April 13, 1950, in Slayton, Minnesota to Lloyd Vincent and Eileen Rose (Beach) Johnson. He grew up near Currie Minnesota and after graduating from Currie High School he married the love of his life, Linda Pederson in 1970, then moved to...
Kenny Wohlers
Jun 15, 2025
Kenny Wohlers, 75 of Wendell passed away on Father's Day, Sunday, June 15, 2025.
Kenneth Robert Wohlers was born on September 17, 1949, in Graceville, Minnesota, to Marvin and Veronica (Kruger) Wohlers. He was baptized at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville, celebrated First Holy Communion at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Dumont, and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in...
Norlin Westrom
Jun 13, 2025
Norlin Westrom, 94 of Elbow Lake, Minnesota died Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Barrett Care Center.
Norlin Arnold Westrom was born to Bernard and Gina (Fagerberg) Westrom on October 11, 1930, on the home farm. He was baptized as a child, and confirmed in 1946, in the Bethania Lutheran Church of rural Elbow Lake.
All three of Norlin’s brothers served in...
Sharon Picht
May 22, 2025
Sharon Marie Picht, 75, of Hoffman, MN, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2025, at her home with her loving husband at her side.
A Celebration of Life will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at Erickson Smith Funeral Home in Hoffman. Burial will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Sharon was born in Ladysmith,...
Danny Aanenson
Apr 17, 2025
Danny Lee Aanenson 81, of Kensington, Minnesota, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Alomere Health in Alexandria. His Memorial Service will be 11 a.m. on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Our Lady of the Runestone Catholic Church in Kensington. There will be a visitation one hour prior.
Danny Lee Aanenson was born on February 11, 1944, to Alvin and...
Rebecca Peterson
Apr 13, 2025
Rebecca (Becky) Ann Peterson died peacefully surrounded by family on April 13th, 2025, at the Evansville Care Campus, at the age of 76.
She was born in Denver, CO to the parents of Melvin and Grace (Thompson) Hasse on November 21, 1948. She was the 1st of 5 children. Becky attended a couple of small town elementary schools in the New...
Lowell Ricks
Apr 11, 2025
Lowell Ricks, 87, of Elbow Lake, passed away Friday, April 11, 2025.
Lowell Gordon Ricks was born in Grant County, Minnesota on September 13, 1937, the son of Lawrence and Gladys (Christenson) Ricks. Lowell was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wendell, Minnesota, where he was a lifelong member.
Lowell attended Elbow Lake High School and was a graduate of...
Roger Soberg
Mar 17, 2025
Roger Soberg, 91 of Barrett, died Monday, March 17, 2025, at Barrett Assisted Living.
Roger Ellsworth Soberg was born on February 5, 1934, in Barrett, Minnesota, the son of Clarence and Elvira (Larson) Soberg. He was baptized on March 25, 1934, by Rev. Carl A. Gustafson at Fridehem Lutheran in Barrett. He was Confirmed on July 20, 1947, by Rev. Gene...
