Obituaries

Derall Calvin Lagrange

Derall Calvin Lagrange

Oct 28, 2016

Derall LaGrange, age 92 of Ramsey, formerly of the Appleton area, died Friday in Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids.  Visitation will be 5 to 7p.m., Friday, November 4th at Zniewski Funeral Home –Vaala Chapel in Appleton.  Visitation will resume Saturday, November 5th from Noon to 1p.m., followed by the Memorial Service at 1p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church...

Russell Luverne Payne

Russell Luverne Payne

Oct 27, 2016

Russell Luverne Payne, age 92, of Benson, Minnesota died Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Gabriel House. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Benson. Visitation will continue from 10-11 a.m., followed by the funeral at 11 a.m., Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the...

Victor Olson

Victor Olson

Oct 27, 2016

Victor Olson, age 98, of Little Falls, formerly of Appleton, died Thursday in St. Gabriel’s Hospital in Little Falls. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 1st, Noon to 1p.m., followed by the funeral at 1p.m., at Zion Lutheran Church in Appleton, officiated by Rev. Linda Lagergren. Burial will be in Appleton City Cemetery. Victor Olson was born June 17, 1918 to...

Myron F. Koosmann

Myron F. Koosmann

Oct 26, 2016

Myron Fredrick Koosmann was born June 10, 1927 at home to Fredrick Paul and Dorothea Lauretta (Riba) Koosman.  He was baptized in 1927 and confirmed in 1941 in the Lutheran Faith at the Moyer Church.  Myron grew up on farms near Danvers and Holloway and attended country school District 60.  On June 25, 1949, Myron...

David Owen Johnson

David Owen Johnson

Oct 23, 2016

David Owen Johnson, age 77, of Clontarf, died Sunday, October 23, 2016, in Gabriel House. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Benson. Visitation will continue from 9:30-10:30 a.m., followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, October 27, 2016 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Benson.  Burial...

Chester Svea

Chester Svea

Oct 20, 2016

Funeral services scheduled for Saturday  December 17 are canceled. A memorial service will be held in June of 2017. Chester Svea of Benson, Minnesota died on Thursday, October 20, 2016, at Swift County Benson Health Services. Chet was born in Benson, Minnesota to Albert and Gina (Haugen) Svea on December 4, 1919. Chet served his country during WWII...

Thomas Graham

Thomas Graham

Oct 16, 2016

Benson, Minnesota – Thomas “Tom” A. Graham, age 86, of Benson, died October 16, 2016, at St. Cloud Hospital. Visitation will be from 12 – 1 p.m., followed by the funeral at 1 p.m., Saturday, October 22, 2016, at Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ in Benson. Interment will be in the Benson City Cemetery. Thomas “Tom” A. Graham was...

Jesse E Pahl

Jesse E Pahl

Oct 16, 2016

Jesse E. Pahl, age 103, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2016 at the Golden Living Center in Benson. Visitation will be from 4-6 pm on Thursday, October 20th and will continue from 10-11 am on Friday, October 21st, with A Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am, all at St. Francis Catholic Church in Benson....

Betty L Lageson

Betty L Lageson

Oct 9, 2016

Elizabeth “Betty” L. Lageson was born on June 1, 1930 in Hancock, Minnesota, the daughter of Harold and Florence (Goulet) Bush. She grew up and attended school in Hancock. She was united in marriage to Robert Smith until his death in 1949, and later she was married to Vernon Lageson. She lived in Danvers, Minnesota and worked for Fingerhut in...

Sylvester Moist

Sylvester Moist

Oct 7, 2016

Sylvester “Ollie” Moist, age 87, of Willmar, formerly of Benson, died Friday in the St Cloud Veterans Hospital Community Living Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 11:00 a.m., at St. Francis Catholic Church in Benson with Father Jeremy Kucera officiating. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church, with...

Helen Melba Wilkening

Helen Melba Wilkening

Oct 4, 2016

Helen Melba (Hastad) Wilkening was born July 1, 1922 in Hantho Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, the daughter of John and Jonetta (Moen) Hastad.  She was baptized on July 27, 1922 at Minnesota Valley Lutheran Church, where she was also later confirmed.  Helen was the 10th  of 11 children.  At the age of three, her mother...

Agnes Karoline Sylte

Agnes Karoline Sylte

Oct 4, 2016

Agnes Karoline Sylte, age 91, of Nashville, TN died Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at Southern Hills Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m., followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m., Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Benson, MN.Agnes Karoline Hansen Sylte, the eldest of four children, was born in Brooklyn, NY to Wilhelmina Sandine...

Palmer R. Pederson

Palmer R. Pederson

Sep 23, 2016

Palmer R. Pederson, age 93, of Benson, Minnesota, died Friday, September 23, 2016 in the Swift County Benson Hospital. Visitation will be held from 9:30-10:30 a.m., followed by the funeral at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 16, 2017 at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Swift Falls. Interment will be in the Swift Falls Cemetery. Palmer R. Pederson was born...

Ruby M Higdon

Ruby M Higdon

Sep 22, 2016

Ruby M. Higdon was born on December 2, 1922 in Woods Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota, the daughter of Clarence and Rose Josephine (Friedlein) Valentine. She grew up on a farm south of Murdock, Minnesota. She was baptized at Kerkhoven Lutheran Church by Rev. E. R. Weeks on May 22, 1927. On June 29, 1941, Ruby was united...

Jozy Lyn Saterbak

Jozy Lyn Saterbak

Sep 22, 2016

Service Schedule Visitation 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church 800-10th St. S Benson, MN 56215 Visitation 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church 800-10th St. S Benson, MN 56215 Funeral Service 1:00 PM, Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church 800-10th St. S Benson, MN 56215...

Phyllis Mae Stone

Phyllis Mae Stone

Sep 18, 2016

Visitation will be held from 4 – 7 p.m. Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Benson. Visitation will continue from 10 – 11 a.m., followed by the funeral at 11 a.m., Monday, September 26, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Interment will follow in the Benson City Cemetery. Phyllis Mae (Smith) Stone was born November 17, 1924 in...

Elaine Genevieve Schwendemann

Elaine Genevieve Schwendemann

Sep 16, 2016

Elaine Genevieve Schwendemann was born November 21, 1928 at her Grandparents homestead near Glenwood Minnesota to Melvin and Leona (Foner) Cummins. She grew up in the Glenwood area graduating from Villard High School in 1947. She worked as a sales clerk in Benson at Ben Franklin and then Clark’s Drug until she was 80 years. She met...

Dorothy Pearl Hanson

Dorothy Pearl Hanson

Sep 15, 2016

Dorothy Pearl Hanson was born on March 11, 1921 in Hegbert Township, Swift County, Minnesota, to Thea Tofte.  She was baptized and confirmed at Drywood Lutheran Church, rural Appleton.  Dorothy attended country school at District 30, then attended Appleton High School, graduating in 1939.  After graduation she worked in Morris as a waitress in a restaurant.  On...

Timothy Wyatt

Timothy Wyatt

Sep 7, 2016

Timothy Phillip Wyatt, age 60, was born on January 24, 1956 in Long Beach, California, the son of George and Carol (Johnson) Wyatt. He was baptized in March of 1956 by Pastor Korshaven at Bethel Lutheran Church and he was confirmed in 1973 at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Long Beach by Pastor Breitheim. He grew up in Long...

Jeffrey "Jeff" Dallas Wilkening

Jeffrey "Jeff" Dallas Wilkening

Sep 2, 2016

Jeffrey “Jeff” Dallas Wilkening of Oakdale, passed away peacefully on September 2 nd , 2016 at the age of 51.  Jeff was born on October 27 th , 1964 in Appleton, Minnesota.  He loved to help serve others throughout his life.  Jeff graduated from Appleton High School in 1983. As a late teen, he served...