Obituaries
Milaca, Minnesota Obituaries
Serving the Milaca, Minnesota community since 1936
Rosena VanDriel
Mar 5, 2025
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Rosena (Schreur) VanDriel of Milaca, formerly of Ogilvie, was born January 1, 1927 to Manus and Hattie (DeJager) Schreur in their farmhouse east of Pease, Minnesota. Rosena went to be with her Lord on March 5, 2025 at the age of 98. She married Art VanDriel on March 26, 1947 at the Pease Christian Reformed...
Marlys Wolbert
Feb 25, 2025
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Marlys Jeanette (Mattson) Wolbert, 85, of Pease, Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly on February 25, 2025 with her husband Marlyn at her side, while vacationing in South Padre, Texas.
Marlys was born on August 28, 1939, in Grandy, Minnesota, the third child of Hilda and Bernard Mattson. She graduated from Milaca High School and moved to Minneapolis...
Barbara Wilcox
Feb 20, 2025
It is with great sadness that the family of Barbara May Wilcox announces her passing on February 20, 2025 at Brainerd Hospital at the age of 87 years and 5 days.
Barb was born February 15, 1938 to Ernest and Florence Eggleston in Aurora, Iowa, where she grew up and attended school. On November 3, 1956 Barbara married Gerald Wilcox in...
Mary Jo Gruba
Feb 20, 2025
Mary Jo Gruba, age 64, of Milaca, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2025 surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 11 AM at Zion Lutheran Church in Milaca. Interment will follow at Wendell Hill Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 4 - 7 PM Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church in Milaca and continue...
Gary Hardy
Feb 17, 2025
We are saddened that Gary Hardy unexpectedly passed away on February 17, 2025. He will be missed by so many. We will love and remember him as strong and funny, always willing to help everyone at any time, whether that was with a furnace, plumbing, cars, or really anything that needed fixing, he was the guy. He was a very...
Marilyn Hielkema
Feb 16, 2025
Marilyn Ann (Van De Riet) Hielkema, age 77, went peacefully home to her Lord and Savior on February 16, 2025 at Sterling Pointe in Princeton, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 11 AM at the Christian Reformed Church in Pease. Burial will follow at Pease Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 – 11 AM...
John Becklin
Feb 13, 2025
Funeral services for John Becklin, age 97, of Milaca, will be held Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 11 AM at Zion Lutheran Church in Milaca. Burial with full military honors will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery in Milaca. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to...
Jean Reiman
Feb 12, 2025
Evelyn Jean Reiman was born April 30, 1934 in Anoka, Minnesota to Wilhelm and Dora (Tronson) Youngmark.
Jean was a devoted mother and wife who passed away on February 12, 2025 at Majestic Pines in Grand Rapids, Minnesota with family by her side. She was cherished for her ability to always put her family first and the great care she showed taking...
Kathy Sanderson
Feb 7, 2025
Kathy Hastings Sanderson, age 62, passed away February 7, 2025 in Duluth after a brief battle with cancer. A celebration of Kathy’s life will be held Sunday, March 23, 2025 from 2-5 PM at the Gorecki Community Center in Milaca.
Kathy was born October 9, 1962 in Princeton, Minnesota to Edward “Butch” and Janice (Olness) Hastings. She married Dean Sanderson June...
Imogene Jenson
Feb 6, 2025
Imogene Y. Jenson went home to be with her Lord Jesus on February 6, 2025.
She was preceded in death by parents, David and Hilda; brothers, Jerome and Wesley; an infant sister; sisters, Janet and Karen; children, Dean and Nathan.
She is survived by her sister, Nancy (Bernie); children, Brian (Becky), Dwight, Brent, Jeff (Colleen), Joan; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Volunteering and...
Beverly Potzmann
Feb 6, 2025
Beverly Potzmann, age 55, of Sartell, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025 at St. Cloud Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 10 AM at St. Louis Bertrand Catholic Church in Foreston. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.
Beverly was born March 10, 1969 in Milaca,...
Sandra Williamson
Jan 30, 2025
Sandra Jo Williamson was born September 6, 1947 to Richard and Doris (Oedekoven) Williamson in Sturgis, South Dakota. She attended school in Union Center, South Dakota through the 8th grade and later earned her GED. She attended college for one year at York College in York, Nebraska. Sandra worked at Gorecki Manufacturing in Milaca, Minnesota for many years. She volunteered...
Larry Paul
Jan 29, 2025
Larry Paul, age 77, of Milaca, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 11 AM at Zion Lutheran Church in Milaca. Interment will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery in Milaca. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.
Larry Paul was born March 8, 1947...
John Sahlstrom
Jan 20, 2025
John Carl Sahlstrom, age 86, of Milaca, passed away Monday, January 20, 2025. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 27, 2025 at 11 AM at Milaca Evangelical Free Church. Interment will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery in Milaca. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.
John Sahlstrom was born April 29, 1938...
Richard "Sonny" Thomas, Jr.
Jan 10, 2025
Richard “Sonny” Thomas, Jr. was born August 27, 1950 and passed away January 10, 2025 at the young age of 74. A celebration of Sonny’s life will be held Saturday, January 18, 2025 from 1 – 5 PM at Back Alley Bowl in Milaca.
Sonny is survived by his loving wife, Cyndi and his three beautiful kids, Chip, Dawn and Regina,...
Kevin Lease, Sr.
Jan 5, 2025
Mass of Christian Burial for Kevin Lease, Sr., age 69, of Milaca, will be held Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11 AM at St. Louis Bertrand Catholic Church in Foreston. Interment will follow at St. Louis Cemetery in Foreston. Visitation will be held from 4 – 7 PM Thursday at the St. Louis Parish Hall and continue one hour prior...
David Loberg
Dec 28, 2024
David Loberg, age 84, of Bock, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2024. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 1 PM at Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home in Milaca. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment with full military honors will follow at Borgholm Cemetery near Bock.
David L. Loberg, age 84,...
Travis Calander
Dec 27, 2024
Travis Lee Calander, age 41, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family. Travis was born October 4, 1983 to Steven and Carin Calander. He grew up in Onamia, MN and graduated from Onamia High School, it was there that he met and fell in love with his wife Sally (West) Calander. They have spent many wonderful years...
Kay Keimig
Dec 23, 2024
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Kay (Hillmann) Keimig was born July 25, 1958 in Sleepy Eye, MN, to Fern and DeLloyd Hillmann. She joined two older brothers, and eventually one younger sister, working—and playing—on the family farm near Gibbon, MN. She was baptized, confirmed, and married at St. Peter’s Church in Moltke Township. She was an excellent athlete and was...
Beverly Skogman
Dec 22, 2024
Beverly Ann Skogman, 86, of Milaca, died at Quiet Oaks Hospice Care in St. Cloud, Minnesota on December 22, 2024.
She was born August 23, 1938 to Miland LeeRoy Bailey and Eleanor Mary Bailey in Mille Lacs County, South Harbor Township at the home of her grandparents, William and Rose Brandt.
Beverly was married on July 18, 1954 to Donald Lawrence Skogman...