Obituaries
Milaca, Minnesota Obituaries
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Eleanor Nelson
Feb 4, 2012
E. Eleanor (Billings) Nelson, age 95, of Milaca, passed away peacefully Sat., Feb. 4, 2012 at the Elim Home in Milaca, MN. Funeral services will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Milaca on Sat. Feb. 11, 2012 at 3PM. Visitation will take place one hour before the service at the church. Interment will follow at Borgholm Cemetery near Bock....
Cecil Albert Graham
Jan 30, 2012
Memorial service for Cecil Graham, age 59, of Milaca, formerly of Isanti, will be held on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 11 AM at New Life Church in Princeton with Rev. Chuck Pruett officiating. Music will be provided by Vinny Zarletti. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Interment will take place at...
Donald Guy Patten
Jan 30, 2012
Memorial service for Donald Patten, age 80, of Milaca, formerly of Princeton, will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11 AM at Milaca United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Woo Jae Im officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Military honors will be provided Hansen-Hayes American Legion Post #178 and...
James Howard Wills
Jan 30, 2012
Funeral services for James H. Wills, age 85, of Milaca will be held Friday, February 03, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Milaca with Rev. Stephen Blenkush officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church. Music will be provided by Cheryl Bailey and Ann Johnson. Casketbearers will be Deon Wills, Shawn Wills,...
Eunice Marie Johnson
Jan 22, 2012
Funeral services for Eunice Johnson, age 77, of Houston, TX, formerly of Mora, will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 11 AM at Milaca Evangelical Free Church with Rev. Brent Burckart officiating. Interment will follow at Borgholm Cemetery near Bock. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Eunice Marie Johnson was...
Alvin R. Eggert
Jan 22, 2012
A memorial service for Alvin R. Eggert, 92, of Foreston will be Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 from 1-3 p.m. at the Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home in Milaca in celebration of his life. Alvin died Jan. 22 peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born Aug. 14, 1919. He was raised and lived in the Milaca/Foreston area for...
Joel Clare Karlson
Jan 20, 2012
Memorial service for Joel Karlson, age 67, of Minneapolis, will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 11 AM at Milaca Evangelical Free Church with Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. A lunch will be served following the service. A private interment will take place at Fort Snelling National Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are preferred to the Muscular Dystrophy...
Christine Josephine Martin
Jan 14, 2012
Mass of Christian Burial for Christine Martin, age 83, of Milaca, will be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 10 AM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Milaca with Fr. Jim Remmerswaal, OSC officiating. Interment will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday. Casketbearers will include Jason...
John Sylvester Bergmann
Jan 12, 2012
Funeral services for John Bergmann, age 63, of Onamia, will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 11 AM at Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home in Milaca with Rev. Marvin Blaske officiating. Interment will follow at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls where John will be laid to rest following his 21 gun salute. Visitation will be one hour...
Mary Marie Peterson
Jan 6, 2012
Funeral services for Mary Peterson, age 86, of Milaca, will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11 AM at Zion Lutheran Church in Milaca with Rev. Stephen Blenkush officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery in Milaca. Visitation will be from 4 - 7 PM Monday at Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home in Milaca and 1 hour prior to...
Angeline Betsy Bates
Dec 29, 2011
A visitation for Angeline Bates, age 101, of Milaca, will be held on Monday, January 2, 2012 from 1 -2 PM at Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home in Milaca. Interment will follow at 2 PM at Forest Hill Cemetery in Milaca. Angeline Betsy Bates was born April 23, 1910 in Excelscior Township, Dickenson County, IA to James and Barbara (Main) Thorn. She...
Lois Irene Timmer
Dec 21, 2011
Memorial services for Lois Timmer, age 87, of Milaca, will be held on Saturday, January 14 at 11 AM at the Christian Reformed Church in Pease with Pastor David Smit officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Interment will be at the Pease Cemetery. Arr. Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home of Milaca. Lois Irene...
Judy Ann Stark
Dec 18, 2011
Memorial service for Judy Stark, age 69, of St. Louis Park, formerly of Princeton, will be held on Tuesday, December 27 at 1 PM at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church near Longsiding, MN with Rev. Barb Peterson officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Judy Stark is survived by sister, Nancy and husband...
Howard John Nelson
Dec 14, 2011
Memorial service for Howard Nelson, age 86, of Milaca, will be held on Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Milaca with Rev. Tim Bauer officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Music will be provided by Cheryl Bailey and Sophie Bauer. Military honors will be provided...
Lucille Lorraine Segerstrom
Dec 12, 2011
A memorial gathering for Lucille Segerstrom, age 83, of Foley, will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2011 from 2 – 5 PM at Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home in Milaca. Lucille Lorraine Segerstrom was born October 10, 1928 to Ed and Sylvia (Judd) Kaspar. She married Robert Segerstrom on November 10, 1955. In 1958, they moved to rural Foley where they...
Shirley Anne Hansen
Dec 12, 2011
Graveside services for Shirley Hansen, age 84, of Minneapolis, formerly of Milaca and Onamia, will be held on Friday, December 16, 2011 at 10:30 AM at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Milaca. A funeral service will be held at St. Peders in South Minneapolis on Friday, December 16th at 3 pm. Please direct memorials to North House Folk School, P.O....
Milford William Larson
Dec 11, 2011
Funeral services for Milford Larson, age 86, of Minneapolis, will be held on Tuesday, December 13 at 2 PM at Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home in Milaca. Mel died on December 11, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. He graduated from Dunwoody College. He was the owner of Mel. W. Larson Const. Co. Mel was the past commander VFW Post...
Roger Wayne Mathison
Dec 5, 2011
Funeral services for Roger Mathison, age 59, of Milaca, will be held on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 11 AM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Milaca. Interment will follow at Brookside Cemetery near Milaca. Visitation will be from 5 – 8 PM Thursday at Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home in Milaca and 1 hour prior to the service at the church...
Shirley Marcella Liend
Nov 29, 2011
A homegoing celebration for Shirley Liend, age 82, of Milaca, will be at Milaca Assembly of God Church in Milaca on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11 AM. Shirley went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 29, 2011. She says, “ I have been so homesick for heaven, to be with my two “Rocks”; my precious Lord...
Ruth Sylvia Dilley
Nov 23, 2011
Funeral services for Ruth Dilley, age 84, of Milaca, will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM at Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home in Milaca with Rev. Tom Sahlstrom officiating. Interment will follow at Borgholm Cemetery near Bock. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Saturday. Ruth Sylvia Dilley was born December...