Obituaries

Hildegard Ornberg

Hildegard Ornberg

Feb 23, 2025

Hildegard E. Ornberg, age 97 of Litchfield, MN died on Sunday February 23 at Ecumen Memory Care in Litchfield, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday February 28, 2025 at the Church of St. Philip in Litchfield, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church. Interment will be...

Terry A. Braaten

Terry A. Braaten

Feb 13, 2025

 Terry A. Braaten, age 83 of Litchfield, MN died on Thursday February 13, 2025 at the Meeker Manor in Litchfield, MN. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 PM on Friday February 21, 2025 at Johnson Hagglund funeral home. A visitation will be held from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM prior to the service. Interment will be held at...

Janet Aretz

Janet Aretz

Feb 12, 2025

Janet I. Aretz, age 85 died on February 12, 2025 at the Annandale Care Center. 

Janet Irene Aretz, the daughter of Harold and Irene (Kohmetscher) Johnson was born on April 7, 1939 in Litchfield, MN. She graduated from Litchfield High School and from St. Cloud Beauty College. On June 6, 1959 she was united in marriage to Lester Aretz at the...

Grace Kaping

Grace Kaping

Feb 10, 2025

Grace M. Kaping, age 93 of Litchfield, MN died on Monday February 10, 2025 at her home. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday February 17, 2025 at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in rural Cosmos, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will be held at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cedar...

Dolores Marie Finken

Dolores Marie Finken

Feb 10, 2025

Dolores M. Finken, age 94 of Watkins, MN died on February 10, 2025 at Hilltop Nursing Home in Watkins, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:30 PM on Saturday February 15, 2025 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Watkins, MN. A visitation will be held from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM prior to the service at...

Robert Groskreutz

Robert Groskreutz

Feb 4, 2025

Robert "Bob" Groskreutz, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at the St. Cloud Hospital. A funeral service for Bob will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Visitation will be at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home on Friday, February 7, 2025 from 4:00-7:00 PM and also at the church,...

Sharon Selma Oberg

Sharon Selma Oberg

Feb 3, 2025

Sharon Selma (Johnson) Oberg of Litchfield, age 81, passed away on February 3, 2025. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Sharon was born on April 17, 1943 to Roy K.W. and Gertrude Amanda Selma Johnson (Riebe). Sharon grew up in Litchfield, and graduated from Litchfield High School in 1961. She was united in marriage to James...

Dennis Michael Benfield

Dennis Michael Benfield

Jan 30, 2025

Dennis (Denny) Michael Benfield of Litchfield, Minnesota, passed away on January 30, 2025 surrounded by family. He was 83 years old.

A Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 13 from 4:30-7:30 PM, with a Prayer Service at 6:45 PM followed by the Rosary, at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home, 125 South Armstrong Ave. in Litchfield. A Memorial Mass will be held on...

Michael Loch

Michael Loch

Jan 26, 2025

Michael George Loch, age 74, of Litchfield, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2025. He was born at home on the homestead in Forest Prairie Township to the late Jerome and Marian (Bratts) Loch on October 10, 1950.

A memorial service will be held at 7pm on Friday, January 31, 2025 at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home. Family will greet friends from 5-7pm...

Kathy Tipka

Kathy Tipka

Jan 26, 2025

Kathleen Marie Tipka (Loch), age 90, of Litchfield, MN, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2025. She was born to the late Paul and Gertrude (Looman) Loch on January 18, 1935 in Meeker County.

A mass will be held at 10:30am on Friday, January 31, 2025 at the Church of St. Philip in Litchfield. Family will greet friends from 5-7pm at...

Josephine "Jo" Valiant

Josephine "Jo" Valiant

Jan 9, 2025

Josephine "Jo" Ann Valiant, age 73 of Litchfield, MN, died on Thursday January 9, 2025 at her home in Forest City MN. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday January 18, 2025 at the Church of Our Lady in Manannah, MN. A visitation will be held two hours prior to the service at church. Interment will...

Ellen Mae Brinkman

Ellen Mae Brinkman

Dec 30, 2024

Ellen Mae (Hobbs) Brinkman was born November 30, 1917 on a Homestead farm near Hogeland, Montana. Ellen passed away December 30, 2024 at Bethany in Litchfield at the age of 107. She was the second of five daughters born to Rufus and Josephine (Naugle) Hobbs and was the last surviving member of that family. 

She is survived by her son, Richard...

Carol Davis

Carol Davis

Dec 29, 2024

Carol Lynn Davis, age 72, passed away on Sunday, December 29th, 2024 at Harmony River Assisted Living Center in Hutchinson, MN.

Carol Lynn Davis was born in Grand Forks, ND on June 3, 1952 to Clarence and Marjorie Braaten. She attended and graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1970 and then attended Aker’s Business College, graduating with an associate...

Joyce Bode

Joyce Bode

Dec 21, 2024

Joyce Bode, age 80 of Hutchinson, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at her home in Hutchinson, MN. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at the Church of St. Philip at 11:00AM. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 27, 2024 from 4-7Pm at the church and continue one hour prior to the service....

Daniel Kulseth

Daniel Kulseth

Dec 19, 2024

Daniel D. Kulseth, age 58 of St. Cloud passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on Thursday December 19, 2024 in Albany, MN. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday December 27 at Johnson Hagglund Funeral and Cremation in Litchfield, MN. A time of visitation will be held from 12:00 noon until the 2:00 PM service....

Donald 'Don' Kruckeberg

Donald 'Don' Kruckeberg

Dec 18, 2024

Donald ’Don’ H. Kruckeberg, age 84 of Litchfield, MN died on Wednesday December 18, 2024 at the St. Cloud Hospital. A time of visitation will be held from 2:00 - 5:00 PM on Friday January 3, 2025 at Johnson Hagglund Funeral and Cremation Service in Litchfield, MN. Interment will be held in Ripley Cemetery, Litchfield, MN.

 

James B. Thompson

James B. Thompson

Dec 17, 2024

James Thompson, age 67 of St. Cloud, Minnesota, formerly of Litchfield, passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at Elevate Nursing Home in Niles, IL. James was critically injured by a hit-and-run driver on June 22, 2023 in St. Cloud, and finally succumbed to his traumatic brain injuries. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 10, 2025 at...

Dorothy Gunderson

Dorothy Gunderson

Dec 17, 2024

Dorothy Verona Gunderson, 96, died December 17 at her home at Emmaus Place in Litchfield. A funeral service will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield on Friday, December 27 2024, at 11:00 AM with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Ripley Cemetery in Litchfield. The service will be live streamed...

Henry Trebesch Jr.

Henry Trebesch Jr.

Dec 16, 2024

Henry "Hank" Trebesch Jr., age 95 of Litchfield, passed away on Monday, December 16, 2024, at Bethany Assited Living in Litchfield. A memorial service for Hank will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 11:00AM at Gethsemane Church in Dassel, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior. 

Henry William Trebesch Jr, was born on October 29th, 1929 in Redwood...

Burton E. Larson

Burton E. Larson

Dec 14, 2024

Burton E. Larson, age 93 of Grove City, MN died on Saturday December 14, 2024 at Harmony River Living Center in Hutchinson, MN. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday April 5, 2025 at First Lutheran Cemetery in Grove City, MN followed by Military honors.

Burton E. Laron the son of George and Esther (Kronbeck) Larson was...