Obituaries

Beatrice "Bea" Devereaux

Beatrice "Bea" Devereaux

Aug 8, 2024

Beatrice "Bea" Devereaux, age 90 of Litchfield, passed away at Lakeside Generations Nursing Home in Dassel, MN on Thursday, August 8, 2024. A funeral service for Bea will be held on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 2:00PM at Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Visitation will be held from 4-7PM on Monday, August 12 and continue 1 hour prior to the...

Larry Ray Hoffmann

Larry Ray Hoffmann

Aug 8, 2024

Larry Ray Hoffmann, age 76 of Litchfield, husband of Karen Hoffmann, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at his home due to heart complications, and was surrounded by his loving family. As a faithful Christian, Larry faithfully believed in the importance of love and forgiveness, living his life by the sentiment, “Always remember to forgive; it’s the greatest love...

Roberta Kargas

Roberta Kargas

Jul 31, 2024

Roberta J. Kargas, age 85 of Litchfield, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at Meeker Manor Rehabilitation Center in Litchfield. A memorial service for Roberta will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, August 5, 2024 at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home in Litchfield. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will be held at Ripley Cemetery....

Barbara Holmberg

Barbara Holmberg

Jul 30, 2024

Barbara (Barb) J. Holmberg, age 87, of Litchfield, MN, died Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at the Talamore Senior Living Community in St. Cloud, MN. Visitation and Funeral service will be held on Friday, August 2, 2024. Visitation at 1:00 PM, Funeral at 2:00 PM at First Lutheran Church, Litchfield, MN. Interment will be held in Lake Ripley Cemetery, Litchfield, Minnesota....

Neal Johnson

Neal Johnson

Jul 23, 2024

Neal E. Johnson, age 91 of Atwater, MN, formerly of Litchfield, MN died at the Meeker Manor in Litchfield, MN on Tuesday July 23, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday August 2, 2024 at Johnson Hagglund Funeral and Cremation Service. Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Neal Edwin Johnson, the son of Edwin...

Else Morch-Cowley

Else Morch-Cowley

Jul 22, 2024

Else Mørch-Cowley, age 71 of Litchfield, MN, passed away at her home on Tuesday July 23, 2024. A time of visitation will be held from 1:00 - 4:00 PM on Saturday August 24, 2024, at Johnson Hagglund Funeral and Cremation Service.

Else Mørch-Cowley, the daughter of Ole and Grete (Backer) Mørch, was born in Oslo, Norway on June 22, 1953. She...

Lois Larsen-Guenette

Lois Larsen-Guenette

Jul 20, 2024

Lois Larsen-Guenette, age 91 of Sartell, MN, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at the St. Cloud Hospital. A memorial service for Lois will be on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grove City at 2:00PM. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior. Interment will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Grove City, MN following the...

Merliene M Schultz

Merliene M Schultz

Jul 20, 2024

Memorial service for Merliene M. Schultz, age 88, of Grove City, MN will be on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 11 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church, Grove City, MN. The visitation will be on Friday, July 26, 2024, from 4-7 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church, Grove City, MN. Interment will be on the family farm next to her husband. Merliene...

Charles Fenton

Charles Fenton

Jul 19, 2024

A man of great character with a joy for life has left us far too early. Charles ‘Chuck’ H. Fenton, of Litchfield, MN passed away on July 19th, at his lake home in Park Rapids, MN, after a short and heartbreaking battle with pancreatic cancer. Chuck was surrounded by his loving wife, Sue and two children, Josh and Cassie as...

Craig Bengtson

Craig Bengtson

Jul 18, 2024

Craig Bengtson, age 61 of Litchfield, passed away at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, MN on July 18, 2024. A memorial service for Craig will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 3:00PM at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home in Litchfield. Visitation will be from 1:00-3:00 prior to the service. Interment will be at Burr Oak Cemetery in Paynesville, MN. 

Craig was...

Scott Edwin Nemitz

Scott Edwin Nemitz

Jul 18, 2024

Scott Edwin Nemitz, age 65 of Darwin, MN passed away at his home on Thursday July 18, 2024.

A private family memorial service for Scott Nemitz, will be on Monday, July 22, 2024 at 11 AM at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Darwin, MN. Visitation will be on Sunday, July 21, 2024 from 4-7 PM at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church....

Ann Hallberg

Ann Hallberg

Jul 17, 2024

Ann Hallberg, age 89 of Chicago, Illinois, passed away on July 17, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. A committal service will be held on Monday, July 29, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Ostmark Lutheran Church, 32721 680th Avenue, Watkins, Minnesota 55389.

Ann Christine Hallberg, age 89. It was Palm Sunday, when Ann came into this world born on the family farm in...

Viona E. Schroeder

Viona E. Schroeder

Jul 14, 2024

Viona E. Schroeder, 94 of Hutchinson, MN, died at Harmony River Nursing Home in Hutchinson on Sunday, July 14, 2024. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 19, 2024 at All Saints Lutheran Church in Darwin and visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will be at All Saints Lutheran Cemetery in...

Larry Swenson

Larry Swenson

Jul 12, 2024

Larry R. Swenson, 83, of Litchfield, MN, passed away at Meeker Manor in Litchfield on Friday, July 12, 2024 surrounded by his family. Memorial Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield and visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. All are welcome to attend the Golden...

Dorothy "Dottie" Madsen

Dorothy "Dottie" Madsen

Jul 9, 2024

Dorothy "Dottie" Madsen, age 100 of Litchfield, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at her home in Litchfield. Memorial services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Litchfield, MN on August 8, 2024 at 2P.M.  Visitation will be one hour before services at the church.  

Dorothy Florence Hanscom Madsen was born June 24, 1924 in St. Paul,...

Wayne Pitzl

Wayne Pitzl

Jul 5, 2024

Wayne N. Pitzl, 69 of Litchfield, MN, formerly of Annandale, MN, died at the Meeker Manor in Litchfield, MN on Friday July 5, 2024. A family service will be held at North Star Cemetery in St. Cloud, MN.

Wayne Norbert Pitzl, the son of Robert and Elaine (Anderson) Pitzl Sr. was born on September 14, 1954 in St. Cloud, MN. He...

Michael Thomas

Michael Thomas

Jul 5, 2024

Michael ‘Mike’ D. Thomas, 76, of Litchfield, MN, passed away at his home on Friday, July 5, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at First Lutheran Church in Litchfield, MN. A visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 PM on Friday at First Lutheran Church and will continue one hour...

Teodes Kathryn Christensen

Teodes Kathryn Christensen

Jun 24, 2024

Teodes Kathryn Christensen age 87 formally of Litchfield, MN passed away on June 24, 2024, at Willows Landing in Monticello, MN. 

She was born on April, 7, 1937 to Aubner and Gertrude Kragenbring (Wheeler) in Atwater, MN. Kathy graduated from Litchfield High school in 1955 and married James Christensen on October 11, 1958 at the First Presbyterian Church in Litchfield, MN....

Lee Ann Houselog

Lee Ann Houselog

Jun 6, 2024

Lee Ann Francis Houselog, 83, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away on June 6, 2024, at Sophia House Cura in Willmar, MN.  She was born on July 25, 1940 to Arnold and Adeline (Norberg) Heining and grew up on a farm north of Atwater, MN.  She was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church rural Atwater.

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Mary Emma Christoffer

Mary Emma Christoffer

Jun 1, 2024

Mary Emma Christoffer, age 86 of Eden Valley, was called to be with the Lord on June 1, 2024, while residing at Garden View assisted living in Watkins, MN. A funeral service will be held at the Assumption Catholic Church in Eden Valley, MN on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior.

Mary was...