DEATH NOTICES

Arley D. Anderson, of Benson, 86, died on January 27, 2020, at the Gabriel House in Murdock, Minnesota. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, on Friday, January 31 at the First Evangelical Free Church in Benson, and will continue on Saturday, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, followed by a funeral service at 11:00 am. Interment will follow the service at the Benson City Cemetery. Arrangements are with Zniewski Funeral Home.

Florence Marie Griffin died peacefully January 24, 2020 in Glenwood, Minnesota.

She was born in Graceville, Minnesota July 31, 1923 to George and Bernadine Hervert. Florence grew up on a farm in western Minnesota during the Great Depression years. Although she traveled far and wide throughout her life, the farm girl was never far away.

Timothy “Tim” Smith, 69, of Lester Prairie, Minnesota, died  Sunday, January 26, 2020, at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, January 30, 2020, 11:00 a.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church in Lester Prairie.

Gathering of Family & Friends will be held Wednesday, January 29, 2020, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church in Lester Prairie, and will continue one hour prior the service at the church Thursday.
Memorials preferred.

Roberta J Elston passed away January 6, 2020 at her residence in Hudson, WI. 

Mary Mathilda Tatge, 100, of Benson, Minnesota, died on Friday morning, January 24, 2020 at the Gabriel House in Murdock, Minnesota. Visitation will be held at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Benson, from 5:00 pm – 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, and will continue from 10:00 am to 11:00 am on Wednesday, January 29, followed by the funeral service at 11:00 am. Interment will be in the Benson City Cemetery.

Doris O. Gjerdingen, 94, died on Tuesday morning, January 21, 2020, at Bethesda Nursing Home in Willmar. Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 25, at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Swift Falls, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, followed by the funeral service at 11:00 am.

Marlene “Molly” Marie Hanson, 86, of Maple Grove, Minnesota, died on Friday, January 10, 2020. Visitation will be held from 12:00 - 2:30 pm, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 2:30pm, on Sunday, January 19, 2020 at the St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, 7180 Hemlock Lane North, Maple Grove.  A graveside service will be held at a later date at the St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Benson. Local arrangements are with Zniewski Funeral Home. www.zniewskifuneralhome.com

Updated service information due to the weather. Please note the service for this Sat. January 18 FOR Paul Kittelson is CANCELLED. A memorial service will be held on Sat. July 11 at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church.

Ellendale Bartz, 88, of Glenwood, Minnesota died Thursday, January 9, 2020, at the Glenwood Retirement Village.

Funeral services were held Monday, January 13, at East Zion Lutheran Church, rural Starbuck. Pastor Steve Carmany officiated and the organist was Karen Mitteness. Interment was in Gordon Pleasant Hill Cemetery, near Osakis.

Ellendale Clay entered this world April 26, 1931, at her parents’ home in rural Long Prairie, Minnesota. She was the sixth of seven children born to Eleazor and Bessie (Olver) Clay. Ellendale grew up in Osakis and graduated from high school there in 1949.

Memorial services for Chrysta Wente of Holloway, Minnesota were Monday, January 13, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fairfield Township, Minnesota, with Rev. Donald Klatt officiating. Visitation was Sunday from 4-7 p.m. at the Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris and for one hour prior to services at the church Monday. Burial will be a private family burial at a later date in Lakeside Cemetery in Hancock.

Chrysta Ann Berget, daughter of Orville and Marjorie (Toop) Berget, was born March 30, 1960 in Morris, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hancock. She received her schooling at Hancock Schools graduating in 1978.