DEATH NOTICES

Lynette Rae Saulsbury passed away, peacefully, in her sleep on Wednesday December 4th.

Vernon Garfield Hanson  , age 99, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019, at Holly Ridge Manor in Starbuck, Minnesota, where he resided for the past seven years.  A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 30, 2019, in the Commons of Minnewaska Lutheran Home in Starbuck.  Visitation will be from 1PM until the service at 2PM.

Gayle Baird, age 78 of Glenwood, died Sunday, December 08, 2019 at the Glenwood Retirement Village. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Swift Falls.

Dawn L. Rindahl, 60, of Sunburg, died Tuesday, December 3^rd at St. Cloud Hospital. 

Her funeral service will be 10:00 am, Saturday, December 7^th at East Norway Lake Lutheran Church, rural New London with burial in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, rural Sunburg.

Thomas Huston, 75, Benson, Minn., died Sunday, December 1, 2019, at home under Hospice Care and surrounded by family.  Visitation will be from 5–7 p.m., Thursday, December 5, 2019, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Benson.  Visitation will continue from 1–2 p.m., followed by the Funeral Service at 2 p.m., Friday, December 6, 2019, at Trinity Lutheran Church.  Interment will be in Benson City Cemetery at a later date.  In Lieu of flowers memorials are pref

Grace DeEtte Selix, 99, died on Monday morning, December 2, 2019, at Homestead Place North in Benson. Visitation will be held from 9:00 am to 11:00 am on Friday December 6, at First Baptist Church in Benson, followed by the funeral service at 11:00 am.  Interment will follow the service at the Benson City Cemetery.

Arlys Mumm
February 28, 1935 • November 26, 2019

Arlys Mumm, 84, died  Tuesday morning, November 26, 2019,  at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital in Montevideo, Minnesota. Visitation was held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Thursday, November 28, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Benson and continued from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Friday followed by a funeral service at 10:30 a.m.  Interment followed the service at the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery in Horton Township.

Bruce Loen
October 27, 1941 • November 7, 2019

Bruce S. Loen, 78, of Benson, Minnesota, died Thursday evenig, November 7, 2019 at his home in Benson.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 at 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Benson. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. The family asked that you bring a donation for the food shelf in lieu of flowers.

Bruce Stanley Lamahr Loen was born October 27, 1941 in Benson, Minnesota the son of Stanley Invold Loen and Alice Elizabeth (Atchison) Loen.  He grew up on the farm in rural Benson and was baptized December 24, 1941 at Immanuel Lutheran Church and confirmed June 10, 1956 at Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church. He attended Country School near his home before attending Benson schools and later attended School of Agriculture in Morris and later electronic school in Kansas City, Mo.

Mary Teresa Lucking was born on the farm in Clontarf Township, Swift, County, Minnesota, the daughter of Leonedous T. and Ellen V. (McGraw) Goulet. She was baptized on October 28, 1917 at St. Malachy’s Catholic Church in Clontarf by Father Henry. She grew up in Clontarf and attended country school through the eighth grade then graduated from Benson Senior High School. She worked in Washington D.C., hand painting photographs and at the Benson Creamery.