All Obituaries

Jim Ghostley, 88-years old, died in Bemidji during the first hour of May 25, 2019 after struggling with lymphatic cancer and other complications.  A remembrance will be held at First Lutheran Church on July 5, 2019.  Visitation will begin at 9:30 AM with service to follow at 10:30.  The family requests that memorials be sent to the United Way of Bemidji, First Lutheran Church Radio Broadcast, the Bemidji Rotary Foundation, or the Sanford Health Foundation. He was born in...

Arlyss Larson, 103, of Bemidji, MN died Friday, March 8, 2019 at Cedar Cottage, Bemidji. Memorial Services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 29, 2019 at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Linnea Papke-Larson officiating. Family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Inurnment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji. Arlyss’s great-grandchildren will be her urn bearers. Arrangements were entrusted to the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Bemidji. Arlyss was...

David A. Wilander, 85, Becida, Minn., died Sunday, June 9, in Heritage House. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, June 21, at Becida Community Church. A funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday, June 22, at the church.

Funeral Services are pending

John R. O’Boyle died peacefully of natural causes early Sunday morning, June 9th, 2019, at Neilson Place. June 13th would have been his 97th birthday.  An obituary will be forthcoming. John requested no services. Arrangements were entrusted to the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Bemidji.  

Randy Nelson, 56, of Wilton, passed away May 29, 2019. A Celebration of Life will be Thursday, June 6, 2019 at the Bemidji Eagles Club beginning at 2 p.m. Please use the back entrance. Arrangements were entrusted to the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Bemidji. He was born November 4, 1962, and grew up in Nymore (Bemidji), the son of Walter and Carol (Depew) Nelson. He was the youngest of five children and graduated from Bemidji High School in 1981. As a child, he...

Helen Johnson, 96, of Bemidji, MN formerly of Solway, MN died Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at GoldPine Home, Bemidji. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at Solway Lutheran Church with Pastor Jeremiah Holst officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at the Solway Cemetery. Helen Johnson was born Sept. 19, 1922, near Felton, Minn., to James Robert and...

    Dale Leroy Shepherd, 85, of Bemidji died Monday April 8th at Providence Hospital in Mobile, Alabama. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 24, 2019 at Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji with Rev. Derek Claypool officiating. Burial will be at the East Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Dudley Township following the service. He was born on October 23, 1933 in Bemidji to Roy and Hazel (Vogt) Shepherd. He worked as a trackman for the Soo Line railroad from 1949...

Dale Odell Halverson whom has entered the presence of his Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Faith Baptist Church, Bemidji with Pastor Derek Claypool officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji. Arrangements were entrusted to the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji. Dale was born in their home in Lime Springs, IA on February 8, 1934 to Tosten and...