All Obituaries

Dean Walk, 80, of Turtle River, MN died Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at his home. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 30, 2020 at the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji with Pastor Linnea Papke-Larson officiating. Visitation will 5-7 p.m. Thursday, October 29, 2020 at the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Turtle River. Dean Edward Walk was the born January 22, 1940 in Worth...

Thomas Paul Brune passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2020 from complications relating to cancer and lung disease, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota . An outdoor memorial service will be held Saturday, October 24, at 2:00 p.m. at Holy Cross Cemetery in Bemidji, Minnesota.  Facemasks and social distancing are required. Bring warm clothes. Tom was born on September 10, 1952, in Bemidji Minnesota to Fred and Florine (Moody) Brune.  He attended St. Philips elementary...

Beverly Lewis, 91, died Monday, October 19, 2020, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Private family services will be held later. Beverly Ilene German was born October 10, 1929 in Des Moines, Iowa to Ray & Gladys German.  She grew up and graduated from East High School in Des Moines in 1947.  A few weeks later she married Daymond Bradford at her parents’ home on June 6, 1947.  They moved to Waverly, Iowa where Bev went to work at the Lutheran...

Patricia LaVonne (Stanley) Beer was born on Christmas Eve 1946. Her early years were lived at the bait shop in Princeton, MN. She is a 1964 graduate of Princeton High School.  Pat married Jerome Larson. She pursued an education in mechanical drafting & later in architectural drafting. She worked with Grand Rapids architect, Richard Moran. Patricia married Richard Beer in 1982, She was a multi-talented artist, nature lover & primitive survivalist. She wrote songs and poetry. She...

Donna Marilyn (Sandgren) Gregoire passed away on October 7, 2020 and received her Crown of Glory. Graveside services will be 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 16, 2020 at Greenwood Cemetery with Pastor Linnea Papke-Larson officiating. All are welcome following the guidelines. She was born Little Falls, MN August 9, 1928. She was the youngest of three children of Isak Hjalmar and Ida Elizabeth Sandgren. Her Father was born in the province of Vasterbotten, Sweden; her Mother was born Hibbing, MN....

Don Anderson, 93, died Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at Sanford Medical Center in Bemidji, MN. Private family services will be held. Donald Oscar Anderson was born August 19, 1927, in Wheaton, MN to Frank & Mabel Anderson (both Swedish immigrants). After high school Don served in the US Army during the demobilization period of WWII. He served as a baker on a ship that was assigned to the Pacific region near Japan. After his service he attended North Dakota State School of Science,...

Jane Marie (Grunwaldt) Smith, 75, of Bemidji, Minn., died Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, at her home, attended by her loving husband. Jane was born March 3, 1945, in Green Bay, Wis., to Carl and Viola Grunwaldt.  She grew up in Black Creek and Seymour, and later moved to Appleton, Wis. Upon graduating high school in Appleton in 1963, she attended Stout State University in Menomonie, Wis., where she received her teaching degree in home economics in 1967. While doing graduate work at Stout State...

Bob Brouse passed away peacefully on September 30, 2020, surrounded by his adoring wife and three of his five children at his home overlooking Grace Lake. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji with Deacon Robb Naylor officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.  Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji with military honors provided by Ralph Gracie, American Legion Post #14. Born on April 8,...

Ginger Hubbell, 87, of Bemidji died Thursday, October 1, 2020 at her home. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at Frohn Eastside Cemetery, Bemidji. Ginger Jahnene (Swenson) Hubbell was born April 19, 1933 in Mapleton, Minnesota to Robert and Virginia Swenson. The family moved to Bemidji when Ginger was 2 months old and settled on Swenson Lake. She attended Swenson Lake School, a one room schoolhouse where she completed 4th and 5th grade in one year. She attended...