All Obituaries

Margaret Welle, 96, of Bemidji, MN died Saturday, March 11, 2023, at GoldPine Home, Bemidji. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, April 3, 2023, at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Bemidji. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Bemidji. Arrangements by Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Margaret Louise Welle was born September 2, 1926, along with her twin Daniel in Melrose, Minnesota to...

Lillian Huderle, 93, of Bemidji, MN died Monday, March 13, 2023 at GoldPine Home, Bemidji. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at St. Philips Catholic Church, Bemidji. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Lillian was born October 1, 1929 in East Grand Forks, MN to Jerry and Sophie (Pribula) Huderle. As a young child the family moved to Bemidji area. She attended Campbell Lake School,...

Michael Lindell, 32, of Bemidji, MN died Sunday, March 5, 2023 at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Monday, March 20, 2023 at the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji. Michael Allen Lindell was born December 21, 1990 in Bemidji to Bradley Lindell and Sheila Patch. Michael grew up in Blackduck attending grade school and Bemidji where he went Bemidji High School. He worked for the Minnesota Conservation and Corps and then at A&W. Michael was a computer gamer...

Allen Evans, 88, of Bemidji, MN died Saturday, March 11, 2023 at GoldPine Home, Bemidji. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m., Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji. Allen Lee Evans, born June 13, 1934 in Minneapolis, MN, first born of Erwin and Melba Evans. He was raised and graduated high school in Ulen, MN. He went on with schooling for two years at Wahpeton School of Science in North Dakota. Allen and his wife, Alvina, settled in Bemidji. He worked at Naylor’s...

Gertrude Jean Head, age 73, of Bemidji, MN, passed away peacefully and journeyed to the spirit world, on Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Red Lake Hospital, with her loving family by her side. A visitation will be held on Friday, March 17, at 5:00 p.m. at Olson Schwartz Funeral Home following with funeral services on March 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Olson Schwartz Funeral Home.  Interment will be at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Red Lake, Minnesota at a later date. Gertrude was born in...

Lloyd Joseph Lind, husband, father, grandfather, veteran, and friend to many, passed away at Cornerstone Memory Care in Bagley, MN on Thursday, March 9, 2023. A Service commemorating Lloyds’ life will be held at St. Philips Catholic Church on Thursday March 16th 11:00 am. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Lloyd was born in Bemidji, MN to Lloyd Sr. and Josephine Lind on July 20, 1938. He lived most of his life in Bemidji and was proud to be a Bemidji boy. He graduated...

Frances L. Skerik, 87, of Bemidji, MN formerly of Debs, MN died Monday, March 6, 2023 at Neilson Place, Bemidji. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in the spring in Buzzle-Osterdalen Cemetery, Pinewood. Frances Skerik was born August 14, 1935 at home in Debs to Joe and Bertha (Roen) Skerik. She went to the Debs school and graduated from...

Lloyd Lind, 84, of Bemidji, MN died Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Cornerstone Nursing and Rehab Center, Bagley. Mass of Christian burial will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 16, 2023 at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Bemidji. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.  

Emily Anderson, 85, Tenstrike, MN passed away on Monday, Feb. 20, in Sanford Bemidji Medical Center surrounded by her children. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 27, 2023 at the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home, Bemidji. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji. Honorary Bearers will be Courtney Lazer, Kelsey White, McKenzie Olson, Alexander Olson and Elise Olson. Pallbearers will be Jeffery...

Willis “Willie” Arthur Stittsworth, age 93, of Bemidji, Minnesota passed away on February 25th, 2023.  A celebration of life will be held at First Lutheran Church in Bemidji, MN on Saturday, June 10th at 10:30 am, with a memorial to follow. Willie and his twin brother Wallace “Wally” were born on May 26th, 1929 to Willis Arch and Madge Marie (Momyer) Stittsworth in Knoxville, Iowa. He attended grade schools in Cherokee, Osage, Nashua and Knoxville, Iowa and...