William “Bill” Melvin Geske, age 87, of Wabasso, Minnesota, passed away surrounded by family on Sunday, July 12, 2026, at St. Cloud Hospital. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 17, 2026, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Willow Lake with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery in Wabasso. Stephens Funeral Service - Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. William Melvin Geske was born October 5, 1938, to Emil and Anna (Kruse) Geske in Belview, Minnesota. He was baptized October 16, 1938, and confirmed June 6, 1954, [...]

Joyce Ann (Springer) Osland, age 84, of Tracy, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 11, 2026.  Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at Tracy Lutheran Church in Tracy. Visitation will take place 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Monday, July 20, 2026, at Tracy Area Funeral Home and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Interment will be in the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery in Storden. Stephens Funeral Service – Tracy Area Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Joyce Ann Osland was born September 29, 1941, to Ray and Charlotte [...]

Gordon Dale Meester, age 94, of Ivanhoe, MN, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2026 at the Hendricks Nursing Home in Hendricks, MN.  Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at the United Methodist Church in Lake Benton, MN.  Burial will be in the Ivanhoe City Cemetery, Ivanhoe, MN.  Visitation will be Monday, July 20th from 5 - 7 p.m. with a 7 p.m. Prayer Service at the Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel in Hendricks, MN and will resume Tuesday one hour prior to the service at the church.  Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel in Hendricks, MN entrusted with [...]

Wilbur Braun, age 79, of Redwood Falls, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at CentraCare - St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud. A prayer service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, July 17, 2026, at Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Home in Redwood Falls with burial to follow at the St. Catherine’s Catholic Church Cemetery in Redwood Falls. A Visitation will be held one hour prior to his prayer service.  Arrangements are with Nelson-Hillestad Funeral and Cremation Services of Redwood Falls. Wilbur N. Braun was born on May 31, 1947, in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, to the son of Wilbur Sr. and Mary Braun. [...]

Dane Nordquist, age 71, of Canby, MN passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2026 at the Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral service will be held at 10:30am on Tuesday, July 14th at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Canby, MN. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7pm on Monday, July 13th at the Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel in Canby, MN with a prayer service at 7pm. Visitation will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Hope Lutheran Cemetery in Minneota, MN. Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel of Canby, MN has been [...]

Terry Dean Dahms, age 69, of Westminster, Colorado passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. A private family memorial will be held. Burial will be in Peace Memorial Gardens, rural Redwood Falls.  Stephens Funeral Service - Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Terry was born in Redwood Falls on February 9, 1957, to Leonard and Elaine (Callan) Dahms, the youngest of six children. He attended grade school and high school in Redwood Falls and graduated in 1975. After high school, Terry worked for Everstrong Construction, Inc in Redwood Falls as a carpenter before moving [...]

Bruce Martin Hoyt, age 70, of Walnut Grove, Minnesota, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at Sanford Medical Center – Sioux Falls, surrounded by family. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 13, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, rural Walnut Grove. Visitation will be held 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 12, at the church and will continue one hour prior to the services. Interment will be held in the St. Olaf Lutheran Cemetery. A livestream will be posted to the church’s YouTube page. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the St. Olaf endowment fund.  Stephens Funeral [...]

Noel Sheldon Orsen, age 82, of Minneota, passed away May 19, 2026, at Sanford Canby Hospital. A family-led Memorial Service and visitation will be held Monday, July 13, at First Lutheran Church in Marshall, MN. The funeral is at 2:00 p.m. with light refreshments to follow. Visitation is also at the church before the funeral from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.  The Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall is handling the arrangements. Noel was born on February 15,1944, to Orval Orsen and Ethelyn Kompelien Orsen. Older brother Dennis and younger sister Susan shared family life with Noel on a dairy farm north of [...]

A gathering will be held to commemorate and honor the life of James “Jim” Donner at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 25, 2026, at the Tracy United Methodist Church.  Military honors to follow the service.  Jim died on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, under hospice care at his residence in Tracy after recently suffering a stroke. Jim donated his body to the Mayo Clinic Body Donation Program in Rochester, MN.  The Horvath Funeral Service in Tracy is handling the arrangements. James Donner was born on October 20, 1935, in Lamberton, MN, to Herman and Bertha (Lawrenz) Donner. He attended school in Walnut Grove [...]

Myrna Bernice Rokeh, Age 90 of Tyler, Minnesota passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family Saturday, July 4, 2026 at the Avera Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, July 8 at 10:30 AM at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler.  A Memorial Visitation will be held prior to the start of the service at 9:00 AM at the church.  Inurnment will follow the service at the Russell City Cemetery in Russell, Minnesota.  Arrangements are under the care of the Hartquist Funeral Home in Tyler.