All Obituaries

Age 82, of Dayton.  Passed away on January 26, 2020.  He is preceded in death by his parents, Floyd Joseph and Anna Marie (Fechner) Talbot; wife, Shirley.  Lyle is survived by his children, John, Michelle Johnston and Paul; grandchildren, Michael (Kara) and Joseph (Christina); great-grandchildren, Emma, Jack, Joey, Charlie and Franklynne; brothers, Jim (Peg) and John “Scott” (Sue); other family and friends.  Mass of Christian burial at 11:00AM on Saturday,...

Age 65, of Andover.  Passed away on January 20, 2020.  He is preceeded in death by his parents, Don and Geri Ford; parents-in-law, Eric and Marge Ericson; granddaughter, Heather Rose Valerius.  Gary is survived by his wife, Sherry; daughters, Jennifer (Wade) Deshaw, Amanda (Jeremy) Valerius and Melissa (Larry) Klein; sons, Eric (Brandy) Berens and Ryan (Megan) Kimball; grandchildren, Jessica, Katie, Andrew, Justin David, Justin Franklin, Kalin, Alex, Hannah, Jocelyn, Jacob...

Age 79, of St Cloud (formerly of Elk River).  Passed away on January 18, 2020.  She is preceeded in death by her husband, Don; son, Steve; father, Wilmer Jensen; grandparents, Evelyn and Harry Jensen.  Marjorie is survived by her children, Daniel, Marina (Joe) Thomforde; Darla (Scott Porter) Durand; grandchildren, Brandon (Cassie) Thomforde, Brody (Amber) Thomforde, Shane Durand, Nicole (Jimmy) Tholkes, Jacklyn Wilkens and Matt Wilkens; great-grandchildren, Addeson, Amelia,...

 Age 42 of Ramsey, MN, passed away on the evening of January 17, 2020.  He is survived by his wife, Noelle (Urista) Albrecht; his amazing children, Mariah and Mason; his brothers, Blake (Jenene) Albrecht and Shawn (Shari) Albrecht; sister-in-law, Brandi (Adam) McAlpine; brother-in-law, Chase (AnnaLeigh); father-in-law, Mark Urista; along with many, many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and more.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Marge Albrecht;...

Age 95, of Mountain Home, AR, formerly of Dayton, Fridley and Bloomington, MN, returned to her Heavenly Father on January 16th in Gassville, AR. Elaine was born in Dayton, MN, in 1924 and graduated from Anoka High School in 1942. She began work as a teller at the State Bank of Anoka. From 1967 to 1986, she worked at National City Bank in Minneapolis, retiring as a Vice President. Mass of Christian Burial at 11 AM on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,...

Age 84, of Elk River (formerly of NE Mpls).  Passed away on January 15, 2020.  She is preceeded in death by her husband, Bernard; parents, Arthur and Ingrid Sandberg; great-grandson, Maxwell Voigt; sister, Marion; brother, Dave.  Evelyn is survived by her children, Susan Moe, Diane (John) McGrath and Terri (Mike) Filas; grandchildren, David (Kate), Marie (Shawn), Reah, Brenna (Keith), Michael, Megan, Alyssa and Joshua; great-grandchildren, David, Claire, Abby, Alex, Aiden,...

Age 63, of Zimmerman, MN, unexpectedly passed away surrounded by her loving family on January 12th 2020. She will be deeply cherished and missed by her husband of 33 years Cary Femrite, her son Matt and daughter Melissa, as well as her siblings, Fran, Greg, Teresa, Lucy, Anne and Gina.  Mary grew up in Little Canada, MN, went to college at SCSU and Hennepin Community College. Then she moved to Zimmerman with her husband. Following 2 years in Anoka, Cary and Mary moved to a small lake...

Age 87, of Brooklyn Park, MN. Beloved husband, father and grandfather.  Passed away Jan. 12, 2020 at his home in Brooklyn Park. Vernon was born in Wabasso, MN. and graduated from Sandborn Public High School, he  served in the Army from 1952-1954.  Vernon married Ruth Buenger in 1962 and together they had 3 children, Tom, Brenda (Roger) LaBarre and Barbara (Todd) Hoffman.  Also survived by grandchildren, Samantha, Justin and Nathan; great grandchildren, Evelyn and Archer;...

Starr, Alta Jeane (Spitchke), Age 91, of Big Lake, MN (formally of Princeton, MN & Wickenburg, AZ) passed away on January 7, 2020.  Alta was born the second child of Edward and Blenda (Anderson) Spitchke on July 16, 1928 in Hines, MN.  During her youth, she was raised in the train depot in Tenstrike, MN with her parents and two sisters.  The family moved to Pequot Lakes, MN where she attended high school and graduated in 1946.  After graduation, Alta lived and worked...

Peterson, Stanley Edward, age 85, was born Nov. 8, 1934 to Clifford and Julia (Bernard) Peterson in Chicago, Ill. When he was young, the family moved to Elk River, MN. where he resided until his death on Jan. 3, 2020.  Stanley married Norma (Dyson) on July 14, 1956, going on to have 3 children, David, Debra and Dianne.  Stanley served in the Army Reserve from the mid 1950’s until June 30, 1962.  He was an engineer for Federal Cartridge for over 20 years.  After...