Obituaries

  • Rodney Sommerfeld, 77

    Rodney Sommerfeld of Litchfield died Friday, March 7, 2025, at Bethany Assisted Living in Litchfield. He was 77. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 13, 2025, at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Hagglund Funeral and Cremation in Litchfield, and…

  • Grace Norgren, 89

    Grace Norgren of Annandale, formerly of New Hope, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at Annandale Care Center. She was 89. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 14, at Lake Union Church in rural South Haven, with Pastor Tyler Menssen officiating. Burial will follow at Lake Union Cemetery. Visitation will begin at…

  • John Rothstein, 78

    John Rothstein, 78

    John Rothstein of New Hope died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at Ecumenical St. Benedict Community in Monticello. He was 78. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 1, at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Plymouth with Pastor Joe Behnke officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel…

  • Yvonne Bublitz, 86

    Yvonne Bublitz of Kimball died Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Hilltop Health Care Center in Watkins. She was 86. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 4-6 p.m. Friday, May 16, at Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel in Kimball; a prayer service will be at 6 p.m. Friday. Yvonne Susan Loesch was born…

  • Katherine “Kathy” Wohlman, 83

    Katherine “Kathy” Wohlman of Kimball died Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at St. Cloud Hospital. She was 83. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 3, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Fair Haven with Rev. David Buchs officiating. Burial will follow at Concordia Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-6 p.m. Sunday, March…

  • Joyce Stewart, 87

    Joyce Stewart of Sauk Rapids died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at The Good Shepherd Community in Sauk Rapids. She was 87. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids with Chaplain James Neppl officiating. Visitation will be two hours prior to…

  • Melvin “Mel” Marthaler, 93

    Melvin “Mel” Marthaler of Rockville died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at the Benedictine-Assumption Home in Cold Spring. He was 93. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February. 25, at Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Rockville. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9-10:15 a.m. Tuesday at the…

  • Alison Johnson, 70

    Alison Johnson, 70

    Alison Johnson has died. A Celebration of Life is planned for 12-3 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Kimball American Legion (201 Main St. S., Kimball MN 55353). Alison Sue Kemery was born June 26, 1954, in LaSalle, Ill., to Melvin and Elaine Kemery. Her father Melvin was NCIS, naval intelligence, so the family moved…

  • Dolores Finken, 94

    Dolores Finken of Watkins died Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at Hilltop Health Care Center in Watkins. She was 94. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Church of St. Anthony in Watkins. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. prior to the service at the…

  • Carla Scheffert, 82

    Carla Scheffert of St. Cloud, formerly of Annandale, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at Edenbrook of St. Cloud. She was 82. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at Zion Lutheran Church in Annandale with Rev. Ken Tatkenhorst officiating. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service at the church.…

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