Park High School Minnesota Alumni Obituaries

James E. Biechler, 96, formerly of Madison, passed away at Wells Nature View Assisted Living on Adams in Marshfield on January 13, 2026.A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Monday, January 19, 2026 at 11:00am at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Marshfield with Father Douglas Robertson offi...

A Mass of Christian Burial for Steven D. Roseen of Roseau MN will be held on Saturday December 13 2025 at 1100AM with a visitation held one hour prior to the service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roseau MN. Visitation will be held on Friday December 12 2025 from 57PM at Sacred Heart Catholic Ch...

A Memorial Service for Ronald K. Berg will be held on Friday October 31 2025 at 100PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Baudette MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment to follow at Elm Park Cemetery in Baudette. Ronald Carl Berg eighteen year resident of L...

A memorial service for Jim will be held on Monday December 1st at 2PM at the Helgeson Funeral Chapel in Baudette with visitation starting at 1200. Interment will follow the service at Elm Park Cemetery in Baudette. Jim passed away at home on Monday November 24th surrounded by his loving family after...

Joan was born on July 3 1938 to Crawford and Lucille Partridge Schwendler in Rochester New York. The family moved to Owatonna MN where Joan attended and graduated from Owatonna High School earning allstate clarinet honors in band. She attended the University of Minnesota where she met John Oren they...

Norita Beaudry 91 of Argyle Minnesota passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning December 31 2025 at First Care Health Center in Park River North Dakota with her beloved husband by her side. Norita Anne Goplin was born on August 17 1934 in Warren Minnesota to Walter and Eleanore Anderson Goplin. Sh...

Janet Hart was born on June 2 1933 in Gruver Iowa to William and Alice Ramsey Higinbotham. In 1937 the family moved to Arnolds Park IA for a short time before moving to Estherville IA where Janet graduated from Estherville High School. Following high school Janet worked for Dr. Kitchen and later at ...

Kenneth Alfred Ess, 98, died peacefully with family around him on Dec. 10 at Whitefish at the Lakes in Cross Lake, Minn.“Kenny” was born the youngest of a brother and two sisters on August 27, 1927, in St. Bonifacius, Minn. Kenny spent his early life hunting and fishing in the area surrounding the T...

Edward “Ed” William Hrubsky, 84, Park Rapids, MN passed away at his home on Saturday, January 3, 2026.Ed was born in Omaha NE on November 1, 1941 to Ed and Rose Hrubsky. He attended South High School and graduated in 1959. Ed had accordion lessons and enjoyed playing the accordion. His father woul...

Joan (Snowden) Diessner, age 80, of Park Rapids, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on January 6, 2026, following a courageous seven-year battle with a rare disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Her final days were filled with the love and care of her family.Joan was preceded in death by her...

Gerald “Jerry” Lester Avenson, 82, of Bemidji, Minnesota, entered peacefully into eternal life surrounded by loved ones at the Bemidji Veterans Home on January 5, 2026.Jerry was born August 25, 1943, in Park Rapids, MN to Sidney and Bertha (Dahl) Avenson. He was raised on the family farm, where he l...

Rev. Roger Palmer Olson, 94, of Park Rapids, MN passed away on Sat. December 13, 2025 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Park Rapids, MN. Roger wrote his own obituary listed below.Roger was born on January 27, 1931 in Whitehall, Wisconsin the son of Palmer C. and Evelyn C (Risberg) Olson. He was raised o...

Richard “Rick” Allen Stennes of Park Rapids, MN, passed away on December 27th at the age of 74. He departed peacefully at his daughter’s home while recovering from surgery, just days before his 75th birthday.Rick was a man of quiet kindness and genuine goodness, a steady and reassuring presence to h...

John W. Derr, 84, of Park Rapids, MN, died January 7, 2026, with his wife Joy and four children, David, Elizabeth, Amy and Andrew by his side. The couple lived in Braddock Heights, MD for many years before retiring to their home on Long Lake, near Park Rapids, MN.Born in 1941, Jack was a 1959 gradua...

Shirley Ann Affeldt, 90, Park Rapids, MN passed away Monday, December 22, 2025 at Green Pine Acres Nursing Home in Menahga, MN.Shirley was born March 12, 1935 in Detroit, MI to Irene (Habel) and Harvey Rinke. She grew up in East Detroit, graduating from high school in 1953. On December 31, 1953, s...

Dixie Jennine Poppen 87 of Cole Camp Missouri formerly of Milbank South Dakota passed away on Wednesday October 22nd 2025 at Good Samaritan Care Center in Cole Camp Missouri. She was born on December 21st 1937 in Champaign Illinois a daughter of Paul and Helen McGaughey McGuire. Dixie grew up and at...

Steven Leslie Braton passed away on June 21 2024 at home in Arvada Colorado under hospice care at the age of 75. He was born on August 22 1948 in Moorhead Minnesota to D.E. Sammy and Margaret Paulson Braton. He was the first of three children followed by siblings Daniel and Connie. He grew up on the...

68 passed away on January 12 2026 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls. His Funeral Service will be 1000 AM Saturday January 17 2026 at George Boom Funeral Home OnSite Crematory Sioux Falls. Visitation will be from 500700 pm with Memory Sharing beginning at 630 pm Friday January 16 2026 at George Boo...

William Henry Martins 83 passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Thursday November 27 2025. He was born on April 23 1942 in Oak Park Illinois to the late Roy Martins and Agnes Cramer. Bill graduated from Middletown High School in 1960 and attended Miami University of Ohio. He went on to w...

Susanna was born on July 23rd 1976 to Robert and Susan Andrews Wilson in Chisago City. Susanna grew up in Lindstrom and attended Chisago Lakes High School excelling in various activities especially in music as a member of the performance and marching bands and on the track where she ran the hurdles ...

Phyllis Hanson 97 Pelican Rapids joined her departed loved ones on November 28 2025. Born at home on May 121928 in Lockhart Township Norman County MN. Her parents were Robert and Isabel Askew Lee. Phyllis was the third child of four. Growing up during the depression on the farm where she was born sh...

Robert “Bob” Allen Laska, also known as “Chickie”, 71, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at his home in Frontenac, MN.Bob was born on March 3, 1954, to Julius and Adeline (Kohal) Laska. He grew up in the Wabasha- Kellogg area and graduated from Wabasha High School in 1972. On September...

William Bill Walsh age 91 of Gaylord passed away Friday December 26 2025 at Bayside Manor in Gaylord. Memorial Service will be Thursday January 8 2026 1100 A.M. at American Lutheran Church in Gaylord with interment in the Gaylord City Cemetery. Gathering of Family and Friends will be Wednesday Janua...

Richard Peter Mortenson passed away peacefully at home Thursday January 8 2026 after a recent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Richard was born on May 24 1963 to Peter and Doris Mortenson. He was raised on the family farm and graduated as a Rocket from Kennedy High School in 1981. He attended NDSU in...

Dorothy M Koubsky age 84 of Glenwood died peacefully on December 27 2025 at the Glenwood Retirement Village. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1100 a.m. on Friday January 2 2026 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Glenwood with Father Joe Vandeberg officiating. Visitation will be Thursday Ja...

Roger Allen Dede age 75 passed away peacefully on Monday December 8 2025 under the compassionate care of Avas House. Roger was born at the Watertown South Dakota hospital to Marvin E. Jack and Donna M. Janssen Dede on October 17 1950. He joined his brother Lyle and later greeted his sisters Phyllis ...