Obituaries in Park Rapids, MN

Eddie Scheldrup, 76, of Blackduck, MN passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.A Celebration of Life will be held at the Blackduck Evangelical Free Church on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM with Military Honors. A visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service at the church...

Donna Purcell of Bemidji, Minn., formerly of East Grand Forks, Minn., died Friday, January 23, 2026, at Sanford Health Neilson Place in Bemidji. She was 75.The youngest child of Frank and Agnes (Telle) Klint, Donna Louise Klint was born on April 5, 1950, in Grand Forks, N.D. She attended public scho...

Janet Carol Foley, 83, of Bemidji, MN died Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at the Gold Pine Home in Bemidji, MN.Private Family Services will be held. Interment will be at the Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN under the direction of the Cease Family Funeral Home in Bemidji.

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...

Gunder Aos, age 58, passed away surrounded by family on December 27, 2025, in Bagley, MN.Gunder Andrew Aos was born on April 13, 1967, in Harbor City, CA to Beatrice Luz Guitterez and Gordon Aos. He was adopted by his stepmom Barbara.Gunder was active in the boy scouts growing up. He developed a lov...

Martin Merk, 92, Akeley, MN, passed away January 8, 2026 at the Neilson Place in Bemidji, MN.He was born to Katherine Schwarz and Martin Merk in rural St. Paul, MN on Dec. 12, 1933. Later the family moved to Isanti, MN where he attended the rural grade school. He graduated from Cambridge H.S, in 195...

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...

Fannie Mae (Gingerich) (Byler) Edwards was born May 25, 1933, to Joe and Clara Gingerich near Kalona, IA, and passed away peacefully in her sleep after a long period of declining health on January 3, 2026, at the age of 92.In her youth she accepted Christ as her Saviour. In 1957, she moved from Kal...

James (Jim) passed away surrounded by his loved ones on Thursday, January 22nd at 82 yearsold at the Sanford Medical Center in Bemidji. James was born February 25, 1943, in Park Rapids,MN to Eugene & Teresa (Skeffington) Schmitt. Jim lived a full life. He graduated from LaporteHigh School in 196...

Eraine Junia Crocker, 94, of Bemidji, MN, passed away peacefully on January 21, 2026 in Bemidji. She was born March 20, 1931, in Bemidji to Oscar and Geneva Christianson. On July 11, 1959, Eraine married Levi ‘Dave’ Crocker. Together they raised four children.She was preceded in death by Levi; her s...

Donna Rose Stenseng, 92, of, Bagley, Minnesota passed away on Friday, January 2, 2026 at Neilson Place in Bemidji, Minnesota.Services will be held on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Leonard, Minnesota with a visitation one hour prior to the service at the...

Kurtis Ray Aasen, 78, of Bemidji, MN died Thursday, January 1, 2026 at his home.Kurt was born February 25, 1947 in Wheeler, WI, the son of Julian and Charlotte Aasen. He was raised and educated in Wheeler, WI. He worked and owned his own garage where he was a Master Mechanic in Minneapolis. He ma...