Frank Lee

Minnesota

Reporter and Features Writer and Arts and Entertainment Editor at Brainerd Dispatch

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Doris Martin

2 weeks ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee

Doris Martin, age 100, of Wadena, Minnesota passed away on June 10, 2025, at Like Mother Like Daughter Assisted Living in Perham, Minnesota. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Karvonen Funeral Home in Wadena. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Doris will be laid to rest at Wadena Cemetery, Wadena, Minnesota. Doris Elaine Hanson was born on May 12, 1925, in Oak Valley, Ottertail County, Hewitt, Minnesota.
Charles "Chuck" Visher

2 weeks ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee

Jun. 21, 1937 - Apr. 09, 2025 PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - Charles "Chuck" Visher, 87, Park Rapids, Minn. died Wednesday, Apr. 9, in Crystal Brook Senior Living. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, July 5, 2025 at First Lutheran Church in Akeley, MN with visitation for 1 hour prior to the service. Arrangements by Cease Family Funeral Homes of Park Rapids and Nevis.
Richard "Dick" Muckala

2 weeks ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee |Nicole Stracek

Feb. 28, 1961 - Jun. 07, 2025 FARGO, N.D. - Richard "Dick" Muckala, 64, New York Mills, Minn. died Saturday, Jun. 7, in Sanford Medical Center. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with Prayer Service and Sharing Time at 6:00 p.m. at Apostolic Lutheran Church in New York Mills. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, June 13, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Apostolic Lutheran Church in New York Mills. Visitation will resume one hour prior to services at church.
Sharon Van Houten

1 month ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee

Sharon Jane (Brown) Van Houten, Age 80 years of Champlin Minnesota passed away peacefully on April 18, 2025 after an 8-year battle with Dementia. Preceded in death by parents Don and Arlene Brown and Richard Brown (Brother). Survived by Robert (Husband), Linda Gasparrini (Sister), Jon, Craig, and Douglas (Son's), and 6 Grandchildren (Hailey, Dylan, Sophia, Layla, Cole, and Oaklyn). For additional information please visit the website below:Web: www.CrescentTide.com
Susan K. Wegscheid (Hanson)

1 month ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee

Age 75. Passed away on April 27, 2025. Preceded in death by husband Michael; parents Curtis (Carolyn) and Pat Schweiger; brother Gregory. Survived by siblings Wendy, Perry (Rita), Kim and Gay; step siblings Barbara Haake and Bill Schweiger; nieces and nephew Kristin (Rob), Michele (Josh) and Brian; great nieces and nephew Lorelai, Cecelia, Emmett and Noelle. Sue was raised in Richfield and graduated from Richfield High School. Sue moved to Wadena in the late 1980s when she married Michael.
Armond Swanson

2 months ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee |John Lamb

Oct. 14, 1953 - Apr. 24, 2025 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Armond Swanson, Jr., 71, Wadena, Minn. died Thursday, Apr. 24, in M Health Fairview. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 28, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with Prayer Service at 6:00 p.m. at Verndale Alliance Church in Verndale, Minnesota. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Verndale Alliance Church in Verndale. Visitation will resume one hour prior to services at church.
Daniel Gades

2 months ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee

The funeral service celebrating the life of David Gades of Verndale, will be held at 11:00a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, at the St. John Lutheran Church in Wadena, with Pastor Stephen Meltzer presiding. Visitation will be held at the church on Wednesday, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be in West Lake Amelia Cemetery, Glenwood Township near Villard, MN. At the age of 77, David passed away unexpectedly at Essential Health in Brainerd, MN, on April 19, 2025.
Ronald "Toby" Pierce

2 months ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee

Nov. 25, 1937 - Apr. 16, 2025 STAPLES, Minn. - Ronald "Toby" Pierce, 87, Wadena, Minn. died Wednesday, Apr. 16, in Lakewood Care Center. Visitation will be held on Friday, May 2, 2025, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Karvonen Funeral Home in Wadena, Minnesota. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Karvonen Funeral Home. Visitation will resume one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Toby will be laid to rest at Wadena Cemetery, Wadena, Minnesota.
Devin Horn

2 months ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee

Devin Horn, age 42, of Henning, Minnesota passed away on April 14, 2025, at his home. Funeral Services were held on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Henning with Pastor Dan Larson officiating. Congregational Hymns were accompanied by Dianne Gutknecht. Pallbearers were Ken Schmitz, Anthony Dolezal, Wayne Retzack, Adam Berscheit, Blaine Butler, Charlie Wachlin, Randy Smetak, and Thomas Pappenfuss.
Ronald "Toby" Pierce

2 months ago | wadenapj.com | Frank Lee

Although Ronald “Toby” Pierce was born Thanksgiving Day of 1937 in Wahpeton, that didn’t stop him from making fun of anyone and anything from North Dakota, for the remainder of his life. And though he often visited cousins in Wisconsin, if you were from there that also required a smart crack on his part. Iowa, same deal. That’s right, he spent over 70 years of his life in God’s country, and you would be a fool to argue it. Wadena was the best community anywhere, and that’s who Toby was.