Obituaries

Max Hapka
Jul 28, 2017
Max Hapka, age 91 of Ortonville who died July 28, 2017, Fairway View Communities in Ortonville. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 3, at 2:00 p.m. at Mundwiler and Larson Funeral Home in Ortonville. Deacon Art Abel will officiate and a private burial will take place at the Little Falls State Veterans Cemetery at a later date. Visitation...
Bud Thorpe
Jul 17, 2017
Bud Thorpe, age 93, a long time Marvin resident died July 17, 2017, at Milbank Area Hospital - Avera Health. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 22, at 11:00 a.m. at American Lutheran Church in Milbank. Rev. Carl Larson will officiate and burial with full military honors will be at Osceola #1 Cemetery in Marvin. Visitation will be...
Dennis Asch
Jul 8, 2017
Dennis Van Asch, age 72 of Milbank died July 8, 2017, at Milbank Care and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be held on Thursday, July 13, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at American Lutheran Church in Milbank. Rev. Melanie Reiners will officiate and burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery. Visitation will be at Mundwiler Funeral Home on Wednesday from 5...
Hulda Ballhagen
Jul 8, 2017
Hulda A. “Tooty” Ballhagen of Graceville, age 95, died on July 8, 2017, at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 12, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton. Rev. Bev McNeill will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church, and burial will be at the...
Alvah Clark
Jul 2, 2017
Alvah Clark, age 60 of Graceville died on July 2, 2017 at Grace Home in Graceville, MN. Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 10, at 2:00 p.m. at Beardsley United Methodist Church. Rev. Ailsa Odom will officiate and burial will be in the Clinton Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday at the church beginning at 5 p.m....
Karen Oakes
Jul 2, 2017
Karen (Mrs. Tom) Oakes, age 56, of Ortonville died on July 2, 2017, in Sioux Falls, SD, from injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Fr. Brian Oestreich on Friday, July 7, at 11:00am at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ortonville. Burial will be at Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday from...
Lavalle Berkner
Jun 26, 2017
Lavalle C. Berkner, age 81 of Ortonville died June 26, 2017, at Milbank Care and Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be at Mundwiler and Larson Funeral Home in Ortonville on Friday, June 30, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Services for Lavalle will be Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ortonville. LaValle Charles Berkner was...

Edna Paasche
Jun 23, 2017
Edna Paasche, age 107, died on June 23, 2017, at Fairway View Communities in Ortonville, Minnesota. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, June 30, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., at First English Lutheran Church in Ortonville. Pastor David Tonn will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will take place in Mound...

Delores Buhl
Jun 23, 2017
Delores Buhl, age 87 of Graceville, MN died on June 23, 2017, in Fargo, ND following complications of colon surgery. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, June 28, at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville. Father Brian Oestreich will celebrate the Mass and burial will be in the Graceville Consolidated Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Rolly Karels
Jun 20, 2017
Roland "Rolly" Karels, age 77, of Big Stone City, SD, died on June 20, 2017, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Fr. Gary DeRouchey will celebrate the Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, June 26, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Milbank. Burial will be at St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery, with a luncheon to follow...
Julia Vaage
Jun 19, 2017
Julia Vaage, age 98, of Ortonville died on June 19, 2017, at her residence. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 24, at 1:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Odessa. Rev. Thaine Kister will officiate and burial will be in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Odessa. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 23 from 5 p.m. to...
Janice Wolf
Jun 17, 2017
Janice Merle Wolf, age 89, long time resident of Big Stone City, went to be with the Lord on June 17, 2017 at St. Therese home in New Hope Minnesota. Janice was born to Rose and Andrew Wolf on April 2, 1928. She is the second of three sisters. Janice is preceded in death by her parents and sister, Mary...
Olive Wendland
Jun 15, 2017
Olive Wendland, age 97, of Broken Arrow, OK died June 15, 2017. Olive was the widow of Harold "Chuck" Wendland. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 20, at 1:00 p.m. at New Life Community Baptist Church in Ortonville. Visitation will be at the church on Tuesday beginning at noon. Olive Viola Wendland (Gunderson) was born on February 29,...
Richard Trebil
Jun 10, 2017
Richard "Dick" Leonard Trebil of Ortonville, MN, age 89, who died at Fairway View Communities on June 10, 2017. Mass of Christian Burial for Dick Trebil will be Friday, June 16, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Ortonville, MN. Fr. Brian Oestreich will celebrate the Mass. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service...
Arlo Andrews
Jun 8, 2017
Arlo Andrews, age 83 of Graceville, MN died June 8, 2017, in St. Cloud, MN. Services will be held on Monday, June 12, at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Johnson, MN. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 5 - 7 p.m. at the Mundwiler and Larson Funeral Home in Graceville. Arlo Andrews was born on February 4,...
LuVerne Swezey
Jun 5, 2017
LuVerne Swezey, age 93 of Ortonville, died on Monday, June 5, 2017 at Fairway View. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, June 8, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at First English Lutheran Church with Pastor David Tonn officiating. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be held immediately following the funeral services...
Clifford Anderson
Jun 3, 2017
Clifford O. Anderson, age 69, died June 3, 2017, at the Ortonville Hospital. A memorial service with military honors will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at the chapel of Mundwiler Funeral Home in Milbank. Rev. Richard Larson will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Military honors will be provided by the...
Mildred Dybdahl
Jun 3, 2017
Mildred "Millie" Dybdahl, age 93, formerly of Clinton, MN, died on June 3, 2017, at Aicota Health Care Center in Aitkin, MN. Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 9, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton. Rev. Bev McNeill will officiate, and burial will be in the Clinton Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church...
Stanley Zych
May 29, 2017
Stanley Zych, age 96 of Graceville died May 29, 2017, at his residence. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 2 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville. Father David Breu will officiate and burial will be in the Graceville Consolidated Cemetery, with military honors. Visitation will be Thursday beginning at 5 p.m. followed...
Elsie Steffan
May 20, 2017
Elsie Emma Steffan, age 90, died on May 20, 2017, at Grace Home in Graceville, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville. The celebrant will be Father David Breu. Visitation will be take place at Mundwiler & Larson Funeral Home in Graceville on Thursday, May...