All Obituaries

  Valerie Ann Perfetto was born October 28th 1953 and died May 17th 2019. She was born in Minneapolis to John and Josephine Regan. She married James Perfetto and would have celebrated 47 years this November. Valerie was a loving mother to two children, Joseph (Kimberly) and Jaimey (Joseph) and a grandmother to four wonderful grandchildren: Alexis, Abigail, Amira and Joey. She loved to garage sale, shop at the Good Will, ride her Harley with her honey, cook for the family and bake sweet...

Donais, Cheryl Ann, age 54, died Monday, May 13th, 2019 at her home in Elk River, MN.  She went peacefully surrounded by her family. Cheryl was born June 6, 1964 to Maynard and Elaine Donais in Minneapolis, MN.  She graduated an honor student from Elk River High School in 1982.  After graduation she went to work for Stearns County in social services. Later she went on to work at the State of Minnesota in Human services as a Senior Database administrator.  Cheryl will be...

Peterson, Gary W.  age 64, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 12, 2019. He was the only son of Dick and Lucille Peterson.  In 1974 he married the love of life Sue Bartush, where they made their home in Elk River and had three daughters, Erin, Liz, and Jenny. Gary served his community as a Deputy Sheriff and Emergency Manager for the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Department. In 2006 he retired from Law Enforcement after 33 years, and then went on to work with...

Age 57, of Elk River.  Passed away on May 8, 2019.   He is preceded in death by his son, Joshua; father, Stanley; nephew, Joel.   Tim is survived by his children, Jessie (Amanda), Stephanie (Adam) and Vanessa; grandsons, Tucker and Cohen; mother, Adeline; siblings, Linda, Wayne, Greg, Brenda, Jeff and Wanda; nieces, nephews, other family and friends.   Memorial service will be at 2:00PM on Saturday, May 18th at Dare’s Funeral Home, 805 Main St, Elk...

Kathleen “Kathy” Joyce Taylor of Elk River, born on April 24, 1946 in Minneapolis to the late George and Evelyn Taylor, passed away peacefully at age 73 on May 8th, 2019. Kathleen is survived by her daughter, Kelly (Bruce) LaMotte; son, Chad (Heidi) Culbertson; brothers, Brian (Vickie) Taylor and Scott (Chris) Taylor; sister, Marilyn Pampusch; and grandchildren, Travis (Heidi) Culbertson, Taylor Kleven, Nicholas Kleven, and Joseph Culbertson. She also leaves behind her dog,...

Age 93, passed away peacefully at his farm in Elk River, May 4, 2019, surrounded by family.   He is preceded in death by his wife, Elaine F. Grice; his parents, Simon W. Gruys and Nellie F. Vandergon; his siblings; Reimt Gruys, Marie Miller, Herman Gruys, Viola Berg, Joanne Knox, John Gruys and Sylvia Gruys; grandson, Michael Gruys.   He is survived by his daughters, Ila Hauge, Shari Rickers (Ron), Donna Mullin (Grover) and Joy Benson; his grandchildren, Kraig Scott,...

Age 86, long-time resident of Elk River.  Passed away on April 5, 2019.   He is preceded in death by his wife, Betty; daughter, Julie; son-in-law, Dave Greene; brother-in-law, Rod Anderson.   Norman is survived by his children, Lori (Robert) Belanger, Cheri Greene, Harry, Rickey (Becca) and Heidi (Jason) Kentzinger; 20 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; siblings, Donna Anderson, Lewis (Liz) , and Rodney (Laura); nieces, nephews, other family and...

Wyatt Thomas Svercl was born into the world on March 10th at 12:34 am at Minneapolis Masonic Childrens Hospital. He was 3 pounds 4.6 oz. and 14.8 inches long. Right from the start he was suprising his doctors with his fighting will and spirit. Although he was only with us for a short time he found ways to let his little personality shine through. Wyatt loved hand hugs from his mom and dad and was often feisty with his nurses during care time ������ We also found that during oral care time...

Bonnie was a daughter, sister, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed going to church and reading the Bible, she also loved to sew, antiques, Diet Coke and family gatherings. Join us for a celebration of Bonnie’s life at Living Waters Church in Elk River on May 13th, 2019  gathering from 1:00-2:00 pm with service beginning at 2:00 pm. 

Deanna Darlene Domres, 73, of Coon Rapids, MN passed away April 28th, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN. Deanna was born on May 21st, 1945 to Louis and Nivea Domres in Langdon, North Dakota. She loved the farm cats, drinking coffee with her mom and dad and going to The Bread Pan in Langdon. Deanna moved to Minnesota in 1976, most of which she lived at the Woody Lane group home. She worked at the Anoka County Government Center and Achieve for over 43 years. Deanna made many friends at...