All Obituaries

 Bengs, Nadine Janelle age 49 of Otsego MN, passed away peacefully, in her home, on January 3, 2022. Nadine was born December 5, 1972 to Duane and Marlene (Erdmann) Vastag. She was raised in Mandan N.D. and graduated from Mandan High School in 1991. She then attended BSC in Bismarck N.D. and St. Cloud Technical College where she graduated from the Surgical Technician program. Nadine was employed by Regions Hospital, St Paul MN. She absolutely loved her job there.  Nadine married...

Passed away on January 2, 2022. Rich, “Rick”, achieved many boy scout levels and enjoyed listening to vinyl records. He had a passion for grilling, making flan and homemade grape jelly. He was artistic and loved to doodle characters, which is where his daughter’s love for drawing came from. He enjoyed playing Scrabble and Yahtzee with his daughter and son-in-law. He was preceded in death by parents William & Virginia (Coy) Schinkowsky. He is survived by his daughter...

Age 83, of Minneapolis, passed away on January 1, 2022. Floyd was born on January 10, 1938, in Wolverton, Minnesota to Anton and Hilda (Berg) Leinum. When he was 4, his parents sold the farm and moved the family to Minneapolis. During high school, Floyd caddied at Interlachen golf course where he developed a life-long love of the sport. He was still beating Brooks on the golf course in his 80’s. In 1969, he purchased a building in Minneapolis to open Floyd’s Auto Service, he...

Donna (Kirkpatrick) Church, 97, a longtime Elk River resident, passed away peacefully on December 31st . Preceded in death by her husband James and son Patrick. Survived by son Philip (Lisa), daughters Lynette “Sam”  Robinson (Craig), Anne Church (Denis Stamaris) ; six grandchildren and six great-grand-children.  Donna was from Carthage Illinois and was the eldest of 5 children. She received her nursing degree in 1945  from Methodist Hospital in Peoria, Ill. She...

Age 63, of Zimmerman.  Passed away on December 29, 2021. Aka "Ironpa" was born in Eau Claire, WI to William & Marie Wernersbach.  He had 6 brothers & 1 sister.  They moved to Burnsville, MN, where Gary grew up.  Then he moved to Zimmerman, MN.  He had multiple jobs and eventually built his own business called The Small Engine Shop aka "The Sweat Shop".  He did that for many years. He loved his family, friends & his faith in...

Age 86, resident of Elk River formerly of Minneapolis passed away peacefully at home on December 28, 2021.  Marlene was fortunate to be able to spend her last years at home, thanks to her son Kevin who was her caretaker and to have all her family around her on Christmas Day. Marlene had a kind heart and was loved by many. She loved spending time at the family cabin with her children and grandchildren. She loved playing cards/dominos with family and friends and if you were lucky,...

Age 91, of Elk River (formerly of Wayzata).  Passed away December 27, 2021. She is preceded in death by her husband, William T. “Sonny” Myrick Jr. Dorothy is survived by children, Peggy Jan (Paul) Christians, Tom Hasle (Carol) Myrick and Dan William (Tammy) Myrick; grandchildren, Leah, Benjamin, Nathan, Jonathan, Naomi, David, Anna and Matthew; 9 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Jane (Bob) Hindsley; step-mother-in-law, LaVerne Myrick. Memorial service at 1 PM on 29,...

Gerald A. Brummer (Jerry) died on Dec. 26, 2021 at age 79. He was born June 25, 1942 to Ed Brummer and Louise Schmidtbauer Brummer at home in Hillman Township. He attended school in Hillman, Pierz, Little Falls, and graduated from Brainerd in 1960. He worked for Hitchcock Industries until 1969, then went into drywall taping and all the rest of the drywall industry, having his own business for many years. In 1964 Jerry married Sandra Scheibel and together they raised four amazing daughters,...

Age 94, of Mahtomedi, previously of Elk River and Rogers, passed away December 24, 2021.  She was born in Minneapolis on April 12, 1927, to parents Harold W. Hanson and Freda Proehl Hanson.  Preceded in death by her husband, James W. Peterson, and son-in-law, Timothy Higgins.  Survived by children Lee Peterson (Joan), James Peterson (Diane), Mary Bolton (Steven), Jane Carlson, Joy Higgins, Lynn Peterson, 15 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.  A private service...

Age 93, of Elk River.  Passed away on December 22, 2021.  Funeral service at 11:00AM on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Dare’s Funeral Home, 805 Main Street NW, Elk River.