All Obituaries

Todd Arends, age 44 of Brandon, South Dakota, formerly Brooten, Minnesota, died Tuesday, December 10, 2019 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Arrangements are pending with the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home in Brooten. 

Gayle Baird, age 78 of Glenwood, formerly Swift Falls, died Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Glenwood Retirement Village. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, December 14th at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Swift Falls. Visitation will be at the church on Friday from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. and will resume there on Saturday, beginning at 10:00 A.M. Inurnment will be in Swift Falls Lutheran Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home in...

Marion DeKay, age 95, of Hibbing and formerly of Brooten, died Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Guardian Angels Health and Rehab Center in Hibbing, Minnesota. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 6, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooten with Pastor Steven Bovendam officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Arrangements are with the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home in Brooten. Marion Sagedahl...

Melvin Rooney, age 78, of Belgrade and formerly of Brooten, died Friday, November 29, 2019, at the Belgrade Nursing Home with his family by his side. Mass of Christian Burial for Melvin will be at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, December 4th at St. Donatus Catholic Church in Brooten, with Father David Grundman officiating. Visitation will be at the church on Wednesday morning beginning at 9:30 A.M. and continuing until the service. Interment will be in St. Donatus Cemetery. Arrangements are with...

Theodore "Bud" H. Bruhn, age 99, of Glenwood, died on Monday, November 25, 2019, at Glenwood Village Care Center. A funeral service celebrating Bud's life will take place on Monday, December 2nd at 11:00 A.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grove Lake with Pastor Ron Jobe officiating. Visitation will be from 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. on Sunday at the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home in Glenwood and will continue at the church on Monday morning, one hour prior to the service. Interment will...

Kenneth R. Faust, Sr. age 74, of Glenwood, and formerly of Saint Paul, died unexpectedly on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at Glacial Ridge Hospital. A Celebration of Ken's life will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Bradshaw Funeral Home, 1078 Rice Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55117, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are with Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home in Glenwood and Bradshaw Funeral Home of St. Paul. Kenneth Ronald Faust was born on...

Jean A. Schultz, age 79 of Cold Spring, formerly Lowry, died Sunday, November 10, 2019 at Quiet Oaks Hospice House in St. Augusta. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 15th at Indherred Lutheran Church in rural Starbuck, with Pastor Paul Johnson officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, November 14th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home in Glenwood and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will be in the...

Audrey Kinney passed away on November 8, 2019 at the age of 95. She was born in Clear Lake, WI to George and Abbie (Peterson) Hallen, and lived in Clear Lake throughout her early years. Following high school graduation she attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, where she met her future husband, James Kinney. She graduated with a degree in English and music. She and Jim were married in 1946, when he returned from serving in the army during WWII. While he completed two years of...

Viola Hesse, age 98 of Glenwood, formerly Brooten, died Friday, November 8, 2019 at the Glenwood Retirement Village. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooten with Pastor Steven Bovendam officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery. Arrangements are with the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home in Brooten. Viola Emma Hesse was born in Brooten, Minnesota to Emma...

Richard Harmon, age 82 of Glenwood, died Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at the Glacial Ridge Hospital. A Memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the All Saint's Chapel in the Glenwood Retirement Village. Inurnment will be in the Grove Lake Cemetery in Grove Lake.  Richard Benson Harmon, son of Ian and Pearl (Baker) Harmon, was born on November 10, 1936 at home in Villard, MN. He grew up in Villard where he attended the Methodist Church. Richard also...