Obituaries

Ellendale Bartz, 88, of Glenwood, died on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Glenwood Retirement Village.  Funeral services were held on Monday, Jan. 13, at East Zion Lutheran Church, rural Starbuck. Pastor Steve Carmany officiated and the organist was Karen Mitteness. Interment was in Gordon Pleasant Hill Cemetery, near Osakis. Arrangements were with the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral… Read More

Lois Mae Gunvalson, a lifelong resident of West Central Minnesota, died on Dec. 30, in Alexandria at age 93. Lois was born in rural Hancock on May 24, 1926, to Louis and Mathilda (Brue) Amerson. In 1938 upon Louis’ passing, her mother and her five sisters moved to Cyrus where she lived most of her life…. Read More