All Obituaries

William “Bill” Capistrant, age 104 1/2 of Monticello, passed away on December 22, 2018. Preceded in death by wife, Elsie. Survived by children, Sherie (Bob) Danner and David (Shirley) Capistrant; grandchildren, Renee (Tim Kinney) Capistrant, Nicholas (Sheila) Capistrant and Charles Capistrant; 6 great grandchildren; sister, Jane Gantzer; and many nieces and nephews. Memorial service 2PM with visitation beginning  at 1:30 on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran...

Arlene Ruth Enger, age 90 of Big Lake, passed away at North Memorial Hospital on January 16, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Arlene was born on August 15, 1928 to Ludwig and Laurenze Larson at the family home in Orrock. She lived most of her life in Big Lake until the last 8 years when she resided at Diamond Crest Senior living in Rogers. She married Allen Enger on August 22, 1953 and together they raised a family of four children and were blessed with six grandchildren and six great...

Victor Bernard Schramske was born on August 7, 1925, and grew up in Boyceville, WI. He passed away of natural causes at the Park View Care Center in Buffalo, MN on December 28, 2018. Victor was the only child of Bernard and Kathryn Schramske. They were members of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Glenwood City, WI, where he was baptized and confirmed. After high school, Victor joined the United States Marine Corps. As a marine, he served during the last years of WWII in the south...

Jacqueline “Jackie” Nagel, nee Troy (Young), age 57 of Big Lake, MN, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 10, 2019, surrounded by her loving family.  Preceded in death by her father William Troy, mother Elizabeth Wills Troy, and brother-in-law Norm Huston.  Jackie was a very social person who loved life and brought great joy to all those she was around.  She was a loving and very active wife, mother, sister, aunt, cousin, grandmother, and friend. ...

Donna Jean Williams November 02, 1952 – January 09, 2019 Williams, Donna Jean age 66 of Monticello, passed away on January 09, 2019.  Born on November 02, 1952 to Raymond and Lorraine (Ebner) Kolles. She is preceded in death by her parents, two infant sisters; nephew, Jacob Hughes; great-nephew, Everett Gatlin; and brother-in-law, Mike Allen. Donna is survived by her children, Sherry (Randy) Hochstatter, Amy Williams, and Christine (Bill) Nesseth; grandchildren, Kaitlyn...

Age 55, of Big Lake.  Passed away on January 1, 2019.   He is preceded in death by his grandparents, father, Irvin; uncles, Alex Belanger, Marshall Blanchet, Cecil Smith, Clifford “Wild Thing” Smith and Chuck Gerber; aunts, Delma Belanger and Janet Meagher.   Todd worked all his adult life as a laborer at many different companies.  He was a hard worker valued by all of his employers.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and tinkering with all things...

Michael J. Powers, age 69 of Monticello. Born on Jan 15, 1950 and passed away on Jan 16, 2019. Preceded in death by sons, Shane Michael Powers and Donald John Powers; and parents, Donald and Marie (Fyle) Powers. Survived by wife of 45 years, Jane Powers; brother, Tom Powers; brothers and sisters in law; and nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held at a later date in the spring.

LaVonne J. Holtan, age 78, passed away comfortably on January 4, 2019. LaVonne was born on October 18th, 1940 at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis to Elmer and Josephine Soderberg. She is preceded in death by her son, Brian; parents; brothers, Myron, Merlin and Lance; and brother in law, Bert. LaVonne is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, David Holtan Sr; children, David Jr.(Karen) of Becker, MN; Danny (Shelli) of Paynesville, MN and Lisa (Lon) of Sioux Falls, SD; grandsons; David...

Connie Marquette, age 71 of Monticello, passed away on January 4, 2019. She is preceded in death by her son, Troy; and brothers, Larry and Ronnie. Survived by husband of 50 years, Ron Marquette; sons, Ricky (Barb) Marquette and Chad Marquette; grandchildren, Courteney, Rilee, Zachary, Michael, Macy and Malachi; siblings, June (George), Ginger, Tammy (John), Danny (Wendy), Nick (Gail) and Tony (Monica); nieces and nephews; and other loving relatives and friends. Connie had a deep love for her...

Bruce D. Dybdal, age 70 of Clear Lake, passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2019.  He is survived by his children, Rebecca (Michael) Flasch, Katina Dybdal, and Tony Dybdal; grandchildren, Matthew and Payton Flasch; sister, Maureen Geboy and other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.  No Services are scheduled at this time.