Obituaries

Susan Eck

10/02/2026

Susan Eck, 68, of Bemidji, MN died Wednesday September 4, 2024 surrounded by family. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Bemidji Covenant Church. Visitation will be 9-10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Bemidji Covenant Church, Bemidji. Interment will be in...

Wayne Davids

09/29/2026

Wayne Davids of Andover MN, age 82 passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at home on Thursday, September 17th 2026. Wayne was born to O'Della and Albert Davids on October 7th, 1943 in Bagley, MN. Wayne attended a rural 1 room schoolhouse in Gully, MN for a number of years until the family left the...

Theresa (Agnes) Walsh,

09/28/2026

Theresa (Agnes) Walsh, age 54, of Fosston, MN, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 25th, at her home. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6th, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fosston with Father JohnMelkies Suvakeen presiding. Interment will be in St. Mary’s...

Mavis Patricia Winger

09/25/2026

Mavis Patricia WingerSeptember 28, 1929 – August 29, 2026 Mavis Patricia Winger, 96, of Bemidji, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on August 29, 2026. Mavis was born on September 28, 1929, at her childhood home on Sandy Lake in Debs, Minnesota, to Albert and Bertha Thompson. She grew up in a close-...

Glen Brua

09/25/2026

Glen Brua, age 88, of McIntosh, MN, passed away on Friday, September 25th, at McIntosh Senior Living. A memorial gathering will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 27th, at the McIntosh Community Center. Arrangements are with Carlin Family Funeral Service of McIntosh and...

Mary E. Westrum,

09/22/2026

Mary E. Westrum (Utsinger) transitioned peacefully on September 20, 2026, at the age of 98. We all knew and loved her by many different names—Gramma Mayr, Snooks, Mare, and Mom. Mary was raised on the Point in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, by her mother, Nellie, and father, Ruben. Utsinger Grocery...

Paul Balstad

09/21/2026

Paul Balstad, age 59, of Moorhead, MN and formerly of the McIntosh/Winger area, passed away on Thursday, September 17th, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 3rd, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Winger with Theresa Sandness, SAM, officiating. Interment will...

Kent Sylvester Schmitz,

09/21/2026

Kent Sylvester Schmitz, 67, of Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 20, 2026, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. Kent was born on December 19, 1958, in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, to Sylvester Jacob and Helen Gladys (Weiss) Schmitz. He was baptized...

James "Jim" M. Trucke

09/20/2026

James Merle Trucke passed away on September 18th at the age of 83 at Sanford Medical Center in Bemidji. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Jim on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Bagley, MN with Fr. JohnMelkies Suvakeen presiding. A two...

Derick Tollefson,