Obituaries

John Lloyd Ford

John Lloyd Ford

Oct 17, 2024

John L. Ford

October 17, 2024

 With great sadness, John passed away on October 17, 2024 at the age of 70. He lived most of his life in the Robbinsdale and Crystal area and graduated from RHS 72’. John made life long friends and welcomed them to his Garage Cave that he was so proud to show off his collection of die...

Ellen K. McCulloch

Ellen K. McCulloch

Oct 17, 2024

Ellen passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 95 on Thursday, October 17, 2024. Ellen is survived by son Steve (Patty), daughter Barb (Craig) Larson, and son Bob (Jennie); grandchildren Kimberly Larson, Megan (Dave) Prochniak, Amy (Alex) Glitsos, John (Anne) McCulloch, and Sean (Shanna) McCulloch; great-grandchildren Georgia, Miles, Adam, Emma, Maren, and Brigid. She was preceded in...

LeRoy Gall

LeRoy Gall

Oct 16, 2024

LeRoy Duane Gall, 88, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2024. He enjoyed sailing, biking and travelling to all 50 States. Being water baptized in the Jordan River, while on a trip to Israel, was a special event that stood out. LeRoy served in the U.S. Air Force for 4 years serving 3 of those years in Europe and Africa. 

After his...

Dorothy R. Magdal

Dorothy R. Magdal

Oct 14, 2024

Magdal, Dorothy R.

Age 96 of Wood Lake Apts (St. Therese) New Hope, passed away October 14, 2024 Preceded in death by husband Paul Magdal. Survived by son Jim (Barb) Magdal; 2 grandchildren.

Mass of Christian Burial 10 AM Friday, October 18, 2024, at The Church of the Sacred Heart, 4087 W. Broadway, Robbinsdale. The rosary will be said beginning at 9:45...

Lola L. Leifeld

Lola L. Leifeld

Oct 13, 2024

Lola L. Leifeld,  91, of Mpls, passed away Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.

She is survived by many friends and relatives from Hopkins and Hastings. 

Lola was preceded in death by parents, Frank and Myrtle Leifeld and sister, Catherine Nelson. 

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, Oct. 23 at the Church of St. Gabriel the Archangel, 1310 Main St, Hopkins. 

Interment Resurrection...

Elizabeth "Liz" J. Bower

Elizabeth "Liz" J. Bower

Oct 12, 2024

Elizabeth “Liz” J. Bower (Carlson), 76,of Maple Grove passed away on October 12, 2024. 

She is survived by her daughters Tracy Schopf (Jeremy) and Jessica Quinn (Patrick) along with grandchildren Chris, Nick, Sami, Abby, and Kate and many friends. Liz was born on August 4, 1948 to Marvel (Nelson) & Raymond Carlson in Minneapolis. She was predeceased by her husband Dennis...

John Noe

John Noe

Oct 12, 2024

John Noe age 78 of Crystal. 

Survived by siblings, Anna Nemeth, Mary Sass, Joe Noe and Helen Varville; nieces, nephews, grandnieces and nephews and friends. 

Funeral 11 AM Thursday October 17th at the Church of St. Raphael, 7301 Bass Lake Road with visitation beginning at 9:30. Interment Gethsemane Cemetery. 

Marie A. Doar

Marie A. Doar

Oct 11, 2024

To view the Mass of Christian Burial for Marie, please click on the link: Mass of Christian Burial for Marie A. Doar

Marie A. Doar, age 92 of St. Therese Apartments, New Hope, passed away October 11, 2024. She is preceded in death by husband, Robert; daughter, Jeannie, sister, Anne Sommer and brother, Paul. She is survived by children: Kathy Anderson,...

Paul J. Merz

Paul J. Merz

Oct 10, 2024

Paul J. Merz, age 91 of Maple Plain, passed away October 10, 2024. 

Paul is survived by children, Julie (Frank) Smaron, James (Sheila) Merz; grandchildren, Anna (Scott), Matthew (Annie), Peter (Alyssa), Natalie, Andrew (Eve); great-grandchildren, Avila, Beckett, Brady, Chiara; and many other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his wife, Rosa; sons, Anthony, Emil; and sister, Marion. 

Mass of...

John C. Patten

John C. Patten

Oct 8, 2024

John Clark Patten

A resident of Robbinsdale, MN, John passed away on October 8, 2024 at the age of 84. John grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. He married his high school sweetheart, Sharon Townsend, and they remained in Des Moines for many years.

Professionally, John became a nationally known roofing consultant. His work took him to many places across the country.

John...

Mark H. Helgager

Mark H. Helgager

Oct 8, 2024

Mark Hans Helgager, age 77, of Golden Valley, passed away peacefully on October 8, 2024, surrounded by family. 

 Mark is survived by his loving wife, Barbara; children, Eric, Andrea, Syl Kristine, Molly, and Grace; grandchildren, Angelina and Chloe; brothers, James (Dagmar) Helgager and Dave (Judy) Helgager; and many other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bennie...

Vincent S. Ahlers

Vincent S. Ahlers

Oct 7, 2024

Vincent S. Ahlers, age 87 of Plymouth, passed away peacefully October 7, 2024. He is survived by wife, Barbara; daughter, Kim Billings (David); sons, Kevin (Shari), Michael (Susan) and Mark; 9 grandchildren, Thomas (Brittany), Matthew, Sean, Brian (Alysha), Christopher, Marie, Amanda (Mark), Sierra & Isaac; 6 great grandchildren, Hudson, Sydney, Eden, Levi, Zion, Ruth; brother, Arnold (Bonnie); sister-in-laws, Carolyn and...

Audrey Miller

Audrey Miller

Oct 7, 2024

Miller, Audrey Marie age 91 passed away unexpectedly October 7, 2024. Audrey is reunited with her loving husband, Gilman, and is at peace.

Born in Devils Lake, North Dakota to parents Harold and Blanche LeDuc Mooney.

Audrey was a devout Catholic, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She took great pride in her family and would often say how blessed she...

Richard Henry Hansey

Richard Henry Hansey

Oct 7, 2024

Richard Henry Hansey

age 91, of Champlin passed away on October 7, 2024. Dick was a lot of things to everyone, a husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, friend and confident. He was one-of-a-kind. Dick took a lot of pride in his law enforcement career as a detective Lieutenant in the Minneapolis Police Force. 

He was also proud of his wife and...

Sandra Mary Stevens

Sandra Mary Stevens

Oct 6, 2024

Stevens, Sandy M., 

age 76 of St. Louis Park passed away 10/6/24. Loving wife and companion to Jim for over 52 years. Also survived by sister, Irene Loomis; nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents, Joe and Margaret Girodat; sisters, Charlotte Druar and Jean Kartes; and brothers, Jerome and James Girodat. Mass of Christian Burial 11 AM Saturday, October 12,...

Pauline (Pat) Brink

Pauline (Pat) Brink

Oct 5, 2024

Brink, Pauline (Pat)

age 95 of New Hope, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on October 5, 2024. Pat is survived by brother, Paul (Patricia) Brink; nephews, Greg (Elena) Brink of Minnetonka, MN, Jeff (Vicki) Brink of Atlanta, GA; great nieces & nephews, Scott of Minnetonka, Lindsey Brink of Concord, CA, Tony of Saint Charles, IL, Margaux of Austin, TX...

Kenneth "Ken" W. Sand

Kenneth "Ken" W. Sand

Oct 5, 2024

Kenneth “Ken” W. Sand age 80, of St. Louis Park.

Twice inducted into the Rock Country Hall of Fame, served in the airforce during the Vietnam War, a career working in electronics, retired from management in the early 2000s to spend his remaining years as a dedicated & hardworking employee for UPS. Devoted husband and father, always.

Survived by his loving wife,...

Elizabeth "Betty" Olson

Elizabeth "Betty" Olson

Oct 5, 2024

Olson, Elizabeth A.   "Betty"

age 92 of Robbinsdale passed away October 5th, 2024. Betty was born March 14th, 1932 in Robbinsdale. She attended Sacred Heart School and graduated from Robbinsdale High School. She was married to Everett Skare, and together they raised their three children Cindy, Pam and Joe. She was later married to Walter Earl Olson from 1981 until his...

Robert Winkler

Robert Winkler

Oct 4, 2024

Robert James Winkler, age 90, lifelong resident of the Minneapolis area, passed away peacefully at his home on October 4, 2024, succumbing to a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. Reaching the age of 90 was his goal and Robert (Bob) did not allow any illness to stand in the way of achieving that.

Bob was born on July 22, 1934,...

Doris Willms

Doris Willms

Oct 4, 2024

Doris Willms, age 82 of Brooklyn Park.

Survived by her loving husband, Rodney; children, Kevin (Sharon) Willms, Roger (Judi) Willms and Karla (Mark) Kitoski; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren plus two on the way; sister, Donna (Lowell) Thurow; many nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her parents, Astrid and Jorgen Birk; brothers, Niels, Richard and Earl Birk.

Visitation 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM...

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