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Joan E. Schmidtgal

NORTHROP — Services for Joan E. Schmidtgal, age 84, of Northrop, Minn., will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, at Calvary Baptist Church in Granada, Minn., with interment in Riverside Cemetery, Madelia, Minn. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Thursday at the church in ...

Barbara A. Gruber

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Barbara Ann (Abel) Gruber, age 87, known to friends and family as Barbie, departed this life on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. A graveside interment will be held 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Lakeside Cemetary, 900 N. Fairlakes Ave., Fairmont, ...

Richard B. Johnson

FAIRMONT — A Celebration of Life Service for Richard B. Johnson, 92, of Fairmont, Minn., will be held 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Burial will be following the service in Lakeside Cemetery with military graveside honors by the Lee C. Prentice ...

William ‘Bill’ LaFavor

WELCOME — A celebration of life service for William “Bill” LaFavor, 77, of Welcome, Minn., will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Welcome, with military honors by Welcome American Legion Post 553 at the church. Private family burial will be in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Minn. LaFavor was called to his eternal rest Saturday afternoon, Aug. 31, 2024, at his home in Welcome, Minn. Visitation will be prior to the service from 1-2 p.m. Saturday at the church in Welcome. Arrangements for the family by Kramer Family Funeral Home of Sherburn, ...

Velva L. Quinn

FAIRMONT — Mass of Christian Burial for Velva “Vel” L. Quinn, age 88, of Fairmont, Minn., will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont, with inurnment in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Fairmont. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at ...

Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Switras

FAIRMONT — A funeral Mass for Elizabeth “Beth” Switras, age 78, of Fairmont, Minn., will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, at Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont, and one hour ...