Obituaries
Martha Lea Rach, 90, Staples, died Friday, September 21st at her home in Staples.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 AM, Wednesday, September 26 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples, with Fr. Arlie Sowada officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM, Tuesday, September 25 at...
Adele A. (Soukup) Goblirsch, 94, of Sleepy Eye passed away September 13, 2018, at Sleepy Eye Medical Center.
Visitation will be held Thurs., Sept. 20 from 4 to 7 p.m. and again on Friday from 7:30 until 10 a.m. at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St....
David Roberts, 59, of Staples, died September 10, 2018, of natural causes in Staples.
Services for David will be held Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Motley Free Methodist Church with Pastor Jim Johnson officiating. Visitation for family and friends will be held one hour prior to the...
Marlys Rachael Drake, 84, of Staples, died at Lakewood Care Center in Staples on September 9, 2018. She was in Hospice Care to help keep her comfortable due to end stage congestive heart failure.
Services will be held at 3 p.m., Wednesday, August 12, 2018 at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples,...
Douglas B. Johnson, 89, of Staples, passed away September 6, 2018, at Lakewood Health System Care Center, Staples.
Arrangements are being made with Taylor Funeral Home in Staples.
Interment will be held at Camp Ripley Military Cemetery near Little Falls at a later date.
Doug was born January 21,...
Dr. Harry Edgar Peirce, Jr., 92, Twin Cities, died August 24, 2018, after battling Alzheimer’s for several years
Shortly after he was born on March 15, 1926, in Mankato, his family moved to Staples. He left to serve in the Navy during WWII. Following his discharge and a brief try at running a feed...
Michael (Mike) Dean Roberts, 64, of Staples died August 31, 2018 at the Henning Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center.
A gathering for Mike will be held from 4:30 pm-7:30 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at the Taylor Funeral Home in Staples followed by a service at 7:30 pm. Interment will take...
Sandra Marie Forpahl, 77, of Motley, passed away August 30, 2018.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, September 4 at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples, with Fr. Gabriel Walz officiating. Visitation will be at the church during the hour before Mass.
Burial will be Tuesday...
Betty Dailey, 90, passed away August 28, 2 018 at the Bethany Good Samaritan Home, Brainerd, due to Alzheimer’s disease.
Funeral services were held Sept. 1, at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Oylen with Chaplain Bob Mueller presiding.
Burial was in Poplar Cemetery, Leader....
Lydia “Sis” A. Goodwater, 91, of Motley, died August 26 at Lakewood Health System Hospital in Staples.
Services will be held at 11 a.m., Fri., Aug. 31 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Motley, with Reverend Paul Koehler officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church...
