Memorial services will be held for Norbert Benke age 82, of Dent, on Monday, October 25, 2021 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Perham.  Visitation will be held on Sunday, October 24, 2021 from 5-7 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dent. Visitation will resume one… Read More

The memorial service celebrating the life of Monte Albin of New York Mills, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 23, at the United Methodist Church in Verndale with Pastor Ken Uhren presiding. Visitation will be held at the church on Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service.   Monte, age… Read More

 Funeral services for Theodore Edward (Ted) Fischer, age 93, of Wadena, were held on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Karvonen’s Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Ted passed away at his home surrounded by his family, on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Arrangements provided by Karvonen Funeral &… Read More

The Mass of Christian Burial for Kenneth “Fred” Dykhoff of Bluffton was celebrated at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 8, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Bluffton, with Father Aaron Kuhn as celebrant.   Surrounded by his family, Kenneth, age 84, passed away on October 3, 2021, at his home near Bluffton. Compassionate care… Read More

Shon Hotakainen, age 57 of Wadena, passed away on October 4, 2021 at Sanford on Broadway in Fargo, N.D.. Memorial Services were held on Friday, October 15, 2021 at 1 p.m. at Karvonen Funeral Home in Wadena. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.  Please visit www.karvonenfuneralhome.com to leave… Read More

A Memorial Service for Thomas Murphy was held at the Pinewood Church (former Assembly of God) on October 9. Visitation was at 10 a.m., Service at 11 a.m. and a Logger’s Lunch at 12 p.m. Pinewood Church is located 37863 US 71, Menahga, MN.  Please visit www.karvonenfuneralhome.com to leave memorials and condolences on Tom’s Tribute Wall.  Arrangements… Read More

A memorial service  for Charlene Motschenbacher, age 66, of Wadena, was held on Saturday, October 9, 2021, at 2 p.m. at the Karvonen Funeral Home in Wadena.  Visitation was held on Friday, October 8, 2021, from 5-7 p.m. at the Karvonen Funeral Home in Wadena. Prayer Services began at 7 p.m..  Please visit www.karvonenfuneralhome.com to send Charlene’s… Read More

After beating the odds and surviving Covid, Herbert Otto Lawrence Meier passed away suddenly at 91 years young on September 25, 2021, due to Covid-related respiratory issues. Herbert was born May 8, 1930, on the family farm in Butler, and through the grace of God, his brother, Art Meier, found homes for Herb and his… Read More

Funeral services were held for Sharon Rautio age 81, of New York Mills, with Pastor Cindy Lemke officiating.  Sharon was laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery in New York Mills, Minnesota.   Sharon Rautio was born on July 2, 1940 in Perham, Minnesota to Gladys and Casper Rebuck. She graduated from New York Mills High School… Read More

Funeral services will be held for Barbara Mattfeld, age 82 of Perham, on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Detroit Lakes, Minn.  Visitation will be held on Friday, October 8, 2021 at the Karvonen Funeral Home in New York Mills from 4-7 p.m. with a prayer service at 7… Read More