Obituaries

Minneapolis Obituaries

Eugene William Cichowicz

Eugene William Cichowicz

May 17, 2024

Eugene W. Cichowicz died unexpectedly on May 17th, 2024, after a fall in his home at the age of 82. Eugene was preceded in death by his parents Sophie Rose Cichowicz, and father Eugene John Cichowicz and his sister Dolores Ann Rumpf. He is survived by his wife of 49 years Paulette Kay Cichowicz, son Nicholas Paul Cichowicz, Daughter-in-law Liza Soto De...

Dr. Ronald G. Perrier

Dr. Ronald G. Perrier

May 15, 2024

Formerly of St. Cloud and Minneapolis.Born February 10, 1940, passed away peacefully in his sleep May 15, 2024, from Alzheimer's disease.Predeceased by parents, Alfred and Lorraine; brother, James (Sandra); sisters, Patricia Grogan (Maurice) and Sandra Meister-Greeder (Tom).Survived by sisters, Lori Magne (Mike) and Denese Gomez (Carlos), many nieces and nephews.Ron's love for education began in a one room schoolhouse in...

Elijah Brown

Elijah Brown

May 14, 2024

Elijah Richard Brown,Born 5/14/2024, passed away 5/14/2024.

He is now in the arms of his great grandpa Richard.

He will be sadly missed by his mother Paige, father Randy, grandma Heather, great-grandma Vicky, aunt Skylie, and uncle Derek.

A gathering of friends and family will take place at Bradshaw Funeral Home, 2800 Curve Crest Blvd., Stillwater on Friday, May 24, 2024 at 5...

Virginia Nelson Lake

Virginia Nelson Lake

May 14, 2024

Virginia Nelson Lake

Age 100 of Stillwater, MN, formerly of Hyde Park, NY

Passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on May 14, 2024.

Virginia is preceded in death by her husband, Frederick H. Lake; brother, Elmer T. Nelson; parents, Horatio W. and Florence Todd Nelson.

She is survived by children, Richard (Andrea), Douglas (Betsy), Nancy (Martin) Gaines; grandchildren, Benjamin E....

Eh Lee

Eh Lee

May 12, 2024

Eh Lee

Age 18 of St. Paul Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly on May 12, 2024.

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

စံးထီၣ်ပတြၢၤ 73:26

ယသးဒီးယနီၢ်ခိအဂံၢ်အဘါကစၢ်လီၤဝဲ, ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ကစၢ်ယွၤမ့ၢ်ယဂံၢ်ယဘါလီၤ. အဝဲမ့ၢ်တၢ်ခဲလၢာ်လၢယန့ၢ်ဘၣ်အီၤ အလီၢ်အိၣ်ထီဘိန့ၣ်လီၤ.

Funeral services for Eh Lee will be held on Saturday, May 25th at Bradshaw (1078 Rice St.) at 9:00 AM with visitation at 8:30...

Ferna Hugo

Ferna Hugo

May 12, 2024

Ferna Hugo

Age 92 of Woodbury, passed away on 5/12/2024.



Ferna was preceded in death by her husband Leo; son Scott; and daughter-in-law Lisa.

She is survived by her children, Mark (Janice), Kirk, and Teresa(Mike) Ricci; grandchildren Melanie(Patrick), Jessica(Ryan), Tessa(Ethan), and Lacey; great-grandchildren Lucas, Cooper, Eisley, Emersyn, Parker, Preston, Owen, with one more on the way; and many more...

Mary Catherine Hessburg

Mary Catherine Hessburg

May 11, 2024

Hessburg, Mary Catherine, age 95 of Mpls. Preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Sr. and Genevieve (Brombach); stepmother Esther (Wilson). Survived by siblings, Donald (Donna), Helen James, and Daniel Hessburg; also over 40 nieces, nephews, including great and great great nieces and nephews. Mary worked in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota for over 51...

Jessica Columbus

Jessica Columbus

May 10, 2024

Jessica Columbus "Sweet Grass Woman"

October 12th 1976-May 10th 2024

Jessica was preceded in death by her true love, Jonathan "Jack" Fairbanks; mother, Sandra Dee "Sandy" Mauer; and nephew, Darryl.

She is survived by her children, Chuy, Destiny, Xavier (Robert), and Jack; her father, Delano "Dean" Columbus; siblings, Jennifer, Deanna, Debbie, Joshua, and Sunny; grandchildren, Niswe,...

Daniel Cox

Daniel Cox

May 10, 2024

Daniel Jonathan Cox, aged 48, departed this life on May 10, 2024.

Born in Wadena, MN on May 17, 1975, Dan was lovingly adopted by William and Charlotte Cox in 1979. He went on to graduate from Eagan High School.

Daniel is now reunited in spirit with his grandparents, Kenneth and Eldora Tichler of Morrison, Illinois, who preceded him in death.

He leaves...

Richard G. "Rick" Brown

Richard G. "Rick" Brown

May 10, 2024

Age 73, died at home on May 10, a man of great charm, grace and wit.  He was the beloved husband of Mitzi (52 years), loving father of Lizzie (Danny), Sam (Sonja) and Helen (Mitch); doting grandfather of Artie, Ted, Fritz, Oliver and Gus.  He is survived by brother Randy and sister Janet, and many nieces and nephews.Rick was a...

Darrell Lee Schaapveld

Darrell Lee Schaapveld

May 9, 2024

Darrell Lee Schaapveld, (Dancing Darrell), at the young age of 69 (78 really) died unexpectedly on Thursday, May 9, 2024, while taking his morning walk in the William O’ Brien State Park where he lived in a unique log house.  Darrell had various heart problems, which he was dealing with for the past 5 years. Darrell was born in Nordeast (not...

Marjory Black

Marjory Black

May 8, 2024

Marjory Black of Minneapolis passed away on May 8, 2024, at age 92. She is survived by daughters Anne Chenette (Jeff Pomeroy) and Catherine Chenette (Mark Spoering), life partner of 30 years Craig Randal Johnson, brother George Willson Black, stepchildren Janet and Paul Samarotto, and beloved grandchildren Dylan and Nakayla Spoering.

As French Hornist and teacher in the...

Wilbur Cant

Wilbur Cant

May 8, 2024

Dr. Wilbur (Bill) Francis Cant, 92, passed away peacefully on May 8, 2024, surrounded by his loved ones.

Born on November 5, 1931, in Moline, Illinois, to Wilburt and Frances Cant, Bill was the eldest of three siblings. He grew up helping at his father's bar in town and excelling academically as Valedictorian of his class as well as...

Sandra Ness

Sandra Ness

May 8, 2024

Sandy Ness, 62, of New Richmond, WI passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 8, 2024 after a courageous 4 year battle with lymphoma. She was a fighter until the very end, when her body finally said "enough." 

Sandy was born December 11, 1961 to Melvin and Edythe (Blair) Fredrich. She was raised in Stillwater, Minnesota and graduated from...

Barbara Louise Ludtke

Barbara Louise Ludtke

May 7, 2024

Barbara Louise Ludtke, age 78 of St. Paul, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2024 surrounded by her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Leonard and Velnie Vanek; husband, Larry Ludtke; brother, Thomas Vanek; sister, Karen Strom. She will be missed by those who survive her: children, Debra (Doug) Robinson, Alana (Scott) Reil, Andrea Ludtke; grandchildren, Madeline, Samuel,...

Britta Nelson

Britta Nelson

May 6, 2024

Britta Christine Nelson

Age 43 of Stillwater

Passed from death into Life on May 6, 2024. Britta was a gift to her family and others and blessed so many people with her smile and sweet spirit.

Britta is preceded in death by her grandparents, Dale E. and Doris Nelson, and Dwight and Grace Peerman.

She is survived by her parents, Joy and Scott; siblings,...

Marcie Carol Latterell

Marcie Carol Latterell

May 5, 2024

Marcie Carol Latterell of Stillwater, passed away Sunday, May 5th after a brief battle with cancer. She left the physical world peacefully, surrounded by her children who made sure she knew how much she was loved as she moved on to the next life.Marcie was born and raised in Duluth. After her marriage to Richard Powell, they moved to Stillwater...

Garret Edward Westby

Garret Edward Westby

May 4, 2024

On May 4th, beloved son, big brother, grandson, and friend to all, Garret Edward Westby, 27 passed away tragically and unexpectedly. Garret was born May 30th, 1996 and is survived by his parents, Timothy and Michelle Westby, his younger sisters Alexandra and Anna, his aunts and uncles Jim and Beth Sullivan, Todd and Heidi Westby, cousins David Sullivan and Christine...

Maria Hartwich

Maria Hartwich

May 4, 2024

Maria Magdalena Hartwich (Cedillo DeLeon)

Age 41 of St. Paul, was taken from us far too soon on May 4, 2024.

Maria was born in Jantetleco, Morelos, Mexico to her parents, Filogonio and Leonarda. She emigrated to the United States when she was just 15, and soon after, met Nicholas Hartwich, who would become her husband in 2001.

Together, Maria and Nicholas raised...