All Obituaries

Lorna Irene Klein, age 90, of Brainerd, died on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 in her home. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Brainerd. A visitation will be on Thursday, August 11 from 4-7:00 p.m. at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd and for one hour prior to the service on Friday. Interment will be at Evergreen Memorial Gardens also in Brainerd. Lorna was born to Henry and Angelina (Krueckeberg) Kleinschmidt on March 2, 1932,...

Todd Allen Radtke, age 57, of Brainerd, died on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at Essentia Health – St. Joseph’s Medical Center. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home, Brainerd. Family and friends are invited to gather for one hour prior to the service. Todd was born to Roger and Virginia (Brown) Radtke on October 17, 1964, in Brainerd. He was somebody who was rough around the edges, while still being outgoing and...

Anthony Hugh Hoffman, age 40, of Minneapolis and formerly of Brainerd, died on Monday, August 1, 2022, at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. A visitation will be held on Monday, August 8 from 4-7:00 p.m. at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home and for one hour prior to Mass at the church. Anthony was born to Kevin and Jennifer (Olson) Hoffman on April 27, 1982. He grew up in Brainerd and graduated...

Born on a cold November 18th day, 1926 to Joseph and Mary (Reuter) Letendre, Don was "an Ice Man's son."  There was no refrigeration in the 1920's or during the Great Depression.  Don's father owned "Imperial Ice Company" in Cass Lake, and Don would tell stories of his dad hand sawing lake ice into large blocks, hauled by a team of horses to sawdust-filled barns and to customers for 1 cent per pound. Don attended Catholic Church, was an altar...

John (Jack) Rudbeck, age 79, walked home with the Lord on July 25, 2022. A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Monday, August 1, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd. Family and friends are invited to gather on Sunday, July 31 from 4-7:00 p.m. at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home, Brainerd and for one hour prior to Mass at the church. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd.  Jack was born on March 20, 1943 in Brainerd to Devere and...

Scott Christopher Listul, age 57, left us too soon. He will be forever loved and missed. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. Nelson-Doran Funeral Home, Brainerd. He is survived by his parents, Barbara (Paul) Listul; children, Brittani, Derik and Joel; six grandchildren; brothers, Todd (Jean), Josh (Courtney); sisters, Amy (Dane) Tibke, Wren Picka and Sarah Ravard; and many aunts, uncles and other family members and friends. He was preceded in...

Donald Abel Byykkonen was born April 11, 1931, the son of Abel and Lillian (Moilanen) Pyykkonen in Huron, MI.  He was united in marriage to Verna Sandelin from Baraga, MI, on January 14, 1956.  He died in Sebeka, MN, at the age of 91 on July 22, 2022. Don attended country school on Horoscope Road in Pelkie, MI, until eighth grade, at which time he went to work in the woods to help support his family. As a teenager, he worked on ore boats on the Great Lakes. Don enlisted in the...

Ronald (Ron) Winston Hobson, age 99 of Brainerd, Mn. passed away peacefully at his Woodland Good Samaritan apartment on July 19th, 2022, with his son and daughter at his side. He was born to Claude and Hazel (Lauritsen) Hobson on May 30th, 1923, in Schuyler, Nebraska. In 1931 the family moved to Bemidji, MN where they put down permanent roots.  Ron graduated from Bemidji High School in 1941 and continued onto college for a semester and then took a detour to Superior, Wisconsin where...

Todd Crist, age 56, of Brainerd, died on Sunday, July 17, 2022 at his home. Todd was born on September 21, 1965 to Dwight and Sharon (Werke) Crist. He is survived by his wife, Brenda; four children, Shani (Steven Summers) Crist, Keith (Krista) Koski, Brandon (Amy) Crist, Cory (Macie) Crist; grandchildren, Conner, Aaron, Karson, Oakley, and Everleigh; mom, Sharon Crimmins; brothers, Tim and Rick Crist; and many other family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his father,...

Leo LeRoy Gangestad, 91, of Brainerd, passed away with family by his side on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Essentia Health – St. Joseph’s Medical Center. There will be a gathering of family and friends on Thursday, July 21, 2022, from 4 – 7 p.m. at the Nelson – Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd.  Interment with Military Honors will be held at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley at 9:00 a.m., Friday, July 22, 2022.  A reception will follow at...