Earnest William Fortner, age 68, of Waterville, died on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Waseca. 

Janet Arlene Lillian (Krueger) Schmidtke, age 94, formerly of Waterville, died on the evening of Sunday, May 4, 2025, at The Willows of Arbor Lakes Memory Care in Maple Grove.

Bernita Roemhildt Knutson, of Sauk Rapids, MN, passed away Sunday, April 13. She is the daughter of Elmer and Irene Roemhildt of Elysian. 
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter “Bell” Lutheran Church. Visitation will be held two hours before the service.

Clarence “Harry” Bernard Harriman, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Health Systems - St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester, MN. A visitation will be held from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. on Friday, May 2, 2025, with a funeral service immediately following at 4 p.m. at Nasinec Funeral Home in Wells, MN. Please see nasinecfh.com to leave online condolences. 

Richard Flanders, 81, of Calvin, ND, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
Visitation will be held at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, ND on Friday, June 13, 2025, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. with a Prayer Service and Time of Remembrance at 6 p.m. Funeral Services for Richard will be on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. at Langdon Presbyterian Church with fellowship to follow. Burial will be in the Corinthian Cemetery  rural Calvin at 3:30 p.m. 

Ralph Earl Dyer, age 95, of Waterville, formerly Elysian, died surrounded by his family on the afternoon of Monday, March 31, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Health System in St. James.

Phyllis Jean (Bidwell) Arndt, age 78, entered into eternal peace on Monday, March 31, 2025 at the Owatonna Hospital.

Norma M. Byron, age 99, formerly of Faribault, died on Monday, March 31, 2025, at Central Health Care, Le Center.
Funeral services will be held at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Faribault, on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Kira Anderson officiating. Interment will be at Sakatah Cemetery, Waterville.
Visitation will be at Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault, on Sunday, April 6, 2025, from 2 to 4 p.m. and at church for one hour prior to the service on Monday.

Shannon Marie Cook passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at her home in Hill City at the age of 51. She was born March 19, 1973, in Austin, the daughter of Kenneth and Shirley (Pritzkau) Cook. She grew up in Austin and graduated High School in Waterville. She attended Mankato State University and earned a B.A. Degree.  She moved to Sioux Falls, S.D. where she worked at a bank for many years.  She later moved to Hill City and worked in Grand Rapids.