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Steven Panitzke

BELVIEW — Services for Steven Lee Panitzke, 65, of Belview will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church in Vesta. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with a prayer service at 8 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service Wednesday. Burial will be in the St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Sheridan Township. A Celebration of Steve’s Life will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Mac on Main in Belview. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service - Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the ...

James Munson

COTTONWOOD — Services for James “Jim” Munson, 70, of Cottonwood will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the English Lutheran Church in Cottonwood.  Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the English Lutheran Church in Cottonwood, and will resume Saturday one hour prior to the service.  Burial will be in the Hansonville Cemetery, rural Hendricks. Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel in Hendricks is entrusted with the arrangements. He died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026 at the Hendricks Hospital, Hendricks, after a short battle with Myasthenia Gravis disease. 

Steven Kaas

RUSSELL — Services for Steven "Louie" Lee Kaas, 56 of Russell will take place at Veterans Park in Minneota on Sept. 4, at 1 p.m., followed by a reception at the Southwest Sportsman's Club in Minneota until 5 pm. An official service with military honors and burial will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are with Horvath Funeral Service of Marshall. He died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., from complications of cancer.

Gloria Gegner

MORGAN — Services for Gloria J. Gegner, 98, of Morgan will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Bethany Lutheran Church in rural Morgan, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Bethany Lutheran Church in rural Morgan, and will continue for one hour prior to her service from 10-11 a.m. at the church. She died Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Gil-Mor Manor Nursing Home in Morgan.

Jonathan “Jay” James Marcotte

Noblesville, IN — Jonathan “Jay” James Marcotte, of Noblesville, IN and formerly of Marshall, MN, passed away on August 18, 2026, at the age of 44, following a brief illness. He was born in Marshall, MN on September 10, 1981, to parents, James “Jamie” and Elizabeth “Beth” ...

Kenneth Bassett

LUVERNE — Services for Kenneth Bassett, 78, of Luverne will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at IHM Church in Currie. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at the church in Currie, and one hour prior to the services at the church Saturday. Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton is entrusted with arrangements. To view online obituary and send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome.com. Military honors accorded by the Currie American Legion Post. He died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne.