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Alita Lenertz

Feb. 7, 1931-Sept. 19, 2025 TRACY — Mass of Christian Burial for Alita Margaret Lenertz, 94, of Tracy will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the Tracy Area Funeral Home, beginning with a rosary and prayer service at 4 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at church Friday. Burial is in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Tracy. Stephens Funeral Service – Tracy Area Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. She died Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at Our House Hospice of Murray ...

Anita DeSchepper

TRACY—Anita DeSchepper, age 69 of Tracy, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2025 surrounded by family at Our House Hospice in Slayton after a battle with cancer. Visitation will be 4:00-6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 2, 2025 at Tracy Area Funeral Home with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Private family burial will be held at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service – Tracy Area Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Brenda Kleine

LYND—Brenda Kleine, 65, of Lynd, Minnesota, died peacefully on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at her home. Funeral Services are 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Marshall, Minnesota. A reception for attendees will then be offered in the church basement. Interment will be at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Island Lake Township, Minnesota. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Monday, September 29, 2025, at the Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall. The evening will conclude with a Prayer Service at 6:30 p.m. Visitation will ...

Richard “Dick” Sullivan, Sr

.Jan. 18, 1944-Sept. 13, 2025 LONG PRAIRIE — Richard “Dick” Sullivan, Sr. (a.k.a. “Sully,” “Big Dick”) of Long Prairie passed away on Saturday Sept. 13, at his home on Lake Beauty after a long battle with the squirrels who relentlessly raided his bird feeders. He was surrounded ...

Eugene Sand

REDWOOD FALLS — Services for Eugene “Gene” H. Sand, 92, of Redwood Falls will be at 1 p.m. today at Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Home in Redwood Falls, with burial to follow in the Redwood Falls Cemetery, with full military honors. A visitation will be two hours prior to his service from 11 a.m-1 p.m. at the funeral home. 

Jacob Kathman

SLAYTON — Visitation for Jacob Kathman, 27, of Slayton will be from 4-6 p.m. today at St. Ann’s Church in Slayton.