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Alita Margaret Lenertz

Feb. 7, 1931-Sept. 19, 2025 TRACY—Alita Margaret Lenertz, 94 of Tracy, died on September 19, 2025 at Our House Hospice of Murray County. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 26, 2025 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy. Visitation will be 4:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday at the Tracy Area Funeral Home, beginning with a Rosary and prayer service at 4:00 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at church on Friday. Burial is in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Tracy. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens ...

Ilene Merritt

MINNEOTA—The ceremony commemorating the life of Ilene Merritt, 100, of Marshall, formerly of Minneota, will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the church. Interment will take place at Hope Lutheran Cemetery in Minneota. Ilene died on September 18, 2025, at the Avera Morningside Heights Care Center in Marshall. Arrangements with Horvath Funeral Service Minneota, Minnesota 507.872.6119 www.horvathfuneralservice.com

Doris Camilla (Thieren) Gregoire

COTTONWOOD—Doris Camilla (Thieren) Gregoire of Boulder Estates, originally of Cottonwood, Minnesota, passed away at the age of 95 on June 21, 2025, at the Avera Medical Center in Marshall. Celebration of Life Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. next Saturday, September 27, 2025, at St. Mary’s ...

Jacob Kathman

SLAYTON — Visitation for Jacob Kathman, 27, of Slayton will be from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday at St. Ann’s Church in Slayton. Burial will be private. Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton is entrusted with arrangement. He died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at Avera McKenna Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. 

Mary Muchlinski

MARSHALL — Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Muchlinski, 87, of Marshall will take place at 11 a.m. Monday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Sunday, with a CCW rosary at 4 p.m. and a prayer service at 6 p.m., at the Horvath Remembrance Center in Marshall. Visitation will continue Monday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Remembrance Center. Burial will follow the service at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Marshall.

Marlowe Johnson

MARSHALL — Services for Marlowe Johnson, 83, of Marshall are 2 p.m. Monday at the Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall. Burial will follow in the Marshall Cemetery in Marshall. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Monday, also at the Hamilton Funeral Home.