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Joan Vasgaard

LAKE WILSON — Services for Joan Vasgaard, 77, of Lake Wilson will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Sillerud Lutheran Church in rural Balaton. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the Totzke Funeral Home in Slayton, and one hour prior to the services at the church Friday. Burial is at Ellborough Lutheran Church Cemetery in rural Balaton, MN.  To view online obituary and send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome.com. SHe died Friday, April 10, 2026, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Merlyn Anderson

SLAYTON — Visitation for Merlyn Anderson, 84 of Slayton, will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday at the Totzke Funeral Home in Slayton. Burial is at Slayton Memorial Gardens.  Military honors accorded by the Slayton American Legion Post.  To send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome.com. He died Sunday, April 12, 2026, at the Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.

Linda Engler

WALNUT GROVE — Services for Linda Marie (Atkins) Engler, 80, of Walnut Grove will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the St. Olaf Lutheran Cemetery of Ann Township, rural Walnut Grove. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service – Walnut Grove Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. She died peacefully Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Sunset Cottage in Worthington. She was born March 25, 1946, to Edward and Evelyn (Weis) Atkins ...

Edmund Marczak

MARSHALL—A ceremony celebrating the life of Edmund Marczak, 94, of Marshall, will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at the Horvath Remembrance Center in Marshall. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Remembrance Center. Edmund died on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at home under hospice care and surrounded by family after a brief battle with cancer. Arrangements with Horvath Funeral Service Marshall, Minnesota 507.532.4522 www.horvathfuneralservice.com

Lamont Butcher

NEW ULM — Lamont Eugene Butcher, 67 of New Ulm, formerly of Morgan, died Monday, April 13, 2026, from cancer, at Divine Providence in Sleepy Eye. Burial at a later date in St. John Lutheran Cemetery in Morgan. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service - Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. He was born April 22, 1958, Eugene and Jeanette (Friedrich) Butcher in Fergus Falls. Survivors include his sister, Audrey Menz of Acworth, Georgia; brothers, Clair of Willmar and Myles of Brownton.

Lu Ann Hinz

MARSHALL — A funeral service celebrating the life of Lu Ann Hinz, 72, of Marshall will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Horvath Remembrance Center of Minneota. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. She wished to be buried with both of her husbands. Burial will follow at St. Edward Catholic Cemetery in Minneota, with a second private interment taking place at a later date at the Amiret Cemetery. She died Saturday, April 11, 2026, at her residence in Marshall.