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Arthur “Art” William Rogers

Oct 26, 2025- Dec. 25, 2025 TRACY—Arthur “Art” William Rogers, 80, of Tracy, MN, formerly of Percival, IA, died at his home on Thursday, December 25, 2025 surrounded by his loving family. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy, MN. Visitation will be held 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 30 at the Tracy Area Funeral Home and will continue one hour prior at the church. Interment will be held at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Tracy. Art had a lifelong love of reading; in lieu of plants or ...

Gregory “Greg” Cattoor

Jan. 8, 1942-Dec. 23, 2025 MARSHALL—Mass of Christian Burial for Gregory “Greg” Cattoor, 83, of Stillwater, formerly of Marshall, will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Marshall. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 30, from ...

Dennis Gawarecki

MINNEOTA—The funeral service for Dennis Gawarecki, 89, of Minneota, will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at the Horvath Remembrance Center in Minneota. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at the remembrance center and will continue one hour prior to the service. A private family interment will take place at a later date. Dennis died on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at his residence in Minneota. Arrangements with Horvath Funeral Service Minneota, Minnesota www.horvathfuneralservice.com

Dennis Kor

Jan. 19, 1967-Dec. 22, 2025 MINNEOTA—A ceremony commemorating the life of Dennis Kor, 58, of Minneota, will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 29, 2025, at Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church and ...

Donald “Don” Wyffels

MARSHALL—Mass of Christian Burial for Donald “Don” Wyffels, 86, of Marshall, will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Marshall. Visitation will be held on Monday, December 29, from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. with a CCW Rosary at 4:00 ...

Country School Kids – Lois Paine Widmark – College, farming, family, and Arco Public School

We have been learning about Ivanhoe’s Lois Paine Widmark and her early life in western South Dakota, high school in Lyons, Nebraska, and serving with the WAVES in Washington, D.C .during WWII. Lois met her future husband, Arnold Widmark, while in high school and corresponded with him during WWII, when he served with the Merchant Marine. When Lois was discharged from the WAVES, she moved to Blair, Nebraska, to live with her parents and attended two years of college on the GI Bill. She explained her reasons for attending college. “I always thought, if I ever had the chance, I ...