Obituaries

Leora Platt

Leora Platt

Mar 30, 2013

Leora Virgie Platt, 98 of Frazee, MN, formerly of Breckenridge, MN died March 30, 2013 at the Frazee Care Center. The visitation will be Thursday, April 4 from 4:00-7:00PM and again Friday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home in Breckenridge. There is a prayer service at 7:00PM. The Mass of Christian Burial will be...

Richard Smith

Richard Smith

Mar 29, 2013

Richard "Dick" Mansfield Smith was born September 8, 1921 in Esmond, ND, near Leeds, to Mansfield Sherman and Mary Lucille (Hawkland) Smith. He passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 at St. Francis Nursing Home in Breckenridge, MN. Visitation will be Friday, April 5 from 4-7 pm at St. John's Catholic Church with a prayer service at 7 pm. A...

Ethel Horn

Ethel Horn

Mar 6, 2013

Ethel Evelyn Horn, 97 of Breckenridge, MN passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at St. Francis Nursing Home, Breckenridge. The visitation will be Friday, March 8, from 4:00 to 7:00PM with a Christian Mother's Rosary at 4:30 and a prayer service at 7:00 at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge. The funeral will be 1:00PM, Saturday, March 9 at...

Eileen Younger

Eileen Younger

Feb 22, 2013

The heavenly choir became one voice stronger February 22, 2013, when Eileen Joyce Younger, 87, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Breckenridge, MN, passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family. Her funeral is Tuesday Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:00PM at Vukku Lutheran Church, rural Doran, MN. Her visitation is Monday Feb. 25, 2013 at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home,...

Kenneth Berndt

Kenneth Berndt

Feb 10, 2013

Kenneth Gene Berndt, 68, of Breckenridge, MN passed away peacefully with his family by his side, Sunday, February 10, 2013 at St. Francis Nursing Home in Breckenridge. The visitation will be Friday, February 15 from 5 to 8:00PM with a prayer service at 7, at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be 11:00AM, Saturday, February 16 at...

Warren Priebe

Warren Priebe

Feb 1, 2013

Warren Priebe, 92 of Fargo, ND formerly of Breckenridge, MN, died Friday, February 1, 2013 at Essentia Health. The visitation will be from 1:00 to 4:00PM with a prayer service at 3; Sunday, February 3, at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge. The funeral will be Monday, February 4 at 1:00PM at Grace Lutheran Church in Breckenridge, with Pastor...

Alma Mehl

Alma Mehl

Jan 28, 2013

Alma Mehl, 94 of Breckenridge, MN died Monday, January 28, 2013 at St. Francis Nursing Home, Breckenridge. The visitation will be Wednesday, January 30 from 4:30 to 8:30PM with a Rosary at 4:30 and prayer service at 7:30PM at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge. The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00AM, Thursday, January 31 at St....

Diane Marthaler

Diane Marthaler

Jan 27, 2013

Diane "Toot" Marthaler, 42, Breckenridge, MN, died Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Sanford HealthCare, Fargo, ND. The visitation celebrating her life will be at Breckenridge Senior High School Friday, February 1, from 4 to 8:00PM with a prayer service at 7. The Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00AM Saturday, February 2 at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Peter...

Delbert Nelson

Delbert Nelson

Jan 20, 2013

Delbert Dwight Nelson, 80 of Breckenridge, MN, died at St. Francis Health Care Campus, January 20, 2013. The visitation is at Joseph Vertin & sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, Tuesday, January 22, from 4 to 7:00PM. The funeral is 1:30PM, Wednesday, January 23 at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home with Pastor Gary Gottfried officiating. The interment is at Fairview Memorial...

Gladys Rurup

Gladys Rurup

Jan 16, 2013

Gladys Rurup, 85 of Wahpeton, ND died on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Moorhead, MN. The funeral will be at 1:00PM at Joseph Vertin and Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, MN, on Saturday, January 19 with a visitation one hour prior to the service, from 12:00 to 1:00PM. Pastor Gary Gottfried is officiating. The interment will...

Bernice Wanek

Bernice Wanek

Jan 6, 2013

Bernice Wanek, 78 of Doran, MN died Sunday, January 6, 2013 at St. Francis Health Care Campus, Breckenridge, MN. The visitation will be at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, on Thursday, January 10 from 6 to 8 PM. The funeral will be Friday, January 11 at 11:00AM at the Doran Presbyterian Church, Doran, with Pastor Wendel Kelm officiating....

Joyce VanTassel

Joyce VanTassel

Dec 31, 2012

Joyce Marion VanTassel, 90 of Breckenridge, MN died December 31, 2012 at St. Francis Nursing Home, Breckenridge. The visitation is from 5:00 to 8:00PM, Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge and on Friday from 10:00 to 11:00AM prior to the funeral at St. Thomas Church. The funeral is Friday, January 4 at 11:00AM at...

Donald Lechleiter

Donald Lechleiter

Dec 13, 2012

Don was born October 17, 1921 to John and Minnie (Semple) Lechleiter in West Fargo, ND where he grew up and went to school. He moved to the Breckenridge/ Wahpeton community in the early 1940's. He married the love of his life, Ruth Merrick, on June 17, 1947 at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Kent, MN. They made their home...

Lois Broesder

Lois Broesder

Dec 7, 2012

Lois Catherine Broesder, 85 of Breckenridge, MN died at St. Francis Nursing Home, Breckenridge, on Friday, December 07, 2012. The funeral service will be at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, on Tuesday, December 11 at 11:00AM with a visitation one hour prior. Pastor Wendel Kelm will be officiating. The interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Nashua, MN....

Jeanette Jensen-Glock

Jeanette Jensen-Glock

Dec 3, 2012

Jeanette Glock, 75, of Coon Rapids, MN formerly of Breckenridge, MN passed away peacefully on December 3, 2012 surrounded by her family and her Christmas tree sparkling close by. The visitation is at St. Galls Catholic Church, Tintah, MN on Sunday, December 9 from 5 to 7:00PM with a prayer service at 7. The Funeral is at St. Gall's Catholic...

Alice Welharticky

Alice Welharticky

Dec 2, 2012

Alice Laura Welharticky, 96, of Breckenridge, MN formerly of Nashua, MN, died Sunday, December 2, 2012 at St. Francis Health Care Campus, Breckenridge, MN. The visitation will be at Joseph Vertin &Sons Funeral Home in Breckenridge, Wednesday, December 5, from 5 to 8:00PM with a prayer service at 7. The funeral will be Thursday, December 6 at Seventh Day Adventist...

Earlean Kuehn

Earlean Kuehn

Nov 14, 2012

Earlean M. Kuehn, 86, of Wahpeton, ND, formerly Lidgerwood, ND , died November 14, 2012 at St. Catherine's Living Center. The visitation is at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, MN, Friday, November 16 from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 PM with Pastor Ryan Drevlow officiating. The funeral is at Holy Cross Lutheran...

Charles Dohman

Charles Dohman

Nov 13, 2012

Charles Herbert Dohman, 90, died on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton, ND under the care of Riveredge Hospice. The visitation will be at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home on Thursday, November 15, from 5 to 7:00PM with a prayer service at 7. The funeral will be at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home on...

Robert Sittarich

Robert Sittarich

Nov 9, 2012

Robert Joseph Sittarich, 77, of Breckenridge, MN passed away peacefully, Friday, November 9, 2012 at St. Francis Heath Care Campus, Breckenridge, surrounded by prayers and loved ones. The visitation will be at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, on Monday, November 12 from 4 to 8:00PM with a prayer service at 7. The funeral will be at St. Mary's...

Gordon Thiel

Gordon Thiel

Nov 8, 2012

Gordon Herman Thiel, 81 of Wahpeton, ND died on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at St. Catherine's Living Center in Wahpeton, ND. The visitation will be at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, MN on Sunday, November 11, from 5 to 7:00PM with a rosary at 6:30 and prayer service at 7. The funeral will be at St. John's Catholic...