Obituaries

67-year-old JULLEEN J. ROUSH of Atwater passed away peacefully on Monday April, 7, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family.  

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, April 12, from 2-to-4 P.M. at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral and Cremation Service in Litchfield.
 
Julleen is survived by her loving husband – Leo

Daughters – Amy (Chris) Welch of Litchfield, Stacy Roush of Atwater and Sara (Matt) Miller of Roscoe

Grandchildren – Emily (Aidan), Taylor and Josiah Welch and Sophia, Kaleb and Hayden Miller

Brothers – Alan (Michelle) Voorhees of Bemidji and Terry (Kris) Voorhees of Apple Valley

Sisters – Colleen (Jim) Anathan of Farmington, and Jennifer (Jeff) Karrow of Alexandria

Sister-in-law – Mary Voorhees

In lieu of flowers please send a donation in her honor to CentraCare Hospice in Willmar or the Breast Cancer Foundation.

Sign the online guestbook at www.johnsonhagglund.com
 

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85-year-old MYRTLE M. FREDRICKSON of Buffalo Lake passed away on Sunday, March 30, at the Buffalo Lake Health Care Center. 
 
A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, April 11, 2025, at 2 P.M. at First Evangelical 
Lutheran Church in Hector with visitation one hour before the service

Burial in in the Hector City Cemetery. 
 
Myrtle is survived by her husband – Melvin “Shorty” Fredrickson of Buffalo Lake

Sons – Jeff & Jody Fredrickson of Litchfield, Gary & Cindy Fredrickson of Buffalo Lake

Daughter – Cynthia & Kevin Wachter of Williamson, NY
 
Arrangements are with the Hughes-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Hector. Sign the online guestbook at www.hantge.com.

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86-year-old GWENDOLYN “GWEN” A, SCOTT of Belle Plaine – formerly of Litchfield – passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2025, at Kingsway Retirement Living in Belle Plaine. 
 
Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, April 12, at 11 A.M. at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Litchfield.

Visitation will be on Friday, April 11th, from 4-to-7 p.m. – with rosary at 6 p.m. at the church. Visitation is also one hour before the service on Saturday morning.

Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Litchfield.

Gwen is survived by her children – Dion & Trina Scott of Pine City, Michael & Verie Scott of Hermantown, Amber & Brian Dudley of New Prague, and Kathy Borg and her partner – Matt – of Hutchinson

Daughter-in-law – Kristi Scott of Waconia
 
Arrangements are with the Hantge Funeral Chapel in Darwin.  Sign the online guestbook at www.hantge.com.

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DAVID WILLIAM LEUKUMA passed away on March 31, 2025.  

A celebration of life service will be held at 11 A.M. on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, with visitation one hour prior, at Evangelical Lutheran Church, 280 3rd Street SE in Cokato. A lunch will follow the service.

A private family burial will take place at a later date at the Cokato Finnish Cemetery.

David is survived by his three children – Jeff Leukuma (Kathy), Karn Anderson, and Anne Salvatore

Grandchildren – Bridget Rufer (Gavin), Jack Anderson (Emily), Lexie Holt (Henry), Taylor Goetz (Austin), Heather Leukuma, Madison Salvatore, Cole Leukuma, and Ryan Salvatore

Great-grandchildren – Lucia Anderson, Elliot Rufer, Jo Anderson, Wayne Rufer, Holland Holt, and Owen Goetz.
 
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to Gilda’s Club Minnesota, an organization dedicated to ensuring no one faces cancer alone. Donations can be made online at https://gildasclubmn.org/donate/ or mailed to:
 
Gilda’s Club Minnesota
10560 Wayzata Blvd
Minnetonka, MN 55305
 
Arrangements for David Leukuma are with the Chilson Funeral Home of Winsted.  Online condolences may be made to www.chilsonfuneralhome.com.

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98-year-old DOROTHY GOEMER of Litchfield, passed away Thursday, February 20th at Emmaus Place in Litchfield.

A funeral service will be held at 11 am on Saturday, April 5th at the United Methodist Church in Litchfield. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the United Methodist Church.

Burial will be in the Lake Ripley Cemetery following the service.

Dorothy is survived by many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and sisters-in-law.

Arrangements are with the Johnson Funeral Home in Dasse.

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78-year-old STEVEN ROSS LARSEN, formerly of Grove City, passed away on Wednesday, March 26th at his home in Willmar.  

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 4th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grove City.  Visitation will be from 9:30 until the time of service.  

Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Grove City.

Steve is survived by his wife – Diane

Children – Brett (Annette) Larsen of Fargo, Christine (Roger) Larson of Grove City, Chad (Melissa) Larsen of New London

Grandchildren – Ashley (Bryan) Hanson, Lauren (Ben) Hentges, Brandon Larsen, Megan (Randy) Futhey, Tyler (Elaina) Larson, Alec Larsen and Adison Larsen; Hailey Sheppard, Holdyn Sheppard and Alaynah Harkness

13 great-grandchildren

Siblings – Robert (Sharon) Larsen, Dianne Lankey, and Cork Bosch

Arrangements are with Harvey Anderson & Johnson Funeral Home in Willmar (www.hafh.org). 

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