Obituaries

88-year-old JAMES ‘JIM’ D. SWENSON of Litchfield passed away on Saturday October 12, 2024 at Meeker Memorial Hospital in Litchfield. 

A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. on Friday October 18, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church.  

A private burial will be held at Lake Ripley Cemetery in Litchfield.  Military Honors will be provided by the Litchfield Military Honor Guard.

Jim is survived by his wife – Roberta of Litchfield

Jim is survived by his wife – Roberta of Litchfield

Son – Kevin (Janet) Swenson of Fergus Falls and their children; son Christopher of Fergus Falls, Jennifer (Dayton) Sternhagen of Hoffman, great granddaughter Lena Sternhagen and daughter Susan (Corrie) Volinkaty of Reno, NV

Sisters – Marjorie Larson and Jane (Bill) Spolar

Brother-in-law – Gary Grunau; and many nieces and nephews.

Sign the online guestbook at www.johnsonhagglund.com.

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58-year-old VIRGINIA M. OURADA of Watkins passed away on Wednesday October 9, 2024. 

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 A.M. Wednesday October 16, 2024 at Assumption Catholic Church in Eden Valley.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. 

Burial will be in the Assumption Catholic Cemetery.
 
Virginia is survived by her close friends.
 
Arrangements are with the Ertl Funeral Home.
 

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93-year-old BRUCE W. HAGFORS of Litchfield passed away on Friday October 4, 2024 at the Hilltop Care Center in Watkins. 

A funeral service will be held at 10 A.M. on Tuesday October 15, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.  

Burial will be held at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley in Little Falls. 

Bruce is survived by his wife – Patricia of Litchfield

Children – Douglas (& Penny) Hagfors of Braham, Duane (& Kathy) Hagfors of Brook Park, Denis Hagfors of Sauk Centre, Diane Erickson of Burtrum and Julie (& Curtis) Weiers of Maple Lake

15 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren

Brother – Gordon (& Kathy) Hagfors of Sioux Falls

Sister – Marlene (& Norm) Miller of Baxter

Sign the online guestbook at johnsonhagglund.com.

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81-year-old ROBERT “BOB” MARKGRAF of Watkins passed away on October 6, 2024 in his Memory Care apartment at the Country Manor Campus in Sartell.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 A.M. on Friday October 11, 2024 at the Church of St. Philip in Litchfield. 

Visitation will be held from 4-to-8 P.M. on Thursday October 10, 2024 at the Church of St. Philip with a 6 P.M. prayer service.  Visitation will continue one hour before the service at the church on Friday. 

Burial will be held at the Forest City Cemetery.

Bob is survived by his wife of 53 years – Judy

Children – Jody Markgraf of Monticello, David (Jessica) Markgraf of Sauk Rapids, Robert (Jenny) Markgraf of Augusta, WI, Jillhanna (Jeremy) DuMonceaux of Sauk Rapids, Joshua (Cassandra) Markgraf of St Stephen, Erin Markgraf of Sauk Rapids and Kristi Markgraf (Justin Hutton) of Richmond

Grandchildren – Camen Miles; Jacob, Hannah, & Levi Markgraf, Patience & Jazlyn Meier; Isaac, Emma, Dominic, Violet & Ashley Markgraf; Trace Markgraf and Lillian & Cora DuMonceaux; Taylor & Carl Markgraf; Triston Miller; and Gavin Markgraf

Brothers – Edward (Patricia) Markgraf of Hutchinson, Karen Swenson of Hutchinson, Carl Markgraf of Colorado, Lynette Rosenau of Lester Prairie, & Steven (Peggy) Markgraf of Watertown

Brothers-in-law – Richard Schultz & Charles (Kayleen) Schultz

Sisters-in-law – Darlyn Markgraf, Vicky Martin, Ann Schultz & Alice Hamann, dozens of cousins, nieces, and nephews, and close friends.

Arrangements are with Johnson-Hagglund Funeral & Cremation Service in Litchfield.

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52-year-old PAGE ELLEN LANGEMO of Eden Prairie passed away peacefully on August 22, 2024 at N.C. Little Hospice House in Edina after a two and a half year battle with rabdomyosarcoma – a rare and aggressive cancer.

A Catholic mass will be held on Friday, October 11th at 10:30 a.m. at Pax Christi Catholic Church in Eden Prairie with visitation one hour before the service. A celebration of life reception will follow the service.

Page Langemo is survived by her husband – Tim Langemo

Children – Macy Wolf and Frederick “Freddie” Wolf

Parents – Jim and Judee Leffelman of The Villages, Florida

Brother – James and Michelle Leffelman and their children – Jamie and Michael of Burnsville

In-laws – Joe and Loraine Langemo of Litchfield

Brothers-in-law – Tory and his daughter, Camille of Waconia; Trent and Jennifer and their children – Kaia, Cael and Kara of Kasson, and by many other relatives and friends

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97-year-old LILA M. RUSCH of Hutchinson, formerly of Cosmos, passed away on October 3^rd at Harmony River Living Center in Hutchinson.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, October 11^th at 11 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Cosmos.  

Visitation is on Thursday, Oct. 10^th, from 5-to-7 p.m. at the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Hutchinson, and one hour before the service on Friday.

Burial will be in the church cemetery.  

Sign the online guestbook at www.hantge.com.

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