Area Obituaries

     Barbara S. “Bobbie” Etlicher, 81 years old of Kenosha, WI passed away Friday, January 22, 2021.      She was born in Almena, WI on March 27, 1939, the daughter of the late Herman and Elizabeth (Becker) Blechinger. She graduated from Turtle Lake High School in 1957 and went on to work at Northwestern Bank in Minneapolis,…

     JoAnn A. Orn, 79, of Cumberland died Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Care and Rehab-Cumberland. She was born July 11, 1941 in MN to Helmer and Selma (Hagen) Trandem. She was married to Dean Orn for forty-seven wonderful years.      JoAnn was a jack of all trades, who loved Betty Boop, loved to crochet, and knit…

     Edwin “Eddie” Kenneth Enget, 37, passed away January 29, 2021 in the company of his family and friends. Eddie was born July 1, 1983 in Minneapolis, MN to Jody Lynn Enget and Edwin Kenneth Malakowsky.  Eddie spent his childhood years in So. Minneapolis, MN. In 1994 he moved to Turtle Lake, WI where he created…

     Allen Joseph Leisz passed away on the evening of Saturday, January 16th, 2021 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin from a lengthy illness of congestive heart failure. He was 75 years old.      Allen was born on October 22, 1945, the fifth of six children of Ione Marie LaMere Leisz and Michael…

     Mary K. Wick, 69, Oak Park Heights, MN, passed away, Saturday, January 16, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN.  She was born November 12, 1951, in Rice Lake, WI, the second child of Don and Gladys (Leisz) Wick.  Mary grew up in the Village of Turtle Lake, graduating from Turtle Lake High School in…

     Elna Iverine West, 98, of Gainesville, Florida; previously of Indianapolis, Indiana for sixty-five years; entered eternity on Sunday, January 10, 2021. Elna was born March 21, 1922 in Portland, Oregon to Nils Ivar and Anna Nordquist.      She graduated from Bob Jones University in 1944 and moved to Minneapolis – St. Paul to live with a…

     Mary Jane Glaubitz, age 90, of Prescott, WI, died January 8, 2021 at Regina Senior Living, in Hastings, MN.   Memorial services will be held at a later date. Interment will be at VA National Cemetery, Fort Snelling, MN.      Mary was born October 18, 1930, to Oscar and Victoria (Clemens) Peterson in Beaver Township, Polk County,…

     Brenda Jean (Hoff) Downing, 64, of Turtle Lake, passed peacefully, January 1, 2021, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She fought courageously for several years with pulmonary disease and cancer. The Downings feel blessed to have had her for one more Christmas. She was born July 26, 1956, to Lawrence and Goldie (Nottom)…

     Marie Josephine Pagel was born on May 23, 1945 at home near Cumberland, WI to Clarence and Florence Munchow.  She attended country school in the Cumberland area and later attended and graduated from Cumberland High School.  During high school, Marie worked at the A & W and the day after graduation she took a job…