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Lord of Life Lutheran Church welcomes congregation back to in-building worship
BAXTER Sunday, Feb. 7, marked the return to in-building worship at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter.
About 35 worshipers attended the service and were greeted by Senior Pastor Steven Rye, who presided over the service and said in his sermon that both the decision to return to in-building worship and the decision to remain at distance for most of 2020 came from a love of Lord of Life’s congregation and the community.
For the immediate future, in-building services at Lord of Life will be 9 a.m. Sundays, with the exception of an Ash Wednesday service the evening of 7 p.m. Feb. 17. At this time, no reservations are required to attend, but the church is continuing to monitor the situation and will make changes as needed to ensure the safety of the congregation.
Feb. 22, 1961 - Feb. 4, 2021
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Timothy “George” Johnson, 59, Frazee, Minn., died Thursday, Feb. 4, in CentraCare Hospital St. Cloud from cancer.
Walk-though visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Frazee. A funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at the church. The service will be live streamed on Furey Funeral Home’s website. Interment will be in the spring in Spruce Grove Cemetery.
Arrangements by Furey Funeral Home.
Feb 5, 2021
Caryl P. Mattison, 95, of Falconer passed away Tuesday (Feb. 2, 2021) in UPMC Chautauqua. She was the widow of Albert F. “Abe” Mattison. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Falconer. Friends will be received by the family from 12-2 p.m. Sunday in the church. Face masks will be required and social distancing will be observed due to COVID-19. A complete obituary will be in Saturday/Sunday Post Journal. Arrangement are by the Falconer Funeral Home.
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Ebba Adella Brooks (nee Johnson) was dedicated to her family and friends, an avid birder and naturalist, an exceptional hostess, and a woman of great resolve and kindness. She passed away in Duluth, MN on January 12, 2021 just three weeks shy of her 102nd birthday.
Ebba was born on February 1, 1919 in Glen Township, Aitkin County, MN. She was the fourth of eight children born to John B. and Della Storm Johnson. Ebba attended Clear Lake School, and Aitkin High School, graduating in 1937. She was the Secretary as well as the Salutatorian of her senior class. After high school, Ebba attended Augsburg College where she met fellow student Chester Brooks. After graduating in 1942, and with Chester serving as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne in Europe, Ebba began teaching high school in Marietta and Wheaton, MN. She planned to teach Biology and English, her college majors, but she also taught Math. After the war, Ebba and Chester were married on June 29, 1946.
Oscar Backlund, stage and movie actor, dies at 94 January 21, 2021 8:01pm Text size Copy shortlink: Where have you been? the bartender questioned. It s television.
Backlund s love of movies and the burgeoning television industry triggered a 40-year career as a broadcast journalist and stage and movie actor.
He played character roles in more than 100 theater productions and had small parts in the movies Grumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men and D3: The Mighty Ducks.
He died Jan. 4 of natural causes at Walker Care Suites in Edina. He was 94.
Backlund was born in Minneapolis and graduated from Vocational High School in Minneapolis. He was excited to be drafted into the Army in World War II because his cousin was already serving in Europe. He didn t see a lot of action, but he was shot at once and didn t like it, said daughter Elizabeth Danielson of Golden Valley.