Swanson Peterson Funeral Home

Grace Yvonne Black was born on May 16, 1937, in Omaha, Nebraska to Charles and Ruth (Davidson) Stickney. She grew up in Omaha, and attended school there.

Grace was married first to Monroe Miles they had 8 children.

She later married Richard Black in Omaha in 1994. They lived for a time in Omaha then Crystal, Minnesota, they moved to Iowa for 12 years and then back to Minnesota to be near family and friends.

For a time she worked in Plymouth Minnesota doing housekeeping at Mission Farms. She enjoyed house cleaning, and flower gardening, and most of all her family.

Grace passed away at the Howard Lake Good Samaritan Home on March 7, 2016. She had reached the age of 78 years, 9 months and 21 days.

Survivors include; husband Richard, 8 children, 1 step daughter, grand children and great grand children and her brother Sonny. She is preceded in death by her parents Charles and Ruth, brothers and sisters.

Memorial service: 2PM Friday March 18, 2016 at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Howard Lake.
Visitation: 1hr prior to service at the funeral home

Betty Jane Hatrick 88, former resident of Howard Lake, Annandale and St. Mary’s of Winsted, passed away at Howard Lake Good Samaritan Home on March 8, 2016, Funeral Service will be 11 AM Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the Church of Christ in Dassel, Minnesota. Visitation 4-7 Friday the 18th at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato and 1hr prior to service at church on Saturday. Interment Howard Lake Cemetery.

Betty Jane (Rasmussen) Hatrick died peacefully on March 8, 2016 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Howard Lake, MN surrounded by her family. She was born on March 4, 1928 in Minneapolis, MN to Linnea Edla Mellin. Betty was baptized as a young child at the Howard Lake Church of Christ and was a member of the Church of Christ in Dassel, MN. Betty grew up in Howard Lake, MN and graduated in 1946 from Howard Lake High School. She married Wayne (Red) Hatrick on October 20, 1946 in Howard Lake. Betty and Red began their restaurant career in the mid-1950′s in Milwaukee, WI. Tragedy struck on March 2, 1957 when a fire started in their restaurant below the apartment! The building was destroyed, taking with it two of the Hatrick daughters. They returned to Howard Lake, and soon after, Betty and Red took the rest of their family and moved to California to start over. Within six months they returned to Howard Lake, MN and opened the first “Red’s Pizza”. “Red’s Pizza” continued for many years in various locations, including Howard Lake and Nisswa, MN. Betty’s love for singing brought her to the Sweet Adeline’s, singing and competing in the choir and Quartet. Betty dearly loved her grand children and spent many hours with them!

She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother Jerome Rasmussen, brother David Rasmussen, daughters Bonnie and Peggy, son in law Robert Young and grandson Jason Young.

Betty is survived by her children; Sherry Young of St. Cloud, Trudy (Steve) Berg of Howard Lake, Michael W. Hatrick of Nisswa, Jody Foss of Rochester, Thomas Hatrick of Minneapolis, and Joseph (Jennifer) Hatrick of Howard Lake. Grand children Jammie (Mike) Hernandez of Delano, Angie Young of Plymouth, Jesse (Cortney) Berg of Delano, Katie (Andy) Riehle of Darwin, Kelli (Chad) Burau of Cokato, Michael P. Hatrick of Minneapolis, Collin Foss of Helsinki, Finland, Corey Foss of Rochester, Tim Hatick of Howard Lake, Bailey (Silvestre) Lopez of Glencoe, and Janna Hatrick of Howard Lake. Thirteen great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Sister, Arlene (Fahey) Law of Glenwood Springs, CO, brother Dennis (Becky) Rasmussen of Alexandria, MN, brother Daniel (Vikki) Rasmussen of Hudson, WI and sister in law Patricia Rasmussen of Maple Grove, MN.

Betty was the BEST Mother, Grandmother, great Grandmother, and friend. She was loved by many people and will be deeply missed.

Adeline Anna Lina Ogitzak Lindstrom was born on September 21, 1913 in Camden Township, Carver County Minnesota to Samuel and Anna Zuehl Ogitzak.
She was baptized on October 5, 1913 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hollywood, Minnesota. She was confirmed on June 12, 1927 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glencoe, Minnesota, and attended public school in Rich Valley, McLeod County.
On January 5, 1938, she married Arthur Lindstrom in Lester Prairie and the couple farmed for 40 years in the Lamson and Stockholm area. They retired in 1969 and moved into Cokato. Adeline moved into the Cokato Apartments #1 following the tornado in 1992, and subsequently moved to Brookridge assisted living in 2012. She became a resident of the Cokato Manor on January 31, 2016, where she passed away on March 3, 2016, at the age of 102.
Adeline has been an active member of Stockholm Lutheran Church since 1947. She was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, gardening, especially flowers, canning, playing cards, quilting, and making pickles. She did all of these well into her 90’s and made cookies, dill pickles, jam and jellies at 101.
Adeline was preceded in death by her husband Art in 1976, her parents, three sisters, three brothers, a son-in-law and a nephew.
She is survived by two daughters, Betty Wenlund and Jan Olson; a son James and wife Darleen; six grand children: Geri (John) Olson, Greg (Lisa) Wenlund, Jeffrey (Laura) Lindstrom, Sara Lindstrom, Michael (Sandy) Olson, and Kristin Olson; ten great grandchildren, one great-great grandson, one sister-in-law and numerous nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Adeline’s life will be held at 2:00 PM, April 2, 2016 at Stockholm Lutheran Church. A gathering of family and friends will take place 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements by Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Cokato, MN, www.swansonpeterson.com, 320-286-2534.

Donna Margaret Adickes, was born April 27, 1932 in Howard Lake to Dana E and Letha Fay (Higgins) Bowers. She passed away March 2, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Home in Howard Lake where she had been a resident since 2013.
She grew up and attended school in Howard Lake. After graduating in 1950 she worked in Minneapolis as a secretary for Northrup King for a year and then worked for Munson’s Feeds in Howard Lake for two years. Donna married Harlon Arlie Adickes May 22, 1953 and they farmed in Waverly and then in Howard Lake. Five children were born to this union, Carolyn, Herbert, Louise, Rebecca and Christopher.
Donna was the ‘mom’ for any of the local children who were sick and needed to come home from school and ‘taxi driver’ to many activities for her children and their friends. She was a Sunday School teacher, trustee, elder, deacon and Head of the Women’s Association at First Presbyterian Church in Howard Lake. She helped in the Good Samaritan Center for many years and was a member of the Advisory Board from 1994-1997.
Donna was preceded in death by her parents, Dana and Letha Bowers, her sisters Thelma Bowers and Maxine (Bowers) Schroers, brother-in-law Jerry Schroers and her son Christopher Dana Adickes in 1989.
She is survived by her husband, Harlon; daughter Carolyn Stoll of Waverly, son Herbert Adickes and Dee Safe of Red Wing, daughter Louise and Thurman Woodberry of Oak Grove, and daughter Rebecca and Todd Johnson of Duluth; grandchildren Terry and Wendy (Niesen) Stoll, Eric and Amanda (Drusch) Stoll, Jeremy and Mindy (Odenbrett) Stoll, Kelly and Kelli (Johnson) Stoll, Jared and Julie (Johnson) Woodberry, Jason Woodberry and Joshua Woodberry, great-grandchildren Allan, Austin, Wyatt, Devan, Alyssa, Emma, and Isabelle.
Instead of flowers, Donna requested that memorials be directed to the First Presbyterian Church in Howard Lake or the Christopher Adickes Scholarship Fund at the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School. She said “…I wanted my flowers when I can enjoy them and I have enjoyed many!!”
Visitation for family and friends will be Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the First Presbyterian Church of Howard Lake with the memorial service to follow at 2:00 PM. A private family interment will be held at a later date at the Howard Lake Cemetery.
Arrangements by Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Howard Lake, www.swansonpeterson.com 320-543-3401

Engel, Bradley William
age 69, of Howard Lake passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. He was born July 19, 1946 in Cokato, MN to Reuben and Mae (Combs) Engel and grew up in Howard Lake, MN. Bradley graduated from Howard Lake High School. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. Bradley was a hard worker that took pride in his labors. He drove commercially for Gambles and later Supervalu for many years. Bradley enjoyed watching the Howard Lake Orphans baseball team play by the lake.
Survived by LaMae Engel, children, Jenifer (Alan) Lange and Chad Engel, grandchildren, Nicolas (Olivia) Engel, Aleah Lange, and Jackson Lange, sister, Carol (Dale) Anderson, brother in-law, David Mitchell, along with other nieces, nephews, and friends.
Preceded in death by his parents, and sisters, Betty Mitchell, and Nancy (Carl) Wanha.
A celebration of Bradley’s life will take place at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 5, 2016 with visitation 1 hour prior to the service at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Howard Lake, MN. www.swansonpeterson.com 320-543-3401