Swanson Peterson Funeral Home

Howard passed away at the St. Cloud Hospital on 6/34/2013.

Funeral Service 11 AM Saturday, 6/29/2013 at Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Church of Cokato

Visitation: 5-8 PM Friday at Church and 1hr prior to service on Saturday.

Interment Riverside Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Adeline
of Annandale; children, Darlene (Dave) Zylstra of Maple Lake, Patty (Steve)
Hohag of St. Michael, and Ken (Bev) Hokkanen of Chaska; grandchildren Kelley
(Erik) Johnson, Joe (Jody) Zylstra, Alison (Ben) Menk, Ryan (Lisa) Zylstra,
Ashley (Jeremiah Flintrop) Zylstra, Ben (Laurie) Hokkanen, and Sara (Clint
Gunkel) Hokkanen; eight great-grandchildren; nephew George (Frances) Abernathy;
niece Liz (Virgil) Carlson, and many relatives and friends.

Howard was preceded in death by his
parents, Oscar and Sarah; brothers Walter, Rayno, Elmer, sisters Anna, Elma;
and half- sister Mayme Abernathy.

Howard, the son of Oscar and Sarah
Hokkanen was born on the farm near West Albion on April 26, 1926.  He attended the Gunnary country school and
Annandale High School.  During his High
School Junior year a tornado hit the family farm and there was so much work
that he quit school to work on the farm.
In 1962 he received his High School diploma when he passed the G.E.D.
tests at St. Cloud College.  Howard
continued to work on the farm and for a short time he worked at the Ford Motor
Plant in St. Paul.  On April 23, 1949 he
was united in marriage to Adeline Lappi at the Apostolic Church Parsonage in
Cokato.  They lived and worked on the
family farm. In 1977 they built a new home on the farm and have enjoyed living
there for 36 years.  In 1962 he stopped
dairy farming and continued to crop farm.
In 1962 he started working for the Agriculture and Stabilization and Conservation
(A.S.C.) as a Federal Crop Insurance Agent for Wright, Hennepin and Carver
counties.  In 1973 he became the Manager
for the Cokato Mutual Fire Insurance Company and also worked as an insurance
agent for the company.  He worked as the
manager for 23 years, was on the board of directors for 58 years and recently
retired as an insurance agent in 2012.

He enjoyed fishing since he was a
young boy when his father took the boys fishing on rainy summer days when they
could not work on the farm and he continued to enjoyed many fishing outings
with family and friends.  He was active
on his bowling team and enjoyed winning several championships.  He loved sports and enjoyed playing in casual
baseball, football and basketball games.
He continued to follow all the professional Minnesota sport teams
throughout his life; especially baseball.
Howard loved living on the farm and he loved his family and enjoyed
keeping up with all their activities.  He
liked nothing better than to visit and enjoy meals with his family and
friends.

Memorial preferred to the Good
Shepherd Free Lutheran Church of Cokato and CentraCare Health Foundation (St.
Cloud Hospital).

Paul Hubert Kariniemi (Butch), of South Haven, MN, died June 23, 2013 at 5:49 PM after reaching the age of 86 years, 7 months, 29 days. His loving wife, Gladys, of 63 years, and his children, were by his side as he took his last breath.

He was born at home in Fulton, MI October 25, 1926. The doctor did not expect him to live through that first night, but the Heavenly Father granted him over 86 years on this earth before taking him to his Eternal Home.

Paul attended the Mohawk schools and graduated from Calumet High School in 1944. He served on the USS McCord with the U.S. Navy during WWII. On July 1, 1950, he was united in marriage to Gladys Halonen. After graduating from Michigan Technological University in 1951, he worked for Ford Motor Company in Detroit, MI and then at 3M in St. Paul, MN as a Mechanical Engineer, retiring in 1988. Paul and Gladys thoroughly enjoyed retirement life with family and friends on Lake Sylvia.

He was preceded in death by his parents; Nestor and Anna P. (Loukusa), brothers; Werner, Daniel E. (Helen Ruonavaara), Albert U., sister Hulda E. (Otto) Hermanson, grandsons; Jaegar P. Lee, Michael and David Kariniemi, great-granddaughter Bridget L. Sorvala and brother-in-law Norman Nelson. He is survived by wife Gladys E. (Halonen) of South Haven MN, children; Deborah K. Landa of Delano MN, Paul W. (Sandra Simonson) of Wayzata MN, Robert C. (Eeva Salminen) of Plymouth MN, Stephen D. (Ann Keskey) of Phoenix AZ, Judith S. Waaraniemi of Robbinsdale MN, Mark R. (Mirjami Vuorma) of Maple Grove MN, Michael D. (Karen Keskey) of Corcoran MN, Donald A. (Carol Hillukka) of Rockford MN, Anita L. (Samuel) Lee of Maple Lake MN, Mary A. (Rodrick) Sorvala of Buffalo MN, Philip N. (Margaret Alajoki) of Corcoran MN, Karen R. (David) Young of Buffalo MN, sister Signe Nelson of Brighton MI, sister-in-law Betty (Saarela) Kariniemi of Copper City MI, 95 grandchildren, 109 great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and extended family.  Through faith, Paul attained his Heavenly goal.

Visitation is June 27, 2013 from 5-8 PM with a 7 PM service.  Funeral is June 28, 2013 at 11 AM.  Visitation and funeral will be at the Cokato Laestadian Lutheran Church.  Funeral arrangements will be handled by Swanson-Peterson of Cokato, MN.

Rachel passed away at the Howard Lake Good Samaritan Center on June 19, 2013

Funeral Service; 11 AM Saturday June 22, 2013 at St. James Lutheran Church of Howard Lake

Visitation begins at 9:30 AM on Saturday at Church

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Mora, Minnesota

Rachel has requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials be given to St. James Lutheran Church, Lutheran Hour Ministries or LCMS World Relief.

Rachel Lillian Dina Rolf
was born on November 18, 1918, at rural Henriette, Minnesota, the daughter of
William J. and Katharina (Klein) Rolf.
She was baptized at home by the Reverend G.F. Luebker of Zion Lutheran,
Pine City, Minnesota, and was confirmed in her faith on Pentecost, June 4,
1933, at Zion Lutheran, Mora, Minnesota.

After
graduating from high school she became a teacher.  The first seven years teaching at two country
schools in Kanabec County.  Later, she
taught in public schools in Minnesota and California.  Her thirty years of teaching in Lutheran
Schools were at Immanuel, Minneapolis; at Zion Maywood, California; at St.
John, Chaska; and finally at St. James in Howard Lake, where she retired in
1983.

Teacher
training began at Mora Normal School and followed at various institutions
including St. Cloud State, Concordia College, St. Paul, and Concordia College,
River Forest, Illinois.

Rachel’s
many interests included studying the Bible and Christian doctrine, music and
singing, and she treasured many Christian Bible-based hymns.  She loved her church and “church
family.”   Being an active church member,
she was involved with evangelism and LWML and enjoyed going to LWML
conventions.   Sharing her faith and
knowledge of the Bible she led adult Bible studies and taught young children in
Sunday School and VBS.

In the
community, Rachel served on the committee for Home Based Services, and in 1985
helped organize the volunteer recycling program in Howard Lake.

Enjoying
God’s nature she always found joy in gardening.
Spending time with relatives and friends was also very important to her.

It was on
Wednesday, June 19, 2013, that Rachel took the hand of the Lord and went to her
eternal rest having reached the age of 94 years, 7 months and 1 day.

She was
preceded in death by her siblings and their spouses:  Herman (Margaret) Rolf, Albert (Helen) Rolf,
Hilda (Theodore) Stigen, Ella (Willard) Matson, Paul (Ione) Rolf, Aaron
(Florencemae) Rolf, and Edwin Rolf; and several half-brothers and half-sisters.

Rachel is
survived by one sister-in-law, Louise (Edwin) Rolf and by many dear nieces and
nephews; and a host of relatives and friends.

Serving as
pallbearers are Tim Rolf, Thomas Rolf, Larry Rolf, Dennis Stigen, John Lind and
Dale Engel.  Honorary pallbearers are
Curtis Rolf, Arden Rolf, Robert Rolf and James Stigen.

Officiating at the celebration
of her life today are Reverend Michael Nirva and Reverend David Taylor.  Mrs. Nancy Butterfass is serving as organist
and Marge Stueven as soloist.

Interment will be at the
Oakwood Cemetery, Mora, Minnesota. Arrangements are by the
Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Howard Lake.

DeMarais,Cherry K., age 65 of Howard Lake, passed away on June 9, 2013 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. She was born on June 25, 1947 to Clement and Gladys Hickman in Parkston, South Dakota.

In her younger years, Cherry enjoyed snowmobiling, ice skating, fishing, and camping. Later in her life she was an active member of the VFW auxillary. She also enjoyed writing songs and poetry. Cherry enjoyed the time she spent with her grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Shelly, and infant son, John Clem.

Survived by her son, Dennis, daughter Janelle, and son, Greg.

A celebration of Cherry’s life will be held at 11:oo am on Friday, June 14, 2013 at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home in Howard Lake.

Visitation will take place 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home

Floyd passed away at his home in Cokato on June 7, 2013.

Funeral Service: 2PM Wednesday June 12, 2013, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cokato.

Visitation: 4-8 PM Tuesday, Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home

Interment: Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

Floyd Frank Isaacson was born on August 15^th, 1927 in
Franklin, Minnesota to Hulda and Frank Isaacson, the ninth of seventeen
children.  He was baptized on August
23^rd, 1928 and was confirmed at Franklin Apostolic. Lutheran Church
in Franklin on June 25^th, 1944.