Swanson Peterson Funeral Home

Terry passed away May 19, 2013, at Meeker County Memorial Hospital

Memorial Service: 2:00 PM Thursday, May 23, at Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cokato

Visitation: 5-7 PM Wednesday at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato

Prayer Service: 6:45 PM Wednesday at the Funeral Home

Terry Charles Varcoe was born at the Cokato Hospital on March 29, 1951, to Buell
and Leone (Anderson) Varcoe.  He grew up in Cokato, Mn., and was baptized and
confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Terry attended Cokato High
School, and went to work at the 7up factory in Cokato.  When it closed he went
to work at The Cokato Block and Tile factory, working first for Donald Martinson
and later owner Wade Nelson.  When the tile factory closed he worked for a short
time at Schwartz Manufacturing in Cokato and attended Hutchinson Tech., for tool
and dye.  He then took a job at Dura Supreme and has worked there for 25+
years.

Terry enjoyed relaxing at the picnic table with his dog. He liked
hunting and fishing, and loved to garden. He built bird houses and other wood
projects. He enjoyed fireworks, camp fires, and most of all socializing with his
many friends.

Terry passed away suddenly from a heart attack and was
later pronounced dead the Meeker County Memorial Hospital in Litchfield on May
19, 2013.  He had reached the age of 62years, 1 month and 20
days.

Survivors include: sister Trudy Webb, her daughters, Tracy and
Jammie, and their daughters, Ashleigh and Emily.   Brothers Stuart (Karen)
Johnson and their daughter Dagney, and Darrel (Mary Jane) Johnson and their
children Kristy and Craig.  Terry is also survived by countless family and
friends, including his special friend Nancy Wipper.

Terry was preceded in
death by: his parents Buell and Leone Varcoe.

Paul of Cokato Passed away May 10, 2013 at Mercy Hospital of Coon Rapids

Funeral Service: 2 PM Tuesday, May 14, at Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cokato

Visitation: 4-8 PM Monday at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato and 1hr prior to service at church on Tuesday

Interment: Church Cemetery

Paul Arvid Holmquist was born in Cokato,
Minnesota on April 6, 1945 to Melvin and Fern (Larson) Holmquist.  He was baptized and confirmed at the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cokato and remained a life long member.  Paul graduated from Cokato
High School in 1966.

Paul worked with his father Melvin, delivering dairy
products in and around Cokato.  In 1981
Mel retired and Paul took a job as a custodian at the Dassel
Cokato High School,
working there until 2009.  He has lived
at the Cokato Apartments for the past 20 years helping with senior dinning and
other tasks at the apartments.

Paul was an avid sports fan.
He enjoyed watching all sports at Cokato
High School and Dassel-Cokato
High School.  He was an enthusiastic Twins and Vikings fan
and attended many games.  Harmon
Killebrew was his favorite athlete.  He
collected programs from all sporting events.
Most of all Paul enjoyed people; he made friends easily and enjoyed visiting.  Paul received the Aquatennial Commodores
Award at the Cokato Corn Carnival.

Paul passed away at Mercy Hospital of Coon Rapids on May 10, 2013. He had reached the age
of 68 years, 1 month and 4 days.
Survivors include his brothers; David Holmquist of New
Jersey, and Mike (Belinda) Holmquist of Cokato.  Nieces, nephews, great nieces and great
nephews, cousins and many friends.

Paul was preceded in death by: his parents Melvin and Fern,
and niece Wendy Holmquist.

Blanchette, Robert L.

age 89, resident of Edgewood Gables in Cokato, formerly of Waverly, MN. passed away 5/2. Retired U.S. Navy, and former Dayton employee. Survived by, wife Reta, son, Thomas, Daughter, Cynthia Binning, sister, Patricia (Dennis) Barbaro. Funeral service 5/11, 11am with visitation 1 hr prior to service at the First Presbyterian Church in Howard Lake. Interment at a later date at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Children’s Shriner Hospital, Cancer Society, or Kidney Foundation.

Clifford passed away at home in Cokato on May 1, 2013.

Funeral Service: 2:00 PM Monday, May 6, 2013, Stockholm Lutheran Church.

Visitation: 4-9 PM Sunday at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato and 1hr prior to service on Monday at the church.

Interment; Stockholm Lutheran Cemetery

Clifford Paul Monson was born Dec. 24, 1928 to Edward and Lillian (Stegemeyer) Monson
in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  He went to Dassel
High School.  He served in the US Army March 12, 1951-March 12, 1953.  He was with the signal corps operations
company as a power man for stand-by-power at the transmitting site for the Far
East Command at Kawasaki, Japan.  He married Judy L. Wittenberg on March 27, 1954 and they make their
home in rural Dassel where he farmed and milked cows for a few years.  Later they moved to Cokato where they raised
their two children, Diane and Jeffery.

Cliff worked at the Stockholm Creamery in his early years
and when it closed, took a job at Durkee-Atwood in Minneapolis
making different types of belts for machinery.
He worked there for over 16 years.
He then worked for the City of Cokato
in the Public Works Department for several years.  He also was the primary care giver for his
wife Judy, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in her early
thirties.  However, Cliff and Judy loved
to travel and made sure they got their vacations in as they developed their own
system for doing things despite her handicap.

Cliff was a volunteer firefighter for Cokato, a lifelong
member of the Stockholm Lutheran
Church, and had many hobbies which
included: hunting, fishing, carpentry, gardening, going to the casino, playing
on the computer and in his later years having coffee with his friends.  He was a great fix-it man and had a talent
for figuring out things.  He loved to
watch the birds at his feeders, and enjoyed all the wildlife animals he would
see.

Clifford passed away at his home in Cokato on May 1, 2013, he had reached the age of
84 years, 4 months and 7 days.  He is
survived by: his children Diane and (Lynn) of Anoka,
MN. and Jeffery and (Shelley) of Lexington
Park, MD, brother Allan of Big
Timber, MT.  2 step-grandchildren Jessica
(Jack) Taylor of Lexington Park, MD. And Charles Romero of Lexington
Park MD.  Aunts and uncles and many
nieces, nephews and cousins, and all his friends.