Swanson Peterson Funeral Home

Marlyn Willis Johnson was born August 8, 1929, to Earl and Signe (Swanson) Johnson, at Stockholm
Township, Minnesota.  He grew up on the family farm in Stockholm
Township and attended school there.

Marlyn joined the United States Marine Corps.

In 1957 Marlyn married Susan Ruth Vogel at the Knapp (North
Crow River Lutheran) Church.  The couple
lived in Cokato for a short time and then resided in the St. Paul/Minneapolis
area.

Marlyn was employed by North Central, Republic and Northwest
Airlines, retiring when he turned 62.

Marlyn and Susan loved to travel.  They visited Japan,
the United Kingdom,
and enjoyed various tours in Canada.  They went on trips to New
York City, Las Vegas,
Branson, Disney world in Orlando,
and his favorite place Hawaii.

Marlyn passed away at Abbott Northwestern Hospital of
Minneapolis on February 15, 2013.
He had reached the age of 83 years, 6 months, and 7 days.

Survivors include his sons; Daniel of Minneapolis and David
of Inver Grove.

He is preceded in death by: his parents Earl and Signe, and
wife Susan.

Funeral Service for Marlyn will be held at 11 AM Saturday February 23, at North
Crow River Lutheran
Church

Visitation: 5-9 PM
Friday at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato and 1hr prior to service at
church on Saturday.

Interment Church
Cemetery

Funeral Service 11 AM Wednesday February 20, at Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cokato

Visitation; 4-8 PM Tuesday at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato and 1hr prior to Funeral Service at church on Wednesday

Prayer Service 7:30 Tuesday

Interment Church Cemetery

Judith
Kathleen Esther Martinson was born on February 8, 1942 in Minneapolis Minnesota to Vernie and Irene (Martinson) Olson.  She grew up on the farm in Stockholm Township and was baptized and confirmed at the Stockholm Lutheran Church.  She attended
the Stockholm country school and graduated from Cokato High School in 1960. She worked at 3M in Hutchinson for a time.

Judy
married Merlin Martinson in 1960 at the Stockholm Lutheran Church, their 42 years together were blessed with 4 children
Scott, Jackie, Michelle and Christina.
Merlin better known as Eager passed away in 2002.

They
made their home on Brooks Lake of Cokato for quite some time, lived at
Hutchinson and finally Dassel.

Judy
enjoyed gardening and flowers, and traveling. Mostly she loved her family and
cooking for them.  She was a member of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church and American Legion Auxillary in Cokato.

Judy
passed away at the Cokato Manor on February 17, 2013.  She had
reached the age of 71 years and 9 days.

Survivors
include her children: Jackie Russell of Hutchinson, Scott (Laura) Martinson of
Minnetonka, Michell (Craig) Mosford of Burke Virginia, and Christina Martinson
of Dassel.  Grand children Jordan,
Oliver, Meredith, Claire and Madeline.
Brothers and sisters; Paul (Linda) Olson of Lakeside California, Kathy (Roland) Olson-Studler of St. Paul, Daniel (Joan) Olson of Reed Springs Missouri, and
Mary (Dennis) Danielson of Dassel.

She
is preceded in death by her parents V.E. and Irene Olson, husband Merlin, and
grandson Jesse Russell.

Mildred Raisanen (Halonen), age 82, of Cokato, passed away February 16, 2013.

Mildred E. Halonen was born on January 22, 1931, in Hazelton, North Dakota to Charles and Tyyne Halonen. She spent her childhood years in the Dakotas, until the family moved to Minnesota, where she graduated from White Bear Lake High School. Millie was confirmed as a youth in the Christian faith at the Laestadian Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.

Millie met Paul Raisanen in late 1952, and they were married in September 1953 in Minneapolis. They farmed in West Albion area for a few years before moving to a farm north of Cokato in 1957. There they farmed and raised their children until retirement in 1990. At that time, Millie and Paul moved to the town of Cokato, where they spent their golden years.

Millie passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 19 at the Cokato Laestadian Lutheran
Church, and burial was at the Cokato Finnish Cemetary.

Millie is survived by her husband of 59 years, Paul; children Randall (Sheryle Sturos), Warren (Brita Bekkala), and Susan of Arizona; Joan (Mark Kotila), Mary (George Koivukangas), Gordon (Ruth Hannus), Kenneth (Pearl Phillips), Bruce (Patricia Johnson), Carolyn Mattila, Heidi (Larry Torola), Dwight, Laura (Evan Bekkala), and Philip, of Minnesota; Gretchen (Mark Plough), and Kirsti (Nick Lang) of Washington, many grandchildren and great grandchildren, several sisters and brothers.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her stepmother, twobrothers, a sister, a son-in-law, two grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

Funeral service Tuesday, February 19, 11 am at Cokato Laestadian Lutheran Church.

Visitation 1 hr prior to service at church and Monday, February 18, 4-8pm with 7pm prayer at Swanson Peterson Funeral Home in Cokato

Donald Allan Triplett was born to Cecil and Marie (Nelson) Triplett on August 2, 1925 in Gimmel, MN., the youngest of 8 children.  Don was at home until he entered the Howard Lake Good Samaritan for a brief stay, passing away peacefully on February 9, 2013 after attaining the age of 87 years. Don was baptized on Nov 29, 1934 in the Lutheran Faith. He grew up in the metro area before coming to Howard Lake with his family to a farm south of Howard Lake in 1934.

He attended Cory school in Victor Township and Cokato High School.  He enlisted in the Navy on Oct 5, 1943 and went to boot camp in Farragut, Idaho.  He was then assigned to the Aircraft Carrier CVE 80 USS Petrof Bay.  Most of the time served on the aircraft carrier, was in the South Pacific.  He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was discharged on Oct 2, 1945.  He was a member of VFW Post 1901 and of the American Legion Post 0145.

Don married Gladys (Mauk) on March 30 1946. Two sons were born to this union, John Allan and Robert Daniel.

Don is survived by his wife of 66 years, and son Robert of Mound, three grandchildren, Michelle (William) Cline of Jefferson City, Missouri, Daniel of Montrose, James of St Paul, six great grand children, Dylan, Taylor & Ethyn Triplett and Tanner, Adam & Robert Cline. He is further survived by his sisters Lois “Babe” Gustafson and Marlys “Sis” Westling of Howard Lake and brother Duane of Seattle WA and also by many friends and family members.

Don was preceded in death by his son John, his granddaughter Allison Andrews, his parents, brothers Irwin, Roger, Robert, Bruce, and sister Irene Sherer.

The family wish to express their gratitude for your kindness, words of comfort and deeds, invite you to join them for fellowship and lunch at the American Legion Post following the committal service. Funeral service: Wednesday, February 13 at 11am, with visitation Tuesday, February 12, 4-8pm and 1 hour prior to service with 7pm prayer, all at Swanson Peterson Funeral Home in Howard Lake (320)543-3401, www.swansonpeterson.com

In leiu of flowers, memorials preffered to Parkinsons Foundation.

Don will be laid to rest next to his son and granddaughter in the HL City Cemetery.

Visitation 5-8 PM Tuesday February 12, 2013 at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato

Prayer Service at 6PM.

Jacqueline Joy (Babler) Weibel  was born June 11, 1937 in Minneapolis to John
and Donna (Quimby)Babler and was baptized into the Catholic faith at the
Minneapolis Cathedral.

She attended Mound High School and graduated in 1955. She
married Pete Reynolds and had 2 children, Cyndi Reynolds-Conway and Steve
Reynolds. Many years later, Jackie met and married the love of her life, Stan
Weibel, Sr. They were united in marriage in Watertown, South Dakota on
September 12, 1969 and it was the beginning of an amazing 30 years of true love
and companionship. Stan and Jackie had 2 children, Stan Jr. and Donna and
raised their family in Winsted.

For many years, she was a stay-at-home mom and volunteered
for the American Legion Auxillary and delivered meals-on-wheels. Jackie began
working part-time for the Walser dealership occasionally. She entered the work
force full-time and worked for the Herald-Journal papers doing advertising
sales and design. Then she joined the family business, Snow and Sun Country in
Cokato and thoroughly enjoyed worked alongside her husband and son every day.

She loved tending to the outdoor birds and flowers and spent
hours in the kitchen baking and cooking and shared her goods with everyone
.  In her younger years, she loved to
sing and dance to the oldies with her husband. The most important thing she
enjoyed in her later years was visiting with her kids and grandkids and sharing
a pot of coffee with friends that stopped by.

Jackie is survived by her children: Stan Weibel, Jr. of
Cokato; Steve Reynolds of Colorado; (Joe) Cyndi Reynolds- Conway of Atlanta;
(Rick) Donna Billstrom of Atlanta; grandchildren- Trevor and Kerstin Weibel,
Johnathan, Benjamin and Claire Billstrom, and Joseph and Stephanie Reynolds and
6 great-grandchildren .

She is further survived by 3 brothers and sisters-in-law-
John and Karen Babler, David and Carol Babler and Kerry and Jean Babler- all
from Mound and several nieces and nephews- Katie Babler Galeano, Clark and
Dustin Babler , Mike Babler and Molly Fugleseth.

Jackie was preceded in death by her husband, Stan Weibel, Sr
and by her parents John and Donna Babler.

There will be a celebration of her life from 5-8pm Tuesday.
Everyone is invited to share a special memory of her. A Catholic prayer service
will begin at 6pm.