All Obituaries

Our beloved son and brother, Peter James Qualey, age 30, died unexpectedly on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at his residence in Minneapolis. Peter was born on April 3, 1992, the son of Brad and Caroline Qualey. He grew up in the Brainerd Lakes area, where he attended school and graduated from Brainerd High School. He loved the outdoors, hunting, and fishing. He had an affable personality and was loved and will be deeply missed. Peter is survived by his parents; brothers, Michael and Steve;...

Ronald Witzel, age 86, of Lake Elmo, passed away unexpectedly on August 10, 2022 at his residence. Survived by his loving wife of 59 years, LaRue; children, Dan, Jim, Marti (Dan) Korbel; grandchildren, Barrett, Halee Jo, Michaela Jo, Dalton; great-grandson, Henry; siblings, Gary (Marie), Hilde (Jerry) Class. Preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Erna Witzel and his sister, Anita Buege. Funeral Service will be held at 4 p.m., on Thursday August 18, 2022, at No Neck Tony's, 11127...

Patricia (Pat) Johnson, of Bayport, passed away peacefully on August 9, 2022 with her daughter Susan by her side at Comforts of Home in River Falls, WI. She was born March 15, 1927 to Ernest (Burly) & Viola Gast in Stillwater and graduated in 1945 from Stillwater High School. She loved playing Bridge, golf and her favorite past time was shopping. She is survived by her daughters Sandra (Bill) Eaton and Susan (Steve) Nelson, son Thomas (Kris) Quist, son-in-law Floyd Stenger, 7...

Daniel "Bumps" Kroening, age 86, of Stillwater, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at his home while watching the Twins in his favorite chair with his faithful companion, dog Zoey. Dan was born February 8, 1936 in Stillwater, the son of Daniel and Florence (Kimker) Kroening. He grew up and attended school in Stillwater. After high school he attended Dunwoody and earned a degree in Structural Drafting. Dan was united in marriage on October 1, 1955 to Nancy McLaughlin...

Carol Roettger (Wendorf), age 77 of passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at Good Samaritan Society in Stillwater. Survived by her loving husband of 57 years, Albert; children, Philip (Erica), Lisa (Jeff) Dietrich, Jason (Kari Baker), Joshua (Nicole); grandchildren, Stephanie (Zachary), Matthew, Mark, Erik, Luke, Anya, Amelia, Sam, Jacob, Ben, Hailey, Ryan; siblings, Glenn Wendorf, Sheldon (Melody) Wendorf, Diana (Jon) Meyer, Ellen Gienau, and Matt Wendorf. Preceded in death by her...

David Garavalia, age 63 of Lakeland, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022. Preceded in death by parents, Louie and Judie Garavalia and brother, Scott. Survived by siblings, Pam Caduff, Linda (Glenn) Doermann, Jim, Tim, and Wendy Ingalls; nieces and nephews, Nate, Jake, Lacey, Michele, Charlie, Jimmy, Paul, Brian, Ashley, Austin, Timmy, Heidi, Jesse and Lucas; and the “Good Boys”, his beloved dogs, Leo and Lenny. Private family services.David Garavalia, age 63 of Lakeland,...

Charles Edwin Anderson, age 83, of Woodbury, died peacefully at home on July 10, 2022 surrounded by the love of his family after complications arising from his battle with Parkinson's. Charlie was born on July 2, 1939 in Saint Paul, the son of Edna "Marj" (Peterson) and Algot Anderson. He served his country as a US Navy Seabee (MCB 11: 1958-1962). A talented stonemason and bricklayer, he worked for his father before taking over his business and starting Blue Line Construction. Charlie was...

David E. Peterson, passed away on July 7, 2022. Son of Roy and Helen Peterson. Born April 8th, 1935. Married Joan Jackson November 25th, 1961. Three children; Donald, Deborah and Diana. Six grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Dave worked over 38 years at Andersen Windows. He liked to watch the Twins, Vikings and car racing. He also liked fishing, traveling, going to the casino and attending concerts. Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26, at Simonet Funeral Home,...

Richard (Dick) Dean Daniels, age 75 of Stillwater, passed away peacefully with family by his side on Friday, June 10, 2022 after a battle with dementia. Dick was born on August 31, 1946, in Stillwater, MN. After taking classes at University of Wisconsin - River Falls, he worked numerous jobs but it didn't take long to find his calling in sales and lighting. The only thing he was prouder of than his career, were his two sons Jesse and Ben Daniels. Spending time on the St. Croix River...

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, June 10, 2022 at Guardian Angels Catholic Church, 8260 4th Street North, Oakdale, MN US 55128.  There will be no visitation prior to the Mass. Burial will be at the church cemetery.