O'Connell Family Funeral Homes

Helen Benoy, age 66, of Clear Lake, WI passed away on May 6th at United Hospital in St. Paul.

Helen Irene Benoy, age 66, of Clear Lake, WI passed away on May 6, 2008 at United Hospital in St. Paul, MN. She was born the daughter of Earl & Theresa Jewell o...
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A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, May 9th at the United Methodist Church, 1401 Laurel Ave., Hudson. Interment will follow in the Willow River Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at church and Thursday, May 8 from 5 until 7:00PM at the O’Connell Family Funeral Home in Hudson, 715-386-3725.

Helen Thokey, age 91, of Hudson, passed away May 4, 2008 at the Christian Community Home.

Helen Grace Thokey, age 91, of Hudson and formerly of Racine, passed away on May 4, 2008. She had moved to the Christian Community Home in Hudson two years ago ...
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A funeral service for Helen will be held on Wednesday, May 7th at 7:00 PM, with a visitation for one hour prior, at the O’Connell Family Funeral Home in Hudson, 715-386-3077. The graveside service will be Thursday, May 8th at 2:00 PM at Graceland Cemetery in Racine.

Luella Metlie, age 95 of Woodville, died May 3, 2008.

Luella Olena Metlie, age 95 of Woodville, Wisconsin died Saturday May 3, 2008 at the Baldwin Care Center in Baldwin, Wisconsin. Luella was born on June 16, 191...
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Visitation for Luella will be on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 at the O’Connell Funeral Home in Baldwin from 4-7pm as well as 1 hour prior to the funeral service at church. Funeral service for Luella will be Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at the Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Baldwin at 2pm. Pastor Paul Lovestrand will be officiating. Burial will follow at the Baldwin Cemetery. Casket bearers are Michael Eggen, Lance Hybben, Douglas Albrigtson, Eric Eggen, Luke Eggen, and Kyle Eggen. Honorary Casket bearers are Allan Eggen and Gary Lillie. Funeral services have been entrusted to the O’Connell Family Funeral Home of Baldwin. Online condolences may be expressed at www.oconnellfuneralhomes.com

Dennis Oehlke, age 64, of Woodville died on April 29th at United Hospital in St. Paul.

Dennis Wilfred Oehlke, age 64, of Woodville, died on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dennis was born the eighth of fourtee...
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Funeral Services for Dennis will be held on Friday May 2nd, 2008 at 11 o’clock. Visitation will be on Thursday May 1st 2008 from 5 to 8 PM as well as 1 hour before the service. All visitation and funeral services will be held at the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Woodville. Pastor Wayne Hilgendorf will be officiating. Burial will be held at a later date. Memorials are preferred to the family. All services are entrusted to the O’Connell Family Funeral Home in Baldwin, Wisconsin.

Jessie Marie Cramer, age 91, of Hudson, passed away April 28th.

Jessie Marie (Lundeen) Cramer, started her journey to the Lord on April 28, 2008 at the University of Minnesota Hospital after a short illness. Jessie was born ...
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A Mass of Christian Burial for Jessie will be at 2:00PM on Friday, May 2nd at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 1500 Vine St., Hudson. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday, and Thursday, May 1st from 4 until 7:00 PM at the O’Connell Family Funeral Home in Hudson, 715-386-3725.

June Catura, age 83, of Hudson died on April 27th.

June Ruth Catura, age 83 of Hudson died Sunday April 27, 2008 at United Hospital in St. Paul. June was born on August 23, 1924 in Plum City, Wisconsin the daugh...
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Mass Of Christian Burial will be 10AM Thursday May 1st at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hudson with Fr. John Parr officiating. Her family will serve as pallbearers. Music provided by the parish Hope Choir. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 7 until 9PM at the O’Connell Family Funeral Home of Hudson and one hour prior to the mass at church on Thursday. Memorials preferred. Funeral services entrusted to the O’Connell Family Funeral Home of Hudson.

Sette, Ralph of New Richmond died April 26th.

Ralph C. Sette age 87 of New Richmond, well know retired dairy farmer and Stanton Town Board died Saturday April 26th, 2008 at the Meadows Nursing Home in New R...
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A Funeral Celebration of Life for Ralph Sette will be at 11:00AM on Wednesday, April 30th at Christ Lutheran Church, 510 Germain St. in Somerset with Pastor Carol Peterson officiating. Service readers will be Donna Seim and Jerry Ostendorf. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 5 until 7PM at the church. Burial will be in the Hillside Cemetery in Somerset with active casketbearers being Chuck Kruschke, Lowell Volkert, Arnell Kunze, Dr. Eric Bohl, Steve Bethke, and Brent Volkert while honorary bearers will be Bill Neuman, Erv Schauer, Bob Neuenfeldt, Harold Ammerman, Gerald Campeau, Dr. George Goodlad, Ed Sontag, and Tom Wenstad. Memorials preferred to donor’s choice. Funeral services entrusted to the O’Connell Family Funeral Homes.

Luther "Sid" Johnson, age 69, of Hudson, died on April 25th.

Chief Master Sergeant Luther Sidney “Sid” Johnson, age 69, of Hudson died peacefully on Friday April 25th, 2008 at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Minn...
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Mass of Christian Burial for Chief Master Sergeant Luther Sidney “Sid” Johnson will be 11:00AM Friday May 2nd at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hudson with Fr. John Parr officiating. Burial with full military honors provided by the United States Air Force will be in the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4 until 7PM at the O’Connell Family Funeral Home in Hudson and one hour prior to the service at church on Friday. Memorials preferred.

Laura Birtzer, age 22, of St. Louis Park, MN formerly of Hudson, died suddenly on April 15th.

Laura Ann Birtzer passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at the age of 22. She was born on July 9, 1985 to Steve & Mary (Schuch) Birtzer in Robbin...
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A Mass of Christian Burial for Laura will be held at 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 19th at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hudson. Visitation will be one hour prior to mass at church and Friday, April 18th from 4 until 8:00 pm with a prayer service at 7:45 pm at the O’Connell Family Funeral Home in Hudson, 715-386-3725. Memorials are preferred to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA).

Alice L. Serier age 89 of Pine Island, MN formerly of Baldwin died Monday, April 14th at Rochester, MN.

Alice Serier age 89 of Pine Island, Minnesota, formerly of Baldwin, died Monday April 14, 2008 at the Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester. Alice was born on Dec...
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Funeral service for Alice will be 2PM Thursday April 17th at Peace Lutheran Church in Baldwin. Burial will be in the church cemetery with active casketbearers being Michael Bruce, Kiernan Minehan, Mark Karppi, Charles Serier, Barry Serier, and Kenneth Serier with honorary casketbearers being Harvey Moe, Allen Moe, and Jim Engebretson. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at church on Thursday afternoon. Memorials may be given to the donor’s choice. Funeral services have been entrusted to the O’Connell Family Funeral Home of Baldwin.

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