Sympathy to the Family of Vern Wahlstrom

Vern Wahlstrom passed away on Tuesday, August 10. A visitation will be held Friday, August 13, from 5-8pm, at Zion. An additional visitation will be held at Zion on Saturday, August 14, from 10-11am, to be followed by a funeral service at 11am.

Sympathy to the Family of Lee Dille

Lee Dille passed away Tuesday, July 27. The Memorial Service for Lee will be on Friday, July 30, at 11am. There will be family visitation from 9-11am and luncheon after the service.

Sympathy to the Family of Sheldon Fertig

Sheldon Fertig, Sr. passed away on Wednesday, June 30.

There will be visitation at Zion on Friday, July 9, from 2-4pm. A memorial service will be held at 4pm, with lunch following.

Sympathy to Idella Ziegler and Family

Idella’s son, Robert Ziegler, passed away on Friday, April 23.  There will be a visitation on Tuesday, April 27, from 4-8pm at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in North Branch. The memorial service is tentatively planned for Wednesday, April 28, at 6:30pm at Taylors Falls Depot.

Sympathy to the Family of Delores Mulcare

Delores Mulcare passed away on Saturday, April 3.

There will be visitation beginning at 5pm on Thursday, April 8, followed by a funeral service at 6pm. Supper will be served following burial.

Sympathy to the Family of Janet Reimann

Jan passed away on Friday, March 26. The funeral service will be at Zion on Thursday, April 1 at 11am with visitation at 10am and luncheon following the service. There will also be visitation at Peterson Chapel on Wednesday, March 31, at from 4-9pm with a prayer service at 7:30pm.

Sympathy to the Family of Lorraine Brynildson

Lorraine Brynildson died on Wednesday, March 17.

A funeral service will be held on Monday, March 22, at Peterson Chapel in Buffalo.

Sympathy to the family of Tylor Lindberg

Tylor Lindberg passed away on Friday, March 5.

Services will be at Zion on Wednesday, March 10, with visitation beginning at 10am and funeral at 11am. Lunch will be served after the funeral.

There will be additional visitation at Zion on Tuesday, March 9 from 4-8pm.

Sympathy to the Family of John Scharenbroich

John Scharenbroich passed away on Monday, February 22.

Funeral Service Friday 2-26-10 at Zion Lutheran Church, Buffalo, 11 AM. Visitation 1-hour prior at Zion Lutheran Church and Thursday 5-7 PM at The Peterson Chapel, Buffalo, MN 763-682-1363 with a prayer service at 7 PM. Memorials preferred in lieu of flowers.

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Sympathy to the Family of Sheldon Fertig

Sheldon Fertig passed away on Tuesday, February 2.

There will be  a memorial service at Zion at 11am on Friday, February 5 with visitation one hour prior to the service and a luncheon following the service.

Sypmathy to the Family of Clint Mohring

Clint Morhing passed away on Friday, January 22.

The funeral will be at Zion at 11am on Friday, January 29. There will be visitation one hour prior to the service and lunch in the fellowship hall to follow.

Sympathy to the Family of Don Nelson

Don Nelson died on Monday, December 7. The funeral service will be at Zion on Friday, December 11 at 11am with visitation one hour before the service and lunch after the service. There will also be visitation at the Washburn McReavy Seman Chapel in Coon Rapids on Thursday, December 10 from 2-5pm.

Sympathy to the Family of Carl Nyholm

Carl Nyholm died on Friday, December 4. The funeral service will be at Zion on Wednesday, December 9 at 10am with visitation one hour before the service and lunch after the service. There will also be visitation on Tuesday, December 8, from 4-8pm at the Peterson Chapel.

Dobbs Memorial

Zion recently received a gift of several hundred thousand dollars from the estate of Merle Dobbs who died in July 2009.  This gift will be used for projects within the congregation as determined by the Zion Foundation. Merle grew up in Buffalo as Merle Stromberg.  She married Len Dobbs and they made their home in Edina working together in an insurance business.  It was through the pastoral visits over the past 40 years that Merle and Len maintained their friendship with Zion.  They visited as they were able, listened to chapel line daily and kept up through the newsletter.  Len died in August of 2005.

 

Pastor K. Alvar Persson

Pastor K. Alvar Persson, who was a pastor at Zion from 1950-1953, died at the age of 94 this past August in his home of Medford Wisconsin. He was born March 28, 1915 in Vesteros, Sweden. He was ordained as a Lutheran minister in 1945, and served at congregations in Vermont, New York, Rhode Island, Minnesota and Connecticut. May peace be to his memory!

Service of Remembrance

Honoring Loved Ones who have Died

Zion’s annual “Service of Remembrance” will be held on Sunday afternoon, November 1, “All Saints’ Sunday”, at 4:00 pm in the Sanctuary. Everyone is invited to take this time to honor our loved ones who have died in the past year or previous years.

During the service the names of our loved ones will be read, and you will have the opportunity to light a candle in honor of them. The service will also include hymns, prayers, scripture readings, and a brief meditation.

Sympathy to the Family of Laurie Rentz

Laurie Rentz passed away on Saturday, October 3.

Updated October 6: The funeral service for Laurie Rentz will be at Zion on Friday, October 9 at 7pm with visitation before the service from 4-7pm.

Sympathy to the Family of Victor Gruenhagen

Victor Gruenhagen passes away this morning, September 22. Services will be held at St James Lutheran in Howard Lake, further details are pending at this time.

Sympathy to the Family of Dorothy Johnson

Dorothy Johnson passed away this morning, September 1.

Burial will be at 9am on Friday, September 4, at the Swedish Mission (Covenant) Cemetery(just north of Zion on the other side of the highway, by the golf course).

There will be a memorial service at 11am at Zion (Friday, September 4) with lunch be provided at Zion following the service.

Sympathy to the Family of Don Brettingen

Don Brettingan passed away on August 11.  A funeral service will be held at Zion on Friday, August 21 starting at 11am with a luncheon to follow.