LaNay Susan Bonovsky, 71, of Foley, died Monday, July 17, 2023, at the St. Cloud Hospital.

Margaret ‘Margie’ Gotvald, 95, of Foley, passed away July 7, 2023, at The Gardens at Foley Nursing Center.

Verna M. Johnson, 89, of New London, died July 6, 2023, at her home near New London. 

Millie Butler, 90, of Sartell, passed away July 9, 2023, at Country Manor Senior Community in Sartell. 

Mass of Christian burial for Kathleen Chmielewski will be 11 a.m., Thursday, July 13, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Foley. The Rev. Michael Wolfbauer will officiate. Visitation be 9-10 a.m. at the church. Burial will take place at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, followed by lunch at Mr. Jim’s. Service with dignity provided by the Foley Funeral Home.

Patricia ‘Patty’ Svihel, age 77, of East Bethel, and formerly of Foley, passed away July 1, 2023, after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Mass of Christian burial was July 6 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Foley. The Rev. Michael Wolfbauer officiated and burial took place in the parish cemetery. Visitation was at the church Thursday. A lunch was provided at Mr. Jim’s in Foley following the service. Service with dignity provided by the Foley Funeral Home. 

Deborah (Debbie) Sue Halfman, 52, of Dowagiac, Michigan, and formerly of Minnesota, passed away peacefully July 2, 2023.

Pastor Dennis Deppa, of St. Louis Park, age 82, passed away from natural causes at Methodist Hospital May 23, 2023. Dennis was born in Foley and was preceded in death by his parents, Bernard and Kathryn, infant brother Lawrence and brother Gary, Also by his in-laws Floyd and Ann Dray of Ronneby, Florence and Floyd Dray, Andrew Dray, Sherwin Arneson, ‘granddaughter’ Anne Widmer, and his special gift of a daughter Cheri Dray.  

Demain Koscielniak, 92, of Foley, passed away June 26, 2023, at The Gardens at Foley Nursing Center.

Dustan Spanier, 36, of Plymouth, passed away June 15, 2023.

Vincent (Rawetkiewiez) Ratka, Jr., 93, of Spring Lake Park, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family June 17, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids

Doris (Fosvick) Folley passed away June 9, 2023, after battling pancreatic cancer in her home in Coon Rapids, attended by her daughters, Tracy and Cheryl.