All Obituaries

Eric Devante Jones, 20, passed away on November 25, 2019 at Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis as a result of a rare and highly aggressive cancer diagnosed less than four months prior. Eric was born at Fairview University of Minnesota hospital in Minneapolis, MN on October 31, 1999, the son of Julia Lashay (Bass) Israel and Alvin Eric Jones.   Eric was an athlete and had a love for the sports of basketball and track & field. His senior year in high...

       Sunrise July 22, 1930                                                               Sunset November 23, 2019 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of...

  About John   John K. Sarbo was born on Friday, February 18, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York.  He was the only son of Comfort Dennis and John K Sarbo Sr.  He has 2 sisters and several step siblings. John moved with his mother to MN, after the passing of his father.     John played football in high school and had an extreme love of all things sports.  He could tell you just about any statistic on just about any sport. He would have made a great...

Murzyn, John P. III age 43 of Columbia Heights passed on 11/8/19. John was an avid sports fan, big time bowler at Elsie’s, ex softball player, loved to ice fish. John is preceeded in death by daughter Gianna Joi Murzyn; Uncles Pat Langiewicz, and Doug Langiewicz; and grandparents. John is survived by parents Alexis (Brad) Carlson, and John (Maria) Murzyn Jr; daughter Giselle Murzyn; sisters Elaina (Matt) Mayclin, Katie Christianson, Margie Christianson; brothers Thomas (Krista) Murzyn,...

Funeral Service Friday 11/15 12 noon with visitation 11 AM at God's Revelation MB church, 3751 17th ave s. mpls mn 55407. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery S. Mpls

Franklin “Frank” W. Smith, 80, longtime resident of Brooklyn Center, recently of Burnsville, MN, passed away, Thursday, November 14, 2019 of complications from esophageal cancer. A celebration of life will be held in the future when his children, grand-children and great-grand-children are able to be present, in a private setting.  He had fought cancer 5 times in his life time, therefore Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, in his name. Those wishing to...

Ruth Overman (Mattson), age 87, passed away peacefully on November 8, 2019 from Alzheimer’s disease. Ruth was born on March 17, 1932 to Sadie and Leslie Mattson of Markham, Minnesota.   Ruth was raised in northern Minnesota on the Iron Range. When jobs became scarce, she moved to Minneapolis in 1963. She was good with numbers and quickly found work with an accounting agency. It was not an easy life for her back then, but Ruth was a strong, smart woman and she got through the...