Obituaries
Merhle Lincoln Messer
Apr 27, 2016
Merhle Lincoln Messer, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Merhle was born on February 12, 1927, to Ernest R., Sr. and Susan (Watson) Messer, on the family farm in Everdell, MN. While attending Breckenridge High School, Merhle joined the United States Army and was stationed at Camp...
Joyce Eileen Stock
Apr 26, 2016
Joyce E. Stock, 92, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at her home in Fergus Falls. Joyce Eileen (Wilcott) Stock was born on October 4, 1923, the second of two children to Daniel and Nannie (Marquardt) Wilcott Kort in Fergus Falls, and was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Elizabeth. She attended 1st grade at Lincoln School and...
Larry Dale Sander
Apr 25, 2016
Larry D. Sander, age 76, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Larry was born on January 28, 1940, to Clifford and Hazel (Schachtschneider) Sander in Fergus Falls. He attended school in Ashby and graduated from Ashby High School in 1957. On November 19, 1960, Larry was united in marriage...
Jack W. Hotchkiss
Apr 20, 2016
Jack W. Hotchkiss, 93, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Jack was born June 12, 1922, son of Robert and Elaine (Maloney) Hotchkiss, on a farm in Buse Township south of Fergus Falls, MN. He attended country school at District 31, now Buse Township Hall, through the fifth grade. In...
Alan Arnold Erickson
Apr 20, 2016
Alan Arnold Erickson, 69, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at his home. Alan was born on May 4, 1946, to James A. and Luella (Sleen) Erickson in Pelican Rapids. He attended elementary school in Pelican Rapids and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1964. Alan was enlisted in the United States Navy from 1965...
Rodney L Sporre
Apr 17, 2016
Rodney LeRoy Sporre, 86, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, April 17, 2016, at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND. Rodney was born on July 8, 1929 in Fergus Falls, the son of Arvid and Linnea (Holmgren) Sporre. He grew up and attended school in Fergus Falls. After school he entered the United States Army and served from 1951 to 1953....
Violet Helen Swanson
Apr 16, 2016
Violet Helen Swanson, age 93, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, April 16, 2016, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Violet was born on January 11, 1923, to Eddie and Hilder (Nord) Schachtschneider in Underwood, MN. She attended Sverdrup Lutheran Church in Underwood with her family. Being very musical, she played the accordion with an all-girl band called the Rythmnettes,...
Roald Waldemar Bjornaas
Apr 9, 2016
Roald Waldemar Bjornaas, 85, a resident of rural Underwood, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, surrounded by his family. Roald was born on April 10, 1930, to Peder and Martha (Kittelson) Bjornaas in Sverdrup Township, near Underwood, MN. He attended country school and graduated from Underwood High School. After high school, Roald continued to live on the family farm, where he...
Tony Wilbur Rivera
Apr 8, 2016
Tony W. Rivera, 78, a resident of rural Dalton, Ten Mile Lake, died Friday, April 8, 2016 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. A memorial gathering for friends and family will be held at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at the Rivera Home on Ten Mile Lake, by the Old Oak Tree. The address is 11735 Bankers...
Richard "Rick" Stras
Apr 8, 2016
Richard Carl “Rick” Stras, 68, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, April 8, 2016 at Lake Region Healthcare, surrounded by friends and family. Rick was born September 12, 1947, in Minneapolis, MN, the son of Orville and Mildred G. (Knudson) Stras. He was baptized May 2, 1948, in Waubun, MN and confirmed at Tingvold Lutheran Church, Underwood, MN on...
Elliott Oscar Boe
Apr 8, 2016
Retired Minnesota District Court Judge, Elliott O. Boe, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, April 8, 2016, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Elliott was born on March 30, 1926, to Oscar and Helen (Doege) Boe in Appleton, MN. He served in the United States Army Air Corp. during World War II. He was a Disabled American...
Timothy "Tim" Greenley
Apr 7, 2016
Timothy “Tim” Greenley, 65, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, April 07, 2016 at the MN Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Tim was born October, 14, 1950 in Fargo, ND, son of Russell and Lila (Osier) Greenley. He grew up on the Greenley family farm near Lisbon, ND. He attended Lisbon High School and left school early to register for the...
Arnold Robert Rode
Apr 7, 2016
Master Sergeant Arnold Robert Rode, age 81, of Benson, MN, died on Thursday, April, 7, 2016, at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls, MN. Arnold was born on June 21, 1934 to Rudolf and Martha (Papstein) Rode in Lynch, Nebraska. He graduated from Benson High School in 1951. On August 8, 1954, he was married to Claudia Elaine Pederson...
Delores Arlene Lee
Apr 5, 2016
Delores Arlene Lee, 88, of rural Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at her home. She was born January 26, 1928, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Martin and Clara (Nordlee) Staff. On March 18, 1928, she was baptized by Rev. Quello, and she was confirmed in 1942, at Trinity Lutheran Church, by Walter Friedriech. Delores attended Washington High...
Thomas Russell Rund
Apr 1, 2016
Thomas R. Rund, age 100, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, April 1, 2016, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls, under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Thomas Russell Rund was born in Tumuli Township, rural Dalton, to Edward and Caroline (Engebretson) Rund, on Thursday, January 13, 1916, during a snow storm. The midwife arrived in a horse and sleigh. He was...
Dagney Borghild Nelson
Apr 1, 2016
Dagney B. (Erickson) Nelson, 89, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, Friday April 1, 2016, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls, under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Dagney was born on December 11, 1926, to Christian and Emma (Larson) Erickson in rural Pelican Rapids, the youngest of five children. She was baptized at Faith Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids. As a...
Joan LaVonne Fegert
Apr 1, 2016
Joan L. Fegert, age 77, a resident of Battle Lake, died Friday, April 1, 2016, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Nearly six years ago, when diagnosed with kidney failure, Joan (Bjerke) Fegert never gave up. A woman of great faith, she never complained, maintaining a brave and cheerful outlook – even through countless days of dialysis, uncountable setbacks...
Rosemary Ann Wilke
Apr 1, 2016
Rosemary Ann Wilke, age 84, a resident of rural Underwood, died Friday, April 1, 2016, at her home, surrounded by her family in body and in spirit. Rosemary was born in Owatonna, MN, on November 7, 1931, the eighth child of William and Theresa (Stumpf) Keane. She attended St. Mary's grade school and graduated from Owatonna High School. She attended...
Wilbur W. Langfeld
Mar 31, 2016
Wilbur W. Langfeld, 82, a resident of Rothsay, died on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Wilbur was born on January 4, 1934, to William and Rosie (Fiala) Langfeld, on the family farm in Akron Township, near Rothsay. He was baptized and confirmed into the Missouri Synod Faith and attended country school near the farm. On...
Kenneth Elwin Link
Mar 30, 2016
Kenneth Elwin Link, 90, a resident of Underwood, died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at his home, under the care of Lakeland Hospice and his family. Kenneth was born on October 30, 1925, at home on the family farm near Foxhome. He was the youngest child of William D. and H. Beryl (Turner) Link. He attended grade school in District 62,...
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