Obituaries
Phyllis J. Engen
Mar 31, 2017
Phyllis Jean Engen, 88, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Friday, March 31, 2017, at St Gerard’s Community of Care in Hankinson, North Dakota. Phyllis was born on March 31, 1929, in Girard Township, Minnesota, the daughter of Eugene and Flora (Whiting) Dobbs. She grew up in rural Henning and graduated from Battle Lake High School. She was baptized and confirmed...
Daniel Rodney Anderson
Mar 27, 2017
Daniel Rodney Anderson, 63, a resident of Duluth, died peacefully Monday, March 27, 2017 at his residence in Duluth. Daniel was born on February 13, 1954 in Fergus Falls, the son of Darrell and Bonita (Leine) Anderson. He grew up and attended school in Fergus Falls. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran church in Fergus Falls. In August...
Gerald Pergande
Mar 25, 2017
Gerald Arnold (Jerry) Pergande, longtime Owasso, Oklahoma resident, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 in Tulsa at the age of 68. Jerry was born January 14, 1949 to Arnold William and Erma Marie (Schoening) Pergande in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. It was there that he was raised and received his education, graduating high school with the Class of 1967. He enlisted...
Lorise R Hume
Mar 24, 2017
Lorise R. Hume, 95, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. Lorise was born on May 4, 1921 in Hancock, MN, the daughter of Albert and Ida (Gumto) Erickson. She grew up in Cyrus, where she attended school and was confirmed in Starbuck, MN. After her schooling, she worked for various families...
Catherine V Piper
Mar 24, 2017
Catherine (Cathy) Piper died March 24th, 2017, at her home at Pioneer Point in Fergus Falls. Cathy was born on April 28th, 1927, to Mildred E. (Evenson) and Leo. J. Harles in Friberg Township. She attended country school In Friberg Township. She received her G.E.D. in Denver, Colorado, years later. On November 28th, 1953, Cathy married Blaine A. Piper in...
Craig Steven Zimmerman
Mar 23, 2017
Craig Steven Zimmerman, age 61, died Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Fargo, ND. He was born on April 20, 1955, to Wilfred “Buddy” Burton and Avis Eleanor (Moen) Zimmerman in Fergus Falls. He was baptized at North Friborg Lutheran Church and confirmed at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Rothsay. Craig grew up on the family farm in Oscar Township. He...
Helen H Martinson
Mar 22, 2017
Helen Harriet Martinson, age 93, passed away peacefully March 23, 2017, at the LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Helen was born to Harold and Annie (Gilbertson) Hartman on March 10, 1924, in Pequot Lakes. She grew up around Dalton, where she attended Country school and went on to graduate from Fergus Falls High School in 1942. Helen married James...
Margory Louise Anderson
Mar 21, 2017
Margory Louise (Scott) Anderson, 87, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, MN. Margie was born September 15, 1929 in Dearborn Michigan to Albert Louis and Lorraine Margaret (Heidelbaugh) Scott. They also lived in Duluth and Foxhome, Minnesota before moving to Fergus Falls. Margory attended school and...
Wesley David Tobin
Mar 17, 2017
Wesley Tobin, 95, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, March 17, 2017, at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Wes was born on December 3, 1921, and raised in Fergus Falls, MN. He attended NDSU, then transferred to and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in chemical engineering. He served as a 1st Sgt. army medic in...
Arlo Marcus Hanson
Mar 16, 2017
Arlo Marcus Hanson, 89, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, March 16, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Arlo was born on April 23, 1927, to Alvin and Martha (Rovang) Hanson, at home one mile north of Dalton. He was baptized at St. Olaf Church in rural Dalton and attended country school near his home. On July 11, 1948, Arlo was...
Kirsten Joy Moline Laney
Mar 15, 2017
Kirsten Joy (Moline) Laney, 48, a resident of rural Underwood, died Wednesday, March 15, 2017, as a result of an accident while riding her horse near her Ranch home. She was born on September 3, 1968, to James and Arlyne (Hanson) Moline in Pasadena, CA. As a child, the family moved to Fergus Falls where she attended Fergus Falls Public...
Eugene Dale Herrmann
Mar 13, 2017
Eugene Dale Herrmann, age 68, of Dent, died Monday, March 13, 2017, at Vibra Hospital in Fargo, ND. Eugene was born on December 29, 1948, to William Albert and Lucille Marie (Albright) Herrmann in Perham, MN. He attended school in Perham and graduated from Perham High School in 1966. In 1967, Eugene enlisted in the United States Army and served...
Lula Eva Brown
Mar 9, 2017
Lula Eva Brown, 91, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully on Thursday, March 9, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, surrounded by her beloved brother, Ronald Brown, his wife, Ilene, and her niece, Diane. Lula was born on April 14, 1925, to Clark and Ellen (Pierce) Brown on their farm in Vergas, MN. At age eleven, her family bought a farm...
Bradley Kenneth Stofer
Mar 4, 2017
Bradley Kenneth Stofer, 68, a resident of Denver, CO, formerly of the Fergus Falls area died Saturday, March 4, 2017, at the VA Medical Center in Denver, CO. Brad was born on November 20, 1948, the son of Kenneth and Alpha (Mortenson) Stofer in Fergus Falls, MN. As a kid, Brad attended country school in Bluegrass, MN and later, attended...
Shizue "Sue" Raguse
Mar 4, 2017
Shizue “Sue” Raguse, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, March 4, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Sue was one of eight children born to Tokunosk and Asa Hashimoto, on May 13, 1925 in Hokkaido, Japan. She grew up in Japan and attended school there. After graduation, she attended seamstress school. Sue met Duane Raguse while he was...
Gail M. Tysdal
Mar 2, 2017
Gail M. Tysdal, age 78, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Gail was born May 17, 1938, to Lloyd and Viola (Williams) West of Underwood, MN. Gail and her sister Barb grew up on a farm south of Underwood where she graduated from the Underwood High School in 1956....
Marsha Jean Tuel
Mar 2, 2017
Marsha Jean Tuel, 78, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Marsha was born on April 25, 1938, in Duluth, MN, the first of five children to Ralph and Bernice Furtman. Her childhood consisted of church, family, and friends. Marsha’s parents enjoyed the outdoors,...
Timothy Jay Olson
Mar 2, 2017
Timothy Jay Olson, 56, of Fergus Falls died Thursday, March 2, 2017, at his home. Graveside service and burial will be at Norseland Lutheran Cemetery in St. Peter, MN, at a later date.
Charlotte MaryEtta Knutson
Feb 27, 2017
Charlotte MaryEtta “Toots” Knutson, 78, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, February 27, 2017, at her home. Charlotte was born on September 19, 1938, to Charles Lloyd and Leona (Buck) Wickham in Ackley, MN, and attended school in Fergus Falls. On May 22, 1958, Charlotte was united in marriage to Gerald T. Knutson at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. Together...
Violet Mae Anderson
Feb 27, 2017
Violet Mae Anderson, age 95, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, February 27, 2017, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. She was born April 25, 1921, in Calvin, ND, the daughter of Richard and Mattie (Rice) Buckingham. Vi worked at the School of the Blind in Grand Forks for a time. On July 2, 1943, she married Roy Anderson in...
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