Obituaries
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,...
Ervin Russell Nelson
Mar 27, 2016
Ervin “Erv” Russell Nelson, age 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, peacefully passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday, March 27, 2016, at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Ervin was born on March 3, 1919, to Peter and Ida (Nelson) Nelson, on a farm near Henning. He attended school in Henning and later moved to Elizabeth, where...
Martha June Schultz
Mar 27, 2016
Martha Schultz, age 94, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Martha was born on December 10, 1921, to Peter and Nora (Burgess) Wumkes in Carrington, ND. She attended school in Sykeston, ND. In 1945, Martha graduated from St. Luke’s Nursing School in Fargo, ND. On January 7, 1947, she married Duane A. Schultz...
Irene Helen Stroschein
Mar 26, 2016
Irene Stroschein Irene Stroschein, 86, a resident of rural Underwood, died Saturday, March 26, 2016 in Fergus Falls. Irene was born November 30, 1929 on the family farm in rural Doran, MN, the daughter of George J. Hansen, Sr. and Dorothy Sophia (Schmidt) Hansen. She grew up on the flats of Wilkin County close to Foxhome. She was confirmed in...
Jeanette Pattinson
Mar 25, 2016
Jeanette Henrietta Pattinson, age 94, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, March 25, 2016, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Jeanette was born on March 27, 1921, near Lake Wilson, MN, to George B. and Marie (Kruse) Pattinson. She was baptized and confirmed at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lake Wilson. She grew up on the family farm and attended School...
Kimberly Ann Anderson
Mar 23, 2016
Kimberly Ann (Wallace) Anderson, 55, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at her home under the care of Lakeland Hospice and her family and also the special care of her mother, Sharon and her son, Bob. Kimberly was born on September 24, 1960, to Richard L. Scott and Sharon Mack Murphy in Minneapolis. She attended school...
Dennis Korby
Mar 22, 2016
Austin “Dennis” Korby Jr., 66, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at his home, a home in which his father built and he grew up in, surrounded by his family and friends. Dennis was born on July 3, 1949, in Fergus Falls, the son of Austin and Edna Pearl (Downing) Korby, the oldest of four sons....
Marjorie June Stafford
Mar 21, 2016
Marjorie June Stafford, 82, a resident of rural Fergus Falls, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Lake Region Healthcare. Marjorie was born on June 28, 1933, to William and Clara (Schoening) Stein. She attended a one-room country school in District 1424 and Fergus Falls High School. On July 27, 1951, she married Lynn Clifford Stafford in Fergus Falls. She spent...
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