Obituaries
Carol Joan Wester
Mar 3, 2016
Carol Joan Wester, 75, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, March 3, 2016, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls after a long journey with Parkinson’s Disease, as well as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Carol was born in Brooklyn, NY, on December 30, 1940, to Carl and Lillie (Ness) Lundberg. In 1942, when she was just one and a half years old, she...
Dorothy Luella Moody
Mar 3, 2016
Dorothy Luella Moody, 95, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, March 3, 2016, at Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Dorothy was born on April 10, 1920, in Dalton to Conrad I. and Lizzie (Clauson) Thompson. She attended school at Dane Prairie School District #81 until eighth grade and then graduated from Fergus Falls High School. Dorothy started her career in...
Jessie T Danielson
Mar 1, 2016
Jessie T. Danielson, age 29, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Jessie was born on September 23, 1986, to Thomas J. and Margaret (Abell) Manley in Carrington, ND. She attended school in Pembina and graduated from Pembina High School in 2005. After graduation, she attended Northland Community College in East Grand Forks, where she earned her Registered Nursing...
Roger Wade Farsdale
Mar 1, 2016
Roger Wade Farsdale, 66, of Underwood, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls, after a yearlong battle with cancer. Roger was born on October 18, 1949, the son of Wade and Cordy (Bakko) Farsdale. Born and raised in rural Walcott, he attended the Walcott School and graduated from Kindred High School in 1967....
Craig D. "Busch" Norman
Feb 21, 2016
Craig “Busch” D. Norman, 62, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2016, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Craig was born on July 4, 1953, to Donald R. and Valera (Todahl) Norman in Fergus Falls. For his third birthday, Craig got a brother! His brother, Scott was born that day and they shared a Fourth of...
Ardis Marian Fick
Feb 21, 2016
Ardis Marian Fick, 86, a resident of rural Fergus Falls, died Sunday, February 21, 2016, at the Pioneer Senior Cottages in Fergus Falls. Ardis was born on November 13, 1929, in Henning to Helmer and Clara (Braaten) Gaustad. She graduated from Henning High School in 1947. On August 19, 1951, she was married to G. Stanley Fick in Henning and...
Marvel Peterson
Feb 17, 2016
Marvel M. Peterson, 99, a resident of Pelican Rapids, died Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Marvel was born on August 20, 1916 in Fort Yates, ND, the daughter of Omar and Grace (Keogh) Herzog. She grew up in Pelican Rapids and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1934. On March 9, 1940 she married Art...
Linda (Wentzel) Sjostrand
Feb 16, 2016
Linda Marie (Wentzel) Sjostrand, 68, of Hazen, ND died on the morning of Tuesday, February 16, 2016 surrounded by her family, at St. Benedict’s Health Center in Dickinson after a three-year battle with cancer. Linda was born May 26, 1947 in Fergus Falls, MN to Harold Emmett Wentzel, Sr. and E. Marie (Holmquist) Wentzel. The eldest of five children, Linda...
Eldred Raymond Kvidt
Feb 15, 2016
Eldred Raymond Kvidt, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Pelican Rapids, died Monday, February 15, 2016 at Lake Region Healthcare. He was born December 25, 1934, in Mahnomen, the son of Elmer and Ruby (Opdahl) Kvidt. He attended school in Twin Valley. Throughout his life, Eldred worked in construction, was a mechanic, car salesman and a self-employed trucker....
Lynn Alan Ottin Balken
Feb 11, 2016
Lynn Alan Ottin Balken, 75, a resident of Fergus Falls, died, Thursday, February 11, 2016, at PioneerCare. He was born August 11, 1940, in Fergus Falls, the son of Roy and Ione (Lein) Balken. He attended school in Rothsay, graduating in 1958. After high school he attended Moorhead State University and graduated with a teaching degree and a major in...
Julie Jimmerson
Feb 10, 2016
Julie Sue Jimmerson, 62, lifelong resident of Fergus Falls, passed away on February 10, 2016, at Lake Region Hospital. Julie was born at Lake Region Hospital on March 17, 1953. She attended elementary and junior High schools in Fergus Falls and graduated from Fergus Falls Senior High School in 1971. Throughout her adult life Julie enjoyed a career in various...
Dr. Edward Earl Schmidt
Feb 6, 2016
Dr. Edward Earl Schmidt, age 61, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, February 6, 2016, from complications after a routine surgery, at St. Francis Healthcare in Breckenridge, MN. He was born March 9, 1954, in Watertown, SD, the son of Harold E. and Phyllis J. (Maas) Schmidt. He attended school in Underwood, graduating in 1972 and then went on to earn...
Carol Jean Johnson
Feb 5, 2016
Carol Jean Johnson, 66, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, February 5, 2016, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Carol was born on February 23, 1949, to George and Phyllis Beerman in Huron, SD. Carol attended school in Huron and Oldham, SD. In 1975, she moved with her family to Camden, Maine and in September of 1975, she married the love...
Joel Bennett Grant
Feb 5, 2016
Joel Bennett Grant, age 50, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, February 5, 2016. Joel was born on February 11, 1965, to Orman and Marilyn (Hauge) Grant in Fergus Falls. He presently was working for Northern Contours in Fergus Falls. In the past, he worked for STS Trucking, Coca Cola Bottling and Red Rock Trucking. He loved driving truck,...
Daryl Dean Johnson
Feb 4, 2016
Daryl Dean Johnson, age 60, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, February 4, 2016, at Sanford Health in Fargo. Daryl was born on January 2, 1956, to J. Ellard and LaVonne (Rose) Johnson in Fergus Falls. He was baptized at Sverdrup Lutheran Church and confirmed at Tingvold Lutheran Church, both of Underwood. He graduated from Underwood High School in 1974, and...
Vernon Leonard Guyer
Feb 3, 2016
Vernon Leonard Guyer, 87, a resident of Star Lake, rural Dent, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016. He was born August 29, 1928, in Fargo, ND, the son of Charles and Nellie (Saul) Guyer. He attended school in Fargo, graduating in 1946. During his teens, Vernon worked summers in western Montana for the US Forest Service, alone for weeks on a...
Alva Stoa
Feb 1, 2016
Alva Rosalie Stoa, 77, of Fergus Falls, comforted by her family, peacefully passed away, Monday, February 1, 2016, under the care of Lakeland Hospice at Pioneer Care Center of Fergus Falls. Alva was born on August 1, 1938, in Maddock, ND, to Alvin G. and Ruth (Alfstad) Nelson. She was baptized and later confirmed at Viking Lutheran Church of rural...
Leo "Bud" Harles
Feb 1, 2016
Leo “Bud” Harles, 84, died Monday, February 1, 2016, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. He was born May 2, 1931, in Friberg Township, rural Fergus Falls, the son of Leo and Mildred (Evenson) Harles. He attended country school through the 8th grade. On October 28, 1950, he married Inez Milbeck at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Elizabeth. Leo worked a...
Sylvia Elizabeth Molstre
Jan 31, 2016
Sylvia Elizabeth Molstre, age 104, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, January 31, 2016, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Sylvia was born on August 24, 1911, to John and Alvina (Eggler) Steiger in Rochester, MN. She attended grade school in Rochester and graduated from Rochester High School. After graduation, she attended junior college in Rochester. On June 3, 1939,...
George Richard Zender
Jan 29, 2016
George Richard Zender, 83, of Venice, FL and Battle Lake, MN, died peacefully on Friday, January 29, 2016, at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital, with his wife Phyllis Jean (Strand) Zender and children at his side. Born February 22, 1932, to Albert and Catherine (Keenan) Zender in Tracy, MN, George graduated from Tracy High School in 1950. George married Phyllis, his...
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