Obituaries
Charles Elshaug
Aug 5, 2015
Charles Dale Elshaug “Chuck”, “Charlie”, 75, resident of Fergus Falls, died, Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at his home at the Life Song Residence in Fergus Falls. Charles was born October 24, 1939, in Underwood, Minnesota, son of Oscar and Ragna (Stolson) Elshaug. He attended country school #112, then Underwood High School. After high school he worked for local farmers. When...
Donald Larson
Aug 5, 2015
Donald Larson, 52, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at his home. There will be a Funeral Mass at St. Boniface Catholic Church, 504 Main St., Cold Spring, MN on Friday, August 14th at 11:00 a.m.
Avery Davenport Jr
Aug 4, 2015
Avery Davenport Jr., 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully at home, Tuesday, August 4th, 2015. He was born April 25th, 1923 in Western Township, the son of Alice and Avery Erwin Davenport. In 1944, he married Margaret A. Vore at the Federated Church in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Avery and Margaret purchased a farmstead north of Fergus Falls where...
Leonard "Leny" Lureen
Aug 4, 2015
Leonard L. Lureen, 75, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND, surrounded by his family. He was born July 22, 1940, in Walhalla, ND, the son of Elmer and Evelyn (Richotte) Lureen. On August 7, 1962, he married Violet Jean LaFromboise in Sisseton, SD. He was an operator and laborer at Anderson...
Avis E. Rohloff
Aug 4, 2015
Avis Eileen Bliss Ditterich Rohloff passed away peacefully on August 4, 2015, at the Pelican Valley Nursing Home. Avis was born to Henry and Louise Bliss in rural Dent on July 22, 1921. Avis was one of seven children. She graduated from Perham High School in 1937. Avis married Andrew Ditterich in 1940 and they had six children. They were...
Baris Julia Oscarson
Aug 3, 2015
Baris Julia Oscarson, age 88, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Baris was born on August 6, 1926, to William G. and Rosa W. (Heine) Matheson in Breckenridge. She attended Breckenridge High School, graduating in 1944. During WWII, Baris was a Civilian secretary for the United States Navy in...
Alisha Williams
Aug 3, 2015
Alisha Williams, 38, of Evansville, died Monday August 3, 2015, at her home. She was born August 14, 1976, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Dean and Donna (Vallevand) Williams. In 1978, she moved with her family to the Elbow Lake area, where she attended school in Elbow Lake. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Olaf Catholic Church in...
Beryl B. Hames
Jul 30, 2015
Beryl B. Hames, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Beryl was born on September 17, 1923, to Edwin C. and Anna (Evans) Spencer in Erhard. She was baptized and confirmed at Ringsaker Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids and also attended Tonseth Lutheran Chruch in Edwards. Beryl attended school in District...
Orville Demmer
Jul 28, 2015
Orville Demmer, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Orville was born on August 5, 1924, in Star Lake Township, Minnesota, to George Frederick and Matilda Almira (Smith) Demmer. He attended School District 244 and often stayed at home for lunch, until the last second, when the school bell would start ringing. He...
Mervin L. Budke
Jul 28, 2015
Mervin Budke, 80, of rural Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at his home. He was born March 18, 1935, at the home of his parent’s, Henry and Alida (Gilbertson) Budke, in Friberg Township, rural Fergus Falls. He was baptized and confirmed at Tonseth Lutheran Church and attended rural school through the 8th grade. Mervin started working at the...
Virgil L. Petersen
Jul 28, 2015
Virgil L. Petersen, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at his home. Virgil Leonard Petersen was born on June 28, 1918, in Darlington Township near Clark, South Dakota, the son of Walter H. and Teckla (Hallberg) Petersen. Virgil attended elementary school in Darlington at District #22. He accepted Christ as his Savior in 1931, at...
Barbara J. Stich
Jul 27, 2015
Barbara “Barb” Stich, 83, passed gently from this life on Monday afternoon, July 27, 2015. She was at home, the place she shared with Vernon, her husband of sixty-two years. Barbara Jean was born in Fergus Falls on November 1, 1931, to John “Jack” and Hazel Will. She grew up as part of a farm family near Doran. She attended...
Steven R. Jorgenson
Jul 25, 2015
Steven R. Jorgenson, 64, of Rothsay, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, after a short battle with cancer. Steven was born on July 20, 1951, in Fergus Falls to Edward C. and Doris (Weik) Jorgenson. He was baptized and confirmed at Hedemarken Lutheran Church in rural Carlisle. Steve graduated from Fergus Falls High School...
Donald L. Gillaspey
Jul 25, 2015
Donald Lloyd Gillaspey, 92, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Donald was born in Tenney, Minnesota in Wilkin County on May 5, 1923, the youngest of five children born to Charles and Lillian (Heron) Gillaspey. He attended rural elementary school in Tenney and Nashua. He was baptized and...
Delrose M. Swartz
Jul 23, 2015
Delrose Mae (Pankonin) Swartz, age 81, of Fergus Falls, went to sing with the heavenly choir on Thursday, July 23, 2015, after succumbing to cancer. The daughter of Elmer and Mable (Gode) Pankonin, Del was born on April 4, 1934 in Spingfield, Minnesota. She graduated from Jeffers High School in 1952 and then she attended the Minnesota School of Business...
Jerome B. Zeimet
Jul 23, 2015
Jerome B. Zeimet, Dad, Grandpa, and Great Grandpa, age 78, of Fergus Falls, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015 after a short battle with small cell cancer that took away the use of his legs in April. Jerry was born on May 20, 1937, in St. Paul to Ervin and Ann (Kostolnik) Zeimet. He raised his family in Roseville and...
Lorraine M Ostlund
Jul 17, 2015
Lorraine Marion Ostlund, 94, of Fergus Falls died Friday, July 17, 2015 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. The day of January 27, 1921, was a special day in the home of Fred and Anna (Steiner) Carlsrud, for on that day Lorraine Marion was born. She was baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church of Rothsay, attended School District # 24...
Wilbur H Hegerle
Jul 17, 2015
Wilbur H. Hegerle, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, July 17, 2015 at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. Wilbur was born on November 8, 1920, in Dora Township, Ottertail County, the only child of Joseph A. and Molly (Poll) Hegerle. He grew up on the family farm, during the Great Depression. Wilbur attended country school. As a young...
Kenneth H. Ness
Jul 15, 2015
Kenneth H. Ness, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at PioneerCare. Our dad was born on May 18, 1930 in Mayville, North Dakota, to Walter and Regina (Groven) Ness. Dad farmed with his father outside Galesburg, North Dakota, where he learned his appreciation for the land and his love of hunting and fishing. He attended...
Judith L. Thompson
Jul 13, 2015
Judith (Judy) L. Thompson, 82, resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, July 13, 2015, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born on April 17, 1933 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to Otto A. and Hilda (Lindberg) Tjaden. She married Merlin Thompson in Underwood, MN on July 14th, 1951. She was a housewife for many years and was...
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