Obituaries
Corrine Molter
Jan 4, 2014
Corrine Leone Molter, 80, a resident of Hospitality House, Dayton Hollow, rural Fergus Falls, was welcomed by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into her heavenly home on Saturday, January 4, 2014. Corrine was born June 10, 1933. She was the loving daughter of Harry C. and Nelsena (Johnson) Olson of Fergus Falls. At the age of eight, by the...
Harriet J. Backstrom
Jan 3, 2014
Harriet J. Backstrom, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 3, 2014, at the Broen Memorial Home. Harriet Janet was born on September 24, 1926, in Maplewood Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Harold and Julia (Moen) Nodsle. She attended school District #161 and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1944. After high school,...
Victoria Landreth-Stevens
Jan 3, 2014
Victoria L. Landreth Stevens, 50, of Rothsay, died Friday, January 3, 2014, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls. She was born to Russell and Sharon (Heacock) Landreth on March 6, 1963 in Olivia, Minnesota. Victoria grew up in Olivia and moved to Glenco her senior year, graduating from Glenco High School in 1981. She attended Ridgewater College in Willmar, and...
Richard S. Leitch
Dec 30, 2013
Richard S. Leitch, 83, a resident of Battle Lake, died Monday, December 30, 2013, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. He was born to Stanley and Thelma (Sletner) Leitch on July 26, 1930 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was baptized August 18, 1979. Richard attended elementary school at the Leitch School House in Underwood, Minnesota. In 1947 Richard joined...
Wesley Haave
Dec 27, 2013
Wesley Haave, age 84, of Fergus Falls, died, Friday, December 27, 2013, at his home. He was born to Andrew and Martha (Harthun) Haave on March 18, 1929, at his family’s log cabin in Aastad Township. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1947. On June 9, 1972, Wesley married Myrtle Shirley Johnson in Sisseton, South Dakota. Wesley farmed...
Russell F. Johnson
Dec 26, 2013
Russell F. Johnson, 65, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, December 26, 2013, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls. He was born to Fredolph and Dorothy (Sederberg) Johnson on May 18, 1948, in Braham, Minnesota. Russell attended Cambridge High School, graduating in 1966. He then attended Brown Institute in Minneapolis, graduating with a Computer Science Degree. On August 28, 1971, he...
Esther Lillian Ugstad
Dec 25, 2013
Esther Lillian Ugstad, 93, died Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at PioneerCare, Fergus Falls. She was born on Easter Sunday, April 4, 1920, in Aastad Township, rural Fergus Falls, to Hans and Hilda (Ongstad) Bergerud. Being born on Easter Sunday, her family named her after the Easter Lilly. Her 90th birthday in 2010, marked only the fourth time her...
Nora L. Kugler
Dec 25, 2013
Nora L. Kugler, 82, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at the Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls surrounded by her family. She was born June 11, 1931, in rural Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, the daughter of Math and Gina (Lyngstad) Mostue. She attended Edwards rural school along with other rural schools in the area. She was baptized and confirmed at...
Lisa Tommerdahl
Dec 25, 2013
Lisa Tommerdahl, 53, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born September 1, 1960, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Regis and Beverly (McCrossin) Gatz Sr. She grew up in Fergus Falls and graduated from high school in 1979. On May 3, 1980, she married Blake Tommerdahl in...
Jerome "Jerry" Cichosz
Dec 21, 2013
Jerome “Jerry” Cichosz, 73, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Sanford Healthcare in Fargo, ND. He was born to Harry and Harriet (Gilgosh) Cichosz on November 7, 1940, in Winona, Minnesota. He grew up in Winona, Minnesota and graduated from Winona High School. In November of 1960, he entered the United States Air Force and...
Thomas Sawyer
Dec 20, 2013
Thomas William Sawyer, aged ninety, died peacefully on Friday, December 20, 2013 at his son’s home in Rochester, Minnesota, after a battle with lung cancer. Born on March 28, 1923 in Annandale, Minnesota, Tom was the second son of Palmer and Myrtle (Krohn) Sawyer. Tom was four years younger than his brother Neil. Tom served in the United States Army...
Muriel (Oien) Walsh
Dec 17, 2013
Muriel Thompson (Oien) Walsh, 96, of Battle Lake, died Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center in Battle Lake. A memorial service is being planned for a later date. The Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls is in charge of the arrangements.
Orval Larson
Dec 16, 2013
Orval Milo Larson, 89, of Fergus Falls and formerly of Battle Lake, died Monday, December 16, 2013, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born March 30, 1924, in Sverdrup Township, near Underwood, Minnesota, the son of Martin N. and Minnie (Lofthus) Larson. He attended country school in Clitherall Township. On September 4, 1948, he married Barbara...
Alice Scott
Dec 16, 2013
Alice JoAnne Scott, 69, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 16, 2013, peacefully at her home under the care of family and Lakeland Hospice. She was born December 26, 1943, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the daughter of Ingvald and Elvera (Skogrand) Raffelson. She grew up in Montevideo, graduating from Central High School. After high school she attended beauty school...
Ellen Knudsen
Dec 14, 2013
Ellen M. Knudsen, 79, of Fergus Falls, died December 14, 2013, at her home under the care of her family and Hospice. She was born May 25, 1934, to Adam Charles and Emma (Ackermann) Ullrich, on their home farm, in Fairview Township, Wells County, ND, which was homesteaded by Jacob and Frances Adams Ackermann. She was baptized, received her first...
Donald Danner
Dec 11, 2013
Donald E. Danner, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born August 11, 1929, in Zimmerman, MN the son of William and Willamina (Schulte) Danner. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean War in South Africa as a teletype and cryptographic operator, being discharged on...
Vearl Joan Carlson
Dec 11, 2013
Vearl Joan Carlson, 72, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Memorial Service: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, December 29, 2013, at the PioneerCare Celebration Center in Fergus Falls. Clergy: Chaplain Harry Olson Funeral Home: Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Evelyn Manderud
Dec 10, 2013
Evelyn Clarice Manderud, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, MN died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at her home at Park Gardens of heart failure. She was born on July 28, 1925 in Goodridge Township, Pennington County, Minnesota, the daughter of Casper & Lena (Strand) Iverson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, and attended high school in Goodridge....
Lon Ehrich
Dec 9, 2013
Lon Randall Ehrich, of Perham, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, at his home, where he lived and worked. He loved to bake and was a very good cook. In his free time he enjoyed shooting his bow and arrow, being outdoors, and most of all riding his motorcycle. He had a very big heart and he could always make you...
Heather Rudbeck
Dec 9, 2013
Heather Lynn Rudbeck, 38, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013, at her home in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, as a result of complications from Lupus. She was born July 17, 1975, in Brainerd, Minnesota, the daughter of Michael and Linda (Larson) Rudbeck. She lived in Oakes, North Dakota, until moving to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, when she was 11 years...
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