Obituaries
Frieda D. Miller
Mar 6, 2014
Frieda D. Miller, 97, died Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls. She was born January 11, 1917, in Fergus Falls Township to Max C. and Wilhelmine (Holthusen) Kronemann and was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Elizabeth. Frieda attended grade school at country school District 92 and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in...
Lawrence "Lorney" Pavek
Mar 4, 2014
Lawrence “Lorney” or “Larry” Pavek, 86, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Wahpeton and Otter Tail Lake, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Woodland Lodge, Fergus Falls Lorney was born on January 8, 1928, in St. Paul, to Frank and Anna (Kotchian) Pavek. He grew up in the Lidgerwood, ND, area attending country schools and graduating from Lidgerwood High School. He...
Julius "Bud" Mobraten
Mar 2, 2014
Julius “Bud” Mobraten, 83, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Minnesota Veterans Home. He was born February 18, 1931, in Carlisle, Minnesota to J.P. and Frances (Houg) Mobraten. He grew up on the family farm and later attended Fergus Falls High School. Bud was drafted to the United States Army serving during the Korean...
Donald "Don" F. Lehn
Mar 1, 2014
Donald Francis Lehn, 57, a resident of Rothsay, died Saturday, March 1, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family under the loving care of Lakeland Hospice. Don was born on July 20, 1956 in Minneapolis, the son of Sylvester and Christina (Kucharczyk) Lehn. He grew up in Minneapolis and Sault St. Marie, MI. The family moved to Rothsay and...
Grant D. Torgerson
Mar 1, 2014
Grant D. Torgerson, 70, of Woodburn, OR, died Saturday, March 1, 2014, at his home. He was born on May 7, 1943, in Fergus Falls, to Lorimer and Irene (Holt) Torgerson. His family had farmed in Aurdal Township for several generations since their arrival in the mid-1800s. He attended District 143 in Aurdal Township, graduated from McIntosh Hish School when...
Donald Joseph Ryan
Feb 26, 2014
Donald Joseph Ryan, 90, of Fergus Falls died on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 in Fergus Falls. Donald is remembered as a kind and understanding person by all who met and knew him. He enjoyed traveling, woodworking, fishing and especially spending time with all of his family and friends. He was born on March 10, 1923, in Minneapolis, MN, the son...
Kathleen Marie Bertoch
Feb 22, 2014
Kathleen M. Bertoch, age 84 of Otter Tail Lake, Minnesota died February 22, 2014, at Battle Lake Good Samaritan in Battle Lake, MN. Kathleen was born to Randolph and Hilfred (Swanson) Araskog in Fergus Falls, MN on November 20, 1929. Growing up, Kathleen lived on the family farm, attended school, and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1947. She...
Eleanor Hegseth
Feb 18, 2014
Eleanor Marie Hegseth, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Eleanor was born on March 17, 1916 in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Gilbert and Hilda (Skolrud) Holt. She attended school in Oscar Township and Fergus Falls. After her schooling, she worked as a maid for Dr. Heiberg from...
Olive L. Blikstad
Feb 16, 2014
Olive L. Blikstad, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Pioneer Care. She was born May 12, 1922 to Ludvig and Judith (Lunde) Egstad in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Olive went to Roosevelt Elementary School and graduated from Lutheran Bible School twice—from the high school department in 1940, and from the Bible department in 1948....
Marjorie Rosengren
Feb 16, 2014
Marjorie Rosengren, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Marjorie Helen Ludtke was born June 12, 1920 to Emil and Clara (Johnson) Ludtke in Morton Township, just outside of Webster, South Dakota. As an infant she moved with her family into Webster. She attended school in Webster and graduated in 1939....
Kay L. Johnson
Feb 15, 2014
Kay LaVonne Johnson, 74, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Lake Region Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born April 17, 1939 to Arthur and Cora (Johnson) Grunwald in Owatonna, MN. At a young age, her family moved to Duluth and Mora, and Kay attended school in both cities. On August 6, 1960,...
Jerald "JB" B. Brusven
Feb 14, 2014
Jerald B. “JB” Brusven, 75, of Elizabeth, died suddenly, Friday, February 14, 2014 at his home. Jerry was born December 31, 1938 in Pelican Rapids to Hans and Gladys (Varholdt) Brusven. He grew up in Star Lake Township and attended school in Pelican Rapids, graduating in 1956. After high school Jerry entered the United States Army Reserves. On September 5,...
Douglas H. Kramer
Feb 14, 2014
Douglas H. Kramer, 71, a resident of Henning and owner of Kramer Development died Friday, February 14, 2014 at his home in Henning, MN. Doug was born on July 4, 1942, in New Ulm, MN, the son of Robert and Erma (Jutz) Kramer. He grew up in New Ulm and graduated from New Ulm High School. After graduation he attended...
Dr. Carl O'Neal Page Jr.
Feb 12, 2014
Carl O’Neal Page Jr., 72, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at Lake Region Hospital. Neal came to Fergus Falls in the autumn of 1974, shortly after marrying his wife, Barbara Jean (Ulrich) Page, whose heart he had won by secretly releasing a puppy named Sedgewidge into her practice room at the University of Minnesota. Over the following...
Romuald "Romie" J. Kapphahn
Feb 11, 2014
Romuald “Romie” J. Kapphahn, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born to Fred and Clara (Korkowski) Kapphahn on October 30, 1926 in Leaf Valley Township in Douglas County, MN. He lived on the family farm until age 4, at which time Romie and his family...
Estelle "Stella" Amundson
Feb 10, 2014
Estelle (Stella) J. Amundson, 83, a resident of Henning, died Monday, February 10, 2014 at her home. Stella was born on August 29, 1930 in Hope, ND, the daughter of Stewart and Stella (Whitmore) Smith. She graduated from Deer Creek High School in 1948. On June 21, 1948 she married Duane Amundson in Henning. Stella spent her years as a...
Colette Kay Kilde
Feb 9, 2014
Colette Kay Kilde, 54, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Elizabeth, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, February 9, 2014, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born on October 24, 1959, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Ralph (Pete) and Irene (Sally) (Fiedler) Harthun. She attended Country School and graduated from Perham High School in...
Judith "Judy" Carr
Feb 6, 2014
Judith “Judy” Ann Carr, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, February 6, 2014, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Judy was born the eldest child of James and Georgia Cauble, August 27, 1929, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She spent more than 50 years in North Dakota and Minnesota where she dedicated her life to being a homemaker...
Kathryn Frees
Feb 6, 2014
Kathryn “Kathy” Faye Frees, 72, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, February 6, 2014, at Sanford Hospital in Bemidji. She was born on May 23, 1941, in Fergus Falls, to Lloyd and Esther (Degner) Johnson. She grew up in Fergus Falls where she graduated high school in 1959. She took various business courses at the Fergus Falls Junior College....
Gerald G. Frick
Feb 3, 2014
Gerald George Frick, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died suddenly Monday, February 3, 2014, at his apartment in Park Gardens. He was born December 9, 1916, in Gettysburg, SD, the son of Henry and Sybil (Magub) Frick. After graduating from Gettysburg High School, he attended South Dakota State College in Brookings, where he was a member of ROTC and...
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