Obituaries

Helen T. Adams

Helen T. Adams

Jun 15, 2013

Helen T. Adams, 92, a resident of Dalton, died Saturday June 15, 2013, at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born January 12, 1921, in Dalton, Minnesota, the daughter of Hans A. and Tillie (Brenden) Rude. She grew up in Dalton, attending school there. She worked at Boeing Aircraft in Seattle during the war, where she...

Ruth E. Strader

Ruth E. Strader

Jun 15, 2013

Ruth Elaine Strader, 86, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday June 15, 2013, while a patient at Abbott North Western Hospital, of Minneapolis. The daughter of Oscar Alfred & Ida Dorothea (Holter) Holien, Ruth was born on July 7, 1926, in Moody County, South Dakota. She attended grade school at Hermanson Grade School #40, and graduated from High School in Jasper,...

Lila E. Pederson

Lila E. Pederson

Jun 14, 2013

Lila E. Pederson, 93, of Minneapolis, died Friday, June 14, 2013, at the Augustana Care Center in Minneapolis. She was born March 26, 1920, in Sverdrup Township, rural Underwood, Minnesota, one of six children of Peter and Pauline (Ossander) Pederson. She was a member of Sverdrup Lutheran Church, where she was confirmed on June 17, 1934. She attended school in...

Lorraine Noles

Lorraine Noles

Jun 13, 2013

Lorraine Genevieve Noles, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, at Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls, MN. She was born July 22, 1918, in Binford, North Dakota, the daughter of Herman and Lena Osen. Lorraine graduated high school in Devils Lake, ND and went on to attend Concordia College and Dakota Business College in Fargo, ND. Following graduation...

Bradley C. Torgerson

Bradley C. Torgerson

Jun 13, 2013

Bradley C. Torgerson, 47, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, June 13, 2013. He was born December 25, 1965, in Red Wing, the son of Paul and Marie (Mobraten) Torgerson. He grew up in Kenyon, MN and was baptized at the United Redeemer Church in Zumbrota. In 1978, he moved with his family to a farm near Underwood and graduated from...

Brian Mensinger

Brian Mensinger

Jun 13, 2013

Brian Douglas Mensinger, 61, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, at his home. He was born August 28, 1951, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Raymond and Agnes (Bobik) Mensinger. He grew up in Fergus Falls, attending Our Lady of Victory Grade School and Fergus Falls High School, graduating in 1969. In 1971 he graduated from Alexandria...

Marilyn Robinson

Marilyn Robinson

Jun 11, 2013

Marilyn Robinson, 59, a resident of Erhard, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at her home under the care of her family and Lakeland Hospice She was born September 14, 1953, in Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Charles and Eileen (Gast) Peasley. She attended the Edwards rural school and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1971. On May 8, 1971,...

Sheryl Anderson

Sheryl Anderson

Jun 9, 2013

Sheryl Anderson, 55, a resident of Erhard, died Sunday, June 9, 2013, at her home. She was born August 19, 1957, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Harold and May (Eastman) Wiese. She grew up and attended elementary school in Fergus Falls and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1977. She then attended Minnesota Technical College in Moorhead. Throughout the...

Neil Milo Thompson

Neil Milo Thompson

Jun 6, 2013

Neil Milo Thompson, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, June 6, 2013 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born June 27, 1922, in Dalton, Minnesota, the son of Conrad and Lizzie (Clauson) Thompson. He graduated from the Fergus Falls High School. He then served in the U. S. Army Air Corps for three years during...

David Formo

David Formo

Jun 6, 2013

David T. Formo, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, June 6, 2013 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. David was born on April 22, 1924 near Dalton, MN, the son of Sam and Myrtle (Thompson) Formo. He grew up near Dalton and attended school District #9 in St. Olaf Township. He worked in the area for...

Glen DeTienne

Glen DeTienne

Jun 6, 2013

Glen Allen DeTienne, 54, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of West Fargo, died Thursday, June 6, 2013 at his home as a result of an accident. Glen was born on April 18, 1959 in Glasgow, MT, the son of Archelaus and Joyce (Smith) DeTienne. He grew up and attended school in West Fargo and graduated from West Fargo High...

Dean Jacobson Jr.

Dean Jacobson Jr.

Jun 5, 2013

Dean Jacobson Jr. of Clitherall and Fergus Falls, was born in Devils Lake, ND on January 20, 1926 to Dean Jacobson Sr., a merchant, and Edna Lowry Jacobson, a local beauty and socialite. An only child, Dean was a precocious boy and a natural-born engineer who enjoyed taking apart anything mechanical from alarm clocks to small kitchen appliances, keeping his...

Marshall Lang

Marshall Lang

Jun 4, 2013

Marshall T. Lang, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Arrangements are pending.

Donald Brown

Donald Brown

Jun 4, 2013

Donald Ray Brown, 63, a resident of Erhard, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. He was born March 17, 1950, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Ira and Esther (Sha) Brown. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1968, and then attended school in Minneapolis, where he learned to weld. He worked...

Mary Jane Ross

Mary Jane Ross

Jun 4, 2013

Mary Jane (Mrs. Orville) Harris Ross, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born November 28, 1923, in Moorhead, Minnesota, the daughter of Oscar K. and Julia M. (Simmons) Harris. She grew up in Fergus Falls where she attended school, graduating in 1941. She graduated from St. Luke’s as...

Dennis Jorgenson

Dennis Jorgenson

May 28, 2013

Dennis Alan Jorgenson passed away at his home in Rothsay, Minnesota on May 28, 2013, under the care of Lakeland Hospice at the age of 60 years. He was born October 8, 1952 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Harley and Gwen (Olson) Jorgenson. He was baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church in Rothsay. Dennis grew up and...

Jeffrey Kilde

Jeffrey Kilde

May 25, 2013

Jeffrey “Jeff” Carl Kilde, 55, of Elizabeth, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, May 25, 2013. He was born on August 9, 1957, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Raymond and Margie (Ruud) Kilde. He graduated from Fergus Falls Senior High in 1976. On November 18, 1978 he married the true love of his life, Colette Kay Harthun...

Wayne Miller

Wayne Miller

May 22, 2013

Wayne Arthur Miller, 69, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at his home, under the care of his family and Lakeland Hospice. He was born December 21, 1943, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Arthur J. and Gladys N. (Udbye) Miller. He was baptized at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on January 23, 1944, along with his cousins, Judy...

Phyllis Luella Cassel

Phyllis Luella Cassel

May 18, 2013

Phyllis Luella Cassel, 95, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at PioneerCare, Fergus Falls. She was born October 15, 1917, in Fargo, ND, the daughter of Fred and Augusta (Flemme) Miller. She grew up and attended schools in Fergus Falls. For 27 years, Phyllis was employed at the National Tea Packing Plant in Fergus Falls and later worked...

Katherine "Kati" Sasseville

Katherine "Kati" Sasseville

May 16, 2013

Katherine Sasseville, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at her home with family by her side. Kati was born in Fergus Falls on Aug. 18, 1934, to James S. and Lucille Rosalie (Laramie) Eriksson. She was the eldest of seven children. Kati graduated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis in 1952, and attended Rockford College in Illinois until she married John...

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