Obituaries

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...

Judy Brown

Judy Brown

May 16, 2013

Judy Diane Brown, 69, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born March 5, 1944, in Ashley, North Dakota, the daughter of Herman and Alma (Joachim) Bertsch. She was baptized and confirmed at Evangelical United Brethren Church in Tenney, Minnesota. She attended school in Wheaton MN, Fairmount ND, Tenney MN,...

Sylvia Hoffer

Sylvia Hoffer

May 15, 2013

Sylvia Geraldine Hoffer, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at St. Francis Nursing Home in Breckenridge, Minnesota. She was born November 9, 1931, in Streeter, North Dakota, the daughter of August and Lydia (Meich) Schock. She attended school in Streeter, graduating in 1949. She was the manager of the Streeter Café from 1946 – 1947,...

Alma Supernois

Alma Supernois

May 15, 2013

Alma Anna Supernois, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Alma was born on May 6, 1921 in Friberg Township, MN the daughter of Albert and Helen (Drechsel) Ladwig. She grew up in Friberg Township and attended country school at District #115 and #208. She was baptized and confirmed...

Vernon Haarstick

Vernon Haarstick

May 14, 2013

Vernon Arland Haarstick, 90, of Erhard, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Fergus Falls Veterans Home. Vernon was born March 30, 1923, in rural Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of the late William B. and Flora (Backstrom) Haarstick. He was preceded in death by his son John, his brothers Willard, Gordon, Everett “Sonny,” and Floyd and...

Gladys Hovland

Gladys Hovland

May 10, 2013

Gladys’s earthly journey began April 29, 1916 and ended May 10, 2013. Gladys’s parents were Dr. Joseph Walter Johnshoy and Helga Miranda (Larsen) Johnshoy. She was born in Fergus Falls, MN. As a child she lived in Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN where her father taught philosophy and classical languages at Concordia College. Gladys was the oldest of nine children....

Delores Pedersen

Delores Pedersen

May 10, 2013

Delores Alvina Pedersen, 76, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, May 10, 2013 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Delores was born on September 9, 1936 in Battle Lake, the daughter of Alvin and Frieda (Wohne) Selleck. Her father died when Delores was 4 years old. She grew up and attended school in Battle Lake. In 1954 she graduated from...

Richard Burns

Richard Burns

May 8, 2013

Richard “Dick” C. Burns, 79, formerly of Underwood, Minnesota, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom. He was born on the farm near Walcott, North Dakota on September 5, 1933. He grew up on the farm and attended school in the Colfax school system. On January 17, 1952 he married Charlotte Forness....

Carol J. Johnson

Carol J. Johnson

May 8, 2013

Joyce “Carol” Johnson, 72, of Fergus Falls died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Lake Region Hospital. She was born on May 6, 1941 to Sigurd and Gladys Vikesland. She was raised by Catherine and ER Johnson. Carol was confirmed at First Lutheran Church and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1959. She married J. Peter Johnson in September 1960....

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