Obituaries
Patricia A. Overby
Aug 30, 2013
Patricia Anne Overby, 93, a resident of Battle Lake, passed away peacefully the morning of August 30, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Home in Battle Lake. She was born March 22, 1920, to Shannen and Justine Hartzell. She grew up in Fort Worth Texas, attending Our Lady of Victory Catholic School. Pat followed in her mother's footsteps by becoming an...
Lyle O. Johnson
Aug 30, 2013
Lyle Obert Johnson, 89, of Rothsay, Minnesota, died Friday, August 30, 2013, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Lyle was born on July 8, 1924 to J. Arndt and Ida (Erickson) Johnson in Rothsay. He was baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church in Rothsay and graduated from Rothsay High School in 1942. On January 2, 1949 he married Delia Moen...
Christian Muir
Aug 27, 2013
Christian James Muir, 49, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. He was born August 12, 1964, in Karlstad, Minnesota, the son of James and Karen (Wilebski) Muir. The family moved to Fergus Falls in 1968. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1982, and then attended Alexandria Technical...
Fern Mauer
Aug 23, 2013
Fern Violet Mauer, 96, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 23, 2013, at the PioneerCare Homestead Cottage in Fergus Falls. She was born July 6, 1917, in rural Elizabeth, the daughter of Ambrose and Cora (Knobel) Perkins. She grew up in rural Elizabeth and attended country school there. On September 17, 1936 she married Frank Mauer. They started...
Norman Wellbrock
Aug 20, 2013
Norman Winton Wellbrock, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born February 18, 1931, the eldest child of John and Algartha (Buth) Wellbrock at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm in Aurdal Township, attending country school at...
Florence Leitch
Aug 20, 2013
Florence P. Leitch, 97, of Underwood, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. She was born July 18, 1916, on the farm in Sverdrup Township, rural Underwood, Minnesota, the daughter of Gustave and Olga (Beckman) Onstad. She grew up on the farm, and attended country school at District 109. She was baptized and confirmed at...
Muriel Dinsmore
Aug 13, 2013
Muriel Dinsmore, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Muriel Jane Greenfield Dinsmore was born November 1, 1922 to Heye and Della (Swan) Greenfield in Balaton, Minnesota. She was baptized January 28, 1923 at Sillerud Lutheran Church near Balaton, MN. by Reverend G.W. Sanstead. She was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran...
Clifford Budgett Jr.
Aug 12, 2013
Clifford Lewis Budgett Jr., 65, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, August 12, 2013, at his home. He was born October 29, 1947, in Adrian, Minnesota, the son of Lillian (Schol) and Clifford L. Budgett Sr. He graduated from Clinton High School in 1965. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1967 – 1969, receiving many medals...
Jack Everett
Aug 12, 2013
Jack V. Everett, age 92, of Goodyear, AZ and Colorado Springs, CO., passed away peacefully on August 12, 2013 at his summer home on Ottertail Lake, MN. Jack lived in Duluth, MN for most of his professional career working as a Consulting Mining Geologist. He was born to the late Clarence J. Everett and Vera Veeder Everett on May 28,...
Brenda Campbell
Aug 10, 2013
Brenda Kay (Fick) Campbell, 59, a resident of West St. Paul, died Saturday, August 10, 2013, at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis after a brave and courageous 15 year battle with CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia). She was born June 23, 1954, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Gordon and Phyllis (Johnson) Fick. She graduated from Fergus Falls...
Charles J. Underwood
Aug 10, 2013
Charles (Chuck) Underwood, 89, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, August 10, 2013, at the Pioneer Suites, Fergus Falls. He was born September 24, 1923, in Fergus Falls, the son of Robert J. and Elveda (Isaacson) Underwood. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1941 and went on to attend the University of Missouri and Carleton College before enlisting in...

John Shearer
Aug 9, 2013
John Edwin Shearer, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 9, 2013, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born on September 25, 1926, in rural Maine Township, in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the son of James B. and Lucille (Tenney) Shearer. He grew up on a farm and attended country school. In 1945 he joined...
Dawn Severson
Aug 8, 2013
Dawn Marie Severson, 54, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 8, 2013, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. She was born July 21, 1959, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Milo and Darnella (Grimstad) Severson. About six weeks later she and her family moved to Watsonville, CA where they resided until returning to Fergus Falls in...
Ruth Carlsrud
Aug 8, 2013
Ruth Agnes Carlsrud, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls and formerly of Rothsay, died Thursday, August 8, 2013, at the Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls. She was born May 13, 1922, near Sabin, Minnesota, the daughter of Arthur and Betty (Stender) Ernst. She grew up and attended school in the Sabin area. As a young woman she attended a baseball...
John Darrin Ray
Aug 7, 2013
John Darrin Ray, 49, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at his home. John was a 1982 graduate of Fergus Falls High School, then worked construction and demolition for over 25 years. He also managed a sober house in Minneapolis for 9 years. John enjoyed fishing, painting, bird-watching, refinishing furniture, and he loved music, especially...
LaDell Neu
Aug 7, 2013
LaDell “Dell” Donald Neu, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at his home. He was born September 1, 1930 in Rockham, South Dakota, the son of Andrew and Christina (Lagge) Neu. He attended grade school by Star Lake. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and attended Boot Camp at the...
Adell Frovarp
Aug 5, 2013
Adell Janis Frovarp, 68, a resident of Dalton, died Monday, August 5, 2013, at Sanford Health in Fargo, North Dakota, with her loved ones by her side. She was born December 30, 1944, in Dalton, Minnesota, the daughter of Olaf and Josie (Elliot) Odegaard. She grew up in rural Dalton where she attended country school, and later Fergus Falls High...
Leland Henry Kopperude
Aug 2, 2013
Leland Henry Kopperude, 85, died Friday, August 2, 2013, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born March 17, 1928, in Santiago Township near Becker, Minnesota, the son of Henry and Asenth (Cox) Kopperude. He grew up in Becker and attended Patrick Henry School in Minneapolis. At the age of 17, Lee joined the US Army,...
Raye "Pat" Chance
Aug 1, 2013
Raye Patricia “Pat” (Hilbelink) Chance died peacefully under Hospice care in Woodland Lodge, Fergus Falls, MN, on Aug. 1, 2013 at the age of 93. She was born in Hospers, Iowa, on March 17, 1920, the second of six children. Her father, Jake, was a carpenter, and the family moved to the Minneapolis area when she was young. As a...
Thilman "Tim" Fronning
Jul 29, 2013
Thilman “Tim” Marvin Fronning, 72, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, July 29, 2013 at his home at the Mill Street Residence. He was born September 23, 1940, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Palmer and Mabel (Holte) Fronning. He was baptized and confirmed at Aastad Lutheran Church. Tim grew up in rural Fergus Falls, attending school at...
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