Obituaries
Elsie Soronen
Aug 20, 2012
Elsie Sophie Helen (Drechsel) Soronen, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, August 20, 2012, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. She was born March 14, 1925, in Friberg Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, to John and Emma (Rocholl) Drechsel. She attended school in Fergus Falls and has been a member of Trinity Lutheran Church for most of...
Jeffrey Hootman
Aug 18, 2012
Jeffrey Lynn Hootman, 71, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, August 18, 2012, at his home under the care of his family and Lakeland Hospice. He was born February 18, 1941, in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, the son of Joseph B. and Margery E. (Mobley) Hootman. He grew up in Coshocton, Ohio, graduating from high school there in 1959. Jeffrey served...
Richard Wright
Aug 17, 2012
Richard Leon Wright, 65, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 17, 2012, in Massachusetts. He was born October 14, 1946, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Irving J. and Marjorie (Hill) Wright. He attended public school in Fergus Falls, graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1965. He completed his education at Moorhead State...
Scott Jorgens
Aug 15, 2012
Scott Allen Jorgens, 42, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Breckenridge, Minnesota. He was born October 20, 1969, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of James and Jeannette (Formo) Jorgens. He was baptized and confirmed at Grace United Methodist Church. He grew up in Fergus Falls, attending Adams Elementary School and...
Arnold Erickson
Aug 12, 2012
Arnold “Arne” Carroll Erickson, 79, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2012, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Arne was born July 26, 1933, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was the oldest of three children and son of Cora Elaine (Trosvick) Erickson and Arnold Joseph Erickson. Arne enlisted in the United States Navy on August...
Thomas Rasmusson
Aug 10, 2012
Thomas “Tom” Russell Rasmusson, 23, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 10, 2012. He was born January 3, 1989, in Fergus Falls, the son of Joe and Gail (Hoeper) Rasmusson. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Elizabeth and attended Fergus Falls High School where he played football, wrestled and participated in BMX racing. Tom worked...
Diane Stachowski
Aug 10, 2012
Diane L. Stachowski, 57, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 10, 2012, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born on October 2, 1954, in Chisholm, the daughter of Marvin and Bernice (Orth) Kalusche. She attended school in St. Cloud, graduating from St. Cloud Tech High School in 1973. On May 7, 1977, she married...
Lizabeth Wing
Aug 9, 2012
Lizabeth Wing, 64, beloved daughter of Lucy Wing and the late Hugh Wing, favorite niece of Isabel Weaver and Everett Johnson, cherished sister of Kathryn, Timothy and Marcus Wing, loving, acerbic, witty and whimsical aunt of Freya & Mike, Chris & Jenny & unencumbered, outrageously fun gr-aunt of KT, Miya and Topher, ...waited until it was time to “feed the...
Edith Bluhm
Aug 8, 2012
Edith “Edie” Bluhm, 90, a resident of Moorhead, and formerly of Carlisle, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, in Moorhead, Minnesota. She was born February 22, 1922, near Erhard, Minnesota the daughter of Edward and Jennie (Hanson) Johnson. On December 4, 1938, she married Wilbur Bluhm on the Bluhm farm. They made their home near Carlisle where they...
Martin Godfrey
Aug 2, 2012
Martin J. Godfrey, 45, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 2, 2012, at his home. He was born November 11, 1966, in Faribault, the son of Michael and Joan (Ward) Godfrey. He attended school in Faribault, graduating in 1985. He then moved to Fergus Falls to attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College. Martin worked in advertising with the Heart...
Lillie Lundberg
Aug 1, 2012
Lillie (Ness) Lundberg, of Fergus Falls, met her Savior on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at 101 and ½ years young. She passed away at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Lillie was born on December 5, 1910, to Henny Birgitta Karlsen Ness and Gerhardt Lorentz Magnussen Ness in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Bay Ridge High School in June...
Charlene Hendrickx
Aug 1, 2012
Charlene H. (Muhlenbeck) Hendrickx, 80, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at Sanford Palliative Care in Fargo, North Dakota. She was born April 2, 1932, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry J. and Alice (Foster) Fick. She grew up in the Fergus Falls area, where she graduated from high school. In 1950 she married...
Mildred Sether
Jul 30, 2012
Mildred Jeanette Sether, 97, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, July 30, 2012, in Fergus Falls surrounded by her family. She was born December 28, 1914, in Garfield Township of Grundy County, rural Gardner, Illinois, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Hauge) Eide. The family moved to Norway for a time, and Mildred started school there. They moved back to the...
Dora Brendmoen
Jul 29, 2012
Dora Evelyn Brendmoen, age 87, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, July 29, 2012, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center in Battle Lake, MN. She was born March 13, 1925, on a farm near Nome, North Dakota, the daughter of Jurgen and Marie (Miller) Frydenlund. She graduated from Nome High School in 1943, and then attended Valley City State Teacher’s...
Jerry Johnson
Jul 25, 2012
Jerry Leon Johnson, 79, of Port Aransas, Texas, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at his cabin on Otter Tail Lake. He was born April 8, 1933, in Stella, Nebraska to Elmer and June (Barker) Johnson. In 1957 he received an honorable discharge from the U. S. Air Force, receiving the National Defense and Good...
Jerry Ott
Jul 24, 2012
Jerry Alan Ott, 45, of rural Elizabeth, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at his residence after a courageous battle with ALS. He was born August 23, 1966, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Larry and Carolyn (Vandermeer) Ott. He attended grade school in Battle Lake, and then high school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1984. He completed the Auto...
Thomas Connell
Jul 22, 2012
Thomas Charles Connell, 96, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, July 22, 2012 at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. He was born October 16, 1915, near Campbell, Minnesota, the son of Thomas Francis and Christine (Andersen) Connell. He grew up there, attending country school, and then two years of high school. He served in the U.S. Army for...
Myron Hexum
Jul 21, 2012
Myron Gene Hexum, 76, a resident of rural Rothsay, was called home to heaven on Saturday, July 21, 2012, after a brief struggle with fibrosis of the lungs. He died peacefully at Sanford Palliative Care in Fargo with his family by his side. He was born July 18, 1936, in Rothsay, Minnesota, the son of Melvin and Gunda (Wee) Hexum. ...
Roberta Mattson
Jul 20, 2012
Roberta W. Mattson, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, July 20, 2012 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Roberta was born on September 18, 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Henry T. and Roberta Mae (Crook) Ward. She grew up in Baltimore and attended school there. During World War II she worked at the Pentagon in...
Carl Johnson
Jul 20, 2012
Carl Algot Johnson, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, July 20, 2012, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born September 8, 1917, in Saunders County, Nebraska, the son of James and Addie J. (Swanson) Johnson. He was named after a survivor from the Titanic named Carl A. Johnson. Carl grew up in Nebraska, where he graduated...
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