Obituaries
Truman Thorsen
Aug 28, 2012
Truman Iver Thorsen, 78, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born on March 17, 1934, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Gotfred and Gunhild (Haarstad) Thorsen. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1952. On October 16, 1953, he married Donna Nelson at the Bethlehem...
Pearl Shol
Aug 26, 2012
On Sunday, August 26, 2012, at home surrounded by her children, our beloved mother, Pearl Gladys Shol, went to be with Jesus. She had been under the loving care of her daughters, Faye and Audrey, and Lakeland Hospice. She was 98 years old. She was born on a farm near Anamoose, North Dakota on November 20, 1913, one of seven...
Merald Enstad
Aug 25, 2012
Merald T. Enstad, 95, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, August 25, 2012, at Pioneer Care Suites in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born July 23, 1917, at the family farm near Granite Falls. He attended rural school through grade 6 and graduated from High School in Granite Falls. After attending one year of Business College, due to his father’s illness,...
Paul Volz
Aug 24, 2012
Reverend Paul Volz, 81, a resident of Carrollton, Texas, died on Friday, August 24, 2012, at the Atria Assisted Living Facility in Carrollton, Texas. His late wife, Judith, was the daughter of the late Rev. & Mrs. Alfred C. Seltz of Fergus Falls. Paul was born May 5, 1931 in Willmar, Minnesota. He was the son of Oswald Samuel and...
Walter Cichy
Aug 23, 2012
Walter Cichy, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 23, 2012, at Lake Region Healthcare. He was born June 16, 1928 in Urbank, MN, the son of Clemens and Minnie (Stich) Cichy. He attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1947. Walter served in the United States Army in the Korean War from January 1951 until October of 1952. Because...
Chester Wick
Aug 23, 2012
Chester Maynard Wick, formerly of Waldport, Oregon, died Thursday, August 23, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Battle Lake, Minnesota. Chester was born to Carl Benjamin Wick and Molla (Kjono) Wick in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota on April 29, 1923. Following his graduation from high school at Rothsay, Minnesota in 1941, he moved to Seattle, Washington, where he...
Joan Frerk
Aug 22, 2012
Joan Helen (Eitreim) Frerk passed into the loving arms of our Holy Savior at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls, on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Joan was born January 4, 1933, to Bertine and Olena (Ellefson) Eitreim in Jasper, MN. She attended the Jasper Public School. She worked as a young girl in the local grocery store. On December 22,...
Eldon Rund
Aug 21, 2012
Eldon Keith Rund, 75, of rural Fergus Falls, died unexpectedly and peacefully on August 21, 2012, at his home on Ten Mile Lake. Eldon was born on June 11, 1937, at his home to Kenneth and Margaret (Pletan) Rund, in Tumuli Township, Otter Tail County, Fergus Falls, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at Rock Prairie Lutheran Church. He grew...
DuWayne Honrud
Aug 20, 2012
DuWayne Merrill Honrud, 66, of rural Rothsay, died Monday, August 20, 2012, at his home following a brief battle with cancer. He was under the care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born November 22, 1945, in Fergus Falls to Alfred and Mabel (Lillevold) Honrud of Rothsay, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church and attended Rothsay public...
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...
James Gealow
Aug 20, 2012
James Alan Gealow, 74, of Richville, died Monday, August 20, 2012, at Perham Health in Perham, Minnesota. He was born November 11, 1937, in Belmond, IA, the son of Lawrence and Sofie Marie (Johnson) Gealow. Jim graduated from Belmond High School, Waldorf Junior College in Forest City, IA in 1957 and the University of MN in 1963, with honors. On...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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