Obituaries
Charles Kirchoff
Feb 5, 2012
Charles E. Kirchoff, 89, of Fergus Falls passed away February 5th, 2012 surrounded by his family. He was residing at the Veteran's Administration care facility in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. He was born September 11, 1922 in Cleghorn, Iowa, to Walter and Florence (Woodall) Kirchoff. During the Great Depression, Charles and his family relocated to Mesa, Arizona. They returned to Cleghorn...
Roger Ophus
Feb 5, 2012
Roger Harry Ophus, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, February 5, 2012 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born August 15, 1929, in Crookston, Minnesota, the son of Harry and Anne (Knudson) Ophus. He spent his growing up years on a farm near Erskine, Minnesota, a farm which is still in the family...
Barbara Burbach
Feb 4, 2012
Barbara Burbach, 66, a resident of Henning, died Saturday, February 4, 2012, at her residence under the care of Lakeland Hospice and her family. She was born January 30, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Bernard and Dorothy (Hansen) Behrens. She grew up in the Chicago area. On May 12, 1962, she married Donald Burbach in Homewood, Illinois, and...
Alice Aanden
Feb 4, 2012
Alice B. Aanden, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, February 4, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. Alice was born on August 26, 1929 on the family farm in rural Underwood, the daughter of Ole and Agnes (Anderson) Wold. She grew up in rural Underwood, attending Barnhard School District #182. She was baptized and confirmed at...
Eero Latvala
Feb 4, 2012
Eero J. Latvala, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the Heritage Pioneer Senior Cottage in Fergus Falls. He was born November 10, 1918 in Helsinki, Finland to Nick and Maria (Willgren) Latvala. He sailed to America at the age of five and lived in Superior, Wisconsin, New York Mills, and Calumet, Michigan. Eero was...
Arnold Dietman
Jan 26, 2012
Arnold C. Dietman, 92, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 26, 2012, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born December 29, 1919, in St. Cloud, the son of Albert and Christine (Strack) Dietman. He grew up in Cold Spring, MN. On September 23, 1944, he married Vivian Lowery at the chapel at Fort Snelling in Minneapolis. While he...
Harley Jorgenson
Jan 26, 2012
Harley Jullin Jorgenson, 89, a resident of Erhard, died Thursday, January 26, 2012, at his home. He was born March 9, 1922, the son of Erick and Clara (Ouren) Jorgenson at Erhard, Minnesota. He was baptized at South Immanuel Church and confirmed at Hedemarken Church, rural Carlisle. He attended country school by Carlisle. In October of 1942 Harley enlisted in...
Wayne Shearer
Jan 22, 2012
Wayne Arthur Shearer, 58, a resident of Erhard, died unexpectedly on Sunday, January 22, 2012, at his home. He was born January 4, 1954, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Gerald and Jane (Whitlock) Shearer. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1972, and attended Moorhead Technical College. On March 21, 1981, he married Diane Heiden in Fergus...
Alice Fick
Jan 19, 2012
Alice Mae Fick, 101, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 19, 2012, at her home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. She was born October 27, 1910, in Brainerd, Minnesota, the daughter of Charles and Priscilla (Southard) Foster. As a young child the family moved to Beach, North Dakota, where she grew up and attended country school. She...
Vernice Barsness
Jan 14, 2012
Vernice Barsness, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, January 14, 2012, at the PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls. She was born March 29, 1919, in Starbuck, Minnesota, the third of four children born to Roy and Julia Skinner. Named Lucile Vernice, she always preferred her middle name. Vernice was baptized in Terrace, MN, at her grandparents home by...
Evelyn Asleson
Jan 14, 2012
Evelyn Mabel Bernice (Kronemann) Asleson, 91, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Wendell, passed away peacefully early Saturday, January 14, 2012 at Lake Region Health Care in Fergus Falls. She was born March 26, 1920 near Fergus Falls, MN to Max Sr. and Wilhelmine (Holthusen) Kronemann, one of thirteen children. She was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church, Fergus Falls....
Colleen Schauff
Jan 13, 2012
Colleen Mae Schauff, age 70, of Fergus Falls, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday, January 13, 2012, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Colleen was born August 3, 1941, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the second of four children born to Elmer and Elda Mae (Eide) Stanghelle. At age ten she was found on the ground unconscious at a church...
David Jacobson
Jan 13, 2012
David Howard Jacobson, 64, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 13, 2012, at his home, under the care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born March 26, 1947, in Anoka, Minnesota, the son of Simon and Betsy (Williams) Jacobson. He grew up and attended school in Elk River, Minnesota, graduating from Elk River High School in 1965. He attended...
Catherine Braatz
Jan 11, 2012
Catherine K. Braatz, 99, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at the PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born May 25, 1912, in Lidgerwood, North Dakota, the daughter of Frank H. and Anna (Houdek) Kotchian. She grew up in Lidgerwood where she graduated from St. Boniface Parochial Grade School, and Lidgerwood High School with...
Evelyn Pins
Jan 11, 2012
Evelyn (Stoffregen) Pins, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully in her sleep with family present on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was known by her family and friends as “Evie”. Evelyn Sonja Stoffregen was born March 27, 1927, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Rudolph and Ellen (Holmquist) Stoffregen. She grew...
Aloysius Salwei
Jan 8, 2012
Aloysius “Al” J. Salwei, 78, a resident of the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, died Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born June 21, 1933, in Zeeland, North Dakota, the son of Kasper and Magdalena (Aberle) Salwei. He attended grade school in Zeeland. He lost his parents at an early age,...
Vincent Phelps
Jan 8, 2012
Vincent Silas Phelps, 95, a resident of Dent, died Sunday, January 8, 2012, at the Perham Living Center in Perham, Minnesota. He was born March 8, 1916, in Devils Lake, North Dakota, the son of Silas and Bessie (Jenne) Phelps. As a young child he and his family moved to Maine Township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, after the death...
Leonard Rostad
Jan 5, 2012
Leonard H. Rostad, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 5, 2012, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born January 5, 1927, at home on the farm near Battle Lake, Minnesota, the son of Maynard and Martha (Whittstock) Rostad. He worked on his dad’s farm and worked for Vagts for a couple of years...
Cornelia Pederson
Jan 5, 2012
Cornelia “Corie” Pederson, 89, a resident of rural Underwood, died Thursday, January 5, 2012, at the PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born August 12, 1922, at home on the Joten Lake farm in rural Dalton, the daughter of Cornelius and Kooshe (deBloois) Mark. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Country School District No....
Shelly Minge
Jan 3, 2012
Michelle “Shelly” Renae Minge, 41, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at the Sheridan House in Fergus Falls under the care of Lakeland Hospice. She fought a long courageous battle with cancer so that she might live for her daughter, Katie. She was born December 15, 1970, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Carlton and...
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