Obituaries
Marie Stock
Jun 14, 2011
Marie V. Stock, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Marie Gjerde was born on July 11, 1922 to Reverend R. S. and Sigrid Gjerde in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She attended school in Grand Forks, ND, Pasadena, CA, and Lynden, WA where she was confirmed. Her father’s work with...
Cora Elliott
Jun 13, 2011
Cora Olinda Elliott, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, June 13, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born December 24, 1921 in Pomme de Terre Township of Grant County, Minnesota, the daughter of Casper and Thea (Haarstad) Holte. She grew up on the farm in rural Elbow Lake, attending country school. Prior to...
Rosalie Deblieck
Jun 9, 2011
Rosalie Deblieck, 73, a resident of Richville, died Thursday, June 9, 2011 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. There are no services planned at this time. Funeral arrangements are with the Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls.
LouElla Lysne
Jun 4, 2011
LouElla J. Lysne, 85, a resident at Riverbend Apartments in Fergus Falls, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born on December 26, 1925, in Fargo, North Dakota, the daughter of Oscar and Amanda (Anderson) Steinbach, and grew up in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where she attended school. In 1943 she married Marshall...
Georgine Martinson
Jun 4, 2011
Georgine Martinson, 84, a resident of the Pioneer Care facility since 2004, and formerly of Rothsay, died Saturday, June, 4, 2011, at the Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls. She was born March 30, 1927, in Elizabeth, Minnesota the daughter of Oscar and Lilly (Nelson) Wahl. She attended school there in town and graduated from the Pelican Rapids High School. Georgine...
Rhodell Jensen
Jun 3, 2011
Rhodell Jensen, 86, a resident of Rothsay, died Friday, June 3, 2011, at the Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids. She was born September 6, 1924, in Breckenridge, the daughter of Carl and Alma (Skugrud) Jensen. She grew up in the Rothsay area and graduated from Rothsay High School. Following graduation, she entered the US Navy WAVES, serving from...
Zelda Sawyer
Jun 2, 2011
Zelda Marcia Sawyer, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, died Thursday, June 2, 2011, at her home. She was born on July 25, 1925, at home on the farm near Freeman, South Dakota, the daughter of Thorvald and Alice (Hansen) Smidt. When she was a young child her family moved to Mitchell, South Dakota, where she attended school, graduating...
Duane Thompson
May 27, 2011
Duane Telmer Thompson, age 79, of Ashby, died Friday, May 27, 2011, at Lake Region Health Care, Fergus Falls. He was born on June 22, 1931, on his grandparent’s farm in Leaf Mountain Township to Guy and Alice (Thorson) Thompson. He was baptized at birth and again later at Leaf Mountain Church, and confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church. He attended...
Esther Dahlager
May 23, 2011
Esther Ovidia Dahlager, 96, a resident of Fergus Falls and formerly of the Dalton community, died Monday, May 23, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born April 1, 1915, in rural Dalton, the daughter of John O. and Elsie (Gjerde) Dahlager. She was baptized on May 23, 1915, and confirmed on October 16, 1927 at...
Harry Hunteman
May 22, 2011
Harry S. Hunteman, 60, of Dalton, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born September 11, 1950, in Echo, MN, the son of Ervin and Helga (Helgeson) Hunteman. He grew up in Breckenridge, and graduated from high school there in 1968. He served with the U.S. Marines from January 1969 until...
Arlene Demmer
May 22, 2011
Arlene Gladys (Neu) Demmer, 88, formerly of Fergus Falls, joined her Savior peacefully on Sunday, May 22, 2011, at the New River Medical Center Extended Care Facility in Monticello, Minnesota. Arlene was born on April 8, 1923, in Rockham, South Dakota, the daughter of John and Annie (Ehrich) Neu. The family moved to Pelican Rapids, Minnesota when she was a...
Earl Folger
May 21, 2011
Earl Keith Folger, 86, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Lake Region Healthcare. He was born February 16, 1925, in Hawley, the son of Francis Virgil and Frances Irene (Ritteman) Folger. His father worked for the Highway Department, so as a child he traveled with his family throughout Minnesota. He graduated from Hawley High School in 1943....
Jane Jensen
May 20, 2011
Jane H. Jensen, 81, of Dalton, MN, died Friday, May 20, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer, under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Jane was employed by the State of MN for 26 years. Preceding her in death were her husband Marvin Jensen, parents Iver and Lydia Putikka, brothers Roy and Melvin, and sisters Agnes Hansen and Bernice Cardini....
Maynard Stokka
May 20, 2011
Maynard Edward Stokka, 88, a resident of Pelican Rapids, died Friday, May 20, 2011, at the Pelican Valley Health Center, Pelican Rapids. He was born December 16, 1922, in Story City, IA, the son of Aadne Rasmussen and Selma (Mortvedt) Stokka. He was baptized at St. Petri Lutheran Church in Story City. After the family’s move to Des Moines, IA,...
Walter Halvorson
May 20, 2011
Walter Arnold Halvorson, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, May 20, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born March 19, 1919, at Leeds, North Dakota, the son of Christian and Ragnhild (Bjoring) Halvorson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lebanon Lutheran Church. He grew up and attended school in the Leeds area. On...
Robert Piekarski
May 19, 2011
Robert Steven Piekarski, 61, a resident of rural Fergus Falls, died of natural causes on Thursday, May 19, 2011, at his farm. He was born October 2, 1949, in Little Falls, Minnesota, the son of Louis and Margaret (Hilmerson) Piekarski. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School, and then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Moorhead State College....
Timothy Honrud
May 17, 2011
Timothy Neil Honrud, 62, a resident of Rothsay, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born November 6, 1948, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Bennie and Ruth (Peterson) Honrud. He grew up on the family farm near Rothsay, attending special education classes in Pelican Rapids. He helped around the farm and...
Valera Halena
May 16, 2011
Valera Mae “Val” Halena, 83, a resident of Moorhead and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Monday, May 16, 2011, at the Sanford Palliative Care Center in Fargo, North Dakota. She was born at home in Orwell Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Ernest and Martha (Cordes) Bartels Sr. She grew up there, attending country school at District...
Edwin Thompson
May 13, 2011
Edwin Leo Thompson, 91, a resident of rural Fergus Falls, died Friday, May 13, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born August 23, 1919, at the family farm east of Underwood, Minnesota, the son of Julius and Lyla (Washek) Thompson. He grew up on the farm, attending school in Underwood. On March 30, 1945, he married...
Franklin Horn
May 10, 2011
Franklin Bruce Horn, 60, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born January 26, 1951, in Lima, Ohio, to Frank and Joyce Eloise (Wiese) Horn. He graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1969, and worked as a machinist with Control Data in Edina for 14 years. His hobbies...
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