Obituaries

Fayette McCormack

Fayette McCormack

Jan 29, 2011

Fayette Margaret McCormack, 81, of rural Battle Lake, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls. She was born August 29, 1929, to Clarence and Margaret (Hebron) Meyer. She grew up in Fergus Falls and Spruce Lodge. In 1953, she married Charles McCormack and to this union, six children were born. Fayette enjoyed spending time with...

JoAnne Anderson

JoAnne Anderson

Jan 29, 2011

JoAnne (Mrs. Joslyn) Anderson, 74, of Fergus Falls, died, Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Lake Region Healthcare. She was born November 25, 1936, to Myron and Esther (Unruh) Moseng at their home in Pelican Lake Township, rural Ashby.  She attended and graduated from Ashby High School and attended Jamestown College. On June 22, 1957, she married Joslyn Anderson at Trinity...

Brian Nygaard

Brian Nygaard

Jan 28, 2011

Brian Keith Nygaard, lifelong Fergus Falls resident and veteran Lakes Radio employee, died at the age of 48. He passed away at Sanford Health in Fargo, North Dakota on Friday, January 28, 2011, peacefully and with dignity, surrounded by his loving wife and family. He had been in the intensive care unit since mid December, suffering from complications related to...

Marvin Bolstad

Marvin Bolstad

Jan 26, 2011

Marvin Sylvester Bolstad, 63, a resident of rural Dalton, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at his home. He was born September 24, 1947, on the family farm in Tumuli Township, near Dalton, Minnesota, the son of Morris and Selma (Brandvold) Bolstad. He grew up on the farm, and attended country school. Marvin was employed as a carpenter doing construction work....

Lyla Nelson

Lyla Nelson

Jan 26, 2011

Lyla Emily Nelson, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born February 9, 1913, in rural Underwood, Minnesota, the daughter of Hans O. and Lydia (Nilsby) Hagen. She attended school in Underwood and Minneapolis. On September 28, 1933, she married Norris A. Nelson in Sisseton, South Dakota....

Charles Homuth

Charles Homuth

Jan 25, 2011

Charles Edward Homuth, 63, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at his residence. He was born on May 18, 1947 in Ft. Frances, Canada, the son of Donald Homuth and Lois (Brigham) Mickelson. He attended Roosevelt grade school in Fargo and in 1965 he graduated from Fargo Central High School. After high school, he entered the...

Thomas Hoyt

Thomas Hoyt

Jan 22, 2011

Thomas E. Hoyt, 70, of rural New York Mills, died Saturday, January 22, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Tom was born on July 22, 1940, the son of Edwin and Sadie (Lassila) Hoyt in Wadena. He graduated with the class of 1958 from the New York Mills High School, and then attended Dakota Business College. After...

Joseph Sedivy

Joseph Sedivy

Jan 21, 2011

Joseph Stanley Sedivy, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 21, 2011, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. He was born June 26, 1913, in Vesleyville, North Dakota, the son of Joseph E. and Constance (Stanek) Sedivy. The family moved to Lidgerwood, North Dakota in 1915. He attended St. Boniface School, and Lidgerwood High School, graduating in...

Harlin Johnson

Harlin Johnson

Jan 21, 2011

Harlin Johnson, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 21, 2011 at the Lakeland Hospice House.  Harlin was born December 13, 1920 in Orwell Township, rural Fergus Falls at the home of his parents, George L. and Clara I. (Nehring) Johnson. He was baptized into the Lutheran faith at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Western Township and was later...

Effie Olson

Effie Olson

Jan 20, 2011

Effie E. (Mrs. Bill) Olson, 99, a resident of Underwood since 1949, died Thursday, January 20, 2011, at Sanford Health in Fargo. She was born November 15, 1911, in Leaf Mountain Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Olaf and Tekla (Holmgren) Pederson. She was baptized and confirmed in Leaf Mountain Lutheran Church. Effie graduated Advanced in 1931...

Leslie Hovland

Leslie Hovland

Jan 17, 2011

Leslie Dean Hovland, 57, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, January 17, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls due to complications from a heart attack and pneumonia. He was born March 8, 1953, in Hennepin County, Minnesota. At the age of three he was adopted by Melvin and Alice (Svendsgaard) Hovland of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota on February 21, 1956....

John Carlson

John Carlson

Jan 17, 2011

John Russell Carlson, 83, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, January 17, 2011, his 83rd birthday, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born January 17, 1928, to Gerald and Hanna (Swanson) Carlson, in Minneapolis, MN. He was baptized and later confirmed at The Salem Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN. Russell grew up in Northeast Minneapolis...

Janette Dale

Janette Dale

Jan 17, 2011

Janette Clare Rustad was born on October 26, 1919, the treasured only child of Anna J. (Guberud) and Carl J. Rustad, in Fargo, ND. Her family lived in Cartwright, ND where her father died two years later. Janette spent the remainder of her childhood, raised by her mother and grandmother, Malena Guberud, in Kindred, ND. Janette demonstrated an early ability...

Margaret Hagen

Margaret Hagen

Jan 16, 2011

Margaret "Muggs" Hazel Hagen, 92, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, January 16, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born May 17, 1918, in Maine Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Lena (Lofthus) Johnson. She graduated from Underwood High School. She worked on the family farm until her marriage. Margaret was...

Cynthia Laugen

Cynthia Laugen

Jan 15, 2011

Cynthia Grace Laugen, 88, a resident of Devils Lake and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, January 15, 2011, at the Heartland Care Center in Devils Lake, North Dakota. She was born on November 1, 1922 in Foxhome, MN, the daughter of Harry C. and Lila (Vesey) Garberg. She grew up in Fergus Falls and graduated from Fergus Falls High...

John Buchner

John Buchner

Jan 11, 2011

John Charles Buchner, 63, of rural Fergus Falls, died Tuesday January 11, 2011, at the Lake Region Hospital, Fergus Falls. He was born June 12, 1947, in LaPorte, Indiana, the son of Harold and Phyllis Buchner. He graduated from LaPorte High School in 1964. John entered the military in 1966, receiving his basic training with the 82nd Airborne at Fort...

Rev. Lloyd Bjornlie

Rev. Lloyd Bjornlie

Jan 9, 2011

Reverend C. Lloyd Bjornlie, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, January 9, 2011 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Clarence Lloyd Bjornlie was born July 25, 1925 to Norwegian immigrants Lars and Bertha Bjornlie, in Cooperstown, North Dakota. Lloyd grew up in a loving Christian home, the youngest of five children, in Cooperstown, and the small...

Gaylord Frovarp

Gaylord Frovarp

Jan 8, 2011

Gaylord Allen Frovarp, 71, a resident of Dalton, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 13, 1939, in Adams, North Dakota, the son of Calmer R. and Sophia (Wrubleski) Frovarp.  He grew up on the family farm, attending country school near Adams.  On December 7, 1963, he married Adell Odegaard...

George Albertson

George Albertson

Jan 8, 2011

George Albertson, 96, died Saturday, January 08, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls. He was born April 16, 1914, in Otter Tail County the son of Lewis and Martha (Loftus) Albertson.  He grew up on the family farm in Tordenskjold Township where he helped his parents and also worked for area farmers.  As a young man he relocated...

Theresa Marshall

Theresa Marshall

Jan 8, 2011

Theresa Jayne Marshall, 53, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully Saturday, January 08, 2011 at the Lakeland Hospice House, surrounded by her family after an eight year battle with cancer. Theresa was born on September 24, 1957 in Breckenridge, MN, the daughter of Gene and Patricia (Leitch) Currier.  She grew up in Fergus Falls and was baptized at Trinity...

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