Obituaries
Mervin Johansen
May 10, 2011
Mervin Leslie Johansen, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. He was born June 14, 1924, in Dane Prairie Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the son of Christian “Hardy” and Lillian (Johnson) Johansen. He was raised on the farm in the Underwood area and attended...
Reinhold Koehn
May 9, 2011
Reinhold Jonas Koehn, 91, a resident of Richville, died Monday, May 9, 2011 at Perham Memorial Hospital in Perham, Minnesota. He was born October 25, 1919, in rural Fulda, Minnesota, the son of William and Anna (Lucht) Koehn. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Fulda. He attended country school at District #101 in Nobles County, completing...
Harry Johnson
May 7, 2011
Harry Clarence Johnson, 97, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 7, 2011, at the Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell, Montana. He was born on October 15, 1913, to Hans Severin Johnson and Caroline Johnson in Ashby, Minn. He completed High School in Glenwood, Minn., and obtained a degree in accounting at the University of Minnesota. In the summers of 1937...
Wilma Brause
May 6, 2011
Wilma Friederike Brause, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, May 6, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born February 4, 1927, in Lemwerder, Oldenburg, Germany, the daughter of Gerhard Dietrich Johann and Erna Johanne Sophie (Wunderlich) Addicks. She grew up in Germany where she attended school through the eighth grade. In May of...
Vernon Onstad
May 6, 2011
Vernon R. Onstad, 89, of Underwood, died Friday, May 6, 2011, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. On May 9, 1922 he was born to Christian and Olga (Beckman) Onstad in Sverdrup Township near Underwood the fourth of five children. He grew up there working on the family farm and attending country school at District 109. In...
Irene Staff
May 6, 2011
Irene Staff, 91, a resident of Warroad, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Friday, May 6, 2011, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria. At age 91 God called Irene home to help plant His garden. Irene was born on July 2, 1919 in Fargo, ND, to Ernest and Isabelle (Witcik) Simonson. In 1939 she married William Staff. Together they...
Gerald Peterson
May 5, 2011
Gerald “Jerry” K. Peterson, 78, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 5, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born in Aldrich, Minnesota, on September 30, 1932 to Kline and Ella (Freitag) Peterson. He attended school in Staples, Minnesota, and then served in the U.S. Army for two years during the Korean War. He returned to...
Ramona Hoff
May 5, 2011
Ramona (Mrs. Howard) M. Hoff, 98, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born May 12, 1912, at home in rural Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of William and Freda (Auseth) Mavis. She grew up and attended country school in Aastad Township. On March 31, 1936, she...
Elmer Ronningen
May 4, 2011
Elmer N. Ronningen, 95, formerly of Rothsay and Moorhead, died of natural causes on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, on his 95th birthday at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born May 4, 1916, on the family farm north of Rothsay, Minnesota, the son of Oluf and Anne (Halbakken) Ronningen. On December 25, 1941 he married Irene Moen,...
Kermit Weinrich
Apr 30, 2011
Kermit H. Weinrich, 96, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born June 3, 1914, in Western Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, at the family farm near Lightning Lake, the son of August and DeLinda (Gast) Weinrich. He grew up in Western Township where he...
Thomas Rowlette
Apr 30, 2011
Thomas James Rowlette, the infant son of Jaime Rowlette and Shana Wigdahl of Brainerd, Minnesota, was delivered into the arms of Jesus on April 30, 2011, at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Minnesota. He is survived by his loving parents, Jaime and Shana; grandparents: Jerry and Lisa Wigdahl of Rothsay, and Nancy Andersen of Minneapolis; great-grandparents: Agnes Wigdahl...
Gary Erlandson
Apr 29, 2011
Gary D. Erlandson, 70, a resident of Wendell, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at his home, under the care of Lakeland Hospice. The son of Edwin and Ruth (Haarstad) Erlandson, he was born November 30, 1940, at home in Aastad Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Aastad Lutheran Church where he was a lifetime...
Earl Sund
Apr 27, 2011
Earl Kermit Sund, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born January 27, 1920, on the farm in Stony Brook Township near Wendell, Minnesota, the son of Henry G. and Lilly (Dybdal) Sund. He grew up in the area, attending country school. He served in...
Charlotte Anderson
Apr 25, 2011
Charlotte Ruth (Franks) Anderson, 75, a resident of rural Underwood, went to be with her Lord on Monday, April 25, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born January 5, 1936, at her home in Park Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Melvin and Kathrine (Becker) Franks. She was baptized and...
Floyd Duenow
Apr 23, 2011
Floyd Marvin Duenow, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, April 23, 2011, at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born November 26, 1924, at home in Friberg Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the son of Herman and Frances (Richter) Duenow. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Friberg Township. He...
Matthew Sheridan
Apr 22, 2011
Matthew “Matt” Ford Sheridan, 29, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, April 22, 2011, at his home. He was born December 21, 1981, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Wayne Wilde and Kathleen Sheridan. He grew up in the Erhard area, graduating from Pelican Rapids High School. He then attended Wadena Technical College, completing the Fiber Optics Technician...
Mark Andrews
Apr 20, 2011
Mark Robert Andrews, 56, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at his home. He was born March 1, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, the son of Robert and Yvonne (Rafferty) Andrews. He graduated from Underwood High School in 1974. Following high school he entered the U.S. Army, serving with the Air Defense Artillery working with the Hawk...
Helen Ryan
Apr 19, 2011
Helen Lucille Ryan, age 84, of Dalton, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at her home. She was born September 28, 1926, in Buffalo Lake, MN, the daughter of William and Olive (Taylor) Porter. There, she attended the country school. In 1955, she and Wyllis M. Ryan were married in Buffalo Lake. She dedicated her life to caring for their family...
Baldwin Hanson
Apr 18, 2011
Baldwin “Bob” William Hanson, 95, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, April 18, 2011, at Pioneer Care in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born May 16, 1915, in Western Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the son of John and Ida (Schmidt) Hanson. As an infant the family moved to Fergus Falls, where he attended school. Following his graduation...
Lyle Uhlig
Apr 16, 2011
Lyle M. Uhlig, 79, of Erhard, Minnesota, died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, surrounded by his family. Lyle Milton Uhlig was born on December 12, 1931 to Gust and Clara (Fenske) Uhlig in Elizabeth Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Elizabeth. Following his...
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