Obituaries

Roger Simmer

Roger Simmer

Mar 15, 2011

Roger Allan Simmer, 65, a resident of Rothsay, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011, after a battle with cancer at the Fargo VA Hospital Palliative Care Unit in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born December 14, 1945, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Roquell “Kell” and Florence (Danielson) Simmer. He grew up on the family farm near Rothsay. Roger graduated from...

Agnes Hagen

Agnes Hagen

Mar 15, 2011

Agnes Hagen, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at the age of 105 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Agnes (Aas) Hagen was born March 14, 1906, in Aurdal Township near Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Anna (Olson) Aas. Agnes was the second to the youngest child of fifteen children. She attended...

Rita Hoglund

Rita Hoglund

Mar 14, 2011

Rita Susan Hoglund, 65, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at her residence in Fergus Falls. She was born December 13, 1945, in Prince George’s Co., Maryland, the daughter of Elmer F. and Rita R. (Schwalen) Hoglund. She lived with her parents and sisters in College Park until she was seven years old when she entered...

Luella Schiller

Luella Schiller

Mar 14, 2011

Luella Schiller, 85, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully at her son’s home in Hopkins, Minnesota on Monday, March 14, 2011. Luella Mae Lemke was born January 31, 1926, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Otto and Agnes (Odland) Lemke. She was baptized and confirmed in a rural Lutheran church and attended Fergus Falls schools. On September 13, 1951, she...

Helen Grimm

Helen Grimm

Mar 14, 2011

Helen Eleanor Grimm, 88, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at Elim Care Center in Fargo, North Dakota, where she had resided since January. She was surrounded by her loving family. Helen was born on the family farm near Carlisle, Minnesota, on December 10, 1922, the daughter of Ole N. and Lena (Sletvold) Nelson. She grew up...

Arthur Nelson

Arthur Nelson

Mar 14, 2011

Arthur Oliver Nelson, 93, a resident of Underwood, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Center in Battle Lake. He was born on March 23, 1917, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the only child of Arne and Ingrid (Olson) Nelson. He grew up and attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating from high school in 1935. He worked for the...

Leasha Hoff

Leasha Hoff

Mar 7, 2011

Leasha Renae Hoff, 14, a resident of Dalton, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born April 5, 1996, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Troy and Glenda (Schmidt) Hoff. She grew up on their farm north of Dalton on Fossan Lake, attending Underwood School where she was presently in the ninth...

Marie Troupe

Marie Troupe

Mar 7, 2011

Marie (Mrs. Tom) Troupe, 89, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born August 5, 1921, in Germany to Frank and Marie (Maciej) Kampa. She immigrated to the United States in 1927 with her family, settling in Holdingford, MN. On January 18, 1947, she married Thomas Troupe in Minneapolis. Marie worked for...

Lillian Lindstrom

Lillian Lindstrom

Mar 6, 2011

Lillian Adeline Lindstrom, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, March 6, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls.  She was born July 8, 1924, in Hazelton Township, Kittson County, Minnesota, the daughter of Axel and Carrie (Ristad) Anderson. She was baptized at Bronson in Kittson County, and confirmed at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Thompson Township...

Justin Fiedler

Justin Fiedler

Mar 5, 2011

Justin Patrick Fiedler, 21, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. He was born June 29, 1989, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Robert and Julie Ann (Synstelien) Fiedler. He attended grade school at Adams School, and then attended Fergus Falls Senior High School. Justin was a beautiful person...

Nikki Strong

Nikki Strong

Mar 5, 2011

Nikki J. Strong, 71, of Richville, MN, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. A memorial service will be held in her honor in Plattsmouth, Nebraska at a later date. Arrangements by the Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls.

Mary Germundson

Mary Germundson

Mar 2, 2011

Mary Ann Germundson, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born February 22, 1930, in Karlstad, Minnesota, the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Lund) Pearson. She grew up in the Karlstad area, attending country school through the 8th grade, and then Karlstad High School, graduating in 1948. She also...

Loren Norby

Loren Norby

Mar 2, 2011

Loren “Larry” Melvin Norby Jr., 77, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born March 29, 1933, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Loren and Palma (Hagen) Norby. He grew up in Fergus Falls, graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1951. He attended St. Olaf College...

Terry Anderson

Terry Anderson

Mar 2, 2011

Terry Lee Anderson, 63, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born November 3, 1947, in Oakland, California, the son of Elmer and Verona (Hady) Anderson. He graduated from Denfeld High School in 1965, and then attended Dunwoody College, receiving a Registered Land Surveyor degree. On June 3,...

Clara Muckey

Clara Muckey

Mar 1, 2011

Clara M. Muckey, 91, a resident of Sleepy Eye, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at the Sleepy Eye Care Center in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. She was born on April 1st 1919 the daughter of George Jr. and Nelly Ferguson. She attended the country school #187 until the eighth grade. Clara and Melvin Walter Muckey were...

Patrick Burley

Patrick Burley

Mar 1, 2011

Patrick J. Burley, 56, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born April 21, 1954, in Siletz, Oregon, the son of Theodore and Violet Burley. He attended Fergus Falls High School. On July 15, 1988, he married Debbie White in Glenn Lake, Minnesota. Pat was a...

Agnes Halverson

Agnes Halverson

Mar 1, 2011

Agnes H. E. (Richter) Halverson, 98, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Home in Pelican Rapids. She was born on April 13, 1912, in Friberg Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Otto F. and Bertha (Buchholz) Richter. She was baptized by the Rev. Grabarkewitz on May 27,...

Donald Malm

Donald Malm

Feb 28, 2011

Donald LeRoy Malm, 79, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, February 28, 2011, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Don was born August 2, 1931 in Warren, Minnesota, the son of Victor and Ellen (Pearson) Malm. He graduated from Warren High School, attended the Minnesota Business College, and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College. He began his career with...

Arlene Lee

Arlene Lee

Feb 28, 2011

Arlene Sylvia Lee, 83, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, February 28, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born January 18, 1928, in Rothsay, Minnesota, the daughter of Louis and (Edna) Gladys (Heggen) Honrud. She attended country school, and then graduated from Rothsay High School. She was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviors Lutheran...

Manford Sampson

Manford Sampson

Feb 25, 2011

Manford Sampson, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, February 25, 2011, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born January 4, 1921, in Dawson, the son of Lars and Christina (Thompson) Sampson.  He grew up and attended school in the Dawson area, where he helped his father in the Painting Business. On June 22, 1942,...

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