Obituaries

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...

Darwin Dunbar

Darwin Dunbar

Jan 8, 2011

Darwin Allen Dunbar, 81, a resident of Underwood, died Saturday, January 08, 2011 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Darwin was born on September 2, 1929, in Erhard, MN, the son of Crissie and Mildred (Moore) Dunbar. He grew up in Maplewood, where he attended country school.  He farmed in the Maplewood area. He served in the United States...

Nora Fiss

Nora Fiss

Jan 8, 2011

Nora Josephine Fiss, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. She was born March 22, 1917, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Engebret "Embrick" and Olga (Christianson) Arntson. She grew up in rural Barnesville, graduating from Pelican Rapids High School in 1934. She attended Dakota Business College...

Anne Martin

Anne Martin

Jan 6, 2011

Anne Elizabeth Martin, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 6, 2011, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born in VanVorris, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joseph and Helen (Brchak) Repon. In 1946 she married William L. Martin in Gary, Indiana. The couple settled in Fergus Falls. Anne was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in...

Sharon Best

Sharon Best

Jan 4, 2011

Sharon Ann Best, 67, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born May 27, 1943, in Maddock, North Dakota, the daughter of Gilbert and Annie (Fish) Ness. As a young child the family moved to Fergus Falls, where she attended school. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem...

Harold Biegler

Harold Biegler

Jan 4, 2011

Harold M. Biegler, 78, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born June 19, 1932, in rural Frazee, Minnesota the son of Edwin and Emma (Paesler) Biegler. He attended country school at School District #181 in Luce (rural Frazee). He then attended school in Perham, receiving his diploma in 1953....

Howard Goese

Howard Goese

Jan 3, 2011

Howard Eugene Goese, 76, of rural Fergus Falls, died suddenly at his home on Monday, January 3, 2011. He was born May 5, 1934 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Eugene and Hazel (Buth) Goese. He was baptized on May 27, 1934, and confirmed on March 31, 1948, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. Howard grew up on...

Charlotte Burns

Charlotte Burns

Jan 1, 2011

Charlotte A. Burns, 74, a resident of Underwood, Minnesota, died Saturday, January 1, 2011, at Peppi's House In-Patient Unit, Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona. Charlotte was born on December 26, 1936, in Wahpeton, North Dakota, the daughter of Oscar and Ingabord (Wollan) Forness. She grew up and attended school in Colfax, North Dakota. On January 17, 1952, she married...

Alice Tollerud

Alice Tollerud

Dec 30, 2010

Alice Lillian Tollerud, 100, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, December 30, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born November 19, 1910, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Anton and Sophie (Hovland) Kittelson. She attended rural elementary school, and then Pelican Rapids High School, graduating in 1929. On November 18, 1944, she married...

Phyllis Bogen

Phyllis Bogen

Dec 28, 2010

Phyllis M. Bogen, age 79, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Phyllis Mae Bogen was born October 26, 1931, in Deer Creek, Minnesota the daughter of Harry and Kate Johnson. She graduated from the Deer Creek High School with the Class of 1949. On December 28, 1952 she married Wesley Bogen...

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