Obituaries

Monia Casper

Monia Casper

Sep 11, 2010

Monia Marie Casper, age 84, most recently of Battle Lake, formerly of Wichita, KS, died Saturday morning, September 11, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. Services and burial will take place Friday, September 17, 2010, in Andover, KS. Survivors include Tony and Cheryl Pelaccio of Battle Lake and their family. Memorials are preferred to the Lakeland Hospice...

Edna Olsen

Edna Olsen

Sep 9, 2010

Edna Josendal Olsen, 83, died peacefully Thursday, September 9, 2010, in Fergus Falls.  She was born November 2, 1926, in Northwood, North Dakota, the daughter of John and Christie (Breivold) Josendal. She graduated from Northwood High School, and then attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, before entering Fairview Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis, MN, graduating in 1948. On October...

Sidney Michaelson

Sidney Michaelson

Sep 7, 2010

Sidney J. Michaelson, 95, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born April 28, 1915, in Slayton, Minnesota, the son of John and Marie (Hegstad) Michealson. He began his education at Slayton Elementary School, and later attended Fergus Falls High School, graduating in 1932. He was confirmed at...

Mae Youngberg

Mae Youngberg

Sep 2, 2010

Mae L. Youngberg, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, September 2, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls.  Mae was born on May 23, 1922 in rural Fergus Falls, the daughter of Karl and Clara (Anderson) Hanson. She married Carl Youngberg on June 6, 1942 in Fergus Falls. After their marriage, the couple purchased a farm...

Loretta Nesdahl

Loretta Nesdahl

Sep 1, 2010

Loretta Irene Nesdahl, 72, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2010, in Altamonte Springs, FL. She was born June 25, 1938, to Lawrence and Vera (Winters) Hansen in Duluth, Minnesota, and had been a resident of Sebring since 2004, coming from Ashland, Oregon. She was a bookkeeper; was the first female inducted into the Elks in Oregon and...

Lottie Kollar

Lottie Kollar

Aug 31, 2010

Lottie Vivian Kollar, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at the Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls. She was born September 29, 1927, in Columbus, North Dakota, the daughter of Christian and Anna (Ruud) Runningen.  She attended school in Columbus, and later Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, until she had to leave to do the cooking at home...

Robert Steiner

Robert Steiner

Aug 30, 2010

Robert “Bob” Duane Steiner, 79, a resident of Rothsay, died Monday, August 30, 2010, at his home.  He was born November 8, 1930, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Charles and Alma (Wallin) Steiner of Andrea Township, rural Foxhome. He was baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church in Rothsay. Bob attended country school, District #24, in Akron Township...

Solveig Christopherson

Solveig Christopherson

Aug 29, 2010

Solveig E. Christopherson, 94, a resident of River Bend Apartments in Fergus Falls, died Sunday, August 29, 2010, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Solveig was born in the Yukon Territory on March 22, 1916, the youngest of five girls born in a log cabin along the Yukon River to B. Albert and Nora (Pederson) Henrikson. Solveig in Norwegian...

William Ebersviller

William Ebersviller

Aug 26, 2010

William A. “Bill” Ebersviller, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 26, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls.  He was born May 19, 1920, at Golden Valley, North Dakota, the son of William F. and Alwine (Fick) Ebersviller. In 1921 his family moved to Pelican Rapids where his father started a farm implement business. They...

Merelle Engebretson

Merelle Engebretson

Aug 25, 2010

Merelle Loretta Engebretson, 88, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at the Shady Oaks Retreat, rural Underwood.  She was born December 18, 1921, in Underwood, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred E. and Sofie M. (Ledding) Gronner. She attended school in Underwood, where she participated in sports, speech, and orchestra, graduating from high school in 1939. She then attended...

Willis Hoyt

Willis Hoyt

Aug 22, 2010

Willis Hoyt, 88, of Underwood, died Sunday, August 22, 2010, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center in Battle Lake. He was born May 8, 1922, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hoyt Sr. He graduated from Stewart High School in 1939, and was enrolled in Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN until the...

Marilyn Johnson

Marilyn Johnson

Aug 21, 2010

Marilyn Ann Johnson, 77, of Dalton, died Saturday, August 21, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. She was born November 29, 1932, in Dalton, Minnesota, the daughter of Alvin E. and Emma (Rovang) Larson. She attended grade school in Dalton, and high school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1950. On May 10, 1953, she married Thomas Johnson...

Allan Eckley

Allan Eckley

Aug 20, 2010

Allan Orlando Eckley, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 20, 2010, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born January 18, 1920, in Overly, North Dakota, the son of Olaf and Clara (Rude) Eckley. He grew up on the farm, attending school in Rolette, North Dakota. He moved to South Dakota where he worked...

Leona Gacke

Leona Gacke

Aug 18, 2010

Leona Ellen Gacke, 82, a resident of rural Erhard, and formerly of Luverne, Minnesota, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at her home. She was born to Clarence and Carrie (Jutting) Dammann on February 23rd (her father’s birthday), 1928, in Little Rock, Iowa.  She attended a rural school and then the high school in Little Rock.  She graduated in 1946. Leona...

Frieda Miller

Frieda Miller

Aug 16, 2010

Frieda Johanna Miller, 99, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, August 16, 2010, at the PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls.  She was born May 12, 1911, at the Hensch homestead in Western Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Johanna (Kohnke) Hensch Sr. On September 27, 1933, she married Clarence C. Miller at Immanuel Lutheran...

Prentice Ness

Prentice Ness

Aug 16, 2010

Prentice Howard “Bud” Ness, 92, died Monday, August 16, 2010, at the PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls. Prentice Howard Ness, known to most of you as “Bud” was born March 20, 1918, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to his proud parents Daniel and Anne (Otteson) Ness. He grew up in the Fergus Falls area where he attended school. Bud served with...

Eric Brown

Eric Brown

Aug 6, 2010

Eric Wayne Brown, 47, a resident of Fergus Falls, died suddenly on Friday, August 6, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls after a brief battle with cancer. Eric was born on November 15, 1962 to Jesse and Edith (Lee) Brown at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Eric was a fun-loving person and loved people. He was a...

Bernielle Gast

Bernielle Gast

Aug 6, 2010

Bernielle Juanita Gast, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 6, 2010, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls.  She was born August 22, 1919, at rural Wyndmere, North Dakota, the daughter of Frank O. and Minnie (Nelson) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church in Wahpeton, ND. After the death of her mother when Bernielle was...

Kathryn Olson

Kathryn Olson

Aug 3, 2010

Kathryn M. Olson, 100, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010, at her home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. She was born March 27, 1910, near Rowley, Iowa, the daughter of Warren and Ethel (Grover) Junkins. At the age of two she and her parents moved to a farm near Hartland, Minnesota. She was baptized and...

Delilah Schmidt

Delilah Schmidt

Aug 2, 2010

Delilah Adeline Schmidt, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, was called by the Lord to her eternal home on Monday, August 2, 2010 at the Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls.  She was born August 16, 1919, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Paul and Anna (Wegener) Koppe. She grew up in Fergus Falls, attending Adams Elementary School and...

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