Obituaries
Dewey Tommerdahl
Jan 15, 2010
Dewey Roger Tommerdahl, 74, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 15, 2010, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. He was born October 26, 1935, the youngest child of Clara (Wick) and Oluf N. Tommerdahl of Ada, Minnesota. He graduated from Ada High School in 1953 and enrolled at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN. Following college he began...
Herman Hanson
Jan 13, 2010
Herman Melvin Hanson, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born August 12, 1912, the son of Sigurd and Sophie (Haugen) Hanson, at rural Zahl, North Dakota, on Sigurd’s homesteaded land. In 1930 he graduated from Isabel High School in...
Albin Sundberg
Jan 12, 2010
Albin Edward Sundberg, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born October 18, 1919, at his family farm located in Maine Township – Pickerel Lake, in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the son of David and Christine (Berglund) Sundberg. He attended country school and then...
Donald Torgerson
Jan 8, 2010
Donald V. Torgerson, 82, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Richville, died Friday, January 8, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls surrounded by his family. Don was born May 27, 1927, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Victor and Agnes (Braaten) Torgerson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. He was a...
John Behl
Jan 3, 2010
John Frederick Behl, 77, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, January 3, 2010, at his home under the care of his family and Lakeland Hospice. He was born November 21, 1932, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the son of George Christian and Alma Margaret (Dallum) Behl. He graduated from Central High School in Grand Forks in 1950. He attended...
Eugene Boe
Dec 30, 2009
Eugene Leslie Boe, 73, a resident of rural Dalton, died Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at his home under the care of his family and Lakeland Hospice. He was born April 5, 1936, in St. Olaf Township of Otter Tail County, the son of Alford and Nina (Sivertson) Boe. Eugene was born on the family farm where he lived his entire...
Josephine Mitberg
Dec 29, 2009
Josephine Cora Mitberg, 98, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Josephine was born October 22, 1911, in Granville, North Dakota, the youngest daughter of William John and Cora Rachel (Veeder) Sandrey. Jo graduated from Granville High School in 1930 where she was the Valedictorian and President of...
Harold Oehler
Dec 28, 2009
Harold E. Oehler, 100, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 28, 2009 at the Hospice House. Harold was born on September 17, 1909 in Milbank, SD, the son of William and Amanda (Oeder) Oehler. As an infant, his family moved to the Portland, OR area, later moving to Goodrich, ND. He attended school in Goodrich and then at...
David Christenson
Dec 26, 2009
David L. Christenson, 72, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 26, 2009, at Lake Region Hospital. He was born June 15, 1937, in Doran, the son of Jeffry and Junith (Martinson) Christenson. Jeffry died in 1938 and Junith married Sigurd Christenson in March of 1942. Sigurd raised David, along with Junith, and treated him as his own. He...
Robert Krensing
Dec 24, 2009
Robert W. Krensing, III, 34, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, December 24, 2009 as a result of a car accident. Robert was born on January 8, 1975 in Graceville, the son of Richard and Dianne (Schwagel) Krensing. He attended Beardsley Valley High School and graduated in 1993. After high school he continued his education at N.D.S.C.S in Wahpeton...
Gunta Stegura
Dec 23, 2009
Gunta Zunde Stegura, 61, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born March 17, 1948, in Bamburg, Germany, the daughter of Edgar and Velta (Roze) Zunde. On December 10, 1949 she emmigrated to America with her family through Lutheran World Relief, and they settled in Greenville, Ohio. In...
Ivan Eaves
Dec 23, 2009
Ivan Asa Eaves, 77, of Breckenridge, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at St. Francis Nursing Home in Breckenridge He was born August 14, 1932, in Saginaw, Michigan, the son of Harry and Frances Eaves. He grew up and attended school in Saginaw. He was employed as a truck driver for Farm Bureau in Saginaw. He was inducted into the U.S....
Alice Halvorson
Dec 22, 2009
Alice Evelyn (Lokken) Halvorson, 91, formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at The JoHannah House near Ashby, Minnesota, as the result of osteoporosis that plagued her for many years. Alice was born January 23, 1918, in Folden Township of Otter Tail County, the youngest of eleven children to Mekkel and Sigrud (Watnaas) Lokken. She was baptized and confirmed...
Eileen Johnson
Dec 22, 2009
Eileen Louise Johnson, "Nana", 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at the Pioneer Home in Fergus Falls. She was born August 10, 1920, in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the daughter of Oscar and Ruby Olsson. She grew up in Marblehead, graduating from Marblehead High School in 1939. Eileen married Lowell Johnson of Henning. She was a homemaker,...
Ruby Wahl
Dec 19, 2009
Ruby S.Wahl. age 92, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 19, 2009, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born June 5, 1917, in Tyler, North Dakota, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Wiebusch) Schradieck. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Tyler. Ruby grew up on a farm in Summit Township of...
Marvin Harthun
Dec 17, 2009
Marvin Arnold Harthun, 61, a resident of Underwood, died Thursday, December 17, 2009, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born November 16, 1948, in Fergus Falls, the son of Ralph “Pete” and Irene “Sally” (Fiedler) Harthun. He attended school at Our Lady of Victory Elementary School, Perham High School, and Detroit Lakes Technical College. He served in...
Howard Buchholz
Dec 15, 2009
Howard Kenneth Buchholz, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, where he had lived for 4 ½ years. He was born November 3, 1925, in Friberg Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the son of Carl and Mary “Mayme” (Bappe) Buchholz. He was baptized December 13, 1925, at...
Morris Baasen
Dec 15, 2009
Morris Baasen, 93, a resident of Barrett, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Barrett Care Center in Barrett. He was born December 18, 1915, to Erik and Clara (Melaas) Baasen at his parent’s farm in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at rural Rock Prairie Lutheran Church, Elbow Lake, MN. He attended rural school District 12...
Janet Bateman
Dec 14, 2009
Janet F. Bateman, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 101 on December 14, 2009, at Quiet Oaks Hospice House in St. Augusta, Minnesota of heart failure. Janet Spencer Fulton Bateman was born on January 28, 1908, in Oakes, North Dakota, the daughter of Ralph and Harriet (Spencer) Fulton. Janet received undergraduate and graduate degrees...
Ethel Brown
Dec 11, 2009
Ethel Brown, 70, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, December 11, 2009, at her home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. She was born, July 1, 1939, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Andrew and Louise (Grue) Andersen. She was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Dalton. Ethel attended elementary school in Dalton, continuing her education...
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