Obituaries
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...
Mildred Nelson
Dec 10, 2009
Mildred Louise Nelson, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, December 10, 2009, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born on July 27, 1915, in St. Olaf Township, the daughter of Charles and Marie (Nycklemoe) Tripp. She was baptized at Bethel Lutheran Church, rural Ashby and confirmed at Kvam Lutheran Church, rural Dalton. Mildred attended...
Emma Erickson
Dec 10, 2009
Emma C. Erickson, 99, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Emma was born on October 2, 1910 in Henning, the daughter of Edolph and Amanda (Longbella) Ellingson. She attended country school in the Henning area. After school she worked at a hotel until she married in 1929. She married...
Lorraine Stokka
Dec 8, 2009
Lorraine Stokka, 85, a resident of Pelican Rapids, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at the Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids. Lorraine Nefstead Stokka was born July 31, 1924, in Canby, Minnesota. The tenth and youngest child of Andrew and Marie (Helland) Nefstead, she grew up on a farm in Lincoln County and began her education at a rural...
Doris Adams
Dec 8, 2009
Doris (Seeba) Adams, 92, former Maine Township resident, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Brainerd. She was born August 12, 1917, the daughter of Fred and Lottie (Wenholm) Seeba at their home in Maine Township. She grew up in Maine Township and attended rural school. When she was sixteen her mother died, so Doris had...
Evelyn Devorak
Dec 7, 2009
Evelyn Devorak, age 80, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 7, 2009, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born August 7, 1929, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Warsecka) Opatz. She grew up and attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating from high school in 1947. In her youth she worked at the...
Jean Hafner
Dec 7, 2009
Jean Ann Hafner, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 7, 2009, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. Jean Ann (Handlon) Hafner was born May 14, 1924, in Grand Forks, North Dakota at St. Micheals Hospital, the daughter of Joseph and Kathryn (Martin) Handlon. She had one sibling, Angela Hanson. She attended the academy of St....
Mildred Gebhart
Dec 7, 2009
Mildred Josephine Gebhart, 80, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 7, 2009, in Fargo, North Dakota. She was born June 23, 1929, in Faulkton, South Dakota, the daughter of Leo and Isabel (Muehl) Bowar. She grew up on a farm near Faulkton, attending school in Orient, where she graduated as valedictorian. She then worked in the Faulkton Bank....
Jack Nelson
Dec 5, 2009
Jack A. Nelson, 74, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 5, 2009, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born September 24, 1935, in Fergus Falls, the fifth son of Leslie S. and Gertrude L. (Norton) Nelson. He spent his entire life in the Fergus Falls area where he attended school, worked, and raised his family. ...
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