Obituaries

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...

Beryl Johnson

Beryl Johnson

Jul 28, 2010

Beryl Genevieve Johnson, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Midwest Home Health in Fergus Falls.  She was born July 16, 1925, in Western Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Avery and Alice (Achen) Davenport, one of seven children. She grew up and attended school in Fergus Falls. On June 17, 1946,...

Hilda Hennig

Hilda Hennig

Jul 28, 2010

Hilda Alma Anna Hennig, 95, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Pioneer Care in Fergus Falls. She was born November 11, 1914, at her home in Elizabeth Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Anna (Ladwig) and Walter H. Drechsel. She grew up in the area, was confirmed in May of 1928 at...

Dorine Finseth

Dorine Finseth

Jul 23, 2010

Dorine Luverne (Smith) Finseth, 87, went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 23, 2010 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was a longtime resident of Underwood, MN, and moved to Fergus Falls in 2002 to live with her son, Bjorn, and in December of 2009 moved to Park Gardens in Fergus Falls. Dorine was...

Bernice Gallagher

Bernice Gallagher

Jul 18, 2010

Bernice Gallagher died on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was 97 years young.  She was born on May 17, 1913, in Lake Prairie Township near Gaylord, Minnesota. She was the sixth and youngest child of Albert and Anna (Schwocho) Gierke. She grew up on the shores of Lake Jefferson and often...

James Jacobson

James Jacobson

Jul 17, 2010

James Stillman Jacobson, 50, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born July 9, 1960, in Golden Valley, Minnesota, the son of David and Eleanora (Schuster) Jacobson.   He graduated from White Bear Lake High School, and attended three years of college where he was an English major and...

Lillian Blondeau

Lillian Blondeau

Jul 16, 2010

Lillian Lorraine Blondeau, 88, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, July 16, 2010, at Meritcare Hospital, Fargo, ND, as the result of injuries sustained in a car accident on July 10, 2010. Lillian was born on May 30, 1922, in Calumet, Michigan, to Michael and Danica Verbanac.   She graduated from Calumet High School in 1941 and went to work for Michigan...

Ruth Spidahl

Ruth Spidahl

Jul 15, 2010

Ruth L. Spidahl, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, July 15, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Ruth Wilhelmina Clara Lieske was born in Henderson Township, Sibley County, Minnesota on March 28, 1919 to Friedrich and Rose H. (Thies) Lieske. She was baptized April 6, 1919 by M.F. Abraham, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor and confirmed March...

Ramona Darling

Ramona Darling

Jul 15, 2010

Ramona Darling, 65, a resident of Campbell and formerly of Foxhome, died from cancer on Thursday, July 15, 2010, at her daughter’s home under the care of her family, Dr. Tate, and St. Francis Riveredge Hospice. She was born November 25, 1944, in Bloomington, Minnesota, the daughter of Ellis and Emaline (Christensen) Halgrimson. She attended elementary school in Palisade, MN...

Alpha Stofer

Alpha Stofer

Jul 14, 2010

Alpha Caroline Stofer, 98, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born January 6, 1912, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Martin and Anna (Jensen) Mortenson.  She grew up in Fergus Falls, graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1930. She attended St. Cloud State Teacher’s...

LeRoy Western

LeRoy Western

Jul 13, 2010

LeRoy W. Western, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls and formerly of Rothsay, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. He was born March 20, 1924, to Ingvold and Stina (Tweedt) Western in rural Rothsay, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Rothsay. He attended country school through the ...

Jacqueline Cassity

Jacqueline Cassity

Jul 11, 2010

Jacqueline “Jacquie” Cassity, 70, a resident of Pickerel Lake, Richville, Minnesota, died Sunday, July 11, 2010, at her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and her family. Jacqueline Maude Stretton was born January 12, 1940, in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, to Thomas Nevard and Margaret “Daisy” Riddet (Wylie) Stretton. The family moved to High River,...

Geraldine Genzler

Geraldine Genzler

Jul 10, 2010

Geraldine Rose Genzler, 78, a resident of FergusFalls, died Saturday, July 10, 2010 at the Broen Memorial Home in FergusFalls. She was born July 11, 1931, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the daughter of Ferdinand and Elizabeth (Pfieffer) Gebhardt. She grew up in the Aberdeen area where she attended school. On April 19, 1949, she married Emil Genzler in Aberdeen. They...

Elvira Batzlaff

Elvira Batzlaff

Jul 8, 2010

Elvira Freida Clara Batzlaff, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, July 8, 2010, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born September 5, 1916, in Dotson, Minnesota, near Springfield, the daughter of Wensel and Minnie (Tordson) Wersal.   She grew up in rural Dotson, where she attended country school. On March 14, 1937, she married Walter...

Dorothy Zuehlsdorff

Dorothy Zuehlsdorff

Jul 8, 2010

Dorothy Viola Zuehlsdorff, 89, a resident of FergusFalls, died Thursday, July 8, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in FergusFalls. Dorothy was born in Superior, WI, on June 10, 1921, the daughter of Elmer and Rose (Norgren) Johnson. When she was 2 years old the family moved to the Elizabeth area. She attended rural schools in Elizabeth and FribergTownships and...

Mavis Johnsen

Mavis Johnsen

Jul 6, 2010

Mavis Marie Johnsen, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born March 12, 1923, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of William and Carrie (Jensen) Jensen. Carrie died at a young age and Mavis was raised by her stepmother, Alice Jensen. She grew up in the Underwood area...