Obituaries
Lillian Johnston
Feb 7, 2009
Lillian (Crofoot) Johnston, 96, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Minneapolis, died Saturday, February 07, 2009 at the Pioneer Retirement Community. Lillian was born on November 20, 1912, the daughter of Benjamin and Sophie (Gurslie) Crofoot in Brookings, SD. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1930 and then graduated from St. Cloud Teachers College. She taught school in...
Michael Oien
Feb 5, 2009
Michael Curtis Oien, 53, a resident of Rothsay, died Thursday, February 5, 2009 near Wahpeton, ND, as the result of an automobile accident. He was born July 22, 1955, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Hartvick and Viola (Jacobson) Oien. He grew up in Friberg Township of Otter Tail County, attending school in Underwood. In 1967 the family moved...
Michael Winans
Feb 5, 2009
Michael David Winans, 24, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, February 5, 2009, at his home. He was born May 29, 1984, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of David and Teresa (Kunkel) Winans. He grew up in Fergus Falls where he attended elementary school at Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, and graduated from Fergus Falls High School...
Jerome Schroeder
Feb 2, 2009
Jerome M. “Jerry” Schroeder, 93, a resident of Elizabeth, died Monday, February 2, 2009, at the Pelican Valley Health Center in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. He was born August 23, 1915, in Elizabeth, MN, the son of George and Martha (Maurin) Schroeder. He was baptized at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, and confirmed at the Cathedral in St. Cloud by Bishop Bush. ...
Orvin Christianson
Jan 28, 2009
Orvin N. Christianson, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Orvin was born on October 20, 1922 in Osage, MN, the son of Ludvig and Hannah (Thorson) Christianson. He grew up in Osage and attended country school. He also attended Detroit Lakes Technical School for welding and then...
Pearl Wilson
Jan 28, 2009
Pearl Isabelle Wilson, age 91, of Fergus Falls died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. A graveside service will take place this spring at the Egeland Union Cemetery in Egeland, North Dakota. Pearl was born on November 28, 1917 in Clyde, North Dakota the daughter of William and Georgia (Winter) Wilson. She received...
Beatrice Julson
Jan 28, 2009
Beatrice Louaine Julson, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, and formerly of Groton, SD, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at Midwest Home Health in Fergus Falls. She was born January 1, 1928, in Ashby, Minnesota, the daughter of Ruben and Cora (Ohren) Bergeson. She grew up on the family farm near Ashby, and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in...
Evelyn Kluck
Jan 26, 2009
Evelyn (Carlsrud) Kluck, 86, of Rothsay, died Monday, January 26, 2009, at Meritcare Palliative Care in Fargo, North Dakota. She was born September 20, 1922, in rural Rothsay, Minnesota, the daughter of Reinhard and Anna (Olson) Carlsrud. On June 30, 1945 she married Wallace Kluck. The couple farmed in Meadows Township near Rothsay while raising their eight children. In 1977...
Warren Nye
Jan 25, 2009
Warren K. Nye, 95, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. Warren was born on January 24, 1914 in Medina, ND to Warren “Bill” H. and Clara (Kirkeby) Nye. He graduated from Medina ND high school in 1931 and graduated from the State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND in 1934....
Florence Nelson
Jan 24, 2009
Florence E. Nelson, 95, died Saturday, January 24, 2009 at the Pioneer Senior Cottages in Fergus Falls. She is survived by two children, two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, one brother and one sister. Burial will take place in Crookston, MN at a later date.
Bernard Fossan
Jan 24, 2009
Bernard Sidney Fossan, 82, a resident of Dalton, died Saturday, January 24, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Center in Battle Lake. Bernard was born on March 17, 1926 on the Sageng place north of Dalton, MN, the son of Nels and Selma (Simonson) Fossan. He grew up in Tumuli Township and attended District No. 4 country school in Otter Tail...
Orlyn Pederson
Jan 24, 2009
Orlyn J. Pederson, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, January 24, 2009 at Lake Region Hospital. Orlyn was born on March 21, 1927 in Albert Lea, the son of Henry and Stella (Johnson) Pederson. Orlyn’s father died when he was five years old. He and his mother moved to Fergus Falls when he was in the seventh grade. ...
A. Haid
Jan 21, 2009
Gottlieb Friedrich August Berthold “Bert” Haid, 95, of Fergus Falls, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born in Haina, Germany on August 22, 1913, the son of Rev. Siegfried and Clara (Höhn) Haid. He was baptized and confirmed by his father in the Evangelical...
Ruth Rovang
Jan 17, 2009
Ruthie “R.J.R.” Rovang, 86, of Fergus Falls, died, Saturday, January 17, 2009, under Hospice Care after a short stay at the Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls. She was born September 17, 1922, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Rueben and Victoria (LaMont) Araskog. She grew up in Fergus Falls and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1940. Following graduation...
Edwin Brist
Jan 16, 2009
Edwin M. Brist, age 86, of Fergus Falls died Friday afternoon January 16, 2009, at the Broen Memorial Home. Ed was born on February 16, 1922, in Madison, Wisconsin to Claude and Ida (Moore) Brist. He grew up on the family farm and had numerous jobs before enlisting and serving during WW II in the Air Force. On January 6,...
Arlow Miller
Jan 14, 2009
Arlow Andrew Miller, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born November 17, 1920, in Friberg Township of Otter Tail County, the son of Harry R. and Ida (Clambey) Miller. He grew up in the area and attended school at School District #193. He began his...
Yvonne Baldwin
Jan 13, 2009
Yvonne (Mrs. Harold) Baldwin, 77, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at her home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. She was born December 10, 1931, in Star Lake Township of Otter Tail County, the daughter of Walter F. and Catherine (Rondeau) Harthun. Her mother later married Jerome Jenne. She graduated from Underwood High School in...
James Mulvaney
Jan 13, 2009
James Thomas Mulvaney, 75, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born October 27, 1933, on the family homestead in Ameret, Minnesota, the son of John and Bertha (Lutro) Mulvaney. He grew up in the Mankato and Janesville area where he attended school. On November 30,...
Larry Denbrook
Jan 10, 2009
Larry C. Denbrook, 50, of St. Cloud, formerly of Fergus Falls, left his earthly home to be with the Lord on January 10, 2009. Larry was born in Fergus Falls, on January 24, 1958, the son of Arnold and Ardis (Finkelson) Denbrook. He served in the United States Army in 1975. On August 11, 1978, he married Debra Sterger, with...
Gertrude Borowski
Jan 9, 2009
Gertrude Irene Borowski, 105, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 09, 2009, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Gertrude was born on April 13, 1903 in Orwell Township, the fourth oldest of eight children born to John and Lucy (Grant-Woodworth) Westerberg. She attended District 222 country school. She married Harold Borowski on May 12, 1929 in...
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