Obituaries
Roderick McKeag
Jan 20, 2023
Roderick B. McKeag (Rod) died on January 20, 2023 at the age of 59. Rod was born to Roderick J and Kathy McKeag in 1963. He was an avid reader and he was able to talk on almost every subject. He had a mischievous sense of humor and loved to make people smile. He had a great singing voice, and...
Steven Bugbee
Jan 18, 2023
Steven Bugbee passed away on January 18, 2023, at the age of 73, at his home in Breckenridge. He was born January 24, 1949, to parents, Jon and Lorraine Bugbee. He had lived in Fergus Falls, Cambridge, Brainerd and Breckenridge where he attended special schools. He loved older country music and polka music, one of his favorites being Johnny Cash....
Paul Rustad
Jan 17, 2023
Paul Rustad, 88, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Paul D. Rustad was born to Ole and Anna (Anderson) Rustad on January 4, 1935, in Ashby. He attended grade school District #9 in Grant County and graduated from Ashby High School in 1953. He furthered his education at Augsburg College....
Gerald (Gary) Cuhel
Jan 17, 2023
Remembering the Life . . . Gerald (Gary) Cuhel died at age 80 on January 17, 2023, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, MN Gary was born, July 11, 1942, to Albin and Clara (Crzeskowiak) Cuhel in Silver Lake, MN. He attended St. Adalbert’s Catholic Grade School and graduated from Silver Lake Public High School. He served in...
Jimmie King
Jan 16, 2023
Jimmie Dean King died on Monday, January 16, 2023 after a brief illness. Jim was born in Centerville, Iowa on February 16, 1941 to Bernice and Bill King. Yes, he was a corn-loving mid-western youngster, but very soon the family moved, with Jimmie and his sister, Dixie, in tow to Tooele, Utah, where Jim grew up in a neighborhood of...
Eunice MacFarlane
Jan 15, 2023
Eunice MacFarlane, 81, died surrounded by family and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley Sunday, January 15, 2023 at the Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls. Eunice Darlene Axvig was born June 7, 1941, at Grafton, ND, to Reuben and Emma (Lundgren) Axvig. She was raised on the family farm in northwest Walsh County and baptized...
Kyle Wayne Preston
Jan 14, 2023
Kyle Wayne Preston, 31, of rural Fergus Falls, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, January 14, 2023. He was born July 24, 1991, in Fergus Falls, to Wayne and DeAnn (Anderson) Preston. He grew up on the Preston Family Farm near Jewett Lake and graduated from Twin Oaks Academy in Fergus Falls. Growing up, Kyle stayed busy keeping his...
Margaret Louise Noyes
Jan 14, 2023
Margaret Louise Noyes, age 76 of Fergus Falls, MN passed on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, MN after a valiant fight, surrounded by her family. Margaret was born January 9, 1947 in Fergus Falls, MN, daughter of Gunnard “Gunny” Andstrom and Dorothy (Brostrom) Andstrom. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1965 and...
Donald Ernest Ruud
Jan 13, 2023
Donald Ruud, 83, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 13, 2023 at his home, under the care of Knute Nelson Hospice. Donald Ernest Ruud was born on July 1, 1939, to Ernest and Ethel (Straka) Ruud near McGrath, MN, the youngest of three sons. He attended school in McGrath until junior high when his family moved to Browerville, MN. He...
Thelma Christine Wigdahl
Jan 13, 2023
Thelma Christine Wigdahl, 104, of Rothsay, Minnesota, died on Friday, January 13, 2023, at Farmstead Memory Care in Andover, Minnesota. She was born March 20, 1918 on a farm near Rothsay, Minnesota to Nils Magnus Lund and Alma (Hoel) Lund. She attended country school near Rothsay and received her high school diploma taking correspondence courses through the mail. Growing up...
Thedore "Ted" Jones Jr.
Jan 12, 2023
Thedore “Ted” Roosevelt Jones, Jr. 87, of Fergus Falls, died January 12, 2023, at his home. Thedore was born November 11, 1935, in Marietta, FL to Theodore Sr. and Lavinnie Jones. He graduated from Jacksonville Highschool in Jacksonville, FL. After school he worked for the railroad and joined the US Air Force. He served 24 years in the air force...
Lloyd Jobe
Jan 10, 2023
Lloyd G. Jobe, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Lloyd Gerhardt Jobe was born December 15, 1932 in New Richland, MN to Leonard and Beda (Johnson) Jobe. He grew up on a farm near New Richland and attended school there. On July 22, 1954 he joined the United States Army,...
Marie C. Kurtz
Jan 9, 2023
Marie C. Kurtz, age 95, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2023, surrounded by family at Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake, MN. Marie Kurtz was born to Raymond and Elizabeth (Pflieger) Fix on November 13, 1927, in Nishu, ND. She spent her early childhood on the family farm and later moved to Garrison, ND, where she attended school until...
Lewayne "Sonny" Moore
Jan 9, 2023
Lewayne E. “Sonny” Moore, 83, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, January 9, 2023 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. A private family interment will be held at a later date. Arrangements provided by Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls. Online condolences may be sent to www.olsonfuneralhome.com
Carolyn Lunde
Jan 7, 2023
Carolyn J. Lunde, 80, of Fergus Falls, passed peacefully on to her heavenly home Saturday, January 7, 2023, surrounded by her loving family in the comfort of her own home. Carolyn Jean Halvorson was born January 4, 1943 to Harvey and Eleanor (Knutson) Halvorson in Fergus Falls. She attended Jefferson Elementary School and Fergus Falls High School, graduating in 1961....
Carol Kirsch
Jan 7, 2023
Carol Kirsch, 65, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, January 7, 2023 after months of battling cancer. She was born to Vincent and Donna Kirsch on August 24, 1957. She raised two daughters, Tina and Jazmin and granddaughter, Stephanie. She worked at North Memorial Medical Center for 30 years in different capacities. She took many families of children into her home...
Inez Harles
Jan 7, 2023
Inez M. Harles, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Park Gardens in Fergus Falls. Inez Mary Milbeck was born November 3, 1932 in Fergus Falls, to Richard and Mary (Riekenberg) Milbeck. She attended District 145 in Maplewood Township through the eighth grade. She grew up on a farm on the west side of Tonseth Lake. Her...
Barbara Corrine Seelhammer
Jan 6, 2023
Barbara Corrine Ferguson Seelhammer was born on September 14, 1929 to William and Pauline (Schweigert) Ferguson in Brampton, ND; the eldest of 8 children. The family moved to Cogswell, ND where Barb attended the Cogswell Public School. She enjoyed being on the girls’ basketball team in high school. On June 12, 1948 Barbara married Wayne Seelhammer at the Lady of...
Lynn Lanus
Jan 6, 2023
Lynn Lanus, 73, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 6, 2023 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Lynn Annette Bylund was born on May 18, 1949 in Alexandria, MN. She was the eldest of four girls born to Alan and Ruth (Hagedorn) Bylund. On September 14, 1968 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alexandria, Lynn married the love of...
LeRoy Johnson
Jan 5, 2023
LeRoy Johnson, 92, of Fergus Falls formerly of Perham, died Thursday, January 5, 2023 at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Arrangements are pending with Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls. Online condolences may be sent to www.olsonfuneralhome.com
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