Obituaries
June Shearer
Feb 20, 2009
June T. (Moen) Shearer, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully Friday, February 20, 2009, at her home surrounded by her loved ones and under the care of Lakeland Hospice after a nine year battle with cancer. She was born May 30, 1927, in Grand Forks, ND, the daughter of Theodore and Celestine (Strom) Moen. She graduated from Grand...
Clarence Olson
Feb 19, 2009
Clarence W. Olson, 87, a resident of Underwood, died Thursday, February 19, 2009 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born September 5, 1921, in Underwood, Minnesota, the son of Edward and Lena (Bjornstad) Olson. He grew up in Underwood, attending country school District #231. After completing eighth grade, he stayed home to help on the family farm...
Bertha Larson
Feb 18, 2009
Bertha “Bert” Marie Larson, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at the Pioneer Heritage Cottage in Fergus Falls. She was born March 25, 1914, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Timan and Sigrid (Stoen) Sanden. She grew up in Minneapolis, graduating from Central High School in 1932. Following graduation, she moved to Fergus Falls to...
Ethel Greenwald
Feb 17, 2009
Ethel Lennea (Nelson) Greenwald, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, and formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born on the family farm in Davidson Township of Aitkin County on April 28, 1914, where her parents, John and Emma (Johnson) Nelson homesteaded as immigrants from Sweden in 1904 and 1906. ...
Vivian Dietman
Feb 16, 2009
Vivian M. Dietman, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, February 16, 2009, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born February 26, 1924, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of John and Martha (Bye) Lowery. She lived in Cedar Rapids until the age of 12, when she moved with her family to Minneapolis where she...
Kathryn Webb
Feb 15, 2009
Kathryn Janet Webb, 73, died Sunday, February 15, 2009, with her family by her side after a long, hard battle with cancer. A resident of Fergus Falls, she was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania on May 7, 1935, the daughter of Thomas and Anna (Colegrove) Hall. She grew up in Wellsboro, graduating from Wellsboro High School in 1953. Kathryn married her...
Jane Shearer
Feb 15, 2009
Jane Shearer, age 81, of Fergus Falls died Sunday, February 15, 2009 at the Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls. She was born on February 7, 1928 in Fergus Falls the daughter of Arthur and Gertrude (Weldon) Whitlock. She grew up in Friberg Township where she attended school. Later she worked in Fergus Falls at both the ‘Scott 5 and Dime’...
Robert Maas
Feb 13, 2009
Robert Joseph Maas, age 80, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, February 13, 2009 at his home in Fergus Falls under the care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born on April 29, 1928 in St. Bonifacius, the oldest child of Louis and Lorraine (Schuler) Maas. He grew up in St Bonifacius, Minnesota and served in the Merchant Marines during WWII. On...
Frederick Peterson
Feb 13, 2009
Frederick Maynard Peterson, 78, of Fergus Falls, MN, died Friday, February 13, 2009, at the Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids. He was born June 17, 1930, in Fergus Falls, MN, to Fred and Ella (Carlsrud) Peterson. On June 26, 1951, he married Ellen Hilgers, of Barnesville, MN. For many years they made their home outside of Rothsay, MN...
Gordon Gutzmer
Feb 12, 2009
Gordon “Johnnie” Gutzmer, 72, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, February 12, 2009, at the VA Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born March 31, 1936, at the family farmstead five miles north of Dwight, North Dakota, the son of Otto and Martha (Doleshy) Gutzmer. He grew up in Everdell, attending School District #52 in Wilkin County. In...
Raymond Schnoor
Feb 11, 2009
Raymond Elmer Schnoor, 53, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born July 7, 1955, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the son of Lloyd and Grace Jensen, and was adopted in 1965 by Arnold and Anna (Holte) Schnoor. He attended school in Fergus Falls. Over the years Ray held...
Arnold Bengtson
Feb 11, 2009
Arnold Melvin Bengtson, 85, of Fergus Falls, MN and formerly of Erhard, passed away at Triumph Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Arnold was born on May 4, 1923 to Charles and Cora (Brenden) Bengtson. He was raised in Erhard’s Grove Township and attended school and graduated from District 17. He married Olga Swenson Erickson on...
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...
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