Obituaries
Merlyn Jack Iversen
Jan 30, 2008
Merlyn D. "Jack" Iversen, 78, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 30, 2008, at his home on Pebble Lake. He was born March 22, 1929, at St. Luke's Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Thorvald and Pauline (Eckerman) Iversen. He attended West Central School of Agriculture in Morris, Minnesota, graduating in 1945. On June 12, 1948, he married...
Clifford Whitman
Jan 30, 2008
Clifford Edward Whitman, 57, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 30, 2008, at his home. He was born July 28, 1950, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the son of Edward and Dorothy (Peters) Whitman. He graduated from Moorhead High School in 1968. Following high school he served in the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam War from 1969...
Gilman Shirley
Jan 29, 2008
Gilman Morvil Shirley, 96, a resident of rural Rothsay, died Tuesday, January 29, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. He was born December 9, 1911, in Erhards Grove Township of Otter Tail County, the second child of Martin and Emilie (Granrud) Shirley. He was baptized and confirmed at South Immanuel Lutheran Church. Gilman attended rural school...
Shirley Dewey
Jan 27, 2008
Shirley Ann Dewey, 71, a lifelong resident of Fergus Falls, died unexpectedly on Sunday, January 27, 2008 from a fast form of cancer while a patient at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born February 5, 1936, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Elmer and Genevieve (Hagen) Halvorson. She grew up in Fergus Falls, graduating from...
Darrell Meis
Jan 25, 2008
Darrell Duane Meis, 74, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday January 25, 2008, at the MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born September 28, 1933, at Wheaton, Minnesota, the son of Theodore "Dick" and Lilian (Fisher) Meis. The family moved to the Battle Lake area in 1934 and to Western Township near Fergus Falls in 1940. He...
Mabel Hanson
Jan 17, 2008
Mabel C. Hanson, 93, formerly of Pelican Rapids, died Thursday, January 17, 2008, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Mabel Catherine Hanson was born on November 14th, 1914 near Glyndon, Minnesota to Torjus and Kathryn (Anstadt) Langlie, the oldest of four children. On November 17, 1934 she married Sigvold Hanson in Moorhead. For several years she worked...
Norma Anderson
Jan 15, 2008
Norma Gladys Anderson, 73, of Elbow Lake, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2008, from ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota where she had resided for the last 5 1/2 months. She was born January 17, 1934, the eldest daughter of Nels and Genevieve (Thompson) Johnson at her grandparents, Ole and Annie Marie Johnson's,...
Shirley Carlson
Jan 13, 2008
Shirley Mae Joan Warholm Carlson, 80, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, January 13, 2008, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born October 19, 1927, to Harold and Bertha (Ness) Warholm, in Minneapolis, MN. She was baptized and later confirmed at Cross of Glory Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Center, MN. Shirley grew up in Northeast...
Grace Moje
Jan 13, 2008
Grace Heare Moje, 52, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, January 13, 2008, at her home in Fergus Falls. She was born September 16, 1955, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Charles and Anne (Edwards) Heare. As a child the family moved to Beaumont, Texas, where she attended school, graduating from high school there in 1974. Grace attended the University of...
James "Jim" Schmidt
Jan 13, 2008
James C. "Jim" Schmidt, 76, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully surrounded by family Sunday, January 13, 2008 at his home in Fergus Falls with the support of hospice. He was born August 18, 1931, in Neosho, Missouri, the only child of George and Edna Gladys (Greathouse) Schmidt. His early years were spent in Washington Courthouse, Ohio. The family...
Elder Engebretson
Jan 10, 2008
Elder Engebretson, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 10, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born June 29, 1917, in Havre, Montana, the son of Gustav and Katherine (Torgusson) Engebretson. He attended school in rural Aurdal Township near Fergus Falls through the eighth grade. He farmed with his dad on several...
Anna Ordal
Jan 10, 2008
Anna E. Ordal, 104, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born June 23, 1903, in Orwell Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Otilia (Hill) Sholberg. She attended school in District #197, and then attended Fergus Falls High School with Teacher's Training,...
Margaret Lampy
Jan 9, 2008
Margaret Lampy, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born was born September 8, 1915, in Watertown, SD, the daughter of Henry and Anna (Wagner) Walta. She graduated from high school in Watertown, SD, and then attended business college for one year. She worked at...
Edith Peterson
Jan 9, 2008
Edith C. Peterson, 85, a resident of the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born May 24, 1922, in Palisade, Aitkin County, Minnesota, the daughter of Axel and Brita Eng. She attended school in Fleming and graduated from Aitkin High School in 1940. She was...
Alice Carlson
Jan 7, 2008
Alice Carlson, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, January 7, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born September 7, 1915, in Rothsay, MN, the daughter of Olaf and Mathilda (Rudh) Olson, the youngest of seven children born to this farm couple. Alice attended country school in Rothsay. She went on to attend...
Anthony Wentworth
Jan 7, 2008
Anthony "Tony" George Wentworth, 73, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, January 7, 2008 at the Minnesota Veteran's Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born July 9, 1934, in Staples, Minnesota, the son of George and Frances (Becker) Wentworth. He attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, and graduated from Staples High School in 1952. After graduation, Tony worked at...
Marilyn Schroeder
Jan 5, 2008
Marilyn Joy Schroeder, 51, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born October 8, 1956, in Grafton, North Dakota, the daughter of Alvin and Janice (Heller) Cull. She graduated from Cavalier Public School in 1976, and then attended NDSU in Fargo, ND, graduating with a degree in...
Selma Johnson
Jan 4, 2008
Selma May Johnson, 103, died Friday, January 4, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where she had lived for a short time after fracturing her hip. She was born May 4, 1904, in Meadows Township, Wilkin County, near Rothsay, the eldest daughter of Conrad and Bertha (Meyer) Wasmuth. She attended elementary and high school in Fergus Falls....
Joyce Grant
Jan 2, 2008
Joyce M. Grant, 71, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born September 6, 1936, in Foxhome, Minnesota, the daughter of Bert and Margaret (Kapell) Johnson. She graduated from Breckenridge High School in 1955. On July 2, 1955, she married Donald Grant at Sisseton, SD. She began...
Berton Overgaard
Jan 2, 2008
Berton Melford Overgaard, 95, a longtime resident of rural Dalton, died Wednesday, January 02, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born May 6, 1912, on the family farm in St. Olaf Township, rural Dalton, the son of Bernt and Maria Overgaard. He was baptized and confirmed at Kvam Lutheran Church, rural Dalton, Minnesota. He...
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