Obituaries

Ruth Brenden

Ruth Brenden

Dec 4, 2007

Ruth Evangeline Brenden, 95, of Rothsay, died Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born May 5, 1912, in Trondjhem Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Syver and Louise Marie (Hovland) Brenden of Norwegian heritage. She was baptized at home and confirmed at Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Rothsay. Ruth...

Glenn Olson

Glenn Olson

Nov 29, 2007

Glenn Earl Olson, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, November 29, 2007, at his home under the recent care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born May 17, 1926, the son of J. Alford and Helen (Lawien) Olson in Duluth, Minnesota. He graduated from Denfeld High School in 1943, and the University of Minnesota, Duluth in 1950 with a...

Steven Mark

Steven Mark

Nov 29, 2007

Steven Floyd Mark, 49, a resident of Underwood, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 at his home. He was born December 3, 1957, in Fergus Falls, the son of Floyd and Constance (Rose) Mark. Steve grew up on the family farm in rural Dalton and attended rural school District 1387 and graduated from Underwood High School in 1975. He then attended...

Olga Kjell

Olga Kjell

Nov 28, 2007

Olga Regine Resset Kjell, 97, formerly of Fergus Falls, passed away at Autumn Grace Assisted Living in Mankato, Minnesota, on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. Olga was born September 7, 1910, at home near Rothsay, Minnesota, to Ole and Ronnog Resset. She spoke only Norwegian until she started country school at District #73 in Trondhjem Township, Otter Tail County. In 1920...

Allen Haroldson

Allen Haroldson

Nov 22, 2007

Allen Haroldson, 75, of Pomme de Terre Township and Mesa, AZ, died Thursday, November 22, 2007 at his home in Mesa. Allen was born on November 26, 1931 to Olaf and Olive Haroldson in Pomme de Terre township near Elbow Lake, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at the Hjerdahl Lutheran Church. He attended grades one through six at Riverside...

Allan Stemsrud

Allan Stemsrud

Nov 21, 2007

Mr. Stemsrud, 87, passed away peacefully at his Pioneer Pointe home in Fergus Falls on Wednesday, November 21, 2007.      Al was born in Dawson, Minnesota on March 24,1920, to the late Dr. Arne Allan Stemsrud and his wife Minnie Stemsrud. He was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and a member of the Zeta-Psi Fraternity. Following graduation, he joined...

Steven Schleeter

Steven Schleeter

Nov 21, 2007

Steven Schleeter, 50, of Rothsay, died Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at Lake Region Hospital, Fergus Falls. He was born September 24, 1957, in Sauk Centre, the son of John and Patsy (Brown) Schleeter. He lived in a variety of places throughout Minnesota, as his father was a contractor. For the last 17 years, he has resided in the Rothsay area...

Marian Maurin

Marian Maurin

Nov 20, 2007

Marian Maurin, 89, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at her residence, Midwest Home Health Care, surrounded by her family and under the care of Lake Region Healthcare Hospice. She was born May 23, 1918, in Ashby, the oldest child of Louis and Mabel (Boe) Knutson. She was baptized at Pelican Lake Lutheran Church, Ashby by Rev. Norman....

Pearl Risner

Pearl Risner

Nov 18, 2007

Pearl Olga Emma Risner, 80, a resident of the Bethany Home in Alexandria and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, November 18, 2007 at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria. She was born March 31, 1927, on a farm near Litchfield, MN, the daughter of Paul and Bertha (Henkleman) Holtz. She grew up on a farm in Meeker County, attending...

Kenneth Tollerson

Kenneth Tollerson

Nov 17, 2007

Kenneth W. Tollerson, Jr., 64, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 17, 2007. Kenneth was born on April 4, 1943, in Fergus Falls, the son of Kenneth and Lorena (Evavold) Tollerson. He attended school and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1962. After high school, he became a Merchant Marine and entered the United States Navy in...

Regis Gatz

Regis Gatz

Nov 17, 2007

Regis John Robert Gatz, Sr., 80, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 17, 2007, as the result of an automobile accident south of Foxhome, Minnesota. He was born June 6, 1927, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Aloysius and Veronica (Jacob) Gatz. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946 and was a veteran of World...

Edward Belka

Edward Belka

Nov 16, 2007

Edward R. Belka, 83, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 16, 2007 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, MN under the care of Lakeland Hospice and in the presence of his loving wife of 61 years, Marguerite. Edward Raymond Belka was born on April 6, 1924 to Joseph and Hattie (Palubicki) Belka at their farm home near Perham,...

Martin Kantrud

Martin Kantrud

Nov 16, 2007

Martin Ingvald Kantrud, 92, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, November 16, 2007 at the Broen Memorial Home. Martin was born on the home farm in Oscar Township, the son of Christian O. and Mary (Sletvold) Kantrud on September 20, 1915. He attended country school and was confirmed at Hedemarken Lutheran Church in 1929. Martin worked on the home farm and...

Alice Morstad

Alice Morstad

Nov 16, 2007

Alice Irene Morstad, 89, of Cambridge and Fergus Falls, passed away on Friday, November 16, 2007 at the Camilia Rose Care Center in Coon Rapids where she had been a resident for one year. She was born on February 16, 1918 in Glenwood, MN to Anton and Ragnhild (Rogness) Hippe. Alice was the second of seven children. She was baptized...

Cheryl Hosch

Cheryl Hosch

Nov 14, 2007

Cheryl "Cheri" Ann Hosch, 53, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Cheri was born on July 6, 1954, in Minneapolis to Irving and Gladys (Hanson) Kittelson. She graduated from Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in Fergus Falls in 1972 and Augsburg College in Minneapolis in 1976. Cheri taught in Elbow Lake...

Margaret Carlson

Margaret Carlson

Nov 13, 2007

Margaret Carlson, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born January 8, 1922, in Otter Tail County of Minnesota, the daughter of Hosea and Grace (Rix) Cookman. She attended country school through the eighth grade. She kept house in Fergus Falls until her marriage. On December...

Alda Anderson

Alda Anderson

Nov 8, 2007

Alda Mae Anderson Alda Mae Anderson, 84, a lifelong resident of Foxhome, died Thursday, November 8, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, MN, surrounded by her loving family, under the care of Hospice. Alda Mae was born January 9, 1923, in Andrea Township, rural Foxhome, MN to Charles and Alma (Wallin) Steiner. She was baptized and confirmed...

Leonard Cziok

Leonard Cziok

Nov 7, 2007

Leonard Cziok, 86, a resident of Henning, died Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born August 10, 1921 in Minneapolis, MN, the son of Michael and Minnie (Skuza) Cziok. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. On February 21, 1944, he married Dorothy A. Fors at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Juneau,...

Dennis Gutzmer

Dennis Gutzmer

Nov 5, 2007

Dennis "Butch" Gutzmer, age 60, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, November 5, 2007, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Butch was born on March 26, 1947 in Breckenridge, Minnesota to Otto and Martha (Doleshy) Gutzmer. He grew up attending several area schools including Elbow Lake, Campbell and Barrett. He served in the US Army from September 1966 to...

Shirley Norman

Shirley Norman

Nov 5, 2007

Shirley Ann Ruth Norman, 60, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, from a heart attack. Shirley Ann was born March 18, 1947, to Orval and Grace Steuber (Torgerson) in Mankato. She loved photography, quilting and various other crafts, and collected Elvis memorabilia and pictures of her loved ones. Shirley Ann is survived by her children: Joe (Wendy) Mitzel...

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