Obituaries

Warren O'Brien

Warren O'Brien

Jun 7, 2007

Warren O'Brien, 86, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, June 7, at his home in Woodland Heights. With the help of Lakeland Hospice he won his short battle with leukemia as he chose the ending under his terms and conditions. The son of Guy and Blanche (Cook) O'Brien , Warren was born August 22, l920, on the family homestead east of...

Cyril Peterson

Cyril Peterson

Jun 6, 2007

Cyril K. Peterson, 94, a resident of Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, and formerly of Rothsay, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at Innovis Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born February 9, 1913, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, the son of Christ and Hilda (Grefsrud) Peterson. He grew up on the family farm in rural Rothsay, and attended school at...

Lucille Burseth

Lucille Burseth

Jun 3, 2007

Lucille Mildred Burseth, 92, a resident of Dane Prairie Township, died Sunday, June 03, 2007 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born July 10, 1914, in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, the daughter of Adolph A. and Maria I. "Mary" (Anderson) Balgaard. She grew up in Ashby where she attended school. On June 3, 1937, she married Philip...

Lloyd Volen

Lloyd Volen

Jun 1, 2007

Lloyd E. Volen, 87, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, June 1, 2007 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born December 25, 1919, in Tordenskjold Township, rural Dalton, the youngest son of Ole and Sophie (Anderson) Volen. Lloyd grew up on the family farm, attending school at District 20, and following school entered the Army. On December...

James Svendsgaard

James Svendsgaard

Jun 1, 2007

James W. Svendsgaard, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, June 01, 2007, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He had been a resident of the Minnesota Veterans Home the past two and a half years. He was born May 3, 1923, in Elizabeth Township, the son of William and Florence (Perkins) Svendsgaard. During World War II he...

Elsie Knudson

Elsie Knudson

May 29, 2007

Elsie W. Knudson, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls died Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at her home under the care of hospice after battling cancer. She was born October 7, 1917, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of John and Emma (Schmidt) Hardenberg. She was baptized and confirmed at First United Church of Christ. Elsie attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating...

J.A. Josefson

J.A. Josefson

May 28, 2007

J. A. "Joe" Josefson, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, MN, died Monday, May 28, 2007, at his home at Mill Street Residence. J. A. "Joe" Josefson (Josef A.) was the 5th born child of Johann A. Josefson and Gudny Hofteig Josefson, both of whom emigrated from Iceland to Westerheim Township in Lyon County, MN in 1878. Born on March...

Suzan Smith

Suzan Smith

May 24, 2007

Suzan K. Smith, 55, a resident of Dalton, died Thursday, May 24, 2007, at home in Fergus Falls. She was born August 26, 1951, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Robert and Jean (Johnson) Garberg. She attended school in Fergus Falls and Underwood, graduating from Underwood High School in 1969. On June 19, 1971, she married David A. Smith at...

Mildred Michealson

Mildred Michealson

May 14, 2007

Mildred Frances Michealson, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, May 14, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She had recently resided at Pioneer Pointe and had lived much of her adult life on Laurel Street in Fergus Falls. She was born on September 16, 1919, in Fergus Falls, to George and Mary (Buerge) Miller of...

Lillian Johnson

Lillian Johnson

May 13, 2007

Lillian E. Johnson, 94, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 13, 2007, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born February 15, 1913, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Rudolph and Martha (Beske) Rossow. She grew up in Fergus Falls and attended school there. After high school she attended Northwestern College. On November 6, 1935, she married...

Lorna Miller

Lorna Miller

May 13, 2007

Lorna Martha Miller, 86, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 13, 2007, at her home after a short struggle with cancer. She was born August 11, 1920, at the family farm north of Fergus Falls, the daughter of William and Hulda (Krause) Duenow. She was baptized and confirmed at Evangelical Lutheran Church (Immanuel Lutheran). She grew up and attended country...

Betty Cossette

Betty Cossette

May 11, 2007

Betty Cossette, 72, a resident of the Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls, died Friday May 11, 2007, at the Home. Betty was born on June 5, 1934, in Dilworth, to Luman and Carrie (Berger) Gallinger She graduated from Dilworth High School and later worked for DeLendrecies in Fargo, North Dakota. On January 20, 1957, she married Ernest Cossette in Sisseton,...

Ruth Melby

Ruth Melby

May 10, 2007

Ruth J. Melby, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday morning, May 10, 2007, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born August 21, 1922, in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, the daughter of Beatrice Hook. She graduated from the Goodridge High School. Ruth married Adelbert Hesse and they had two daughters, Shirley and Sharyl. On October 21, 1951,...

Arlen Braaten

Arlen Braaten

May 10, 2007

Arlen Owen Braaten, 69, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 10, 2007, in Alexandria. He was born July 6, 1937, in Halstad, Minnesota, the son of Martin and Illa (Asmundson) Braaten. He grew up in Nielsville, graduated from Nielsville High School in 1954, and then attended Concordia College. He later married and had two sons, Shane and Delhon. Over the...

Evelyn Soma

Evelyn Soma

May 8, 2007

Evelyn Soma Evelyn O. Soma, 90, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at her home in Loudon, Tennesee. She was born April 1, 1917, in Kloten, North Dakota, the daughter of Andrew and Louise (Knutson) Lykken. She was baptized and confirmed in Valley Grove Lutheran Church in Kloten. She graduated from the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis...

Eugene Evenson

Eugene Evenson

May 8, 2007

Eugene L. "Gene" Evenson, 58, of Sun City, Arizona, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Sun City. He was born July 20, 1948, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Alvin and Maxine (Lacey) Evenson, and grew up in Aastad Township. He was baptized and confirmed at Aastad Lutheran Church. He graduated from the Crookston...

F. Tom

F. Tom

May 6, 2007

Frank "Tom" Thomas Sha, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 06, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. He was born March 29, 1919, in Orwell Township, the son of Frank and Kathryn Matilda (Westerberg) Sha. He attended District 261 in Orwell Township, graduating from the 8th grade. On May 19, 1951, he married Mary...

Alice Lattman

Alice Lattman

May 6, 2007

Alice E. Lattman, 95, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed on to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, May 6, 2007, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born on April 5, 1912 at the family homestead in Saum, Minnesota, the daughter of Theodor and Carrie (Nielsen) Knutson. She grew up in Saum and went to...

Palmer Austvold

Palmer Austvold

May 3, 2007

Palmer Austvold, 100, of Fergus Falls, went home to heaven to be with the Lord on Thursday morning, May 03, 2007. Since February, he had been a resident of The Haven Manor Adult Foster Care Home in Fergus Falls. He was born January 23, 1907, in Pope County, south of Glenwood, Minnesota, the youngest son of Nels and Betsy (Olson)...

Wanda Hagen

Wanda Hagen

May 2, 2007

Wanda Lou (Grant) Hagen Wanda Lou (Grant) Hagen, 66, of Cambridge, Minnesota, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 02, 2007, in Cambridge. She was born November 18, 1940, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Vernon and Joyce (Severson) Grant. She grew up in Fergus Falls, attending school there, and graduated from Fergus Falls High School. She attended cosmetology...

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