Obituaries
Viola Martinson
Dec 12, 2007
Viola I. Martinson, 90, formerly of Rothsay, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born on March 25, 1917, in Rothsay, Minnesota to Alfred and Clara (Froslie) Toso, one of eight children. They were a farming family and Viola attended a country grade school. She was baptized and confirmed at South Immanuel...
Thomas Troupe
Dec 12, 2007
Thomas Troupe, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born December 6, 1922, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Stanley and Mae (Krenz) Troupe. He grew up in Minneapolis, graduating from North High School in 1941, and then entered the Civilian Conservation Corp. for one year....
Donald Gebhart
Dec 11, 2007
Donald Peter Gebhart, 79, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. He was born April 4, 1928, in Faulkton, South Dakota, the son of Edward and Clara (Bauhs) Gebhart. He grew up in Orient, South Dakota, and then worked as a butcher there. After moving to Miles City, Montana,...
Cayden Burud
Dec 11, 2007
Cayden Emory Victor Burud, 5, of Fergus Falls, MN, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at MeritCare Health Systems in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born May 21, 2002, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Chad and Amanda (Miller) Burud. He was currently a kindergartner attending McKinley Elementary School. Cayden was a vibrant boy who was loved by many. His...
Lois Ellsworth
Dec 8, 2007
Lois Merle Ellsworth, 74, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 8, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born January 6, 1933, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of William Jr. and Marguerite (Halverson) Geldert. She graduated from San Diego High School in 1950. Her life was spent as a naturalist, artist and homemaker. She loved photography,...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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,...
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
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...
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