Obituaries
Elsie Emery
Nov 22, 2022
Elsie E. Emery, 79, of rural Erhard, died Tuesday, November 22, 2022 unexpectedly at her residence. Elsie Eileen Thom was born December 24, 1942 to Edwin and Mary (Frazier) Thom in Friberg Township. She was baptized and confirmed at Tonseth Lutheran Church. She attended school in Edwards, graduated from Pelican Rapids High School, and later attended Fergus Falls Community College....
Bradley Meder
Nov 22, 2022
Bradley Gene Meder, 63, of rural Dalton, died Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at CentraCare Hospital in St. Cloud, MN. Brad was born on December 11, 1958 to Mary (Griffin) and LeRoy Meder at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fergus Falls, MN. He was baptized at Tonseth Lutheran Church and confirmed at Tingvold Lutheran Church. Brad attended Barnhard Elementary School and graduated...
Audrey Grage
Nov 21, 2022
Audrey H. Grage, 85, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, November 21, 2022 at her residence. Audrey was born to Henry and Amanda (Haarstick) Grage on December 28, 1936 in St. Paul. She enjoyed her time at the PA participating in bowling, dancing, adult daycare and her time while living at her residence at Lakes Homes. Preceding her in death were...
Raymond Wagar
Nov 21, 2022
Raymond A. Wagar, 89, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully on Monday, November 21, 2022 at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Raymond Arthur was born June 22, 1933 in Worthington, MN to Arthur and Hazel (Finckh) Wagar. After high school he served in the Navy from 1953-1957. He married Janice Latzke on March 30, 1958 in Worthington. They had four...
Gordon Kvern
Nov 20, 2022
Gordon (Gordy) Robert Kvern, 80, of Fergus Falls, MN died Sunday, November 20, 2022 at home surrounded by his loving family. Gordy was born May 4, 1942 in Fergus Falls, MN, the son of Sophus and Frances (Bremer) Kvern. He grew up on his mother’s family farm in Aurdal Township. Gordy was baptized and confirmed at First United Church of...
Deloris Frigaard
Nov 20, 2022
Deloris Frigaard, 92, of rural Underwood, died Sunday, November 20, 2022 at Nelson Gables Assisted Living in Alexandria. Deloris O. Meder was born March 15, 1930 to Frank and Minda (Sholberg) Meder. She was baptized, confirmed and married at Tingvold Lutheran Church, rural Underwood. She attended Barnard School, just one-half mile from her home farm until sixth grade. She graduated...
Charles Swendsrud
Nov 19, 2022
Charles W. Swendsrud, 81, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 19, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his family. Charles Wesley Swendsrud was born February 22, 1941 to Bessie (Mark) and Clifford Swendsrud in Fergus Falls. He attended District 7 grade school in Tumuli Township and West Central School of Agriculture in Morris, graduating in 1959. He was a member...
Vernon Nilson
Nov 17, 2022
Vernon Ray Nilson was born on September 19, 1961 to William and Verna (Banister) Nilson, in Morris MN. He was baptized and confirmed at Elim Lutheran Church in Clinton MN. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time with friends. He was a meat cutter for many years but especially loved working at Productive Alternatives in Fergus Falls, helping to train...
Stanley Lien
Nov 17, 2022
Stanley Ivan Lien was born on October 7, 1945 in Fergus Falls, MN to Alvin Theodore Lien and Esther Irene (Brusven) Lien. He was raised on the Lien Farm north of Rothsay, MN. He graduated from Rothsay High School, Class of 1963. He enlisted into the United States Air Force in 1965. He did a tour in Vietnam from 1967...
Service of Remembrance
Nov 16, 2022
To everything there is season...and the holiday season is one of the tougher times for those who have lost a loved one. Please join us on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 5:30 for a time of remembrance at the Olson Funeral Home Chapel. This ecumenical service is a time to honor and reflect upon those we have loved and lost....
Ferne Brekke
Nov 13, 2022
Ferne D. Brekke, 94, of Fergus Falls, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022 at PioneerCare Cottage in Fergus Falls under the care of the PioneerCare staff and Hospice. Ferne Delores Lundby was born September 5, 1928 to Ruth and Otto Lundby, she lived in Vining, MN until eighth grade when her family moved to Fergus Falls. Ferne graduated from Fergus...
Adeline Hansen
Nov 12, 2022
Adeline L. Hansen, 95, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 12, 2022 at Park Gardens in Fergus Falls. Adeline Lucille Kowalski was born in Fergus Falls, the third of five children, on August 4, 1927 to Frank and Bertha (Schmidt) Kowalski. As a small child she moved to Elizabeth with her family. On October 24, 1948, Adeline was united in...
Donald Hoefling
Nov 9, 2022
Donald Lee Hoefling, 70, of Sioux City, Iowa, died Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Donald was born March 29, 1952 in Sioux City, IA, the son of Lauretta (Tooker) and Harold Hoefling. He married three times, worked several different jobs, and was in the Army. Preceding him in death were his parents; two sisters,...
Stanley Negen
Nov 9, 2022
Stanley Negen, 60, of Barrett, died Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Service details to follow. Arrangements pending with Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls. Online condolences may be sent to www.olsonfuneralhome.com
Samuel Benzi
Nov 9, 2022
Samuel Benzi, 65, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at his residence. Samuel was born March 28, 1957 to Henriette (Ray) and Aldo Benzi in Reims, France. He moved to Minnesota from France in 1997. He was employed at Siden and Massa Pneu as a Sales Rep and Northern Contours as a Bindery Operator from 1997 to 2018....
N. Elsie Knoll
Nov 9, 2022
(Nellie) Elsie (Gunderson) Knoll 87, passed away under Red River Hospice care on November 9, 2022, at Pioneer Care in Fergus Falls. The family will be holding a memorial service for Elsie at 10:00am on June 24, 2023, at Pioneer Care Chapel in Fergus Falls, MN. Elsie was born on June 1, 1935, to Florence (Hegg) and Clarence Gunderson in...
Donna J Larson
Nov 8, 2022
Donna J. Larson, 86, of Rothsay, passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Donna Joyce Musser was born January 2, 1936, to George and Alice (Halvorson) Musser in Fergus Falls. On July 27, 1954, Donna married Harold R. Larson in Fergus Falls. She worked at Children’s Home, Shirley’s Standard Café as cook, and also the Rothsay...
William Nehk
Nov 6, 2022
William Gene “Bill” Nehk, 88, of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, November 6, 2022 after battling Alzheimer’s for many years. Bill was born to William and Ruth (Bappe) Nehk on November 4, 1934 in Friberg Township. Bill was just two years old when his father bought the farm in Aurdal Township where he continued to...
Edith Johnson
Nov 4, 2022
Edith Johnson, 90, of Ashby, passed away Friday, November 4, 2022 at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Edith June Nelson was born August 23, 1932 to Alice (Lynum) and Willie F. Nelson in Ashby, MN. She was a lifetime member of Peace Lutheran Church (Pelican Lake Lutheran Church). She graduated from Ashby High School in 1950. On March 1,...
David Waring
Nov 1, 2022
David Lee Waring, 82, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at the MN Veterans Home, Fergus Falls. David was born on August 15, 1940 in Sioux Falls, SD, the son of Clayton Otto and Beth (Erdman) Waring. David attended Washington Senior High School in Sioux Falls and graduated in 1958. He continued his education at South Dakota State...
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