Obituaries
Harris "Dean" Jorgenson
Apr 18, 2022
Harris “Dean” Jorgenson, 80, of Erhard, died Monday, April 18, 2022, at his residence surrounded by family and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Dean was born April 9, 1942, to Harry and Hazelle (Foster) Jorgenson in Fergus Falls. He attended District #161 school in rural Erhard and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1960....
Richard Grenvik
Apr 17, 2022
Richard Grenvik, 64, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, April 17, 2022. Richard John Grenvik was born to John and Norma (Richards) Grenvik on April 18, 1957, in Ames, Iowa. While still a young child the family moved to Wahpeton, North Dakota, where he grew up, attended school, and graduated from Wahpeton High School, class of 1975. “Go Wops!” It was...
Patricia Messer
Apr 14, 2022
Patricia Messer, 91, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, April 14, 2022, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Patricia Lucille Davenport was born September 16, 1930, to Avery and Alice (Achen) Davenport in Fergus Falls. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1949. While growing up on the family farm, Pat heard her brother tell the horse “I’m going to bounce...
Penny Severson
Apr 13, 2022
Penny Joy Severson, 61, of Erhard, died Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at Lake Region Healthcare. Penny was born on January 23, 1961 in St. Paul, MN, the daughter of Joseph “Dick” and Donna Mae (Codling) Halvorson. She grew up in St. Paul and graduated in 1979 from Park Sr. High School. On September 4, 1987, she married Larry Severson in...
Floy Reynolds
Apr 13, 2022
Floy Reynolds, 91, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Floy was born March 19, 1931 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin to Esther and Elmer Hochstetler. She graduated from Mellen High School and furthered her education at North Central Bible College where she received her teaching certificate. There, she met her husband of 67 years, David Reynolds. She enjoyed her job at the...
Dean Olson
Apr 12, 2022
Dean L. Olson, 78, of Underwood, died Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at his residence. Dean Leroy was born August 22, 1943, to Ragnar and Alice (Selander) Olson in Fergus Falls. He graduated from Underwood High School in 1961. He worked as a service station attendant, a truck driver, and was a commercial carpenter. He enjoyed watching the Minnesota Viking and...
Billy Johnston
Apr 11, 2022
Billy “Bill” Johnston, 67, of Detroit Lakes formerly of Fergus Falls, died Monday, April 11, 2022, at Sanford in Fargo. Bill was born in Rolla, North Dakota on June 6, 1954, to Royce and Lilly (Haas) Johnston. As a young boy, Bill enjoyed living on his family farm and visiting relatives in the Rolla and Turtle Mountain areas. Many memories...
Lester Bensch
Apr 11, 2022
Lester Bensch, 80, of rural Ashby, died Monday, April 11, 2022, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Lester was born May 30, 1941, to Gustav and Esther (Struck) Bensch in Wendell. He grew up in the Wendell area and graduated in 1959 from the West Central School of Agriculture in Morris. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Air...
James "Jim" Greff
Apr 10, 2022
James “Jim” Greff, 78, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, April 10, 2022, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in St. Croix Township near Regent, ND, in 1943, Jim grew up on a farm in rural Regent. He attended Cherry Butte School through the eighth grade, and then boarded at St. Mary’s Catholic School in New England, ND, for...
Carole Huckfeldt
Apr 9, 2022
Carole Huckfeldt, 79, of Elizabeth, died Saturday, April 9, 2022, at her residence with family by her side and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, after a courageous battle with cancer. Carole Helen Maack was born November 2, 1942, to Ernest and Ruth (Flaws) Maack in Fergus Falls. She graduated from high school in California in...
Patricia "Pat" Ouren
Apr 9, 2022
Patricia “Pat” Annette Ouren, 85, of Erhard, died Saturday, April 9, 2022 unexpectedly at Lake Region Healthcare. Pat was born on September 10, 1936 at home in Erhards Grove Township to Peter August and Gladys Erma (Melkert) Lehn. She graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1954. Pat married Lester Ouren on October 15, 1955 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church...
Harlan Johnson
Apr 6, 2022
Harlan Johnson, 91, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at the MN Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Harlan Charles was born October 11, 1930, in Crookston to Godfrey and Agnes (Nelson) Johnson. He attended first through eighth grade in a one room rural school house and Crookston High School, graduating in 1948. He was a member of the...
Dennis Snook
Apr 2, 2022
Dennis Wade Snook, 48, of Clitherall, died Saturday, April 2, 2022 at his residence. Dennis was born May 2, 1973, in Breckenridge to Walter and Kathy (Voller) Snook. He attended Battle Lake School, Fergus Falls High School and Central Lakes College in Brainerd. He was a member of Boy Scouts. Dennis enjoyed leather work, hunting, fishing, gambling, and bowling. Preceding...
Russell Marquardt
Apr 2, 2022
Russell Marquardt, 94, of Rothsay, MN passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at St. Catherine’s Living Center in Wahpeton, ND. He was born September 21, 1927, in Rothsay, to Ernie and Elizabeth (Wasmuth) Marquardt. He lived in Meadows Township from September 1927 to April 1928, then moved to Akron Township where he farmed and lived until his death. He...
Karen Lundstrom
Apr 1, 2022
Karen Ann (Vosseteig) Lundstrom, 79, of Fergus Falls passed away Friday, April 1, 2022, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and surrounded by loved ones after a battle with ovarian cancer. Karen was born to Melvin and Stella (Anderson) Vosseteig on January 9, 1943, in Sharon, ND. She was brought home to Finley, ND on a...
James Swedenburg Jr
Mar 31, 2022
James L. “Swede” Swedenburg Jr., 65, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, March 31, 2022, at his residence. James Lewis was born July 30, 1956, to James Sr. and Genevieve (Jordan) Swedenburg in St. Paul, MN. He graduated from Tartan High School in Oakdale, MN in 1974. Swede resided in the Twin Cities and was employed by USF Holland as a...
Henry "Donald" Budke
Mar 31, 2022
Henry Donald Budke, known by most as Don, died peacefully at Pioneer Care Center on Thursday, March 31, 2022. (Henry) Donald was born September 5, 1932, the fourth of nine children born to Alida Budke (Gilbertson) and Henry Budke in Friberg Township, Minnesota. He attended a country school until completing the eighth grade when he began a life-long career in...
Connie Johnson
Mar 27, 2022
Connie Johnson, 50, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, March 27, 2022, at her residence under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Connie Louise Christianson was born April 29, 1971 to Richard and Elizabeth (Bachmeier) Christianson in Minneapolis, MN. She graduated from UND with a Bachelor’s Degree. On June 3, 2000, Connie married Leon Johnson in Flom, MN....
Virgil Evavold
Mar 25, 2022
Virgil Evavold passed away Friday, March 25, 2022, at his home in rural Fergus Falls at the age of 74. Virgil was born February 21, 1948, in Fergus Falls, MN, the son of Arthur and Sarah (Mekalson) Evavold. He was baptized and confirmed at Grue Lutheran Church of rural Ashby. He attended grade school at District #285 and graduated from...
Elaine Espinosa
Mar 24, 2022
On March 24, 2022, Elaine Espinosa went to be with the Lord. Elaine Mae Follingstad was born February 28, 1954, to Joseph and Irene (Spidahl) Follingstad. Elaine was born in Norwegian Township and grew up in the Pelican Rapids, MN area. Elaine and her father moved to Roseau, MN in 1969. She graduated from Roseau High School in 1972. She...
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