Obituaries
Kay Basch
Nov 10, 2021
Kay Louise Basch (Larson-Vance), 79, of St. Cloud, MN died Wednesday, November 10, 2021 from natural causes. She was the daughter of Kalmer and Evelyn (Enstad) Larson, born September 10, 1942 and grew up in Fergus Falls, MN. Kay’s best memories were spending summers on Otter Tail Lake and water skiing at the family cabin, skating on the Lake Alice...
Kathleen Madison
Nov 9, 2021
Kathleen (Mrs. James) Madison, 87, of Dalton, died Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at Edgewood Healthcare Care in Alexandria. Kathleen (Kathy) Mary Dohan was born to Katharine (Miklovich) and Peter Dohan on May 25, 1934, in Norwalk, Connecticut. She and her younger sister, Carol were raised by their widowed mother as her father died when she was three. Her grandparents, uncles,...
Richard Hoeper
Nov 9, 2021
Richard “Rick” Hoeper, 70, of Dalton, died Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at a place near Lake Lizzie, Pelican Rapids. Rick was born January 28, 1951, to Oren and Evelyn (Hoefer) Hoeper in Fergus Falls. He attended District 1503 in Carlisle Township and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1969. He was a member of the United States Army from...
Joan Glawe
Nov 7, 2021
Joan Virginia Glawe, 90, passed away on November 7, 2021 at Prairie Ridge Hospital, Elbow Lake from complications of COVID-19. She was born July 1, 1931, to Arnold and Gilma Sleen and grew up on their farm near Pelican Rapids. Her family spoke Norwegian at home, so she learned English when she started school in the nearby one-room schoolhouse. Following...
Daniel Pilarski
Nov 6, 2021
Daniel Pilarski, age 91, of Clitherall, MN, entered eternal life on Saturday, November 6, 2021. A private Mass of Christian Burial will be held at a later date. Daniel was born September 26, 1930, in Holdingford, Minnesota to Christian and Frances (Yorek) Pilarski. He married Eleanor Douvier on July 11, 1955, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Holdingford, MN. A...
Richard L Anderson
Nov 5, 2021
Richard “Rick”, “Andy” Anderson, 66, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, November 5, 2021, at Sanford on Broadway in Fargo. Richard Lyle was born July 1, 1955, in Fergus Falls, MN to Mike (Charles) and Margie Anderson. Rick worked for his dad at Mike’s Machine Shop, eventually took over as Rick’s Radiator Shop for several years. He always had a smile...
Joyce Saurer
Nov 5, 2021
Joyce Saurer, 79, of Cloquet, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Friday, November 5, 2021, at the Community Memorial Hospital, Cloquet. She was born April 28, 1942, in Sverdrup Township, Otter Tail County, MN, the daughter of Fred and Corrine (Highdale) Andvik. She married Donald Saurer at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Joyce was employed with the Fergus Falls School District, as...
Robert "Bob" Davis
Nov 2, 2021
Robert “Bob” Stuart Davis, 60, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at his home. Bob was born on January 14, 1961 in Alexandria, MN to Kenneth John Davis and Ethel Ingeborg (Aslagson) Davis, he was the youngest of their eight children. Bob spent most of his childhood in the Alexandria, Holmes City, and Fergus Falls communities. Among his...
Annie Torgerson
Oct 31, 2021
Annie Laurie (McEachern) Torgerson, 94, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, October 31, 2021, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Annie was born March 22, 1927, to Murdock and Annie (Scott) McEachern in Homestead, MT. She was baptized, had her first communion, and was confirmed in St. Patrick’s Church in Medicine Lake, MT. She attended Medicine Lake School. As a child Annie...
Philip "Vern" Foster
Oct 31, 2021
Philip Luverne “Vern” Foster, 85, of Battle Lake, died Sunday, October 31, 2021, at St. Cloud Hospital from complications due to Covid and a fall requiring surgeries. Vern was born July 15, 1936, to Philip and Grace (Lewis) Foster in Minneapolis. He grew up in Minneapolis until 1948, when he and his family moved to Battle Lake. He played many...
Helen Falk
Oct 31, 2021
Helen M. (Margerum) Falk, 93, of Breckenridge, MN, died Sunday, October 31, 2021, at St. Francis Health in Breckenridge. Helen was born January 6, 1928, in Bathgate, ND to John and Florence (Godfrey) Margerum. On September 29, 1945, she married Edwin Falk in Hallock, MN. Edwin passed away July 21, 2017. She worked at the hospital in Karlstad, MN for...
Joanne Odegaard
Oct 31, 2021
Joanne Lesto Odegaard, age 75, of Ramsey, Minnesota passed away Sunday, October 31, 2021, at her home, under the care of Allina Health Hospice and surrounded by her family following a battle with Fallopian Tube cancer. Joanne Lesto was born December 8, 1945, in Mankato, Minnesota to Avery and Irene Lesto. She grew up in Elbow Lake, Minnesota. She was...
Sylvia Leabo
Oct 29, 2021
Sylvia Leabo, 83, of Erhard, died Friday, October 29, 2021, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Sylvia Marie Leabo was born September 15, 1938, to Sanster and Mildred (Berg) Nokleby in Fergus Falls. She was baptized at Aastad Lutheran Church and confirmed at St. Pauls Lutheran Church both of rural Fergus Falls. In 1956 she graduated from Fergus Falls...
Ordys Christensen
Oct 29, 2021
Ordys T. (Haugen) Christensen, 94, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully on Friday, October 29, 2021 at her home at Park Gardens in Fergus Falls. Ordys was born on July 17, 1927 in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Harold and Inga (Thompson) Haugen. She grew up on the home farm near Fergus Falls and attended school, graduating from Fergus Falls High...
Renee Stock
Oct 28, 2021
Renee Ann (Larson) Stock, age 79, of Ottertail, formerly of Western Township, passed away peacefully Thursday, October 28, 2021, at her residence under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley surrounded by her family. Renee was born on August 19, 1942 to Orin and Bernice (Benson) Larson in Elbow Lake. She was baptized and confirmed at the West...
Albert Hexum
Oct 28, 2021
Albert Norman Hexum, 94, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, October 28, at his home surrounded by his family. Al Hexum was born January 18, 1927, to Albert and Olga (Sethre) Hexum on the home farm near Carlisle, MN. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1943. After high school he returned to farm with his dad, brother, and an...
Deane Williams
Oct 27, 2021
Deane Rae Williams, 65, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. Deane was born October 13, 1956, to Julian and Viola (Kilde) Williams in Fergus Falls. She was baptized at Augustana Lutheran Church, where she remained a life member. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1975. She worked...
Richard Denzel
Oct 21, 2021
On Thursday October 21st, 2021, Richard Arnold Denzel, 88, formally from Dalton, MN peacefully passed away in Willmar, MN surrounded with loved ones. Dick, as he was best known, was born June 30th, 1933 in Alma Center, Wisconsin to Raymond Arnold Denzel and Mathilda (Haugen) Denzel. He was the second of five kids, Delores, Tootie, Sugar and Bill. He was...
Mavis Henderson
Oct 21, 2021
Mavis Annabelle Henderson, 98, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2021, at LB Broen Home surrounded by her girls. Mavis was born October 6, 1923 in Carpio, North Dakota to Harry and Altha (Story) Graff, the 14th of 15 children. After her mother’s death in 1927, she was raised by her older siblings, helping with their children...
Paulette Patterson
Oct 19, 2021
Paulette Martinae (Muhlenbeck) Patterson, 69, of Richfield, died Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at her summer residence near Fergus Falls under the care of LB Hospice. Paulette was born March 31, 1952, to Harold “Bud” Muhlenbeck and Charlene (Fick) Muhlenbeck Hendrickx in Fergus Falls. She attended District 544 and graduated from Fergus Falls Senior High School in 1970. She attended Alexandria...
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