Obituaries
Diana Pettengill
Jul 14, 2022
Diana L. Pettengill, 76, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, July 14, 2022, at her residence. Diana Lynn Shol was born December 16, 1945 in Fergus Falls, to Robert and Doris (Wahl) Shol. She attended McKinley Elementary School and Fergus Falls Senior High School, graduating in 1964. She then attended Fergus Falls Community College and later, Moorhead State University earning her...
Anthony "Tony" LaFayette
Jul 11, 2022
Anthony “Tony” Marlan LaFayette, 48, of Fergus Falls, MN passed away Monday, July 11, 2022, at Lake Region Healthcare surrounded by his loving family. Tony was born November 21, 1973, in Moorhead, MN to Clarence “Buck” and Doris (Julsrud) LaFayette. He was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Barnesville, MN. He attended Barnesville Public Schools. On July...
David Heggen
Jul 10, 2022
David (Dave) John Heggen was born in Fergus Falls, MN May 12, 1937, to Clifford and Edna (Malingen) Heggen. Jesus called him to his eternal Home July 10, 2022. He was 85 years of age. Dave was raised on the family farm near Rothsay, MN. He graduated from Rothsay High School in 1955. He attended the University of North Dakota,...
Carol Hoivik
Jul 6, 2022
Carol Irene Hoivik, 93, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at her residence surrounded by her family under the care of hospice. Carol was born December 20, 1928, in Fergus Falls, to Sam and Ella (Enquist) Bergerud. She attended and graduated from Fergus Falls High School. She married Robert Dean at Aastad Lutheran Church, rural Fergus Falls. The...
Verna Nelson
Jul 5, 2022
Verna K. Nelson, 80, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at her home under the care of Knute Nelson Hospice and with her family by her side. Verna Kay Teisberg, was born August 12, 1941 in Fergus Falls, to Henry and Eva (Bjergo) Teisberg. She attended District 247 grade school and Fergus Falls High School, graduating in 1959....
Gerald Kragness
Jul 4, 2022
Gerald “Jerry” L. Kragness, 85, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, July 4, 2022, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Jerry was born June 5, 1937, in Battle Lake to Emil and Evelyn (Huseby) Kragness. He attended Battle Lake School and graduated in 1955. In 1956, he went to NDSU to study Pharmacology, taking a variety of short courses. He was always...
Dean Steiner
Jul 4, 2022
Dean A. Steiner, 80, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, July 4, 2022, at his residence. Dean Albert Steiner was born April 11, 1942, to Marjorie (Hansen) and Albert Wolfgang Steiner in Mankato, MN. Dean graduated from Mankato West High School in 1960 after which time he joined the Air Force serving from 1960-1964. He was based at Portland Air Force...
Richard W Johansen
Jul 4, 2022
Richard W. Johansen, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, July 4, 2022, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. A Celebration of Life will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 15, 2022, at the Underwood American Legion in Underwood, MN. Assistance provided by the Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls. Online condolences may be sent to www.olsonfuneralhome.com
LaVane Ugstad
Jul 3, 2022
LaVane Ugstad, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, July 3, 2022, at PioneerCare Cottages. LaVane Carol was born on October 17, 1931, to Carl and Lillian (Halvorson) Heiden in Otter Tail County. She was baptized at Deer Creek Lutheran Church and grew up on the family farm near Deer Creek. She attended high school in Bertha and then began working...
Lois Benner
Jun 30, 2022
Lois Benner, 92, of Fergus Falls, died at Lake Region Healthcare on June 30, 2022 with her daughters by her side. Lois Carmen Stene was born on December 4, 1929 to Oscar and Gertrude (Anderson) Stene in Ashby, Minnesota, the second of six children. She was born in the family farmhouse on the land homesteaded by her pioneer Norwegian great-grandparents...
Richard H. Lundin
Jun 27, 2022
Richard “Dick” Lundin, 87, of Vining, died Monday, June 27, 2022, at his residence, under the care of Red River Hospice. Richard Harley Lundin was born August 27, 1934, in Newfolden to Arnold and Bernice (Nelson) Lundin. Richard grew up on the family farm in Sinnott Township, Marshall County, near Stephen, an area known as the “Happy Corners”. He was...
Patricia Anderson
Jun 25, 2022
“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.” John 11:25-26 Patricia “Patty” “Pat” Louise (Larson) Anderson, 88, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, June 25, 2022, surrounded by family at Sanford Hospital in Fargo. Patricia was born May 6, 1934...
Donald Shol
Jun 24, 2022
Donald “Donnie” G. Shol, 71, of Erhard, died Friday, June 24, 2022, at his residence. Donald was born January 10, 1951, to Floyd and Lorraine (Long) Shol. He enlisted in the United States Army after graduating from Fergus Falls High School. After his discharge from the Army, he returned to farming in rural Erhard. He enjoyed spending his time with...
Delores Campbell
Jun 21, 2022
Delores Campbell, age 79, of Erhard passed away June 21 at her home. Delores was born the fourth of eight children to Walter and Emily Weis on October 20, 1942 in Mora, MN. She graduated as Valedictorian from Pine City High School in 1960, attended three years of college at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, and graduated Summa Cum Laude...
Kathy Ferrari
Jun 19, 2022
Kathy L. Ferrari, 60, of Battle Lake, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2022, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls after a courageous battle against cancer. Kathy Lynn Hokenson was born April 7, 1962 in Detroit Lakes to Henry and Delia (Harvala) Hokenson. She graduated from Frazee High School in 1980. On April 3, 2003 she married Donald Ferrari. Kathy...
Gene Wells
Jun 19, 2022
Gene Lyle Wells (“Wellsey”), 81, of Fergus Falls, MN went to be with his Lord and Savior on Father’s Day Sunday, June 19th, 2022 at Pioneer Care Center. Gene was born on April 4th, 1941 at home on the shores of Swan Lake near Fergus Falls to Harry and Polly (Jacobs) Wells. He attended country school at District #31 through...
Palmer "Jim" Mathieson
Jun 14, 2022
Palmer “Jim” Mathieson, 82, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at his residence. Husband, father, grandfather and friend Jim Mathieson was born to Jessie and Palmer Mathieson on July 31, 1939. He grew up on farms near Ashby and Erdahl and went to school in Ashby, Elbow Lake, and Henning. He lived briefly in Minneapolis where he met...
Roger S. Thompson
Jun 10, 2022
Roger Scott Thompson, 60, of St. Cloud, died Friday, June 10, 2022, at CentraCare Hospital in St. Cloud surrounded by family and friends. Roger was born February 2, 1962, to Leota (Johnson) and Dennis Thompson in Fergus Falls. He attended Fergus Falls High School, Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, FL and later joined the United States Army. He was...
Ralph Johnson
Jun 6, 2022
Ralph Stuart Johnson died Monday, June 6, 2022, at Pioneer Care, Fergus Falls. The son of Alfred M. and Anna Christine Johnson, he was born on November 4, 1922, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he completed high school and later earned a degree in business administration from the University of North Dakota. Ralph worked for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in...
Esther Mortensen
Jun 5, 2022
Esther Mortensen, 99, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, June 5, 2022. She was born to Charles and Anna Drews (Schachtschneider) on April 11, 1923, and grew up on their family farm along with 9 brothers and sisters. She graduated Fergus Falls High School in 1941. Following her graduation, she worked for the Soil Conservation Office. It was there that she...
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