Obituaries
Linda Christianson
Dec 29, 2021
Linda Christianson, 70, of Dent, died Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at her residence. Linda was born December 28, 1951, to Elroy and Dorothy (Weik) Jorgenson in Fergus Falls. She attended school in Rothsay and graduated in 1969 from Rothsay High School. Linda married Donald Christianson on September 1, 1979, at Hamar Lutheran Church in Rothsay. Throughout Linda’s employment history she...
Arlin Mindermann
Dec 29, 2021
Arlin Mindermann, 78, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Arlin George was born September 27, 1943, to John and Irma (Carstens) Mindermann in Perham, MN. He grew up in rural Frazee, where he graduated from Frazee High School. After high school he worked construction in a family business. On June 6,...
Steven B Burns
Dec 23, 2021
Steven Burns, 72, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, December 23, 2021, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND. He was born December 30, 1948, the son of Bernard and Delores Burns. Following high school, Steven served in the U.S. Army for four years. He was employed with Otter Tail Telcom for 25 years. On January 21, 1999, he married Barbara...
Arlen Kort
Dec 22, 2021
Arlen “Arlie” Albert Kort, 81, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at his residence. Arlie was born May 2, 1940, to Albert and Mabel (Olson) Kort in Fergus Falls. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church. He lived on the farm his entire life and went to country school one and a half miles from...
Kevin Knapp
Dec 21, 2021
Kevin Wayne Knapp, 64, of Fergus Falls, passed away at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 surrounded by his family. Kevin was born in Lincoln, NE to Robert Sr. and Marjorie (Stiverson) Knapp on January 20, 1957. He met his wife, Connie O’Connor, as they worked together at the Lincoln Journal Star while attending college at...
Fonda Lunde
Dec 19, 2021
Fonda Lee (Dahl) Lunde, 84, of Fargo formerly of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, December 19, 2021 at Essentia in Fargo. She was born on September 1, 1937, the first of four children of Forrest and Ione (Donely) Dahl, where she lived in a small house on Vernon Avenue in Fergus Falls. Fonda attended McKinley Elementary School and Fergus Falls High...
Joyce Bruns
Dec 18, 2021
Joyce Lorraine (Brenden) Bruns, 92, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 18, 2021, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Joyce was born June 10, 1929, to Axel and Ella (Bilden) Brenden in Rothsay, MN. She attended Rothsay Public School and graduated on June 12, 1947. After high school she attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in...
Larry Zenner
Dec 16, 2021
Long-time Fergus Falls teacher Larry Zenner, 83, passed away suddenly in Frisco, TX on December 16, 2021. He is survived by his daughter Alyssa (Shawn) Maxson of Frisco, Texas, and his son Tyler (Genna) Zenner of Madison, Wisconsin, and his grandchildren Braden, Ashtyn and Ellery of TX, and Jack, Soren, Carsten and Griffin of WI. Larry was born in Noonan,...
Jeffrey Karlstad
Dec 13, 2021
Jeffrey C. “Bud” Karlstad, 45, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 13, 2021, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Jeff was born September 26, 1976, to Dennis and Grace (Wickham) Karlstad in Fergus Falls, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. He attended Fergus Falls High School. He then went on to Alexandria...
Shari Mostue
Dec 13, 2021
Shari Mostue, 46, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 13, 2021, at her residence. Shari Patricia was born on November 18, 1975, to Russel and Sharon in Fergus Falls, MN. She attended Fergus Falls school and graduated in 1998. Shari attended her senior prom. She loved bowling, music, movies, coloring, hanging out with her friends, and participating in Special Olympics....
Marion Bluhm
Dec 13, 2021
Marion Gwendolyn (Kohnen) Bluhm, 96, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 13, 2021. Marion was born on July 3, 1925 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Otto and Lillian (Anderson) Kohnen. She graduated from Robbinsdale High School in 1943. After high school she attended St. Cloud State Teachers College and graduated in 1947 with a degree in Elementary Education. While...
Service of Remembrance
Dec 11, 2021
We are pleased to announce we will be hosting our Service of Remembrance in person this year. We know how busy the holidays can be, so this year we are trying something new and offering our service at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 11, 2021 at our chapel. Our hope is to alleviate some of the scheduling conflicts people encounter during...
Earl Schmidt
Dec 10, 2021
Earl Wenzel Schmidt, 97, of Fergus Falls, passed peacefully from life the morning of Friday, December 10, 2021, after a decline in his health. He was cared for by his loving wife. Earl was born May 11, 1924, to Francis and Elsie (Formaneck) Schmidt in Wahpeton, ND. He attended school in the Wahpeton area. On November 23, 1985, Earl married...
Mary Moe
Dec 9, 2021
Mary Margaret (Stock) Moe, 83, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls. Mary was born October 25, 1938, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Arthur and Helen (Dunlap) Stock. She was baptized and confirmed at Federated Church in Fergus Falls. She attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1956. On January 25, 1959,...
Donald Fred Walz
Dec 8, 2021
Donald Fred Walz was born on February 16, 1945, in Fergus Falls, MN, to Fred W. and Hilma Wilhelmine (Thom) Walz. Don grew up on a farm near Campbell, MN, with his two sisters and two brothers. He went to grade school in a little country school near Campbell, and graduated from the Morris Agricultural School in Morris, MN. After...
Daniel Eisenhuth
Dec 4, 2021
Daniel Gordon Eisenhuth, 58, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 4, 2021, at his residence. Daniel was born May 20, 1963 in St. Paul, MN to Donald and Orletta (Curnow) Eisenhuth. He attended Fergus Falls High School graduating in 1982. After high school, he went to tech school in Detroit Lakes for small engines. After tech school, he went to...
V. Joyce Berg
Dec 4, 2021
V. Joyce Berg, 88, a resident of Minneapolis, MN, formerly of Dalton, died Saturday, December 4, 2021, at the Ebeneezer Compassionate Senior Care in Minneapolis, MN. Joyce was born June 22, 1933, in Dane Prairie Township in Ottertail County, the youngest child of Edward and Emma (Haug) Berg. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith and was later confirmed at...
Rev. Richard "Dick" Grenell
Dec 2, 2021
Heaven is rejoicing in song as God welcomed home His faithful servant, Reverend Dick (Richard Benjamin) Grenell, on 12/2/21. Born in Minneapolis, MN on 6/15/23 to Robbin Cecil and Frances Myrtle Grenell, Dick passed into the hands of his Lord at the age of 98 in Evansville, MN surrounded by family, encircled in prayer. Survived by son Dan Grenell of...
Elizabeth "Betty" Viger
Dec 1, 2021
Elizabeth “Betty” Ann (Larson) Viger, 82, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 1, 2021, surrounded by family at Ashby Living Center. Betty was born August 17, 1939, in Fergus Falls, MN, to Walter and Winnifred (Fabian) Larson. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1957 and attended Bethel College (now Bethel University) and the Minnesota School of Business, earning...
Shane Herk
Nov 27, 2021
Shane Herk, 40, of Dent, MN, died Saturday, November 27, 2021, at his residence. Shane Allen Herk was born on February 24, 1981, to Cameron (Lisa) Herk and Lori (Paul) Rinke-Jorgenson, in Detroit Lakes, MN. He was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Pelican Rapids, MN and was confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church, Rothsay, MN. Shane graduated from Rothsay...
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