Obituaries
Nicholas C. Kelman
May 20, 2020
Nicholas Clark Kelman, 72, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at his home. Nicholas was born March 26, 1948, to Alva and Caroline (McKee) Kelman in Madison, WI. He graduated from Waterloo High School in Waterloo, WI in 1966 and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 1973. He served in the U.S. Army from 1970-1972 as a Personnel Management...
Eleanor G. Synstelien
May 20, 2020
Eleanor Gertrude Synstelien, 94, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Eleanor was born on December 1, 1925, to Charles and Nellie (Olson) Foster in Jackson County, MN. She attended school in Petersburg, MN through seventh grade. She then attended and graduated from Estherville High School in 1943. On September 28, 1946, she married...
Evelyn Millard
May 19, 2020
Evelyn (Claeys) Millard, 91, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Evelyn was born September 13, 1928 to Belgian immigrants, Emil and Sophia Claeys. Her family farmed near Minneota, MN. In 1947 she married Archie Millard at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Minneota, MN. Evelyn was a hard-working housewife whose eight children...
Janice Lehn
May 18, 2020
Janice Hulda (Bergquist) Lehn, 79, of Erhard, died Monday, May 18, 2020, at her home under the care of her family and LB Hospice. Janice was born August 3, 1940, to Joseph and Myrtle (Roskopf) Bergquist in Fergus Falls, MN. She attended Foxhome Elementary School and graduated from Breckenridge High School in 1958. She was a typesetter at the Fergus...
Lowell Drechsel
May 14, 2020
Lowell Drechsel, 86, a resident of Erhard, passed away Thursday, May 14th 2020, at his home under the care of his family and LB Hospice after a courageous 7-month battle with cancer. He was born January 23, 1934, in Friberg Township at his parent's home, the son of Otto and Bessie (Grant) Drechsel. Lowell was baptized on April 14, 1934,...
Kenneth Sillerud
May 8, 2020
Kenneth Lyle Sillerud, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020, at the age of 90 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Kenneth was born December 21, 1929, in Prairie View Township, Wilkin County in Rothsay, MN, the seventh of eight children to Oliver and Clara (Pederson) Sillerud. Kenneth was baptized and confirmed at Little Bethany Church in rural Rothsay. He attended...
Dennis Synstelien
May 7, 2020
Dennis Carl Synstelien, 77, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Dennis was born on December 22, 1942, to Carl and Palma (Dahlager) Synstelien at Wright Memorial Hospital in Fergus Falls. He attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1960. After high school he worked at Walt’s Repair, Hoff’s TV Repair, and at Ten Mile Lake...
Alice Rund
May 7, 2020
Alice M. Rund, 99, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 7, 2020, under the care of LB Hospice while at LB Broen. Alice Marjorie Hord was born in Fergus Falls on July 2, 1920, to Harry and Ida (Bergerud) Hord. She attended school in Fergus and enjoyed spending time at her mother’s home farm in Aastad Township. She was confirmed...
Randy Gebhardt
May 6, 2020
Randy Clay Gebhardt, 64, of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, with his wife by his side. Randy was born January 31, 1956, in Sidney, MT to Verlin (Rex) and Mary (Hafemann) Gebhardt. He grew up in the Sidney and Savage, MT area and graduated from Savage High School in 1974. Later in life,...
Arlan Gordon Erlandson
May 5, 2020
Arlan G. Erlandson, 85, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at the MN Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Arlan Gordon Erlandson was born at home, in Aastad Township on November 3, 1934 to Edwin and Ruth Erlandson. He worked on the family farm and attended his local country school. He graduated from Morris Ag high school. After high...
Mary Jane Mavis
May 3, 2020
Mary Jane Mavis, 87, of Fergus Falls, went home to be with her Lord Sunday morning, May 3, 2020, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Mary Jane was born in Barrett Hospital, MN on April 15, 1933, to Claude and Esther (Olson) Beach. When she was eight years old the family moved to a farm north of Ashby, MN. She was...
Brigitte Schiffner
May 3, 2020
Brigitte Schiffner, 77, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 3, 2020, at her home. Brigitte G. Haid was born December 31, 1942, to Berthold and Gertrude (Bethke) Haid in Gotha, Germany. She attended grade school in Germany and then moved to New Jersey where she attended West Morris High School, graduating in 1963. She then went to school for Nurses...
Mark C. Hanson
May 3, 2020
Mark “Grip” Clifford Hanson, 63, of Dent, died unexpectedly Sunday, May 3, 2020, as the result of a motorcycle accident. Mark was born January 1, 1957, to Clifford and Darlene (Perry) Hanson in Marshall, MN. He attended Minneota Elementary School and Fergus Falls High School, graduating in 1975. He then attended Fergus Falls Community College and received his RN Associates...
Larry Bonebrake
May 1, 2020
Larry Bonebrake, 76, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Little Falls, MN passed away on Friday, May 1, 2020, at his residence. Larry, the son of Herold Waldo and Deloris Mae Bonebrake, was born December 22, 1943, in Buffalo, MN. He grew up on the family farm, entering the United States Navy Reserve in January of 1960. He received his high...
Darwin Stigen
Apr 30, 2020
Darwin Alvin Stigen, 79, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, April 30, 2020, surrounded by family at his home. Darwin was born July 6, 1940, to Marvin A. Stigen and Eva (Hendershot) Hawes at home, in Almora, MN. He was the oldest of five children. The Stigen family moved to Fergus Falls when Darwin was 12. He was a member of...
Mary Pauline Haukos
Apr 28, 2020
Mary Pauline (Madsen Weossner) Haukos, 91, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully Tuesday April 28, 2020, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Pauline was born August 12, 1928, to John and Louise (Bredehoft) Madsen in Stanton, NE. She was the third of eight children and the last surviving. The Madsen family moved to Minnesota when Pauline was a young child, she was...
Barbara Lillquist
Apr 28, 2020
Barbara Ann (Harber) Lillquist passed away in her sleep the morning of April 28th, 2020. Barb had recently become a resident at the Emerald Crest Care Facility in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Barb was born May 10th, 1936 in Austin, Minnesota, the third of five children born to Leonard and Gertrude (Bagley) Harber. Barb spent her youth in Austin, graduating from Austin...
Janice Tellinghuisen
Apr 27, 2020
Janice (Jan) Mary (Johnson) Tellinghuisen, age 83, of Battle Lake passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 27th 2020 at her home. Janice Johnson was born on July 23, 1936 to Douglas and Mary Johnson in Slayton Minnesota. Jan attended school in Slayton and graduated with the class of 1954. Following graduation, she attended Minnesota School of Business. Jan and Burdell...
Vicki Molter
Apr 23, 2020
Victoria “Vicki” Helen Molter, 65, of Ashby died Thursday, April 23, 2020, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Vicki was born May 17, 1954, to Valerius and H. Olive (Bergerud) Demmer in Fergus Falls. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Dalton. She grew up on a farm in rural...
Allen Svare
Apr 21, 2020
Allen Herbert Svare, 74, died Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Allen was born April 6, 1946, to Hubert “Herb” and Dorothy (Hauge) Svare in Fergus Falls. On October 31, 1964, he married Judy Emery in Erhard. He worked various jobs as a young man. In 1977, he started at Fergus Falls Public Schools doing...
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