Obituaries
Helen Moore
Nov 5, 2019
Helen Moore, 101, of Fergus Falls died Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Helen Marie (Schnoor) Moore was born November 21, 1917, in Foxhome, MN. She was one of six children born to Otto and Bertha (Evers) Schnoor. She grew up in the Foxhome Area and attended school near Foxhome and in the Fergus...
Charles Rovang
Nov 3, 2019
Charles Edward Rovang, 88, of Dalton, died Sunday, November 3, 2019, at his home. Charles was born December 27, 1930, in Fergus Falls to Joseph and Mary (Johnson) Rovang. He grew up in Tumuli Township, he attended school in Dalton and also the Crookston Agricultural School. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church, in Dalton, where he remained...
Verna Wilma Link
Nov 1, 2019
Verna Wilma (Block) Link, 94, of Underwood, died Friday, November 1, 2019, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born on January 20, 1925, near Rothsay. She was the youngest of eight children born to William and Augusta (Schutte) Block. She was baptized at Hamar Church in Rothsay and confirmed in 1938 at the Foxhome Lutheran Church by Reverend H.M....
Oscar Norgren
Nov 1, 2019
Oscar Trosvig Norgren, 63, of Fergus Falls, died Friday November 1, 2019, unexpectedly at his home. He was born December 7, 1955, in Fergus Falls, the son of Alfred and Inez (Trosvig) Norgren. He attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1974. Oscar served in the U.S. Army from 1974-1978. Serving in the U.S. and Germany. He worked for his...
Vernon Knutson
Oct 28, 2019
Vernon Knutson, 92, of Moorhead, formerly of Rothsay passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019 in Moorhead, MN at his residence. Vernon Knutson, the son of Thomas and Inga Knutson, was born March 19, 1927, in Rothsay, MN. He grew up on the family farm and received his education in the Rothsay, area graduating from Rothsay High School in 1945...
Betty Kohlhase
Oct 26, 2019
Betty Marie (Anderson) Kohlhase of Fergus Falls, MN died peacefully surrounded by family on October 26, 2019 at the age of 88. Betty was born on February 8, 1931, in Erhard, MN, to Arthur and Antoinette Anderson. She attended country school in Erhard and was confirmed September 6, 1942, at Tonseth Lutheran Church. Betty was united in marriage to Floyd...
Marlys G. Erlandson
Oct 26, 2019
Marlys G. Erlandson, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, October 26, 2019, at her residence. Marlys Georgiana Erlandson was born in Fergus Falls on September 3, 1935, to George Swenson and Lillie (Torgrimson) Swenson. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School with honors and attended Lutheran Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis. In 1956, she graduated with her R.N....
Curt Danielson
Oct 26, 2019
Curt L. Danielson, 48, of Fergus Falls, passed away after a long battle with neurosarcoidosis (an autoimmune disease) on Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Curt was born on October 1, 1971, in Breckenridge, MN to Dennis and Carolyn (Hovland) Danielson. He graduated from Rothsay High School in 1990, attended Fergus Falls Community College and graduated...
Richard Thorsen
Oct 25, 2019
Richard Lowell Thorsen, 81, of Fergus Falls died on Friday, October 25, 2019, at the MN Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, MN. He was born on June 18, 1938, to Gotfred and Gunhild (Haarstad) Thorsen. He was baptized and confirmed at Aastad Lutheran Church, where he was a lifelong member. Richard attended Morris Agricultural School and at age 18, enlisted...
Vernon C. Stich
Oct 21, 2019
Vernon "Vern" Stich, 91, of Battle Lake, died Monday, October 21, 2019, in the loving care of the staff of Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo, North Dakota. Vernon Clemence Stich was born in Leaf Mountain Township, Otter Tail County, July 27, 1928 to Katherine "Katie" (Koeplin) Stich and Thomas Paul Stich. He left school after the fourth grade and...
Cynthia Johnson
Oct 20, 2019
Cynthia A. Johnson, 78, of Fergus Falls died Sunday, October 20, 2019 surrounded by her family. Cynthia (Sether) Johnson was born July 26, 1941, to Sidney and Mildred (Eide) Sether in Fergus Falls. She grew up in Oscar Township and attended primary school in Carlisle. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1959. She was baptized and confirmed at...
Archie R. Atkinson
Oct 19, 2019
Archie R. Atkinson, 93, died Saturday, October 19, 2019, at the Monticello Care Center in Monticello, MN. Archie was born on November 11, 1925, the son of Russell and Charlotte (Knudson) Atkinson. He was baptized and confirmed at First English Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. Archie graduated from Washington High School of Fergus Falls, he then attended two years at...
Gregory Miles Van Ginhoven
Oct 18, 2019
Gregory Miles Van Ginhoven, 59, of Fergus Falls passed away Friday, October 18, 2019 at his home. Gregg was born December 17, 1959, in Hinsdale, IL to George D. and Martha R. (Schultz) Van Ginhoven. They moved to Virginia at the age of one to follow his father’s career. They relocated to south Florida (Ft. Lauderdale) in 1964. His father...
Helen Nord
Oct 18, 2019
Helen Nord, 90, formerly of Rothsay, passed away peacefully Friday, October 18, 2019 at Lake Region Hospital, Fergus Falls. Helen Marian was born May 24, 1929 to Anton and Calma (Lerbakken) Jacobson in Oscar Township on the family farm. She completed eighth grade at District #61. Helen married Gilman Millard Nord on October 27, 1950. During their marriage, they made...
Ardis Myrtle Anderson
Oct 16, 2019
Ardis Anderson, age 99, formerly of Fergus Falls, entered her eternal home on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at Edgewood Assisted Living in Blaine, MN. Ardis was born in Onalaska, WI, on April 6, 1920, the thirteenth of sixteen children born to Sam and Lillie Severson. She was the last of the 16 to die, marking the end of a remarkable...
Daniel "Dan" Prischmann
Oct 15, 2019
Daniel “Dan” Paul Prischmann, 70, of Fergus Falls, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND. He was born on January 11, 1949, in Orchard, Nebraska to Carl G. and Helen (Darr) Prischmann. After moving to Minnesota, he attended Elizabeth grade school. In 1967 he graduated from Fergus Falls Senior High where he played and...
Mildred G Stras
Oct 15, 2019
Mildred Stras, 94, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Pioneer Senior Cottages. Mildred Georgia “Millie” was born in Aastad Township on February 22, 1925, the daughter of Carl and Julia (Olson) Knudson. She was one of eleven children. Her family lived on several different farms while she was growing up. On March 27, 1946, she married Orville...
Robert Vernon Trost
Oct 13, 2019
Robert “Bob” Trost, 80, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Appleton, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Robert Vernon Trost was born on December 14, 1938, to Lloyd and Carol (Pederson) Trost in Graceville, MN. Bob grew up in Chokio and graduated from the Chokio High School in 1956. He was a...
Brian Bakke
Oct 12, 2019
Brian Bakke, 64, resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2019. Born April 16, 1955, the fourth child of Ruth L. (Miller) and Burnell T. Bakke in Fergus Falls, MN. He attended grades 1-8 at the District 1446 one room schoolhouse in Aastad Twp. Brian graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1973 and attended Fergus Falls Junior...
Laverne Harriet Morstad
Oct 11, 2019
Laverne H. Morstad, age 101, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 11, 2019 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Laverne was born March 30, 1918 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Irene (Zimmerman) Anderson. She was baptized and confirmed at the Hamar Lutheran Church in Rothsay, MN. She attended rural school at...
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