Obituaries
Donna Jane Harlow
Feb 13, 2019
Donna Jane Harlow, 86, of Fergus Falls, died February 13, 2019, at PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls. She was born on November 28, 1932, in Ashby, to Gilford Boe and P. Violet (Osmon) Boe. Donna’s father died when she was 4. She and her mother went to live with maternal grandparents Mens and Christina Osmon. Donna said they were as...
Thomas Prischmann
Feb 13, 2019
Thomas LeRoy Prischmann, 74, of Fergus Falls, passed away February 13, 2019. He was born September 22, 1944 in Orchard, Nebraska, to Carl and Helen (Darr) Prischmann. The family moved to a farm north of Elizabeth, MN, when he was 12. Tom married Karen Olson on September 1, 1968. God blessed them with five children, two by birth and three...
Lucille "Lucy" Kilde
Feb 11, 2019
Lucille “Lucy” Marlene (Clark) Kilde died peacefully with her husband by her side on February 11, 2019, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, at the age of 78. Lucy was born on July 13, 1940, in Lien Township, Grant County, MN, to Emerson and Irene (Lohse) Clark. She grew up in the Elbow Lake area and attended Elbow Lake High School....
John P. Bach
Feb 10, 2019
John P. Bach, 87, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Underwood and Breckenridge, died Sunday, February 10, 2019, at LB Broen Home, Fergus Falls. John was born on June 30, 1931, in Fairmount, ND, to Louis and Anna (Differding) Bach. On March 1, 1954, John married Joy Anderson at St. Gall’s Catholic Church in Tintah. John worked for Fairmount Creamery, Peschel...
Jane E. (Johnson) Swalstad
Feb 10, 2019
Jane E. (Johnson) Swalstad, 73, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, February 10, 2019, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND, surrounded by family. Jane was born on April 4, 1945, to Ferd and Martha (Meyers) Janke in Fargo, ND. She was raised in Ulen, MN, where she attended School. Jane married Harold Johnson in 1962 and they had four children....
Melvin Duenow
Feb 8, 2019
Melvin Albert Duenow, 96, of rural Fergus Falls died, February 8, 2019 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, under the care of LB Hospice and surrounded by his family. Melvin was born on July 10, 1922 on the family farm in rural Fergus Falls, the son of Herman and Francis (Richter) Duenow. He was baptized on August 1, 1922 at home...
Dr. Richard W. Nicholson
Feb 8, 2019
Dr. Richard W. Nicholson, 94, of Fergus Falls, died February, 8, 2019, after a short hospitalization. Richard was born in Superior, NE, on January 12, 1925. After graduating from high school he attended Doane College in Hastings, NE, and then went on to attend Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, graduating in 1948. During World War II he entered the...
Marian Lois Dolan
Feb 7, 2019
Marian Dolan, 89, of Fergus Falls died Thursday, February 7, 2019, at LB Broen Home, Fergus Falls. Marian Lois Dolan was born January 31, 1930, in Velva, ND to Myron and Lydia (Schoenwald) Shook. In 1948 she graduated from Velva State Agricultural High School. On November 6, 1949, she married Robert Dolan in Velva, ND. Marian loved entertaining and playing...
Bruce Daniel Heslien
Feb 4, 2019
Bruce Daniel Heslien, 66, of Fergus Falls passed away Monday, February 4, 2019, at Sanford Health in Fargo surrounded by his loving family. Preceding him in death were his parents, Gerhard Heslien, Beverly and Lester Wohlin. Survivors include his sister, Lisa (Paul) DeGreeff of Cottonwood, MN; niece, Sasha (Kenny) Riley of Ironton, OH; nephew, Zachary (Sydney) Walz of Fargo, ND;...
Ruby Lenora Haagenson
Feb 2, 2019
Ruby Lenora Haagenson, age 94, of Fergus Falls, died February 2, 2019, at Park River Estates in Coon Rapids, MN. She was born on December 27, 1924, on the home farm in rural Cosmos Township, Meeker County, MN, one of six children to Roy and Lillie Olson. Ruby was raised on the family farm and graduated from Litchfield High School...
Marcus I Erlandson
Jan 28, 2019
Marcus Ivan Erlandson, 79, a resident of rural Fergus Falls, died Monday, January 28, 2019, at Lake Region Healthcare. The son of Edwin W. and Ruth (Haarstad) Erlandson, he was born April 16, 1939, in his family’s two-room house in Aastad Township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. He was baptized, confirmed, and a life member at Aastad Lutheran Church. Marcus...
Delphine A. Spranger
Jan 24, 2019
Delphine A. Spranger, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 24, 2019. Delphine was born on April 27, 1928, to Joseph and Mary (Warzecha) Opatz in Holding Township. Delphine worked for Star Laundry and Frees Cleaners as presser from 1950 till her retirement in 1995. On July 7, 1951, Delphine was united in marriage to Clarence “Bud” Cichy. They made...
David L Crater
Jan 21, 2019
David L. Crater, 74, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, January 21, 2019, at the MN Veterans Home Fergus Falls. David was born July 12, 1944 in Havana, Illinois to Ralph E. and Mildred (Onken) Crater. In the summer of 1953, David moved with his family to a farm near Miller, South Dakota. After a few years in South Dakota, the...
Ethel Helen (Turchin) Barker
Jan 19, 2019
Ethel Helen (Turchin) Barker, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at her home under the care of her family, LB Hospice and LB Broen Home. Ethel was born on April 14, 1936 in Urbank, MN, the daughter of Albert and Eleanor (Koep) Turchin. She attended Henning High School, graduating in 1954. On February...
Marcia Anne Sundberg
Jan 19, 2019
Marcia Anne Sundberg, 62, died January 19, 2019 in Winter Park Florida after a life-long battle with Lupus. She was born on July 17, 1956 in Fergus Falls, daughter of David and Anita (Gadow) Sundberg. She attended Fergus Falls Township School district 1430, a one-room K-6 school, and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1974. After one year at...
Ethelyn M Duckwitz
Jan 15, 2019
Ethelyn Mavis Duckwitz, 91, died Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at PioneerCare, Fergus Falls. Ethelyn was born on October 31, 1927, in Fergus Falls, MN, the daughter of George and Flora (Jacobson) Berger. She grew up in Fergus Falls and attended District 43 country school. While she was working as a nurse in Grafton, ND, she met Albert Duckwitz and they...
Iris A Jacobson
Jan 15, 2019
On January 15, 2019, Iris died at home at age 86. Iris Arlene Jacobson was born to Roy and Marian (Cummings) Keepers on May 7, 1932. Around this time, the Keepers family moved from the coal-smoky air of Chicago to a small log cabin farm in Westboro, Wisconsin, with Iris and her two brothers, Ken and LeRoy - also known...
Donald Herman Stoering
Jan 15, 2019
Donald Stoering Sr., 86, of Dent, died Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls surrounded by his family. Donald was born on May 27, 1932, in Fergus Falls, the son of Fred and Alvina (Matz) Stoering. Alvina died in childbirth, but because his father remarried, he grew up knowing Bertha as his mother and he as her son...
Roland Dean Harlow
Jan 13, 2019
Roland Dean Harlow, 91, of Fergus Falls died January 13, 2019, at the MN Veterans Home Fergus Falls. He was born on August 6, 1927, in Bertha, MN, to Harry Edwin and Annie Almira (McAllister) Harlow. At Bertha High School, Roland was a stand-out athlete in football, basketball and baseball. He boasted that he was 15th in his 1946 class....
Carl "Butch" W. Rocholl
Jan 11, 2019
Carl “Butch” W. Rocholl, 72, of Elizabeth, died Friday, January 11, 2019, at the MN Veterans Home Fergus Falls due to a traumatic brain injury accident that occurred on January 10, 2017. Carl William Rocholl was born January 12, 1946, to Carl and Lena (Boeder) Rocholl in Fergus Falls. During his early school years, he attended Ruggs School, District 187....
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