Obituaries
Erwin Palmer Johnson
Jun 5, 2019
Erwin P. Johnson, Jr., 85, passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at Sanford Hospital Fargo, surrounded by his family. He was born October 25, 1933, in Fergus Falls. He was the 3rd of 6 children born to Erwin Sr. and Florence (Nelson) Johnson. He lived with his parents and siblings in Aastad Township until 1943, when his parents purchased...
Harvey James Triepke
Jun 4, 2019
Harvey James Triepke, 74 of Battle Lake, passed away June 4, 2019 at his home. Harvey was born to Edward and Fern (Noble) Triepke on September 4, 1944 in Jud, North Dakota. Harvey grew up in Fergus Falls where he graduated high school in 1963. Harvey worked for the City of Fergus Falls for 42 years, most of those years...
Ernest C Sorben
Jun 4, 2019
Ernest C. Sorben, 88, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls. My life as told by Ernie I was born May 1, 1931, in Aurdal Township, rural Otter Tail County, the son of Henry and Anna (Twedt) Sorben. I attended elementary schools in Maplewood, and Pelican Rapids and graduated from Fergus Falls High...
Lucille H. Samson
Jun 2, 2019
Lucille H. Samson, 100, died Sunday, June 2, 2019, at PioneerCare, Fergus Falls, MN. She was born July 10, 1918, in Dunnell, MN, the daughter of Floyd and Christina (Brix) Hartness. She was the second of three children with an older sister, Elois Hartness Ellwanger and a younger brother, James Hartness. In her childhood years, the family lived in various...
Joyce Lorraine Johnson
Jun 2, 2019
Joyce Lorraine (Western) Johnson, died Sunday, June 2, 2019, at PioneerCare, Fergus Falls. The daughter of Clarence and Clara Western of Ashby, Joyce was born in Fergus Falls, on May 26, 1927, and spent her childhood years in Ashby. She was baptized and confirmed at Pelican Lake Lutheran Church and graduated from Ashby High School. Following her graduation, she attended...
Marian Jean DeMars
May 31, 2019
Marian Jean (Zosel) DeMars, 96, passed away Friday, May 31, 2019, in Fergus Falls following a brief illness in the presence of her loved ones. She is survived by her husband, Joseph, two sons John (Bette) DeMars and James (Janet) DeMars, two grandchildren Kate (Matt) Nelson and Joseph (Julia) DeMars and two great grandchildren, Graham and Cedar. She had the...
Kathleen M. Budke
May 29, 2019
Kathleen Mary (Schneider) Budke died peacefully in her home on May 29, 2019, after a long struggle with cancer. Kathleen was born February 17, 1934, the fourth of seventeen children born to Catherine and Joseph Schneider at their family home outside Breckenridge, Minnesota. She attended grade school at St. Mary’s and at a country school. She graduated from Breckenridge High...
Jason B Wentler
May 27, 2019
Jason Wentler, died Monday, May 27, 2019, at the age of 53, at Wentlerville on the Otter Tail River. He was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to James and Jolene Wentler on March 8, 1966. He attended and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1984. He went on to play college hockey where they won the Division 2 Hockey...
June Lavinia Hyde
May 27, 2019
June Lavinia (Heikes) Hyde, 72, of rural Fergus Falls passed away unexpectedly, in her home Monday, May 27, 2019. June was born on June 23, 1946, the fourth child of five in the family of Siebo and Joyce Heikes who lived on a farm near Kasson, MN. In 1950 the family moved to a farm near Hayfield, MN. She received...
David Lynn Johnson
May 26, 2019
David Lynn Johnson, 74, of rural Battle Lake, died Sunday, May 26, 2019, at the St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud. He was born September 18, 1944, in Fergus Falls, the son of Chester and Alpha (Hoff) Johnson. He grew up on the family farm in Aastad Township, rural Fergus Falls, and was baptized and confirmed at Aastad Lutheran Church, rural...
Harry Kiel
May 22, 2019
Harry Kiel entered into the presence of God on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at the age of 95, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Harry Kiel was born on October 6, 1923. He was the third of seven children born to Garrit and Grace (Schutte) Kiel of Milo Township, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. Harry worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone in Minneapolis, Minnesota,...
Gary S. Toso Sr.
May 22, 2019
Gerhard Toso, Sr, 78, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. He was born September 12, 1940, in Pelican Rapids, the son of Henry and Gladys (Olson) Toso. He grew up in the Maplewood area, attending grade school at District 161 (near Erhard) and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School. He began a...
Ida Almira Aaberg
May 22, 2019
Ida Almira (Neisch) Aaberg, 93, of Pelican Rapids, MN, formerly of Rothsay, died on Wednesday May 22, 2019 at Riverfront on Main in Pelican Rapids. She was born on December 14, 1925 in Taylor Township, Traverse County, MN, the daughter of Henry and Louise (Vogel) Neisch. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in rural Traverse County....
Ruth Harriet Drexler
May 19, 2019
Ruth H. (Lee) Drexler, a lifelong resident of the Herman-Norcross area, died Sunday, May 19, 2019, at the Evansville Care Center. Ruth was born October 18, 1920, to Wayne E. and Mabel M. (Flakker) Lee. She was the oldest of eight children. Ruth graduated high school in Herman, Minnesota at age sixteen and then completed Teachers’ Normal Training in Wheaton....
Sharon Kay Raw
May 18, 2019
Sharon Kay Raw, 76, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Broen Home in Fergus Falls, MN. She was born on June 5, 1942, the daughter of Nanton and Elma (Jenson) Raw in Pelican Rapids, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at South Immanuel in Rothsay, MN. Sharon attended rural grade school in Wilkin County,...
Douglas Kugel
May 16, 2019
Douglas Richard Kugel, 60, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 16, 2019, at his home. Doug was born on September 9, 1958 in Wayne, New Jersey, the son of Elvin and Ada (DeKoning) Kugel. He graduated from Manchester Regional High School in 1975. On August 26, 1995 he married Karin Frustol in Succasunna, New Jersey. He worked for...
Keith John Gregory
May 16, 2019
Keith John Gregory, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 16, 2019, at PioneerCare, due to complications from brain cancer surgery. He was born January 9, 1950, in Bemidji, MN, the fourth child of George and Lois (Benson) Williams. He left the hospital to join the family of George H. and Myrtle E. (Williams) Gregory in Windom, MN. The...
Lorraine Schulz
May 16, 2019
Lorraine (Fenske) Schulz passed away on May 16, 2019, at Pioneer Care in Fergus Falls one month shy of her 93rd birthday. Lorraine Eunice was born June 17, 1926, on a small Aurdal Township farm to William and Selma (Haave) Fenske. Lorraine attended Country School District 66 through sixth grade, the same one-room school her parents, aunts, and uncles attended....
Richard Alfred Ouren
May 16, 2019
Richard Alfred Ouren, 83, a resident of Rothsay, died Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. He was born March 25, 1936, on the family farm in Erhards Grove Township, the son of Alfred and Clara (Johnson) Ouren. He attended District 278 through 6th grade and then attended Pelican Rapids High School, graduating in 1954. On August...
Phyllis Kusnierek
May 12, 2019
Phyllis Marie Kusnierek, 80, a resident of Underwood, MN, died Sunday, May 12, 2019 at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. Phyllis was born on December 22, 1938 in Ivanhoe, MN, the daughter of Albert and Iola (Singsaas) Lietz. She grew up in Ivanhoe and attended Lincoln County District #12 country school and graduated from Ivanhoe High School in 1956. On...
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