Obituaries

Margaret "Marge" Ringquist

Margaret "Marge" Ringquist

Apr 8, 2019

Margaret “Marge” Ilene Ringquist, 86, of rural Fergus Falls, died Monday, April 8, 2019, at Pioneer Cottages, Fergus Falls. Margaret was born October 30, 1932, to Leo and Margaret (Bouressa) Marty in Morris. When she was five years old her family moved to Fergus Falls. In 1950 she graduated from Pelican Rapids High School. After graduation she began working in...

Arlyss F. Sampson

Arlyss F. Sampson

Apr 7, 2019

Arlyss F. Sampson, 85, died Sunday, April 7, 2019, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Arlyss was born May 28, 1933, to Lewis and Myrtle Larson at their home in Brainerd. Arlyss attended school in Brainerd. She discovered her love for music and even started directing a children’s choir. In 1951 Arlyss went to sing at an event and...

LeRoy Allen Aanerud

LeRoy Allen Aanerud

Apr 6, 2019

LeRoy Aanerud, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the Patriot House, Fergus Falls. Leroy Allen Aanerud was born May 29, 1933, to Hartwig and Edna (Fredrickson) Aanerud in Morris. In 1951 he graduated from Morris High School. On December 29, 1962, he married Jalene Asmus at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Chokio. He was...

Larry Fjeld

Larry Fjeld

Apr 6, 2019

Larry C. Fjeld, 83, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at PioneerCare. Larry was born March 2, 1936, in Fergus Falls to Ernest and June (Nelson) Fjeld. He attended school in Fergus Falls and graduated in 1954. On November 30, 1963, he was united in marriage to Gerry Kenyon in Fergus Falls where they lived. As...

Hazel M. Jensen

Hazel M. Jensen

Apr 6, 2019

Hazel M. Jensen, 95, of Fergus Falls, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2019, at LB Broen Memorial Home under the care of LB Hospice. Hazel was born on September 4, 1923, in rural Clitherall, the daughter of Oscar and Amy (Nelson) Sandahl. She attended School in District 155. On October 10, 1954, Hazel married Willys J. Jensen at Nidaros Lutheran...

Gary Lee Flatin

Gary Lee Flatin

Apr 5, 2019

Gary Lee Flatin, 73, of Fergus Falls, formally of Rothsay, passed away on April 5, 2019, under the wonderful care of LB Hospice at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born on March 24, 1946, at St. Lukes Hospital in Fergus Falls, to Arnold and Thelma (Hanson) Flatin. Gary was raised in the Rothsay area where he...

John Carl Moen

John Carl Moen

Apr 5, 2019

John C. Moen, 64, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, April 5, 2019, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. John Carl Moen was born on December 30, 1954, to Ernest and Dorothy (Mark) Moen in Fergus Falls. John attended school in Fergus Falls. He worked at the Beet Plant in Wahpeton, ND, after which he became self employed as a...

Doris Mae Steussy

Doris Mae Steussy

Apr 4, 2019

Doris Mae Steussy, 92, died Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls, MN. On November 4, 1926, Doris was born to Ralph and Eva (Bates) Butcher in Orwell Township, Otter Tail County, MN. She graduated from the Fergus Falls High School in 1944, and started her career with Christopherson Engineering from 1944 to 1948. On November 4,...

Dennis Mathias Schatz

Dennis Mathias Schatz

Apr 1, 2019

Dennis Schatz, 67, of Fergus Falls died Monday, April 1, 2019, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. Dennis Mathias Schatz was born on June 7, 1951, in Bismarck, ND, to Millard and Phyllis (Schmidt) Schatz. He graduated from Shanley High School in Fargo, ND in 1969, and from NDSU in 1974 with a degree in Adaptive Special Education. While attending...

Richard "Rick" J. Olson

Richard "Rick" J. Olson

Mar 31, 2019

Richard (Rick) Jerome Olson, 75, of Fergus Falls passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2019, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Rick was born March 5, 1944, in Fargo to Rudolph and Effie (Mickelson) Olson and baptized April 23, 1944, in Casselton, ND. In his early years, he lived in Casselton and at the age of five, his family moved...

Warren R. Luebke

Warren R. Luebke

Mar 30, 2019

Warren R. Luebke, age 92, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Morris, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019, at PioneerCare. He was born in Otter Tail County on January 28, 1927, to RJ and Clara (Krause) Luebke and was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Elizabeth, MN. He attended school at district 37 thru the eighth grade. The...

Marna R. Brown

Marna R. Brown

Mar 28, 2019

Marna Brown, 49, of Fergus Falls, passed away after a battle with cancer on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Marna Ruth Brown was born on November 10, 1969 to Duane and Sharon (Grove) Brown in Willmar, MN. She graduated from New London-Spicer High School in 1988. Marna continued her education by obtaining a Bachelor of Arts...

Dr. Robert Gibson

Dr. Robert Gibson

Mar 27, 2019

Dr. Robert Joseph McRory Gibson, 75, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. Robert was born on June 20, 1943 to Elwain and Alma (Trisko) Gibson in Westport, MN. He graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 1961 where he was the salutatorian of his class and from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities,...

Sally Ann Evrist

Sally Ann Evrist

Mar 26, 2019

Sally Ann Evrist, 72, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls, MN. Sally was born September 2, 1946, to Jeff Felty and Louise (Cone) Roddy in Albuquerque, NM. In 1964 she graduated from Colton High School in Colton, CA. Sally and Ernest Charles “Chuck” Evrist were married on October 2, 1971, in Rialto,...

Calvin "Butch" Simmer

Calvin "Butch" Simmer

Mar 22, 2019

Calvin “Butch” Ben Simmer, 75, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Rothsay, went home to be with Jesus unexpectedly on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Butch was born on July 17, 1943 in Fergus Falls, MN, the son of Roquell and Florence (Danielson) Simmer. He attended country school in rural Rothsay and then...

Sidney Philman Skrove

Sidney Philman Skrove

Mar 19, 2019

Sidney P. Skrove, 97, formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Lake Region HealthCare, Fergus Falls, MN. Sidney Philman Skrove was born on February 13, 1922, to Berton and Andrea (Jensen) Skrove in Dalton, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Dalton by Reverend Berlie. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Ag School...

Brian K. Beck

Brian K. Beck

Mar 19, 2019

Brian K. Beck, 62, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at his home in Fergus Falls. He died with his beautiful wife by his side, where she has been for 33 years, up until his last breath. That morning the sky was smeared with the color of pale pink lipstick, like the song lyrics he had...

Lucille Kathleen Goerdt

Lucille Kathleen Goerdt

Mar 18, 2019

Lucille K. Goerdt, 93, of Wendell, died Monday, March 18, 2019, at the Evansville Care Center. Lucille Kathleen Goerdt was born March 18, 1926, to Henry and Gertrude (Feller) Westhoff at home in Salem, South Dakota, and was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. When she was six months old the family moved to a farm near Perham, MN. She...

Gloria Jean Olson

Gloria Jean Olson

Mar 18, 2019

Gloria Jean Olson (Krause) died peacefully at the Pioneer Home on March 18th, 2019 in Fergus Falls, MN at the age of 74. Gloria was born May 10, 1944 in Breckenridge, MN to Arthur and Mata (Rippie) Krause. She worked the majority of her life at the Pioneer Home, where she developed a 2nd family. She is preceded in death...

Beverly A. Moore

Beverly A. Moore

Mar 16, 2019

Beverly Agnes Moore, 71, of Fergus Falls died Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Sanford in Fargo. On April 5, 1947, Beverly was born to Cecil and Agnes (Thompson) Moore in Fergus Falls. Bev started her career in retail and enjoyed working at Scott’s in Fergus Falls. She built many close relationships with her co-workers and customers, sharing a lot of...

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