Obituaries
Duane L Tollefson
Jul 29, 2019
Duane Leroy Tollefson, 86, of Fergus Falls (formerly Richfield, MN), went to meet his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the evening of July 29, 2019 surrounded by his loving family Duane was born to Bernard and Mabel Tollefson on May 28, 1933 in Fergus Falls. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1951 and attended Augsburg College in...
Dennis Samuelson
Jul 27, 2019
Dennis Eugene Samuelson, 89, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday July 27, 2019 at Broen Memorial Home. He was born and raised on the farm, May 22, 1930 to Lennerd and Josephine (Simonson) Samuelson in Eagle Lake Township. He later took over as a Fourth Generational farmer. At just seven years old, he was herding cattle to greener pastures. He loved...
Donald F Saurer
Jul 26, 2019
Donald F. Saurer, 83, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, July 26, 2019, at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. He was born April 22, 1936 to Anton and Irene (Kidder) Saurer in Friberg Township. He attended country school in Friberg Township and Fergus Falls Senior High School. He married Joyce Andvik at St....
Rodney Sylvan Ebersviller
Jul 25, 2019
Rodney Sylvan Ebersviller, age 94, of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully July 25, 2019, at Good Samaritan Society, Battle Lake. Rod was born in Pelican Rapids, MN on October 8, 1924, to Alwine (Fick) and William Ebersviller. He was one of 5 children: Lorraine, Gordon, William, Rodney, and Catherine. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1942, and entered...
"Bernice" Regina Berness Anderson
Jul 24, 2019
“Bernice” Regina Berness Anderson, 100, died peacefully, Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Regina Berness Anderson, best known by “Bernice,” was born on May 31, 1919 in Holmes City, MN to Ellen and Oliver Anderson. As a child and young adult, Bernice lived on several different farms and attended grade school. Bernice lived with her parents until...
Robert "Bob" McMorrow
Jul 22, 2019
Robert “Bob” McMorrow, 93, of Fargo, died Monday, July 22, 2019 at Sanford Health. Bob was born on Sept. 5, 1925 in Hankinson, ND, one of six children to Robert and Clara (Kath) McMorrow. He grew up in Breckenridge. When his parents divorced, he and Merle stayed with his father. Bob worked and often stayed on the Clark Hanson farm...
Albert Robert Long
Jul 19, 2019
Albert Robert Long, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, July 19, 2019 at the MN Veterans Home. He was born in LaMoure, ND on April 18, 1922, to William (Bill) and Christine Long. On October 29, 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was a Ships Cook First Class. He served in Great Lakes, IL, Ports Mouth,...
Virgil Gene Martinson
Jul 15, 2019
Virgil Martinson, 73, a resident of rural Erhard, died Monday, July 15, 2019 with his family at his side at Sanford in Fargo. Virgil Gene Martinson was born in Fergus Falls to William (Bill) and Orion (Hawley) Martinson on May 15, 1946. He grew up in Underwood where he attended school. He graduated in 1964 and then attended Interstate Business...
Steven Peter Fjestad
Jul 15, 2019
Steven Peter "S.P." Fjestad, 68, passed away peacefully at his condo in Bloomington on Monday, July 15, 2019 after a short, but courageous battle with cancer. Steve was born on July 18, 1950 in Fergus Falls to Norman and Harriet (Swendsrud) Fjestad. He attended country school at District 286 in Carlisle, MN through 8th grade and graduated from the Fergus...
Roland Earl Kenyon
Jul 14, 2019
Roland Earl Kenyon, 98, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday July 14, 2019, at the MN Veterans Home, in Fergus Falls. Roland was born on March 22, 1921in Friberg Township, to Glen E. and Etta (Dominick) Kenyon. He grew up on the farm and attended country School District 229. He worked as a Farm Hand and later in construction in the...
Myrna French
Jul 11, 2019
Myrna Mae (Peoples) French, 85, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born January 11, 1934 in West Woodstock, VT to Orvis and Jessie (Rhodes) Peoples. She graduated from Woodstock High School and went on to teacher’s college. Later earning a B.S. degree in Paralegal Studies from Wesley College in Dover, DE in 1991,...
Viola Larson
Jul 7, 2019
Viola Larson, 94, of Rothsay, died peacefully on Sunday, July 7, 2019, surrounded by family at the St. Francis Nursing Home in Breckenridge. She was born March 7, 1925, to Floyd and Stella (Schott) Wheeler. She attended Tintah High School, graduating in 1943; also working on the family farm in Tintah. She then moved to Fergus Falls, working at Runnigan’s...
Eugene "Gene" Somers
Jul 5, 2019
On Friday, July 5, 2019, at the age of 96, Eugene “Gene” Somers, our beloved father went to his heavenly home. He was born May 7, 1923 to Harry and Ruth (Evans) Somers in Shaokatan Township, Lincoln County, MN. On October 16, 1944 as a young country boy, he joined the US Army serving in the Infantry Division during WWII....
Louis Scott Karsnia
Jul 3, 2019
Louis S. Karsnia, 39, of Underwood, died Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at his home. Louis was born in Fergus Falls to Michael and Deborah (Fritz) Karsnia on August 2, 1979. He attended school in Fergus Falls, first at Our Lady of Victory during his elementary years and then Fergus Falls Senior High School, graduating in 1998. He went to NDSCS...
Ramond J. Harthun
Jul 1, 2019
Ramond Harthun, 76, a resident of rural Dent; died Monday, July 1, 2019, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center in Battle Lake, MN. Ramond John Harthun was born October 5, 1942, to John and Clara (Chapman) Harthun in Fergus Falls. He grew up in Star Lake Township, attended high school in Pelican Rapids. He served for the U.S Navy...
Richard "Dick" Henkes
Jun 30, 2019
Richard “Dick” Henkes, 63, of Dalton, died Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Sanford in Fargo, ND. Dick was born September 20, 1955, in Fergus Falls to Fritz and Laural (Kohlhase) Henkes. In 1974 he graduated from Fergus Falls High School and served 4 years in the U.S. Airforce. He continued his education at Pine Technical Institute for gunsmithing and spent...
Rev. Dr. Larry A. Gedde
Jun 27, 2019
Reverend Dr. Larry A. Gedde, 75, of Richfield, MN, formerly of Fergus Falls, died, Thursday, June 27, 2019, at his home. Born March 8, 1944, at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena, MN, Pr. Gedde was one of two sons born to Alice and Arthur Gedde, Wadena, MN. Larry was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church, grew up in Wadena, and graduated from...
Martha Ann Reynolds
Jun 26, 2019
Martha (Marty) Ann Reynolds, 77, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at Sanford Health in Fargo. Martha was born to Fredrick Whedbee and Harriet (Schoelkoph) Peters on August 13, 1941 in Baltimore, MD. She attended school in Audubon and Detroit Lakes. As a young woman she worked at the family owned restaurant in Ogema. She also...
Robert "Bob" Baker
Jun 25, 2019
Robert “Bob” Arthur Baker, 92, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. He was born July 7, 1926, in Fergus Falls, the son of Roy and Inez (Engel) Baker. He grew up in Fergus Falls, attending school with the Class of 1944. On September 16, 1950, he married LaVonne “Vonnie” Doreanne Anderson at First...
LaVay Fern Swanson
Jun 25, 2019
LaVay Fern Swanson, age 80, of Underwood, died Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. LaVay was born on January 23, 1939, to Roy and Florence (Onstad) Leitch in Fergus Falls. She attended Underwood High School, graduating in 1957. On July 28, 1962, she married the love of her life Ralph Swanson, in Seattle, WA. In her...
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