Obituaries

Dorothy Rae Stowman

Dorothy Rae Stowman

Dec 5, 2017

Dorothy Rae Stowman was born to Omer and Pauline (Sorum) Stowman in Fergus Falls on February 26, 1959. She went to be with Jesus on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at the age of 58, after several years of declining health. She lived with family all her life in and near Rothsay--first with her parents and then with the Paul Stowman...

Florence G. Briese

Florence G. Briese

Dec 2, 2017

Florence G. Briese, 83, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 2, 2017, at Lake Region Healthcare. Florence was born on May 17, 1934, in Fergus Falls Township, the daughter of Herman and Agnes (Zimmer) Albers. She attended country school in rural Fergus Falls and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1952. After high school she went on...

Susanna L Collins

Susanna L Collins

Dec 1, 2017

Susanna L. Collins, 50, a resident of rural Underwood, died Friday, December 1, 2017 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo. She was born on October 19, 1967 in Winfield, IL, the daughter of Kenneth and Carolyn (Kuszmaul) Downey. Susanna graduated from Fort Wayne Indiana Bible College in 1989. She was employed as a Social Worker in Chicago and moved to...

Stanley J. Fuxa

Stanley J. Fuxa

Dec 1, 2017

Stanley J. Fuxa, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully Friday, December 1, 2017 at his home under the care of Knute-Nelson Hospice. Stanley was born on November 22, 1926 in his family farm house near Bison, Oklahoma. He was the son of Joseph and Anna (Vculek) Fuxa. He attended Green Valley Elementary School, a one room school house...

Mildred A Hansen

Mildred A Hansen

Dec 1, 2017

Mildred A. Hansen, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, December 1, 2017 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Mildred was born on June 1, 1929 in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Melvin and Alma (Sander) Danielson. She was baptized in Fergus Falls and confirmed at Swan Lake Lutheran Church, rural Fergus Falls. She attended school in Fergus...

Ambrose "Ambie" Klinnert

Ambrose "Ambie" Klinnert

Nov 25, 2017

Ambrose Klinnert, 79, of rural Dent, died Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Sanford in Fargo, ND. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” II Timothy 4:7 Ambrose “Ambie” Arthur Klinnert was born to Arthur and Catherine (Rian) Klinnert on July 28, 1938. He was a lifelong member of St. James Catholic...

Alvin Odin Larson

Alvin Odin Larson

Nov 24, 2017

Alvin Odin Larson, 98, a resident of Fergus Falls formerly of Oakes, ND, died Friday, November 24, 2017, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born October 18, 1919, in Oakes, ND, the son of John and Anna (Nelson) Larson. He graduated from Oakes State High School in 1939. Alvin excelled in football and track during high...

Grant Edward Finkelson

Grant Edward Finkelson

Nov 23, 2017

Grant Edward Finkelson, age 22, of Ashby, Minnesota, died Thursday, November 23, 2017, at his home surrounded by family. Grant was born July 5, 1995, in Alexandria, Minnesota to Todd and Brit (Ellingson) Finkelson. He graduated from Ashby High School in 2013, participating in band, choir, musicals, and Knowledge Bowl. Grant was a winner of the Geography Bee, a very...

Ronald Anthony Dufour

Ronald Anthony Dufour

Nov 21, 2017

Ronald Anthony Dufour, 81, died peacefully with his daughter by his side on November 21, 2017, at PioneerCare Center, Fergus Falls. Ronald was born to Thomas and Mathilda (Couvillion) Dufour on November 21, 1936, in Moreauville, LA. As a young adult, Ronald was a Private First Class in the Army National Guard before enlisting in the United States Air Force...

Paul D. Aasness

Paul D. Aasness

Nov 21, 2017

Paul Dennis Aasness was born on December 16th, 1939, the son of Milton and Mabel (Oksness) Aasness. He grew up on the family farm near Doran, Minnesota and graduated from Breckenridge High School in 1958. After high school, he attended the Wahpeton State School of Science for one year and began farming. On September 7th, 1963, Paul married Phyllis Larson...

Evelyn Irene Beethe

Evelyn Irene Beethe

Nov 19, 2017

Evelyn Irene Beethe, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, November 19, 2017, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. She was born on November 2, 1929, in Edgeley, North Dakota, the daughter of Curtis Hamilton and Marvel Lucille (Medberry) Ganung. In 1947 she graduated from High School in Edgeley. On June 20, 1948, she married James Murvel Beethe in...

Kenneth "Ken" Baker

Kenneth "Ken" Baker

Nov 19, 2017

Kenneth LeRoy Baker, 80, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, November 19, 2017, in Denton, TX, enroute to his winter home. He was born April 18, 1937, in Breckenridge, the son of Walter and Louise (Max) Baker. He grew up in rural Breckenridge, graduating from Breckenridge High School. On February 21, 1955, he married Patricia “Pat” Hendricksen, in Moorhead. Ken...

James Adolph Zach

James Adolph Zach

Nov 19, 2017

James Adolph Zach, 70, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, November 19, 2017, at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND. He was born on October 9, 1947, to Ignatz and Doretta (Bernard) Zach at St. Mary’s Hospital in Wahpeton, North Dakota. James graduated from High School in Fairmont, ND in 1965. In April of 1968, he entered the United...

Stanley E Westby

Stanley E Westby

Nov 18, 2017

Stanley E. Westby, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 18, 2017 at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Stanley was born on October 14, 1929 in Fairdale, ND, the son of Jacob and Amelia (Arneson) Westby. He attended school in Fairdale and graduated from Fairdale High School in 1947. In 1951 he joined the United States Marine...

Vance Leon Kaminski

Vance Leon Kaminski

Nov 18, 2017

Vance Leon Kaminski, 87, a resident of Tarpon Springs, Florida, died November 18, 2017. Vance was born in Tacoma, WA, August 7, 1930, to Vincent and Minnie Kaminski and was an only child. Vance grew up in Washington State. He was raised by aunts and uncles after his mother died at the age of 9, while his father continued his...

Ella M Sonmor

Ella M Sonmor

Nov 18, 2017

Ella M. Sonmor, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Homestead Pioneer Senior Cottage. Ella was born December 31, 1923, in Fergus Falls, MN, the daughter of Carl and Bertina (Juven) Benson. She attended school in Fergus Falls, MN where she graduated. Ella then attended Moorhead State University where she received her teaching degree. On...

Lynn Allen Fronning

Lynn Allen Fronning

Nov 15, 2017

Lynn Allen Fronning, 70, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. He was born on October 31, 1947, in Fergus Falls, MN, to Nobel T. and Corinne (Tisdel) Fronning. Lynn grew up in Aastad Township, attending Country School District No.118, and graduated from Fergus High in 1965. After school he...

Brett Eric Bergerson

Brett Eric Bergerson

Nov 12, 2017

Brett Eric Bergerson, 47, a resident of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, November 12, 2017, in Fargo, ND. He was born July 8, 1970, in Montevideo, MN. Brett was adopted by Arvid and Arvalee (Fronning) Bergerson on October 5, 1970. He grew up in Moorhead, MN, and was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. He attended...

Clarence "Clem" Elvin Miller

Clarence "Clem" Elvin Miller

Nov 10, 2017

Clarence Elvin Miller, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully after a battle with cancer, on Friday, November 10, 2017, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. He was born on October 9, 1931, in Maplewood Township, MN, the son of Dewey and Daisy (Bugbee) Miller. Clem was baptized and confirmed in Tonseth Lutheran Church in rural Erhard. He attended...

Wayne Arthur Seeck

Wayne Arthur Seeck

Nov 10, 2017

Wayne A. Seeck, 79, of Moorhead, died November 10, 2017, at Sanford in Fargo. He was born August 29, 1938, in Everts Township, rural Fergus Falls, the son of Arthur and Alice (Hanson) Seeck. In the early years of his life, the growing family moved north of Battle Lake and later to a farm in rural Breckenridge, where Arthur farmed...

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