Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Elaine Miriam Schoening
Nov 9, 2017
Elaine Miriam Schoening, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, November 9, 2017, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. She was born on August 13, 1933, at home in Donnelly, MN, the daughter of Julius and Florence (Feelhaver) Sperr. Elaine was baptized at United Methodist Church in Herman, and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. She graduated...
Sidney Otto Rasmussen
Nov 8, 2017
Sidney “Sid” Otto Rasmussen, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at his home with his family and Pastor Chris Eldredge by his side. Sid was born January 10, 1924, in Maplewood Township to Arthur and Ida (née Tollefson) Rasmussen. He was baptized at Maplewood Lutheran Church and confirmed in Bagstevold Lutheran Church in Erhard. Sid...
Joan Ruth Doty
Nov 7, 2017
Joan Ruth Doty, born August 14th, 1933, passed away Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 surrounded by family. Joan was born on a farm on the west edge of Hewitt, MN. She attended school in Hewitt and graduated in 1951. Growing up she loved being outside running and playing, her pigtails trailing behind – probably running from her brothers who liked to...
Linda Gayle Adams
Nov 7, 2017
Linda Adams, 61, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at her home. Arrangements are pending with the Olson Funeral Home.
Berniece Esther Dalluge
Nov 2, 2017
Berniece Esther Dalluge, 90, was called to her heavenly home on November 2, 2017, at Park Gardens in Fergus Falls under the care of Hospice. Berniece Esther Schoening was born on July 16, 1927, at home in rural Fergus Falls. She was the 3rd of three children born to Fredrick and Mathilda (Baumgarten) Schoening. She grew up on the family...
Thomas E. Hardyman
Nov 1, 2017
Thomas E. Hardyman, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, with his family by his side. He was born on March 5, 1927, the son of John P. and Helen C. (Frey) Hardyman, in Brookfield, IL. On September 18, 1954, Thomas married Pat Anne Durham in Brookfield, IL....
Kenyon Rudd
Oct 28, 2017
Kenyon “Ken” Emerson Rudd, 85, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, October 28, 2017, at his home. He was born February 6, 1932, in LaPorte, MN, the son of Lloyd and Laura (Emerson) Rudd. The family made their home in Laporte, where he graduated from high school in 1950. Ken continued his education at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; the...
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