Obituaries

Robert "Bob" Harold Harthun

Robert "Bob" Harold Harthun

Jan 6, 2017

Robert “Bob” Harold Harthun, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 6, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Bob was born on June 20, 1934, to John and Clara (Chapman) Harthun, at the home of his grandmother, Laura Chapman in Star Lake Township. He attended country school at District #137. Bob enjoyed hunting deer, duck, and pheasant and...

Barbara Jean Rust Hunsaker

Barbara Jean Rust Hunsaker

Jan 5, 2017

Barbara Jean (Rust) Hunsaker, 73, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 5, 2017, at Lake Region Health Care in Fergus Falls. Barb was born on April 2, 1943, in Perham, MN, the daughter of Carl and Ada (Castle) Rust. She grew up in the Perham/Richville area and attended school in Perham. On April 9, 1961, Barbara married Thomas...

Mildred "Millie" A. Denbrook

Mildred "Millie" A. Denbrook

Jan 4, 2017

Mildred "Millie" A. Denbrook, 92, of Wabasha, MN, formerly of Fergus Falls and Wadena, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at St. Elizabeth's Nursing Home in Wabasha surrounded by family. Millie was born October 11, 1924, in Fergus Falls, MN, to Helmer and Olga (Houg) Nelson. She graduated from Fergus Falls high school in 1943. Millie was a true "Rosie the...

Earl William Melkert

Earl William Melkert

Jan 4, 2017

Earl William Melkert, 77, a resident of rural Erhard, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Earl was born on June 23, 1939, to William Herman and Elizabeth Mary (McGuire) Melkert in Pelican Rapids. He attended country school in Maplewood and Long Lake and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1957. When...

Myrtle "Maggie" Lee Wardle

Myrtle "Maggie" Lee Wardle

Jan 1, 2017

Myrtle Lee “Maggie” Wardle, 96, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, January 1, 2017, at The Pioneer Senior Cottages in Fergus Falls. Myrtle was born December 24, 1920, to Garrett Hatcher and Ethel (Byard) Rose in Clarksville, TN. After high school graduation, she attended college and was a social worker for the State of Florida and was also the director of...

Arlene Tysver

Arlene Tysver

Dec 29, 2016

Arlene Tysver,100, passed into life eternal to join her husband Vern and her Lord and Savior on December 29, 2016, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls, MN. Arlene was born in Manyaska, MN on July 29, 1916, to Wilbur Myers and Mary Grace Holmes Myers. She was the youngest of eight children, and at the age of three, her family...

Donald W. Jepperson

Donald W. Jepperson

Dec 25, 2016

Donald William Jepperson, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Worthington, MN died Sunday, December 25, 2016, at the MN Veterans Home, Fergus Falls. Don was born in Eau Claire, WI on May 23, 1930 to Raymond V. and Mildred R. (Foisy) Jepperson. His family moved to St. Cloud, MN in 1933, to Willmar, MN in 1936 and finally...

Allen L. Thunselle

Allen L. Thunselle

Dec 23, 2016

Allen L. Thunselle, 71, a resident of Cypress CA, died in a peaceful manner with his wife at his side, on December 23, 2016. In 2011, he acquired Myelodysplastic Syndrome, an environmental exposure disease, and succumbed to it despite a bone marrow transplant this past April. Allen was born in Fergus Falls, MN, on January 24, 1945, to Juliet and...

Lowell Allen Nissen

Lowell Allen Nissen

Dec 23, 2016

Lowell Allen Nissen was born January 10, 1932 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Nanning and Marie (Cjell) Nissen, and passed away on December 23, 2016 in Seward, Nebraska at the age of 84 years, 11 months, and 13 days. Lowell attended country school in Dane Prairie, Minnesota and was a 1949 graduate of Fergus Falls High School. Lowell...

Patricia Elizabeth Ruehle

Patricia Elizabeth Ruehle

Dec 22, 2016

Patricia E. (Engel) Ruehle, 77, of Battle Lake, died Thursday, December 22, 2016, at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the donor’s choice. Visitation: 9:30 to 10:30 AM on Thursday, December 29, 2016, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Battle Lake Mass of Christian Burial: 10:30 AM on Thursday, December 29,...

Helene Ermine Thompson

Helene Ermine Thompson

Dec 17, 2016

Helene Ermine Thompson, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 17, 2016, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Helene was born on March 28, 1924, to Henry and Esther (Helseth) Varholdt, in rural Rothsay. She grew up as an only child and attended school in the Rothsay area. On January 3, 1953, Helene married Glenn Thompson at Trinity Lutheran...

Anthony "Tony" Wachlarowicz

Anthony "Tony" Wachlarowicz

Dec 15, 2016

Anthony “Tony” John Wachlarowicz, 39, died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on Thursday, December 15, 2016. Tony was born on January 31, 1977, in Little Falls, Minnesota the son of Jeffery J. and Roxanne F. (Meschke) Wachlarowicz. He attended Our Lady of Victory School and graduated from Fergus High in 1995. On June 1st, 2002, he married McKenzie...

Edna Edene Schwarz

Edna Edene Schwarz

Dec 15, 2016

Edna E. Schwarz, 100, of West Des Moines, IA, died on December 15, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Enda was born in Malta, MT, on November 10, 1916. She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant brother; and her husband, Alfred F. Schwarz. Edna is survived by her daughter, Maribel (Terry) Slinde; her grandchildren, Nicholas (Cristine)...

Ingeborg Dorothea Thiel

Ingeborg Dorothea Thiel

Dec 12, 2016

Ingeborg D. Thiel Ingeborg Dorothea Anna (Barkhausen) Thiel, 90, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2016, in Fergus Falls. Inge was born August 1, 1926, in Bremerhaven, Germany, to Wilhelm and Martha (Bodmann) Barkhausen. Inge grew up in difficult times in WWII Germany. She met her future husband, Robert E. Thiell in 1946. Robert was in the U.S. Army post...

Lou Anne Deloris Stine

Lou Anne Deloris Stine

Dec 11, 2016

Lou Anne Deloris (Anderson) Stine, 83, a resident of Tordenskjold Township, after losing her battle to colon cancer, died on Sunday, December 11, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Canby, MN, under the care of Sanford Hospice, and surrounded by her family. Lou Anne was born to Arnold and Clarice (Anderson) Anderson, in Grant County, rural Elbow Lake, on February...

Gladys Florence Kenyon

Gladys Florence Kenyon

Dec 9, 2016

Gladys Florence (Hanneman) Kenyon, 100, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, December 9, 2016, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Gladys was born on September 27, 1916, to Gustave and Bertha (Spilman) Hanneman in Carlisle Township, near Fergus Falls. Gladys was baptized on November 5, 1916, and confirmed on April 30, 1930, at St. John Lutheran Church in...

Carol Catherine Peterson

Carol Catherine Peterson

Dec 1, 2016

Carol Catherine Peterson, 74, a resident of Dent, died Thursday, December 1, 2016, at Sanford Palliative Care in Fargo, ND. Carol was born December 28, 1941, at home to Sigvald and Mabel (Langlie) Hanson. She grew up on the family farm and attended country school in her early years. She graduated from Pelican Rapids High School and then went on...

Trent Jay Adam

Trent Jay Adam

Nov 29, 2016

Trent Jay Adam, 18, passed away unexpectedly on November 29, 2016, in Fergus Falls. Trent, son of Lynn and Carol Adam, was born June 19, 1998, at Lake Region Health Care in Fergus Falls. He was baptized and confirmed at Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church. He attended Fergus Falls Public Schools where he found joy in welding, operating lights and sound...

Noreen Elizabeth Houston

Noreen Elizabeth Houston

Nov 27, 2016

Noreen Elizabeth Houston, 78, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016, at her home surrounded by family, after losing her battle to lung cancer. She was born on May 17, 1938, in Devils Lake, ND, the daughter of John Henry II and Nora (Hall) Landsiedel. They lived in Starkweather, ND, until the death of her father...

Paul Richard Van Wechel

Paul Richard Van Wechel

Nov 25, 2016

Paul Richard Van Wechel, 58, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, November 25, 2016, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls. He was born in Fergus Falls, on November 30, 1957, one of five children of Gary and Joanne (Bullis) Van Wechel. He attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1976. On June 7, 1980, he married Mary Iversen and...

Share by: