Obituaries
LaVerne Eleanor Peterson
May 18, 2016
LaVerne Eleanor Peterson, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Woodland Lodge. LaVerne was born October 6, 1924 to Oscar and Anna (Paulson) Erickson. She was baptized and confirmed at Sarpsborg Lutheran Church. She grew up in the Dalton area, and attended Country School Districts 126 and 8, and graduated from Washington High School in...
Stella May Fox
May 14, 2016
Stella M. Fox, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Pioneer Pointe. She was born August 3, 1931, in Logan County, ND, the daughter of Henry (Hank) and Pauline (Hildenbrand) Eissinger. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Lukes Lutheran Church in Wishek, ND. After graduating from Wishek High School, she attended Valley City State...
Maureen Ann McGovern
May 13, 2016
Maureen Ann McGovern, age 65, of Fergus Falls, died unexpectedly on Friday, May 13, 2016, at her home. Maureen was born on September 4, 1950, to Kenneth B. and Ritamary (Reynolds) McGovern in Glendive, MT. She graduated from Glendive High School. After graduation, she attended Carroll College in Helena, MT, where she majored in medical records. After college, Maureen moved...
Peggy Elaine Buckley
May 12, 2016
Peggy Elaine Buckley, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 12, 2016, at Golden Living Center in Henning. Peggy was born on December 11, 1926, in Mishawaka, IN, to Robert and Frances (Miller) Packard, one of eight children. She grew up in Racine, WI and Chicago, IL. As a teenager, she studied voice at the Music Conservatory of...
Eugene John Prause
May 10, 2016
Eugene John Prause, 76, a resident of Fergus Falls died May 10, 2016 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. He was born on May 7, 1940 in Baldwin, WI to John and Harriet (Brathall) Prause. He grew up on a farm near Roberts, WI, graduating from high school there in 1959. After graduation he attended the University of Wisconsin,...
E. Ingvarda "Varda" Hanson
May 9, 2016
E. Ingvarda Hanson, age 80, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, May 9, 2016, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Varda was born on June 7, 1935 in Dane Prairie Township near Fergus Falls, on the homestead of her grandparents, to Albert E. and Hilda (Bergerson) Nelson. She was baptized and confirmed at Swan Lake Lutheran Church. She attended rural country school...
Laurie Jean Wilde
May 7, 2016
Laurie Jean Wilde, age 63, of Burnsville, died Saturday, May 7th in Yuma, Arizona. Laurie was born on September 3, 1952 in Pelican Rapids to Marvin and Arlene (Jensen) Weik. She grew up in Rothsay and graduated with the Rothsay Class of 1970. After High School she attended Moorhead Technical College and graduated in 1972 from their Medical Records program....
Dale Ray Woelber
May 7, 2016
Dale Ray Woelber, 60, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls. Dale was born on August 19, 1955, to Delmer H. and Rozetta “Sugar” (Denzel) Woelber in Fergus Falls. He graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria in 1973. After graduation he worked with his family’s roofing business. Dale also attended school in...
Amelia A Rostedt
May 4, 2016
Amelia Ann Gates Rostedt, 99, of Moorhead, formerly of Kensington, MN, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls She was born May 2, 1917 in Scranton, ND, to James Richard Gates and Lillian Amelia (Meyers) Gates. Her father ran flour mills in North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin before settling in Sheldon, ND,...
Harlan Arthur Ernst
May 4, 2016
Harlan Arthur Ernst, 74, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls. He was born June 22, 1941 in Barnesville, MN, to Louis and Harriet (Egge) Ernst. He attended Barnesville public school and Morris Ag, in Morris, MN. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, TX....
Emil William Striffler
May 2, 2016
Emil W. Striffler, age 92, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Brainerd, died Monday, May 2, 2016, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, six weeks after his younger sister. Emil was born on August 17, 1923, to John and Esther (Walz) Striffler in Western Township in Otter Tail County. As a child, he loved working on the farm. He enjoyed driving the...
Karan Elaine Johnson
Apr 29, 2016
Karan Elaine Johnson, age 66, of Erhard, died Friday, April 29, 2016, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Karan was born on December 30, 1949, in Ortonville to Ernest E. and Audry (Hanson) Johnson. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1968 and then attended nursing school in Fergus Falls, graduating as a Licensed Practical Nurse in 1971....
Robert Paul Sanford
Apr 29, 2016
Robert “Bob” Paul Sanford, 101, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Elbow Lake, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2016, at Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Bob was born in 1915 to Paul and Grace (Godward) Sanford in Elbow Lake, Minnesota. Bob was the grandson of pioneers Jasper and Melva Sanford. Bob’s great grandmother, L. M. (Lurana Marvin) Sanford, was...
Jeffrey "Jeff" Lemen
Apr 27, 2016
Jeffrey Scott Lemen, 60, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Jeff was born on January 25, 1956 in Fergus Falls, the son of Jim and Molly (Barlow) Lemen. He grew up in Fergus Falls and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1974. After high school he...
Bill Todd Larson
Apr 27, 2016
Bill Todd Larson, age 44, a resident of rural Dalton, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at his home. Bill was born on February 7, 1972, to Bill and Joanne (Rossow) Larson in Fergus Falls. He attended school in Fergus Falls. While living in Washington State, Bill obtained his crane operator license. He worked construction, but most loved being on the...
Merhle Lincoln Messer
Apr 27, 2016
Merhle Lincoln Messer, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Merhle was born on February 12, 1927, to Ernest R., Sr. and Susan (Watson) Messer, on the family farm in Everdell, MN. While attending Breckenridge High School, Merhle joined the United States Army and was stationed at Camp...
Joyce Eileen Stock
Apr 26, 2016
Joyce E. Stock, 92, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at her home in Fergus Falls. Joyce Eileen (Wilcott) Stock was born on October 4, 1923, the second of two children to Daniel and Nannie (Marquardt) Wilcott Kort in Fergus Falls, and was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Elizabeth. She attended 1st grade at Lincoln School and...
Larry Dale Sander
Apr 25, 2016
Larry D. Sander, age 76, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Larry was born on January 28, 1940, to Clifford and Hazel (Schachtschneider) Sander in Fergus Falls. He attended school in Ashby and graduated from Ashby High School in 1957. On November 19, 1960, Larry was united in marriage...
Jack W. Hotchkiss
Apr 20, 2016
Jack W. Hotchkiss, 93, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Jack was born June 12, 1922, son of Robert and Elaine (Maloney) Hotchkiss, on a farm in Buse Township south of Fergus Falls, MN. He attended country school at District 31, now Buse Township Hall, through the fifth grade. In...
Alan Arnold Erickson
Apr 20, 2016
Alan Arnold Erickson, 69, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at his home. Alan was born on May 4, 1946, to James A. and Luella (Sleen) Erickson in Pelican Rapids. He attended elementary school in Pelican Rapids and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1964. Alan was enlisted in the United States Navy from 1965...
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