Obituaries
Jean Viola Samuelson
Jan 4, 2016
Jean Viola Samuelson, age 82, of Fergus Falls, died on Monday, January 4, 2016, at her home. Jean was born on June 2, 1933, to Perry and Viola (Young) Brown in Fergus Falls. She was baptized and confirmed at Grace United Methodist Church in Fergus Falls. Jean graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1951. Throughout her life she lived...
Mary Ellen Stock Johnson
Jan 3, 2016
Mary Ellen (Stock) Johnson, age 72, of Burnsville, a Fergus Falls native, died on Sunday, January 3, 2016, at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. Mary Ellen was born on June 11, 1943, the first of five children, to Henry T. and Marie (Gjerde) Stock in Fergus Falls. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Western Township...
Irene Viola Kraning
Dec 31, 2015
Irene Viola Kraning, 86, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, December 31, 2015, at Country Hills Residence, near Weetown. Irene was born on July 8, 1929, to Arne and Mabel (Olson) Haro in Gackle, ND. She attended grade school and graduated from high school in LaMoure, ND. On May 3, 1949, she married John Kraning in Wahpeton, ND. After they were...
Yvonne Hanson
Dec 29, 2015
Yvonne F. Hanson, 72, of Fergus Falls, died on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at her home. She was born August 7, 1943, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Raymond and Dorothy (Kroll) Dohrer. Growing up, she attended a rural school near Rothsay and graduated from Rothsay High School in 1961. On June 29, 1968, she married Richard Hanson in Elizabeth....
Carlton John Stras
Dec 27, 2015
Carlton John Stras, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of the Rothsay area, died on Sunday, December 27, 2015, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Carlton was born on May 30, 1930, in Fergus Falls, to Carl and Marie (Rudh) Stras. He grew up on the family farm and went to school in Rothsay. In his younger years,...
Robert Allen Rudh
Dec 25, 2015
Robert Allen Rudh, 70, of Rothsay, died on Friday, December 25, 2015, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Robert was born on March 4, 1945, in Fergus Falls, the son of Raymond and Adeline (Haga) Rudh. He grew up and attended school in Rothsay graduating with the Class of 1963. From September of 1965 to May of 1967, he served...
Linda Frazee
Dec 19, 2015
Linda Frazee passed away peacefully on December 19, 2015 at Elim Nursing Home in Fargo, North Dakota. She had lived with her parents, Fremont and Pauline Frazee for all but the last year of her life. Linda was born on February 7, 1959. She had Down Syndrome. At that time, it was common practice and suggested to her parents that...
Myrtle Lindstrom
Dec 18, 2015
Myrtle Sofia Lindstrom, 91, of Cedar Rapids, IA, formerly of Fergus Falls, is now resting peacefully in the arms of Jesus. She died Friday, December 18, 2015, at Cottage Grove Place. Myrtle (Ronnevik) Lindstrom was born to Hans and Lillie Ronnevik of Carlisle, Minnesota, on March 6, 1924. She was baptized into God's family and confirmed her faith at Hedemarken...
Paul Roy Richards
Dec 16, 2015
Paul Roy Richards, age 93, a long time Dent, MN area resident, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice, with his loved ones at his side. Paul was born on July 30, 1922, to Francis and Harriet (McRoberts) Richards near Herman, MN. He was the 10th child in a family of eleven...
James B Johnson
Dec 16, 2015
James B. Johnson, 56, of Fergus Falls, died on Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at the Minnesota State Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born on August 25, 1959, in Moorhead, the son of William and Marion (Norman) Johnson. James graduated from Fargo South High School. He served in the US Army and was stationed in Turkey for a time...
Mavis Juliet Ness
Dec 14, 2015
Mavis Juliet (Hovland) Ness was born on August 10, 1931, to Joseph and Mabel (Haugse) Hovland on the farm east of Rothsay. She died on Monday, December 14, 2015, at the Fergus Falls Veterans Home, after a long battle with dementia. She grew up on the family farm near Rothsay and graduated from Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in 1949. Following graduation,...
Robert Junior Carrison
Dec 12, 2015
Robert Junior Carrison, age 86, of Fergus Falls, died on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Robert was born on December 20, 1928, in Doran, MN, to Robert Leslie and Martha Inga (Moe) Carrison. He attended school near Wendell and later the family moved to Fergus Falls, where he completed his education. Robert graduated high...
Hazel Mathilda Kronemann
Dec 12, 2015
Hazel Mathilda Kronemann, 98, of Fergus Falls, died on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Hazel was born on April 25, 1917, on the family farm west of Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Edor and Christine (Nettestad) Christianson. She attended country school until eighth grade. She then did house work for many families in the area before...
Eugene "Beanie" V. Johnson
Dec 10, 2015
Eugene “Beanie” V. Johnson, age 87, of Fergus Falls, died on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at PioneerCare with family at his side. Eugene was born on April 15, 1928, in Carlisle Township, rural Fergus Falls, the son of Phillip and Dolpha (Carlson) Johnson. He grew up in Carlisle Township on the family farm and attended country school. On September 28,...
Robert "Bob" Karst
Dec 9, 2015
Robert “Bob” Edward Karst, 80, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at PioneerCare, under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Bob was born on July 4, 1935, in Fergus Falls, the son of Edward and Adeline (Fischer) Karst. He grew up in Fergus Falls and began working at Hintgen-Karst Electric at an early age. By the time he was...
Mabel Fick Mykleby
Dec 9, 2015
Mabel Fick Mykleby, 99 of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at Lake Region Hospital. She was born on April 2, 1916 in Elizabeth, Minnesota the sixth of eleven children of Gottlieb and Bergetta (Smith) Fick. She was baptized at St John’s Lutheran Church in Elizabeth. As a young child, the family moved to a farm in the Ashby...
Irvin "Bud" Halbakken
Dec 9, 2015
Irvin “Bud” Halbakken, age 80, died at his home December 9, 2015, surrounded by family after a courageous year-long battle with cancer. Irvin Stanley Halbakken was born May 22, 1935, to Selmer and Ida (Lien) Halbakken at a farmstead north of Rothsay, MN. In 1942, his family bought a farm 2 miles southwest of Rothsay, where he has lived ever...
Virginia Schroeder
Dec 8, 2015
Virginia Maie Schroeder, 86, a resident of Dalton, died December 8, 2015, in Scottsdale, AZ. Virginia was born on November 19, 1929, in Fergus Falls, to Ray and Maie (Foshaug) Bergeson. She was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Dalton, and attended grade school in Dalton. She later attended and graduated from Washington High School in Fergus...
Annette Contos
Dec 7, 2015
Annette Contos, 77, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 7, 2015, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Annette Corinne Contos was born March 22, 1938 to Clifton and Lindie (Estenson) Soliah on a farm in Grant County, MN. She was baptized at Aastad Lutheran Church and confirmed at West Elbow Lutheran Church. She grew up in Fergus Falls and Rothsay,...
Philip Mark Whitcomb
Dec 6, 2015
Philip Mark Whitcomb, of Fergus Falls, died on Sunday, December 6, 2015, at the age of 55. He passed quickly after being diagnosed with terminal cancer at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND. Phil was born on October 10, 1960, to Donald and Marion (Knutson) Whitcomb in Princeton, MN. Upon completion of school in Princeton, he served as a member...
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