Obituaries
Irene Eckley
Nov 22, 2014
Irene M. Eckley, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Irene Francis May Kronemann Eckley, was born June 12, 1928 to Maxmillian Carl Albert and Whilhemine Charlotte Holthusen Kronemann in Fergus Falls. Irene was the 13th child born to Max and Wilhemine. She attended Independent School District Country School...
James "Jim" W. Solin
Nov 21, 2014
James “Jim” William Solin, 60, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, November 21, 2014 at Lake Region Hospital. He was born January 7, 1954 in Detroit Lakes to Clarence and Mildred (Lofthus) Solin. Jim grew up by Vergas, attending country school and graduating from Perham High School in 1973. He then attended Forestry School in Vergas, working for a...
Francis "Frank" Edward Dowzak
Nov 17, 2014
Francis “Frank” Edward Dowzak, 83, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, November 17, 2014, at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born on August 15, 1931 in Wahpeton, ND to Edward and Catherine (Kloeppel) Dowzak. He attended school in Wahpeton and graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1949. Frank married Carol Yell in 1950 in Fergus...
Sherrill "Jake" Jacobson
Nov 14, 2014
Sherrill “Jake” Jacobson, 84, a resident of Underwood, died Friday, November 14, 2014, at Pioneer Cottages, Fergus Falls. Sherrill was born on April 5, 1930, in Breckenridge, MN, the son of Almen and Gladys (Torkelson) Jacobson. He grew up in the Foxhome area and graduated from Morris Ag School in 1948. On April 12, 1949, he married Arlyss Donley at...
William "Bill" Leeman
Nov 14, 2014
William C. “Bill” Leeman, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, November 14, 2014, at Woodland Lodge, Fergus Falls. He was born September 27, 1924, in Maine Township, Otter Tail County, MN, the son of Milton and Minnie (Nelson) Leeman. He attended country school through the 8th grade in Maine Township. During his young adult years, he worked at Fergus Cab...
James P. Ouren
Nov 13, 2014
James P. Ouren, 76, a resident of Erhard, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. He was born December 2, 1937, in Erhard Grove Township to Henry (Hank) and Selma (Johnson) Ouren. He graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1956 and ran Jim’s Service in Erhard and then worked for Ouren Construction until he...
Robert L. Barker
Nov 12, 2014
Robert L. Barker Sr., 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. He was born October 29, 1933 to Robert “Clayton” and Ethel Alvina (Speten) Barker in Almora, Minnesota. He attended Henning High School, graduating in 1951. On February 2, 1955 he was united in marriage to Ethel Helen Turchin...
Zane A. Tassler
Nov 9, 2014
Zane Tassler, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, November 09, 2014 at Lake Region Hospital. He was born May 16, 1924 to Harold and Emma (Neuenburg) Tassler in Twin Brooks, South Dakota. He attended Lamberton High School in Lamberton, graduating in 1943. Zane entered the U.S. Army July 2, 1943, serving during WWII in the European Theater (ETO)...
Roger Kenneth Berg
Nov 8, 2014
Roger K. Berg, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 8, 2014 at PioneerCare. He was born April 6, 1930 to Harry and Verle (Daggett) Berg in St. Paul and moved to Sebeka at a young age. He grew up in Sebeka and graduated from Sebeka High School. Prior to joining the Otter Tail Family, Berg farmed and...
Jason M. Loehrer
Nov 4, 2014
Jason Loehrer, 40, a resident of Dilworth, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. He was born March 3, 1974 to James and Gayle (Hanson) Loehrer in St. Cloud, where he grew up and attended St. Cloud Tech High School. After high school, he was employed as an auto mechanic in St....
Steven Alan Jaenisch
Nov 3, 2014
Steven Alan Jaenisch, 74, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away on Monday, November 3, 2014, surrounded by his family. Steve was born on October 18, 1940, the eldest of three children to Harold and Dorothy (Roth) Jaenisch. He graduated from the Fergus Falls high school in 1958 and went on to obtain an associate degree from the Fergus Falls...
Justin Nicholas Maurice Cyrus
Nov 3, 2014
Justin Nicholas Maurice Cyrus, 23, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, November 3, 2014 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Justin Nicholas Maurice Cyrus was born November 1, 1991 in Aurora Colorado at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. He lived in Colorado, New York, and finally Fergus Falls with his Mother, Father, and sister where he grew up. Justin...
Doris Elizabeth Hanson
Nov 1, 2014
Doris E. Hanson, 69, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 1, 2014, at the Broen Home. Doris was born on October 11, 1945, in Portsmouth, Virginia, the daughter of Jack and Velma (Simpson) Schwebach. On December 26, 1963, she married Stanley Hanson in South Mill, North Carolina. Doris and Stan lived and raised their family in Fergus Falls....
Hilda A. Tjaden
Oct 26, 2014
Hilda A. Tjaden, 102, a longtime resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born October 30, 1911 at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the daughter of Martin G. and Wilhelmina M. (Johnson) Magnuson. She was adopted at the age of three by John and Anna Lindberg. In 1921, after living in...
Anita B. Jennen
Oct 26, 2014
Anita B. Jennen, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. Anita was born July 12, 1924 in Breckenridge, MN, to Carlo and Emma (Zamani) Giorgini. As an infant she moved with her family to Otter Tail County. She attended country school in Districts 182 and 29. Anita graduated from Fergus...
Maxine "Maggie" M. Jeffries
Oct 22, 2014
Maxine “Maggie” M. Jeffries, 87, a resident of Underwood, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born June 2, 1927 in Lansing, MI to Marion and Ione (Hummel) Adams. Maggie grew up and attended school in Lansing, MI. Maggie married Lee Losinger in 1945 and to this union two sons were born. On...
Theodore "Ted" Delzer
Oct 22, 2014
Theodore “Ted” Delzer, 99, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Dalton, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014, at Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Ted was born June 6, 1915 in Benedict, ND, the son of Henry and Katherine (Schock) Delzer. To this family, Ted was one of 11 children. He attended the McLean County Public Schools and participated in, among other activities,...
Ernest George Jensen
Oct 21, 2014
Ernest George Jensen, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Ernest George was born on April 10, 1925 in Keen Township of Clay County the son of George Fredrick and Dorothy (Dauner) Jensen. He attended rural school District #30 in Keen Township through the eighth grade and graduated from Hitterdal High...
Jeanne L. Bendickson
Oct 20, 2014
Jeanne Louise Bendickson, 52, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully Monday, October 20, 2014 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND, surrounded by her family after a long battle with diabetes. She was born on August 1, 1962 to LeVerne and Marie (Stich) Bendickson in White Sands, New Mexico and shortly after moved to Henning. Jeanne and her family eventually...
Evelyn Clarice Birchem
Oct 19, 2014
Evelyn Clarice Birchem, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls died Sunday, October 19, 2014 at PioneerCare. She was born on July 3, 1925 to Clarence and Anne (Goodhart) Reddy in Barry. She was the youngest of four daughters. On August 26, 1941, she married Henry Peter Birchem, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Rosholt, SD. They were happily married for...
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