Obituaries
Eleanor Hegseth
Feb 18, 2014
Eleanor Marie Hegseth, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Eleanor was born on March 17, 1916 in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Gilbert and Hilda (Skolrud) Holt. She attended school in Oscar Township and Fergus Falls. After her schooling, she worked as a maid for Dr. Heiberg from...
Marjorie Rosengren
Feb 16, 2014
Marjorie Rosengren, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Marjorie Helen Ludtke was born June 12, 1920 to Emil and Clara (Johnson) Ludtke in Morton Township, just outside of Webster, South Dakota. As an infant she moved with her family into Webster. She attended school in Webster and graduated in 1939....
Olive L. Blikstad
Feb 16, 2014
Olive L. Blikstad, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Pioneer Care. She was born May 12, 1922 to Ludvig and Judith (Lunde) Egstad in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Olive went to Roosevelt Elementary School and graduated from Lutheran Bible School twice—from the high school department in 1940, and from the Bible department in 1948....
Kay L. Johnson
Feb 15, 2014
Kay LaVonne Johnson, 74, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Lake Region Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born April 17, 1939 to Arthur and Cora (Johnson) Grunwald in Owatonna, MN. At a young age, her family moved to Duluth and Mora, and Kay attended school in both cities. On August 6, 1960,...
Jerald "JB" B. Brusven
Feb 14, 2014
Jerald B. “JB” Brusven, 75, of Elizabeth, died suddenly, Friday, February 14, 2014 at his home. Jerry was born December 31, 1938 in Pelican Rapids to Hans and Gladys (Varholdt) Brusven. He grew up in Star Lake Township and attended school in Pelican Rapids, graduating in 1956. After high school Jerry entered the United States Army Reserves. On September 5,...
Douglas H. Kramer
Feb 14, 2014
Douglas H. Kramer, 71, a resident of Henning and owner of Kramer Development died Friday, February 14, 2014 at his home in Henning, MN. Doug was born on July 4, 1942, in New Ulm, MN, the son of Robert and Erma (Jutz) Kramer. He grew up in New Ulm and graduated from New Ulm High School. After graduation he attended...
Dr. Carl O'Neal Page Jr.
Feb 12, 2014
Carl O’Neal Page Jr., 72, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at Lake Region Hospital. Neal came to Fergus Falls in the autumn of 1974, shortly after marrying his wife, Barbara Jean (Ulrich) Page, whose heart he had won by secretly releasing a puppy named Sedgewidge into her practice room at the University of Minnesota. Over the following...
Romuald "Romie" J. Kapphahn
Feb 11, 2014
Romuald “Romie” J. Kapphahn, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born to Fred and Clara (Korkowski) Kapphahn on October 30, 1926 in Leaf Valley Township in Douglas County, MN. He lived on the family farm until age 4, at which time Romie and his family...
Estelle "Stella" Amundson
Feb 10, 2014
Estelle (Stella) J. Amundson, 83, a resident of Henning, died Monday, February 10, 2014 at her home. Stella was born on August 29, 1930 in Hope, ND, the daughter of Stewart and Stella (Whitmore) Smith. She graduated from Deer Creek High School in 1948. On June 21, 1948 she married Duane Amundson in Henning. Stella spent her years as a...
Colette Kay Kilde
Feb 9, 2014
Colette Kay Kilde, 54, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Elizabeth, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, February 9, 2014, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born on October 24, 1959, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Ralph (Pete) and Irene (Sally) (Fiedler) Harthun. She attended Country School and graduated from Perham High School in...
Kathryn Frees
Feb 6, 2014
Kathryn “Kathy” Faye Frees, 72, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, February 6, 2014, at Sanford Hospital in Bemidji. She was born on May 23, 1941, in Fergus Falls, to Lloyd and Esther (Degner) Johnson. She grew up in Fergus Falls where she graduated high school in 1959. She took various business courses at the Fergus Falls Junior College....
Judith "Judy" Carr
Feb 6, 2014
Judith “Judy” Ann Carr, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, February 6, 2014, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Judy was born the eldest child of James and Georgia Cauble, August 27, 1929, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She spent more than 50 years in North Dakota and Minnesota where she dedicated her life to being a homemaker...
Gerald G. Frick
Feb 3, 2014
Gerald George Frick, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died suddenly Monday, February 3, 2014, at his apartment in Park Gardens. He was born December 9, 1916, in Gettysburg, SD, the son of Henry and Sybil (Magub) Frick. After graduating from Gettysburg High School, he attended South Dakota State College in Brookings, where he was a member of ROTC and...
Kirk W. Purdy
Feb 1, 2014
Kirk W. Purdy, 54, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, February 1, 2014, at the Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls. Graveside services with Military Honors, will be held on Friday, February 7, 2014, at 12 PM at Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis.
Tracy L. Thompson
Jan 30, 2014
Tracy L. Thompson, 96, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Elbow Lake, died Thursday, January 30, 2014 at the Broen Memorial Home. He was born on February 28, 1917 in Whitetail, Montana, the only child of George and Ragnild (Uthuse) Thompson. At the age of three, his mother died as the result of an accident and a year later,...
Douglas Everhart
Jan 22, 2014
Douglas LeRoy Everhart, 73, of Erhard, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at his home in rural Erhard, MN. Douglas was born March 13, 1940 in Ponsford, Minnesota to Kenneth and Evelyn (Triggs) Everhart. He grew up in Park Rapids, graduating from high school in the class of 1958. He enjoyed swimming, and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He worked...
Vernon H. Rollag
Jan 16, 2014
Vernon H. Rollag, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 16, 2014, at his home. He was born March 14, 1920, in Grygla, Minnesota of Marshall County, the son of Andrew and Alma (Halverson) Rollag. When he was ten, his family purchased a farm in Maine Towsnship, rural Underwood. He grew up and attended country school in Maine...
C. Arthur "Art" Fosse
Jan 16, 2014
Clarence Arthur “Art” Fosse, 96, a resident of Rothsay, died Thursday, January 16, 2014, at the VA Hospital in Fargo. He was born on March 4, 1917, in rural Carlisle, to Carl and Sigrid (Fetvedt Hagen) Fosse. He was baptized and confirmed (in Norwegian) at Hedemarken Lutheran Church and maintained ties to his home church throughout his life. At the...
Jerry D. Hess
Jan 16, 2014
Jerry D. Hess 76, a resident of Fergus Falls, MN lost his battle with Amyloidosis, on January 16, 2014 at Lake Region Health Care, surrounded by his family; from the hands of his girls to the arms of Jesus. He was born January 18, 1937 at Wheaton, MN, the son of Nick and Gladys (Hald) Hess. He grew up on...
Luther Grotte
Jan 14, 2014
Luther Orlin Grotte, 88, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Luther was born April 11, 1925 to Christian and Selma (Haugen) Grotte in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith. Luther attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1943 from Washington High School. On July...
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