Obituaries
Stacey Korby
Sep 1, 2012
Stacey Nicole Korby, 18, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, September 1, 2012, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. She was born November 21, 1993, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Steven G. and Nancy L. (Formo) Korby. She was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 2012,...
Gregory Storeim
Sep 1, 2012
Gregory R. “Greg” Storeim, 62, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, September 1, 2012 at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born December 27, 1949, in Ortonville, Minnesota. He grew up in Ortonville, attending James Knoll Elementary School, and Ortonville High School, graduating in 1967. After graduation, Greg’s family moved to Fergus Falls. In 1972...
Dorothy Bjerkness
Aug 30, 2012
Dorothy Evelyn Bjerkness, 83, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at Pioneer Care in Fergus Falls. She was born June 5, 1929, on the family farm near Fergus Falls, the daughter of Sander and Evelyn (Erickson) Vigen. She graduated from Campbell High School in 1947. On September 19, 1948, she married Gordon Bjerkness Sr. in Fergus Falls. They...
Diane Lister
Aug 29, 2012
Diane Faye (Erlandson) Lister, 62, of Moorhead and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota after a three year battle with cancer. She was born January 1, 1950, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Milton and Arlene (Schmidt) Erlandson. She attended school in Elbow Lake, graduating in 1968. She then...
Jerry Galena
Aug 29, 2012
William Gerald “Jerry” Galena, 96, a lifelong resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully Wednesday, August 29, 2012 during a short stay at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Jerry was born August, 7, 1916 and raised in Fergus Falls, the son of William and Gena Galena. Following graduation in 1936 from the Fergus Falls High School, he studied engineering at...
Truman Thorsen
Aug 28, 2012
Truman Iver Thorsen, 78, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born on March 17, 1934, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Gotfred and Gunhild (Haarstad) Thorsen. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1952. On October 16, 1953, he married Donna Nelson at the Bethlehem...
Pearl Shol
Aug 26, 2012
On Sunday, August 26, 2012, at home surrounded by her children, our beloved mother, Pearl Gladys Shol, went to be with Jesus. She had been under the loving care of her daughters, Faye and Audrey, and Lakeland Hospice. She was 98 years old. She was born on a farm near Anamoose, North Dakota on November 20, 1913, one of seven...
Merald Enstad
Aug 25, 2012
Merald T. Enstad, 95, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, August 25, 2012, at Pioneer Care Suites in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born July 23, 1917, at the family farm near Granite Falls. He attended rural school through grade 6 and graduated from High School in Granite Falls. After attending one year of Business College, due to his father’s illness,...
Paul Volz
Aug 24, 2012
Reverend Paul Volz, 81, a resident of Carrollton, Texas, died on Friday, August 24, 2012, at the Atria Assisted Living Facility in Carrollton, Texas. His late wife, Judith, was the daughter of the late Rev. & Mrs. Alfred C. Seltz of Fergus Falls. Paul was born May 5, 1931 in Willmar, Minnesota. He was the son of Oswald Samuel and...
Walter Cichy
Aug 23, 2012
Walter Cichy, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 23, 2012, at Lake Region Healthcare. He was born June 16, 1928 in Urbank, MN, the son of Clemens and Minnie (Stich) Cichy. He attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1947. Walter served in the United States Army in the Korean War from January 1951 until October of 1952. Because...
Chester Wick
Aug 23, 2012
Chester Maynard Wick, formerly of Waldport, Oregon, died Thursday, August 23, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Battle Lake, Minnesota. Chester was born to Carl Benjamin Wick and Molla (Kjono) Wick in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota on April 29, 1923. Following his graduation from high school at Rothsay, Minnesota in 1941, he moved to Seattle, Washington, where he...
Joan Frerk
Aug 22, 2012
Joan Helen (Eitreim) Frerk passed into the loving arms of our Holy Savior at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls, on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Joan was born January 4, 1933, to Bertine and Olena (Ellefson) Eitreim in Jasper, MN. She attended the Jasper Public School. She worked as a young girl in the local grocery store. On December 22,...
Eldon Rund
Aug 21, 2012
Eldon Keith Rund, 75, of rural Fergus Falls, died unexpectedly and peacefully on August 21, 2012, at his home on Ten Mile Lake. Eldon was born on June 11, 1937, at his home to Kenneth and Margaret (Pletan) Rund, in Tumuli Township, Otter Tail County, Fergus Falls, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at Rock Prairie Lutheran Church. He grew...
DuWayne Honrud
Aug 20, 2012
DuWayne Merrill Honrud, 66, of rural Rothsay, died Monday, August 20, 2012, at his home following a brief battle with cancer. He was under the care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born November 22, 1945, in Fergus Falls to Alfred and Mabel (Lillevold) Honrud of Rothsay, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church and attended Rothsay public...
Elsie Soronen
Aug 20, 2012
Elsie Sophie Helen (Drechsel) Soronen, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, August 20, 2012, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. She was born March 14, 1925, in Friberg Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, to John and Emma (Rocholl) Drechsel. She attended school in Fergus Falls and has been a member of Trinity Lutheran Church for most of...
James Gealow
Aug 20, 2012
James Alan Gealow, 74, of Richville, died Monday, August 20, 2012, at Perham Health in Perham, Minnesota. He was born November 11, 1937, in Belmond, IA, the son of Lawrence and Sofie Marie (Johnson) Gealow. Jim graduated from Belmond High School, Waldorf Junior College in Forest City, IA in 1957 and the University of MN in 1963, with honors. On...
Jeffrey Hootman
Aug 18, 2012
Jeffrey Lynn Hootman, 71, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, August 18, 2012, at his home under the care of his family and Lakeland Hospice. He was born February 18, 1941, in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, the son of Joseph B. and Margery E. (Mobley) Hootman. He grew up in Coshocton, Ohio, graduating from high school there in 1959. Jeffrey served...
Richard Wright
Aug 17, 2012
Richard Leon Wright, 65, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 17, 2012, in Massachusetts. He was born October 14, 1946, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Irving J. and Marjorie (Hill) Wright. He attended public school in Fergus Falls, graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1965. He completed his education at Moorhead State...
Scott Jorgens
Aug 15, 2012
Scott Allen Jorgens, 42, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Breckenridge, Minnesota. He was born October 20, 1969, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of James and Jeannette (Formo) Jorgens. He was baptized and confirmed at Grace United Methodist Church. He grew up in Fergus Falls, attending Adams Elementary School and...
Arnold Erickson
Aug 12, 2012
Arnold “Arne” Carroll Erickson, 79, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2012, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Arne was born July 26, 1933, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was the oldest of three children and son of Cora Elaine (Trosvick) Erickson and Arnold Joseph Erickson. Arne enlisted in the United States Navy on August...
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