Obituaries
Helmer Breeton
Mar 6, 2012
Helmer John Breeton, 90, a resident of Underwood, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born April 6, 1921, at home in Koochiching County, Minnesota, the son of Hans and Selma (Borgen) Breeton. He grew up on the farm and attended country school. Helmer was inducted into the U. S. Army on...
Debra Jorgenson
Mar 4, 2012
Debra Louise Jorgenson, 48, a resident of Rothsay, died Sunday, March 4, 2012, near Rothsay as the result of an automobile accident. She was born June 13, 1963, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Elroy and Mary Lou (Griepentrog) Maack. She was baptized and confirmed in St. John Lutheran Church in Elizabeth, Minnesota. Debbie attended school in Fergus Falls,...
Dale Larson
Mar 4, 2012
Dale A. Larson, 46, a resident of rural Rothsay, died Sunday, March 4, 2012, near Rothsay as the result of an automobile accident. Dale was born on February 10, 1966 in Fergus Falls, the son of Warren and Viola (Wheeler) Larson. He graduated from Rothsay High School in 1984. After graduation he attended NDSCS and graduated in 1989 with a...
Barbara Walvatne
Mar 2, 2012
Barbara Lynn Walvatne, 59, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born on May 12, 1952, in Battle Lake, Minnesota, the daughter of Abner and Rosella (Pederson) Walvatne. She grew up in the area, graduating from Ashby High School in 1971. Barb did numerous babysitting jobs for her relatives,...
Jane Molen
Mar 2, 2012
Edna Jane Molen, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, went home to heaven on Friday, March 2, 2012, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Jane was born August 4, 1917, in Canton, Ohio. Her parents were Paul and Hazel (Morrow) Winger. She graduated from Johnstown High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. On August 25, 1937, she married Windsor Earl Molen in Dayton,...
Wallace Stigen
Mar 1, 2012
Wallace M. “Wally” Stigen, 83, a resident of Wahpeton, ND, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Sanford Palliative Care in Fargo, ND. He was born April 15, 1928, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of A. Math and Emma (Iverson) Stigen. He grew up in Fergus Falls, graduating from Fergus Falls High School. In June of...
Alice Ferguson
Feb 29, 2012
Alice Irene “Nana” Ferguson, 95 1/2, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born August 20, 1916, at her parent’s home in Western Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Alice was the 4th of 12 children born to August and Emily (Sundberg) Anderson. She grew up and attended country school in...
Kenneth Klovstad
Feb 24, 2012
Kenneth Klovstad, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, February 24, 2012, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, surrounded by family. He was born on August 12, 1929 in Pelican Rapids to Carroll and Ruth (Bakken) Klovstad of Erhard, Minnesota. He spent his childhood years on the family farm in Maplewood. Ken married the love of his life,...
Leona Cooper
Feb 20, 2012
Leona Georgia (Schroeder) Cooper, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Leona was born April 19, 1919, to George and Ruth (Atkinson) Schroeder on the family farm north of Fergus Falls, MN. She spent her childhood on the family farm learning from her father how a...
Marian Peterson
Feb 12, 2012
Marian Lucille Peterson, 89, of Fergus Falls, went home to be with the Lord on February 12, 2012 while residing at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead, Minnesota. Marian was the oldest of ten children born to Adolph and Emily Dyrud. She was born April 23, 1922 in Everett, Washington and baptized July 30, 1922. While still a preschooler, she moved...
Paul Dennis
Feb 11, 2012
On Saturday, February 11, 2012, Paul Kevin Dennis died as a result of a head injury sustained while serving on a missions trip in Bleck, Haiti. He was 52. Paul was born on February 28, 1959, in Blakely, Pa., to Margaret Kreidler Dennis and David William Dennis. He married Lori (Lorelei) Flom on June 26, 1982, in Kankakee, Ill. He...
Vernon Jensen
Feb 8, 2012
Vernon L. Jensen, 94, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Vernon Lewis Jensen was born on September 14, 1917 in Wildrose, ND to Carl and Sophie (Oppegard) Jensen. He moved to Fergus Falls in 1931 and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1936. After graduation he joined the Civilian...
Douglas Muchow
Feb 8, 2012
Douglas Ronald Muchow, 60, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at his residence. He was born November 22, 1951, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Ronald and Luverne (Anderson) Muchow. He grew up and graduated from school in Fergus Falls. Douglas worked for several years with the Rogers Brothers Carnival with the amusement games as...
Doris Schultz
Feb 8, 2012
Doris O. Schultz, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls and formerly of Rothsay, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born February 7, 1926 at home in rural Rothsay, Minnesota, the daughter of Dovre and Olga (Wee) Hauger. She attended country school in Trondjhem Township and then lived in Rothsay while attending Rothsay High School,...
Charles Kirchoff
Feb 5, 2012
Charles E. Kirchoff, 89, of Fergus Falls passed away February 5th, 2012 surrounded by his family. He was residing at the Veteran's Administration care facility in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. He was born September 11, 1922 in Cleghorn, Iowa, to Walter and Florence (Woodall) Kirchoff. During the Great Depression, Charles and his family relocated to Mesa, Arizona. They returned to Cleghorn...
Roger Ophus
Feb 5, 2012
Roger Harry Ophus, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, February 5, 2012 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born August 15, 1929, in Crookston, Minnesota, the son of Harry and Anne (Knudson) Ophus. He spent his growing up years on a farm near Erskine, Minnesota, a farm which is still in the family...
Barbara Burbach
Feb 4, 2012
Barbara Burbach, 66, a resident of Henning, died Saturday, February 4, 2012, at her residence under the care of Lakeland Hospice and her family. She was born January 30, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Bernard and Dorothy (Hansen) Behrens. She grew up in the Chicago area. On May 12, 1962, she married Donald Burbach in Homewood, Illinois, and...
Alice Aanden
Feb 4, 2012
Alice B. Aanden, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, February 4, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. Alice was born on August 26, 1929 on the family farm in rural Underwood, the daughter of Ole and Agnes (Anderson) Wold. She grew up in rural Underwood, attending Barnhard School District #182. She was baptized and confirmed at...
Eero Latvala
Feb 4, 2012
Eero J. Latvala, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the Heritage Pioneer Senior Cottage in Fergus Falls. He was born November 10, 1918 in Helsinki, Finland to Nick and Maria (Willgren) Latvala. He sailed to America at the age of five and lived in Superior, Wisconsin, New York Mills, and Calumet, Michigan. Eero was...
Arnold Dietman
Jan 26, 2012
Arnold C. Dietman, 92, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 26, 2012, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born December 29, 1919, in St. Cloud, the son of Albert and Christine (Strack) Dietman. He grew up in Cold Spring, MN. On September 23, 1944, he married Vivian Lowery at the chapel at Fort Snelling in Minneapolis. While he...
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