Obituaries

Paul Volz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Diane Stachowski

Diane Stachowski

Aug 10, 2012

Diane L. Stachowski, 57, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 10, 2012, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born on October 2, 1954, in Chisholm, the daughter of Marvin and Bernice (Orth) Kalusche. She attended school in St. Cloud, graduating from St. Cloud Tech High School in 1973. On May 7, 1977, she married...

Thomas Rasmusson

Thomas Rasmusson

Aug 10, 2012

Thomas “Tom” Russell Rasmusson, 23, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 10, 2012. He was born January 3, 1989, in Fergus Falls, the son of Joe and Gail (Hoeper) Rasmusson. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Elizabeth and attended Fergus Falls High School where he played football, wrestled and participated in BMX racing. Tom worked...

Lizabeth Wing

Lizabeth Wing

Aug 9, 2012

Lizabeth Wing, 64, beloved daughter of Lucy Wing and the late Hugh Wing, favorite niece of Isabel Weaver and Everett Johnson, cherished sister of Kathryn, Timothy and Marcus Wing, loving, acerbic, witty and whimsical aunt of Freya & Mike, Chris & Jenny & unencumbered, outrageously fun gr-aunt of KT, Miya and Topher, ...waited until it was time to “feed the...

Edith Bluhm

Edith Bluhm

Aug 8, 2012

Edith “Edie” Bluhm, 90, a resident of Moorhead, and formerly of Carlisle, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, in Moorhead, Minnesota. She was born February 22, 1922, near Erhard, Minnesota the daughter of Edward and Jennie (Hanson) Johnson. On December 4, 1938, she married Wilbur Bluhm on the Bluhm farm. They made their home near Carlisle where they...

Martin Godfrey

Martin Godfrey

Aug 2, 2012

Martin J. Godfrey, 45, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 2, 2012, at his home. He was born November 11, 1966, in Faribault, the son of Michael and Joan (Ward) Godfrey.  He attended school in Faribault, graduating in 1985.  He then moved to Fergus Falls to attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College. Martin worked in advertising with the Heart...

Lillie Lundberg

Lillie Lundberg

Aug 1, 2012

Lillie (Ness) Lundberg, of Fergus Falls, met her Savior on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at 101 and ½ years young. She passed away at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Lillie was born on December 5, 1910, to Henny Birgitta Karlsen Ness and Gerhardt Lorentz Magnussen Ness in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Bay Ridge High School in June...

Charlene Hendrickx

Charlene Hendrickx

Aug 1, 2012

Charlene H. (Muhlenbeck) Hendrickx, 80, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at Sanford Palliative Care in Fargo, North Dakota. She was born April 2, 1932, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry J. and Alice (Foster) Fick. She grew up in the Fergus Falls area, where she graduated from high school. In 1950 she married...

Mildred Sether

Mildred Sether

Jul 30, 2012

Mildred Jeanette Sether, 97, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, July 30, 2012, in Fergus Falls surrounded by her family. She was born December 28, 1914, in Garfield Township of Grundy County, rural Gardner, Illinois, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Hauge) Eide. The family moved to Norway for a time, and Mildred started school there. They moved back to the...