Obituaries

Marie Troupe

Marie Troupe

Mar 7, 2011

Marie (Mrs. Tom) Troupe, 89, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born August 5, 1921, in Germany to Frank and Marie (Maciej) Kampa. She immigrated to the United States in 1927 with her family, settling in Holdingford, MN. On January 18, 1947, she married Thomas Troupe in Minneapolis. Marie worked for...

Leasha Hoff

Leasha Hoff

Mar 7, 2011

Leasha Renae Hoff, 14, a resident of Dalton, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born April 5, 1996, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Troy and Glenda (Schmidt) Hoff. She grew up on their farm north of Dalton on Fossan Lake, attending Underwood School where she was presently in the ninth...

Lillian Lindstrom

Lillian Lindstrom

Mar 6, 2011

Lillian Adeline Lindstrom, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, March 6, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls.  She was born July 8, 1924, in Hazelton Township, Kittson County, Minnesota, the daughter of Axel and Carrie (Ristad) Anderson. She was baptized at Bronson in Kittson County, and confirmed at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Thompson Township...

Nikki Strong

Nikki Strong

Mar 5, 2011

Nikki J. Strong, 71, of Richville, MN, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. A memorial service will be held in her honor in Plattsmouth, Nebraska at a later date. Arrangements by the Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls.

Justin Fiedler

Justin Fiedler

Mar 5, 2011

Justin Patrick Fiedler, 21, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. He was born June 29, 1989, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Robert and Julie Ann (Synstelien) Fiedler. He attended grade school at Adams School, and then attended Fergus Falls Senior High School. Justin was a beautiful person...

Loren Norby

Loren Norby

Mar 2, 2011

Loren “Larry” Melvin Norby Jr., 77, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born March 29, 1933, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Loren and Palma (Hagen) Norby. He grew up in Fergus Falls, graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1951. He attended St. Olaf College...

Mary Germundson

Mary Germundson

Mar 2, 2011

Mary Ann Germundson, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born February 22, 1930, in Karlstad, Minnesota, the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Lund) Pearson. She grew up in the Karlstad area, attending country school through the 8th grade, and then Karlstad High School, graduating in 1948. She also...

Terry Anderson

Terry Anderson

Mar 2, 2011

Terry Lee Anderson, 63, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born November 3, 1947, in Oakland, California, the son of Elmer and Verona (Hady) Anderson. He graduated from Denfeld High School in 1965, and then attended Dunwoody College, receiving a Registered Land Surveyor degree. On June 3,...

Clara Muckey

Clara Muckey

Mar 1, 2011

Clara M. Muckey, 91, a resident of Sleepy Eye, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at the Sleepy Eye Care Center in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. She was born on April 1st 1919 the daughter of George Jr. and Nelly Ferguson. She attended the country school #187 until the eighth grade. Clara and Melvin Walter Muckey were...

Patrick Burley

Patrick Burley

Mar 1, 2011

Patrick J. Burley, 56, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. He was born April 21, 1954, in Siletz, Oregon, the son of Theodore and Violet Burley. He attended Fergus Falls High School. On July 15, 1988, he married Debbie White in Glenn Lake, Minnesota. Pat was a...

Agnes Halverson

Agnes Halverson

Mar 1, 2011

Agnes H. E. (Richter) Halverson, 98, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Home in Pelican Rapids. She was born on April 13, 1912, in Friberg Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Otto F. and Bertha (Buchholz) Richter. She was baptized by the Rev. Grabarkewitz on May 27,...

Arlene Lee

Arlene Lee

Feb 28, 2011

Arlene Sylvia Lee, 83, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, February 28, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born January 18, 1928, in Rothsay, Minnesota, the daughter of Louis and (Edna) Gladys (Heggen) Honrud. She attended country school, and then graduated from Rothsay High School. She was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviors Lutheran...

Donald Malm

Donald Malm

Feb 28, 2011

Donald LeRoy Malm, 79, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, February 28, 2011, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Don was born August 2, 1931 in Warren, Minnesota, the son of Victor and Ellen (Pearson) Malm. He graduated from Warren High School, attended the Minnesota Business College, and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College. He began his career with...

Manford Sampson

Manford Sampson

Feb 25, 2011

Manford Sampson, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, February 25, 2011, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born January 4, 1921, in Dawson, the son of Lars and Christina (Thompson) Sampson.  He grew up and attended school in the Dawson area, where he helped his father in the Painting Business. On June 22, 1942,...

Patricia Johnson

Patricia Johnson

Feb 25, 2011

Patricia Johnson, 55, of Fergus Falls, died Friday February 25, 2011, in Fargo, ND, at the Sanford Health North Campus. She was born on July 8, 1955, in Detroit Lakes, the daughter of Paul and Grace (Merchant) Cluckey.  She graduated from Audubon High School in 1974.  Following high school, she attended Detroit Lakes Technical College, completing the Chef’s training program. ...

Susan Longfors

Susan Longfors

Feb 25, 2011

Susan Longfors, 52, a resident of Erhard, Minnesota, died Friday, February 25, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Susan Arlette Longfors was born on March 9, 1958 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota the daughter of Gerald and Helen (Beckman) Ripley, Sr. She graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1976 and from Fergus Falls Community College as a...

Evelyn Norgren

Evelyn Norgren

Feb 25, 2011

Evelyn Emma Norgren, 91, of Elizabeth, died Friday, February 25, 2011, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born May 26, 1919, in Elizabeth, Minnesota, the daughter of Carl and Matilda (Uhlig) Holthusen. She attended school in Elizabeth. On August 25, 1940, she married Kenneth William Norgren at St. John Lutheran in Elizabeth. She worked for Greenagel...

Jeanette Lucking

Jeanette Lucking

Feb 23, 2011

Jeanette M. Lucking, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls at the age of 88. Jeanette was born in Duluth, Minnesota on April 10, 1922, the daughter of Oscar and Olga (Cerosky) Brandt. When she was three years old the family moved to Tordenskjold Township in Otter Tail County,...

Shirley Quigley

Shirley Quigley

Feb 16, 2011

Shirley Maxine Quigley, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, after a long illness. She was born December 27, 1926, in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, the daughter of Sam and Clara (Johnson) Olson. She attended school in Elbow Lake, and then attended Concordia College in Moorhead....

Barbara Hexum

Barbara Hexum

Feb 15, 2011

Barbara Marie Hexum, 65, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at University of Minnesota – Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis. She was born September 18, 1945, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Walter and Agnes (Peterson) Olson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School...