Obituaries
Lottie Kollar
Aug 31, 2010
Lottie Vivian Kollar, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at the Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls. She was born September 29, 1927, in Columbus, North Dakota, the daughter of Christian and Anna (Ruud) Runningen. She attended school in Columbus, and later Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, until she had to leave to do the cooking at home...
Robert Steiner
Aug 30, 2010
Robert “Bob” Duane Steiner, 79, a resident of Rothsay, died Monday, August 30, 2010, at his home. He was born November 8, 1930, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Charles and Alma (Wallin) Steiner of Andrea Township, rural Foxhome. He was baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church in Rothsay. Bob attended country school, District #24, in Akron Township...
Solveig Christopherson
Aug 29, 2010
Solveig E. Christopherson, 94, a resident of River Bend Apartments in Fergus Falls, died Sunday, August 29, 2010, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Solveig was born in the Yukon Territory on March 22, 1916, the youngest of five girls born in a log cabin along the Yukon River to B. Albert and Nora (Pederson) Henrikson. Solveig in Norwegian...
William Ebersviller
Aug 26, 2010
William A. “Bill” Ebersviller, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 26, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. He was born May 19, 1920, at Golden Valley, North Dakota, the son of William F. and Alwine (Fick) Ebersviller. In 1921 his family moved to Pelican Rapids where his father started a farm implement business. They...
Merelle Engebretson
Aug 25, 2010
Merelle Loretta Engebretson, 88, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at the Shady Oaks Retreat, rural Underwood. She was born December 18, 1921, in Underwood, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred E. and Sofie M. (Ledding) Gronner. She attended school in Underwood, where she participated in sports, speech, and orchestra, graduating from high school in 1939. She then attended...
Willis Hoyt
Aug 22, 2010
Willis Hoyt, 88, of Underwood, died Sunday, August 22, 2010, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center in Battle Lake. He was born May 8, 1922, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hoyt Sr. He graduated from Stewart High School in 1939, and was enrolled in Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN until the...
Marilyn Johnson
Aug 21, 2010
Marilyn Ann Johnson, 77, of Dalton, died Saturday, August 21, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. She was born November 29, 1932, in Dalton, Minnesota, the daughter of Alvin E. and Emma (Rovang) Larson. She attended grade school in Dalton, and high school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1950. On May 10, 1953, she married Thomas Johnson...
Allan Eckley
Aug 20, 2010
Allan Orlando Eckley, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 20, 2010, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born January 18, 1920, in Overly, North Dakota, the son of Olaf and Clara (Rude) Eckley. He grew up on the farm, attending school in Rolette, North Dakota. He moved to South Dakota where he worked...
Leona Gacke
Aug 18, 2010
Leona Ellen Gacke, 82, a resident of rural Erhard, and formerly of Luverne, Minnesota, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at her home. She was born to Clarence and Carrie (Jutting) Dammann on February 23rd (her father’s birthday), 1928, in Little Rock, Iowa. She attended a rural school and then the high school in Little Rock. She graduated in 1946. Leona...
Frieda Miller
Aug 16, 2010
Frieda Johanna Miller, 99, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, August 16, 2010, at the PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls. She was born May 12, 1911, at the Hensch homestead in Western Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Johanna (Kohnke) Hensch Sr. On September 27, 1933, she married Clarence C. Miller at Immanuel Lutheran...
Prentice Ness
Aug 16, 2010
Prentice Howard “Bud” Ness, 92, died Monday, August 16, 2010, at the PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls. Prentice Howard Ness, known to most of you as “Bud” was born March 20, 1918, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to his proud parents Daniel and Anne (Otteson) Ness. He grew up in the Fergus Falls area where he attended school. Bud served with...
Eric Brown
Aug 6, 2010
Eric Wayne Brown, 47, a resident of Fergus Falls, died suddenly on Friday, August 6, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls after a brief battle with cancer. Eric was born on November 15, 1962 to Jesse and Edith (Lee) Brown at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Eric was a fun-loving person and loved people. He was a...
Bernielle Gast
Aug 6, 2010
Bernielle Juanita Gast, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, August 6, 2010, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born August 22, 1919, at rural Wyndmere, North Dakota, the daughter of Frank O. and Minnie (Nelson) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church in Wahpeton, ND. After the death of her mother when Bernielle was...
Kathryn Olson
Aug 3, 2010
Kathryn M. Olson, 100, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010, at her home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. She was born March 27, 1910, near Rowley, Iowa, the daughter of Warren and Ethel (Grover) Junkins. At the age of two she and her parents moved to a farm near Hartland, Minnesota. She was baptized and...
Delilah Schmidt
Aug 2, 2010
Delilah Adeline Schmidt, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, was called by the Lord to her eternal home on Monday, August 2, 2010 at the Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls. She was born August 16, 1919, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Paul and Anna (Wegener) Koppe. She grew up in Fergus Falls, attending Adams Elementary School and...
Beryl Johnson
Jul 28, 2010
Beryl Genevieve Johnson, 85, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Midwest Home Health in Fergus Falls. She was born July 16, 1925, in Western Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Avery and Alice (Achen) Davenport, one of seven children. She grew up and attended school in Fergus Falls. On June 17, 1946,...
Hilda Hennig
Jul 28, 2010
Hilda Alma Anna Hennig, 95, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Pioneer Care in Fergus Falls. She was born November 11, 1914, at her home in Elizabeth Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Anna (Ladwig) and Walter H. Drechsel. She grew up in the area, was confirmed in May of 1928 at...
Dorine Finseth
Jul 23, 2010
Dorine Luverne (Smith) Finseth, 87, went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 23, 2010 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was a longtime resident of Underwood, MN, and moved to Fergus Falls in 2002 to live with her son, Bjorn, and in December of 2009 moved to Park Gardens in Fergus Falls. Dorine was...
Bernice Gallagher
Jul 18, 2010
Bernice Gallagher died on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was 97 years young. She was born on May 17, 1913, in Lake Prairie Township near Gaylord, Minnesota. She was the sixth and youngest child of Albert and Anna (Schwocho) Gierke. She grew up on the shores of Lake Jefferson and often...
James Jacobson
Jul 17, 2010
James Stillman Jacobson, 50, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born July 9, 1960, in Golden Valley, Minnesota, the son of David and Eleanora (Schuster) Jacobson. He graduated from White Bear Lake High School, and attended three years of college where he was an English major and...
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