Obituaries
Wilma Johnson
Nov 2, 2010
Wilma Sophie Johnson, 81, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully with family at her side on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born June 14, 1929, in Arlington, Minnesota, the daughter of Erdwig and Erna (Jaus) Clausen. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1948, and later received a degree in Education from...
Patricia McArthur
Nov 2, 2010
Patricia Mary McArthur, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born August 14, 1926, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Murray) Brietenbauch. She grew up in Maine Township graduating from Underwood High School in 1940. She then attended business training in Moorhead. Patricia...
Stanley Rongstad
Nov 2, 2010
Stanley Eugene Rongstad, 95, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born March 11, 1915, in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, the son of Chris and Ida (Aune) Rongstad. Stanley grew up and went to school in Lamberton, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church. Stanley...
Helen Bailey
Oct 29, 2010
Helen Lorraine (Palmer) Bailey, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, October 29, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. Helen was born December 17, 1921, in Jamestown, ND, to Forest W. and Clara (Iverson) Palmer. The family lived at Crystal Springs, ND, where her father was a grain elevator manager. When Helen was 5 years old...
Gertrude Atkinson
Oct 27, 2010
Gertrude Emma Atkinson, 91, of Jamestown, ND, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at the Jamestown Hospital in Jamestown, North Dakota. She was born September 1, 1919, in Bordulac, North Dakota, the daughter of George and Lyda (Butts) Yeo. Her father worked for the Soo Line Railroad, so the family lived in various places in North...
Orlean Peterson
Oct 26, 2010
Orlean “Deany” Peterson, 87, of Moorhead and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at Eventide Nursing Home in Moorhead. She was born September 3, 1923, in Fargo, North Dakota, the daughter of William and Petra (Hendrickson) Pearson. She grew up in Fargo, where she attended high school. On June 28, 1946, she married Harry Carl Peterson in...
Inga Kragrud
Oct 26, 2010
Inga Marie Kragrud, 99, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at the Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls. She was born February 27, 1911, on the family farm in Oscar Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Carl and Sigrid (Hagen) Fosse. She grew up on the farm, attending country school. She graduated from...
Violet Rollag
Oct 23, 2010
Violet Eileen Rollag, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, October 23, 2010, at the Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls. She was born October 31, 1922, on the family farm in Maine Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Arthur and Marie (Turman) Dess. After her father died in 1928, the family moved to Underwood, where...
Merle Fredrickson
Oct 20, 2010
Merle Duane Fredrickson, 75, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born March 1, 1935 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Theodore and Esther (Krause) Fredrickson. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. He attended the Fergus Falls Public Schools. He was...
Nobel Holte
Oct 19, 2010
Nobel Edwin Holte, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born February 5, 1918, in Tumuli Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the son of Andrew and Turi (Ronningen) Holte. He grew up on the family farm, attending school at District #139, and later Park Region Model...
Sharon Gaarsland
Oct 18, 2010
Sharon Marie Gaarsland, 59, a resident of rural Vining, died Monday, October 18, 2010, at her home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Shari was born on April 24, 1951 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the daughter of Gordon and Betty Ann (Backer) Geuke. She grew up in Zell, SD and attended Redfield High School. On June 30, 2001 she married...
Verna Johnson
Oct 17, 2010
Verna Estelle Johnson, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at the Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls. Verna Estelle Johnson, the daughter of Alfred and Sophie (Ledding) Gronner was born October 18, 1915 in Underwood, Minnesota. She graduated from Underwood High School and Moorhead University and attended the Moorhead University 5th year program with emphasis...
Patricia Herigon
Oct 17, 2010
Patricia “Pat” Ann Herigon, 82, of Glenwood, Minnesota, and formerly of Marshall, passed away Sunday, October 17, 2010, in Glenwood. Patricia Ann Graffunder was born April 1, 1928, in Marshall, Minnesota, the daughter of Charles and Lola (Aust) Graffunder. On February 28, 1946, she married Dalen “Day” Herigon. They lived around the Marshall area and finally in Marshall. Pat was...
Charles Carson
Oct 13, 2010
Charles E. Carson, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born January 17, 1935, in Emerson, Iowa to Lester M. and Marjorie A. (Briggs) Carson. Carson attended schools in McCook, Nebraska and Emerson, Iowa, graduating in 1952. He also graduated from the University of Nebraska and Iowa State University receiving...
Luella Kantrud
Oct 13, 2010
Luella Mabel Kantrud, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, and wife of the late Ernie Kantrud, passed away on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born May 22, 1920, on a farm in Taylor Township of Traverse County, Minnesota, the daughter of Frank and Emma (Winefeldt) Tohm. She was baptized at St....
Edward Nelson
Oct 11, 2010
Edward T. Nelson, 81, a resident of Ottertail, formerly of Thief River Falls, died Monday, October 11, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Edward was born on October 30, 1928 in Kennedy, MN, the son of Albin and Lillie (Johnson) Nelson. He graduated from the Crookston Agricultural College and also served in the United States Army during the...
JoAnne Anderson
Oct 9, 2010
JoAnne “Josie” H. Anderson, 74, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, October 9, 2010, at Midwest Home Health in Fergus Falls. She was born April 24, 1936, in Rolette County, ND, the daughter of Anton “Tony” and Velva (House) Christenson. She grew up in Dunseith, ND, near the Turtle Mountains, later moving to Renton, Washington and then to Underwood, MN, where...
Murray Meyer
Oct 5, 2010
Murray Myron Meyer, 70, of Dent, died Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born February 26, 1940, in Perham, Minnesota, the son of Alfred J. and Yenoette B. (Wagner) Meyer. He grew up in the Dent area, graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1958. He then attended the State School...
Paul Beck
Oct 4, 2010
Paul Wayne Beck, 73, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, October 4, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born August 21, 1937, in Spooner, Wisconsin, the son of Henry H. and Ida Faye (Boston) Beck. After high school, he spent the next twenty years serving our country in the U.S. Army where he traveled all...
Donald Schroeder
Sep 25, 2010
Donald W. Schroeder, 80, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, September 25, 2010, at his home under the care of his family and Lakeland Hospice. He was born December 31, 1929, to George H. and Ruth (Atkinson) Schroeder on the home farm north of Fergus Falls. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church by Reverend Walter Friedrich....
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