Obituaries
Pauline Waasdorp
May 11, 2010
Pauline Lorena (Peterson) Waasdorp of Fergus Falls died Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at the Ottertail Nursing Home following a seven-year struggle with her health. Pauline was born in Fergus Falls on August 9, 1934 to Alf and Lorena Peterson. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1952. She began working at the Fergus Falls State Hospital where she met...
Gregory Centers
May 7, 2010
Gregory Armand Centers, 71, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was born August 30, 1938, in Harvey, Illinois, the son of Loren and Elsie (Haseman) Centers. He grew up in Harvey, attending school there. As a teen his family moved to Battle Lake, Minnesota, where he helped...
Lane Evavold-Jensen
May 7, 2010
Lane Steven Evavold-Jensen, infant son of Ashley Evavold and Adam Jensen of Fergus Falls, was delivered into the arms of Jesus on Friday, May 7, 2010, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. He will be loved and cherished by his parents, grandparents, Virgil and Vicki Evavold of Fergus Falls and Steven and Pat Jensen of Underwood, along with great-grandparents, Floyd...
Joyce Nelson
May 3, 2010
Joyce Dorraine Nelson, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, May 3, 2010, surrounded by her family and under the care of hospice staff at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. She was born in Minneota, Minnesota, the daughter of Walter and Lillian (Helgeson) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed in Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota. She attended grade...
Marvin Weik
Apr 29, 2010
Marvin H. Weik, 85, a resident of Rothsay, died Thursday, April 29, 2010, at St. Francis Medical Center in Breckenridge, Minnesota. He was born March 22, 1925, in rural Rothsay, Minnesota, the son of Wilhelm and Alma (Halbakken) Weik. He grew up in the Rothsay area, graduating from high school there. On March 29, 1944, he entered the U. S....
Agnes Nyman
Apr 28, 2010
Agnes Helen Nyman, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born April 3, 1921, in Wahpeton, North Dakota, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Hrdlicka) Napravnik. She grew up in Wahpeton, attending high school there. She was baptized and confirmed in Wahpeton. In 1939 she married...
Edward Jacobs
Apr 28, 2010
Edward “Jake” Oliver Jacobs, 75, a resident of Burleson, Texas, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010, in Burleson. He was born May 13, 1934, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Oliver Jensen and Hilda (Schroeder) Jacobs. He married Hazel Lasater Savage on October 1, 1988 in Cleburne, Texas. Mr. Jacobs served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He...
Raymond Vance
Apr 25, 2010
Raymond Guy Vance, age 93, of Fergus Falls died Sunday morning, April 25, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Raymond was born on October 27, 1916 in Fergus Falls to Chester "Cotton" and Leona (Snyder) Vance. He grew up and attended local schools in the Breckenridge area. On November 9, 1937 he married Gladys Viola Evenson in...
Florence Pratt
Apr 24, 2010
Florence E. Pratt, age 90, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born August 7, 1919, in Gardner, North Dakota, the daughter of Robert and Mary (McLean) Stirling. She grew up there, graduating from Gardner High School in 1937, and then attended Moorhead Teachers College. On September 9, 1939,...
Charles Vigen
Apr 18, 2010
Charles Douglas “Chuck” Vigen, 62, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, April 18, 2010, as the result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near Dent. He was born September 25, 1947, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Bill and Ollie (Brevig) Vigen. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1966, and then moved to Connecticut to...
Robert Jensen
Apr 17, 2010
Robert William Jensen, 77, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. He was born April 13, 1933, in Underwood, Minnesota, the son of William and Ruth (Sonstebo) Jensen. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1951. On September 5, 1954, he married Shirley Sonmor at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in...
Margaret Johnson
Apr 17, 2010
Margaret I. Johnson, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, went to be with her Lord Jesus, Saturday, April 17, 2010 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Margaret was born on February 12, 1920 in Bagley, MN, the daughter of Ole and Martha (Refsland) Mickelberg. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Bagley. Margaret attended country school...
Wesley Lee
Apr 14, 2010
Wesley Lee, 83, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home. He was born September 18, 1926, in Pelican Rapids, the son of Conrad and Ruth (Nettestad) Lee. He grew up and attended school in Pelican Rapids. Wesley served in the U.S. Army during World War II being stationed in Hawaii. Following his military service...
Evelyn Jensen
Apr 13, 2010
Evelyn Jensen, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Underwood, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at Haven Manor Adult Foster Care Home in Fergus Falls. She was born February 1, 1916, in Dent, the daughter of Paul and Ida (Hawley) Schmidt. She grew up and attended school in Dent. On March 10, 1937, she married Erwin Jensen in Perham. ...
Margaret Shirley
Apr 11, 2010
Margaret A. Shirley, age 84, of Fergus Falls died Sunday, April 11, 2010 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born August 1, 1925, in Rothsay to Christ and Hannah (Kjono) Olson. She had a brother, Harry Olson and two sisters, Ethel Edwards and Lu McMullen. She attended Rothsay High School. On March 16, 1947 she married...
Bonnie Rust
Apr 11, 2010
Bonnie Marie (Klai) Rust, 82, died Sunday, April 11, 2010, at Midwest Home Health, Fergus Falls. She was born at Cavalier, ND, on July 28, 1927, the oldest of three daughters born to Ralph and Julia (Petterson) Klai. She was claimed by God as His child in the Sacrament of Baptism shared with her on December 1, 1927, by the...
Ivan Jensen
Apr 11, 2010
A father, a friend, died on 4/11/2010 after being in declining health for several months. He is survived by his wife Roxanne of Ketchum, Idaho; sons Ron (Becky) Jensen, Bloomington, MN, Rod (Vicki) Jensen, Fergus Falls, MN and Roger Jensen, Blanchard, OK. Grandchildren Andy (Lesley), Shakopee, MN, Matt Jensen, Crystal, MN, David Jensen, Fergus Falls, MN, Amanda (Ryan) DeYounge, Worthington,...
Jennie Swisher
Apr 9, 2010
Jennie Swisher, 94, a resident of Hendricks, MN, formerly of Nashua, died Friday, April 9, 2010 at the Hendricks Nursing Home. She was born February 1, 1916, to John and Mary (Jiracek) Susanka in Naples, SD, where she was raised and attended school. Following her education, she helped her parents and her brothers on the family farm. She was united...
Walter Wangsness
Apr 6, 2010
Walter Wangsness, 100, of Perham, formerly of rural Fergus Falls, died Tuesday at the Perham Memorial Nursing Home. Walter was born on March 29, 1910 in Stony Brook Township. He was one of ten children born to Severt and Karen (Hole) Wangsness. He was baptized and confirmed at Rock Prairie Lutheran Church. On November 11, 1934 he married Chestine Kolle...
Robert Hexum
Apr 4, 2010
Robert M. Hexum, 69, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, April 4, 2010, in Alexandria. He was born May 21, 1940, in Rothsay, Minnesota, the son of Melvin and Gunda (Wee) Hexum. He graduated from Rothsay High School and entered the Army. On August 20, 1960, he married Joyce Swank in Cleveland, Ohio. Bob was a Mechanical Contracting Project...
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