Obituaries
Miriam Shelstad
Jun 1, 2010
Miriam Helga Shelstad, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born February 10, 1920, in Wilkin County, rural Rothsay, Minnesota, the daughter of Hilmer and Ellen (Klengson) Martinson. She grew up on the family farm in rural Rothsay, where she attended country school and later Breckenridge...
Olga Bengtson
May 31, 2010
Olga LaVerne Bengtson, 83, formerly of Erhard, died at the Good Samaritan Home in Pelican Rapids on Monday, May 31, 2010. She was born March 21, 1927, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Swen and Olga (Opsahl) Swenson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bagstevold Lutheran Church in Erhard, Minnesota. She was a lifetime member of Bagstevold Lutheran Church,...
Marion Teberg
May 30, 2010
Marion Teberg, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born July 25, 1920, in Searles, MN, the daughter of Otto and Katherine (Jueneman) Sprenger. She attended school District #16, rural Elizabeth, MN. On November 26, 1942, she married Herman Teberg at St. Madelyn of Sophia Catholic...
Michelle Anderson
May 30, 2010
Michelle (Wiese) Anderson, 24, a resident of Rochester, formerly of Battle Lake, died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN as the result of a bicycle accident. She was born November 3, 1985, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, MN, the daughter of Gerald and Anita (Zoucha) Wiese. She was baptized and confirmed at Our...
Paula Nelson
May 29, 2010
Paula Jean Nelson, 47, a resident of Georgetown, TX, formerly of Battle Lake entered her eternal home Saturday, May 29 2010 in Texas after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Paula was born September 13, 1962 in Minneapolis, MN to Roy and Geraldine Pederson. She graduated from Battle Lake High School and later went on to become an RN/BSN and...
Randy Wanek
May 28, 2010
Randy Wanek, 55, a resident of Fergus Falls, died unexpectedly as a result of cardiac arrest, on Friday, May 28, 2010, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Randy was born to Kenneth and Lou Ann (Erlandson) Wanek in Fergus Falls. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1973, Fergus Falls Community College in 1975 and Bemidji State College...
Mary Sha
May 19, 2010
Mary G. Sha, 94, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at the Golden Living Center on Otter Tail Lake. She was born February 7, 1916, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of William and Sarah (Martin) Teberg. She was baptized in Duluth, Minnesota, and confirmed in Central Lutheran Church in rural Pelican Rapids. In 1935 she married Art...
Marion Wickstrom
May 16, 2010
Marion Ingrid Wickstrom, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 16, 2010 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born March 2, 1929, in Oak Park, Illinois, the daughter of Carl and Gertrude (Magneson) Bondeson. She grew up in Chicago, graduating from Austin High School in Chicago in 1947. In June of 1951 she graduated...
Ernest Carlsrud
May 16, 2010
Ernest Carlsrud, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Rothsay, died Sunday, May 16, 2010 at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. He was born January 27, 1920, in Wilkin County, Minnesota, the son of Reinhard and Anna (Olson) Carlsrud. He attended country school near his home. Ernest served in the U. S. Army during World War II...
Ruby Neuleib
May 16, 2010
Ruby M. Neuleib, 87, a resident of Ft. Ripley, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 16, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. She was born March 8, 1923, in Wilkin County, Minnesota, the daughter of Syver and Clara (Lunstad) Halbakken. Ruby grew up in the Pelican Rapids and Rothsay area. On November 16, 1941, she married Elmer...
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...
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