Obituaries
Gladys Reinan
May 21, 2009
Gladys Evelyn Reinan, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 21, 2009, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born December 24, 1911, in Beltrami, Minnesota, the daughter of Ernest and Grace (Olslund) Denison. She grew up in Beltrami, graduating from Beltrami High School in 1928, and then attended Wahpeton State School of Science. On...
Nancy Seeba
May 20, 2009
Nancy Lynn Seeba, 50, a resident of rural Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 20, 2009, peacefully at her home. She was born November 29, 1958, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Kenneth and Lillian (Washek) Jacobson. She attended school in Underwood with the Class of 1977, and then attended Fergus Falls Community College with an emphasis in Business. On May...
Amy Paulson
May 19, 2009
Amy M. Paulson, 67, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Amy was born on May 27, 1941 in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Arthur and Maybelle (Olson) Paulson. She grew up on the family farm in Tordenskjold Township and lived there until 1981, when she moved to Fergus Falls...
Doris Lyngstad
May 18, 2009
Doris Violet Lyngstad, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, May 18, 2009, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. She was born May 14, 1917, in Rothsay, Minnesota, the daughter of John and Anna (Ostlund) Toso. She grew up on her family farm and attended country school through the eighth grade. She did waitress work for a...
Thomas Erickson
May 17, 2009
Thomas “Tom” Joel Erickson, 62, a resident of Underwood, died Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Meritcare Hospital in Fargo. He was born April 20, 1947, in Pine River, Minnesota the son of Alvin and Evelyn (Tobin) Erickson. After high school he went to Welding School in Willmar. He joined the National Guard in 1966 and served until 1975. After his...
Tillie Hoffman
May 14, 2009
Tillie Hoffman, 69, of Osakis passed away at the Galeon Nursing Home in Osakis on May 14, 2009. Tillie was born July 27, 1939 to Manley and Marion Smith of Detroit Lakes. She graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1958. She married Wayne Hoffman of Detroit Lakes on August 15, 1959. She is survived by her husband, Wayne Hoffman...
Clifford Scott
May 14, 2009
Clifford “Scotty” Scott, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 14, 2009 at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. He was born January 6, 1915 in Orwell Township of Otter Tail County, the son of Bert and Elizabeth (Brendecke) Scott. He attended rural school and lived and worked on the home farm until he joined the Armed...
Helen Money
May 13, 2009
Helen Tuley Money, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Topeka, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at her home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. She was born November 13, 1919, to Fred and Sadie (Schurman) Tuley of Huron, Kansas. They moved to Arlington, Kansas where she attended grade school. She graduated from Effingham High School in 1937...
F. Smith
May 11, 2009
F. Eileen Smith, age 100, a resident of Fergus Falls, and formerly of Huron, South Dakota, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born August 24, 1908, in Haileybury, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Robert Arthur and Florence Augusta (Annett) Cowling. She graduated from Hibbing High School in 1925 and attended Hibbing...
Marguerite Belka
May 8, 2009
Marguerite K. Belka, age 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 8, 2009, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, MN under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Marguerite Katherine Abel was born on September 23, 1924 to Romeo and Clarice (Young) Abel in Minneapolis, MN. She attended parochial and public schools in Perham, MN,...
Evelyn Brynteson
May 3, 2009
Evelyn Brynteson, age 89, died peacefully on Sunday, May 3, 2009, under hospice care at the home of her daughter in Fergus Falls, MN. Evelyn and her husband relocated to Mill Street Residence in Fergus Falls from Atlanta, GA in September 2005 after a stroke created physical limitations. She was born November 5, 1919, in Chicago, IL the daughter of...
Duane Rasmussen
Apr 30, 2009
Duane Vern Rasmussen, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. He was “29 years and a few months” old when he passed away. He was born August 5, 1921, in Hector, Minnesota, the son of Diedrick and Birgitte Rasmussen. He was a Veteran of World War II and served...
Gary Stanton
Apr 30, 2009
Gary D. Stanton, 54, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. As per his wishes, his body has been donated to the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Interment will be at a later date. Olson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may...
Alfred Trenne
Apr 29, 2009
Alfred V. Trenne, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, and formerly of Fergus Falls, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009, in Michigan at the age of 100 years, 1 month and 2 days. He was born March 27, 1909 in Oscar Township of Otter Tail County, the son of William and Ida Trenne. He continued to live and farm in Oscar Township...
Elnora Nelson
Apr 27, 2009
Elnora Nelson, 85, a resident of Barnesville, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Monday, April 27, 2009, at the Barnesville Good Samaritan Center in Barnesville. She was born December 21, 1923, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of A. Math and Emma (Iverson) Stigen. She grew up in Fergus Falls where she attended school. On March 12, 1944, she married Carlton...
Lorraine Phelps
Apr 24, 2009
Lorraine Dorothy Phelps, 80, loving wife of Earl Phelps, formerly of Fergus Falls, died peacefully at her home in Vadnais Heights on Friday, April 24, 2009, surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 3, 1928, in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, the daughter of Roy and Mary Peterson. Roy was the town’s barber. She grew up in Parkers Prairie and...
E. Nelson
Apr 24, 2009
Eugene Wesley Nelson, 70, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, April 24, 2009, at his home. He was born December 4, 1938, in Fergus Falls, the son of Steen and Bertha (Western) Nelson. He farmed south of Rothsay and upon his retirement, moved to Fergus Falls. On April 16, 1972, he married Kathryn Doebbert in Fergus Falls Wes was a faithful...
Michael Schultz
Apr 23, 2009
Michael “Mike” Duane Schultz, 55, a resident of Underwood, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2009, at his home surrounded by his loving family and friends with Lakeland Hospice, after a courageous battle with cancer. Mike was born on June 27, 1953 to Duane and Louise (Pearson) Schultz and was baptized in Pelican Rapids. He was a 1971 graduate of Fergus...
Agnes Johansen
Apr 22, 2009
Agnes Johansen, age 92, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born July 28, 1916, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, the daughter of Albert and Petra (Sjolie) Thorson. She was the oldest of five girls. When Agnes was six years old the family moved to Fargo, North Dakota. She graduated...
Reverend Blikstad
Apr 21, 2009
Reverend Paul Philip Blikstad, 85, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Salem, Oregon, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at his daughter’s residence in Fergus Falls. He was born October 18, 1923, in Fergus Falls, the son of Einar and Clara (Christofferson) Blikstad. He grew up in Fergus Falls, graduating from high school in 1941. He then attended Augsburg College and graduated...
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