Obituaries
Roger Smith-DeLong
Oct 4, 2008
Roger D. Smith-DeLong, 51, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, October, 4, 2008 at the Golden Living Center on Otter Tail Lake. He was born on October 17, 1956 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the son of Donald and Hazel (Peters) Smith. He attended grade school in Donnelly, MN and high school in Morris and Herman. After high school, he...
Marcyle Hanson
Oct 4, 2008
Marcyle A. Hanson, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, October 04, 2008 at the Broen Memorial Home. She was born on July 18, 1917 in Esmond, North Dakota, the daughter of Howard and Sally (Sentman) Stevens. She grew up in the Maddock, North Dakota area and graduated from Maddock High School. On July 17, 1941, she married Selmer...
Elenor Hanson
Oct 2, 2008
Elenor “Ellie” Adeline Hanson, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, October 2, 2008 at her home under the care of her family and Lakeland Hospice. She was born August 5, 1922, in Dora Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Herman and Charlotte (Berend) Luebberman. She grew up in rural Vergas and graduated from Pelican Rapids...
Mylla Nogowski
Sep 30, 2008
Mylla Rae Nogowski, 64, a resident of rural Dalton, died Tuesday, September 30, 2008, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born July 23, 1944, in Oakes, North Dakota, the daughter of Francis and Edna (Melz) Litchfield. She grew up in North Dakota, and attended Forman High School. On February 1, 1962, she married Robert Nogowski in...
Roger Gunderson
Sep 23, 2008
Earl “Roger” Gunderson, 82, a resident of rural Dalton, died Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at his home. He was born June 30, 1926, in Dane Prairie Township of Otter Tail County, the son of Anton and Hannah (Lindquist) Gunderson. He grew up in Tordenskjold Township, attending country school at District #20. He later joined the Marines and was stationed in...
Junez Ritchie
Sep 23, 2008
Junez Adella (Olson) Ritchie, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born March 4, 1921, in Hazel Run, Minnesota, the daughter of John Alfred and Anna Jorgina (Imes) Olson. Junez married Micheal Henry Ritchie in 1945, and they were blessed with two sons, DeRon Allen...
Howard Hovland
Sep 20, 2008
Howard M. Hovland, 78, a resident of Columbia Heights, formerly of Dalton, died Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the Crestview Lutheran Home in Columbia Heights. He was born on November 22, 1929 in Fergus Falls, the son of Melvin and Olga (Sivertson) Hovland. He was baptized and confirmed at Swan Lake Lutheran Church. He grew up in rural Underwood and...
Harvey Mostue
Sep 18, 2008
Harvey O. Mostue, 80, a resident of rural Erhard, died Thursday, September 18, 2008 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born February 2, 1928, in Erhard, Minnesota, the son of Math and Gina (Lyngstad) Mostue. He grew up in Maplewood Township, attending school at District #187. He worked various jobs including at the bakery in Fergus...
Olga Hovland
Sep 12, 2008
Olga “Ollie” Hovland, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, September 12, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born December 19, 1916, in Rothsay, Minnesota, the daughter of Ottin and Clara (Hanson) Trosvig. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1935. On October 12, 1946, she married Joseph “Joe” Hovland at First Lutheran...
Bernice Ewert
Sep 11, 2008
Bernice Rose Ewert, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, September 11, 2008, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born December 27, 1919, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of George and Lillie (Frank) Mittelstadt. She was baptized at Western Evangelical United Brethren Church, and was currently a member of United Methodist Church of Peace in Fergus...
Dorothy Sorensen
Sep 7, 2008
Dorothy H. Sorensen, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, September 7, 2008 at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. She was born November 14, 1919, in Cicero, Illinois, the daughter of Fred and Nina (Stenstrom) Anderson. She grew up in Illinois, graduating from Morton High School in Berwyn, IL. In her early years she spent time caring...
Clara Fronning
Aug 30, 2008
Clara Christine Fronning, age 95, a resident of the Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls, died Saturday August 30, 2008, at the Home. Clara was born on April 14, 1913, in Tumuli Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, one of nine children of Nels J. and Elise (Ekra) Hoff. She was baptized at the Aastad Lutheran Church. In 1919 the family...
Leonard Norgren
Aug 28, 2008
Leonard Oscar Norgren, 93, a resident of rural Elizabeth, died Thursday, August 28, 2008, at his home. He was born January 12, 1915, the middle child in a family of nine to C.O. and Mary (Laugen) Norgren. He was born on the family farm home in rural Elizabeth. He was baptized and confirmed at Augustana Lutheran Church in Elizabeth, MN. ...
Wendy Johnson
Aug 27, 2008
Wendy Jo Johnson, 47, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She had been battling leukemia for several months and developed a case of pneumonia early Monday morning. She was born October 6, 1960, in Northfield, Minnesota, the daughter of Gordon Petter and Charlotte Ann (Cowden) Nelsen. She graduated...
Rena Morical
Aug 26, 2008
Rena M. (Lydeen) Morical, 96, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at the Sterling Park Healthcare Center in Waite Park, Minnesota. She was born October 25, 1911, in Foxhome, Minnesota, the daughter of Okko and Louise (Olson) Tjaden. They moved to Fergus Falls where Rena graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1929. Rena married Ronald...
Olga Peterson
Aug 25, 2008
Olga E. Peterson, 96, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Monday, August 25, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born April 4, 1912, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Even T. and Oleena (Harildstad) Trosvik. Olga was baptized, confirmed, and was a lifelong member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She grew up in Fergus...
Stanley Johnson
Aug 23, 2008
Stanley J. Johnson, 76, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, August 23, 2008 at the Broen Memorial Home Short Stay Unit in Fergus Falls He was born in Aurdal Township of Otter Tail County on November 17, 1931, the son of Erwin and Florence (Nelson) Johnson. At the age of 17 he went to work at Davidson Metal Shop...
Brenda Brown
Aug 22, 2008
Brenda Kay Brown, 52, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 21, 2008, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born September 17, 1955, in Perry, Iowa, the daughter of Howard and Gladys (Jorgenson) Hicks. She grew up in Perry, graduating from high school there. She then attended the Des Moines Area Community College. On...
Elna Westfall
Aug 20, 2008
Elna A. Westfall, 102, a resident of Fergus Falls and formerly of Rothsay, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. Elna Adelle Danielson Westfall was born March 20, 1906, in rural Rothsay, the twin daughter of Solomon and Mary (Fors) Danielson, into a family of ten children. She attended rural school District #28, later...
Edythe Wiley
Aug 18, 2008
Edythe Eleanor Wiley, 100, a resident of Fergus Falls, formerly of Rochester, died Monday, August 18, 2008 at the Broen Memorial Home. She was born on March 28, 1908 in Brickton, MN, the daughter of Fredrick and Louella (McCue) Bach. Edythe’s mother died in the swine flu epidemic of 1918 and she and her siblings were placed in foster homes...
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