Obituaries

Lorna Miller

Lorna Miller

May 13, 2007

Lorna Martha Miller, 86, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 13, 2007, at her home after a short struggle with cancer. She was born August 11, 1920, at the family farm north of Fergus Falls, the daughter of William and Hulda (Krause) Duenow. She was baptized and confirmed at Evangelical Lutheran Church (Immanuel Lutheran). She grew up and attended country...

Betty Cossette

Betty Cossette

May 11, 2007

Betty Cossette, 72, a resident of the Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls, died Friday May 11, 2007, at the Home. Betty was born on June 5, 1934, in Dilworth, to Luman and Carrie (Berger) Gallinger She graduated from Dilworth High School and later worked for DeLendrecies in Fargo, North Dakota. On January 20, 1957, she married Ernest Cossette in Sisseton,...

Ruth Melby

Ruth Melby

May 10, 2007

Ruth J. Melby, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday morning, May 10, 2007, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born August 21, 1922, in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, the daughter of Beatrice Hook. She graduated from the Goodridge High School. Ruth married Adelbert Hesse and they had two daughters, Shirley and Sharyl. On October 21, 1951,...

Arlen Braaten

Arlen Braaten

May 10, 2007

Arlen Owen Braaten, 69, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 10, 2007, in Alexandria. He was born July 6, 1937, in Halstad, Minnesota, the son of Martin and Illa (Asmundson) Braaten. He grew up in Nielsville, graduated from Nielsville High School in 1954, and then attended Concordia College. He later married and had two sons, Shane and Delhon. Over the...

Evelyn Soma

Evelyn Soma

May 8, 2007

Evelyn Soma Evelyn O. Soma, 90, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at her home in Loudon, Tennesee. She was born April 1, 1917, in Kloten, North Dakota, the daughter of Andrew and Louise (Knutson) Lykken. She was baptized and confirmed in Valley Grove Lutheran Church in Kloten. She graduated from the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis...

Eugene Evenson

Eugene Evenson

May 8, 2007

Eugene L. "Gene" Evenson, 58, of Sun City, Arizona, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Sun City. He was born July 20, 1948, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Alvin and Maxine (Lacey) Evenson, and grew up in Aastad Township. He was baptized and confirmed at Aastad Lutheran Church. He graduated from the Crookston...

F. Tom

F. Tom

May 6, 2007

Frank "Tom" Thomas Sha, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 06, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. He was born March 29, 1919, in Orwell Township, the son of Frank and Kathryn Matilda (Westerberg) Sha. He attended District 261 in Orwell Township, graduating from the 8th grade. On May 19, 1951, he married Mary...

Alice Lattman

Alice Lattman

May 6, 2007

Alice E. Lattman, 95, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed on to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, May 6, 2007, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born on April 5, 1912 at the family homestead in Saum, Minnesota, the daughter of Theodor and Carrie (Nielsen) Knutson. She grew up in Saum and went to...

Palmer Austvold

Palmer Austvold

May 3, 2007

Palmer Austvold, 100, of Fergus Falls, went home to heaven to be with the Lord on Thursday morning, May 03, 2007. Since February, he had been a resident of The Haven Manor Adult Foster Care Home in Fergus Falls. He was born January 23, 1907, in Pope County, south of Glenwood, Minnesota, the youngest son of Nels and Betsy (Olson)...

Wanda Hagen

Wanda Hagen

May 2, 2007

Wanda Lou (Grant) Hagen Wanda Lou (Grant) Hagen, 66, of Cambridge, Minnesota, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 02, 2007, in Cambridge. She was born November 18, 1940, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Vernon and Joyce (Severson) Grant. She grew up in Fergus Falls, attending school there, and graduated from Fergus Falls High School. She attended cosmetology...

Robert Regnier

Robert Regnier

Apr 29, 2007

Robert James Regnier, 59, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at his home. He was born April 12, 1948, in Marshall, Minnesota, the son of John and Erma (Gade) Regnier. He attended St. Eloi Catholic School in Ghent, Minnesota, and graduated from Central Catholic High School in Marshall in 1966. He graduated from Canby Vocational College in 1968...

Maurice Kugler

Maurice Kugler

Apr 28, 2007

Maurice M. Kugler, 91, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, April 28, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. He was born February 1, 1916, in Friberg Township, rural Fergus Falls, the son of Carl and Kathryn (Cameron) Kugler. He attended country school. On October 6, 1942, he married Vivian Swenson at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. He...

Amy Rindahl

Amy Rindahl

Apr 28, 2007

Amy Rindahl, 89, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, April 28, 2007, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. She was born March 3, 1918, in Eagle Lake Township of Otter Tail County, the daughter of Olaf and Emelia (Glende) Hanson. Amy grew up and attended country school in Eagle Lake Township. Later in life, at the age of fifty, Amy...

Trula Ebbighausen

Trula Ebbighausen

Apr 25, 2007

Trula Muretta Ebbighausen, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at her home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Trula was born on December 27, 1916 in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Carl and Magna (Bjorge) Sundling. She was baptized, confirmed and married at Augustana Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. She grew up in Fergus Falls...

Delmond Iversen

Delmond Iversen

Apr 25, 2007

Delmond Evan Iversen, 82, of Bismarck, North Dakota, and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday evening, April 25, 2007, at his home in Bismarck. He was born November 1, 1924, in Fergus Falls, the son of Albert and Ann (Eckerman) Iversen. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1943. He attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and graduated...

Millard Nord

Millard Nord

Apr 23, 2007

Millard "Sonny" Nord Jr., 78, of Rothsay, died Monday, April 23, 2007, at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice after a courageous battle with colon cancer. He was born August 14, 1928, in Rothsay, Minnesota, the only child of Millard and Mabel (Moen) Nord. He graduated from Rothsay High School in 1946 and entered the Army, serving in...

Russel Braun

Russel Braun

Apr 20, 2007

Russel J. Braun, 44, a resident of Battle Lake, died Friday, April 20, 2007, at his home. He was born August 1, 1962, in Hastings, Minnesota, the son of Leo and Norine (Keesler) Braun. He grew up in New Trier, Minnesota, attending elementary school at St. Mary's. He went to high school in Hastings. On February 14, 2002, he married...

Sadie Lyngaas

Sadie Lyngaas

Apr 19, 2007

Sadie Lyngaas, 98, a resident of Fargo, formerly of the Doran area, died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at the Rosewood on Broadway Nursing Home in Fargo. She was born July 5, 1908, at Makinen, Minnesota, one of nine children of Jack and Ida Kangas. She graduated from Eveleth High School in 1927 and from Duluth State Teacher's College with a...

Delores Braasch

Delores Braasch

Apr 18, 2007

Delores Braasch, 75, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday April 18, 2007, at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born February 4, 1932, in Leaf Mountain Township of Otter Tail County, the daughter of Peder and Hilda (Gullickson) Thorson. She was baptized and confirmed at Leaf Mountain Lutheran Church. She attended Leaf Mountain country school. On...

Charles Lundby

Charles Lundby

Apr 13, 2007

Charles M. Lundby, 67 a resident of Underwood, Minnesota, died Friday, April 13, 2007 at his home. He was born October 2, 1939, in Fargo, North Dakota, the son of Carl and Mabel (Paulson) Lundby. He graduated from Underwood High School in 1957. Charles served in the U.S. Army for two years, stationed in Germany. On December 27, 1960, he...

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