Obituaries
Anna Ordal
Jan 10, 2008
Anna E. Ordal, 104, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born June 23, 1903, in Orwell Township of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Otilia (Hill) Sholberg. She attended school in District #197, and then attended Fergus Falls High School with Teacher's Training,...
Elder Engebretson
Jan 10, 2008
Elder Engebretson, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, January 10, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born June 29, 1917, in Havre, Montana, the son of Gustav and Katherine (Torgusson) Engebretson. He attended school in rural Aurdal Township near Fergus Falls through the eighth grade. He farmed with his dad on several...
Margaret Lampy
Jan 9, 2008
Margaret Lampy, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born was born September 8, 1915, in Watertown, SD, the daughter of Henry and Anna (Wagner) Walta. She graduated from high school in Watertown, SD, and then attended business college for one year. She worked at...
Edith Peterson
Jan 9, 2008
Edith C. Peterson, 85, a resident of the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born May 24, 1922, in Palisade, Aitkin County, Minnesota, the daughter of Axel and Brita Eng. She attended school in Fleming and graduated from Aitkin High School in 1940. She was...
Alice Carlson
Jan 7, 2008
Alice Carlson, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, January 7, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born September 7, 1915, in Rothsay, MN, the daughter of Olaf and Mathilda (Rudh) Olson, the youngest of seven children born to this farm couple. Alice attended country school in Rothsay. She went on to attend...
Anthony Wentworth
Jan 7, 2008
Anthony "Tony" George Wentworth, 73, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, January 7, 2008 at the Minnesota Veteran's Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born July 9, 1934, in Staples, Minnesota, the son of George and Frances (Becker) Wentworth. He attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, and graduated from Staples High School in 1952. After graduation, Tony worked at...
Marilyn Schroeder
Jan 5, 2008
Marilyn Joy Schroeder, 51, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born October 8, 1956, in Grafton, North Dakota, the daughter of Alvin and Janice (Heller) Cull. She graduated from Cavalier Public School in 1976, and then attended NDSU in Fargo, ND, graduating with a degree in...
Selma Johnson
Jan 4, 2008
Selma May Johnson, 103, died Friday, January 4, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where she had lived for a short time after fracturing her hip. She was born May 4, 1904, in Meadows Township, Wilkin County, near Rothsay, the eldest daughter of Conrad and Bertha (Meyer) Wasmuth. She attended elementary and high school in Fergus Falls....
Kay Hettler
Jan 2, 2008
F. Kathleen "Kay" Hettler, 91, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born April 30, 1916, in Haydenville, Ohio, the daughter of John and Josephine (Walker) Norris. She attended country school in Laurel, Ohio, and graduated from Union Furnace High School in Union Furnace, Ohio. She...
Joyce Grant
Jan 2, 2008
Joyce M. Grant, 71, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born September 6, 1936, in Foxhome, Minnesota, the daughter of Bert and Margaret (Kapell) Johnson. She graduated from Breckenridge High School in 1955. On July 2, 1955, she married Donald Grant at Sisseton, SD. She began...
Berton Overgaard
Jan 2, 2008
Berton Melford Overgaard, 95, a longtime resident of rural Dalton, died Wednesday, January 02, 2008, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born May 6, 1912, on the family farm in St. Olaf Township, rural Dalton, the son of Bernt and Maria Overgaard. He was baptized and confirmed at Kvam Lutheran Church, rural Dalton, Minnesota. He...
Corinne Nelson
Jan 1, 2008
Corinne Marie Nelson (Johnson) 86, of south Minneapolis, died peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008, from complications of osteoporosis. She was born Feb. 23, 1921, in Fergus Falls. She lived a full life as wife, mother, grandmother, homemaker, teacher and church musician serving as organist and choir director at Augustana Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls for 10 years, and at Lebanon...
LeRoy Hanson
Dec 31, 2007
LeRoy "Bud" Hanson, 80, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 31, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community. He was born June 13, 1927, in Fergus Falls, the son of John and Ida (Schmidt) Hanson. He grew up and attended school in Fergus Falls. Following graduation, he joined the US Army and was stationed in Europe. Following his military service, he...
Donald Moe
Dec 31, 2007
Donald Albert Moe, 78, of rural Battle Lake, died Monday, December 31, 2007, at Meritcare Hospital in Fargo, ND. He was born September 5, 1929, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Albert and Eldora (Johnson) Moe. He grew up in the Windom and Marshall area, graduating from Marshall High School. He attended two years of Business College in Marshall,...
LoreLei Lewis
Dec 29, 2007
LoreLei D. Lewis, 50, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 29, 2007 at Lake Region Hospital. She was born on December 9, 1957, to Lloyd and Alice (Hagen) Heines of Henning. She graduated from Henning Public Schools in 1977 and then from Fergus Falls Community College in 1979. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church...
Clare Caspers
Dec 27, 2007
Clare E. Caspers, age 90, beloved Father and Grandfather passed away on Thursday December 27, 2007, at the Methodist Hospital Hospice, St. Louis Park He was born April 15, 1917, in Brushvale, MN, the son of Jacob and Kathyrn (Richels) Caspers. He attended schools in Breckenridge and served in WWII as an Air Force Communications Specialist in the South Pacific....
Gayle Brandt
Dec 24, 2007
Gayle Carmen Brandt, 47, of rural Erhard, died suddenly on Monday, December 24, 2007 at Lake Region Hospital, Fergus Falls. She was born September 11, 1960, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Glen and Mary (Elshaug) Kenyon. She graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1978 and MSCTC in Fergus Falls with an accounting degree in 1998. In July of...
Mr. Holst
Dec 23, 2007
Leslie Holst, 85, died Sunday, December 23, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community, Fergus Falls. He was born July 22, 1922, to Otto and Gena (Larson) Holst, on a farm near Sisseton, SD. His father died when he was six years old. When he finished eighth grade in Bossko Township, SD, he took over the family farm. He farmed until...
Richard Durham
Dec 22, 2007
Richard "Dick" Durham, 61, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 22, 2007, at his home. He was born August 12, 1946, in Gibson City, Illinois, the son of Charles and Helen (Morefield) Durham. He completed his high school education in Gibson City and then moved to Minneapolis, where he attended Tech School. In 1966, he married Peggy Erickson near Dalton....
William Friedrich
Dec 21, 2007
William Arnold Friedrich, son of Brian and Pam Friedrich, was stillborn on Friday, December 21, 2007 at Meritcare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Preceding him in death was his sister, Lillie Elaine who died in infancy on November 21, 2001. Survivors include his parents and big brother, Tomas of Moorhead; grandparents, Arlo and Elenore Friedrich of Fergus Falls and Roland and...
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