Obituaries
Clarice Nye
Jun 12, 2007
Clarice Katherine (Spillum) Nye, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She was born in Rollag, MN, on September 2, 1914, the daughter of Ole and Julia (Solum) Spillum. She grew up on a farm near Rollag and attended high school in Barnesville. On May 9, 1937, she...
Otto Olson
Jun 10, 2007
Otto James Olson, 79, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, June 10, 2007 at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born April 14, 1928, in Maplewood Township, near Pelican Rapids, the son of Otto and Effie (Aaberg) Olson. He grew up there until his family moved to Fergus Falls in 1943. On June 25, 1949, he...
Genora Maack
Jun 10, 2007
Genora Alice Maack, 87, a former resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday June 10, 2007, at her home at Windmill Ponds in Alexandria. She was born December 13, 1919, in Oscar Township of Otter Tail County, the daughter of Gabriel A. and Clara O. (Aaberg) Wigdahl. She was baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church of Rothsay. Genora attended school...
Velma Porter
Jun 9, 2007
Velma Porter, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday June 9, 2007, at Shady Oaks Retreat near Underwood. Survivors include her husband, Donald, of Fergus Falls; a son, Michael Murphy of Beaumont, California; several grandchildren; and a local sister-in-law, Leona Thompson, of Fergus Falls. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Knollwood Memorial Gardens in...
Lowell Larson
Jun 8, 2007
Lowell H. Larson, 73, a resident of Battle Lake, died Friday, June 08, 2007, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center in Battle Lake. He was born April 7, 1934, in LeMars, Iowa, the only child of Herbert and Pearle (Kilzer) Larson. He grew up and attended school in LeMars, graduating with the class of 1952. On July 14, 1959,...
Ansgar Eide
Jun 7, 2007
Ansgar Silas Eide, 93, a longtime resident of rural Carlisle, died Thursday, June 7, 2007, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born November 13, 1913, on a farm near Gardner, Illinois, the son of Edward and Elizabeth (Hauge) Eide. As a child he returned to Norway with his family, and started school there. Shortly thereafter they moved...
Warren O'Brien
Jun 7, 2007
Warren O'Brien, 86, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, June 7, at his home in Woodland Heights. With the help of Lakeland Hospice he won his short battle with leukemia as he chose the ending under his terms and conditions. The son of Guy and Blanche (Cook) O'Brien , Warren was born August 22, l920, on the family homestead east of...
Cyril Peterson
Jun 6, 2007
Cyril K. Peterson, 94, a resident of Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, and formerly of Rothsay, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at Innovis Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born February 9, 1913, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, the son of Christ and Hilda (Grefsrud) Peterson. He grew up on the family farm in rural Rothsay, and attended school at...
Lucille Burseth
Jun 3, 2007
Lucille Mildred Burseth, 92, a resident of Dane Prairie Township, died Sunday, June 03, 2007 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born July 10, 1914, in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, the daughter of Adolph A. and Maria I. "Mary" (Anderson) Balgaard. She grew up in Ashby where she attended school. On June 3, 1937, she married Philip...
James Svendsgaard
Jun 1, 2007
James W. Svendsgaard, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, June 01, 2007, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He had been a resident of the Minnesota Veterans Home the past two and a half years. He was born May 3, 1923, in Elizabeth Township, the son of William and Florence (Perkins) Svendsgaard. During World War II he...
Lloyd Volen
Jun 1, 2007
Lloyd E. Volen, 87, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, June 1, 2007 at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born December 25, 1919, in Tordenskjold Township, rural Dalton, the youngest son of Ole and Sophie (Anderson) Volen. Lloyd grew up on the family farm, attending school at District 20, and following school entered the Army. On December...
Elsie Knudson
May 29, 2007
Elsie W. Knudson, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls died Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at her home under the care of hospice after battling cancer. She was born October 7, 1917, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of John and Emma (Schmidt) Hardenberg. She was baptized and confirmed at First United Church of Christ. Elsie attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating...
J.A. Josefson
May 28, 2007
J. A. "Joe" Josefson, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, MN, died Monday, May 28, 2007, at his home at Mill Street Residence. J. A. "Joe" Josefson (Josef A.) was the 5th born child of Johann A. Josefson and Gudny Hofteig Josefson, both of whom emigrated from Iceland to Westerheim Township in Lyon County, MN in 1878. Born on March...
Suzan Smith
May 24, 2007
Suzan K. Smith, 55, a resident of Dalton, died Thursday, May 24, 2007, at home in Fergus Falls. She was born August 26, 1951, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Robert and Jean (Johnson) Garberg. She attended school in Fergus Falls and Underwood, graduating from Underwood High School in 1969. On June 19, 1971, she married David A. Smith at...
Mildred Michealson
May 14, 2007
Mildred Frances Michealson, 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, May 14, 2007, at the Pioneer Retirement Community in Fergus Falls. She had recently resided at Pioneer Pointe and had lived much of her adult life on Laurel Street in Fergus Falls. She was born on September 16, 1919, in Fergus Falls, to George and Mary (Buerge) Miller of...
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...
Lillian Johnson
May 13, 2007
Lillian E. Johnson, 94, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 13, 2007, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. She was born February 15, 1913, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Rudolph and Martha (Beske) Rossow. She grew up in Fergus Falls and attended school there. After high school she attended Northwestern College. On November 6, 1935, she married...
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,...
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...
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,...
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