Obituaries
Thomas Franklin Harig III
Jan 29, 2023
Thomas Franklin Harig III, 65, of Fergus Falls, died unexpectedly Sunday, January 29, 2023 doing something he loved. Thomas Franklin Harig III was born January 20, 1958, to Thomas Franklin II and Joyce (Tuttle) Harig in Grand Forks, ND. He attended Ben Franklin Elementary School in Grand Forks and Fergus Falls High School. After high school he attended Moorhead Vo-Tech...
Amy J. Marfell
Jan 27, 2023
Amy J. Marfell, 73, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 27, 2023, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Amy Jean Schroeder was born November 17, 1949, to Kenneth and Ruby (Bengs) Schroeder in Grand Forks, ND. She attended a one-room Country School in rural Thompson, ND, St. Hilaire Elementary School, and Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls, graduating in 1967....
Oddvar Frustol
Jan 24, 2023
Oddvar Frustol, 51, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023. He was born March 23, 1971 to Reidar and Mona (Holberg) Frustol in Kristiansand, S. Norway. He attended Rosseland School in Brennåsen, Norway. The family moved to America on New Year’s Day in 1979. Oddvar graduated from Roxbury High School in Succasunna, NJ in 1990. He studied and became...
Lloyd Peasley
Jan 23, 2023
Lloyd Peasley,91, went home to be with his Lord, Monday January 23, 2023 at the MN Veteran’s Home in Fergus Falls. Lloyd was born on January 15, 1932 in rural Erhard, to Ralph and Emma (Nelson) Peasley. He was baptized and confirmed at Tonseth Lutheran Church. He grew up on the family farm and attended country school eight miles east...
Russell Q. Anderson
Jan 23, 2023
Russell Quentin Anderson, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, MN, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2023 at Mill Street Residence, just six days before his 95th birthday with his family by his side. The family was planning a birthday gathering in his honor, but now we gather and celebrate his going Home to the Lord. Russell was born at...
Gerald "Jerry" Gullickson
Jan 21, 2023
Gerald “Jerry” E. Gullickson, 81, of Fergus Falls, passed Saturday, January 21, 2023, while holding the hands, of “his angels” as he called them, his daughters, Robin and Marsha and his “son” Bill by his side. Jerry was born before midnight on February 12, 1941 at his family home in Evansville, MN, the son of Elmer and Alice (Wennerstrand) Gullickson....
Ralph Carter
Jan 21, 2023
Ralph Carter passed away peacefully at his family home in Battle Lake MN on Saturday, Jan 21, 2023. In the days immediately before his passing he was able to hold hands and reminisce with his family; including his wife Sherry, his two sons and their families including 4 grandchildren, along with his two brothers and their spouses. Ralph graduated from...
Roderick McKeag
Jan 20, 2023
Roderick B. McKeag (Rod) died on January 20, 2023 at the age of 59. Rod was born to Roderick J and Kathy McKeag in 1963. He was an avid reader and he was able to talk on almost every subject. He had a mischievous sense of humor and loved to make people smile. He had a great singing voice, and...
Steven Bugbee
Jan 18, 2023
Steven Bugbee passed away on January 18, 2023, at the age of 73, at his home in Breckenridge. He was born January 24, 1949, to parents, Jon and Lorraine Bugbee. He had lived in Fergus Falls, Cambridge, Brainerd and Breckenridge where he attended special schools. He loved older country music and polka music, one of his favorites being Johnny Cash....
Gerald (Gary) Cuhel
Jan 17, 2023
Remembering the Life . . . Gerald (Gary) Cuhel died at age 80 on January 17, 2023, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, MN Gary was born, July 11, 1942, to Albin and Clara (Crzeskowiak) Cuhel in Silver Lake, MN. He attended St. Adalbert’s Catholic Grade School and graduated from Silver Lake Public High School. He served in...
Paul Rustad
Jan 17, 2023
Paul Rustad, 88, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Paul D. Rustad was born to Ole and Anna (Anderson) Rustad on January 4, 1935, in Ashby. He attended grade school District #9 in Grant County and graduated from Ashby High School in 1953. He furthered his education at Augsburg College....
Jimmie King
Jan 16, 2023
Jimmie Dean King died on Monday, January 16, 2023 after a brief illness. Jim was born in Centerville, Iowa on February 16, 1941 to Bernice and Bill King. Yes, he was a corn-loving mid-western youngster, but very soon the family moved, with Jimmie and his sister, Dixie, in tow to Tooele, Utah, where Jim grew up in a neighborhood of...
Eunice MacFarlane
Jan 15, 2023
Eunice MacFarlane, 81, died surrounded by family and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley Sunday, January 15, 2023 at the Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls. Eunice Darlene Axvig was born June 7, 1941, at Grafton, ND, to Reuben and Emma (Lundgren) Axvig. She was raised on the family farm in northwest Walsh County and baptized...
Kyle Wayne Preston
Jan 14, 2023
Kyle Wayne Preston, 31, of rural Fergus Falls, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, January 14, 2023. He was born July 24, 1991, in Fergus Falls, to Wayne and DeAnn (Anderson) Preston. He grew up on the Preston Family Farm near Jewett Lake and graduated from Twin Oaks Academy in Fergus Falls. Growing up, Kyle stayed busy keeping his...
Margaret Louise Noyes
Jan 14, 2023
Margaret Louise Noyes, age 76 of Fergus Falls, MN passed on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, MN after a valiant fight, surrounded by her family. Margaret was born January 9, 1947 in Fergus Falls, MN, daughter of Gunnard “Gunny” Andstrom and Dorothy (Brostrom) Andstrom. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1965 and...
Donald Ernest Ruud
Jan 13, 2023
Donald Ruud, 83, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, January 13, 2023 at his home, under the care of Knute Nelson Hospice. Donald Ernest Ruud was born on July 1, 1939, to Ernest and Ethel (Straka) Ruud near McGrath, MN, the youngest of three sons. He attended school in McGrath until junior high when his family moved to Browerville, MN. He...
Thelma Christine Wigdahl
Jan 13, 2023
Thelma Christine Wigdahl, 104, of Rothsay, Minnesota, died on Friday, January 13, 2023, at Farmstead Memory Care in Andover, Minnesota. She was born March 20, 1918 on a farm near Rothsay, Minnesota to Nils Magnus Lund and Alma (Hoel) Lund. She attended country school near Rothsay and received her high school diploma taking correspondence courses through the mail. Growing up...
Thedore "Ted" Jones Jr.
Jan 12, 2023
Thedore “Ted” Roosevelt Jones, Jr. 87, of Fergus Falls, died January 12, 2023, at his home. Thedore was born November 11, 1935, in Marietta, FL to Theodore Sr. and Lavinnie Jones. He graduated from Jacksonville Highschool in Jacksonville, FL. After school he worked for the railroad and joined the US Air Force. He served 24 years in the air force...
Lloyd Jobe
Jan 10, 2023
Lloyd G. Jobe, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Lloyd Gerhardt Jobe was born December 15, 1932 in New Richland, MN to Leonard and Beda (Johnson) Jobe. He grew up on a farm near New Richland and attended school there. On July 22, 1954 he joined the United States Army,...
Marie C. Kurtz
Jan 9, 2023
Marie C. Kurtz, age 95, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2023, surrounded by family at Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake, MN. Marie Kurtz was born to Raymond and Elizabeth (Pflieger) Fix on November 13, 1927, in Nishu, ND. She spent her early childhood on the family farm and later moved to Garrison, ND, where she attended school until...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
