Obituaries
Avis Olson
Dec 20, 2022
Our loving and gentle mother, Avis Kathryn (Rasmusson) Olson, passed away on December 20, 2022 at the age of 98. She was born and raised in the very tiny town of Osnabrock, North Dakota to parents Magda (Thompson) and Marvin Rasmusson on August 26, 1924. A spunky tomboy girl often called by the name of Kathy, she loved sports (especially...
William Louis Nitz
Dec 18, 2022
William (Bill) Louis Nitz passed away December 18, 2022. William “Bill” was born on February 4, 1937 in Barnesville, MN, to Rose Ursula (Burman) & Fred William Nitz. He grew up on the Burman/Nitz Farm ten miles West of Rothsay. On September 18, 1965, Bill married Barbara Hovland. They were blessed with two children. He attended grade school at rural...
Norma Newborg Woodruff
Dec 16, 2022
Norma Newborg Woodruff, age 90, of Fergus Falls, passed away, Friday December 16, 2022, at PioneerCare Center with her family by her side. Norma was born July 19, 1932, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Bennie and Clara (Goese) Buth. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Fergus Falls. She grew up on the family farm in...
Betty Lou Sterling
Dec 14, 2022
Betty Lou Rosemond Erickson Sterling passed away peacefully on December 14, 2022 at her home in Battle Lake, MN surrounded by family. Betty was born January 10, 1930. The daughter of Carl and Rose Erickson and resided in Lake Lillian Township, south of Willmar, MN on a small farm. She attended country school and graduated from eighth grade. Later she...
JoAnne M. Hiedeman
Dec 14, 2022
JoAnne Marie Hiedeman, 62, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. She was born on December 13, 1960, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Sterling and Elnora (Leabo) Zimmerman. She attended school in Fergus Falls. On June 24, 1978, she married Bryan Hiedeman at Tonseth Lutheran Church. The couple made their home...
Katherine Steiner
Dec 14, 2022
Katherine Joyce (Olson) Steiner (67) was born on March 19th, 1955, in Moorhead, MN, and was freed from her battle with corticobasal degeneration on December 14th, 2022. Kathy or “Kate”, as her family knew her, lived in Fargo and Enderlin, ND, and Hewitt, MN, briefly before moving with her family to rural Pelican Rapids. As an adolescent, Kathy was full...
Cameron Powers
Dec 13, 2022
Cameron Powers, 46, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Cameron Lee Powers was born March 20, 1976 to Jeffrey E. and Catherin L. (Parendo) Powers in Duluth, MN. He attended various elementary schools in Duluth and middle school in Blaine. He attended high school in Proctor, Austin, and Alexandria, MN, graduating from Jefferson Senior High School in 1995....
Arlen Wahl
Dec 13, 2022
Arlen Wahl, 87, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Arlen Herman Wahl was born July 22, 1935 in Fergus Falls to Herman and Mary (Boeder) Wahl. He grew up in Fergus Falls, graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1953. He joined the United States Army in 1954 and served in...
Douglas Irish
Dec 13, 2022
Douglas Irish, 71, of Erhard, died Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at his residence. Douglas Frank was born on December 17, 1950 to Jesse and Corrine (Petersen) Irish in Herlong, California. He grew up and attended school in Waubun, MN. Doug enlisted in the military and was honorably discharged. He was proud to be a Seabee and the role he had...
Clarice Lacey
Dec 13, 2022
Clarice Lacey, 97, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Clarice Mae Adams was born March 29, 1925, to Albert and Mary (Shelden) Adams in rural Wendell, MN. She attended country school in Grant County, Glenwood High School for two years, and then Elbow Lake High School for two years, graduating in 1942. After high school she attended Concordia...
Michael A. Haarstad
Dec 12, 2022
Michael Amund Haarstad of Dalton, MN passed away in his home on Monday, December 12th at the age of 68. He is preceded in death by his mother, Louise Haarstad, father, Richard Haarstad, and son, Amund Haarstad. He is survived by eight children, daughters Melissa (Paul) Peterson, Emilyn Haugen, Hannah (Glen) Westra, Sadyebeth (Anthony) Rupp, Cholena Haarstad, Addaleigh (Colter) Dufault,...
Mary Meyer
Dec 11, 2022
Mary L. Meyer, 92, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, December 11, 2022 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Mary Louise Nennig was born September 3, 1930 to Michael and Viola (Wanek) Nennig in Brandrup Township, Wilkin County. She attended a one-room school house in Brandrup Township. She worked as a hired girl for the Hoffman family at the age of 15,...
Steven Cavazos
Dec 10, 2022
Steven Cavazos, 67, of Barrett, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, December 10, 2022 at Barrett Care Center. Steven Nelson Cavazos was born March 31, 1955 to Nelson and Jean (Sinclair) Cavazos in St. Paul, MN. He graduated from Moorhead High School in 1973. After high school he attended Concordia College earning a Bachelor’s Degree and also Northern State College,...
JoAnn Hexum
Dec 7, 2022
JoAnn G. Hexum, 82, of Rothsay, died Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at her residence surrounded by family. JoAnn Geraldene Lysne was born April 21, 1940 in Dalton, MN to Raymond and Edna (Evavold) Lysne. She attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating from Fergus Falls High School. She then attended Fergus Falls Community College, the first time with a business degree...
Thomas Burau
Dec 7, 2022
Thomas H. Burau, 81, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at the Fargo VA Medical Center. Thomas (Tom) Henry Burau was born in St. Paul, MN on June 21, 1941. He was adopted when he was two years old by Harry and Delphine (Huggett) Burau. Tom remembered sitting on the steps of the orphanage with a Peter Rabbit...
Katrina Matthews-Moore
Dec 6, 2022
Katrina Y. Matthews-Moore, age 63, resident of Fargo, North Dakota, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at her home; surrounded by her family, under the care of Hospice; after a long illness. Katrina Yvonne Matthews-Moore was born on March 12, 1959 in Montgomery, Alabama to Margaret A. Templin and Clive R. Barganier. She was baptized at Mt. Hebron Baptist Church....
Michael Bjornson
Dec 5, 2022
Michael R. Bjornson, 64, of Dalton, died Monday, December 5, 2022 at Unity Hospital in Grafton, ND. Michael Rodney Bjornson was born October 23, 1958 to Kermit and Helen (Krebs) Bjornson in Detroit Lakes, MN. He attended school in Hawley and graduated from Hawley High School in 1977. After high school he attended Detroit Lakes Tech. He enlisted in the...
Lois Anderson
Dec 4, 2022
Lois L. Anderson, 89, died Sunday, December 4, 2022, after a short stay at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Lois was born September 21, 1933 to Bert and Margaret (Kappel) Johnson in Foxhome, MN. She attended Foxhome Grade School and graduated from Breckenridge High School. On July 4, 1953, she married Otto L. Anderson. Lois was a lifelong resident of Otter...
Joyce Youngren
Dec 2, 2022
Joyce May Petersen Youngren, 93, of Battle Lake, MN and Mesa, AZ passed away December 2, 2022 at Hospice of the Valley’s Dobson House in Chandler, Arizona. Joyce was the only daughter of Alfred E. and Alfie (Ingstad) Petersen. She was born on May 14, 1929, in Montevideo (Chippewa County), MN. She was raised on a farm in Louriston Township...
Ilene Geneva Brown
Dec 2, 2022
Ilene Geneva (Haugen) Brown, 91, of Fergus Falls, MN went home to our Lord on December 2, 2022. Ilene was born February 22, 1931 to Harold G. Haugen and Inga H. (Thompson) Haugen, at their two-story farmhouse located in Aurdal township, ten miles outside of Fergus Falls, MN. Mom’s fondest and most precious memories were of that farmstead they call...
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