Obituaries
Lois Skoglund
Apr 7, 2020
Lois Skoglund, 83, of Fergus Falls, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at her home in Fergus Falls. Lois Jean Skoglund was born May 19, 1936, at her home in Eastern Township, east of Parkers Prairie. Lois was baptized at Esther Lutheran Church, Eastern Township, rural Parkers Prairie. After a difficult birth Lois was left disabled mentally and physically which...
Janet Brenna
Apr 6, 2020
Janet Maxine Brenna, age 91, of Pelican Rapids, died Monday afternoon (April 6th, 2020) at the Pelican Valley Health Center. Janet was born on November 3rd, 1928, in Waseca, Minnesota to Emory and Lillian (Stauty) Shigley. As a teenager she moved with her family to South Saint Paul where she graduated from High School. On January 21st, 1956, she married...
Orlando Follingstad
Mar 31, 2020
On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020, Orlando James Follingstad, loving husband and father of five children, passed away at the age of 84. Orlando was born on July 4, 1935, in Pelican Rapids, MN to Joseph and Irene Follingstad. Orlando grew up and worked on his family farm in Norwegian Grove Township, MN. On May 23, 1962, he married Janet Lois...
Ruth Valdine Hanson
Mar 30, 2020
Ruth Valdine Hanson, 98, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully at PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls, Monday, March 30, 2020, under the care of LB Hospice. Ruth was born December 4, 1921, at home in Aastad Township, the oldest child of Anton and Valdine (Skyberg) Hanson. Ruth was baptized and confirmed at Aastad Lutheran Church and attended rural school through the...
Joseph Feigum
Mar 29, 2020
Joseph Allen Feigum (Joe), 87, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, March 29, 2020, peacefully at home. Joe was born January 4, 1933, to Oliver and Mabel (Sando) Feigum at Starbuck, MN. He grew up on a turkey and dairy farm near Starbuck with 3 brothers and 2 sisters. After graduating from Starbuck, Joe stayed on to help with...
David Schneck
Mar 26, 2020
David Schneck, 65, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, March 26, 2020, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. David Dean Schneck was born on September 17,1954, in Ortonville, MN to Weston Dale Schneck and Ruth Eileen Steiner Schneck. Dave grew up on the family farm where one of his favorite pastimes was to raise geese and tropical fish. He even...
Deloris Duenow
Mar 24, 2020
Deloris Mae (Kowalski) Duenow, 87, of rural Fergus Falls, died Tuesday March 24, 2020, at her home in Elizabeth Township. Deloris was born April 23, 1932, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Bernard (Ben) and Hattie (Bradow) Kowalski. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church. In Deloris’ younger years, she would help take care of the neighbor kids...
Marlene Thompson Suchy
Mar 22, 2020
Marlene Mary Thompson Suchy, 88, of Underwood, MN passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2020, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Marlene was born in Brandon, MN on May 25, 1931, to Cyril and Anna (Koeplin) Wagner. She attended school and spent her childhood in Brandon, MN. On December 14, 1948, she married her hometown sweetheart, Wilton Thompson in Brandon. They...
Michele Heiberg
Mar 21, 2020
Michele Ann (Johnson) Heiberg of Herman, Minnesota, died March 21, 2020, at Courage Cottage Hospice in Morris, Minnesota. She was 79. Michele was born September 3, 1940, in Duluth, Minnesota to George D. and Eleanor (Hall) Johnson. She grew up in the Morgan Park neighborhood of Duluth, roaming the natural areas between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses. She graduated from...
Frances Kugler
Mar 21, 2020
Frances Ann Kugler, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, March 21, 2020 at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls, under the care of Hospice. She was born October 22, 1925, at Wall Lake, to Peter and Katherine (Mulvaney) Gibbard, later moving to Maine Township where she attended District 24 elementary school, graduating from Underwood High school in 1942....
Donald L Vilandre
Mar 20, 2020
Donald “Don” L. Vilandre, 76, a resident of Foxhome, MN, died Friday, March 20, 2020, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Don was born January 3, 1944 in Devils Lake, ND, to Raymond and Amy (Cole) Vilandre. He attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND, and graduated in 1967 with an electrical engineer degree. He married Barbara...
Shirley Brenaman
Mar 18, 2020
Shirley June (Nelson) Brenaman, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died March 18, 2020 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, MN. On June 6, 1929, in Omaha, NE at the home of Mary Ethel (Smith) Nelson and John Nels Nelson, a baby girl arrived. They named her Shirley. She attended Benson West Grade School and Benson High School graduating in 1947....
Leanna Peasley
Mar 18, 2020
Leanna Helen Peasley, age 78, of Glenrock, WY, passed away March 18, 2020 at Wyoming Medical Center. Leanna was born March 5, 1942 in Toledo, Oregon to Leland and Ada (Gilmore) Loomis. She graduated from Toledo High School. She was a homemaker for the majority of her life caring for her family. She was also a head start teacher and...
Russel Sethre
Mar 17, 2020
Russel Alfred Sethre, age 82, of Fergus Falls, MN, died Tuesday March 17, 2020, at Lake Region Health Care in Fergus Falls. Russel was born on August 29, 1937, in his aunt Marta’s home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota to Leonard and Dorothy (Scheidegger) Sethre. He grew up in the Campbell – Fairmount area attending school in rural Wilkin county MN...
LouEtta Hanneman
Mar 14, 2020
LouEtta Hanneman, 92, died Saturday, March 14, 2020, at PioneerCare, Fergus Falls, MN. She was born October 18, 1927, in Western Township, the daughter of Roy and Violet (Brewster) Weaver. She attended rural school District 56 through the 8th grade, followed by high school in Fergus Falls, graduating with her GED in 1945. LouEtta married Alvin F. “Swede” Hanneman on...
Richard "Dick" Dale Hitchcock
Mar 13, 2020
Richard Dale Hitchcock, age 84, of Fergus Falls, died Friday, March 13, 2020 at the Minnesota Veterans Home Fergus Falls. Dick was born on March 1st, 1936 in Dorset, Minnesota to Harry and Ruth (Braatz) Hitchcock. He grew up in the area attending Elementary School in Nevis and graduating with the Park Rapids High School Class of 1954. He served...
LaDonna Olson
Mar 12, 2020
LaDonna Ruth Olson passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020, at the age of 92 at Park Gardens in Fergus Falls, under the care of LB Hospice following a stroke. LaDonna was born December 23, 1927, to Otto and Ruth (Dull) Villwock in Wadena. Both her mother and twin brother died from complications following the birth. LaDonna grew up under the...
Donna Kimball
Mar 4, 2020
Donna Lee Kimball, beloved wife of Benjamin Kimball, passed away on March 4, 2020, surrounded by family. She passed away in her home after a long battle with brain cancer under the care of her husband and LB Hospice. Donna Lee Westerhaug was born in Vancouver, Washington on June 28, 1946, to Howard and Margaret (Peg) Westerhaug. The family moved...
Darlene Ersland
Mar 2, 2020
Darlene Betty (Mausling) Ersland, 81, a resident of Fergus Falls, entered God’s eternal home on Monday, March 2, 2020. Darlene was born August 25, 1938, to Harry and Theresa "Tracy" (Schultz) Mausling in Truman, Minnesota. She was baptized, confirmed, and attended church school at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. She graduated from Truman High School and Mankato State Teachers’ College. She...
David Allen Nelson
Mar 1, 2020
David Allen Nelson, 64, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Sanford in Fargo. David was born December 13, 1955, to Arthur and Alma (Hansen) Nelson in Thief River Falls, MN. He attended Thief River Falls High School, earning his GED. On January 8, 1983, he married Lucinda Wagar in Fergus Falls. Dave worked for the State of...
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