Obituaries
Albert Thiel
Nov 16, 2019
Albert (Sonny) Thiel, 95, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday November 16, 2019, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. It is with great sadness and greater love, we say our goodbyes to our Dad, our Grandpa, and our Great-Grandpa. Albert was born March 6, 1924, to Nicholas and Margaret (Mueller) Thiel in Mantador, ND. From 1942 to 1946, he was...
Alvin Glawe
Nov 16, 2019
Alvin William Glawe, 88, passed away on November 16, 2019 at PioneerCare Center, Fergus Falls. He was born March 24, 1931 to Adolph and Ida Glawe and grew up on their farm near Vergas. He served in the US Army from 1954 to 1956, spending 18 months in the occupation army in Germany. Following his military service, he returned to...
Mary Ann Synstelien
Nov 14, 2019
Mary Ann Synstelien, 82, died Thursday, November 14, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Detroit Lakes. Mary Ann (Wilkins) Synstelien was born in Park Rapids to Warren and Lola Mae (Thatcher) Wilkins February 7, 1937, at home. At the age of five, Mary Ann’s mother taught her to play the piano and then went on to formal training in Park...
Charles Henry Meyer
Nov 12, 2019
Charles Henry Meyer, 73, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday November 12, 2019, at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Charles was born May 7, 1946, to Fritz and Harriet (Jensen) Meyer in Fergus Falls. He attended District 214 school in Dane Prairie Township and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1964. He was a farmer, a cook at the...
Barbara Ruth Cannell
Nov 9, 2019
Barbara R. Cannell, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 9, 2019 at her residence. Barbara was born July 5, 1935, to Robert and Mardell (Vetter) Hayford in Chicago, Illinois. She married Phillip Cannell on December 6, 1955. Barbara worked at Country Kitchen and Ponderosa waitressing and as a clerk at Kmart. She enjoyed music, animals and spending time with...
Viola A. Hanson
Nov 8, 2019
Viola A. Hanson passed away on November 8, 2019 in Fergus Falls, MN, at the age of 97. Viola Avon Skalisky was born in Wadena County, MN., on October 5, 1922. She was the eldest daughter of Jerry and Pearl (Fischer) Skalisky. Her early years were spent in the Wadena area. After graduating as valedictorian from Wadena High School in...
Helen Moore
Nov 5, 2019
Helen Moore, 101, of Fergus Falls died Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Helen Marie (Schnoor) Moore was born November 21, 1917, in Foxhome, MN. She was one of six children born to Otto and Bertha (Evers) Schnoor. She grew up in the Foxhome Area and attended school near Foxhome and in the Fergus...
Charles Rovang
Nov 3, 2019
Charles Edward Rovang, 88, of Dalton, died Sunday, November 3, 2019, at his home. Charles was born December 27, 1930, in Fergus Falls to Joseph and Mary (Johnson) Rovang. He grew up in Tumuli Township, he attended school in Dalton and also the Crookston Agricultural School. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church, in Dalton, where he remained...
Oscar Norgren
Nov 1, 2019
Oscar Trosvig Norgren, 63, of Fergus Falls, died Friday November 1, 2019, unexpectedly at his home. He was born December 7, 1955, in Fergus Falls, the son of Alfred and Inez (Trosvig) Norgren. He attended school in Fergus Falls, graduating in 1974. Oscar served in the U.S. Army from 1974-1978. Serving in the U.S. and Germany. He worked for his...
Verna Wilma Link
Nov 1, 2019
Verna Wilma (Block) Link, 94, of Underwood, died Friday, November 1, 2019, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born on January 20, 1925, near Rothsay. She was the youngest of eight children born to William and Augusta (Schutte) Block. She was baptized at Hamar Church in Rothsay and confirmed in 1938 at the Foxhome Lutheran Church by Reverend H.M....
Vernon Knutson
Oct 28, 2019
Vernon Knutson, 92, of Moorhead, formerly of Rothsay passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019 in Moorhead, MN at his residence. Vernon Knutson, the son of Thomas and Inga Knutson, was born March 19, 1927, in Rothsay, MN. He grew up on the family farm and received his education in the Rothsay, area graduating from Rothsay High School in 1945...
Curt Danielson
Oct 26, 2019
Curt L. Danielson, 48, of Fergus Falls, passed away after a long battle with neurosarcoidosis (an autoimmune disease) on Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Curt was born on October 1, 1971, in Breckenridge, MN to Dennis and Carolyn (Hovland) Danielson. He graduated from Rothsay High School in 1990, attended Fergus Falls Community College and graduated...
Marlys G. Erlandson
Oct 26, 2019
Marlys G. Erlandson, 84, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, October 26, 2019, at her residence. Marlys Georgiana Erlandson was born in Fergus Falls on September 3, 1935, to George Swenson and Lillie (Torgrimson) Swenson. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School with honors and attended Lutheran Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis. In 1956, she graduated with her R.N....
Betty Kohlhase
Oct 26, 2019
Betty Marie (Anderson) Kohlhase of Fergus Falls, MN died peacefully surrounded by family on October 26, 2019 at the age of 88. Betty was born on February 8, 1931, in Erhard, MN, to Arthur and Antoinette Anderson. She attended country school in Erhard and was confirmed September 6, 1942, at Tonseth Lutheran Church. Betty was united in marriage to Floyd...
Richard Thorsen
Oct 25, 2019
Richard Lowell Thorsen, 81, of Fergus Falls died on Friday, October 25, 2019, at the MN Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, MN. He was born on June 18, 1938, to Gotfred and Gunhild (Haarstad) Thorsen. He was baptized and confirmed at Aastad Lutheran Church, where he was a lifelong member. Richard attended Morris Agricultural School and at age 18, enlisted...
Vernon C. Stich
Oct 21, 2019
Vernon "Vern" Stich, 91, of Battle Lake, died Monday, October 21, 2019, in the loving care of the staff of Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo, North Dakota. Vernon Clemence Stich was born in Leaf Mountain Township, Otter Tail County, July 27, 1928 to Katherine "Katie" (Koeplin) Stich and Thomas Paul Stich. He left school after the fourth grade and...
Cynthia Johnson
Oct 20, 2019
Cynthia A. Johnson, 78, of Fergus Falls died Sunday, October 20, 2019 surrounded by her family. Cynthia (Sether) Johnson was born July 26, 1941, to Sidney and Mildred (Eide) Sether in Fergus Falls. She grew up in Oscar Township and attended primary school in Carlisle. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1959. She was baptized and confirmed at...
Archie R. Atkinson
Oct 19, 2019
Archie R. Atkinson, 93, died Saturday, October 19, 2019, at the Monticello Care Center in Monticello, MN. Archie was born on November 11, 1925, the son of Russell and Charlotte (Knudson) Atkinson. He was baptized and confirmed at First English Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. Archie graduated from Washington High School of Fergus Falls, he then attended two years at...
Gregory Miles Van Ginhoven
Oct 18, 2019
Gregory Miles Van Ginhoven, 59, of Fergus Falls passed away Friday, October 18, 2019 at his home. Gregg was born December 17, 1959, in Hinsdale, IL to George D. and Martha R. (Schultz) Van Ginhoven. They moved to Virginia at the age of one to follow his father’s career. They relocated to south Florida (Ft. Lauderdale) in 1964. His father...
Helen Nord
Oct 18, 2019
Helen Nord, 90, formerly of Rothsay, passed away peacefully Friday, October 18, 2019 at Lake Region Hospital, Fergus Falls. Helen Marian was born May 24, 1929 to Anton and Calma (Lerbakken) Jacobson in Oscar Township on the family farm. She completed eighth grade at District #61. Helen married Gilman Millard Nord on October 27, 1950. During their marriage, they made...
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