Obituaries
Harvey Grasshoff
Dec 2, 2019
Harvey Robert Grasshoff, 93, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, December 2, 2019, at Knute Nelson Memorial Home in Alexandria. He was born on May 30, 1926, in Maine Township, by Underwood, Minnesota. He was the son of William A. Grasshoff and Martha (Pommereing) Grasshoff. Harvey was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Friberg Township. As a young...
Richard "Dick" Pemberton Sr
Dec 1, 2019
Richard “Dick” Pemberton, 87, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, December 1, 2019, at PioneerCare. Richard “Dick” Pemberton was born in the northeast bedroom of the family home in Blue Earth, MN on June 14, 1932. He met his wife, Betty Joan, when they were teenagers. They married in 1953, driving through a blizzard from Blue Earth to the Lowell Inn...
Jordan Tommerdahl
Nov 27, 2019
Jordan Matthew Tommerdahl, 26, of Minneapolis, formerly from Fergus Falls, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019. On December 9, 1992, Jordan was born to Kay and Stuart Tommerdahl in Fargo, ND. In 1993, he moved with his family to Fergus Falls, MN. Jordan was baptized at Hope Lutheran Church in Fargo, ND and confirmed at Stavanger Lutheran Church in Fergus...
Juneal Ethelyn Peterson
Nov 22, 2019
Juneal Ethelyn (Sivertson) Peterson, 79, of Fergus Falls, passed away on Friday November 22, 2019, from a heart attack at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Juneal was born January 8, 1940, on a farm north of Underwood, the fourth child of (Ole) Adolph and Edna (Lund) Sivertson. She attended Skramstad #109 grade school, north of Underwood and WCSA High...
Carl Scott Burton
Nov 20, 2019
Carl Scott Burton, 56, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2019, peacefully at home after a courageous fight with cancer. On June 1, 1963, Carl was born to John and Marilyn (Swanson) Burton in Lompoc, CA while his family was stationed at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. Carl attended Rothsay High School graduating in 1981, Wahpeton School of Science for Graphic...
Ole Ostlund
Nov 16, 2019
Ole Arlo Ostlund, 93, of Barnesville (formerly of Rothsay), died Saturday, November 16, 2019, at Valley Care and Rehab in Barnesville. Ole was born April 26, 1926 on the family farm north east of Rothsay, the son of Ole and Anna (Rudh) Ostlund. He was baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church, Rothsay. He attended country school, District No. 82...
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...
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