Obituaries

Robert "Bob" McMorrow

Robert "Bob" McMorrow

Jul 22, 2019

Robert “Bob” McMorrow, 93, of Fargo, died Monday, July 22, 2019 at Sanford Health. Bob was born on Sept. 5, 1925 in Hankinson, ND, one of six children to Robert and Clara (Kath) McMorrow. He grew up in Breckenridge. When his parents divorced, he and Merle stayed with his father. Bob worked and often stayed on the Clark Hanson farm...

Albert Robert Long

Albert Robert Long

Jul 19, 2019

Albert Robert Long, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, July 19, 2019 at the MN Veterans Home. He was born in LaMoure, ND on April 18, 1922, to William (Bill) and Christine Long. On October 29, 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was a Ships Cook First Class. He served in Great Lakes, IL, Ports Mouth,...

Virgil Gene Martinson

Virgil Gene Martinson

Jul 15, 2019

Virgil Martinson, 73, a resident of rural Erhard, died Monday, July 15, 2019 with his family at his side at Sanford in Fargo. Virgil Gene Martinson was born in Fergus Falls to William (Bill) and Orion (Hawley) Martinson on May 15, 1946. He grew up in Underwood where he attended school. He graduated in 1964 and then attended Interstate Business...

Steven Peter Fjestad

Steven Peter Fjestad

Jul 15, 2019

Steven Peter "S.P." Fjestad, 68, passed away peacefully at his condo in Bloomington on Monday, July 15, 2019 after a short, but courageous battle with cancer. Steve was born on July 18, 1950 in Fergus Falls to Norman and Harriet (Swendsrud) Fjestad. He attended country school at District 286 in Carlisle, MN through 8th grade and graduated from the Fergus...

Roland Earl Kenyon

Roland Earl Kenyon

Jul 14, 2019

Roland Earl Kenyon, 98, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday July 14, 2019, at the MN Veterans Home, in Fergus Falls. Roland was born on March 22, 1921in Friberg Township, to Glen E. and Etta (Dominick) Kenyon. He grew up on the farm and attended country School District 229. He worked as a Farm Hand and later in construction in the...

Myrna French

Myrna French

Jul 11, 2019

Myrna Mae (Peoples) French, 85, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. She was born January 11, 1934 in West Woodstock, VT to Orvis and Jessie (Rhodes) Peoples. She graduated from Woodstock High School and went on to teacher’s college. Later earning a B.S. degree in Paralegal Studies from Wesley College in Dover, DE in 1991,...

Viola Larson

Viola Larson

Jul 7, 2019

Viola Larson, 94, of Rothsay, died peacefully on Sunday, July 7, 2019, surrounded by family at the St. Francis Nursing Home in Breckenridge. She was born March 7, 1925, to Floyd and Stella (Schott) Wheeler. She attended Tintah High School, graduating in 1943; also working on the family farm in Tintah. She then moved to Fergus Falls, working at Runnigan’s...

Eugene "Gene" Somers

Eugene "Gene" Somers

Jul 5, 2019

On Friday, July 5, 2019, at the age of 96, Eugene “Gene” Somers, our beloved father went to his heavenly home. He was born May 7, 1923 to Harry and Ruth (Evans) Somers in Shaokatan Township, Lincoln County, MN. On October 16, 1944 as a young country boy, he joined the US Army serving in the Infantry Division during WWII....

Louis Scott Karsnia

Louis Scott Karsnia

Jul 3, 2019

Louis S. Karsnia, 39, of Underwood, died Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at his home.Louis was born in Fergus Falls to Michael and Deborah (Fritz) Karsnia on August 2, 1979. He attended school in Fergus Falls, first at Our Lady of Victory during his elementary years and then Fergus Falls Senior High School, graduating in 1998. He went to NDSCS in...

Ramond J. Harthun

Ramond J. Harthun

Jul 1, 2019

Ramond Harthun, 76, a resident of rural Dent; died Monday, July 1, 2019, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center in Battle Lake, MN. Ramond John Harthun was born October 5, 1942, to John and Clara (Chapman) Harthun in Fergus Falls. He grew up in Star Lake Township, attended high school in Pelican Rapids. He served for the U.S Navy...

Richard "Dick" Henkes

Richard "Dick" Henkes

Jun 30, 2019

Richard “Dick” Henkes, 63, of Dalton, died Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Sanford in Fargo, ND. Dick was born September 20, 1955, in Fergus Falls to Fritz and Laural (Kohlhase) Henkes. In 1974 he graduated from Fergus Falls High School and served 4 years in the U.S. Airforce. He continued his education at Pine Technical Institute for gunsmithing and spent...

Rev. Dr. Larry A. Gedde

Rev. Dr. Larry A. Gedde

Jun 27, 2019

Reverend Dr. Larry A. Gedde, 75, of Richfield, MN, formerly of Fergus Falls, died, Thursday, June 27, 2019, at his home. Born March 8, 1944, at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena, MN, Pr. Gedde was one of two sons born to Alice and Arthur Gedde, Wadena, MN. Larry was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church, grew up in Wadena, and graduated from...

Martha Ann Reynolds

Martha Ann Reynolds

Jun 26, 2019

Martha (Marty) Ann Reynolds, 77, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at Sanford Health in Fargo. Martha was born to Fredrick Whedbee and Harriet (Schoelkoph) Peters on August 13, 1941 in Baltimore, MD. She attended school in Audubon and Detroit Lakes. As a young woman she worked at the family owned restaurant in Ogema. She also...

Robert "Bob" Baker

Robert "Bob" Baker

Jun 25, 2019

Robert “Bob” Arthur Baker, 92, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. He was born July 7, 1926, in Fergus Falls, the son of Roy and Inez (Engel) Baker. He grew up in Fergus Falls, attending school with the Class of 1944. On September 16, 1950, he married LaVonne “Vonnie” Doreanne Anderson at First...

LaVay Fern Swanson

LaVay Fern Swanson

Jun 25, 2019

LaVay Fern Swanson, age 80, of Underwood, died Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. LaVay was born on January 23, 1939, to Roy and Florence (Onstad) Leitch in Fergus Falls. She attended Underwood High School, graduating in 1957. On July 28, 1962, she married the love of her life Ralph Swanson, in Seattle, WA. In her...

Judith A Hensch

Judith A Hensch

Jun 22, 2019

Judith Kowalski Hensch, 84 of Campbell, MN passed away June 22, 2019 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Judy was born to Agnes (Hanson) and Julius Thompson in Otter Tail County at her grandparents’ home on January 24, 1935. She was from a large family of 11 children. While growing up, her family moved often to different farms in Otter...

Robert Poyzer

Robert Poyzer

Jun 16, 2019

Robert Poyzer, 91, a resident of Crosby, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, June 16, 2019 at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, MN. Robert was born in Fargo, ND on March 31, 1928, the son of Melvin and Maybelle (Evenson) Poyzer. He graduated from Fargo Senior High in 1946. Robert attended University of North Dakota where he graduated in...

Barbara J Wennerlof

Barbara J Wennerlof

Jun 16, 2019

Barbara Wennerlof, 85, of Fergus Falls, MN died Sunday, June 16, 2019 at PioneerCare under the care of LB Hospice. She was born May 10, 1934 in Minneapolis, MN. She was preceded in death by husband of 66 years, Richard Wennerlof. She is survived by a son, Rick Wennerlof of Fergus Falls. At her request there will be no service....

Twylah Colleen Haus

Twylah Colleen Haus

Jun 15, 2019

Twylah Colleen Haus, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Twylah was born in Bordulac, ND on May 6, 1935, the daughter of Olaf and Helga (Markeson) Salvog. When Twylah was in second grade, the family moved to Milan, MN and Twylah attended school there, graduating in1953. On June...

Betty Schroeder

Betty Schroeder

Jun 13, 2019

Betty Schroeder, 79, of rural Fergus Falls, died Thursday, June 13, 2019 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, MN. Betty was born on New Year’s Eve in 1939, the daughter of Art and Ethel (Norgren) Fick of rural Rothsay, MN. She grew up on her family’s dairy farm in rural Elizabeth, MN. Betty was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran...