Obituaries
Kathleen M. Budke
May 29, 2019
Kathleen Mary (Schneider) Budke died peacefully in her home on May 29, 2019, after a long struggle with cancer. Kathleen was born February 17, 1934, the fourth of seventeen children born to Catherine and Joseph Schneider at their family home outside Breckenridge, Minnesota. She attended grade school at St. Mary’s and at a country school. She graduated from Breckenridge High...
June Lavinia Hyde
May 27, 2019
June Lavinia (Heikes) Hyde, 72, of rural Fergus Falls passed away unexpectedly, in her home Monday, May 27, 2019. June was born on June 23, 1946, the fourth child of five in the family of Siebo and Joyce Heikes who lived on a farm near Kasson, MN. In 1950 the family moved to a farm near Hayfield, MN. She received...
Jason B Wentler
May 27, 2019
Jason Wentler, died Monday, May 27, 2019, at the age of 53, at Wentlerville on the Otter Tail River. He was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to James and Jolene Wentler on March 8, 1966. He attended and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1984. He went on to play college hockey where they won the Division 2 Hockey...
David Lynn Johnson
May 26, 2019
David Lynn Johnson, 74, of rural Battle Lake, died Sunday, May 26, 2019, at the St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud. He was born September 18, 1944, in Fergus Falls, the son of Chester and Alpha (Hoff) Johnson. He grew up on the family farm in Aastad Township, rural Fergus Falls, and was baptized and confirmed at Aastad Lutheran Church, rural...
Harry Kiel
May 22, 2019
Harry Kiel entered into the presence of God on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at the age of 95, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Harry Kiel was born on October 6, 1923. He was the third of seven children born to Garrit and Grace (Schutte) Kiel of Milo Township, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. Harry worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone in Minneapolis, Minnesota,...
Gary S. Toso Sr.
May 22, 2019
Gerhard Toso, Sr, 78, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. He was born September 12, 1940, in Pelican Rapids, the son of Henry and Gladys (Olson) Toso. He grew up in the Maplewood area, attending grade school at District 161 (near Erhard) and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School. He began a...
Ida Almira Aaberg
May 22, 2019
Ida Almira (Neisch) Aaberg, 93, of Pelican Rapids, MN, formerly of Rothsay, died on Wednesday May 22, 2019 at Riverfront on Main in Pelican Rapids. She was born on December 14, 1925 in Taylor Township, Traverse County, MN, the daughter of Henry and Louise (Vogel) Neisch. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in rural Traverse County....
Ruth Harriet Drexler
May 19, 2019
Ruth H. (Lee) Drexler, a lifelong resident of the Herman-Norcross area, died Sunday, May 19, 2019, at the Evansville Care Center. Ruth was born October 18, 1920, to Wayne E. and Mabel M. (Flakker) Lee. She was the oldest of eight children. Ruth graduated high school in Herman, Minnesota at age sixteen and then completed Teachers’ Normal Training in Wheaton....
Sharon Kay Raw
May 18, 2019
Sharon Kay Raw, 76, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Broen Home in Fergus Falls, MN. She was born on June 5, 1942, the daughter of Nanton and Elma (Jenson) Raw in Pelican Rapids, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at South Immanuel in Rothsay, MN. Sharon attended rural grade school in Wilkin County,...
Lorraine Schulz
May 16, 2019
Lorraine (Fenske) Schulz passed away on May 16, 2019, at Pioneer Care in Fergus Falls one month shy of her 93rd birthday. Lorraine Eunice was born June 17, 1926, on a small Aurdal Township farm to William and Selma (Haave) Fenske. Lorraine attended Country School District 66 through sixth grade, the same one-room school her parents, aunts, and uncles attended....
Douglas Kugel
May 16, 2019
Douglas Richard Kugel, 60, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 16, 2019, at his home. Doug was born on September 9, 1958 in Wayne, New Jersey, the son of Elvin and Ada (DeKoning) Kugel. He graduated from Manchester Regional High School in 1975. On August 26, 1995 he married Karin Frustol in Succasunna, New Jersey. He worked for...
Keith John Gregory
May 16, 2019
Keith John Gregory, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 16, 2019, at PioneerCare, due to complications from brain cancer surgery. He was born January 9, 1950, in Bemidji, MN, the fourth child of George and Lois (Benson) Williams. He left the hospital to join the family of George H. and Myrtle E. (Williams) Gregory in Windom, MN. The...
Richard Alfred Ouren
May 16, 2019
Richard Alfred Ouren, 83, a resident of Rothsay, died Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. He was born March 25, 1936, on the family farm in Erhards Grove Township, the son of Alfred and Clara (Johnson) Ouren. He attended District 278 through 6th grade and then attended Pelican Rapids High School, graduating in 1954. On August...
Phyllis Kusnierek
May 12, 2019
Phyllis Marie Kusnierek, 80, a resident of Underwood, MN, died Sunday, May 12, 2019 at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. Phyllis was born on December 22, 1938 in Ivanhoe, MN, the daughter of Albert and Iola (Singsaas) Lietz. She grew up in Ivanhoe and attended Lincoln County District #12 country school and graduated from Ivanhoe High School in 1956. On...
Margaret Lucille Gutzmer
May 9, 2019
Margaret Lucille Gutzmer, 80, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 9, 2019 at Homestead Pioneer Cottage in Fergus Falls. Margaret was born on November 2, 1938 in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Herman and Mary (Boeder) Wahl. She grew up in Fergus Falls and attended District 203 country school. She married Gordon Gutzmer at First United Church of Christ in...
Delna Maxine Seams
May 8, 2019
Delna M. Seams, 79, died at her home, “Your Home At The Lake”, rural Battle Lake on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, surrounded by those who loved her and LB Hospice. Delna was born on September 23, 1939 in Dalton, MN, the daughter of Leonard and Maxine (Mason) Nelson. Through the years she worked as a CNA at the LB Broen...
Ida Mae Bjorgum
May 5, 2019
Ida Mae Bjorgum, 100, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 5, 2019 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Ida Mae was born in Dane Prairie Township on January 17, 1919, to Hans and Anna (Tollefson) Jensen. She was baptized and confirmed at Tordenskjold Lutheran Church in rural Underwood. She attended School District 43 and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in...
Forrest "Frosty" Helgerson
May 2, 2019
Forrest “Frosty” Helgerson, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, May 2, 2019, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Forrest was born to Helge and Julia (Berkman) Helgerson on December 5, 1928, in Mobridge, SD. He grew up on the family farm while attending country school through 8th grade. He then moved to McIntosh, SD, where he attended high...
Shirley Oline Heeter
May 2, 2019
Shirley Oline (Skrove) Heeter, 83, formerly of Dalton, passed on Thursday, May 2, 2019. Shirley was born on May 19, 1935, in Fergus Falls to Sanford and Beatrice (Eggum) Skrove. Shirley grew up helping on the family farm. At age 18, Shirley and her close friend moved to Washington, D.C. where she met her former husband, Colonel C. Heeter Jr....
Dennis Arthur Amundson
Apr 30, 2019
Dennis Amundson, 70, of Fergus Falls, died, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls. Dennis Arthur Amundson was born on January 26, 1949, to Arthur and Gladys (Hanson) Amundson in Crookston, MN. He graduated from Bagley High School, University of Minnesota Duluth and University of Minnesota Medical School. On June 27, 1970, Dennis was united in marriage...
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