Obituaries
Ella M Sonmor
Nov 18, 2017
Ella M. Sonmor, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Homestead Pioneer Senior Cottage. Ella was born December 31, 1923, in Fergus Falls, MN, the daughter of Carl and Bertina (Juven) Benson. She attended school in Fergus Falls, MN where she graduated. Ella then attended Moorhead State University where she received her teaching degree. On...
Vance Leon Kaminski
Nov 18, 2017
Vance Leon Kaminski, 87, a resident of Tarpon Springs, Florida, died November 18, 2017. Vance was born in Tacoma, WA, August 7, 1930, to Vincent and Minnie Kaminski and was an only child. Vance grew up in Washington State. He was raised by aunts and uncles after his mother died at the age of 9, while his father continued his...
Stanley E Westby
Nov 18, 2017
Stanley E. Westby, 88, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 18, 2017 at LB Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Stanley was born on October 14, 1929 in Fairdale, ND, the son of Jacob and Amelia (Arneson) Westby. He attended school in Fairdale and graduated from Fairdale High School in 1947. In 1951 he joined the United States Marine...
Lynn Allen Fronning
Nov 15, 2017
Lynn Allen Fronning, 70, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. He was born on October 31, 1947, in Fergus Falls, MN, to Nobel T. and Corinne (Tisdel) Fronning. Lynn grew up in Aastad Township, attending Country School District No.118, and graduated from Fergus High in 1965. After school he...
Brett Eric Bergerson
Nov 12, 2017
Brett Eric Bergerson, 47, a resident of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, November 12, 2017, in Fargo, ND. He was born July 8, 1970, in Montevideo, MN. Brett was adopted by Arvid and Arvalee (Fronning) Bergerson on October 5, 1970. He grew up in Moorhead, MN, and was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. He attended...
Clarence "Clem" Elvin Miller
Nov 10, 2017
Clarence Elvin Miller, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully after a battle with cancer, on Friday, November 10, 2017, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. He was born on October 9, 1931, in Maplewood Township, MN, the son of Dewey and Daisy (Bugbee) Miller. Clem was baptized and confirmed in Tonseth Lutheran Church in rural Erhard. He attended...
Wayne Arthur Seeck
Nov 10, 2017
Wayne A. Seeck, 79, of Moorhead, died November 10, 2017, at Sanford in Fargo. He was born August 29, 1938, in Everts Township, rural Fergus Falls, the son of Arthur and Alice (Hanson) Seeck. In the early years of his life, the growing family moved north of Battle Lake and later to a farm in rural Breckenridge, where Arthur farmed...
Elaine Miriam Schoening
Nov 9, 2017
Elaine Miriam Schoening, 84, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, November 9, 2017, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. She was born on August 13, 1933, at home in Donnelly, MN, the daughter of Julius and Florence (Feelhaver) Sperr. Elaine was baptized at United Methodist Church in Herman, and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. She graduated...
Sidney Otto Rasmussen
Nov 8, 2017
Sidney “Sid” Otto Rasmussen, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at his home with his family and Pastor Chris Eldredge by his side. Sid was born January 10, 1924, in Maplewood Township to Arthur and Ida (née Tollefson) Rasmussen. He was baptized at Maplewood Lutheran Church and confirmed in Bagstevold Lutheran Church in Erhard. Sid...
Joan Ruth Doty
Nov 7, 2017
Joan Ruth Doty, born August 14th, 1933, passed away Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 surrounded by family. Joan was born on a farm on the west edge of Hewitt, MN. She attended school in Hewitt and graduated in 1951. Growing up she loved being outside running and playing, her pigtails trailing behind – probably running from her brothers who liked to...
Linda Gayle Adams
Nov 7, 2017
Linda Adams, 61, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at her home. Arrangements are pending with the Olson Funeral Home.
Berniece Esther Dalluge
Nov 2, 2017
Berniece Esther Dalluge, 90, was called to her heavenly home on November 2, 2017, at Park Gardens in Fergus Falls under the care of Hospice. Berniece Esther Schoening was born on July 16, 1927, at home in rural Fergus Falls. She was the 3rd of three children born to Fredrick and Mathilda (Baumgarten) Schoening. She grew up on the family...
Thomas E. Hardyman
Nov 1, 2017
Thomas E. Hardyman, 90, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, with his family by his side. He was born on March 5, 1927, the son of John P. and Helen C. (Frey) Hardyman, in Brookfield, IL. On September 18, 1954, Thomas married Pat Anne Durham in Brookfield, IL....
Kenyon Rudd
Oct 28, 2017
Kenyon “Ken” Emerson Rudd, 85, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, October 28, 2017, at his home. He was born February 6, 1932, in LaPorte, MN, the son of Lloyd and Laura (Emerson) Rudd. The family made their home in Laporte, where he graduated from high school in 1950. Ken continued his education at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; the...
Jay Allen Dunbar
Oct 28, 2017
Jay Allen Dunbar, 75, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, October 28, 2017, at his home. Jay was born on November 10, 1941, to Gordon and Dorothy (Johnson) Dunbar in Albert Lea, MN. He grew up on a farm near Alden, MN where he attended school and graduated from high school in 1959. On August 5, 1961,...
Richard "Dick" Harold Wennerlof
Oct 27, 2017
Richard “Dick” H. Wennerlof, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Friday, October 27, 2017, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Assistance provided by the Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls.
Kenneth L. Eschendal
Oct 26, 2017
Kenneth Leroy Eschendal, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, October 26, 2017, at the Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. Kenneth was the second son born to Ernest and Sophia (Frey) Eschendal. He was born on September 25,1935, in Lake Benton, MN. When he was 10 years old he spent many happy years on his uncle Henry Frey’s...
Reverend Kenneth P. Rust
Oct 25, 2017
Celebrating the life of…… Pastor Kenneth Philip Rust, our beloved brother in Christ and faithful servant to friends and family, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at Eventide Senior Living Community in Fargo, ND. Ken was 87 years old. Kenneth was born August 21, 1930 in Galesburg, North Dakota, the first of two children to Oscar and Pauline Rust....
Opal Zadora Harvego
Oct 23, 2017
Opal Zadora Harvego, 101, a resident of CHI St. Francis Health Center in Breckenridge, MN, died Monday October 23, 2017. Opal was born on October 31, 1915, in Barney, N.D., the daughter of Phineas and Sarah (Van Couren) McLaughlin. On March 27, 1941, she married George Harvego in Meadows Township, Rothsay. They lived in Akron Township for 28 years until...
Donna J. Andstrom
Oct 22, 2017
Donna J. Andstrom, 82, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, October 22, 2017, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Donna was born in her Grandmother Seffens’ house in Breckenridge, MN, on October 21, 1935, to Herbert and Leona (Seffens) Nickel. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1953. On September 26, 1954, Donna married Donald Earl Toso...
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