Obituaries
Gary M. Peterson
Aug 22, 2017
Gary Milton Peterson, 73, a resident of Black Hawk, CO, died on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at his summer home on Clitherall Lake, rural Battle Lake. He was born on January 2, 1944, to Milton S. and Marcella G. (Adams) Peterson in Fergus Falls, MN. He attended school in Battle Lake, Underwood, and graduated from Kindred High School in North...
Calvin "Cal" Preston
Aug 21, 2017
Calvin Swan Preston, 92, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday August 21, 2017, at his home on Jewett Lake surrounded by his children. He was born on November 4th, 1924 in Elizabeth Township to Edward Blaine and Pearl May (Swan) Preston. He was an only child. Cal was a proud graduate of the 1942 Fergus Falls High School and...
John D. Soby
Aug 21, 2017
John Soby, 76, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday, August 21, 2017, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls. He was born on December 27, 1940, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of B.K. and Lucile (Peterson) Soby. John grew up in Fergus Falls and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1959. He attended Concordia, the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis,...
Mary R. Fronning
Aug 21, 2017
Mary Rebecca Fronning, 73, a resident of Fergus Falls, died at her home on Monday August 21, 2017, under the care of LB Hospice. She was born on April 11, 1944, in Springfield, MO, to James and Jessie (Kuhns) Alcorn. Mary attended Monnier Elementary School and MacKenzie High School, both in Detroit, MI. On April 24, 1965, she was united...
Lee A. Kittelson
Aug 20, 2017
Lee Alan Kittelson, 66, a resident of Fergus Falls, died unexpectedly Sunday, August 20, 2017, at his home. Lee was born January 1, 1951, in Montevideo, MN, the son of Leland and Marjorie (Hildahl) Kittelson. He grew up with his siblings on the family farm and graduated from Milan High School in 1969. After high school, he attended Moorhead State...
Truman Marvin Markegard
Aug 15, 2017
Truman Marvin Markegard, 104, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls, MN. He was born on December 5, 1912, in Rushford, MN, to John and Marie (Bakken) Markegard. He was baptized and confirmed at Arendahl Lutheran Church, in Peterson, MN. After graduating from Rushford High School in 1932, he went on...
Homer Gausmel Goebel
Aug 12, 2017
Homer Gausmel Goebel, 96, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday August 12, 2017 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Homer was born August 24, 1920 in Belfield, ND to William and Annette (Gausmel) Goebel. After graduating from Fargo Central High School with the class of 1937, he attended North Dakota Agricultural College, graduating in 1942. He then...
Eleanora Alma Holt
Aug 10, 2017
Eleanora Alma (Norgren) Holt, 97, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 10, 2017, at Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was born on June 7, 1920 in Elizabeth Township, to Elof and Anna (Scheffler) Norgren. She was often called “Tootie”. On October 1, 1946, she married Eugene Holt. Together they farmed east of Elizabeth, Minnesota, and raised...
Ruth Anna Thom
Aug 9, 2017
Ruth Anna (Norgren) Thom, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday August 9, 2017, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls, MN. She was born on November 28, 1922, to Elof and Anna (Scheffler) Norgren of Elizabeth, MN. Second oldest daughter of nine, she was the one to help dad outside, because mom needed the oldest daughter to help...
James Allen Reed
Aug 8, 2017
James “Jim” Reed, 63, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday August 8, 2017, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Jim was born on April 25, 1954, the son of Arthur Owen and Pearl J. (Kaltvedt) Reed in Fergus Falls. He attended school in Fergus Falls. On March 31, 1979, he married Cheryl (Berger) at Zion Lutheran Church in...
Fern Kremeier
Aug 3, 2017
Fern Kremeier, 89, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, August 3, 2017, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. She was born on February 17, 1928, the daughter of John and Emma (Anders) Doerr in Creighton, NE. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Creighton, and attended country school in rural Creighton. On February 12, 1950, she...
Norm Aasen
Jul 28, 2017
Bert Norman “Norm” Aasen, 84, of Fergus Falls, formerly of rural Underwood, died Friday, July 28, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. He was born on November 24, 1932, in Fergus Falls, MN to Berger and Marie (Nygaard) Aasen. He was baptized on June 1, 1948 and confirmed on June 25, 1948, at the Rindal Church of Underwood. He attended...
Retta Ann Leckey
Jul 28, 2017
Retta Ann Leckey, 85, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully with family nearby on Friday, July 28, 2017, at PioneerCare Center after a brief illness. She was born on May 16, 1932, the daughter of Clive and Pauline (Quisenberry) Reynolds, in Bloomington, IL. Retta graduated from Washington High School in Washington, IL in 1950, and then spent two years at Illinois...
Patty Lang
Jul 25, 2017
Patricia Suzanne Lang (nee Kimball), age 90, gracefully passed away in her sleep on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Fergus Falls. Preceded in death by her loving husband of 63 years, Marshall T. Lang; and twin brother Mike Kimball of San Antonio, TX. Survived by her children; Heidi (Terry) Cottingham, Ted (Kate) Lang, Angie (Gary) Reed, Ethan (Sue) Lang; 6...
Bess Hoff
Jul 23, 2017
Bess A. Hoff, 97, long-time resident of Fergus Falls, passed peacefully on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at St. Therese of New Hope, MN. Bess was born on July 20, 1920 in Staples, MN to Olaf and Stella (Williams) Johnson. Upon graduating from Staples High School and completing her training to be a teacher, Bess moved to the Fergus Falls area...
Edwin Clarence Falk
Jul 21, 2017
Edwin Clarence Falk, 93, a resident of Breckenridge, died on Friday, July 21, 2017, at St. Francis Health in Breckenridge, MN. He was born on May 3, 1924, in Emerson, Manitoba, Canada, the son of Charles and Helen (Fast) Falk On September 29, 1945, he married Helen M. Margerum in Hallock, MN. Edwin was employed by the Anderson Pipeline, American...
Pauline Frazee
Jul 19, 2017
Pauline Frazee passed away on July 19, 2017 at the age of 91. She was born on March 30, 1926 to Waldo and Rosalia Ekeberg in Dayton, Iowa. Pauline attended elementary and high school in Dayton. During her high school career, she developed a love for playing basketball, volleyball, and softball. Iowa was very progressive with women’s sports and Pauline...
James L. Knapp
Jul 18, 2017
James (Jim) L. Knapp, 79, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully on Tuesday July 18, 2017 at Pioneer Care surrounded by his family. Born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota on February 6, 1938 to James H. & Marjorie (Lindquist) Knapp, Jim enjoyed living in the Fergus Falls community for the majority of his life. In his younger years, Jim...
Irene Eide
Jul 17, 2017
Irene Eide, 86, a resident of Fergus Falls, died Monday July 17, 2017 at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Irene was born on January 4, 1931 to Martin and Inga (Sandvic) Mithun in Cyrus, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran in Cyrus. Irene attended school until 8th grade at New Prairie Township. On November 25, 1953,...
James Alvin Kugler
Jul 16, 2017
James Alvin Kugler, 56, a resident of Underwood, died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was born on January 19, 1961, to Kenneth and Frances (Gibbard) Kugler in Fergus Falls. He grew up in rural Underwood and attended Underwood High School. After high school Jim worked as a custom combiner for 2 years. Over...
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