Obituaries
Barbara Martineau
Oct 29, 2019
Barbara L. Martineau, 86, of Elbow Lake, died Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at her home in Elbow Lake, Minnesota.
Barbara Lou was born on September 2, 1933 in St. Paul, MN, the daughter of Kenneth and Beatrice (Main) Meyer. She attended Mattocks Elementary and Monroe High School in St. Paul. Barbara received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics...
Darrell Hesse
Oct 26, 2019
Darrell Hesse, 93, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, October 26 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.
Darrell was born September 7, 1926 at Westport, Minnesota. He attended various country schools in the farming community of Villard, Minnesota and graduated from Glenwood High School. January 17, 1945, he married Adeline Hesse. They continued living in the Glenwood-Grey...
Joyce Roehl
Oct 21, 2019
Joyce Virginia Roehl, 86 of Fergus Falls died Monday, October 21, 2019 at Elk River Senior Living in Elk River, Minnesota.
On January 14, 1933, Joyce was born to Arthur and Gladys (Udbye) Miller in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, and attended Fergus Falls Public School, graduating from Fergus Falls...
Gene Engelstad
Oct 19, 2019
Gene A. Engelstad, 87, of Fergus Falls, died on Saturday, October 19, 2019, at the MN Veterans Home in Fergus Falls.
Gene Allan was born on July 19, 1932, in Moorhead, MN, the son of Lars M. and Synneva W. (Gunderson) Engelstad. He was baptized in October 1932 and confirmed in May 1946 in Moorhead, MN. He...
Frank Servantez
Oct 17, 2019
Frank Servantez, 74, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, July 29, 2019 at the V.A. Hospital in Fargo.
He was born February 11, 1945 in Mason City, IA to Frank and Mary Lou (Villa) Servantez. He grew up in Missouri and Texas. Frank enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968 and served two tours of duty in Vietnam. ...
Roy Sletto
Oct 17, 2019
Roy Sletto, 67, of Evansville, died unexpectedly on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at his residence.
Private services will be held at a later date.
Arrangements by Gledne-Nilson Funeral Home of Evansville
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James Tegtmeier
Oct 14, 2019
James Tegtmeier, 84 of rural Battle Lake died Monday, October 14, 2019, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
James Alvin Tegtmeier was born on December 8, 1934, in Burchard, Nebraska, the son of Alvin and Nelva (Nelson) Tegtmeier. He was baptized in Salem Evangelical Reform Church in Steinauer, Nebraska and confirmed in the First...
Richard Johnsrud
Oct 3, 2019
Funeral Services for Richard “Dick” Johnsrud of Ashby, MN will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at Peace Lutheran Church in Ashby, MN, with Reverend Marcus Kuntz officiating. Visitation will be Monday, October 7th from 4pm to 7pm, with a prayer service at 7pm, at the Peace Lutheran Church and one hour prior to service at the church. ...
Darwin Braaten
Oct 2, 2019
Darwin “Duke” Braaten, 83, of Elizabeth, MN, formerly of Bloomington, MN, died on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at his residence under the care of LB Hospice.
Darwin Palmer was born on June 17, 1936, in Sauk Centre, MN, the son of Palmer Melford and Margaret Elizabeth (Engle) Braaten. He attended school in Long Prairie, MN. Darwin married...
Jorolf Ronnevik
Oct 2, 2019
Jorolf Tysver Ronnevik, 103 years and 7 months old, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at Woodland Lodge in Fergus Falls.
Jorolf was born on February 26, 1916, in Hazen, North Dakota, to Hans and Lillie (Tysver) Ronnevik. The family moved to Carlisle township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, in the spring of 1919. Then on...
Gregory Miletto
Sep 26, 2019
Greg Miletto, 65 of Battle Lake died Thursday, September 26, 2019, at his home.
Gregory Allen Miletto was born on December 15, 1953, by Underwood, Minnesota the son of Floyd Fuder and Audrey Haggstrom. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. Greg attended rural school in Maine Township, then Battle Lake Public School, graduated from...
Bernard Korkowski
Sep 25, 2019
Bernie Korkowski, 88, of Alexandria, formerly of Brandon, died Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at Knute Nelson in Alexandria.
Bernard James Korkowski was born on March 3, 1931 in Brandon Township, the son of Frank and Mary (Freske) Korkowski. He attended the Evansville country school through the eighth grade, at which time he began farming with his father...
Matthew Manley
Sep 24, 2019
Matthew James Manley, 41, of Fergus Falls lost his courageous battle with cancer, Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at Pioneer Care Center, Fergus Falls.
Matthew was born June 9, 1978, in Minneapolis to James and Linda (Reiman) Manley and attended school in Bloomington. In 1997, he married Amber Geronsin, in Minneapolis. The couple later divorced. They were parents...
Michael West
Sep 19, 2019
Mike West, 75 of Clitherall died Thursday, September 19, 2019, at his home.
Michael Alan West was born on August 26, 1944, in Tenney, Minnesota the son of Clifford and Jesse (Heifner) West. He attended country school by Tenney and then continued his education at the Battle Lake High School. Mike served in the US Army as...
Gary Mickelson
Sep 19, 2019
Gary Dean Mickelson, 83, of Fergus Falls, passed away on September 19, 2019 at the Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, MN.
He was born in Moorhead, Minnesota on May 8, 1936, the third of three children born to HJ (Mick) and Dorothy Mickelson. Gary, along with siblings Jean and Donny, spent their childhood in Moorhead, Grand Forks,...
Mark Blowers
Sep 17, 2019
Mark Jason Blowers, 50, of Evansville, Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly at his home on September 17, 2019.
Mark was born to Donald and Carol (Anderson) Blowers on July 21, 1969 in Buffalo, Minnesota.
In August of 1997, Mark married Cassandra Keller and they resided at the Blowers Family Farm, where Mark farmed with his dad. ...
Patricia "Pat" Sandahl
Sep 16, 2019
Patricia “Pat” Ann (Olson) Sandahl 78, of rural Clitherall, died Monday September 16, 2019 at her home.
Pat was born on April 18, 1941 in Pelican Rapids, MN to Sigrud and Dena (Reule) Olson. Pat grew up and graduated from high school in Henning, MN.
On December 28, 1962 she married Gene Sandahl, who she...
Milton Paulson
Sep 16, 2019
Milton (Milt) Paulson, age 79, of rural Clitherall, died Monday, September 16, 2019 at his residence after a year-long battle with cancer- the cancer won.
Milt was born on May 27, 1940 the second of 5 children of Thorfin and Mercedes Paulson. He graduated from Battle Lake high school and the University of Minnesota. He served in the...
Chase Keller
Sep 14, 2019
Chase Keller, age 29 of Elizabeth, MN died Saturday, September 14, 2019 at his home.
Chase Lee Keller was born February 8, 1990, in Brainerd, Minnesota to Charles and Laurie (Cogger) Keller. He was baptized at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls, and attended school in Fergus Falls and West Fargo.
On September 2, 2016,...
Marillyn Beck
Sep 14, 2019
Marillyn Beck, 94, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Pioneer Cottages.
Marillyn Irene Moe was born on March 11, 1925 in Pierpont, South Dakota to George and Gertrude Moe. She graduated from New Effington High School in 1943. Following graduation, she went to Seattle, Washington with a girlfriend to work as a welder...
