Obituaries
Effie Bishop
Apr 14, 2015
Effie Bishop, 97, of Evansville died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Evansville Care Center from complications of a stroke. Effie Nerine Hellickson was born April 15, 1917 in Grant County, Minnesota the daughter of Nels and Elsie (Hanson) Hellickson. She was baptized and confirmed at Erdahl Lutheran Church. She attended rural schools and graduated from Evansville High School 1935. Following...
Olaf Draxten
Apr 13, 2015
Olaf Draxten, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, April 13, 2015, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Olaf was born at home in Dane Prairie Township on June 22, 1924, the son of Helmer and Ellen (Thompson) Draxten. He was baptized in the Norwegian service by Rev. R.W. Thorseth and confirmed by Rev. Bersvend Blikstad at the Swan Lake Lutheran Church...
Wayne Jorud
Apr 5, 2015
Wayne Jorud, 76, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, April 5, 2015, at Sanford Health in Fargo. Wayne D. Jorud was born on March 29, 1939 in Tordenskjold Township, Minnesota, the son of Clifford and Mildred (Albertson) Jorud. Wayne grew up on a farm in rural Battle Lake, and graduated from Battle Lake High School in 1957. He spent the summers...
Reuben Walvatne
Apr 5, 2015
Reuben Walvatne, 90 of rural Battle Lake died Sunday, April 5, 2015 at the Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls. Reuben Marvin Walvatne was born on January 26, 1925 in Clermont, Iowa the son of Alfred and Clara (Kleppe) Walvatne. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith and attended rural school in Otter Tail County. When he was...
Phyllis Haugen
Apr 4, 2015
Phyllis L. (Aune) Haugen, 81, of Fergus Falls died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at the Pioneer Suites. She was born May 5, 1933 in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Clarence R. and Caroline M. (Homes) Aune. She was confirmed and baptized at First Lutheran Church. She attended school in Fergus Falls. Phyllis volunteered at the Eagles Auxiliary and the VFW...
Geneva Mollerud
Apr 2, 2015
Geneva Arlene Berglund Mollerud, age 87, Fergus Falls, Minnesota passed away peacefully the morning of April 2, 2015 under Lakeland Hospice care at Broen Memorial Home. She was born June, 14, 1927 to Arthur and Gina (Pikop) Berglund. She was married in August, 1948 to Donald W. Mollerud. She was preceded in death by her parents Arthur and Gina and...
Frank Salo
Apr 1, 2015
Frank Salo, 85 formerly of the Cromwell area died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Henning. Frank Howard Salo was born on January 18, 1930 in Duluth, Minnesota the son of Fred and Hilma Salo. He attended the Cromwell Public School. Frank served in the US Army during the Korean War, serving in Germany as a...
Edith Lang
Mar 31, 2015
Edith Lang, 93, Ashby, died Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, from a brain hemorrhage. Edith Cornelia Norgren was born October 31, 1921 in Evansville, the daughter of John and Nannie (Lindstrom) Norgren. She was baptized at Zionsborg Lutheran Church, rural Evansville, and confirmed in 1936 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Evansville. She attended rural schools and...
Patrina Carlson
Mar 30, 2015
Patrina Carlson, 86, of Fergus Falls, died on Monday, March 30, 2015, at the Country Hills Adult Home in Fergus Falls. Patrina Lou (Streeter) Carlson was born in Western Township of Ottertail County on February 8, 1929 to Gates T. and Delores (Weinrich)Streeter. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls, MN. Patrina graduated from Fergus...
Rev. Joel Lunde
Mar 26, 2015
Reverend Joel S. Lunde, 88, of Fergus Falls, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Joel Stanley Lunde was born on December 13, 1926 to Jens and Elizabeth (Bakken) Lunde in Rochert, MN. He attended a rural school, and graduated from Hillcrest Academy in 1945. Joel continued his education at Concordia College in Moorhead,...
Gene Woldahl
Mar 24, 2015
Gene Woldahl, 58, of rural Ashby, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at his home under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Gene Arlen Woldahl was born on September 18, 1956 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Erwin and Adeline (Lundeen) Woldahl. He grew up on a farm located on the shores of Jolly Ann Lake. He was baptized and confirmed...
Alvin Schmidt
Mar 21, 2015
Remembering the 90 year life of Alvin Schmidt... Alvin Schmidt was born on May 21, 1924 to Herman and Ida (Haarstick) Schmidt in Fergus Falls, MN. Herman was born in Valderwin, Germany in 1882. Ida was born in Fergus Falls in 1888. Alvin attended School District #92 in Fergus Falls Township. He lived on the family farm north of Fergus...
Irene Bengtson
Mar 19, 2015
Irene Bengtson, 76, of Fergus Falls died on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the Hospitality House in Fergus Falls. She was born August 31, 1938 in New York Mills, MN to Richard and Agnes (Kakoske) Stoltz. She grew up in New York Mills and graduated from high school there. On February 8, 1959, she was united in marriage to Leland...
Karen Holdt
Mar 19, 2015
Karen Holdt, 73 of rural Clitherall died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. Karen Ann Wallin Holdt was born on November 8, 1941, in Wright's Memorial Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota the daughter of Harry Walter and Esther Sophia (Lind) Wallin. Karen attended the Battle Lake Public School graduating from the Battle Lake...
Henry Mark
Mar 18, 2015
Henry Mark, 90 of rural Dalton died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Henry Mark was born on June 6, 1924, at home in Tordenskjold Township, rural Dalton, Minnesota the son of Cornelius and Koosje (deBloois) Mark. He was baptized and confirmed in the Tordenskjold Lutheran Church and attended Rural School District #20 in...
Euna Nelson
Mar 18, 2015
Euna Nelson, 86 of Evansville died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Evansville Care Center. Euna Gwendolyn Nelson was born June 27, 1928 to Arthur G. and Tena (Carlson) Nelson in rural Evansville. She was baptized and confirmed in Evansville. Euna graduated from Evansville High School in 1946 and was the Valedictorian of her class. She also graduated from the...
Priscilla McKenzie
Mar 17, 2015
Priscilla Marie McKenzie, 64, peacefully passed into heaven on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the PioneerCare Nursing Home in Fergus Falls. She was born to Jack Antell and Dorothy McKenzie on April 29, 1952, in Lengby, Minnesota. At the age of four years old, Priscilla was placed in foster care until tenth grade when she left school. She moved to...
Tommy Sherk
Mar 17, 2015
Thomas Sherk, 60, of New York Mills, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at his home in New York Mills. Thomas Ray Sherk was born on August 16, 1954 in Park Rapids, MN. He was one of nine children born to Bernard and Lois Sherk. He and his siblings, Jerry Sherk (deceased), Ronald Sherk, Bernard Jr. Sherk (deceased), Larry Sherk...
Richard Ingle
Mar 15, 2015
Richard Ingle, 93, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Society. Richard Keith Ingle was born on June 6, 1921 in Iron River, Wisconsin, the son of Willis and Louise (Gilbertson) Ingle. He graduated from Iron River High School in 1939 and was on the honor roll. During his younger years, Richard was...
Berton Hovland
Mar 15, 2015
Berton C. Hovland, 83, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, at his home. Berton Hovland was born on April 9, 1931 to Henry O. and Emelia Marie (Zimmerman) Hovland on his grandparents' farm in Elizabeth Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota. He passed away peacefully at age 83 on March 15, 2015 after spending the day surrounded by three generations...
