Obituaries
Mildred Bothun
Nov 29, 2014
Mildred Bothun, 94, of Ashby, MN, died on Saturday, November 29, 2014, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Mildred Lorraine was born on September 21, 1920, in North Kingston, MN to Henry and Alice (Peterson) Erlandson. While growing up she lived in Ashby graduating in 1937 from Ashby High School. Mildred worked at OC Drug Store in Ashby from...
Kathryn Watnaas
Nov 24, 2014
Kathryn Watnaas, 78 of rural Vining, Minnesota died peacefully Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Knute Nelson Care Center in Alexandria, surrounded by her family. Kathryn Avon Watnaas was born on July 3, 1936, in Battle Lake, Minnesota the daughter of Leonard Martin and Elois Helen (Hartness) Gaarsland. She was baptized at Battle Lake and confirmed at Folden Lutheran Church....
Arlene Dillerud
Nov 22, 2014
Arlene Dillerud, 73, of rural Clitherall, Minnesota, died Saturday, November 22, 2014, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. Arlene Marlas Dillerud was born on November 20, 1941 in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, the daughter of Lawrence and Thora Brevig. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. At the age of thirteen, she moved with her family to Fergus...
Reynold Hanson
Nov 20, 2014
Reynold Hanson, 88 of Fergus Falls died Thursday, November 20, 2014 at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Reynold Karl Hanson was born on October 7, 1926 by Fergus Falls, Minnesota the son of Karl and Clara (Anderson) Hanson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Augustana Lutheran Church and attended Rural School District #30 in Buse Township. Reynold and...
A. Tungseth
Nov 20, 2014
A. Valborg Tungseth, 87, of Fergus Falls, passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, November 20, 2014. Valborg was born March 15 1927 in Hawley, Minnesota, the daughter of Anton and Thea (Halverson) Tungseth. Her family moved to Fergus Falls in 1939. Valborg attended rural school in Buse Township and was confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church in 1941. She attended...
Arlene Olson
Nov 19, 2014
Arlene Olson, 89, of Fergus Falls died Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Lake Region Hospital. Arlene Olson was born December 20, 1924, In Fergus Falls to Sig and Edna (Berg) Hagen. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School and then worked at Swenson's Woolen Mill. Later she moved to Omaha, Nebraska where she worked at Emmanuel Dec. Institution. On August...
Judy Rokes
Nov 17, 2014
Judy Rokes, 59 of rural Clitherall died Monday, November 17, 2014 at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota due to many health issues. Judy Ann Rokes was born on August 22, 1955 in Mount Ayr, Iowa the daughter of Richard and Lola (Warner) Webb. She was raised in Mount Ayr where Judy attended the Mount Ayr Public School....
Bennie Bengtson
Nov 14, 2014
Bennie Bengtson, 95 of Battle Lake, Minnesota passed away Friday, November 14, 2014 at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Bennie Clifford Bengtson was born on February 26, 1919 near Battle Lake, Minnesota to Nels and Jennie (Johnson) Bengtson. He was baptized and confirmed at Eagle Lake Lutheran Church. He attended the Rural School District No. 34. On February...
Janice Jesnowski
Nov 13, 2014
Janice Jesnowski, 67, of Fergus Falls, died on Thursday, November 13, 2014, at the PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls. Janice Marie was born on March 2, 1947, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Raymond E. and Joyce Evelyn (Thorstenson) Anderson. She was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Fergus Falls. Jan graduated from Fergus Falls High...
Marcella Trosvig
Nov 13, 2014
Marcella "Marcie" Trosvig, 85, of Fergus Falls died Thursday, November 13, 2014 at Pioneer Care. She was born April 18, 1929 in Friberg Township of Otter Tail County to Herman and Mary (Barry) Mavis. She grew up in Friberg Township and attended school at District 159. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School. Marcie worked at the Skogmo Café, Beall...
Gabriel Boven
Nov 10, 2014
Gabriel Todd Van Boven, 36, passed away on Monday, November 10 after a short, courageous battle with cancer. He was at his grandparent's lake home in Battle Lake, MN surrounded by his family when he died. Gabriel was born in Bellingham, WA on March 24th, 1978 and went on to live an adventurous childhood in many places. As a child...
Neuman Huse
Nov 8, 2014
Neuman Cameron Huse, 91, resident of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, November 8, 2014, at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, North Dakota with his family at his side. Neuman was born December 13, 1922 on his parent's farm in Tumuli Township near Dalton, MN, the son of Clifford and Miranda (Dybdahl) Huse. As a boy he learned to drive a team of...
Gary Nelson
Nov 7, 2014
Retired Otter Tail County Sheriff Gary Nelson, 85 of Clitherall died Friday, November 7, 2014 at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. FUNERAL SERVICE: Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 1:00 p.m., Battle Lake High School Gymnasium, Battle Lake, Minnesota VISITATION: one hour prior to the service CLERGY: Pastor Richard Harding HONOR GUARD: Fellow Law Enforcement and Emergency Response Personnel MILITARY...
Frank Maiolini
Nov 6, 2014
Frank Maiolini, 99, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, November 6, 2014, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Frank Tullio Maiolini was born July 21, 1915 to Adolpho and Angelina (Tudoni) Maiolini in Berkley California. He attended school there. When Frank was a young boy, his father moved the family to Italy, the country he had emigrated from. They lived there for...
Leo McNulty
Nov 5, 2014
Leo "Blair" McNulty passed comfortably in his sleep at the Veteran's Home, in Fergus Falls, on Wednesday November 5th. Blair was born on July 29th 1924, in Park Rapids Minnesota. He made lifelong friends during his time there and stayed in touch with many of them as long as possible. He met his sweetheart Dorothy McNulty (Meinke) and proposed to...
Ronald Hollar
Nov 3, 2014
Ronald Hollar, 72, of Evansville, passed away on Monday, November 3, 2014, at Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake, Minnesota. Ronald was born on November 18, 1941 in Beach, North Dakota, the son of Harold and Rose (Wertz) Hollar. Ron was raised on the family ranch north of Beach. He was educated at a rural country school and the Beach...
Moe Borowski
Oct 29, 2014
Moe Borowski, 6 weeks old, son of Matthew and Stephanie Borowski, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at the Mayo Hospital in Rochester, MN, surrounded by his loving family. Graveside Service: 3:00 P.M, Saturday, November 1, 2014 at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Fergus Falls. Interment: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls Funeral arrangements are with...
Merl Olson
Oct 28, 2014
Merl Lynton Olson of Ashby, MN passed away peacefully in his sleep Monday, October 28, 2014 at the Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake, MN at the age of 91 years. He was born to Paul and Dora (Nelson) Olson on July 24, 1923 in Erdahl Township, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at the Presbyterian Church in Evansville. He...
Ruth Brown
Oct 27, 2014
Ruth Brown, 82, died on Monday, October 27, 2014 at her home in Evansville, MN. She was born on February 13, 1932 to Alessandro and Maria (Sbrocchi) Longiotti on a farm outside Hartstown, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Jamestown High School, PA in 1950. After graduation, she joined the United States Air Force. While serving at the Pentagon she met her...
Bill Gillespie
Oct 27, 2014
Bill Gillespie, 73 of rural Battle Lake, Minnesota died Monday, October 27, 2014 at his home. William Franklin Gillespie was born on June 24, 1941 in Beckley, West Virginia the son of Milton and Clare (Colley) Gillespie. Bill graduated from the Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley, West Virginia in 1960 and married his high school sweetheart Sandra Lilly. He...
