Obituaries
Virgil Jacklitch
Jul 9, 2013
Virgil Jacklitch, 85 of Battle Lake died Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at the Sanford Health in Fargo. Virgil Donald Jacklitch was born on March 15, 1928 to Earnest and Verna (Novak) Jacklitch in Taylor Township, Traverse County, Minnesota. He graduated from Campbell High School in 1946. In his earlier years, he was a great athlete, participating in baseball, football and...
Glen Whiting
Jul 9, 2013
Glenn Whiting, 80 of Vining died Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Glenn Vernon Whiting was born on April 20, 1933 in Clitherall, Minnesota the son of Alan and Hazel (Mittling) Whiting. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith and graduated from the Evansville High School in 1951. He served with the U.S. Army from...
Edna Paetow
Jul 8, 2013
Edna R. Paetow, 96, formerly of Erdahl and Elbow Lake, died Monday, July 8, 2013 at the Barrett Care Center, Barrett, MN. Edna Rosella Paetow was born November 30, 1916 in Barrett, MN to Marion and Mathilda (Endreson) Anderson. She attended country school. At about 12 years of age, she worked as a house keeper and babysitter for an Aunt...
Russell Langseth
Jun 29, 2013
Russell L. Langseth, 86, of Battle Lake, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Russell LeRoy Langseth was born on September 18, 1926, the fourth of four sons and a daughter born to Peter and Ina Langseth of rural Barney, North Dakota. Born on the farm of his youth, Russ attended Antelope Consolidated School and worked with his...
Audrey Reusch
Jun 23, 2013
Audrey Reusch, 93 of Battle Lake died Sunday, June 23, 2013 at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. Audrey Sweet Reusch was born on April 4, 1920 in Tompkins, Saskatchewan, Canada the daughter of William and Frances (Sweet) Jackett. She graduated from the Kamsack Collegiate Institute in Kamsack, Saskatchewan and then continued her education at the Yorkton General Hospital Nurses...
Betty Moe
Jun 17, 2013
Betty (Mrs. Stan) Moe, 84, of Battle Lake died Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan. Betty Mae Moe was born on July 18, 1928, to Vivian (Hollingsworth) and Edwin Lundby. Vivian was of English and Irish descent; and Edwin, Swedish. On the Swedish side, her ancestor was Pehr Pehrson who settled near Eagle Lake in 1869....
Mary Trutna
Jun 17, 2013
Mary Jane Ellen Trutna was born on January 16, 1942 in Glencoe, Minnesota, the daughter of James and Lillian Trnka. She was baptized and confirmed in the Presbyterian Church in Silver Lake, Minnesota and graduated from Glencoe High School in 1960. On December 20, 1958, Mary Jane was united in marriage to Lyman Trutna in Silver Lake, Minnesota. Their marriage...
Kenneth Hovland
Jun 12, 2013
Kenneth Hovland, 91 of Fergus Falls died Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Kenneth Elvin Hovland was born August 23, 1921 to John and Alma (Meslow) Hovland in Wyndmere, ND. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1940 and worked for North American Creamery and started as a volunteer for the Fergus Falls Fire...
Kenneth Lillemoen
Jun 10, 2013
Kenneth Lillemoen, 58, a resident of Fergus Falls, passed away quietly on June 10, 2013, of wide-spread stomach cancer at Lake Region Hospital, Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Kenneth Weaver Lillemoen was born in New York City on December 26, 1954. He spent most of his life in Burlingame, CA and was a veteran of the US Navy. He was predeceased by...
Alice Melby
Jun 9, 2013
Alice Elizabeth (Eastvold) Melby was born on October 18, 1919, in Mayville, North Dakota, the daughter of Olaus Arnt and Mabel (Gramstad) Eastvold. She graduated from Mayville High School, attended Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and received her BA Degree from Mayville State Teachers College. Alice married Pastor Harold Waldemar Melby on August 31, 1945, in Mayville Lutheran Church,...
Lorraine Pederson
Jun 8, 2013
Lorraine Pederson, 95, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, June 8, 2013, at McIntosh Senior Living, McIntosh, MN. Lorraine was born March 5, 1918, in Fergus Falls, one of four children born to Oscar and Johanna (Engebretson) Holden. She was baptized and confirmed at Vang Lutheran Church and attended Aurdal School District #247. On August 24, 1945, Lorraine married Clifford...
Phillip Altstadt
Jun 1, 2013
Phillip Joel Altstadt, 28, of Alexandria, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2013, in Alexandria, Minnesota. Phillip was born September 10, 1984 in Detroit Lakes, MN. He graduated from Alexandria High School in 2003, where he was a wrestler. He attended Alexandria Technical College, and worked construction around the area. Phillip enjoyed cars, fishing, drawing, his dog Ike and spending time...
Louise Tomhave
May 31, 2013
Louise Tomhave, 96, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully Friday, May 31, 2013, at the Broen Home, Fergus Falls. Louise R. Tomhave was born August 25, 1916 in Little Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Frank and Genevieve (Mrozek) Piekarski. On October 15, 1942 Louise was united in marriage to Roland D. Tomhave at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Fergus...
Richard Rossum
May 30, 2013
Richard Rossum, 61 of Ashby died Thursday, May 30, 2013 under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Richard Gayle Rossum was born on December 16, 1951 in Alexandria, Minnesota the son of Floyd and June (Carlson) Rossum. He was baptized and confirmed in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Evansville and attended the Evansville Public School graduating from the Evansville High School...
Muriel Myrbo
May 28, 2013
Muriel Myrbo, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, May 27, 2013, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, MN. She was born November 28, 1922 in Fergus Falls to Ole and Bura (Bowen) Stenoien. She was baptized at Elim Lutheran Church in Osakis and confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. Muriel graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1939. She...
Myrtle Wait
May 28, 2013
Myrtle Luella Wait, 96, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully in her sleep on May 28, 2013 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Myrtle was born in Wegdahl, Minnesota to Oscar and Anna (Sandberg) Christianson on November 29, 1916. She resided and attended school in Granite Falls, MN. Myrtle married Ralph O'Dell Wait in New York Mills, MN July 29,...
Joyce Huseth
May 28, 2013
Joyce Huseth, 68, of rural Underwood, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, Minnesota. Joyce LaVonne Huseth was born on October 1, 1944 in Moose Lake, Minnesota the daughter of Rudy and Gladys (Gilbertson) Anderson. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith and confirmed in the Augustana Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. Joyce went through...
Helaine Shaffer
May 19, 2013
Helaine Victoria " Lainy" Shaffer, age 71, of rural El Dorado Springs, MO, passed away May 19, 2013, at Community Springs Healthcare . She was born June 1, 1941, to Benjamin and Florence (Larson) Lystrom in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. While in Minnesota Lainy attended District 72 country school and Battle Lake High School, then at the age of 15 she...
Terryl Jacobson
May 15, 2013
Terryl "Jake" Jacobson, also known as "Dick", 63, of Brooklyn Park, formerly of Underwood, died Wednesday in Bemidji, MN. Terry was born on June 21, 1949 in Fergus Falls, MN, the son of Sherrill and Arlyss (Donley) Jacobson. He grew up in the Underwood area, graduating from Underwood High School in 1967. After high school, Terry went to Fergus Falls...
George Wagstrom
May 15, 2013
George Wagstrom Age 84 of Mission, TX, formerly of Fergus Falls, passed away May 15 at his home with his wife Alice at his side after a 12 year battle with prostate cancer. He was born April 19, 1929 in Pelican Rapids, MN and grew up on a farm in what is now Maplewood State Park. He attended Pelican Rapids...
