Obituaries
Marvin Buse
Jun 10, 2012
Marvin Buse, 90 of Evansville died Sunday, June 10, 2012 at the Knute Nelson Home in Alexandria. Marvin Rudolph Buse was born on May 31, 1922 in Millerville Township, Douglas County, Minnesota the son of Herman and Magdalena "Lena" (Wilm) Buse. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, rural Millerville. Marvin attended country school No. 56 in Millerville...
William Hanson
Jun 2, 2012
William "Bill" Hanson, 76 of rural Ashby died Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the Evansville Care Campus. William Henry Hanson was born on August 18, 1935 in Pelican Lake Township rural Ashby, Minnesota the son of Peter O. and Emma (Wohlers) Hanson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christ Lutheran Church. Bill attended Rural School District #7 through the...
Warren Miller
May 28, 2012
Warren Miller, 89 of Henning died Monday, May 28, 2012 at the St. William's Living Center in Parkers Prairie. Warren Richard Miller was born on May 16, 1923 in Graceville, Minnesota the son of Benjamin and Amelia (Scheldorf) Miller. He was baptized in the German Lutheran Church in Chokio and confirmed at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Henning. The...
Mary Johnson
May 28, 2012
Mary Ann E. Johnson, age 86, of Fergus Falls, passed away Monday, May 28, 2012 at the Broen Home, Fergus Falls. Mary Ann Johnson was born on January 28, 1926, the daughter of George and Esther Johnson in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mary Ann later moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota and was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Fergus Falls where...
Geraldine Anderson
May 21, 2012
Gerrie Anderson, 89, of Battle Lake died Monday, May 21, 2012 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Funeral services will be at First Lutheran Church in Battle Lake at 1:00 pm on Saturday, June 9 with Pastor Jake Dyrhaug officiating. Visitation will begin at noon. Geraldine (Gerrie) Sparrow was born Sept. 6, 1922 in Grand Forks, ND. She was...
Jan Lund
May 13, 2012
Jan Lund, 74 of Fergus Falls died Sunday, May 13, 2012 at the Sheridan House under Lakeland Hospice Care. Jan Larry Lund was born on September 23, 1937 by Lake Benton, Minnesota the son of Guy and Gladys (Casperson) Lund. He graduated from the Pipestone High School in 1955. Jan then served four years with the U.S. Marine Corp from...
Cindy Wegner
May 5, 2012
Cindy Streeter-Wegner, age 57, of Fergus Falls, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2012, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Cindy Lou Streeter was born April 5, 1955 in Fergus Falls, MN, the daughter of Bud and Angie (Nelson) Streeter. She attended school in Fergus Falls and graduated from Fergus Falls High School. After High School, Cindy went on to attend Staples...
Mae Holm
May 5, 2012
Mae Echo Holm, age 103, of Fergus Falls, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2012, surrounded by her loving family at their home in North St. Paul. Mae was born October 28, 1908, at Wolverton, MN, second to thirteen children, to Okko and Louise Tjaden. The family later moved to Foxhome, where Mae attended school. In 1925, the Tjaden family moved...
George Gunderson
May 4, 2012
George Wendell Gunderson, 85, of Vining, passed away Friday, May 4, 2012 at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena. Visitation will be one hour prior to church services. Funeral services will be Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 1 p.m. in St. Edward's Catholic Church of Henning with Father LeRoy Schik officiating. Soloist Steve Young singing "Come To The Lakeshore", "How Great Thou...
Myrtle Thompson
Apr 27, 2012
Myrtle Thompson, age 80, of Underwood, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Myrtle Leona Thompson was born New Years Day, January 1, 1932, in Pelican Rapids, MN to Wilbur James and Dolly (Bice) Shipley. She was confirmed in Pelican Rapids by Rev. Larson. Myrtle grew up in Maplewood Township, attended school in Pelican...
Ben Lystrom
Apr 25, 2012
Benjamin Lystrom, age 92, of Ashby died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. Benjamin Carleton Lystrom was born April 3, 1920 in Eagle Lake Township, rural Battle Lake, to Carl and Helen (Okerlund) Lystrom. He was baptized and confirmed at the Grue Lutheran Church and attended Rural School District #72 in Eagle Lake Township. Bennie...
James Klimek
Apr 25, 2012
James Klimek, age 89, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at the St. Cloud Hospital. James Philip Klimek was born on July 6, 1922, in Evansville Township, Douglas County, the son of Joseph and Mary (Loeffler) Klimek, the youngest of five children. He attended country school District #32, and graduated from Brandon High School. In his younger years,...
Floyd Estlick
Apr 23, 2012
Floyd Estlick, age 91, of Battle Lake, passed away Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Floyd Wayne Estlick was born on January 20, 1921 in Perham, Minnesota, the son of John G. and Lila E. (Malcolm) Estlick. He was baptized as an adult at the Basswood Seventh Day Adventist Church. He attended the Amor...
LaNore Hanson
Apr 22, 2012
LaNore Hanson, 79, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Broen Home in Fergus Falls. LaNore Berdella Hanson was born November 13, 1932 to Ernest and Peggy (Pederson) Schoon in Verona, ND. She lived in Fergus Falls with her parents and five brothers and graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1952. LaNore was united in marriage to...
Darlene Estlick
Apr 17, 2012
Darlene Estlick, 87 of Battle Lake died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Tri-County Hospital in Wadena. Darlene Adeline Estlick was born on November 18, 1924 in Perham, Minnesota the daughter of Albert D. and Eva Mae (Davis) Wickham. She was baptized as an adult at the Basswood Seventh Day Adventist Church. She attended Rural School District #256 in Dead...
Clara Larson
Apr 16, 2012
Clara M. Larson, age 87, of Ashby, passed away Monday, April 16, 2012, at the Evansville Care Center. Clara Margaret Fhyrie was born April 23, 1924 in Friberg Township, MN to Hjalmer and Minnie (Langseth) Fhyrie. She attended country school through the eighth grade. After receiving her education Clara went to work, holding several jobs throughout her lifetime, including the...
Herbert Beske
Apr 15, 2012
Herbert Beske, 89 of Fergus Falls died Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the Sheridan House in Fergus Falls. Herbert Carl Beske was born on December 18, 1922 in Carlisle Township, rural Fergus Falls, Minnesota the son of Albert H. and Leine R.(Gabriel)Beske. He was baptized on January 7, 1923 by Rev. Kretzschman and confirmed on May 24, 1936 by Rev....
Reverend III
Apr 15, 2012
The Reverend William O. Gilbert III was received into the more immediate presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday evening, April 15, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. He was born on August 22, 1942 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Mr. William O. Gilbert, Jr. and Mrs. Audrey Yow Gilbert. He was baptized at the age...
Nancy Garcia
Apr 13, 2012
Nancy Garcia-Monsant, age 70 of Fergus Falls, Minnesota died Friday morning, April 13, 2012 at Lake Region Hospital. The daughter of Carlos A Garcia-Monsant and Asiloe Monsant de Garcia, Nancy was born on August 19, 1941 in Caracas, Venezuela. She worked as an executive secretary for IVIC, a scientific research center and for LAGOVEN, a Venezuelan petroleum company. In 2000,...
Audrey Heidenson
Apr 5, 2012
Audrey Heidenson, 86, of Battle Lake, MN died Thursday, April 5, 2012 in her home at the Lakeview Senior Living Apts. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 2:00pm at First Lutheran Church in Battle Lake with Pr. Jake Dyrhaug officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Audrey...
