Obituaries
Diane Duenow
Feb 26, 2023
Diane Margaret Carlson Duenow, 75, of Fergus Falls, died on Sunday, February 26, 2023, at her residence, surrounded by family, under the care of Knute-Nelson Hospice.
Good Friday, April 4th was a special day in the Clarence and Erma (Schriver) Carlson home. In 1947, at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, Diane Margaret was born. Growing up on a farm, in Amor Township...
Audrey S. Ellingson
Feb 25, 2023
Audrey S. Ellingson, 98 of Battle Lake died Saturday, February 25, 2023, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Battle Lake, Minnesota.
Audrey was born March 3, 1924, in McIntosh, Minnesota to Rudolph and Gena (Bakken) Olson, the oldest of five girls and one boy. She grew up and attended school in Casselton, N.D., McIntosh and Moorhead, MN.
On December 19,...
Mandelyn "Mandy" Halvorson
Feb 22, 2023
Mandelyn Marie Halvorson left us February 22, 2023, to be with our Lord.
Born March 23, 1933, to Alfred and Olive (Wilson) Engen in Clitherall, Minnesota. Following her graduation from High School, she married her husband of 53 years, Gordon Halvorson.
Mandy was one who continuously sought to challenge herself. In her lifetime, Mandy worked in several service positions in...
Norman E. Hodnefield
Feb 19, 2023
Norman Hodnefield, 80, of Battle Lake, died Sunday, February 19, 2023 at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Society.
He was born December 16, 1942, at Rice Hospital in Fergus Falls to Elof and Mabel (Rasmussen) Hodnefield. He grew up near Clitheral and went to school in Battle Lake, grades 1-12. He married Juanita Schmidgall February 8, 1964 in...
Luella Hanson
Feb 15, 2023
Luella Caroline Hanson, 82, of Clitherall, MN, died on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at Sanford Health in Fargo, North Dakota.
Luella Caroline Hanson was born on October 12, 1940, by Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, the daughter of Ralph and Helen (Pinkowski) Schmidt. She was baptized and confirmed in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Urbank. She attended Country School District...
Beverly J. Lambert
Feb 14, 2023
Beverly Janette Lambert, 93 of Fergus Falls died on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at Lake Region Hospital. She was born May 22, 1929, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Anthon and Alida (Hanson) Lien. She was baptized June 9, 1929 by Rev. Armin Mueller at Amor Lutheran Church. She attended public school in Motley and Leavenworth and graduated high school...
John Edward Steer
Feb 14, 2023
John Steer, 70, of Brandon, MN and long-time resident of Euclid and Crookston, MN died on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. In lieu of gifts, the family asks you to make a charitable donation in John’s name to an organization of your choice.
John Edward Steer was born on October 7th, 1952, in Crookston, MN, to Henry and Helen Steer. He...
Twila June Stierlen
Feb 12, 2023
Twila Stierlen, 75 of Eagle Lake, rural Ashby died Sunday, February 12, 2023, with her family by her side.
Twila June was born June 17, 1947, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota to Benjamin and Florence (Larson) Lystrom. She was baptized in Grue Lutheran Church and confirmed in St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Garden Grove, California. Twila attended Rural School District...
Clarence S. Paulson
Feb 8, 2023
Clarence S. Paulson, Jr., WWII Veteran, passed away on February 8th at Broen Home in Fergus Falls at the age of 97 years.
Clarence was born on January 4, 1926 to Clarence S. Paulson, Sr. and Lela (Gorder) Paulson at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fergus Falls. He was baptized at Bethelem Lutheran Church, confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church and...
Della Wasvick
Feb 5, 2023
Della D. Wasvick, 101, of Fergus Falls, died on Sunday, February 5, 2023, at PionerrCare in Fergus Falls.
Della Dette was born on January 13, 1922, in Wyndmere, North Dakota, the daughter of Frank and Alice (Brown) Staples. She attended West End Country School in Wyndmere Township. After completing eighth grade, she worked as a nanny for a neighborhood...
Richard Ronnevik
Feb 1, 2023
Richard Tysver Ronnevik, 74, of Carlisle, died Wednesday, February 1, 2023.
Richard Ronnevik was born October 11,1948, to Jorolf and Alice (Hexum) Ronnevik and was baptized and confirmed at Hedemarken Lutheran Church in Carlisle, MN. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1966. In early adulthood he attended Bible school, trade school, and served in the National...
Elaine Biederman
Feb 1, 2023
Elaine Biederman, 86, of Battle Lake, MN, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, under the care of Knute-Nelson Hospice, surrounded by family, at her residence in Battle Lake.
Elaine Gladys was born on March 12, 1936, in Naidaros Township, the daughter of Thorfin and Bessie (Underhill) Sandahl. She was baptized and confirmed at Nidaros Lutheran Church in Clitheral and...
Charlie Wayne McKnight
Jan 31, 2023
Charlie Wayne McKnight, 70, of Battle Lake, MN, formerly of Batavia, IL, passed away Tuesday, January 31st 2023. Charlie was born May 12th 1952, in Honolulu, HI. The son of Herbert (Wayne) and Ruby (Lorraine) McKnight. As a military family, they lived many different places before settling in the Chicago land area. He graduated from Barrington High School in 1970....
Rosemary F. Yavarow
Jan 31, 2023
Rosemary Yavarow, 78, of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls.
Rosemary, a 100% Irish gal, was born on March 31, 1944 in Butte, MT, the daughter of William and Margaret (Kelly) Gaughan. She lived in various cities and was thankful to be a stay-at-home mom to her six children for many...
Ronald Ronken
Jan 28, 2023
Ronald Ronken, 79, passed away January 28, 2023, at Good Samaritan Society - Battle Lake. He left this world in peace, surrounded by his loved ones.
Ronald Allan Ronken was born May 11, 1943, to Louise (Olson) and Noel Ronken in Sioux Falls, SD. After spending his childhood in Sioux Falls, he graduated high school from Augustana Academy...
Judith Sander
Jan 26, 2023
Judith “Judy” L. Sander, 73, of Fergus Falls, died on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls.
Judith Lynn was born on December 11, 1949, in Fergus Falls, MN, the daughter of Russell and Frances (Pergande) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed at the Federated Church in Fergus Falls. Judy attended school and graduated in...
John Allen Armstrong
Jan 24, 2023
John Allen Armstrong (aka Papa John) was the son of Golden N. and Lavina F. (Schutle) Armstrong. He was born August 29, 1929 on the family farmstead located in Atkins, Iowa. He attended Atkins High and Iowa State where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree.
John joined the Air Force in 1951 and worked in Air Force Intelligence. ...
Ruthie Matchinsky
Jan 23, 2023
Ruthie Virginia (Melby) Matchinsky, 90, of Elk River, Minnesota, passed away peacefully Monday, January 23, 2023, at her home, surrounded by family.
Ruthie was born February 11, 1932, in St. Olaf Township, the daughter of George and Marie (Nelson) Melby. She grew up on a farm and attended Ashby School and graduated with the desire to be a...
Barbara Jandt
Jan 23, 2023
Barbara Jandt, 68 of Fergus Falls, MN, died on Monday, January 23, 2023, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, MN.
Memorial Service: 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Lawrence Presbyterian Church in rural Wendell, with a visitation two hours prior to the service at the church.
Funeral arrangements are with the Glende-Nilson Funeral Home of Fergus...
Jacob Gregory Klimek
Jan 18, 2023
Jake Gregory Klimek, age 39, resident of Fergus Falls passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 18, 2023 at his home.
Jacob Gregory Klimek was born on July 31, 1983 in Fergus Falls, MN to Gregory and Diane (Fields) Klimek. He was the youngest of three brothers and grew up in Fergus Falls. He graduated from the Fergus Falls High School...
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