Obituaries
Joyce Evavold
Jul 17, 2020
Joyce Evavold, 82 of Battle Lake died Friday, July 17, 2020, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Society.
Joyce Katherine Evavold was born on September 20, 1937, the daughter of Melvin and Harriet (Hilden) Salvevold. She was baptized and confirmed in Bethel Lutheran Church of rural Battle Lake. Joyce attended District #2 in St. Olaf Township, graduated...
Betty Cook
Jul 13, 2020
Betty Lou Cook, age 86, of Fergus Falls, passed away Monday, July 13, 2020 at Pioneer Care, Fergus Falls. No service is planned at this time.
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Margaret Stahl
Jul 13, 2020
Location has changed to - Graveside Service: 3:00 P.M., Saturday, July 18, 2020, at First Lutheran North Cemetery in Fergus Falls, with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Please bring lawn chairs.
Margaret Stahl, 97, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, July 13, 2020, at her residence.
Margaret was born on July 9, 1923, in...
Seth Nelson
Jul 8, 2020
Seth Nelson, 30 of Battle Lake died Wednesday, July 8, 2020, by Dalton, Minnesota.
Seth Cullen Nelson was born on May 7, 1990, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota the son of Dean and Colleen (Butler) Nelson. He attended the Battle Lake Public School, graduating from the Battle Lake High School in 2008, furthered his education with the Alexandria...
Delores Pasik
Jul 1, 2020
Delores (Hartman) Pasik passed away peacefully at age 92, on July 1, 2020 at West Wind Village in Morris, MN, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Delores was born April 21, 1928, in Chicago, IL, to Elmer and Catherine (Baltes) Hartman. On August 27, 1949, Delores married her high school sweetheart, Leonard Pasik. They built a home...
Phyllis Lacher
Jun 30, 2020
Phyllis Alma Lacher, 90, of West Battle Lake, rural Clitherall, died June 30, 2020, at PioneerCare under the care of LB Hospice.
She was born February 14, 1930 in Graceville, Minnesota to Arthur Spencer and Alma (Dahlquist) Spencer of Beardsley, Minnesota. She received her education at Beardsley, Minnesota and went on to attend Northwest Institute of Medical...
LaVonne Gilbertson
Jun 29, 2020
LaVonne Gilbertson, 83 of Fergus Falls, formerly of Ashby, died Monday, June 29, 2020 at her home under the care of her family.
LaVonne Irene Gilbertson was born on May 11, 1937 in Erhards Grove Township, the daughter of Charles and Cora (Brenden) Bengtson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bagstevold Lutheran Church in Erhard and graduated...
Kathryn Buse
Jun 29, 2020
Kathryn Buse, 82 of Evansville, died Monday, June 29, 2020 at the Brandon Assisted Living.
Kathryn Joyce Buse was born on July 21, 1937 in Trimont, Minnesota, the daughter of W. Thomas and Doris (Landin) Foster. She was baptized in the Assembly of God Church. Kathy graduated from the Trimont High School, then continued for Secretarial Training....
Curtis Haugan
Jun 27, 2020
Curtis Edgar Haugan, 81, of Ottertail, formerly of Underwood, went home to Jesus on Saturday, June 27, 2020, after a short, courageous, hard fought battle with cancer with his family by his side.
Curt was born on June 12, 1939 to Ingolf and Pauline (Glud) Haugan in Brandford Township, Wilkin County, Minnesota. He attended Campbell school through the...
William Meek
Jun 26, 2020
William James “Bill” Meek, Sr., passed peacefully from this life to meet his Savior face to face on June 26th, 2020, surrounded by his family.
William was born to Samuel Jones and Johnnie Edith (Daniels) Meek on January 17th, 1935 in the coal camp of Drift, Kentucky. Raised in Wayland, KY, for the first 12 years of...
Barney Eggen
Jun 25, 2020
Barnard Eggen, 81, of rural Fergus Falls, died Thursday June 25, 2020, at his home as the result of an accident.
Barnard Hans Eggen was born on December 25, 1938, in Fergus Falls, the son of Mary (Dess) and Henry Eggen. He spent his early years in rural Wilkin County near Foxhome. As a child he walked...
Evelace Hanson
Jun 25, 2020
Evelace G. (Evie) Hanson, 91, a longtime resident of Battle Lake, died June, 25, 2020 under the care of Sanford Hospice House following a stroke.
Evie was born May 2, 1929 in Fergus Falls, the first child of Selvin and Bertha (Shylstad) Garberg of rural Underwood. She attended Barnhard Grade School and graduated from Fergus Falls High...
Marie Auseth
Jun 24, 2020
Marie, 97, left this world early June 24th to join her Heavenly Father and all the loved ones gone before her.
Marie was born in Pipestone, MN to George R. Neuman and Mary Margaret Frances Lewis. She moved to the Fergus Falls area in her early teens. Those years were not easy for her as she worked for...
Glenn Lord
Jun 23, 2020
Glenn Ira Lord went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 at the age of 89 in District Heights Maryland surrounded by family.
Visitation is set for 2 pm with Funeral Services following at 3 pm on Saturday, June 27th, 2020 at Pope Funeral Home in District Heights, Maryland, officiated by the Rev....
Johnny Torgrimson
Jun 22, 2020
Johnny Lee Torgrimson, 73, of rural Dalton, passed away Monday, June 22, 2020 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls.
Johnny was born August 24, 1946 to Wilbur and Irene (Kirkeby) Torgrimson. He was baptized and confirmed by Rev. Ringstad at Grue Lutheran Church. He attended country school District 114 and after his parents moved into Ashby, he attended...
Edyth Eckman
Jun 20, 2020
Edyth Eckman, 55 formerly of Crystal died Saturday, June 20, 2020, with her family at her side, at the Bethany Home in Alexandria, Minnesota.
Edyth Engleburg Eckman was born on August 22, 1964, in Robbinsdale, Minnesota the daughter of Lester and Phyllis (Elam) Eckman. She graduated from the Robbinsdale Cooper High School in 1982. Edy enjoyed crafts,...
Joyce Boe
Jun 18, 2020
Joyce Fay Nygaard Boe, of Fergus Falls, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Fargo, North Dakota. She was born July 24, 1941 to Robert Martinus Nygaard and Esther Rose (Garrison) Nygaard in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
At the age of three, Joyce and her family moved from a mining community in northern Minnesota to a mining...
Lawrence Grafenauer
Jun 18, 2020
Lawrence "Larry" Ronald Grafenauer was born September 6, 1936 to Lawrence "DeDe" Grafenauer and Evelyn "Ev" Grafenauer in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He grew up doing what he loved most, hunting and fishing. He met Barbara Burmeister while boating at Lake Beulah, Wisconsin. They fell in love and married on June 14, 1958. They had four children, Gail, Beth, Scott and Christine....
Levi Chase
Jun 15, 2020
Levi Chase, 20, of rural Battle Lake died Monday, June 15, 2020 at his residence.
Levi Allen Chase was born on January 14, 2000 to the Chase family. His two sisters, Maggie and Elle, welcomed their new baby brother with sloppy kisses and sometimes not so gentle snuggles. 18 months later, Levi became the big brother to...
Erling Halbakken
Jun 14, 2020
Erling Halbakken, 88, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Rothsay, died Sunday, June 14, 2020, at the Minnesota Veterans Home, Fergus Falls.
Erling Roger Halbakken was born on August 5, 1931 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fergus Falls, MN, the son of Earl and Inga (Western) Halbakken. He attended country school through the eighth grade and graduated from Rothsay...
