Obituaries
David Dorn
May 10, 2017
David C. Dorn, 83, of Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at his residence under the care of his family and Lutheran Brethren Hospice. David Clarence Dorn was born March 4, 1934 in Leaf Mountain Township of Otter Tail County to Harry and Barbara (Klimek) Dorn. He was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Urbank. David...
Edward Olson
May 8, 2017
Edward Vernon (Bing) Olson, 95, of Ashby, died on May 8, 2017 due to complications from liver cancer. He was born on December 7, 1921 in Charbonneau, ND. He was the son of Edward Vernon and Thora (Hanson) Olson. He was baptized in North Dakota and confirmed in the Erdahl Lutheran Church in Erdahl, MN. He graduated from Evansville Public...
Richard Robertson
May 7, 2017
Richard C. Robertson, 49, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, May 7, 2017, at Lake Region Healthcare, surrounded by his family. Richard was born on June 4, 1967 in Fergus Falls, MN, the son of Vincent and Virginia (Fridgen) Robertson. He attended Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, and graduated from Fergus Falls High School. Richard went on to attend the...
Gayle Christensen
May 4, 2017
Gayle Christensen, 88 of Ashby died Thursday, May 4, 2017, at the Ashby Living Center. Gayle Christensen was born on June 26, 1928, in Litchfield, Minnesota the daughter of Eugene and Margaret Brehmer. She graduated from the St. James High School in 1946. Gayle lived in St. James, and then various locations until settling next door to her son Wesley...
Lorriane Lykken
May 3, 2017
Lorraine Lykken, 92 of Battle Lake died Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. Lorraine Anderson Lykken, daughter of Harry and Clara Anderson, was born October 30th, 1924 at St. Luke's Hospital in Fargo North Dakota. She was baptized on December 7th, 1924. At that time, her family was living in Walcott, North Dakota and Lorraine started...
Marie Wynsteker
May 3, 2017
Marie Wynsteker, 79 of Evansville died Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at the Evansville Care Center. Marie Ann Wynsteker was born on July 14, 1937, in Waconia, Minnesota the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Hartmann) Wagener. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waconia, graduated from Guardian Angels Catholic High School in 1955, and furthered her education...
Richard Harding
Apr 27, 2017
Richard Harding, 78 who lived on Crane Lake of rural Battle Lake died Thursday, April 27, 2017, at St. Francis Health in Breckenridge. Richard Jack Harding was born on June 29, 1938, in Council Bluffs, Iowa the son of Paul and Frances (Fox) Harding. He attended the Abraham Lincoln High School graduating in 1956, and then furthered his education at...
Dorothy Nelson
Apr 24, 2017
Dorothy A. Nelson, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, April 24, 2017, at Pioneer Heritage Cottage in Fergus Falls. Dorothy Arleen Wheeler was born on April 16, 1927 in Tintah, MN, the daughter of Floyd and Stella (Schott) Wheeler. She was baptized in the Tintah Congregational Church, attended country school, and graduated from Tintah High School. Dorothy worked along with...
Marilyn Sandahl
Apr 21, 2017
Marilyn J. Sandahl, 85, of Clitherall, MN, died on Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Home. Marilyn Joan was born on October 28, 1931, at her family home in Eagle Lake Township, the daughter of Joseph and Hulda (Runningen) Swenson. She was baptized and confirmed at Grue Lutheran Church, Eagle Lake Township. Marilyn attended District 67...
Arlene Lundquist
Apr 19, 2017
Arlene Lundquist, 77 of Battle Lake died Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. Arlene Blanche Lundquist was born to Edwin and Altine (Glende) Lundquist on December 21, 1939, in Everts Township. She was baptized at the Skibtvedt Lutheran Church north of Battle Lake and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Battle Lake. She attended...
Carl Gilbertson
Apr 14, 2017
Carl Gilbertson, age 96 of Battle Lake, died Friday, April 14, 2017, at Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown, South Dakota. Carl Gustav Gilbertson, the son of Carl Gustav Sr. and Mary Aphilia (Swenson) Gilbertson, was born on March 18, 1921, in rural Battle Lake, Minnesota, in the same house where he and Ethel later raised their family. He was baptized...
Jean Kunz
Apr 13, 2017
Jean Kunz, 79, of Fergus Falls, died Thursday, April 13, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Jean Aileen Moore was born on July 16, 1937 in Minneapolis, MN to Cecil and June (Lindsey) Moore. During her youth she lived in Minnesota, Illinois, and spent her high school years in Mount Vernon, Texas, where she excelled in music and athletics. She...
Julie Rokes
Apr 12, 2017
Julie Ann Rokes, 59, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, surrounded by her family. Julie was born September 5, 1957 in Crookston, MN, to John and Dolores (Gilbertson) Samulis. She completed her education in Crookston and later moved to the Fergus Falls area. She was a hairstylist and until her death,...
Jeanne Fletcher
Apr 7, 2017
Jeanne Marie Fletcher, 60, of Fergus Falls, died on April 7th, 2017. Born to Lane and Rosann Fletcher (Koep) on March 4, 1957 in Parkers Prairie, MN, Jeanne grew up on a farm near Clitherall, MN and graduated from Battle Lake High School. Soon after, while she was working at Larry's Supermarket in Battle Lake, Jeanne met Paul Jaros. Jeanne...
Robert Raschick
Apr 5, 2017
Robert P. Raschick was born on July 4, 1941, to Theodore H. and Ernestine E. (Syvertson) Raschick. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith and graduated from Central High School, Grand Forks, ND in 1959. He served in the US Army from 1963 to 1965 and was stationed at Sheradon, Illinois. He married Donna Fabry of Akron, Ohio...
Billiejo White
Apr 4, 2017
Billiejo White, 50 of Fergus Falls died Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at Evergreen Terrace Nursing Home in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Billiejo White was born on September 4, 1966, in St. Paul, Minnesota the son of William Allen and Betty Lou (Larson) White. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. The family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he attended...
Dr. Richard Sheils
Apr 4, 2017
Richard George Sheils, 81, formerly of Fergus Falls, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in Folsom, California. Richard was born on June 1, 1935, to Chester and Vivian (Johnson) Sheils in Minneapolis, MN. He was baptized at St. Stephen Episcopal Church in Edina, MN. Following graduation from Edina High School, Richard attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In 1957, he...
Roger Herness
Apr 3, 2017
Roger Herness, 71, of Andover, formerly of Ashby, died Monday, April 3, 2017, at J.A. Wedum Hospice Residence in Brooklyn Park. Roger Raymond Herness was born on October 20, 1945 in Fergus Falls, MN, the son of Gordon and Bernice (Mandler) Herness. He grew up in Ashby, moved with his family to the Iron Range, and returned to Ashby, graduating...
Catherine Heyen
Mar 31, 2017
Catherine "Kitty" Marie (Ebersviller) Heyen died March 31, 2017 at the age of 91. She was born March 24th, 1926 to William and Alwina (Fick) Ebersviller at the Boysen Hospital in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota and baptized at the Ringsaker Lutheran Church, also in Pelican Rapids. When she was five-years-old, the family moved to Fergus Falls where she lived most of...
Isabelle Clark
Mar 30, 2017
Isabelle Clark, 95, of Fergus Falls died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the Broen Home. Isabelle Sagmo was born June 10, 1921, to Oscar and Christina (Larson) Sagmo in Winner, Minnesota. When Isabelle started school, she could only speak Swedish. Even though she had forgotten most of the Swedish language, she could still say the Swedish/Norwegian table prayer that they...
