Obituaries
Cornelia Rogers
Jun 22, 2015
Cornelia Helen Rogers, 85, of Fergus Falls, MN, died on Monday, June 22, 2015, at her residence, under the care of Lakeland Hospice. Corie was born on March 26, 1930, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of John and Wilma (Frikken) Mark. She grew up and attended Fergus Falls Public Schools. On December 31, 1948, she married Robert Ernest Rogers...
Joy Gaarsland
Jun 22, 2015
Joy Gaarsland, 68 of rural Battle Lake died Monday, June 22, 2015 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Joy Ann Gaarsland was born on June 15, 1947, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota the daughter of Vernon and Goldena (LaValleur) Bowman. She was baptized and confirmed in the First Presbyterian Church and graduated from the Ashby High School in 1965,...
Darrel Welter
Jun 20, 2015
Darrell "Pete" Welter, 83, New York Mills, died Saturday, June 20, 2015. Darrell LeRoy Welter was born November 6, 1931, in Newton Township, MN. He was baptized along with three of his siblings on February 5, 1935, at the home of Harry and Leona Petersen in Davies, Homestead Township, MN and confirmed at St Peters Lutheran Church, New York Mills...
Hermina Wahlin
Jun 18, 2015
Hermina Wahlin, 110 years of age, the oldest woman in Minnesota, of Evansville died Thursday, June 18, 2015 at the Evansville Care Center. Hermina Josephine Wahlin was born on November 26, 1904, in a seven bedroom house her father built in 1898, about two miles from Evansville. She was the eighth child born to Nels and Nella (Erickson) Johnson and...
Mildred Nygaard
Jun 15, 2015
Mildred Nygaard, 90, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, June 15, 2015, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Mildred Carolyne Nygaard was born on July 25, 1924 in Superior, Wisconsin, the daughter of George and Blanche (Grant) Johnson. At an early age, the family moved to Fergus Falls, where George worked as a blacksmith. Mildred attended school in Fergus Falls through the...
Eleanore Brown
Jun 15, 2015
Eleanore Brown, 91 of Battle Lake died Friday, June 12, 2015 at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center. Eleanore Catherine Brown was born on October 23, 1923 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota the daughter of Edward and Bertha (Anderson) Larson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Ten Mile Lake Lutheran Church. Eleanore attended Rural School District #7 in Tumuli Township...
Bruce Bjerkaas
Jun 14, 2015
Bruce Osmund Bjerkaas, 68, Richville MN, passed away peacefully at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota on June 14, 2015 surrounded by his family. Bruce Osmund Bjerkaas was born at George B. Wright Memorial Hospital, Fergus Falls MN on February 25, 1947 to Jay Oscar and Anna Marie (Bangert) Bjerkaas. His early years were spent on the family farm south of...
(Ezra) Mansfield
Jun 12, 2015
Marvin Mansfield, 87, died Friday at the Fergus Falls Veteran's Home following a long and courageous battle with Huntington's Disease. (Ezra) Marvin Mansfield was born on April 7, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Chester and Ida (Johnson) Mansfield. He graduated from West Tech High School in 1946. He married Beverley Jones in Lansing, Michigan on June 18, 1949 while attending...
George Hess
Jun 12, 2015
George Hess, 75 of rural Underwood died Friday, June 12, 2015 at Midwest Home Health in Fergus Falls, Minnesota under the care of Lakeland Hospice. George David Hess was born on February 11, 1940 in Carroll, Iowa the son of George J. and Mary (Bernhard) Hess. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. George attended Wentworth Military Academy...
Elaine Englund
Jun 9, 2015
Elaine Englund, 82, of Evansville, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. She was born in North Dakota on August 16, 1932 to William and Grace (Alvstad) Quernemoen. She grew up in Elbow Lake and graduated from Elbow Lake High School. On December 25, 1950, she was united in marriage to Merlin Englund in...
Mary Edeburn
Jun 8, 2015
Mary Edeburn, 35, of Fergus Falls, passed away Monday, June 8, 2015, at Lake Region Healthcare. Visitation: One hour prior to services at the church Memorial Service: 1:00 PM Friday, June 12, 2015, at Bethel Lutheran Church, rural Battle Lake. Clergy: Pastor Todd Hylden Interment: Bethel Lutheran Cemetery Condolences: GlendeNilson.com
Roland Mau
Jun 7, 2015
Roland Mau, 71, of Backus, died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Roland Dale Mau was born on June 21, 1943, in Morris, Minnesota the son of Willmar Julious and Jelma Margaret (Henrichs) Mau. He was baptized and confirmed in the Kongsvinger Lutheran Church by Donnelly, Minnesota. Roland attended Country School through the fifth grade, then the...
Robert Uhden
Jun 3, 2015
Robert "Bob" Uhden, 89, of Donnelly passed away at his home on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 after a year and a half struggle with heart problems. He was born September 2, 1925 to John and Frances (Martens) Uhden in Dell Rapids, SD. He lived on various farms in the area until the family moved to Herman, MN in the fall...
William Rix
Jun 3, 2015
William John Rix, 91, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Elbow Lake, died on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. William John was born on October 18, 1923, in Wilkin County, the son of Lloyd and Jennie (Zimmer) Rix. The family moved to Aastad township in Ottertail County where he attended District 118. He served...
Ervin Pinkowski
Jun 2, 2015
Ervin Pinkowski, 80, of Evansville, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at the Evansville Care Campus. He was born August 1, 1934 in Evansville to Edwin Wangerin and Anna Schmidt. As a child, he attended parochial school in Millerville and resided in the Millerville community. Ervin spent his life working on various farms. He resided in a small farm house that...
Keith Rasmussen
Jun 2, 2015
Keith Ladon Rasmussen, 77, of Rothsay, MN died on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Keith was born on March 18, 1938, in Breckenridge, MN, the son of Everett and Mabel (Carlsrud) Rasmussen. He was baptized and confirmed in Rothsay, MN. After High School he worked driving School bus in Barnesville for a short time...
Lawrence Mikkelson
May 25, 2015
Lawrence Mikkelson, 74, of Fergus Falls died Monday, May 25, 2015 surrounded by his loving family Lawrence (Larry) Dale Mikkelson was born April 8, 1941, in Breckenridge, Minnesota, to Clarence and Leona (Thompson) Mikkelson, and was baptized and confirmed at the Breckenridge Lutheran Church. He graduated from Breckenridge High School in 1959 and attended Moorhead State College where he graduated...
Daniel Anderson
May 23, 2015
Daniel J. Anderson, 51 of rural Evansville died Saturday, May 23, 2015, at his home. Daniel Jay Anderson was born on October 2, 1963, in Alexandria, Minnesota the son of Lloyd and Donna (Karger) Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christina Lake Lutheran Church and graduated from the Evansville High School in 1982. He then continued his education...
Fay Hess
May 22, 2015
Fay Hess, 72 of rural Underwood died Friday, May 22, 2015 at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Fay Kathryn Hess was born on September 7, 1942 in Carroll, Iowa the daughter of Lawrence and Evelyn (Heider) Schroeder. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. Fay attended school in Iowa graduating from the Kuemper Catholic High School in...
Marjorie Kubitz
May 20, 2015
Marjorie Jean Kubitz, 84, of Fergus Falls died Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Pioneer Care in Fergus Falls. She was born January 4, 1931 in Pelican Rapids, MN to Edwin and Linnie (Stevens) Peterson. She graduated from high school in Pelican Rapids. She was united in marriage to William Kubitz on November 1, 1950. The couple lived in Fergus Falls...
