Marcella "Marcie" Peterson
Nov 16, 2012
Marcella "Marcie" Peterson, age 88, of Waubun, MN, died Friday, November 16, 2012 at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit Lakes, MN. Marcie was born March 8, 1924 to Joseph and Rose (Schroeder) Kemper. She graduated from Waubun High School in 1942 and went on to receive her teaching certificate. At which time, Marcie began teaching country school. On June...
Ralph Ostenvik
Nov 16, 2012
Ralph Ostenvik, 76, Felton, Minnesota died Friday, November 16, 2012 in the Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley, Minnesota. Ralph was born September 29, 1936 at Flom, Minnesota the son of Wilhelm and Elsie (Narum) Ostenvik. He lived on the family farm near Flom until 1942 when they moved to the Waubun, Minnesota area. In 1946, they moved to a...
Leroy "Rocky" Dale Starkey
Nov 14, 2012
LeRoy "Rocky" Starkey, age 56 of Northome, MN, formerly of Mahnomen, MN, died Wednesday, November 14, 2012 in his home. LeRoy Dale Starkey was born June 28, 1956 in Fosston, MN, to Harley and Priscilla (Stall) Starkey. He grew up in Mahnomen, MN, and graduated from Mahnomen High School. He furthered his education and received his teaching degree. Rocky was...
June O Gieseke
Nov 13, 2012
June Gieseke, age 81 of Fosston, MN, formerly of Bejou, MN, died Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at Perham Living Center. June Odella Helling, the youngest daughter of Oscar and Bertha (Rono) Helling was born June 8, 1931 in Lake Hanska Township, near Hanska, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at Lake Hanska Lutheran Church. June's Christian faith was always her...
Karen Houska
Nov 12, 2012
Karen Houska, age 70 of Mahnomen, MN, died Monday, November 12, 2012 at her home under Hospice Care. Karen Jean Elizabeth Zimmel, the daughter of Leavern and Lucille (Gens) Zimmel, was born on July 6, 1942 in Fosston, MN. She grew up on the family farm five miles east of Mahnomen. Karen attended country grade school near there and graduated...
Adella Mikulecky
Nov 9, 2012
Adella L. Mikulecky, age 91, of Ulen, MN, died Friday, November 9, 2012 in Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen. Adella Louise Anderson was born September 29, 1921 in rural Hitterdal, MN, the daughter of Olai and Pernella (Selseth) Anderson. Growing up, she attended grade school in Lake Park, MN, and graduated from Hitterdal High School. Following high school, Adella furthered...
Theodore "Ted" Bement
Nov 1, 2012
Theodore LeRoy Bement was born to Ben and Alma (Wambach) Bement on September 15, 1935. He grew up in Waubun and spent his life there until 24 years ago when he moved to Tulaby Lake, rural Waubun. When he was 16 years old, he started working for his dad in the family Ford Dealership business and on August 10, 1957...
Lorraine Scott Kaupang-Voeller
Oct 31, 2012
Lorraine Kaupang-Voeller, age 87, of Hasting, MN, formerly of Winger, MN and Great Falls, MT, died Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Regina Nursing Home in Hastings, MN. Lorraine Agnes Scott, daughter of Leo and Madeline (Villebrun) Scott, was born on April 3, 1925 in Bejou, MN. When Lorraine was a young teenager, her mother passed away. At that time she...
Morris G. Larson
Oct 30, 2012
Morris G. Larson, age 85, of Fertile, MN died Tuesday, October 30, 2012 in Sanford Health System, Fargo. Morris Gordon Larson was born September 9, 1927, to Henry and Mathilda (Duckstad) Larson on a farm northeast of Gary, Minnesota. Morris attended rural school near Gary for eight years and high school in Gary, graduating with the class of 1946. Morris...
Robert C. Jirik
Oct 29, 2012
Robert Jirik, 83, of Mahnomen, MN, died of complications from lung cancer Monday, October 29, 2012, at Sanford Health Systems in Fargo, ND. Robert Cyril Jirik was born July 6, 1929, at home in Mahnomen County to Jacob and Rose (Stolka) Jirik. He attended school through the 8th grade at St. Michael's Catholic School in Mahnomen. He graduated from Mahnomen...
Terri Lynn Qual
Oct 29, 2012
Terri Qual, age 46 of Winger, MN, died Monday, October 29, 2012 at First Care Nursing Home in Fosston, MN. Terri Lynn Qual was born February 5, 1966 in Mahnomen, MN, the daughter of Sherman and Sandra (Adolphsen) Qual. She grew up in Mahnomen and graduated from Mahnomen High School with the class of 1984. Following high school, Terri attended...
Kristen Simon
Oct 27, 2012
Kristen Simon, age 24, of Sabin, MN, formerly Waubun, MN passed away on October 27, 2012 at her home. Her family will be holding a private memorial service.
Myrtle Langerud
Oct 25, 2012
Myrtle Langerud was born February 1, 1925 Harwood North Dakota. Her mother was Jenny Stensland, father, Emil Ingebretson, and brother, Eldon Ingebretson who died at war. Her step dad was Cap Stensland and Myrtle has a half-sister, Rachel Rustad who lives in Howard Lake, Minnesota. Myrtle lived on a farm next to the Red River in North Dakota until she...
Colette O. Holland
Oct 21, 2012
Colette Holland, age 56, of Crookston, MN, formerly of Twin Valley, MN, died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at her residence. Colette Orae Holland, daughter of Orris Holland and Mable Rognlie, was born on September 22, 1956 in Ada, MN. She grew up in the Ada area and attended school there. In 1973 Colette married Curtis Orsland and the couple made...
Stanley Fjeld
Oct 21, 2012
Stanley Fjeld, age 80, of Twin Valley, MN, died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Stanley Elsworth Fjeld, son of Carl and Gulborg (Martinson) Fjeld, was born at home on October 20, 1932 near Faith, MN, rural Twin Valley. He was baptized and later confirmed his faith at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Faith. As a...
Waurine "Pinky" F. Littlewolf
Oct 19, 2012
Waurine "Pinky" Littlewolf, age 58 of Ada, MN, died Friday, October 19, 2012 at Sanford Health Systems in Fargo, ND. Waurine Faye was born October 1, 1954 in White Earth, MN, the daughter of William Burnette and Julia Morgan. Pinky attended school in Mahnomen and has spent the majority of her life on the White Earth Indian Reservation. She moved...
Oscar Green, Jr.
Oct 17, 2012
Oscar Green, Jr., age 63, of Ulen, MN, died Wednesday, October 17, 2012 from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident. Oscar Jr. was born May 29, 1949 in Hawley, MN, the son of Oscar (Sr.) and Fern (Olson) Green. He was baptized and confirmed in his faith at the Jevnaker Lutheran Church. Jr. was raised on a farm northwest...
Thomas A. Revier
Oct 13, 2012
Thomas Revier, age 68, of Hawley, MN formerly of Waubun, MN died Saturday, October 13, 2012 at the Manor Care Center in Fargo, ND. Thomas "Tom" Alan Revier was born January 9, 1944 in Redwood Falls, MN, the 2nd of six children to Gabriel and Eunice (Diekmeier) Revier. As a young boy, his family moved to Waubun, where he attended...
Ruth Smith
Oct 13, 2012
Ruth Smith, age 95, of Waubun, MN, died Saturday, October 13, 2012 at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home in Mahnomen. Ruth E. Swift was born August 28, 1917 at New England, ND, to William and Maude (Byers) Swift. In 1925, at the age of nine, she moved with her mother and younger brother to the McCraney Lake area east...
Ethel Gullingsrud
Oct 12, 2012
Ethel Gullingsrud, age 92, of Mahnomen, MN, died Friday, October 12, 2012 at the Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley, MN. Ethel Jessie Knowles was born on July 22, 1920 to Wilber and Katie (Sage) Knowles in Clifford, ND. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Mahnomen, MN. She attended school and graduated from Mahnomen High School....
