Lyle Syverson
Aug 19, 2010
Lyle Syverson, age 78, of Ulen, Minnesota, died Thursday, August 19, 2010, at his residence surrounded by his family, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Lyle Vernon Syverson was born October 1st, 1931, the son of Selmer and Cora (Morken) Syverson at Ulen. He was raised on a farm east of Ulen and was baptized and...
John Vernon Jaeger Sr.
Aug 18, 2010
John Vernon Jaeger Sr. age 67, of Twin Valley, MN, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at the Twin Valley Living Center. John was born on January 5, 1943 to William "Bill" and Verna (Hoium) Jaeger. He attended school in Mahnomen and went on to drive truck for 49 years before retiring in 2008. John was united in marriage to Nancy...
Gida Berry
Aug 14, 2010
Gida Berry, age 95, of Ulen, MN died Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Viking Manor Nursing Home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Gida Hilde was born March 28, 1915 on a farm near Ulen, MN to parents, Gulbrand and Bergit Hilde, pioneer settlers from Flå Hallingdal Norway. Gida was third from the youngest in the...
Clarence Lakeman
Aug 14, 2010
Clarence "Ole" Lakeman, age 80, of Borup, MN, died Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Bridges Care Community in Ada, MN. Clarence O. Lakeman was born April 4, 1930, the son of Dirk and Gudrun (Hovland) Lakeman on the home farm near Borup where he was raised and attended country school nearby. As a young man, Ole farmed with his dad...
Melvin Fred Schaumburg
Aug 13, 2010
Melvin Schaumburg, age 88, of Mahnomen, MN, died on August 13th, 2010 in the Mahnomen Nursing Home. He went peacefully in his sleep. Melvin was born on June 13th, 1922 to Ralph and Minnie (Thram) Schaumburg in Chief Township in Mahnomen County. He went to Sommers School through 8th grade, but his desire to continue his education led him to...
Janice Cox
Aug 12, 2010
Janice Cox, age 71, of Mahnomen, MN, died Thursday, August 12, 2010 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Janice Fay was born August 2, 1939 in Mahnomen the daughter of Orval and Beatrice (Gilbertson) Espe. She attended school in Mahnomen and graduated as the Valedictorian with the class of 1957. Shortly following high school, Janice was united in marriage to...
Lyla Jystad
Aug 12, 2010
Lyla Jystad, 83, Rochester, MN formerly of Dilworth, died August 12, 2010 at Sunrise Cottages in Rochester. Lyla June Larson, the daughter of Theodore and Esther (Boraas) Larson, was born on March 7, 1927 in Wanamingo, MN. She grew up in Wanamingo and began working at her father's drug store at the age of six. Lyla proudly completed high school...
Palmer Nelson
Aug 10, 2010
Palmer Nelson, 89, of Gary, Minnesota died Tuesday, August 10, 2010 in his home. Palmer Alvin Nelson was born on the family farm on December 30, 1920 the son of Helge and Gurinee (Baglien) Nelson. He grew up on the farm in Waukon Township east of Gary and attended the # 31 South County School. From a young age, Palmer...
Christopher Lee Dewey
Aug 9, 2010
Christopher Lee Dewey was born on February 9, 1983 at the Cambridge Hospital. He was injured in the line of duty on February 18, 2009, and died peacefully from complications of those injuries at home on August 9, 2010. Chris was the oldest of five brothers, whom they looked up to as their hero, as well as two step-sisters. He...
Gerald Lee Auginaush
Aug 9, 2010
Gerald L. Auginaush, age 55, of White Earth, MN, died Monday, August 9, 2010 at CentraCare Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Gerald Lee Auginaush, the son of Norman and Ruth (Murray) Auginaush, was born March 3, 1955, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He spent the majority of his childhood in the Minneapolis area and attended school there. When Gerald was teenager, he moved...
Phyllis A. Jensen
Jul 22, 2010
Phyllis Jensen, age 65, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, North Dakota. Phyllis Ann Olson was born December 18, 1944, the daughter of William and Virgina (Marsh) Olson in Fargo, North Dakota. She grew up there, attending school at Fargo High School where she graduated with the class of 1962. On October...
Wallace "Wally" Jerome Devries Sr.
Jul 20, 2010
Wallace Jerome DeVries was born to Willard and Johanna (Haats) DeVries on June 21, 1940, in Bejou, MN in the same farmhouse that his grandparents built and where his mother had been birthed. Wally was the second of seven children, Genevieve, Wallace, Jonathan, Arthur, JoAnne, David, and James. Wallace and Marlys Ann Leigh were married on June 4, 1960 in...
Shelby Jean Danks
Jul 16, 2010
Shelby Jean Goodwin was born September 30, 1941 in White Earth, MN, the daughter of Stanley and Hazel (Hill) Goodwin. She grew up in the Rice Lake and Ebro, MN, area. As a young lady, she met and married Gerald "Skeeter" Fultz. The couple lived on the Iron Range in northern Minnesota and to this union four children were born....
Susan Kay Biggers
Jul 14, 2010
Susan Biggers, age 60 of Fedora, South Dakota, formerly Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, in Avera Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Susan Kay Gullingsrud was born June 11, 1950, the daughter of Kenneth and Edith (Sorensen) Gullingsrud in Ada, Minnesota. She was raised on a farm near Gary, Minnesota, and attended school there, graduating with the...
Dolores Bruggeman
Jul 12, 2010
Dolores Bruggeman, age 81, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Mahnomen, MN, passed away July 12, 2010 at her apartment in the Arbor Park Assisted Living Center in Moorhead. Dolores Hart was born July 29, 1928 in Bemidji, MN to Frank and Hazel (Hull) Hart. Dolores grew up on a farm east of Waubun, MN. After graduating from Waubun High School, she...
Larkin Mergenthal
Jul 11, 2010
Larkin Mergenthal, age 75, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Sunday, July 11, 2010, in MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Larkin was born October 21, 1934, in Hillsboro, North Dakota, to Willard and Lillian (Watne) Mergenthal. He grew up in the Hillsboro area where he attended country school and then public school. Following his schooling, Larkin helped his father with...
Florence Nehasil
Jul 8, 2010
Florence Ann Nehasil, age 74, of St. Paul, MN, formerly of Mahnomen, MN, passed away July 8, 2010. Preceded in death by loving husband, James W. Nehasil. Survived by loving son, Jamie of Brentwood, TN; sister, Margaret Barsody Miniatt of Elk River, MN and brothers, Jack Starkey of Mahnomen, MN & Don Starkey of Callaway, MN. Mass of Christian Burial...
Harold Bergstrom
Jul 6, 2010
Harold Alvin Bergstrom, age 79, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Tuesday, July 06, 2010 after a battle with cancer at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and his family. Harold was born February 15, 1931, the son of Albert and Effie Bergstrom of Eagle Bend, Minnesota. He was baptized on March 22, 1931, in...
Frank Michael Stech Jr.
Jul 4, 2010
On July 4th, 2010 at 3:53 in the afternoon, at his home surrounded by family and friends, the Great Spirit finally said, "OK, Wa goosh Bim bi Wa too (Running Fox), it is time for you to begin your journey home." Frank Michael Stech, Jr was born on July 25, 1952 to Frank and Harriet (Heisler) Stech, Sr. in Detroit...
Donald Joop
Jul 1, 2010
Donald A. Joop, age 76, of Borup, MN passed away on Thursday, July 1, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN, after a long courageous battle with heart problems. Don was born march 5, 1934 to Charles and Gena Joop of Borup. He was educated in area schools. A farmer at heart, he farmed the family farm and continued...
