Marion E Handyside
Mar 21, 2016
Marion E. Handyside, age 88, of Fosston, MN, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Essentia Health in Fosston, MN, with family at her side. Marion was born March 1, 1928, to Leo and Beulah (Slocum) Hicks in Duluth, MN. She spent her early years in Duluth and married Albert "Allie" in 1945. They made their home on a farm south...
Patsy Roy
Mar 17, 2016
Patsy Roy, age 80, of Mahnomen, MN, died on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at the White Earth Community Center, White Earth, MN. Visitation will be held at the White Earth Community Center on Tuesday, March...
Benedict "Ben" W. Bement Jr
Mar 17, 2016
Ben Bement, age 82, of Detroit Lakes, MN, formerly Waubun, MN, died Thursday, March 17, 2016, at Essentia Health in Detroit Lakes, MN.
Benedict William Bement, Jr., was born August 1, 1933, to Ben Sr. and Alma (Wambach) Bement in Detroit Lakes, MN. He attended school in Waubun, MN, through 8 th grade and belonged to...
Bonnie Balvik
Mar 17, 2016
Bonnie Balvik, age 71, of Twin Valley, MN, died Thursday, March 17, 2016, at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND, surrounded by family.
Bonnie Mae Gunderson was born March 5, 1945, in Ada, MN, the eldest daughter of Thomas and Mabel (Widme) Gunderson. She grew up in the Twin Valley area and spent her summers working with her dad...
Evelyn Skrien
Mar 17, 2016
Evelyn Skrien, age 101, of Fargo, ND, formerly Ulen, MN, died Thursday, March 17, 2016, at Rosewood on Broadway in Fargo. Evelyn Johanna Jorgenson was born July 23, 1914, in Devils Lake, ND, the daughter of John and Alma (Halgrimson) Jorgenson. Most of Evelyn's youth was spent growing up near Alborn, MN, where she graduated from high school. Following graduation,...
Donald W. Olson
Mar 15, 2016
Donald W. Olson, 85, Ada, MN, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Donald Wesley Olson was born the younger of two sons on April 9, 1930, to George and Alice (nee Thompson) Olson in rural Lowry, Minnesota. As a kid, he enjoyed swimming in the many nearby lakes and finding rocks and arrowheads in the fields...
Robert "Bob" Johnson
Mar 14, 2016
Robert Johnson, 80, of Columbia Heights, MN, died Monday, March 14, 2016, in his home. Robert Lowell Johnson was born May 21, 1935, the son of Russel and Viola (Sholes) Johnson, in Twin Valley. He grew up and attended school in Twin Valley, Graduating from Twin Valley High School with the class of 1954. Bob served his country, entering the...
Betty Simle
Mar 10, 2016
Betty Simle, age 88, of Ada, MN, formerly Twin Valley, MN, died Thursday, March 10, 2016 in Essentia Health, Ada. Betty Jane Pinske was born August 20, 1927, the daughter of Otto and Elsie (Lietzau) Pinske in Ada, MN and was raised on the family farm northeast of Twin Valley. She was baptized and confirmed her faith in Immanuel Lutheran...
Shirley "Penny" A. Krause
Mar 8, 2016
Shirley A. "Penny" Krause, 84, Ada, MN, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer, at Essentia Health Hospital, Fargo, ND. Penny was born on April 18, 1931, near Aneta, ND, the daughter of Olaf and Florence (Koloen) Reinhart. She attended school in Aneta and later moved to Ada in 1951. Penny was united in marriage...
Maurice Stadum
Mar 5, 2016
Maurice T. Stadum, 96, Ada, Minnesota, died Saturday, March 5, 2016, at Mission Nursing Home, Plymouth, MN. Maurice known as "Morrie" was born on October 20, 1919, at home on the farm near Ada in Hegne Township, the son of Thorvald and Mildred (Eidsmoe) Stadum. He attended school at Ada Public Schools. Morrie enlisted in the United States Army in...
William "Bill" & Phyllis Miller
Feb 29, 2016
William "Bill" Miller, age 76, died February 29, 2016, in Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen, MN, and his wife, Phyllis Miller, age 78, died January 17, 2015 in Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. William Leonard Miller was born May 10, 1939, the son of Clifton and Myrtle (Wentloeffer) Miller in Seattle, WA. At the young age of one, he moved...
Virgil Prestegord
Feb 24, 2016
Virgil Prestegord, age 64, of Twin Valley, MN, died Wednesday, February 24, 2016, in his home. Virgil Harris Prestegord was born October 4, 1951, the son of Martin and Irma (Allrich) Prestegord on his grandparents' farm near Twin Valley. He grew up on a farm east of Twin Valley and was baptized and confirmed his faith at Wild Rice Lutheran...
Dean Streiff
Feb 24, 2016
Dean Streiff, age 66, of Twin Valley, MN, died February 24, 2016, in Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley. Dean L. Streiff was born November 1, 1949, the son of Ralph and Doris (Hall) Streiff in Zumbrota, MN. He was raised in Pine Island, MN, where he attended school. After graduation, Dean worked in the area as a meat cutter....
Dale A. Tuven
Feb 19, 2016
Dale A. Tuven, 85, Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Friday, February 19, 2016, at the Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley. Dale Arne Tuven was born November 19, 1930, at Dalton, MN, the son of Arne and Delna (Thompson) Tuven. He attended school near Dalton at the Park Dale Country School. As a young boy, he moved with his family to...
A. Lowell Rasmussen
Feb 18, 2016
Albert Lowell Rasmussen, 84, Fertile, Mn, passed away on February 18, 2016, at Pioneer Memorial Care Center, Erskine, Mn. He was born on May 24, 1931, in McIntosh, Mn, to parents Albert and Ida (Solie) Rasmussen. He graduated from Mac High in 1949, attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Mn, and served in the US Navy in 1952. On October 1,...
Robert E. Pontow
Feb 17, 2016
Robert E. Pontow, 79, rural Gary, Minnesota, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on Wednesday, February, 17, 2016. He was born in White Rock, South Dakota on December 24, 1936 to Henry and Pearl (Schumm) Pontow. He moved with his family to Dawson, MN in 1940, growing up on the farmstead north of town. Robert is survived by...
Gene L. Olson
Feb 14, 2016
Gene L. Olson, age 80, of Waubun, MN, died Sunday, February 14, 2016, in Fertile, MN, surrounded by loving family. Gene Lester Olson, the son of Martin and Agnes (Nelson) Olson, was born on November 15, 1935.  Like many children of that generation, he was delivered at home by a midwife and his grandmother.  Gene was born with a cleft...
Robert Awender
Feb 13, 2016
Robert Awender, age 80, of Twin Valley, MN, died Saturday, February 13, 2016, in his home surrounded by his family under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Robert Anton Awender, the son of Anton and Mary (Haas) Awender, was born on December 13, 1935, at home in Slope County, ND. He was raised there and attended country...
Douglas F. Dixon
Feb 8, 2016
Douglas F. Dixon, 82, formerly of Fargo, North Dakota, died February 8, 2016, at the Halstad Living Center, Halstad, Minnesota. Doug was born on April 2, 1933, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Fredrick and Grace (Sutherland) Dixon. After serving fourteen years in the Navy, he worked at one of the first McDonalds in the country and shared stories about cutting the...
Arden W. Helling
Feb 6, 2016
Arden Helling, age 87, of Mentor, MN, died Saturday, February 6, 2016, surrounded by family at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Arden Walter Helling, the youngest son of Oscar and Bertha (Rono) Helling was born at home on November 16, 1928, in Hanska, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lake Hanska Lutheran Church. Arden grew up...
