Lorraine Svobodny
Dec 7, 2008
Lorraine Svobodny, age 82, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Sunday, December 7th, 2008 in her home after a short illness. Lorraine Krebsbach was born April 5th, 1926, one of nine children born to Arthur and Caroline (Klinkhammer) Krebsbach on a farm near Mahnomen, Minnesota. She grew up and attended country school east of Mahnomen. As a young woman, Lorraine continued...
Ray Borgrud
Dec 4, 2008
Clarence "Ray" Borgrud, age 95 of McIntosh, MN, formerly Waubun, MN, died on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at McIntosh Manor Nursing Home, McIntosh, MN. Clarence Ray was born on February 28, 1913 to Oscar and Mary Borgrud in Poplar, Montana. They homesteaded in Montana until 1925 when they moved to a farm east of Waubun. What a change that was...
Beatrice Marie Antell
Dec 4, 2008
Beatrice M. Antell, age 78, of Mahnomen, MN died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Beatrice Marie Keezer was born April 5, 1930 at home near White Earth, MN, the daughter of Frank and Eliza (Armstrong) Keezer. As a child, Beatrice attended school in Pipestone and Flandreau, SD. She was raised near Naytahwaush, MN, and later...
Kristi Morley
Nov 30, 2008
Kristi Morley, age 40 of Mahnomen, MN, died on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at the Mahnomen Health Center. Kristi LaRae Warren was born May 11, 1968 in Detroit Lakes, MN. She spent her first five years on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation before moving to Minneapolis, MN. She attended St. Albert Catholic School and later graduated from Central High School...
Martha Hamre
Nov 27, 2008
Martha Hamre, age 90, of Erskine, Minnesota, formerly Gary, Minnesota, died Thursday, November 27, 2008, in Pioneer Memorial Care Center, Erskine. Martha Ullestad was born August 28, 1918 at Radcliffe, Iowa the daughter of John and Sophie (Nes) Ullestad. At the age of five she moved with her family to a farm near Forest City, Iowa. In the late 1920's...
David Murray
Nov 26, 2008
David Murray, age 65 of Mahnomen, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at his home. David was born at the White Earth Hospital on March 15, 1943 the son of Fred and Madeline (Roy) Murray. He was raised near Roy Lake east of Mahnomen, MN. He attended grade school in Naytahwaush, MN and later Mahnomen High School. On January...
Vernon Flatau
Nov 23, 2008
Vernon Flatau, age 85, of Mahnomen, MN died Sunday, November 23, 2008 at MeritCare hospital in Fargo, ND. Vernon Beckman Flatau was born to Albert and Elsie (Beckman) Flatau on March 15, 1923. He grew up on a farm near Perham, Minnesota. He graduated from Perham High School in 1942. He attended the U of M for a short time...
Florence Ann Miller
Nov 23, 2008
Florence Miller, age 85 of Mahnomen, MN, died Sunday, November 23, 2008 in her home. Florence Ann was born September 16, 1923 in Wahpeton, ND, the daughter of George and Anna (Rehm) Voit. As a young child, she moved with her family to the Mahnomen area. Growing up, Florence attended country school and graduated from Mahnomen High School with the...
James Fredenburg
Nov 18, 2008
James Fredenburg, age 81, of St. Francis, Minnesota, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008, in his home. James Albert Fredenburg was born March 23, 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Clarence and Catherin (Turner) Fredenburg. James was raised in Minneapolis where he also attended school. In April 13, 1944, he enlisted in the United States Navy serving until his honorable...
Eldon Thorson
Nov 15, 2008
Eldon Thorson, age 80 of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Eldon Lyle Thorson was born November 29, 1927, the son of Oscar and Stella (Anker) Thorson, at home near Flom, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Aspelund Lutheran Church near Flom. As a young boy he attended country grade...
William Carlson
Nov 11, 2008
William "Bill" Carlson, age 91 of Winger, Minnesota, died on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at the First Care Nursing Home in Fosston, Minnesota. William B. Carlson was born on June 4, 1917 to Rolf and Marie (Geldaker) Carlson in Winger, Minnesota. Bill was raised in Winger and baptized and confirmed in his faith at Calvary Lutheran Church. As a young...
Vernon Anderson
Nov 11, 2008
Vernon Anderson, age 76, of Ada, Minnesota, died Tuesday, November 11, 2008, in his home. Vernon Louallyn Anderson was born November 3rd, 1932, the son of Knud and Petra (Oistad) Anderson in Crookston, Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm near Shelly, Minnesota. Vernon was baptized and confirmed his faith at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Shelly. He attended a...
Jewel Mae Seeger
Nov 7, 2008
Jewel Mae (Becker) Seeger of Mahnomen area, age 78, died Nov. 7, 2008. Born December 23, 1929, she was raised by her parents Merlin and Mildred Coyle Becker in Mahnomen area. She graduated from Mahnomen High School May 1949. On December 30, 1949, Jewel married Duane Lowell Seeger, son of William and Alice Seeger of Twin Valley. They began on...
Ilene Kappes
Nov 3, 2008
Ilene Kappes, age 85, of Twin Valley, MN, died Monday, November 03, 2008 at the Twin Valley Living Center in Twin Valley. Ilene M. Sorenson was born August 6, 1923, the daughter of Christopher and Annie (Thomas) Sorenson near Borup, Minnesota. She attended grade school there and graduated from Borup High School. As a young woman, Ilene worked as a...
Jack Gray
Oct 31, 2008
Jack Gray, age 76, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Friday, October 31, 2008 in the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Fargo, North Dakota. John D. (Jack) Gray was born April 11, 1932 the son of John and Dorothy (Nafziger) Gray on a farm south of Twin Valley. At the age of 11, he moved with his family to a farm west...
Wendell Dale Vlasin
Oct 26, 2008
Wendell Dale Vlasin was born July 26, 1926, in Rolette, ND, the youngest son of John and Grace (Seebart) Vlasin. He moved with his family to St. John, ND, where he grew up and graduated from high school. Following high school, Wendell enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, where he served as a cryptographer in Europe and North...
Frances Zimmerman
Oct 24, 2008
Frances Zimmerman, age 100 of Tucson, Arizona, formerly Mahnomen, Minnesota, died on Friday, October 24, 2008 at Casas Adobe Assisted Living, Tucson, Arizona, under the care of Hospice. Frances was born on January 6, 1908 in Brainard, Nebraska. As a young girl, they moved to Abercrombie, North Dakota where she grew up and attended school. Upon graduation from high school,...
Mark Buhaug
Oct 24, 2008
Mark D. Buhaug, 48, of Raleigh, North Carolina, formerly Dilworth, Minnesota was shot and killed during a robbery while at work Friday night, October 24, in Raleigh. Mark Douglas Buhaug was born December 31, 1959, the son of George and Gladys (Berget) Buhaug in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. As a youngster, Mark was raised in the Hawley community, later moving with...
Morris Ysen
Oct 16, 2008
Morris Ysen, 89, Gary, Minnesota died Thursday Oct. 16, 2008 in the Merit Care Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Morris Norman Ysen was born January 2, 1919 the son of Carl and Nora (Albertson) Ysen on the family farm near Gary, Minnesota. He attended district #91 grade school near his home. As a young man he farmed with his father and...
William Oliver
Oct 13, 2008
William "Bill" Oliver, age 52, of Fertile, Minnesota, died Monday, October 13, 2008, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. A Memorial Service was held on Thursday, October 16 at 2:00pm in the Fertile Community Center.
