Ernest "Ernie" Balvik
Aug 25, 2014
Ernest "Ernie" Joseph Balvik, age 74, of Twin Valley, MN, died suddenly Monday, August 25, 2014, near Twin Valley. Ernie Balvik was born, along with his twin brother, Ervin, at home near Shelly, MN, on February 4, 1940, to Ole and Elsie (Thompson) Balvik. He grew up and attended school at Shelly, later attending Norman County West High School in...
Margaret Kochmann
Aug 22, 2014
Margaret A. Kochmann, age 85, of Mahnomen, MN, passed away August 22, 2014, at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home. Margaret Buschette was born March 8, 1929 to Peter and Gertrude (Urevig) Buschette on their farm west of town. She graduated as salutatorian of the Mahnomen High School class of 1947, and worked at the high school in the superintendent's...
Verona C. Krogstad
Aug 22, 2014
Verona C. Krogstad, 87, Ada, Minnesota, died Friday, August 22, 2014, at the Barrett, MN Care Center. Verona was born on March 21, 1927, at the Ada Hospital, the daughter of Alfred A. Grosnick and Cora (Rasmusson) Grosnick Lovelace. Verona lived in Ada until her 8th grade year when her family moved to Hillsboro, ND for one year. They then...
Donavon R. Johnson
Aug 21, 2014
Donavon "Don" Johnson, 59, Fertile, MN, formerly Denver, CO, died Thursday, August, 21, 2014, in Fertile, MN. Donavon Roy Johnson was born February 27, 1955, to Edsel and Iris (Stine) Johnson in Crookston, MN. He attended school in Beltrami and Gary, MN, before graduating from the Fertile-Beltrami High School in 1972. After meeting Vicky Nixon, they married in 1975 at...
Florentine Blattenbauer
Aug 19, 2014
Florentine Blattenbauer, age 101, of Mahnomen, MN, died on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home in Mahnomen. Florentine Spaeth was born February 11, 1913, in Stearns County, Minnesota, the oldest child of Ben and Anna (Winter) Spaeth. In 1920, the family moved from Spring Hill, MN, to Mahnomen to farm with her grandfather, George Winter....
Leslie Prestegaard
Aug 18, 2014
Leslie Prestegaard, age 91, of Ulen, MN, formerly Moorhead, MN, died Monday, August 18, 2014, at Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Leslie Milton Prestegaard was born March 23, 1923, the son of Louis and Carrie (Myrvold) Prestegord at home in Flom Township, east of Twin Valley. He was baptized and...
Timothy C. Sipe
Aug 16, 2014
Timothy Sipe, 61, Fargo, ND, died unexpectantly on Saturday, August 16, 2014, at his residence. Timothy Clifford Sipe was born November 27, 1952, in Ada, MN, the son of A. C. (Tony) and Clarabelle (Ellingworth) Sipe. He was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Ada. Tim attended school in Ada where he excelled in sports and graduated with...
Allette "Lottie" Olson
Aug 13, 2014
Allette "Lottie" Olson, age 93, of Mahnomen, MN, died Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home in Mahnomen. Allette Alvina Bjerken, the daughter of Alfred and Annie (Reierson) Bjerken, was born on March 14, 1921 near Mahnomen. She was raised in Mahnomen attended Mahnomen High School. Following her high school graduation, Lottie worked for a time...
Clarence Blaser
Aug 12, 2014
Clarence "Shorty" Blaser, age 90, of Erskine, MN, formerly Mahnomen, MN, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at Pioneer Care Center, Erskine. Clarence J. Blaser, the son of Adolph and Laura (Hillesland) Blaser, was born on January 21, 1924, into the loving arms of his grandmother, who served as a midwife. As a child, he grew up on the family farm...
Jerry D. Lufkins
Aug 7, 2014
Jerry Lufkins, age 81 of Mahnomen, MN, formerly Rice Lake, MN died on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home. Jerry Dean was born December 18, 1932, in White Earth, MN, to John and Anne Lufkins. His youth was spent growing up in the Rice Lake area and attending a country school. Following his schooling, Jerry...
Mary Ann Fennern
Jul 31, 2014
Mary Ann Fennern, age 86, of Ada, MN, formerly Twin Valley, MN, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Benedictine Care Community, Ada. Mary Ann Orwald was born May 22, 1928, in Home Lake Township, rural Syre, MN, the daughter of Arthur and Emma (Peterson) Orwald. Growing up she attended country school and later graduated from Twin Valley High School. Shortly...
Mae Forsythe
Jul 26, 2014
Mae Forsythe, 91, Ulen, MN, died Saturday, July 26, 2014, in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo. Mae Olivia (Freed) Forsythe was born November 19, 1922, at Pinewood, MN, to Oscar and Mathilda (Johnson) Freed. At the age of four she moved to Ulen, where she attended and graduated from Ulen Public School in 1940. During WWII, she moved to Minneapolis where...
Truman Smeby
Jul 24, 2014
Truman Henry Smeby, age 65, of Detroit Lakes, MN, formerly of Mahnomen, MN, died at Lakes Homes, Detroit Lakes, on Thursday, July 24, 2014. Truman was born February 15, 1949, in Crookston, MN, the youngest son of Theodore and Helen (Hauge) Smeby. The family lived south of Winger, MN, in the old Harvey School House. At the young age of...
Macel Klemetson
Jul 21, 2014
Macel Klemetson, age 94, of Ulen, MN, died Monday, July 21, 2014, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Macel Annetta Claone Lien was born September 24, 1919 in Ulen, MN, the daughter of Sebert and Ella (Rikhus) Lien. She grew up in Ulen and attended grade school and later graduated from high school there. While attending high school in Ulen, she...
Agnes Brandt
Jul 20, 2014
Agnes Brandt, age 92, of Ada, MN, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, in Mahnomen Health Center. Agnes Margretha Merkins was born November 24, 1921, the daughter of Henry and Bertha (Braunschweig) Merkins at her parents' home on a farm northwest of Ada. As a youngster, Agnes attended District 48 Country School, where she graduated from the eighth grade. She worked...
Elva G. Borslien
Jul 18, 2014
Elva Borslien, 80, Fertile, MN, died Friday, July 18, 2014, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home, Fertile. Elva Glendora (Hauge) Borslien was born August 18, 1933, to Thomas and Alma (Christianson) Hauge in Woodside Township, Polk County, Minnesota. She attended Woodside Country School, District 156, for three years. She transferred to Mentor Public School, after the country school closed, graduating in...
Anna Weerts
Jul 16, 2014
Anna Weerts, 103, of Ulen, MN, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at the Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen. Anne's life was a life well lived. Sometimes short in material possessions, she felt rich nonetheless. Anna (Anne) Sophie Rosman was born on March 20, 1911, to Charles and Ingeborg Rosman at their home in rural Lake Park, MN. She was...
Lottie Coulombe
Jul 9, 2014
Lottie Faye Coulombe, age 84, of Mahnomen, MN, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at Cornerstone Nursing Home, Bagley, MN. Funeral Services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 11, 2014, at the Sports Complex in Naytahwaush, MN. Interment was held at Free Gospel Alliance Cemetery, Naytahwaush.
Myra Loy Johnson
Jul 9, 2014
Myra Loy Johnson was born in Hendrum, Minnesota during a February snow storm to Art and Beulah (Putman) Johnson, the fifth of seven children. She graduated from high school in Hendrum, received her BS in elementary education from Moorhead State University, and taught in St. Cloud and Flint, Michigan before returning home to the Hendrum and Halstad school districts, where...
Micky Denenny
Jul 2, 2014
Micky "Mick" Denenny, age 50, of Ulen, MN, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo. Micky Ray Syverson was born November 29, 1963, the son of Raymond and JoAnn (Schultz) Syverson in Sioux Falls, SD. In his younger years, he moved with his family to the Ulen-Hitterdal community where he attended school. As a young man, Mick...
