obituaries

Mar 31, 2014

Myrtle M. Sorkness, age 94, longtime resident of Twin Valley, MN, died Monday, March 31, 2014, in Pioneer Cottages in Fergus Falls, MN.

Myrtle was born February 12, 1920, the daughter of Paul and Sophie (Flaten) Buchholz at International Falls, MN, where her father was...

Mar 31, 2014

James "Jimmy" Brunette, age 71, of Waubun, MN, died Monday, March 31, 2014, at his home.

James Raymond Brunette was born February 2, 1943, in White Earth, MN, to Simon and Effie (Smith) Brunette. He spent his childhood growing up in the Naytahwaush, MN, area....

Mar 30, 2014

Gerald "Bud" Iverson, age 95, of Mahnomen, MN, died Sunday, March 30, 2014, at Emmanuel Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes, MN.

Gerald Aaland Iverson, son of Neil and Mabel (Goodrich) Iverson, was born on August 8, 1918 on his parent's farm East of Twin Valley, MN in Norman County. When he was...

Mar 28, 2014

Thelma H. Lindberg, 81, Fertile, MN, died Friday, March 28, 2014, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home, Fertile.

Thelma Helene Lindberg was born Feb. 15, 1933, in Bear Park, MN, to Harold and Thora Sirjord. She was baptized and confirmed at Faaberg Lutheran Church. She graduated from Gary High School in 1949, when she was 16. In 1973,...

Mar 26, 2014

Alrick Wadena Sr., age 81, of Naytahwaush, MN, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at Sanford Palliative Care in Fargo, ND. Alrick George Wadena was born March 29, 1932, in White Earth, MN, the son of George and Josephine (Guinn) Wadena.  His youth was spent growing up in Warroad, MN.  As a young man, Rick moved to Naytahwaush and enlisted in...

Mar 26, 2014

Laura Louise Widrig, 93, of Fertile, MN, died on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at the Fair Meadow Nursing Home, Fertile.

Laura was born on August 12, 1920, to Paul and Alvina (Paul) Treichel at home in Lockhart, MN. She grew up an attended in Lockhart Public School. Moved to Crookston, MN to live with relatives, where she...

Mar 25, 2014

Alice Van Puymbrouck, age 89, of Peoria, AZ, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014, under the care of Arizona Hospice.

Alice Marlene (Dedo) Van Puymbrouck of Peoria, AZ died on...

Mar 25, 2014

Wendy Ann Janusch, age 47, of Waubun, MN, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at her home.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 29, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at Anderson Family Funeral Home.

Mar 24, 2014

Michael John Thronson, age 30, of Detroit Lakes, MN, formerly of Mahnomen, MN, died Monday, March 24, 2014, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.

Michael, the son of David and Rita (Alexander) Thronson, was born on March 12, 1984, a healthy happy baby boy. He was baptized at Faith United...

Mar 20, 2014

Luella Weber, 93, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Golden Living Center, Moorhead.

Luella Ose was born August 26, 1920 at Ulen, Minnesota and lived with her parents in the Gary, Minnesota community. After her parents' deaths, she moved to Ulen where she was raised by her aunt and uncle Christine and Alfred Fevig....

Mar 19, 2014

Vernon L. Jenson, 88, of Moorhead, MN, formerly Ulen, MN, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the palliative care unit of Sanford Medical Center in Fargo.

Vernon Lester Jenson was born March 24, 1925, the son of Nile and Ida Jenson near Gary, MN. He grew up in rural Norman County where he worked various farm jobs....

Mar 18, 2014

Ethel Deegan, age 67, of Mahnomen, MN, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at her home under Hospice care and surrounded by family.

Ethel "Tinker" Wadena was born on December 28, 1946, in Warroad, MN, to Leonard and Helma (Thompson) Wadena.   She grew up and attended grade school in the Warroad area, and then moved to Minneapolis, MN,...

Mar 15, 2014

Shirley V. Johnson, 85, rural Ada, Minnesota, died Saturday, March 15, 2014, after a very brief time at Halstad Living Center, Halstad, MN.

Shirley was born May 3, 1928, the daughter of Carl and Ruth (Golladay) Narum in Lexington, IL. She attended school in Halstad and graduated from Halstad High School. She was united in marriage to...

Mar 14, 2014

Father Eugene Wesely, a retired priest of the Diocese of Crookston, died Friday, March 14, 2014, at Essentia Health Oak Crossing, Detroit Lakes, MN, at the age of 82.

Eugene Leonard Wesely was born December 1, 1931, in St. Paul, MN, to Leonard and Mary (Mahowald) Wesely. He attended Blessed Sacrament Parochial School and furthered his education...

Mar 14, 2014

Eunice Strommen, age 84, of Twin Valley, MN, died Friday, March 14, 2014 in Benedictine Care Community, Ada, MN.

Eunice Marion Shirley was born September 1, 1929, the daughter of Arthur and Mable (Low) Shirley in Dakota County, MN. She was baptized in Highview Christiania in Dakota County, MN and confirmed her faith while living in Seattle,...

Mar 13, 2014

Robert "Bob" LaFriniere, age 77, of Mahnomen, MN, died Thursday, March 13, 2014, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and kindhearted care from Maxine Olson.

Robert Joseph LaFriniere was born December 30, 1936, in White Earth, MN, to Joseph and Mary (Chmelar) LaFriniere. He was the second oldest of six...

Mar 12, 2014

Hazel Ivancich, age 102, of Twin Valley, MN, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley.

There was a Visitation on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, from 3-5 p.m. in the Anderson Family Funeral Home, Twin Valley.

A private burial was held in the spring.

Mar 11, 2014

Scottsdale, Ariz.- Gladys Esther (Skjervem) Menge, 96, died of natural causes on March 11th, 2014, at Hospice of the Valley - Sherman House, Phoenix, Ariz. Gladys was the sixth of seven children born on October 26, 1917, to Halgrim Skjervem and Mary (Helland) Skjervem at the family farm in Whitman, N.D. Her mother died the next year in the...

Mar 7, 2014

Theresa Houdek, age 86, of Mahnomen, MN, died on Friday, March 7, 2014, at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home. Theresa Katherine was born May 19, 1927 in Mahnomen, MN to Louise and Frank Walz. She was the youngest of 10 children. She graduated from St. Michael's grade school in 1941 and Mahnomen High School in 1945. She moved 3...

Mar 7, 2014

Robert "Bobby" Mitchell, age 72, of Waubun, MN, died on Friday, March 7, 2014, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Robert Wayne Mitchell was born on February 6, 1942 in White Earth, MN, to Mary Jane Wilson and Lawrence Mitchell. As an infant, Bobby was placed in the foster home of John and Phyllis Swiers in Bejou, MN. He was...