George King
Mar 4, 2013
George King, age 86, of Twin Valley, MN died Monday, March 4, 2013 in Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. George King was born August 22, 1926 the son of Leonard and Lizzy (Velere) King in Perham, MN. As a youngster, George moved with his family to Pregno, OR where he attended school. Over the years, George had worked on...
Glen "Bud" V. Benesh
Mar 4, 2013
Glen "Bud" Benesh, 84, Ada, MN, died Monday, March 4, 2013, at Bridges Care Community, Ada, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Glen Vernon Benesh was born May 4, 1928, at home on the farm in Pleasant View Township, near Ada the son of John and Clara (Durling) Benesh. He attended school in Ada and later...
Lester Eklund
Feb 28, 2013
Lester Eklund, age 86, of Brainerd, MN died Thursday, February 28, 2013 in his home. Lester M. Eklund, the son of David and Josehpine (Evans) Eklund, was born August 9, 1926 in Ada, MN. He grew up in the Ada area in a large family of 13. Les was baptized, confirmed his faith and attended Sunday school at First Lutheran...
Regina "Gina" Eggen
Feb 26, 2013
Gina Eggen, 93, Ada, MN, died Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Bridges Care Community, Ada, MN. Regina Gertrude Weber was born on April 14, 1919, in Rockville Township, MN, the daughter of George and Annie (Court) Weber. She attended rural school near Ada. On April 12, 1943, she was united in marriage to Melvin Eggen, in Ada. They lived and...
Cody Christianson
Feb 26, 2013
Cody Warren Christianson, 16, of Fertile, MN, died on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Riverview Hospital, Crookston, MN. He was born on August 14, 1996, to Jon and Lindi (Reese) Christianson at Crookston, MN. Cody was baptized at Norman Lutheran Church, Bear Park, MN and confirmed his faith on June 17, 2012, at Concordia Lutheran Church, Fertile. He attended the...
Palmer A. Amundson Jr.
Feb 22, 2013
Palmer A. Amundson Jr., age 86 of Waubun, MN, died Friday, February 22, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fargo, ND. Palmer Arnold was born July 18, 1926, the son of Palmer A. and Anna (Boutto) Amundson Sr. in Virginia, MN. He grew up near Virginia and graduated high school from Cook, MN. Following high school, Palmer worked in...
Henry Horack
Feb 19, 2013
Henry B. Horack, age 85 of Waubun, MN, died at Essentia Health Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes, MN, on February 19, 2013. Henry was born July 26, 1927 at home east of Waubun, the son of Frank and Katherine (Stech) Horack. His school years were spent attending the Horack Country School. As a young man, Henry entered the United States...
Brittney Rose Spitzmiller
Feb 15, 2013
Brittney Rose Spitzmiller, 17 month old daughter of Kimberly Christy and Mitchell Spitzmiller, Twin Valley, MN died Feb. 15th, 2013 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. Brittney was born Sept. 19, 2011 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. She lived with her family in Twin Valley, MN for the first few months of her life before becoming...
Ardis Leona Jacobson
Feb 11, 2013
Ardis Leona Jacobson, 92, of Ada, MN, died on Monday, February 11, 2013, at Essentia Health, Ada, MN. She was born in a log house on June 24, 1920, to Oscar and Clara (Holm) Rasmusson at Pitt, MN. Ardis grew up near Ada, and assisted her family with home and farm work. For three years she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...
Donald Pederson
Feb 9, 2013
Donald Pederson, 90, Twin Valley, MN died Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Sanford Health System, Fargo, ND. Donald Keith Pederson was born August 9, 1922 the son of Peter and Genevieve (Kittleson) Pederson in Thief River Falls, MN. Donald attended school there, graduating from Thief River High School with the class of 1940. After graduation, Don furthered his education for...
Raymond "Butch" Leslie
Feb 9, 2013
Raymond "Butch" Leslie, age 75, of Mahnomen, MN, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Raymond Urban Leslie was born on March 4, 1937 in Mahnomen, the son of Raymond and Agnes (Wolbeck) Leslie. He grew up in the Mahnomen area and graduated from Mahnomen...
Stella Larson
Feb 9, 2013
Stella Larson, age 94 of Ulen, MN died Saturday, February 09, 2013 at Viking Manor Nursing Home. Stella Elenor Larson, the daughter of Simon and Carrie (Winjum) Anderson, was born October 4, 1918 in Ulen. She was a life-long member of Calvary Lutheran Church where she was baptized November 24, 1918 and confirmed June 25, 1933. She grew up and...
Regina Ann Larson
Feb 8, 2013
Regina Ann Larson, 58, of Fertile, MN, died on Friday, February 8, 2013, near her home. She was born on May 18, 1954, to Harold and Ruth (Ofstedal) Larson in Crookston, MN. Regina was baptized and confirmed at Little Norway Lutheran Church, rural Fertile. She graduated from Fertile-Beltrami High School in 1972, and studied Criminal Justice at Moorhead State University,...
Ralph "Buzz" Truman Iii
Feb 7, 2013
Ralph "Buzz" Truman III, age 65 of Ulen, MN died Thursday, February 7, 2013 in the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview in Minneapolis, MN. Ralph Edgecombe Truman III was born August 8, 1947 the son of Ralph and Sybil (Hughes) Truman II in Bismarck, ND. As a child he moved with his family to Fargo where he attended Fargo...
Melvin "Mel" Rasmussen
Feb 5, 2013
Melvin "Mel" Rasmussen, 82, of Gary, MN, died on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at the Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley, MN. He was born on January 15, 1931, to Louis and Maude (Rounsville) Rasmussen in Plummer, MN. Melvin began his schooling near Plummer and finished in a rural school near Fertile. Following his schooling, Melvin worked on area farms...
Opal Viola Hegre
Feb 2, 2013
Opal Viola Hegre, 95, of Fertile, MN, died on Saturday, February 02, 2013, at the Fair Meadow Nursing Home, Fertile, MN. She was born on August 15, 1917, to Peter and Stina (Erickson) Flaten in Garfield Township, rural Fertile. Opal was baptized and confirmed at Little Norway Lutheran Church, rural Fertile. Opal attended country school near her home. On December...
Lyle Moteberg
Feb 1, 2013
Lyle Moteberg, age 71, of Twin Valley, MN, formerly Grandin, ND died Friday, February 1, 2013 in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Lyle Moteberg was born January 21, 1942 the son of Gilbert and Lily (Garden) Moteberg in Fertile, MN. He was raised on a farm northeast of Gary, MN in the Bear Park community and attended country school near there....
Daniel Ervin Trontvedt
Feb 1, 2013
Obituary - Dan Trontvedt Daniel Erwin Trontvedt, 49, passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013 at his home in Grand Forks. He was born on January 16, 1964 at Bethesda Hospital in Crookston, MN, the son of Ervin and Leora (Stai) Trontvedt. He was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, both in Crookston. Dan...
Stephen Kulzer
Jan 26, 2013
Stephen Kulzer, age 57, of Mahnomen, MN, died Saturday, January 26, 2013 at the Sanford Palliative Care in Fargo, ND. Stephen Albert Kulzer was born January 15, 1956 in Crookston, MN, the son of Melvin and Anna Mary (Sand) Kulzer. He grew up and attended school in Bejou and graduated high school from Mahnomen with the class of 1974. He...
Michael W. Amundson
Jan 25, 2013
Michael W. Amundson, age 53, of Fraser, CO, formerly of Waubun, MN, died Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Twin Valley Living Center in Twin Valley, MN. Michael William Amundson was born November 8, 1959 in Minneapolis, MN, the son of Palmer and Laurena (Brehm) Amundson. In 1962, the family moved to Waubun to make their home. Mike attended grade...
