obituaries

Recent obituaries in the Norman, Mahnomen, Polk, Clay and surrounding counties.

Arvin Olson

Arvin Olson

Jun 5, 2012

Arvin Leroy Olson, 87, passed away on June 5, 2012 at Fargo's Sanford Hospital. Arvin was born August 16, 1924 on the Lindback farm west of Twin Valley. He was a fourth generation Minnesotan, descending from Swedish and Norwegian immigrant farmers. His parents, Albert and Lilly (Lindback) Olson, raised him as they worked on area farms. Arvin graduated from Twin...

Joann "Jody" Fritsch

Joann "Jody" Fritsch

Jun 5, 2012

JoAnn "Jody" Fritsch, age 46, of Winger, MN, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Sanford Health Systems in Fargo, ND. JoAnn Lynn Gerjets was born August 3, 1965 in Coon Rapids, MN, to David Gerjets and Joyce Askelson. Jody attended grade school in Gary and graduated from Fertile-Beltrami High School. Following high school, she attended Northland Community and Technical College...

Roger James Huber

Roger James Huber

Jun 4, 2012

Roger Huber, age 62, of Mahnomen, MN, died Monday, June 4, 2012 at his home under Essentia Health Hospice of Fosston. Roger James Huber was born October 19, 1949 in Hendricks, Minnesota, to Russell and Delores (Zgoda) Huber. Following high school, he was drafted into the United States Army and served during Vietnam. On March 19, 1972 he was honorably...

Duke Michael Eggen

Duke Michael Eggen

Jun 3, 2012

Duke Michael Eggen, 10 days old, Ada, MN, infant son of Aaron and Aimee Eggen, died Sunday June 3, 2012, at the Minnesota Children's Hospital, Minneapolis. He was born on May 24, 2012, in Minneapolis and baptized on May 26, 2012. Duke was born at Abbott Northwest Hospital in Minneapolis, MN, and died at Minneapolis Children's Hospital. He passed away...

Dorothy M Walz

Dorothy M Walz

Jun 2, 2012

Dorothy M. Walz, age 89, of Mahnomen, MN, died Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the Mahnomen Health Center Hospital under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Dorothy Mathilda Schouviller, the daughter of Adam and Anna (Koll) Schouviller, was born on October 11, 1922 at home in rural Mahnomen. She grew up on the family farm and attended...

Asher Schneider

Asher Schneider

May 30, 2012

The exciting moments of pregnancy turned to sorrow for Todd and Naomi Schneider of Gahanna, Ohio, with the death of their baby boy, Asher Schneider on May 30, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. Aston is survived by his parents, Todd and Naomi (Bell) Schneider and brother, Ethan of Gahanna, Ohio; maternal grandparents, Pastor Dean and Mary Ann Bell of Ada, MN...

Harold Penn

Harold Penn

May 27, 2012

Harold Penn, age 68, of Ada, MN, died Sunday, May 27, 2012, surrounded by his family, in the Halstad Living Center, Halstad, MN, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Harold Lee Penn was born on September 23, 1943, the son of Paul and Mary Jo (Casto) Penn in Poplar Bluff, MO. He is the second child...

Kenneth G. Bregel

Kenneth G. Bregel

May 26, 2012

Kenneth G. Bregel was born June 10, 1934 in Mahnomen, MN, the son of Leonard and Mildred (Blaser) Bregel. He attended St. Michael's Catholic School and graduated from Mahnomen High School in 1952. Ken furthered his education at the Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, MN. He returned to the Mahnomen area and worked with his father at Bregel Electric. On August...

Allyce Lorraine St. Michel

Allyce Lorraine St. Michel

May 24, 2012

Allyce (Borgen) St. Michel Allyce Lorraine (Borgen) St. Michel, 93, of Halstad, MN, died on Thursday, May 24, 2012, at the Halstad Living Center, Halstad. She was born on December 7, 1918, in Mary Township, Norman County, to Ansgar and Mary Hazel (Robinson) Borgen. Allyce was one of nine brothers and sisters. Following her graduation from Moorhead High School in...

Darlene Wendt

Darlene Wendt

May 22, 2012

Darlene Wendt, age 70, of Twin Valley, MN, died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley. Darlene M. Garner was born September 28, 1941, the daughter of Harold and Frances (Stauffacher) Garner in Minneapolis, MN. She was raised in Bloomington, MN, where she attended school and graduated with the class of 1959. On June 13, 1959,...

Duane "Dewey" A. Walsberg

Duane "Dewey" A. Walsberg

May 21, 2012

Duane "Dewey" A. Walsberg, 87, Borup, MN, died Monday, May 21, 2012, at the Fargo Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dewey was born on March 5, 1925, in Grand Forks, N.D, the son of Victor Alfred and Yvonne (Gregoire) Walsberg. He moved to Thief River Falls, MN, with his parents and later finished high school at the Northwest School of Agriculture,...

Arthur Leroy Helgeson

Arthur Leroy Helgeson

May 21, 2012

Arthur Helgeson, age 82, of Erskine, MN, died Monday, May 21, 2012 at First Care Medical Services in Fosston, MN. Arthur LeRoy Helgeson was born August 5, 1929 at home in rural Bejou, MN, to Albert and Ella (Brekhus) Helgeson. Growing up, he attended country school and graduated from the Agricultural College in Crookston, MN. Art entered the United States...

Clayton Roering

Clayton Roering

May 18, 2012

Clayton Roering, age 59, of Twin Valley, MN, died peacefully at home on Friday, May 18th, 2012, under the loving care of his family. Clayton Mark Roering was born on August 18th, 1952, in Detroit Lakes, MN, the son of Milton and Ione (Gandrud) Roering. He was baptized into his Lutheran faith on October 19th, 1952, at Richwood Lutheran Church,...

Hilda Grove

Hilda Grove

May 17, 2012

Hilda Grove, age 89, of Twin Valley, MN, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley. Hilda (Prestegord) Grove was born October 28, 1922 daughter of Borghild and Severt Prestegord in Twin Valley, MN where she grew up and attended school. Hilda was united in marriage to Gerald Grove on March 28, 1951. The couple made...

Alf R. Eide

Alf R. Eide

May 17, 2012

Alf Rognald Eide, 89, of Fertile, MN died on Thursday May 17, 2012 (den Syttende Mai), at Fair Meadow Nursing Home, Fertile. He was born November 4, 1922, one of eight children to Clara (Nelson) and Odd Eide. He was baptized November 5, 1922, and confirmed at Concordia Lutheran Church. He graduated from Fertile High School in 1940 and attended...

Thelma Bromander

Thelma Bromander

May 17, 2012

Thelma Bromander, of Ulen, MN, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, under the care of the Hospice of the Red River Valley, in Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley. Thelma Marian Berglund, the second oldest of George and Agnes (Evenson) Berglund's eight children, was born March 1, 1926, on the family farm southeast of Fosston, MN. Thelma attended the Moen Country...

Beverly Ann Bauers

Beverly Ann Bauers

May 14, 2012

Beverly A. Bauers, 77, Felton, MN, died Monday, May 14, 2012, at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Beverly (Barnes) Bauers was born in Felton, on March 5, 1935. She attended school in Felton. On August 20, 1955, she married Donald Bauers and they made their home in Felton. Bev worked for her parents gravel company for several years and assisted her...

Joann Bentley

Joann Bentley

May 13, 2012

JoAnn Bentley, 74, Twin Valley, MN died Sunday, May 13, 2012, in the Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley. JoAnn P. Peterson was born June 21, 1937, the daughter of Olaf and Ruth (Rasmusson) in Faith, MN where she was raised and grew up. JoAnn attended school in Twin Valley, graduating from Twin Valley High School with the class of...

Dorothy Trnka

Dorothy Trnka

May 9, 2012

Dorothy Trnka, age 87 of Barnesville, MN, formerly of Mahnomen, MN, died Wednesday, May 09, 2012 at Essentia Health Systems in Fargo, ND. Dorothy Alice Gish was born December 24, 1924 in Mahnomen to Raymond and Lillian (Nagel) Gish. She attended school in Mahnomen and graduated with the class of 1944. Following high school, Dorothy was united in marriage to...

Adeline Nina Bolstad

Adeline Nina Bolstad

May 6, 2012

Adeline Bolstad, 95, of Fertile, Minnesota died on Sunday, May 6, 2012, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home, Fertile, Minnesota. Funeral services will be on Thursday, May, 10, 2012, at 11am, at Concordia Lutheran Church, Fertile, MN. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 5:00-7:00pm, with a Prayer Service at 6:30pm at the Erikson-Vik Funeral Home, Fertile, MN. Burial will be in Concordia...

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