obituaries

Mar 17, 2012

Adeline Louise (Michaels) Gudvangen, 80, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at her home in Fertile, MN, after a battle with cancer. Adeline Louise Gudvangen was born February 3, 1932, in Fisher, MN, to Rudolph and Esther (Ingebrigtson) Michaels. The family moved to rural Fertile where Adeline attended and graduated from Fertile High School in 1949. After High School, Adeline started...

Mar 17, 2012

Alan Rindahl age 49, of White Earth, MN, died Saturday, March 17, 2012 at his home. Alan Joseph Rindahl was born September 8, 1962 in Mahnomen, MN, to Maynard, Sr. and Myrtle (Benson) Rindahl. He grew up in the White Earth area and attended school in Waubun. Together with Dianne "Mag" Kier, the couple lived in White Earth and raised...

Mar 15, 2012

Hazel Goodwin, age 89, of Ebro, MN, died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at the Clearwater County Memorial Hospital in Bagley, MN. Hazel Rose Hill, daughter of James and Emma (Peavey) Hill, was born on September 6, 1922 in Jack Pine, MN. She proudly held her Ojibwe name of Gaa Kaa Bishe, meaning "screech owl." As a young girl, Hazel attended...

Mar 14, 2012

Donald "Ole" Gordon, age 59, of Mahnomen, MN, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at his home near Mahnomen. Donald Wayne Gordon, "Ole", was born on August 22, 1952 in White Earth, MN, to Harold and Christine (Clark) Gordon. He grew up in the Pine Bend, MN, and Mahnomen areas. After attending Uran Country School near his home, Ole went to...

Mar 13, 2012

Vince Wastweet, 85, Fargo, ND, formerly Gary, MN, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at the Fargo VA Health Care System, Fargo, ND. Vincent Leroy Wastweet was born December 29, 1926, to Harry and Emma (Martinson) Wastweet near Fisher, MN. Vince was the 4th of 8 children. Vince was raised on a farm north of Crookston until the family moved in...

Mar 11, 2012

Cynthia D. Robinson, age 52 of Mahnomen, MN, died March 11, 2012 at her son's home in Superior, WI, after a three month battle with cancer. Cynthia was born in Minneapolis, MN, on August 25, 1959 the daughter of Dorothy Harris. The majority of Cyndi's youth was spent in the Twin Cities area. Following high school, she met Donald E....

Mar 11, 2012

Wilbert J. "Willy" Ehrichs, 94, of Perham, MN, formerly of Halstad, MN, died on Sunday, March 11, 2012, at Perham Health, in Perham. Willy was born on June 12, 1917, in Aspinwell, Iowa, the son of Ben and Minnie (Joens) Ehrichs. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to a farm in North Dakota. He attended country...

Mar 10, 2012

Gail A. Renna, age 57, of Winger, MN, died Saturday, March 10, 2012 in her home. Gail Ann Mersy was born May 20, 1954 to John and Rosemarie (Januszewski) Mersy at Parkers Prairie, MN. She began her schooling at Dent, MN, but later moved with her family to Winger. Gail graduated from McIntosh High School, McIntosh, MN, with the class...

Mar 7, 2012

Rocky Hamlin, age 54, of Lengby, MN, died Wednesday March 7, 2012 at his residence. Rocky Lee Hamlin, the son of Sol and Dorothy (Annawaush) Hamlin, was born on April 15, 1957 in White Earth, MN. He grew up in the Pine Bend, MN, area and attended school in Fosston, MN. As a young man, he worked for John Burdick...

Mar 6, 2012

Marion Blaeser age 73, of Mahnomen, MN, died Tuesday March 6, 2012 at her residence. Marion Ann Riegert, the daughter of Joseph H. and Gertrude (Ebnet) Riegert was born November 30, 1938 near Mahnomen. She attended Hart Country School, rural Waubun, MN, and graduated from Waubun High School with the class of 1957. Following graduation, Marion worked at the Red...

Mar 6, 2012

Avis K. Tufte, 79, Ada, MN, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Avis Kathleen Froirak was born July 1, 1932, at McIntosh, MN, the daughter of Sam and Clara (Oppegaard) Froirak. She was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior's Lutheran church in McIntosh. Avis graduated from McIntosh High School in 1950. She attended college at Bemidji...

Mar 5, 2012

Jerry Wisk, age 56, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, in his home. Jerry Dean Wisk was born January 20, 1956, the son of Howard and Delores (Mesker) Wisk in Ada, MN where he grew up and attended school until the age of 10, at which time he moved with his family to Ulen, MN for a few...

Mar 4, 2012

Donna JoAnn Hegre, 78, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Fertile, MN, died on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND. She was born in Twin Valley, MN, to Julian and Esther (Dullum) Thompson. As a child her family moved to Fertile. Donna graduated from the Fertile-Beltrami High School in 1952, and continued her education at Interstate Business...

Mar 3, 2012

Dorothy Jean Mjelde, 80, of Hallock, MN, formerly of Beltrami, MN, died in the Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center, Hallock, Saturday, March 3, 2012.

She was born on February 26, 1932, at home in Shelly, MN, to Arnold and Gladys Grosfield. Dorothy was baptized on May 1, 1932 and, later, confirmed into the Lutheran Faith at Shelly-Marsh River...

Mar 2, 2012

Norma Lyseng Sannes passed away on Friday, March 2, 2012, last of her generation of a great family from Hitterdal, MN. The youngest of twelve children born to Gustav and Elizabeth (Odegaard) Lyseng, she was a descendant of Norwegian immigrants. Norma Lucille's life began on February 19, 1927 in Highland Grove. She graduated from Hitterdal High School and later Moorhead...

Feb 26, 2012

Arlene Selzler, age 74, of Waubun, MN, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at her home with her family under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Arlene Dorothy Heilman, daughter of Lorenz and Elizabeth (Voeller) Heilman, was born on June 16, 1937 in Wellsburg, ND. She grew up on a farm in Esmond, ND and...

Feb 26, 2012

Fred Evan Jamison died February 26, 2012, in Fargo, ND, at Sanford Medical Center from a heart attack. He was 61 years old. Fred was born June 17, 1950, in Ada, MN, to Thomas G. and Donna (Fynskov) Jamison. The family lived and farmed just west of Ada, a site where Fred continued to farm until he retired in recent...

Feb 25, 2012

Virgil H. Neset, age 85 of Ada, MN, formerly of Twin Valley, MN, died Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Bridges Care Community in Ada, MN. Virgil was born January 19, 1927 in Mayville, ND, the son of Henry and Hilda (Strom) Neset. Growing up, he attended country school followed by Mayville High School where he graduated with the class of...

Feb 23, 2012

Russell Remark Onstad, 84, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Ada, MN, died on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at his residence. Russ was born in Ada, MN, on November 3, 1927, to Oliver and Clara (Remark) Onstad. He was raised in Ada, graduating from the Ada High School in 1946. He entered the United States Army and was honorably discharged. On...

Feb 21, 2012

Alma York, age 88, of Vandalia, OH, died Tuesday, February 21, 2012 in Mahnomen, MN. Alma A. Vebrosky, the daughter of Peter and Gertrude (Visockis) Vebrosky, was born on February 7, 1924 in Minersville, PA. She grew up in Minersville and attended school there. Following her high school graduation, Alma moved to Washington D.C. where she worked for the government...