Barbara Weber
Nov 20, 2010
Barbara Weber, 82, of Ada, MN, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, at Bridges Care Community, Ada. Barbara Ann (Herringer) Weber was born on March 7, 1928, to Clayton and Margaret (Parson) Herringer, in Crookston, MN. Barb was baptized at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston on May 17, 1928. When she was 3 years old she moved to...
Isadora A. Schurdevin
Nov 20, 2010
Isadora A. Schurdevin, age 91, of Mahnomen, MN, died Saturday, November 20, 2010 at Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Isadora was born April 5, 1919 in Lockhart, MN the oldest daughter of Paul and Alvina (Paul) Treichel. She was raised in the Lockhart–Beltrami communities and attended school there. After the death of her mother, she took an active role in...
Leona E. Pfund
Nov 20, 2010
Leona Pfund, 89, of Ada, Minnesota, died Saturday, November 20, 2010, at Bridges Care Community, Ada, under the care of hospice. Leona Evangeline Pfund was born on April 14, 1921, near Twin Valley, at Heiberg, Minnesota, the daughter of Clarence B. and Marie Johanna (Heiberg) Olson. She had two brothers and sisters, and following her mother's death, her father remarried...
Eleanor Burtness
Nov 19, 2010
Eleanor Burtness, age 89, of Ulen, Minnesota, died Friday, November 19, 2010, in Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen. Eleanor Mildred Olman was born June 20, 1921 to Oscar & Manda (Kjeldson) Olman. She was raised on a farm east of Twin Valley, Minnesota and attended country school near there. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in...
Russell Vernon Gullickson
Nov 18, 2010
Russell Vernon Gullickson, 91, of rural Fertile, MN, died on Thursday, November 18, 2010, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home, Fertile, MN. He was born on October 4, 1919, to Oscar and Bertha (Torpet) Gullickson at home, north of Fertile, MN. Russell attended Lone Oak School and Fertile Public School, graduating in 1938. On February 18, 1942, Russell entered the United...
Arnold Motteberg
Nov 18, 2010
Arnold Motteberg, age 94, of Fertile, Minnesota, died Thursday, November 18, 2010 in Riverview Healthcare, Crookston, Minnesota. Arnold was born on September 10, 1916 in Gary, Minnesota, to Andrea Swavee Motteberg. He was raised by his grandparents, Christian and Caroline Motteberg and lived on the family farm near Gary. Arnold was baptized and confirmed at Sundal Lutheran Church, rural Fertile....
Erik Von Bellanger
Nov 17, 2010
Erik Bellanger, 37, of Mahnomen, MN, died Wednesday, November 17, 2010 in Thief River Falls, MN. Erik Von Bellanger was born October 13, 1973, in Mahnomen, MN, to Delos and Elisa Bellanger. He attended grade school in Fertile, MN and participated in wrestling and football (1990-91 State Champion) at the Mahnomen High School, where he graduated in 1992. Erik was...
Albert Pazdernik
Nov 16, 2010
Albert Frank Pazdernik Jr. was born on December 6, 1936 to Albert and Mary (Fisher) Pazdernik in Mahnomen MN. Albert attended country school for six years and then two years in Mahnomen. Albert started farming in 1950 with his father and two brothers. In 1959, he was drafted in to the United States Army where he served for 2 years...
Francis "Geep" V. Monroe
Nov 15, 2010
Francis "Geep" Monroe, age 76, of Waubun, MN, died Monday, November 15, 2010 at the Twin Valley Living Center in Twin Valley, MN. Jeep was born April 2, 1934 in White Earth, MN, the son of Robert and Lenore (Bergen) Monroe. As a young boy, Geep attended the Mission School in White Earth. He entered the United States Navy in...
Clara Josephine Martin
Nov 15, 2010
Clara Josephine Martin, age 98, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, formerly Gary, Minnesota, died Monday, November 15, 2010, at the Twin Valley Living Center. A Celebration of Life Service will be held in the chapel of the Anderson Funeral Home in Twin Valley at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday,November 21st . Prior to this service, friends and family are invited to a...
Orvis Ray Nolte
Nov 15, 2010
Orvis Nolte, 88, formerly of Fertile, MN, died on Monday, November 15, 2010 at Sheyenne Crossings Care Center in West Fargo, ND. Orvis was born on September 14, 1922, to Henry and Jenny (Dieters) Nolte. He grew up and attended Fertile High School, graduating in 1940. He continued his education at Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston, MN. On February...
Beverly Jean Murray Foster
Nov 13, 2010
Beverly Jean Murray was born July 16, 1937 in White Earth, Minnesota, to Fredrick and Madeline (Roy) Murray. Her younger years growing up were spent around Roy Lake and she graduated from Flandreau Indian School. Following her high school graduation, Bev made her home in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area working as a bartender at various establishments. In addition to her...
Leonard Swanson
Nov 11, 2010
Free Obit. Leonard Swanson, 96, of Ocala, FL, formerly of Fertile, MN, died Thursday, November 11, 2010, in Ocala, FL. Mr. Swanson was born March 14, 1914, at Fertile, MN, the son of Theodore and Elizabeth (Lundeen) Swenson. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church near Fertile. Leonard attended Roadside Country School. He moved to Minneapolis, MN,...
Ted Andersen
Nov 11, 2010
Ted Andersen, 88, Beltrami, MN, died Thursday, November 11, 2010, at Riverview Hospital in Crookston, MN. Thorvald Dovrus ,"Ted", was born January 28, 1922, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, to Hans and Dorothy (Williams) Andersen. He graduated from Aberdeen Central High School in 1940. On September 26, 1942, Ted enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He served in the Pacific...
Marilyn Olson
Nov 10, 2010
Marilyn Olson, 79, of Fertile, MN, died on Wednesday, November 10 2010, at her son's home in Thief River Falls, MN. Marilyn Kaye was born on October 23, 1931 to Kensal and Marion (Lang) Bolstad in Fertile, Minnesota. She grew up in Fertile and graduated from Fertile High School in 1949. On November 6, 1949, Marilyn was united in marriage...
Merlyn W. Merkens
Nov 6, 2010
Merlyn W. Merkens, 84, of Halstad, MN, died Saturday, November 6, 2010, at his home, under the care of Hospice. Merlyn was born on March 20, 1926 in Norman County, Minnesota, the son of John & Clara (Orvik) Merkens. He was baptized and confirmed in the First English Lutheran Church in Lockhart, MN. He was raised and educated in Lockhart...
Arleen Wangberg
Nov 6, 2010
Arleen C. Wangberg, age 88, of St. Paul, Minnesota, died Saturday, November 6, 2010, at the Lyngblomsten Care Center in St. Paul. Arleen Claire Wagstrom was born August 25, 1922, to Herbert and Lillie (Stenshoel) Wagstrom, in Crookston, Minnesota. She moved with her family to Twin Valley, Minesota, in 1935 and graduated from high school there. She attended Concordia College,...
Raymond Rudolph Brtek
Nov 5, 2010
Raymond R. Brtek, age 74, of Bejou, MN, died Friday, November 5, 2010 at his home. Raymond is survived by his wife, Marjorie Brtek, of Bejou; three daughters: Nicole (Kenneth) Thielen, of Ulen, MN, Tammy of California and Dawn of Illinois; grandchildren, Ashley and Jesse Thielen and additional grandchildren; two brothers, Willie Brtek and Frank Brtek; three sisters: Leona Dahl,...
Tilda "Tillie" Dahl
Nov 5, 2010
Tilda "Tillie" Dahl, age 89, of Fertile, MN, formerly of rural Bejou, MN, died Friday, November 5, 2010 at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile. Tilda Ester Dahl was born at home March 31, 1921, to Ole and Ingeborg (Fliflet) Dahl in Bear Park Township, near Bejou. She grew up there and attended the Oak Grove #58 South School. As...
Rose M Knutson
Nov 4, 2010
Rose Knutson, 84, of Halstad, Minnesota, died Thursday, November 4, 2010, at Halstad Living Center, Halstad, MN. Rose Marie Pelerine was born on April 22, 1926, in Joliet, ND, to Edward and Evelyn Pelerine. She grew up in the Grand Forks, ND area, along with one sister and two brothers. Rose worked at the Poor Farm in Caledonia, ND, for...
