Gerald Lee Auginaush
Aug 9, 2010
Gerald L. Auginaush, age 55, of White Earth, MN, died Monday, August 9, 2010 at CentraCare Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Gerald Lee Auginaush, the son of Norman and Ruth (Murray) Auginaush, was born March 3, 1955, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He spent the majority of his childhood in the Minneapolis area and attended school there. When Gerald was teenager, he moved...
Ann Marie Kolnes
Aug 9, 2010
Ann Marie Kolnes, 81, of Halstad, MN, formerly of Hendrum, MN, died on Monday, August 09, 2010, at the Halstad Living Center, Halstad. She was born on October 13, 1928, to Charles and Marjorie (Walters) Aasen at Fargo, ND. Ann was baptized, confirmed and married in Hendrum, as well as graduating from the Hendrum High School in 1946. On September...
Duane L. Foster
Jul 26, 2010
Duane Foster, 81, of Ada, MN, died Monday, July 26, 2010, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Duane Leon Foster was born on November 17, 1928, in Thief River Falls, MN, to Lester and Della (Thorstad) Foster. He moved with his family to Lockhart, MN, in 1936. He graduated from Ada High School....
John R. Pfund
Jul 24, 2010
John R. Pfund John Rosslu Pfund was born July 15, 1917, in Ada, the son of Ray D. and Edna Jane Pfund. He grew up in Ada attending Ada schools, graduating with the Class of 1935. He then went on to the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where he graduated in 1940 with a BBA degree from the School of Business...
Phyllis A. Jensen
Jul 22, 2010
Phyllis Jensen, age 65, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, North Dakota. Phyllis Ann Olson was born December 18, 1944, the daughter of William and Virgina (Marsh) Olson in Fargo, North Dakota. She grew up there, attending school at Fargo High School where she graduated with the class of 1962. On October...
Mildred D. Reed
Jul 22, 2010
Mildred Dorleen Reed, 92, formerly of Grandin and Gardner, ND, died July 22, 2010 at Bridges Care Community, Ada, MN. Mildred Dodson was born September 30, 1917 to William and Jennie (Peterson) Dodson in Omaha, NE. She attended North High School in Omaha, NE. Mildred married Earl Taylor in Nebraska in 1935, and they had three sons: Jesse, Lewis and...
Leroy Charles Erickson
Jul 21, 2010
LeRoy Erickson, 74, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at the Twin Valley Living Center. LeRoy Charles was born at home in Hegne Township, Minnesota, on September 6, 1935, to Nels and Norah (Hovland) Erickson. He received his education in the Twin Valley schools. LeRoy started working for the railroad at the age of 16 and retired...
Wallace "Wally" Jerome Devries Sr.
Jul 20, 2010
Wallace Jerome DeVries was born to Willard and Johanna (Haats) DeVries on June 21, 1940, in Bejou, MN in the same farmhouse that his grandparents built and where his mother had been birthed. Wally was the second of seven children, Genevieve, Wallace, Jonathan, Arthur, JoAnne, David, and James. Wallace and Marlys Ann Leigh were married on June 4, 1960 in...
Shelby Jean Danks
Jul 16, 2010
Shelby Jean Goodwin was born September 30, 1941 in White Earth, MN, the daughter of Stanley and Hazel (Hill) Goodwin. She grew up in the Rice Lake and Ebro, MN, area. As a young lady, she met and married Gerald "Skeeter" Fultz. The couple lived on the Iron Range in northern Minnesota and to this union four children were born....
Susan Kay Biggers
Jul 14, 2010
Susan Biggers, age 60 of Fedora, South Dakota, formerly Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, in Avera Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Susan Kay Gullingsrud was born June 11, 1950, the daughter of Kenneth and Edith (Sorensen) Gullingsrud in Ada, Minnesota. She was raised on a farm near Gary, Minnesota, and attended school there, graduating with the...
Mackenzie A. Marciniak
Jul 13, 2010
Mackenzie A. Marciniak Mackenzie A. Marciniak, 10, of Halstad, MN, and West Fargo, ND, died of natural causes on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the Hillsboro, ND, Medical Center. Mackenzie Ashlyn Marciniak was born January 25, 2000, in Fargo, ND. She was baptized at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, in Felton, MN. She attended elementary school at Norman County West at...
Dolores Bruggeman
Jul 12, 2010
Dolores Bruggeman, age 81, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Mahnomen, MN, passed away July 12, 2010 at her apartment in the Arbor Park Assisted Living Center in Moorhead. Dolores Hart was born July 29, 1928 in Bemidji, MN to Frank and Hazel (Hull) Hart. Dolores grew up on a farm east of Waubun, MN. After graduating from Waubun High School, she...
Larkin Mergenthal
Jul 11, 2010
Larkin Mergenthal, age 75, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Sunday, July 11, 2010, in MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Larkin was born October 21, 1934, in Hillsboro, North Dakota, to Willard and Lillian (Watne) Mergenthal. He grew up in the Hillsboro area where he attended country school and then public school. Following his schooling, Larkin helped his father with...
Glen Brookshire
Jul 9, 2010
Glen Edward Brookshire, 65, of Halstad, MN, died on Friday, July 9, 2010, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born on September 20, 1944, to Lee and Maudie (Morgan) Brookshire in Converse, IN. Glen grew up in Converse where he graduated from Oak Hill High School. Following high school, Glen entered...
Florence Nehasil
Jul 8, 2010
Florence Ann Nehasil, age 74, of St. Paul, MN, formerly of Mahnomen, MN, passed away July 8, 2010. Preceded in death by loving husband, James W. Nehasil. Survived by loving son, Jamie of Brentwood, TN; sister, Margaret Barsody Miniatt of Elk River, MN and brothers, Jack Starkey of Mahnomen, MN & Don Starkey of Callaway, MN. Mass of Christian Burial...
Lowell Thorwald Odegaard
Jul 7, 2010
Lowell Odegaard, 74, of Halstad, Minnesota, died of cancer Wednesday, July 7, 2010, in the Halstad Living Center, Halstad, MN under the loving care of his family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Lowell Thorwald was born on April 14, 1936, in Fargo, ND, the son of Lloyd and Solveig (Jostad) Odegaard. He was raised and attended school near...
Harold Bergstrom
Jul 6, 2010
Harold Alvin Bergstrom, age 79, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Tuesday, July 06, 2010 after a battle with cancer at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and his family. Harold was born February 15, 1931, the son of Albert and Effie Bergstrom of Eagle Bend, Minnesota. He was baptized on March 22, 1931, in...
Frank Michael Stech Jr.
Jul 4, 2010
On July 4th, 2010 at 3:53 in the afternoon, at his home surrounded by family and friends, the Great Spirit finally said, "OK, Wa goosh Bim bi Wa too (Running Fox), it is time for you to begin your journey home." Frank Michael Stech, Jr was born on July 25, 1952 to Frank and Harriet (Heisler) Stech, Sr. in Detroit...
Donald Joop
Jul 1, 2010
Donald A. Joop, age 76, of Borup, MN passed away on Thursday, July 1, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN, after a long courageous battle with heart problems. Don was born march 5, 1934 to Charles and Gena Joop of Borup. He was educated in area schools. A farmer at heart, he farmed the family farm and continued...
Elsie Knutson
Jun 29, 2010
Elsie Knutson, age 77, of Twin Valley, Minnesota, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010 in the Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley. Elsie R. Knutson was born February 4, 1933, the daughter of Andrew and Oline (Holte) Knutson in Twin Valley, Minnesota where she was raised and attended school. As a young woman, Elsie was employed in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Houston,...
