Steven L Polum
Oct 20, 2017
Steven Polum, age 63, of Twin Valley, MN, died Friday, October 20, 2017. No services will be held.
Blaine Miles Arthur Jr.
Oct 19, 2017
Blaine Miles Arthur Jr, the infant son of Triniti and Blaine Arthur, died suddenly on Thursday, October 19, 2017 in their home. Blaine Miles Jr. was welcomed into this world by his loving mother and father, Blaine and Triniti (Antell) Arthur, at 10:52 am on September 16, 2017 at Essentia Health St. Mary's in Detroit Lakes. He was tenderly given...
Marcie Fairbanks
Oct 19, 2017
Marcie Fairbanks, age 56 of Naytahwaush, MN died on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo. Marcie Joy Bunker was born on October 12, 1961, in Mahnomen, MN, to Glenn and Phyllis (Ojibway) Bunker. She was raised with her family near Naytahwaush. As a young child, Marcie spent most of her days attending school and playing with her...
Debrah Malmo
Oct 16, 2017
Debrah Malmo, age 63, of Naytahwaush, MN, died Monday, October 16, 2017, at Essentia Health Systems in Fargo, ND. Debrah Ann Malmo was born March 6, 1954, in New Jersey to Ramona (Guinn) and Ralph Malmo. At the young age of 3, Debbie's family moved to the White Earth Reservation. She was raised in the Roy Lake area, where she...
Zackary Vanpelt
Oct 16, 2017
Zackary VanPelt, age 22, of Twin Valley, MN, died unexpectedly on Monday, October 16, 2017.
Zackary Allen Louis Lee VanPelt was born October 24, 1994, in Minneapolis, MN, the middle son of Tina VanPelt. At the young age of 3, Zack's family moved to the White Earth Reservation, spending most of his youth in Naytahwaush, MN. He...
Todd G. Mikulecky
Oct 15, 2017
Todd Mikulecky, age 68, of Hawley, MN, died on Sunday, October 15, 2017 as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Todd George Mikulecky was born November 23, 1948 to George and Adella (Anderson) Mikulecky in Detroit Lakes, MN. He grew up on a farm east of Ulen, and attended school up until 8th grade at the...
Marisa Sargent
Oct 13, 2017
Marisa M. Sargent, age 23, of Naytahwaush, MN, died unexpectedly, Friday, October 13, 2017. Marisa Melanie Sargent "Risa" was born November 1, 1993, in Detroit Lakes, MN, the daughter of John Sargent Sr. and Sandra Gonzalez. She grew up in Naytahwaush, MN, and attended school there, followed by Mahnomen High School. As a young women Marisa moved to Duluth, MN,...
Elizabeth "Liz" Johnson
Oct 13, 2017
Elizabeth "Liz" Johnson, age 64, of Mahnomen, MN, died unexpectedly, Friday, October 13, 2017 at the Red Lake Hospital in Red Lake, MN. Elizabeth "Liz" Johnson was born November 10, 1952, in White Earth, MN, to Charles and Gertrude (Keim) Antell. She grew up in the Minneapolis area spending most of her childhood near Harris, MN. As a young woman,...
Cletus F. Liebl
Oct 6, 2017
Cletus F. Liebl, age 90, of Mahnomen, MN, died Friday, October 6, 2017, at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home, surrounded by family. Cletus Francis Liebl was born in a log home in Norman County on January 8, 1927, the youngest child of Peter and Hedwig (Neubauer) Liebl. He started country school and later attended St. Michael's Catholic School through...
Antionette "Toni" Holman
Oct 5, 2017
Antionette Marie Holman, age 69, of Ulen, MN, died Thursday, October 5, 2017 in her home. Toni was born on March 3, 1948 to Dale and Rose Williams in Hot Spring, SD. She was the oldest of five children. She attended school in Moorhead, MN, where she graduated high school from Moorhead High in 1967. Following high school, Toni went...
Richard "Rick" Turpin
Sep 30, 2017
Richard Turpin, age 51, of Naytahwaush, died suddenly on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the Mahnomen Health Center Hospital. Richard "Rick" Turpin, son of Ronald Ross and Cheryl Turpin, was born March 5, 1966, in Minneapolis, MN. As a child, Rick attended school in Naytahwaush and Mahnomen, graduating with the class of 1985. After graduation, he moved to Minneapolis and...
Carol Stordahl
Sep 29, 2017
Carol Stordahl, age 94, of Winger, MN, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2017 at Essentia Health Hospital in Fosston, MN. Carol Tremaine Ingberg, the daughter of Clarence and Tomina (Ostreng) Ingberg, was born on August 16, 1923, at home near Hendrum, MN. She was raised in the Hendrum area where she attended school. After graduating from high school, Carol...
Richard Roy
Sep 29, 2017
Richard "Dick" Dale Roy, age 87, of Golden Valley, MN, passed away September 29, 2017.
Dick was born March 6, 1930, in Minneapolis, MN. He was an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; White Earth Nation. He grew up in Twin Lakes and graduated from Mahnomen High School in 1947. He then served in the U.S....
Eugene Strobel
Sep 29, 2017
Eugene Strobel, age 82, of Gary, MN, died Friday, September 29, 2017 in his home. Eugene (Gene) Eric Strobel was born to Eric and Edith (Anderson) Strobel on Dec. 14, 1934 in Eureka, South Dakota. Gene graduated from high school in 1952 in Boman, North Dakota. Growing up knowing that Strobel's become either farmers, teachers or, nurses – Gene decided...
John W. Jamison
Sep 25, 2017
John Jamison, age 93, of Ada, MN, died Monday, September 25, 2017 at Bridges Care Community in Ada, MN. John Wesley Jamison was born June 10, 1924, near Burlington, Iowa, the son of Fred Elerick and Grace Rose (Smith) Jamison. When a little over one year old, he moved with his family to near Arvilla, North Dakota, where he attended...
Patricia Lee Olson
Sep 25, 2017
Patricia Olson, age 77, of Mahnomen, MN, passed away on Monday, September 25, 2017 at the Sanford Palliative Care Unit in Fargo, ND. Patricia Lee Bellanger was born March 17, 1940, in White Earth, MN, the daughter of Aloysius and Isabell (Shaugobay) Bellanger. Growing up, she attended Wahpeton Indian School and later Mahnomen High School. Following her schooling, Pat was...
Curtis R Knutson
Sep 25, 2017
Curtis Ronald Knutson, former resident of Ulen, Minnesota, passed away September 25, 2017, in Bainbridge Island, WA, following a long illness. He was born March 5, 1945, graduated from Ulen High in 1963, and has lived in Washington State since 1964. At his request his ashes will be buried next to his parents in the West Cemetery of Bethlehem Lutheran...
Sasha Renee Burnette
Sep 24, 2017
Sasha "Sassy" Burnette, age 36, of Naytahwaush, MN, died unexpectedly on Sunday, September 24, 2017. Sasha Renee Burnette, the daughter of James and Carmen (Brown) Brunette, was born October 1, 1980, in Detroit Lakes, MN. Growing up in Naytahwaush, she attended elementary school in Naytahwaush followed by Mahnomen Public and Circle of Life Schools before leaving for the Job Corp...
Shirley Ann Gunnufson
Sep 21, 2017
Shirley Gunnufson, age 70, of Twin Valley, MN, died on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at the Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley. Shirley Ann Gunnufson was born on February 8, 1947 to Orville and Florence (Lacke) Vanne in Manitowoc, WI. She was the middle child of the family with an older brother, John; and a younger brother, Orville Jr. Shirley...
Ronald F. Williams Sr.
Sep 20, 2017
Ronald F. Williams, age 72, of Mahnomen, MN, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at the Mahnomen Health Center Hospital. Ronald Francis Williams was born August 8, 1945, in White Earth, MN, the son of James and Margaret (Fairbanks) Williams. Jerk, a nickname lovingly given to him by his sister stuck with him throughout his life time. Growing up,...
