Vivian Stark
Aug 29, 2014
Vivian Stark passed away unexpectedly on Friday August 29, 2014. She left peacefully being able to express words of love with her daughters. She was born on her family's rural farm near Ettrick, WI on June 10, 1932 to Ernest and Clara (Kneifl) Stark. She attended Lee Elementary Country School and then Melrose High School where she graduated in 1950...
Robert "Bob" Bromander
Aug 27, 2014
Robert "Bob" Bromander, age 82, of Ulen, MN, died Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at Sanford Health System, Fargo. Robert Clayton Bromander was born June 1, 1932, the son of Hugo and Clara (Solid) Bromander on the family farm south of Flom, MN, where he was raised. He attended country school in that community and later attended Ulen High School, graduating...
Ernest "Ernie" Balvik
Aug 25, 2014
Ernest "Ernie" Joseph Balvik, age 74, of Twin Valley, MN, died suddenly Monday, August 25, 2014, near Twin Valley. Ernie Balvik was born, along with his twin brother, Ervin, at home near Shelly, MN, on February 4, 1940, to Ole and Elsie (Thompson) Balvik. He grew up and attended school at Shelly, later attending Norman County West High School in...
Margaret Kochmann
Aug 22, 2014
Margaret A. Kochmann, age 85, of Mahnomen, MN, passed away August 22, 2014, at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home. Margaret Buschette was born March 8, 1929 to Peter and Gertrude (Urevig) Buschette on their farm west of town. She graduated as salutatorian of the Mahnomen High School class of 1947, and worked at the high school in the superintendent's...
Florentine Blattenbauer
Aug 19, 2014
Florentine Blattenbauer, age 101, of Mahnomen, MN, died on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home in Mahnomen. Florentine Spaeth was born February 11, 1913, in Stearns County, Minnesota, the oldest child of Ben and Anna (Winter) Spaeth. In 1920, the family moved from Spring Hill, MN, to Mahnomen to farm with her grandfather, George Winter....
Leslie Prestegaard
Aug 18, 2014
Leslie Prestegaard, age 91, of Ulen, MN, formerly Moorhead, MN, died Monday, August 18, 2014, at Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Leslie Milton Prestegaard was born March 23, 1923, the son of Louis and Carrie (Myrvold) Prestegord at home in Flom Township, east of Twin Valley. He was baptized and...
Allette "Lottie" Olson
Aug 13, 2014
Allette "Lottie" Olson, age 93, of Mahnomen, MN, died Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home in Mahnomen. Allette Alvina Bjerken, the daughter of Alfred and Annie (Reierson) Bjerken, was born on March 14, 1921 near Mahnomen. She was raised in Mahnomen attended Mahnomen High School. Following her high school graduation, Lottie worked for a time...
Clarence Blaser
Aug 12, 2014
Clarence "Shorty" Blaser, age 90, of Erskine, MN, formerly Mahnomen, MN, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at Pioneer Care Center, Erskine. Clarence J. Blaser, the son of Adolph and Laura (Hillesland) Blaser, was born on January 21, 1924, into the loving arms of his grandmother, who served as a midwife. As a child, he grew up on the family farm...
Jerry D. Lufkins
Aug 7, 2014
Jerry Lufkins, age 81 of Mahnomen, MN, formerly Rice Lake, MN died on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home. Jerry Dean was born December 18, 1932, in White Earth, MN, to John and Anne Lufkins. His youth was spent growing up in the Rice Lake area and attending a country school. Following his schooling, Jerry...
Mary Ann Fennern
Jul 31, 2014
Mary Ann Fennern, age 86, of Ada, MN, formerly Twin Valley, MN, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Benedictine Care Community, Ada. Mary Ann Orwald was born May 22, 1928, in Home Lake Township, rural Syre, MN, the daughter of Arthur and Emma (Peterson) Orwald. Growing up she attended country school and later graduated from Twin Valley High School. Shortly...
Mae Forsythe
Jul 26, 2014
Mae Forsythe, 91, Ulen, MN, died Saturday, July 26, 2014, in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo. Mae Olivia (Freed) Forsythe was born November 19, 1922, at Pinewood, MN, to Oscar and Mathilda (Johnson) Freed. At the age of four she moved to Ulen, where she attended and graduated from Ulen Public School in 1940. During WWII, she moved to Minneapolis where...
Truman Smeby
Jul 24, 2014
Truman Henry Smeby, age 65, of Detroit Lakes, MN, formerly of Mahnomen, MN, died at Lakes Homes, Detroit Lakes, on Thursday, July 24, 2014. Truman was born February 15, 1949, in Crookston, MN, the youngest son of Theodore and Helen (Hauge) Smeby. The family lived south of Winger, MN, in the old Harvey School House. At the young age of...
Macel Klemetson
Jul 21, 2014
Macel Klemetson, age 94, of Ulen, MN, died Monday, July 21, 2014, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Macel Annetta Claone Lien was born September 24, 1919 in Ulen, MN, the daughter of Sebert and Ella (Rikhus) Lien. She grew up in Ulen and attended grade school and later graduated from high school there. While attending high school in Ulen, she...
Agnes Brandt
Jul 20, 2014
Agnes Brandt, age 92, of Ada, MN, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, in Mahnomen Health Center. Agnes Margretha Merkins was born November 24, 1921, the daughter of Henry and Bertha (Braunschweig) Merkins at her parents' home on a farm northwest of Ada. As a youngster, Agnes attended District 48 Country School, where she graduated from the eighth grade. She worked...
Anna Weerts
Jul 16, 2014
Anna Weerts, 103, of Ulen, MN, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at the Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen. Anne's life was a life well lived. Sometimes short in material possessions, she felt rich nonetheless. Anna (Anne) Sophie Rosman was born on March 20, 1911, to Charles and Ingeborg Rosman at their home in rural Lake Park, MN. She was...
Lottie Coulombe
Jul 9, 2014
Lottie Faye Coulombe, age 84, of Mahnomen, MN, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at Cornerstone Nursing Home, Bagley, MN. Funeral Services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 11, 2014, at the Sports Complex in Naytahwaush, MN. Interment was held at Free Gospel Alliance Cemetery, Naytahwaush.
Micky Denenny
Jul 2, 2014
Micky "Mick" Denenny, age 50, of Ulen, MN, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo. Micky Ray Syverson was born November 29, 1963, the son of Raymond and JoAnn (Schultz) Syverson in Sioux Falls, SD. In his younger years, he moved with his family to the Ulen-Hitterdal community where he attended school. As a young man, Mick...
Michael Gillis
Jul 2, 2014
Michael Gillis, age 65, of Ada, MN, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at his residence. Michael King Gillis was born February 25, 1949, the son of Robert and Shirley (Mills) Gillis in Ada. As a child, Mike grew up in Ada until when in 5th grade, he moved with his family to a farm west of Borup, MN. He attended...
Leonard Foss
Jul 2, 2014
Leonard Ray Foss, Sr., age 79, of Naytahwaush, MN died on Tuesday, July 2, 2014, at the Veterans Medical Center in Fargo, ND. Len was born June 23, 1935, to Andrew and Dorothy (Hulda) Foss in Bend, Oregon. He attended Greenwood Elementary and Bend Union High School before joining the US Navy at the age of 17. The first ten...
Melvin Thompson
Jul 1, 2014
Melvin Thompson, age 70, of Bejou, MN, died Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at Sanford Health Systems, Fargo, ND. Melvin Robert Thompson, son of Bennie and EvaLena (McCollum) Thompson, was born on April 12, 1944, in Fertile, MN. He grew up on a farm near Gary, MN and attended school in Gary. As a young man, Melvin worked on his family...
