Obituaries

Apr 21, 2008

She grew up on the family farm, where commitment to family and friends, faith in God, working hard, playing hard, church, music, The Ten Commandments, and The Golden Rule were considered the facts of life. Her marriage to Vernon K. Peterson on December 3, 1941, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, was followed by many years of homemaking and child rearing, with...

Apr 19, 2008

Bernard A. Marthaler, 88, of Detroit Lakes, died Saturday, April 19, 2008 at St. Mary?s Regional Health Center, Detroit Lakes. Bernard Alex Marthaler was born to Alix and Mary (Bonemeyer) Marthaler on October. 12, 1919 in Spring Hill Township, Stearns County, Minn. As a young child, he moved with his family to a farm near Waubun, where he was raised...

Apr 11, 2008

Jerome "Jerry" Herman, age 71, died Friday, April 11 at his home on Star Lake near Dent, Minnesota. Jerome was born March 25, 1937, to Valentine and Bernice (Adams) Herman at Sartell, MN. He graduated from Sauk Rapids High School and enlisted in the Navy. He served in the Seabees (Construction Battalion Unit) from 1954 to 1958. On April 1,...

Apr 8, 2008

Helen Marjorie Annis was born June 23, 1921 in Plainfield, IA. She was raised and educated in Battlecreek, MI, Plainfield and Pine River, MN. She graduated from Pine River High School in 1939. In 1940 she married Ed Fleshner in New Burgh, OR. They made their home in Luverne, MN until 1941 before moving to Hackensack, MN where they resided...

Apr 6, 2008

Norma Aileen Holcomb was born September 17, 1921 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Herbert and Nellie (Huston) Holcomb. She attended District 20 country school, Detroit Lakes High School (Class of 1939) and continued her education at the Detroit Lakes Business College. In 1940 she moved to Washington D.C. where she was employed by the United States Surgeon General. Norma was...

Apr 5, 2008

Apr 3, 2008

John Zima, 82, Waubun, MN, died Thursday at Innovis Hospital in Fargo. Mass Of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM Monday, April 7 at St. Benedicts Catholic Church in White Earth, MN, Fr. Mitch Byeck, OMI officiating. Interment will be in Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Ogema, with Military Rites provided by Ogema Post 9880 Veterans Of Foreign Wars. Friends...

Apr 3, 2008

Mary B. King, 82, resident of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Mary Bee Stutzman King is descended from a long line of Stutzmans in America. Her ancestors arrived in Philadelphia from Switzerland in 1727. Her great grandfather was among the first to buy railroad land after the Civil War in...

Apr 1, 2008

Eunice Irene Muff was born July 13, 1915 in Kragnes, MN to William and Edith (Champion) Gilbery. She was raised and educated in the Kragnes-Glyndon area. As a young woman, she worked on a farm as a cook for the farm workers. Eunice was united in marriage to Christian Muff, December 4, 1935 in Glyndon, MN. They farmed in Sugar...

Mar 31, 2008

Harlan Hanson Erickson was born July 7, 1921 in rural Rochert, MN to Albert and Cora (Hanson) Erickson. He attended Grand Park Township rural school near Rochert. Harland married AnnaHamernik June 4, 1944 at Walworth Baptist Church in rural Ulen. They farmed in Walworth Township until retiring and moving to Florida in the early 1970s. They returned to Rochert in...

Mar 31, 2008

Cyndi was born in Bottineau, ND on April 14, 1955 to Kenneth and Ruth Anne (Connell) Holzgrove. She moved with her family to Detroit Lakes in 1962 where she completed her primary education. Cyndi traveled to Hawaii where she worked for a few years. She returned to Minnesota to attend college and earned her Associate of Arts and Dental Hygiene...

Mar 29, 2008

Lelia G. Schmidt, 95, Detroit Lakes, MN died on Saturday, March 29 at St. Marys Nursing Center, Detroit Lakes. The Funeral Service will be 10:30 AM Friday, April 4 at First Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes with Reverend Dave Peterson officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be 4-8 PM Thursday, April 3 at the David-Donehower...

Mar 29, 2008

Mary Lou King, 84, of Waubun, MN died Saturday, March 29 at St. Marys Regional Health Center, Detroit Lakes, MN. The Funeral Service will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, April 2 at St. Columba Episcopal Church, White Earth, MN. Interment will be in the St. Columba Episcopal Cemetery, White Earth. Visitation will be 4-8 PM Tuesday, April 1 with a prayer...

Mar 25, 2008

Bernice Sherwood, known professionally as Babe Nelson, was born August 5, 1939 in rural Rochert, MN to George and Tillie (Soreng) Duffney. She attended District 77 rural school and Detroit Lakes High School. She married Henry Nelson in Detroit Lakes in November, 1956. Known as Babe Nelson, she sang in area night clubs and ball rooms for 15 years. Mr....

Mar 23, 2008

Florence Johannsen was born September 9, 1918 in Taylor Township, Wheaton, MN to August and Mathilda Ahlsten. She attended school at District 60. After graduation Florence attended Beauty School in Fergus Falls, MN, working there before meeting and marrying Duane Johannsen in Wheaton in 1941. They moved to Santa Monica, CA and lived there before returning to the family homestead...

Mar 22, 2008

Landon Wayne Erickson, known as Wayne, was born October 23, 1943 in Hawley, MN to Emil and Thora (Zachariason) Erickson. He attended District 15 rural elementary school in rural Hawley and Hawley and Audubon High Schools. He served with the U. S. Army and, following his discharge, returned to the Audubon area where he drove a milk truck. He later...

Mar 21, 2008

Anna Basswood was born December 11, 1910 in Danbury, Wisconsin to Grover Oshgay and Nancy Stevens. As an infant, she was adopted by Rev. James and Jane Rice. She came to the Ponsford area as a young woman and would harvest vegetables in the Fargo, ND area. For many years, she would take part in the annual wild rice harvest...

Mar 14, 2008

Elizabeth M. Nybo, 89, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Friday, March 14 at St. Marys Regional Health Center in Detroit Lakes. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, March 19 at Grace Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes, Rev. Eric Lemonholm, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Detroit Lakes. Friends may call 4:00 to 8:00 PM Tuesday, March 18 at...

Mar 10, 2008

Gerald E. Engstrom, known as "Bud" was born May 8, 1938 to Edwin and Alma (Kyllo) Engstrom. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1960 and married Lois Ratz in Detroit Lakes that same summer. Following his service in the U.S. Army, he returned to Minneapolis where he taught at the University of Minnesota and several Twin City Area...

Mar 2, 2008

Billie Lucille McChesney was born in Seattle, WA, on May 24, 1928 to Richard and Clara (Gaultier) McChesney. She married Elmer Rosell in 1944 in Seattle. They moved to a farm in Audubon, MN, in 1945. In 1996, they retired to West Fargo, ND where Elmer passed away on September 23, 1998. Billie loved to do needle point and embroidery,...