Obituaries

May 16, 2008

Ardis Marie Guthrie was born May 6, 1943 in Good Thunder, MN to Clayton and Julia (Mahold) Bunde. She was raised and educated in the Good Thunder and Mankato, MN area. Ardis married James Guthrie in November, 1959 at Mankato. They lived in Mankato until moving to rural Ogema in 1977. Jim died June 6, 2006. Ardis enjoyed being with...

May 15, 2008

Josephine E. Kirk, age 95, resident of Detroit Lakes, MN died Thursday, May 15, 2008 at St. Mary?s Innovis Hospital in Detroit Lakes, MN. Mass of Christian Burial for Josephine will be held Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 12:00 PM in St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church of rural Detroit Lakes. Officiating will be Fr. Bob LaPlante. Visitation will...

May 11, 2008

Pierre Andre Van Wert, known as "Pete" was born June 17, 1938 in White Earth, MN to Sylvester and Charlotte (Defoe) Van Wert. He was raised and educated in White Earth and St. Paul, MN. During his working life, he worked as a radiator repair man in St. Paul. Upon his retirement, he returned to White Earth. Pete enjoyed fishing,...

May 8, 2008

Alys M. Larson, age 83, resident of Nampa, ID, formerly of Detroit Lakes, and Casselton, ND died Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Nampa, ID. Funeral services for Alys will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at Shoreham Chapel of rural Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Tuesday at the Shoreham Chapel....

May 8, 2008

Norman Ardell Refsland, known as Bud, was born July 30, 1925 in Renville, MN to George and Thea (Helgeson) Refsland. He was raised and educated near Sacred Heart, MN. He served with the U. S. Army from February, 1945 to December, 1946, spending most of his time in Okinowa. Following his discharge, he lived briefly in the Twin Cities prior...

May 8, 2008

Clara Elizabeth Tomhave Lysaker was born October 20, 1916 in Florence Township, Goodhue County, near Red Wing, MN to John and Ella (Vagts) Tomhave. She was their 12th child. She was Baptized at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frontenac, MN November 19, 1916. She moved with her family to Hager City, WI as a young girl where she helped on...

May 8, 2008

Jackie S. Brunner, age 45 resident of Moorhead, MN died Thursday, May 8, 2008 at REM North Star Home after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Private Family services will be held at a later date. Jackie Amundson was born March 16, 1963 in Minneapolis, MN and attended school in Coon Rapids, MN and later Frazee, MN. After high school...

May 3, 2008

Gladys Lavonne Klicker, age 79, resident of Detroit Lakes, MN died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, MN. The Funeral Service for Gladys will be held Wednesday, May 7 at 11:00 AM in Zion Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes. Interment will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be Tuesday, May 6...

Apr 21, 2008

Delbert S. Schultz, age 71, resident of rural Frazee, MN died Monday, April 21, at his home near Frazee. Funeral Services for Delbert will be at David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes, MN on Monday, April 28, at 4:00 pm. Visitation will be at David-Donehower Funeral Home from 3:00 pm until the time of services on Monday. Delbert Stanley Schultz...

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...