Obituaries
John "Jack" Davis III
Nov 14, 2022
John Henry Davis III (Jack) passed away surrounded by family at his home on Leek Lake on November 14, 2022, at 68 years of age. He was born on March 16, 1954, to John H. and Dora E. (Pickard) Davis in Fargo, ND. He was married to Erlene Grotting on June 11th, 1977, and together they had two sons, Nathan...
Jerry Green
Nov 14, 2022
Jerry Wayne Green was born April 9, 1947 in Hawley, Minnesota, the son of Theodore and Jona (Jacobson) Green. He passed away Monday November 14, 2022 at Pelican Landing in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.
Growing up he attended school in Hitterdal and Waubun. He worked on the family farm and...
Wallace "Wally" Shodean
Nov 11, 2022
Wallace Deforest Shodean passed on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2022. He was born October 31, 1924, in Audubon Township to Oscar and Gena Anderson Shodean. Growing up he loved playing varsity basketball at Audubon High School. In World War II, he became a US Army paratrooper serving in the 82nd Airborne and 11th Airborne Divisions in Japan. Then, he attended...
Jane Clarey
Nov 6, 2022
Jane Ann Clarey was born on May 13, 1961, to Norbert and Georgia Inderrieden in Detroit Lakes, MN. She passed away peacefully at home on November 6, 2022, with her husband at her side. Jane grew up in Detroit Lakes where she raised her family of 5. She graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1979 and went on to pursue her...
Gordon "Bud" Thompson
Nov 4, 2022
Gordon “Bud” Melvin Thompson of Detroit Lakes, MN passed away November 4, 2022, at Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital, Detroit Lakes, MN.
Bud was born July 3, 1926, in Ada. MN to Gilford and Alta (Bowyer) Thompson.
In February 1947 he met the love of his life Beverly Nelson of Perley, MN while attending a dance at the fair...
Harold Joseph Storm
Nov 2, 2022
Harold J. "Harry" Storm, loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away peacefully at the age of 81 in Bozeman, Montana on November 2, 2022, at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. He received extraordinary care from every nurse, doctor, therapist, and support staff for the last six weeks of his life. His family will be forever grateful for the kindness and professional care...
Ardean Joseph Johnson
Nov 2, 2022
Ardean Joseph Johnson Sr., age 84, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, passed away on November 2, 2022, at his home. No services are planned at this time.
Ardean was born on January 20, 1938, to Joseph and Zelvetta “Ruth” (York) Johnson in Detroit Lakes. Ardean was a self-taught man who loved animals, farming, building, and repairing anything. He loved the challenge...
Leroy Bellcourt Jr
Oct 30, 2022
Leroy James Bellcourt Jr was born on January 11,1966 in Minneapolis, MN to Leroy Sr and Doris (Jackson) Bellcourt. He was raised in south Minneapolis and worked various jobs throughout his life. In 2005, he moved to Ogema to live closer to family.
Leroy was a very hard worker and would help anyone that needed help. He was an excellent...
Ruth Thompson
Oct 29, 2022
Ruth Elaine Thompson, of Detroit Lakes, MN, peacefully passed away at home on October 29, 2022, after many years of physical challenges.
Ruth “Jr.” was born on January 25th, 1957, in Detroit Lakes to Arville and Ruth (Williams) Thompson. Ruth grew up on Shorewood Drive at the Point Resort, graduated from Holy Rosary school, then Detroit Lakes High school in...
Arlene Olive Ballard
Oct 27, 2022
Arlene Olive Ballard of Lake Park, Minnesota passed away on October 27, 2022 at the age of 95.
Arlene was born on June 8, 1927 to Martin and Bessie Mikkelson in Atlanta Township, about 8 miles north of Lake Park. In March of 1928 the family moved to Cuba Township. She lived on this farm until May 1947 with...
Robert Lyle Brett
Oct 21, 2022
Robert Lyle Brett was born on May 9, 1938, in Minneapolis, MN to Milton and Virginia (Saul) Brett. he was raised on a farm on Pickerel Lake before his father moved the family to Moorhead where his father started Brett Trucking delivering the Fargo Forum. Robert started working for Dakota Monument in his late teens. He worked with them until...
Arlene "Lena" Nelson
Oct 18, 2022
Arlene “Lena” Nelson, 79, of Frazee, MN peacefully went home on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at Essentia Health – St. Mary in Detroit Lakes, MN surrounded by family.
Arlene Mary Louise Rindahl was born on July 4, 1943, in Fergus Falls, MN, the youngest of eight children of Melvin Oliver and Amy Mildred (Hanson) Rindahl. She grew up and attended...
Nancy Arletta Clark
Oct 13, 2022
Nancy Arletta MCNiff was born July 9, 1937, in Minneapolis, MN to Frances and Wilma (Wirth) MCNiff. She graduated from Columbia Heights High School in 1955. After high school, Nancy met and married Michael Clark on August 18, 1956, until 1994. The couple moved to Strawberry Lake where they ran MCNiff’s Bar and raised their family. The couple sold the...
Sylvia Brown
Oct 10, 2022
Sylvia Brown, 92, died Monday, October 10, 2022, at her home near Callaway after a 13-yearyear battle with Alzheimer’s.
She was born on May 25, 1930, in Bertha MN to Severin and Else Bjorlo. In 1932 they moved to Becker County and lived on 2 different farms in the Tamarac Refuge area. Her parents were avid Bible readers who taught...
Sara Jaqueline Annette
Oct 8, 2022
Sara Jaqueline Annette, age 36, of Ponsford, Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 8, 2022.
Sara was born on September 1, 1986, to Harold and JoAnn (Croud) Annette in Park Rapids, Minnesota. She was the fifth child, to four older brothers, with five years difference from her youngest brother, making her the “baby girl” of the family. She...
Theresa Marie Nelson
Oct 8, 2022
Theresa Marie Nelson, 50, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away on Saturday, October 8th, at Essentia Health St. Mary’s of Detroit Lakes.
Theresa (Tess) was born on April 4th, 1972 in Lake City, Minnesota to her parents Robert and Mary Packman. She grew up in Lake City and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1990. Throughout her high school...
David Vareberg
Oct 6, 2022
David Allen Vareberg, of Detroit Lakes, passed away peacefully at home on October 6, 2022 with his beloved Lori and Little Frankie by his side.
Born in Detroit Lakes, David spent his youth in southern Minnesota, growing up in Mankato and Prior Lake. Possessing an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit from an early age, David often procured numerous neighborhood jobs growing...
Raymond Bakken
Sep 24, 2022
Raymond Obert Bakken was born May 23, 1937 in Park Rapids, Minnesota, the son of Theodore and Dorothy (Beeman) Bakken. He passed away September: 24, 2022 at home, in Waubun.
Ray grew up in the Otter Tail County, then later the Ponsford area, worked majority of his years as a mechanic.
In 1959 Ray was united in marriage to...
Michael Kraemer
Sep 22, 2022
Michael James Kraemer was born on December 20, 1952, in Parkers Prairie, MN to Roy and Maylola (Brockopp) Kraemer. He graduated from Parkers Prairie High School with the class of 1971. After high school he attended Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Wadena for welding. He worked for the Soo Line Railroad for a short time before starting a...
John Moran
Sep 22, 2022
John D. Moran, “Papa”, 88 of Detroit Lakes, MN, left us to become one of God’s angels on September 22 at his home after losing his battle with cancer.
John Douglas Moran, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend to many, was born December 4, 1933 in Moorhead, MN to Earl and Wilma (Quick) Moran. He grew up...
