Obituaries
Marlene Scherping
Feb 22, 2022
Marlene Frances Scherping, age 81, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, formerly of Waubun, MN, passed away at Pelican Landing on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, under the care of hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1:00 pm on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes, with a visitation at Noon.
Marlene...
Lowell Nereson
Feb 20, 2022
Lowell Douglas Nereson, 80, passed away on February 20, 2022, peacefully at home. Lowell was born on July 18, 1941, to Lloyd and Louise (Flaa) Nereson and was the oldest of three children. After graduation from Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls, he graduated from the University of North Dakota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial...
Melvin Manning
Feb 16, 2022
Melvin E. Manning, 71 of Detroit Lakes, MN went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by family on February 16, 2022, at Sanford Fargo hospital. Melvin was born April 10, 1950, in Detroit Lakes, MN to Jack and Marie Manning. He was one of 7 children, grew up in Strawberry Lake, and attended Detroit Lakes High school. On...
Jonah Sweeney
Feb 16, 2022
Jonah Matthew Sweeney was born on June 22, 1981, in Detroit Lakes, MN to Patricia “Patty” (Homiston) Sweeney. Jonah was born and raised in Detroit Lakes and moved to Lake Park when he was 12 and attended school in the Lake Park area. After graduating with his GED in Detroit Lakes, he worked various jobs in the food industry...
Mary Weiser
Feb 13, 2022
Mary Diane (Brunner) Weiser, was born on August 28,1950 in Detroit Lakes, MN. She grew up in Park Rapids, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Mary E. Brunner and Walter "Walt" Sandbeck. Mary moved away to Minneapolis, MN when she was a teenager and lived there for many years where she worked for the Munsigwear sewing factory, than was...
Robert Samuelson
Feb 13, 2022
Robert Keith Samuelson, 49, died peacefully on February 13th at his home in Hawley, MN.
Robert was born September 25, 1972, in Saginaw, Michigan, the son of David K. Samuelson and Pat D. Watland. He moved with his family to Detroit Lakes in 1985. Robert graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1991 and attended Northwest Technical...
Dr. Gerald Derstine
Feb 12, 2022
Dr. Gerald Derstine, 93, of Bradenton, Florida, stepped peacefully into glory on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Serving more than 70 years in full-time ministry, he was the founder in 1968 of Christian Retreat Conference Center in Bradenton, and president of Gospel Crusade, Inc., a non-profit worldwide missions organization, for many years. He also was founder and director of Strawberry...
Terry Ballard
Feb 11, 2022
Terry L. Ballard, 62, died February 11, 2022, at Detroit Lakes hospital. He was born September 22, 1959 in Minneapolis, MN, the son of Raymond L. and Ginger M. Ballard (Ammerman).
Terry graduated from Pelican Rapids High School. Following high school, Terry had a long career as a truck driver. His last job, he worked for TBS...
Juanita (Nita) Carlisle
Feb 7, 2022
Juanita (Nita) Faye Carlisle was born on November 3,1928 to Otto Louis Kahle and Bonnie Winnifred Kahle (Buck) in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. She graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1946 where she played the saxophone in the high school band. She attended Moorhead State College and received her teaching degree which at that time was a 2 year...
Leola Ferber
Feb 7, 2022
Leola Marjorie (Bunkowski) Ferber was born on March 27, 1925, on the family farm in Vergas, MN. The daughter of Rudolph and Alma (Sonnenberg) Bunkowski, Lee passed away February 7, 2022 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes at the age of 96.
Grounded in her Lutheran faith from her earliest years, Lee was confirmed at St....
Robert Clemenson
Feb 6, 2022
Robert D. Clemenson, 61, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Sunday, February 6 at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm, Friday, February 11 at David-Donehower Funeral Home, Pastor Kim Schnitzer, officiating. Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery at a later date with Military Rites provided by the Lake Region Veterans Honor Guard.
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Kari Bishop
Jan 29, 2022
Kari Lynn (Pratt) Bishop was born in Fargo, ND, on August 5th, 1960, to Janet and Richard (Dick) Pratt. She died in an apartment fire in Detroit Lakes, MN, on January 29, 2022. Kari’s life and education began in River Oaks, Moorhead, MN where her spirited personality developed, and she became an interesting and lovable little person to everyone who...
Mark Waisanen
Jan 28, 2022
Mark Stephen Waisanen, 64, of Detroit Lakes, MN passed away unexpectedly on January 28, 2022 at Essentia Health - Fargo. Mark was born on March 29, 1957, to Ralph and Elaine (Norgard) Waisanen in Grand Rapids, MN graduating from Greenway High School. Here he met the love of his life Jayne Mueller, they were married on September 8, 1979....
Michelle LaDue-Cory
Jan 25, 2022
Michelle Ruth LaDue- Cory was born December 17, 1973, in Cloquet, Minnesota. She was joined by adoption into the LaDue and Safar families the summer of 1974 to the joy of everyone, she was the daughter of Virgil and Marge (Safar) LaDue.
Michelle attended Waubun elementary and high school, graduating in 1992. She moved to Webster, South...
Janet Johansson
Jan 23, 2022
Janet Johansson, 88, of Detroit Lakes, MN passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at First Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes at 11AM. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Janet Ellen Bosworth was born on April 24, 1933, in Rugby, ND to...
Connie Otto
Jan 20, 2022
Constance Margaret (Andrews) Otto, age 77, passed away in Detroit Lakes on January 20, 2022. She was a 1962 graduate of Stillwater High School, and went on to earn a master’s degree in Education. Following one year at Mankato State, Connie moved to the University of MN in Minneapolis where she met George “Ric” Otto. They married in 1965...
Douglas Herzog
Jan 20, 2022
Douglas (Doug) James Herzog, 73, passed away at the VA Medical Center after a short illness on January 20th, 2022. He was born on April 20th, 1948, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to Merlin and Fern (Dickinson) Herzog. He graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1966 and soon after enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he had a distinguished...
Scott Larimer
Jan 16, 2022
Scott Roy Larimer, 56 of Frazee, MN passed away peacefully at home on January 16, 2022. Scott was born on October 9, 1965, to Ralph and Betty (Usher) Larimer in Cedar Rapids, IA and was the brother to two sisters Nancy and Lora. Scott graduated from Winter Park High School in 1984, after moving around for a few years...
Shari Cannon
Jan 14, 2022
Shari K. Cannon, 70 of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Friday, January 14, 2022 in Palm Coast, FL. Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 pm Saturday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery.
Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 pm with a parish vigil at 6:30 followed by a...
