Obituaries
Wilmar Hanks
Jan 30, 2021
Wilmar Edward Hanks, 47, of White Earth, MN passed away on Saturday, January 30th, 2021. A Traditional Native American Visitation will start on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 4 PM, at the White Earth Community Center. Funeral service will be held on Friday, February 5, 2021 at 10 AM, at the White Earth Community Center.
Wilmar Edward...
Gary Jacobson
Jan 29, 2021
Gary Dean Jacobson, 74, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021 at his home.
Gary Jacobson was born on April 8, 1946 in Detroit Lakes, MN, to Ingvald and Clara (Nelson) Jacobson. He attended school in Audubon, MN, graduating in 1964. He attended Wadena Area Technical College where he graduated with an automotive...
Diane Pedersen
Jan 25, 2021
Diane Dale (Thompson) Pedersen, 72, of Detroit Lakes passed away on Monday, January 25, 2021 at Essentia Health - St. Mary’s in Detroit Lakes, MN.
Diane Dale Thompson was born on October 14, 1948 in Crookston, MN to Elmer and Thelma (Dale) Thompson. She went to school and graduated from Climax High School as part of the...
Steve Sandbeck
Jan 21, 2021
Steve Sandbeck, 68, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at his home.
Steve was born on February 10, 1952 to Harry and Irene Sandbeck in Grand Forks, ND. He graduated from Red River High School in 1971. In 1986 he moved to Detroit Lakes, MN with his family and resided there ever...
Clayton Thurston
Jan 21, 2021
Clayton J. Thurston, 78, of Detroit Lakes passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at the Veterans Home in Fergus Falls, MN.
Clayton J. Thurston was born on January 12, 1943 in Cando, ND to Earl and Lydia (Klebaum) Thurston. He graduated from Egeland, ND high school as part of the class of 1961. Clayton joined the...
Roderick "Toka Ole" HighElk
Jan 19, 2021
Roderick Bernard HighElk, 77, of White Earth, MN passed away on January 19, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family.
Roderick HighElk was born on December 23, 1943 in Omaha, NE, to Isaac HighElk and Adelia (ThinElk) HighElk Longfox. Roderick earned his associates degree from Haskell Institute in Lawrence, KS. He served in the United States...
Mary Riley
Jan 10, 2021
Mary M Riley 93 passed away peacefully on January 10th, 2021 at Eventide Nursing Home in Moorhead. Mary was born January 28, 1927 in Webster ND to Marcella (Lemmar) and Thomas Volk. She was the third oldest child of eleven and spent countless hours helping her mother with the cooking in the early years. She attended grade school in Webster...
Steven Mann
Jan 8, 2021
Steven Mann, 43, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021, at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s in Detroit Lakes, MN.
Steven James Mann was born on February 27, 1977 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, MN to Jim and Sybil (Anderson) Mann. In 1978, they moved to Campbell, MN, after their home was destroyed...
Virginia Ulschmid Thompson
Jan 4, 2021
Virginia Rose Thompson, age 92, Frazee Minn., passed away peacefully on January 4, 2021 at Essentia Hospital, surrounded by family.
Virginia was born in Evergreen Township of Rural Frazee, Minnesota, September 19, 1928 to Frank and Ann (Joachim) Ulschmid. She was educated in the Frazee school system until her junior year and graduated from the Detroit Lakes...
Tina Marvig
Jan 2, 2021
Tina Marie Marvig, 58, of Detroit Lakes passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at her home.
Tina Marie Drury was born on February 16, 1962 to Marvin and Nancy (Kliewer) Drury in Freeman, SD. She attended and graduated from Marshall, MN as part of the class of 1980. On April 5, 2008, Tina was untied in...
Henry Fischer
Dec 31, 2020
Henry (Hank) Edward Fischer, 94, of Detroit Lakes, MN died on December 31, 2020.
Hank was born to William and Oline (Hegg) Fischer in Glenwood, MN on September 29, 1926. He graduated from Glenwood High School in 1944 and enlisted in the Navy at 17 years old. Hank saw active duty in Okinawa, Japan during WWII as...
Donald Anderson
Dec 29, 2020
Donald R. Anderson, 82, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Diamond Willow Assisted Living in Detroit Lakes, MN.
Donald Reinhold Anderson was born on August 2, 1938 to Helge and Mathilda (Glawe) Anderson in Detroit Lakes, MN. He was raised on the family farm in Callaway where he attended school until the 8th grade. He...
Julia Mcdonough
Dec 26, 2020
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Julia Knutson Mcdonough
September 22nd, 1955 - December 26th, 2020
Julia Knutson Mcdonough, 65, passed away on December 26th, 2020 in Fargo, ND.
Julia was born in Detroit Lakes, MN, on September 22nd, 1955...
Agnes Anderson
Dec 25, 2020
Agnes R. Anderson, 89, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Friday, December 25 at Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes.
Agnes Regina Anderson was born April 27, 1931 in Madison, MN to John and Margaret “Maggie” (Johnson) Pederson. She moved to Detroit Lakes with her family as a child. She attended Holy Rosary School and is a 1949 graduate of...
Gina Trizza-Flores
Dec 25, 2020
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Gina Marie Trizza-Flores, 61, entered eternal rest on Friday, December 25, 2020 in Vergas, Minnesota. Gina Marie Trizza-Flores was born on August 4, 1959 in Dallas, TX to Sam Trizza and Phyllis Jenson. Gina attended school and grew up in Dallas, TX until moving to MN to start a family where she...
Merle Sherman
Dec 24, 2020
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Linda Martinson
Dec 23, 2020
Linda K. Martinson, 75, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at The Cottages at Ecumen in Detroit Lakes.
Linda Kay Martinson was born March 24, 1945 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Lawrence and Ellna (Peterson) Ellis. She was raised and educated in Detroit Lakes and is a 1963 graduate of Detroit Lakes High School. Linda...
Meta Thomsen
Dec 19, 2020
Meta Thomsen, 101, passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus on the evening of December 19, 2020 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, MN.
Meta Emma Oelfke was born on October 20, 1919 to William and Emma (Blauert) Oelfke on the farm in Height of Land, MN. She finished eighth grade in 1934, then started...
Gary Schumann
Dec 17, 2020
Gary A. Schumann, 83, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Sanford Hospice Care in Fargo, ND.
Gary was born on December 4, 1937 in Abbottsford, WI to Al and Gladys (Schneider) Schumann. Growing up he traveled with his family on telephone construction until 1956 when he attended Waubun School. On June 29,...
