Obituaries

Bess Misho-Hamilton

Jul 17, 2017

Bess Geraldine Misho-Hamilton, age 97, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 17, 2017, at Essentia Health-Oak Crossing Nursing Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 am on Friday, July 21, 2017, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes with a time of gathering at 9:00 am. The burial will takes place at...

Ray Johnson

Jul 16, 2017

Ray K. Johnson, 89, Detroit Lakes, died Sunday, July 16, 2017 at Ecumen-Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, MN. Memorial Services for Ray will be held Saturday, July 22 at 1PM in David Donehower Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Saturday. Ray Kenneth Johnson, known to many as "Kenny", was born August 31, 1927...

Ian Stalboerger

Jul 15, 2017

Ian R. Stalboerger, 20, Roseville, MN, died July 15, 2017 in Shoreview, MN due to an accidental drug overdose.

Funeral Services for Ian will be held Monday, July 24 at 1pm in Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Callaway, MN.  Visitation will be held Sunday, July 23 at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church from 5pm-7pm and continue one hour prior...

Douglas Fineday Sr

Jul 12, 2017

Douglas Jerome Fineday Sr., age 61, of Ponsford, MN, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at his home. Doug was born on February 20, 1956, to George Sr. and Laura (Butcher) Fineday, in Park Rapids, MN. He was raised at Round Lake and attended school in Park Rapids. In 1973, he moved to Duluth where he attended Central...

Steven Goodman

Jul 11, 2017

Funeral Home: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN US 56501 Previous Events Visitation Friday, July 14, 2017 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM David-Donehower Funeral Home

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Service Friday, July 14, 2017 11:00 AM David-Donehower Funeral Home

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Helen Anderson

Jul 11, 2017

Helen M. Anderson 91, Detroit Lakes, died Tuesday, July 11 at Essentia Health- Oak Crossing Nursing Home. Funeral Services for Helen will be held Tuesday, July 18 at 11AM in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church rural Audubon, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Helen Marie Anderson was born May 17, 1926 in Ogema, MN to George and...

Debra Conklin

Jul 10, 2017

Debra J. Conklin, 60, Ponsford, MN, died Monday, July 10 at her residence under care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Funeral Services for Debra will be held Thursday, July 13 at 1pm in the Old Pine Point School. Visitation will be held Wednesday, July 12 at the Old Pine Point School starting at 4pm. Interment will be made...

Byrne Hildebrand

Jul 10, 2017

Byrne R. Hildebrand, 62, Brainerd, MN, formerly of Detroit Lakes, died on July 10, 2017 at his home.  There will be a celebration of Byrne’s life on Saturday, August 26 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM at the David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes.

Byrne Ray Hildebrand was born March 4, 1955 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Leonard...

Marilyn Olson

Jul 8, 2017

Marilyn Kaye Olson, age 54, of Mahnomen, MN, went on her journey to the Spirit World on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Sanford Health Hospital in Fargo, ND. Marilyn was born on June 19, 1963, to Laverne “Buckshot” Neadeau and Ethelbert (St. Clair) Goodwin in Minneapolis, MN. She moved to various places until she made Mahnomen her home. Marilyn loved...

Margaret Wiese

Jul 6, 2017

Funeral Home: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN US 56501 Service: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Donavon Weber

Jun 30, 2017

Donavon, L. Weber, 25, Ogema, MN, died Friday, June 30 as a result of injuries received in a trenching accident in rural Callaway, MN. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Thursday, July 6 at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Callaway, MN, Reverends Matt Meyer and Del Stohs, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Detroit Lakes, MN. Friends may...

Vollie Tyge

Jun 25, 2017

Valborg Margaret Marie Tyge, known to everyone as "Vollie", died June 25, 2017 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Funeral services for Vollie will be held Friday, June 30 at 2pm in Faith Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes. Officiating will be Reverend Paul Larson. Visitation will be held at David Donehower Funeral Home from 5pm-7pm with a 7pm Prayer Service....

Arnold Barnhart

Jun 25, 2017

Arnold “Barney” Barnhart, 88, a longtime resident of Detroit Lakes, MN, died on Sunday, June 25th, 2017 at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, CO, less than three months after his wife passed away. A memorial service will be held at the David-Donehower Funeral Home on Tuesday, July 25th at 12:30 pm CT. Barney was born September 1, 1928 in...

Kermit Rodewald

Jun 18, 2017

Kermit H. Rodewald, 83, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Sunday, June 18, 2017 at Ecumen-Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Friday, June 23 at Zion Lutheran Church, Reverend Guy Roberts, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call 5:00 – 6:30 PM with a prayer service at 6:30 PM Thursday at David-Donehower...

Warren Koester

Jun 16, 2017

Warren Conrad Koester was born August 21, 1942 in Pipestone, MN to Walter and Ruth (Chamberlin) Koester. He was raised on a farm west of Flandreau, SD where his dad farmed and his mother was a country school teacher. Warren graduated in 1960, valedictorian of his class at Egan High School in Egan, SD. Although Warren helped his dad with...

Louise Lawrence

Jun 15, 2017

Louise E. Lawrence, 78, Frazee, formerly of Detroit Lakes and Strawberry Lake area, died Wednesday, June 15 at the Frazee Care Center. Funeral Services for Louise will be held Monday, June 19 at 11AM in the Strawberry Lake Mennonite Church, rural Ogema, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will be held in the Strawberry...

George Maruska

Jun 15, 2017

George A. Maruska George A Maruska, age 95, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on June 15, 2017, at the Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes after a short illness. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, June 19, 2017, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes, MN....

Margaret Barten

Jun 13, 2017

Margaret "Mugs" Bloom Barten, age 61, of Park Rapids, MN, passed away on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at her home under the care of St. Joseph's Hospice. A funeral service will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at the Old Pine Point School in Pine Point, MN. A visitation will begin at 4:00 pm on Monday, June...

Lucille Longtine

Jun 6, 2017

Lucy was born on December 9, 1940, in Detroit Lakes MN, to Leonard and Lillian (Olson) Carlson. She spent her childhood on the family farm where she developed a love for horses and developed her future skills as a nurturer by looking after her younger brothers. As a teenager she struggled with scoliosis and spent most of an entire school...

Roland Sandman

Jun 1, 2017

Roland R. Sandman, 84, Houston, Texas, formerly of Detroit Lakes, MN, died at Omega Life Hospice in Houston on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, June 8, 2017 at the Assembly of God Church in Detroit Lakes, MN. Interment will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery with Military Rites provided by the Lake Region Veterans...