Obituaries
Sandra Fearing
Mar 20, 2015
Sandra K. "Sandi" Fearing, 73, resident of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Friday, March 20, 2015 surrounded by her loving family at Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. Funeral Services for Sandi will be held Thursday, March 26 at 11AM in Zion Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 25 at David Donehower Funeral Home from 5PM-7PM with a...
Viola Abel
Mar 19, 2015
Viola L. Abel, 96, resident of Frazee, formerly of Detroit Lakes, died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the Frazee Care Center and under care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Funeral Services will be held Monday, March 23 at 10 AM in David Donehower Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Interment will be in...
Roland Lee
Mar 15, 2015
Roland "Ron" Jerome Lee, age 85, passed away at Ecumen-The Cottages Assisted Living in Detroit Lakes on Sunday, March 15 under the care of the Hospice of the Red River Valley. A memorial service will be at 1:00pm on Saturday, July 18 at the David Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes. The visitation will be from noon until the time...
Elizabeth Ott
Mar 12, 2015
Elizabeth P. "Beth" Ott, 64, resident of Detroit Lakes, died Thursday, March 12 surrounded by her loving family at the Frazee Care Center. Funeral Services for Beth will be held Friday, March 20 at 2PM in David Donehower Funeral Home. Visitation will be held two hours prior to the service. Interment will be in the Ogema Community Cemetery, Ogema. Lunch...
Lillian Thompson
Mar 9, 2015
Lillian Evangeline Thompson, age 96, went to her heavenly home on Monday, March 9, 2015 at the Care Center in Frazee, MN surrounded by her family. A funeral service will be at 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 14 at the Willmar Assembly of God Church, 3821 Abbott Drive, Willmar, MN 56201. A visitation will be from 4:00 pm to 7:00...
Isaac Thomas
Mar 9, 2015
Isaac M. "Ike" Thomas Jr. 82, of Detroit Lakes, died Monday, March 9 at Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, March 14 at 10:30AM in Holy Rosary Catholic Church- St. John's Hall. Visitation will be held at David Donehower Funeral Home on Friday, March 13 from 5PM-7PM with a Knights of Columbus Rosary...
Robert Leitheiser
Mar 3, 2015
Robert "Bob" Leitheiser, 92, of Detroit Lakes, passed away March 3, 2015 at Ecumen- Emmanuel Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes. Funeral Services will be held Monday, March 9 at 2PM in First Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 8 at David Donehower Funeral Home from 5PM-7PM with a 7PM Prayer Service. Visitation will also continue at the...
Paul Johnson
Feb 25, 2015
Paul R. Johnson, 84, Detroit Lakes, died Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Four Seasons Health Center-Nursing Home, Forman, ND. Paul Richard Johnson was born May 13, 1930 near Elbow Lake, MN to James O. and Agnes M. (Ostland) Johnson. He attended school in Elbow Lake and on December 10, 1947 enlisted in the United States Navy. Following his honorable discharge,...
Rebecca Jasch
Feb 21, 2015
Rebecca "Becky" Dorothy Jasch passed away suddenly on Saturday, February 21 at Essentia-St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit lakes at the age of 56. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 27 at David Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes, Father Todd Arends officiating. The visitation is from 5:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 26 at the funeral...
Maurice Normandin
Feb 18, 2015
Maurice Timothy Normandin of Detroit Lakes passed away at St. Mary's Oak Crossing Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes on Wednesday, February 18, at the age of 87. A funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 21 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Gentilly, MN. A visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February...
Edward Syverson
Feb 17, 2015
Edward R. "Eddy" Syverson, age 65, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Funeral services for Eddy will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 20, 2015, at David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held from 3-5 p.m., Thursday, February 19, 2015, at David-Donehower Funeral Home. Visitation will continue...
Rex Lane
Feb 13, 2015
Rex Lawrence Lane Rex Lawrence Lane passed away on Friday, February 13, 2015 at the age of ninety-seven (97) years and five (5) months. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, February 17 at 11:00 a.m. at the David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes, MN. A visitation will be held an hour before the service. A light lunch will...
Susan Harker
Feb 8, 2015
Susan Edwards Harker, 85, of Frazee, MN, died peacefully at her home on February 8, 2015. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 14 at 1PM in St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held Friday, February 13 at David Donehower Funeral Home from 5PM until 7PM. Susan was born April 10, 1929 to D.C. and Lillian Edwards...
Lester Skipinaday
Feb 4, 2015
Lester J. Skipinaday, 69, resident of Park Rapids, MN, died Wednesday, February 4 in his residence in Park Rapids. Funeral Services for Lester will be held Tuesday, February 10 at 11AM in the Old Pine Point School, Ponsford. Visitation will be held Monday, February 9 from 4:30 until the time of services on Tuesday. Interment will be held in St....
Thaddeus Wilson
Feb 2, 2015
Thaddeus E. Wilson, 69, Richwood, MN, died Monday, February 2, 2015 at his residence under care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, February 7 at 12PM in Northern Lights Freedom and Life Church, Richwood, MN. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to services. Thaddeus Eugene Wilson was born March...
Roger Wermager
Feb 2, 2015
Roger O. Wermager, 83, Lake Park, MN, having the certain hope of eternal life because of his personal relationship with Christ Jesus his Savior, was called to his heavenly home on Monday, February 2, 2015 at his residence in Englewood, FL surrounded by family and under care of Hospice. Funeral Services for Roger will be held Monday, February 9 at...
Walter Halvorson
Jan 31, 2015
Walter Leroy Halvorson, age 85, of Detroit Lakes passed away surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Eventide Lutheran Nursing Home in Moorhead, MN under the care of the Hospice of the Red River Valley. A memorial service will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 4 at David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes with a...
Wanda Blaine
Jan 31, 2015
Wanda Louise Blaine, 55, Detroit Lakes, formerly of Osage, MN, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, MN. Wanda Louise Blaine (Waabomanikwe) was born August 19, 1959 in White Earth, MN to Melvin and Bernice (Clark) Buckanaga. She was raised and educated in Minneapolis, MN. Following her education, she lived briefly in Oceanside, CA,...
Carole Pershall
Jan 24, 2015
Carole Lee was born to John and Lucille (Sisk) Hodges in Santa Rita, New Mexico on December 22, 1939. Her parents moved to Yuma, Arizona where Carole attended school. After graduating from High School, Carole married Forrest Gerald Pershall, and together they both attended Azusa University, a private, inter-denominational, evangelical Christian University located near Los Angeles. After college, they moved...
Gertrude York
Jan 18, 2015
Gertrude L. York, 88, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Sunday, January 18 at Ecumen-Emmanuel Nursing Home surrounded by her family. Funeral Services for Gertrude will be held Friday, January 23 at 11AM in Lake Eunice Evangelical Free Church, rural Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 22 at David Donehower Funeral Home from 5PM-7PM with a 7PM Prayer Service. Visitation...
