Obituaries
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...
Dorothy Martin
Jan 12, 2015
Dorothy (Dottie) Boock Nunn Martin passed away Monday, January 12 at the age of 88 at her home at the Frazee Care Center. She had been ill for several months but continued to be alert and able to visit. Dorothy Marie was born to Emil and Nanna (Olson) Boock on May 11, 1926 in Detroit Lakes. She attended country schools...
Margaret Mayfield
Jan 11, 2015
Margaret Mayfield, 90 of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Emmanuel-Ecumen Nursing Home. A small gathering of friends and family will take place on Saturday, January 17 at 2PM in David Donehower Funeral Home. A Memorial Service with burial will take place later in the spring at Central Lutheran Church, Pelican Rapids, MN. Margaret was born August...
Roger Tychsen
Jan 9, 2015
Roger Kirby Tychsen of Detroit Lakes, MN died suddenly on January 9, 2015 of natural causes. Roger was born September 1, 1946 in Minneapolis, MN and was the only child of Carl Arthur Tychsen and Jeanne Marie Stutsman. He graduated from Palo Duro High School in Amarillo, TX and then attended the University of North Texas where he studied History...
Inez Clark
Jan 9, 2015
Inez F. Clark, 92, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Friday, January 9, 2015 at Oak Crossing, Detroit Lakes. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, January 15 at 1PM in Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held one hour prior to Mass. Interment will be held in the spring at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Inez Francis Stallman...
Julius Schmit
Jan 8, 2015
Julius Benedict Schmit, age 92, of Detroit Lakes, died on January 8, 2015 at his home under the care of his loving family and the Hospice of The Red River Valley. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, January 14 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes. The visitation is from 4:00-7:00pm on Tuesday,...
Mary Frankberg
Jan 6, 2015
Mary Ellen Frankberg (aka Granny) passed away at Emmanuel Nursing Home Memory Unit – Ecumen, in Detroit Lakes, MN at the age of 92 on January 6, 2015. Funeral Services for Mary Ellen will be held Monday, January 12 at 1PM in United Methodist Church-Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to services. Born in...
Raymond Sandberg
Jan 4, 2015
Raymond "Smokey" Sandberg, 78, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Sunday, January 4, 2015 at the Frazee Care Center, Frazee. A private memorial service will be held. Raymond Frank Sandberg, known to many as "Smokey", was born June 1, 1936 in Moorhead, MN to Frank W. and Rose K. (Stultz) Sandberg. He was raised and educated in Vergas, MN. He proudly served...
Annie Nieminen
Jan 3, 2015
Annie M. Nieminen, 88, resident of rural Osage, MN, died Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Funeral Services for Annie will be held Wednesday, January 7 at 11AM in Gethsemane Lutheran Church, rural Osage. Visitation will be held at David Donehower Funeral Home on Tuesday, January 6 from 5PM-7PM with a 6:30PM Prayer Service. Visitation will also...
Norma Misson
Jan 2, 2015
Norma J. Misson, 84, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. Norma (Anderson) Misson was born on May 15, 1930 to Arthur and Kathryn (Regan) Anderson in Crookston, MN. She grew up there and graduated from Cathedral High School. Norma was united in marriage to Irwin Misson on April 19, 1949 at the...
Marvin Crowell
Dec 31, 2014
Marvin D. Crowell, 62, Ponsford, MN, died December 31, 2014 at Mahnomen Health Center-Nursing Home in Mahnomen. Marvin Duane Crowell was born March 13, 1952 in Chisholm, MN to Jarvis and Geraldine (Prenta) Crowell. After high school, Marvin attended vocational school for Chef's training. Marv loved to cook and worked in many restaurants through the years. On December 20, 1973...
Robert Bonga
Dec 31, 2014
Robert L. Bonga, 50, rural Ogema, MN, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held Monday, January 5 at 11AM in the Old Pine Point School in Ponsford. Visitation will be Sunday, January 4 at the Old Pine Point School starting at 3PM and continuing until the time of services on Monday. Interment will be...
