Obituaries

Jeanenne Harper

Apr 4, 2014

Jeanenne V. Harper, 25, Ponsford, MN, died Friday, April 4 in the St. Cloud Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday at the Old Pine Point School in Ponsford, Reverend Henry Doyle, officiating. Interment will be in Breck Memorial Episcopal Cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00 PM Friday until the time of the service on Saturday at he Old...

Francis Gathman

Apr 2, 2014

Francis (Frank) Gathman, 82, resident of Detroit Lakes, MN, died peacefully, Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Oak Crossing, Detroit Lakes. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, April 7 at 10AM in Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held one hour prior to Mass. Interment will be held in Oak Grove Cemetery with full Military Honors...

Cynthia Robbins

Apr 1, 2014

Cynthia E. Robbins, 38, resident of Ponsford, MN, died Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Sanford Health, Fargo. Funeral Services will be held Monday, April 7 at 2PM in Old Pine Point School, Ponsford. Visitation will start at 1PM Sunday at Old Pine Point School and continue until time of services on Monday. Interment will be held at Breck Memorial Cemetery,...

James Bergen

Mar 31, 2014

James A. Bergen, 60, Detroit Lakes, died Monday at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 PM Monday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes, Msgr. Timothy McGee, officiating. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery. Friends may call 4:00 – 7:00 PM Sunday at David-Donehower Funeral Home. The Knights of Columbus will pray...

Donald Tungesvick

Mar 31, 2014

Donald D. Tungesvick, 75, long time Callaway businessman, died Monday, March 31 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Callaway. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Detroit Lakes. Friends may call 4:00 – 8:00 PM Friday with a prayer service at 7:30 PM at Beautiful Savior...

James Rieger

Mar 29, 2014

James "Jim" Rieger, 83, Pelican Rapids, MN, formerly of Detroit Lakes, died Saturday, March 29, 2014 at Essentia Health in Fargo. Visitation will be Friday, April 4, 2014 at David – Donehower Funeral Home, 609 US Hwy 10 East in Detroit Lakes from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 11:00 am...

Esther Moe

Mar 26, 2014

Esther J. Moe, 82, resident of Detroit Lakes, MN, died peacefully Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Funeral Services for Esther will be held on Saturday, March 29 at 4PM in David Donehower Funeral Home, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held at David Donehower Funeral Home on Saturday, March 29 from 2PM-4PM. Interment will be...

Robert Lage

Mar 26, 2014

Robert "Bob" J. Lage, 81, resident of Audubon, MN, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family and under care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Memorial Services will be held Saturday, April 12 at 2PM in Faith Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 11 at David Donehower Funeral Home...

James Warren

Mar 26, 2014

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

Dennis Lessard

Mar 22, 2014

Funeral Home: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN US 56501 Previous Events Visitation Tuesday, March 25, 2014 David-Donehower Funeral Home

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Dennis Lessard

Mar 22, 2014

Dennis Joseph Lessard, 68, Detroit Lakes, MN, died peacefully on Saturday, March 22 at the Frazee Care Center in Frazee, MN. Dennis was born September 15, 1945 in Grafton, ND to Frederick and Juliette (Collette) Lessard. He attended St. Aloysius Academy before graduating high school from Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston, MN. Dennis loved life on the farm and...

Jay Tollefson

Mar 11, 2014

Jay Eugene Tollefson was born May 29, 1965 in Fergus Falls, MN to Eugene and Ardis (Williams)Tollefson. He moved with his family to Detroit Lakes in 1974 and is a 1983 graduate of Detroit Lakes High School. Following graduation, he worked at Hardee's and Country Kitchen in Detroit Lakes. He then attended the truck driving course at the Alexandria Vocational...

Mary Sauer

Mar 10, 2014

Sauer, Mary A., age 65 of Eden Prairie, passed away peacefully 3-10-2014 after enduring Parkinson's disease for 28 years. Preceded in death by her parents, Alvin and Ethel Theisen. Survived by her loving husband of 44 years, Robert Sauer; daughters, Julie (Stephen) Doig of Melbourne, Australia and Becky (Justin Ball) Sauer of Beaverton, OR; grandchildren, Jocelyn, Elise, Lucy and Silas;...

Nancy Marjamaa

Mar 8, 2014

Nancy G. Marjamaa, 58, Frazee, MN, died Saturday at the Frazee Care Center. Funeral services will be 7:00 PM Friday at David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes. Visitation is from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday at David-Donehower Funeral Home and 1 hour prior to the service on Friday. Nancy Glenda Marjamaa was born March 15, 1955 in Wadena, MN to...

Wallace Dorff

Mar 3, 2014

Wallace D. Dorff, 83, Wahpeton, ND, formerly of rural Audubon, died Monday, March 3 at St. Francis Medical Center in Breckenridge, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM Saturday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes, Msgr. Timothy McGee, officiating. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery. Friends may call 5:00 – 7:00 PM with a prayer...

LeRoy Caron

Mar 1, 2014

LeRoy Caron, better known as "Pete", was born April 30, 1926 in Green Valley, MN to Levi and Blanche (Gregoire) Caron. He spent his youth in the Green Valley/Marshall area growing up on the family farm and eventually working on the farm. Following graduation from high school, Pete earned a degree in animal husbandry from the University of Minnesota in...

Susan Butcher

Feb 28, 2014

Susan M. Ahbedausch was born October 15, 1923 in White Earth, MN. She was raised in White Earth and attended the White Earth Mission School. At the age of 18, she moved to Ponsford . She was united in marriage to Arthus Butcher Sr. in Ponsford. They made their home in rural Ponsford. Arthur died in 1984. Susan moved to...

Karl Simison

Feb 28, 2014

Karl "Jerry" Simison, 71, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Friday, February 28, 2014, at McIntosh Senior Living, McIntosh, MN. Jerry was born in Fargo, ND on June 10, 1942. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Carl Simison of Barnesville, MN. He graduated from Barnesville High School in 1960. Jerry continued his education at NDSU and graduated with a business...

Donald Engleson

Feb 23, 2014

Donald F. Engleson, 86, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Sunday, February 23, 2014 at Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. Graveside services will be 9:30 AM Friday, MAY 2, 2014 at Bakke Lutheran Cemetery in rural Detroit Lakes with a Memorial Service to follow at 10:00 AM Friday at Bakke Lutheran Church, Reverend Ann Newgard-Larson, officiating. Military rites will be provided by...

Norma Anderson

Feb 22, 2014

Norma Jean Anderson was born September 3, 1937 to Lee and Della (Nyquist) Taylor in Stafford, Kansas. Strong in her Christian faith, and the assurance of life eternal, she went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, February 22, 2014. Norma was a woman of prayer who lived graciously with Multiple Sclerosis for 30 years. The chronic...