Obituaries
Alice Johnson
Dec 23, 2013
Known and loved throughout her extended family as Grandma J, Alice was born on August 7, 1917 in Denhoff, ND to the late Emmanuel and Dorothy (Edinger) Engel. She graduated from Denhoff High School. Alice then married Merlin Johnson July 27, 1941 in Goodrich, ND and moved with him to Freeman, SD where they lived on the family farm until...
Evelyn Herting
Dec 19, 2013
Evelyn Viola Honrud was born March 30, 1918 near Rollag, Minnesota, in Tansem Township, the daughter of Severin and Mathilda (Hagen) Honrud. She was baptized at Little Bethany Church in Norwegian Grove and confirmed at Aspelund Lutheran Church in Rollag. Evelyn grew up on the farm, attended District #77 country school, and cared for her mother. Later she worked at...
Ronald Edward Berg
Dec 16, 2013
Ronald Edward Berg was born March 8, 1943 in Anoka MN, the son of Jack and Elsie (Waldeen) Berg. In 1961, Ronald graduated from Anchorage High School in Alaska. After high school, Ron attended Purdue University graduating with a Mechanical Engineering Degree. Then he attended the University of Utah earning his Master's degree in Business Administration. On November 23, 1968...
Roger Tingelstad
Dec 7, 2013
Roger Tingelstad, age 67, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota died, Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Pelican Valley Health Center under the care of Lakeland Hospice in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota.Roger Lee was born July 21, 1946 in Detroit Lakes, the son of Milan and Leona (Priem) Tingelstad. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota....
Dorothy Dunn
Dec 4, 2013
Dorothy Dunn, age 105, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, MN.Funeral services will be held later in the spring.This is an artice written by Doris's nephew, Marlyn Hanson.Not many people are blessed to live on this planet as long as 105 years, but if personal merit and goodness is any measure of the time one should...
Elois Isaacson
Dec 2, 2013
Elois Evelyn Herzog was born on January 6, 1919 in Fort Yates, North Dakota, the daughter of Omar and Grace (Keogh) Herzog. Elois grew up in North Dakota then as a little girl moved to Pelican Rapids and attended county school. She stayed at home to help raise her siblings after her mother's death. On April 25, 1938 Elois was...
Jean Clauson
Nov 26, 2013
Jean Kathryn Erickson was born on January 13, 1925 at home near Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Carl and Olivia (Siggerud) Erickson. She graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1942. On October 27, 1946 Jean was united in marriage to Raymond Clauson on the Siggerud farm in rural Pelican Rapids. Jean and Ray farmed their entire life near Pelican...
Hazel Frances Herk
Nov 17, 2013
Hazel Frances Herk, age 86, a rural Vergas, Minnesota, died November 17, 2013, at Essentia Health in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Hazel Herk, age 86, of rural Vergas, Minnesota, passed away November 17, 2013, at Essentia Health in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Hazel Frances (Peterson) Herk was born January 2, 1927 in Marshall County near Middle River, Minnesota to Elmer and Florence...
Shirley Nettestad
Nov 6, 2013
Shirley Nettestad, age 84, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on November 6, 2013 at Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. Shirley Beckman was born February 22, 1929, in Underwood, Minnesota the daughter of Selvin and Caroline (Moen) Beckman. She was baptized and confirmed at Sverdrup Lutheran Church in Underwood. Shirley graduated from Underwood High School and...
Lawrence "Larry" Olson Sr
Nov 1, 2013
Lawrence Olson Sr., age 86, a resident of Pelican Rapids died November 1, 2013 at the Fargo VA hospital.Lawrence M. Olson Sr. was born December 14, 1926 in McLeod, North Dakota, the son of Knute and Lydia Olson. Larry grew up on a farm near McLeod, North Dakota. Lawrence served in the United States Army in 1945 where he lost...
Robert "Bob" Nessa
Oct 28, 2013
Robert "Bob" Wayne Nessa, 68, of Pelican Rapids, MN passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 in Chicago while en route to visit his brother, Jim, in Ohio.Robert Wayne Nessa was born June 2, 1945 to William and Marie (Paulson) Nessa in Pelican Rapids. After Robert graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1963, he served in the U.S. Army during...
Barbara Virginia Quinn
Oct 23, 2013
Barbara V. Quinn, (Barbara "Bobby" Levorsen), 88, of Radcliff, KY, died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Norton Health Care Center, Louisville, KY.Barbara Virginia Quinn, also known as Bobby to her childhood and young friends, was born February 15, 1925 and grew up in Pelican Rapids, MN. She was the oldest of two children of Albert John (or AJ) and Barbro...
Truman Edward Strand
Oct 22, 2013
Truman Edward Strand was born November 22, 1920 in Glenwood, MN to Thosten and Blanche (Barsness) Strand. He grew up on Lake Minnewaska and attended country school near Glenwood. Truman graduated from Glenwood High school in 1938. In September 1942 he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in New Jersey with the...
Darcy Barnes
Oct 11, 2013
Darcy Lea Barnes was born July 9, 1959 the daughter of David and Marylynn (Pierce) Hudson in Moorhead, Minnesota. She graduated from Fargo South High School. On December 1, 1980 Darcy was united in marriage with Duane Barnes at the Assembly of God Church in Fargo. Darcy worked as a homemaker raising her four children. In 1993 Darcy and Duane...
Kenneth Backstrom
Oct 7, 2013
Kenneth Werner Backstrom, age 90, a resident of Pelican Rapids, formerly of Minneapolis, MN, died on Monday, October 7, 2013, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls.Kenneth Backstrom was born on July 17, 1923 in his home in Erhards Grove Township, son of Walter and Ruth (Johnson) Backstrom. Kenneth attended county school district #288 near Erhard, Minnesota. Kenneth worked at...
Shirley Aaser
Oct 4, 2013
Shirley Aaser, age 82, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, passed away Friday, October 4, 2013 under the care of Red River Valley Hospice at Bethany on University in Fargo, ND Shirley D. (Bakke) Aaser, daughter of Samuel and Denella (Urvand) Bakke, was born at home in Nelson County, North Dakota, on August 18, 1931. She grew up near McVille...
Mary Bayne
Sep 22, 2013
Mary Bayne, age 64, a resident Minneapolis, formerly of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Mary Louise Bayne was born July 3, 1949 in Pelican Rapids, daughter of Earl Gobel and Jeanette (Nettestad) Gobel. In May of 1967 Mary graduated from Pelican Rapids High School. In June of 1967 Mary was united...
Shirley Fay Maahs
Sep 7, 2013
Shirley Fay (Baker) Maahs, age 77, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids with her husband by her side. Shirley was the daughter of Wyeth "Bud" and Fay (Robinson) Baker. She was born January 9, 1936 in Sisseton, SD, and on Saturday, September 7, she left this world to...
Curtis LeRoy Lahlum
Sep 7, 2013
Curtis Lahlum, age 74, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at his residence. Curtis LeRoy Lahlum was born on January 7, 1939 in Rothsay, MN, to Peder and Miranda (Evenson) Lahlum. He graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1958. For a few years Curtis was employed with A-1 Olson Typewriter in Fargo, ND....
Margaret Dorothy Engebretson
Aug 25, 2013
FUNERAL HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 11:00 a.m.Margaret Engebretson, age 96, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on August 25, 2013 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls.Margaret Dorothy Gilberts was born on December 9, 1916 near Lily, South Dakota, the daughter of Olaf and Carrie (Siggerud) Gilberts. She was baptized and attended country school near Lily, South Dakota until...
