Obituaries
Roger Gorden
Jan 27, 2014
Roger Allen Gorden, age 59, a resident of Keewatin, formerly of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on January 27, 2014, at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Roger Gorden was born May 5, 1954, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to Stanley and Myrtle (Mostue) Gorden. He was baptized in Nashwauk. Roger attended Greenway High School in Coleraine, MN graduating in 1973. From 1973...
Ethel Skistad
Jan 16, 2014
Ethel L (Rawalt) Skistad, age 98, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, formerly of Fargo, ND, passed away Thursday, January 16, 2014 in Gulf Breeze, Florida.Ethel, daughter of Harry and Maie (Burt) Rawalt was born November 25, 1915 in Fargo, ND, where she grew up and graduated from Fargo Central High School. On June 7, 1941 she married Arnold Skistad. Arnold and...
Janice Arlene Griep
Jan 16, 2014
Janice Griep, 75, died on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, MN. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Larson Funeral Home in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota with Rev. Jeff McCracken officiating. Janice was born on September 7, 1938 to Wilfred Nathaniel and Jeanette (Paulson) Barklind in Minneapolis, MN. She...
Garnet Evenson
Jan 4, 2014
Garnet Stanford Evenson, age 84, a resident of Lake Park, MN, died on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Garnet Stanford Evenson was born on January 9, 1929, in Wilkin County, MN, the son of Edward and Christine (Haugtvedt) Evenson. Garnet was baptized and confirmed in Norwegian at West North Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Pelican Rapids,...
Verdella Rask
Dec 30, 2013
Verdella Selma Rask, age 90, a resident of Fargo, ND formerly of Pelican Rapids, MN, died on Monday, December 30, 2013 at her residence.Visitation: Tuesday January 14, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Larson Funeral Home, Pelican Rapids, MN. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at Trinity Lutheran Church.Service: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 15, 2014,...
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...
