Obituaries
Arnold Shores
Apr 12, 2009
Arnold E. Shores, age 97, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, MN.Arnold E. Shores was born in Pelican Rapids on February 14, 1912 the son of Wilbur and lna Shores. He was the first of five Children; Arnold, Erwin (Buster), Lois, Vernon (Brownie) and Betty. His Parents...
Mary Nudell
Apr 3, 2009
Mary Nudell, age 54, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, formerly of Enderlin, North Dakota, died on Friday, April 3, 2009, at the Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Cancer Treatment Centers of America) in Zion, Illinois.Mary Ann Metz was born September 25, 1954, in Browns Valley, Minnesota, the daughter of James and Shirley (Ziemer) Metz. Mary graduated from Browns Valley High...
Rosetta Wischnack
Mar 30, 2009
Rosetta Wischnack, age 91, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Monday, March 30, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society in Pelican Rapids.Rosetta M. Chapman was born August 22, 1917, in Star Lake Township near Dent, Minnesota, the daughter of James and Laura (Jenne) Chapman. She married Albert Wischnack on November 15, 1933, in Dora Lutheran Church, rural Dent.They...
Marion Eckstein
Mar 24, 2009
Marion Eckstein, age 90, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at Pelican Valley Nursing Home.Marion Juanita Nelson was born October 27, 1918, in Killam, Alberta, Canada, the daughter of Frederick and Laura (Smith) Nelson.?She graduated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1937.?On September 10, 1942, she joined the United States Navy serving...
Lorraine Peterson
Mar 14, 2009
Lorraine Peterson, age 84, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Saturday, March 14, 2009, at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit in Fargo, North Dakota.Eunice Lorraine Hoadley was born March 19, 1924, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Floyd and Myrtle (Randall) Hoadley.She was baptized at Scambler Church in rural Pelican Rapids and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in...
Mary Ann Swenson
Mar 12, 2009
Mary Ann Swenson, age 86, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Thursday, March 12, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society of Pelican Rapids.Mary Ann Haarstick was born September 28, 1922, in Erhards Grove, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Ottille (Vigen) Haarstick, she was number 7 of 8 children.She was baptized and confirmed at Bagstevold Lutheran Church in...
Violet Berg
Mar 11, 2009
Violet Berg, age 93, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids.Violet Alice Olson was born February 27, 1916, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of George and Allie (Severson) Olson and grew up on a farm near Pelican Lake.She married Melvin R. Berg in 1936.They lived on...
Sharon Jensen
Mar 9, 2009
Sharon Jensen, age 51, a resident of Vergas, Minnesota, died on Monday, March 9, 2009, at her home on East Spirit Lake.Sharon Elaine Kruse was born February 12, 1958, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Luvern and Esther (Matzke) Kruse.Sharon graduated from Pipestone High School in 1976 in Pipestone, Minnesota.Then she attended and graduated from Pipestone Vocational Technical College...
Marion Waller
Feb 15, 2009
Marion B. Jorgenson was born August 6, 1925 in Erhard, MN, the daughter of Bennie and Olina (Gilbertson) Jorgenson.She was baptized at Tonseth Lutheran Church and confirmed at Bagstevold Lutheran Church, both in Erhard.In 1943 Marion graduated from Fergus Falls High School.After moving to Pelican Rapids she worked for Anderson Grocery Store for 5 years.On April 14, 1947 Marion was...
Willard Drayton
Feb 11, 2009
Willard Drayton, age 89, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota.Willard Vernon Drayton was born January 24, 1920, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, the son of Walter and Nora (Wyantt) Drayton.Williard attended country school near Pelican Rapids.He worked on the family farm and also did woodcutting prior to...
Clarence Trautman
Feb 3, 2009
Clarence Edmund Trautman was born May 22, 1942, in Eureka, South Dakota, the son of Edmund and Ada (Shauer) Trautman. He was baptized and confirmed in Artas, South Dakota, at the Evangelical United Brethren Church. He attended country school near Artas. Clarence worked for area farmers near Eureka. On September 24, 1961, Clarence was united in marriage to Judy Rieger...
Angeline "Angie" Pixley
Jan 23, 2009
Angeline Angie Pixley, age 91, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died peacefully on Friday, January 23, 2009, at Good Samaritan Society in Pelican Rapids.Angeline Viola Grosz was born August 8, 1917, in Washburn, North Dakota, the daughter of Adam and Katherine (Lang) Grosz.Angie was baptized, confirmed and educated in Washburn.She helped her mother run their boarding house and it...
Elwin Dillerud
Jan 16, 2009
Elwin Arlan Dillerud was born December 5, 1935, in Norwegian Grove Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the son of Edwin and Mabel (Sorum) Dillerud.He was baptized and confirmed in West North Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Pelican Rapids.He attended grade school at District 48 and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1953.He farmed with his father for several years and...
Robert Irey
Jan 15, 2009
Robert Irey, age 82, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Thursday, January 15, 2009, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.Robert Arnold Irey was born January 22, 1926, in Friberg Township, Minnesota, the son of Jack (John) and Olga (Jorgenson) Irey.Robert served in the U.S. Army during World War II, spending time overseas in Japan.For several years,...
Gurneith Johnson
Jan 15, 2009
Gurneith Johnson, age 84, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 15, 2009, at Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota.Gurneith M. Schap was born June 18, 1924, in Fargo, North Dakota, the daughter of loving parents, Mike and Myrtle Schap. Gurneith had two older brothers, William and Loren.She grew up near Oriska, ND,...
Olina Monson
Jan 8, 2009
Olina Monson, age 90, a former resident of Pelican Rapids, who the Lord took home on January 8, 2009, in Crimora, Virginia, where she was residing with her daughter and family.Olina Betsy Swenson was born March 6, 1918, in Erhard, Minnesota, the daughter of Swen and Olga (Opsahl) Swenson.She married Kenneth Monson in 1938.They moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1947,...
Clifford "Vernon" Mostue
Jan 5, 2009
Vernon Mostue, age 93, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Monday, January 5, 2009, at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, surrounded by his family.Clifford Vernon Mostue was born May 3, 1915, in Erhards Grove Township, Minnesota, the son of Andrew and Anna (Jordahl) Mostue.He attended school at District #35 and was confirmed in Bagstevold Church in...
Dorothy Lien
Jan 4, 2009
Dorothy Lien, age 86, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Sunday, January 4, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society in Pelican Rapids.Dorothy Ann Carlson was born July 10, 1922, on the family farm in Erhards Grove Township, Minnesota, the daughter of Helge N. and Jerutia (Elliott) Carlson.She was baptized and confirmed at Central Lutheran Church, Pelican Rapids.Dorothy lived...
Robert Erickson
Dec 31, 2008
Robert Bud Erickson, age 85, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at Pelican Valley Nursing Home, Pelican Rapids.Robert Bud Siggerud Erickson was born August 27, 1923, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, the son of Carl George and Olivia (Siggerud) Erickson, the eighth of nine children.He graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1941.From October 1944...
Evelyn Haarstick
Dec 28, 2008
Evelyn Haarstick, age 93, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Sunday, December 28, 2008, at Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids.Wilma Evelyn Haarstick was born October 2, 1915, in rural Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of W.B. and Flora (Backstrom) Haarstick.She started school in District #54 in Fergus Falls Township.In 1925, she moved with her family to...
