Obituaries
Mavis Julia Budke
Sep 11, 2022
Mavis Budke, 84, a resident of Pelican Rapids passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2022, at the Pelican Valley Senior Living.
Mavis Julia was born July 9, 1938, in Fergus Falls, MN to Ferdinand and Alice (Jacobson) Lehman. She was baptized and confirmed at Foxhome Lutheran Church. In 1956 Mavis graduated from Breckenridge High School.
Mavis was united in...
Curtis Wayne Lodin
Aug 31, 2022
Curtis Lodin, age 74, of Dent, MN, died Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.
Curtis Wayne was born September 30, 1947, to Vincent and LaVerne (Olson) Lodin in Pelican Rapids, MN. Curtis was confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids. He graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1965. He lived in Santa Maria, CA for...
Maxine Beverly Ballard
Aug 25, 2022
Maxine Ballard, age 85, of Pelican Rapids, MN, died Thursday, August 25, 2022 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.
Maxine Beverly was born March 14, 1937, to Evan Brede and Christine Selma (Berg) Rossum on the family farm in Norwegian Grove Township, near Pelican Rapids. She was baptized and confirmed at South Immanuel Church near Rothsay, MN. She attended country school...
Erwin "Lee" Leigh Field
Aug 22, 2022
Erwin Leigh (Lee) Field, 86 years old, passed away August 22, 2022, at the Fergus Falls Veterans home surrounded by his family.
Lee was born January 7th, 1936 in Maine Township, Otter Tail County to Erwin and Lila (Nelson) Field. He grew up in Star Lake township and enlisted in the Air Force in late 1954. After basic training at...
David "Dave" Bryan McDonald
Aug 15, 2022
David “Dave” McDonald, age 55, of Pelican Rapids, MN, died Monday, August 15, 2022, at his residence under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and his family.
David Bryan McDonald was born September 10, 1966, a son of Donald and Louise (Bell) McDonald in Moorhead, MN. He graduated from Audubon High School in 1985. Dave attended Detroit...
Junell Orpha Robley
Aug 14, 2022
Junell Robley, 91, died on Sunday, August 14, 2022, at the PioneerCare Center in Fergus Falls, MN. Junell Orpha was born October 15, 1930, in Pelican Rapids, MN the daughter of Oluf and Alida (Jenson) Christianson. Junell grew up in Pelican Rapids and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1948. On September 30, 1950, she was united in marriage...
LaDonna V. Fjestad
Aug 3, 2022
LaDonna Fjestad, age 88, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at Riverfront on Main, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota.
LaDonna V. Sorum was born August 18, 1933, in Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Bennett T. and Muriel C. (Wick) Sorum. She grew up in Maplewood Township, east of Pelican Rapids. LaDonna was baptized at Maplewood Lutheran...
Dennis Verney Bauman
Aug 2, 2022
Dennis Bauman, 87, of Erhard, Minnesota passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2022 surrounded by his family at the Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota.
Dennis Verney Bauman was born May 22, 1935 to Verney and Myrtle (Shol) Bauman in Friberg Township of Ottertail County. His early years were spent living and working in this same area.
He was...
Patricia "Pat" Erickson
Jul 28, 2022
Patricia “Pat -Patty” Erickson, 79, of Long Lake near Vergas, MN, went to heaven on Thursday, July 28th, 2022, at the Mahnomen Health Center, Mahnomen, Minnesota. Pat was born at 1:33 pm, June 16, 1943, at the Ancker Hospital in St. Paul, MN to Bernard “Bud” and Grace (Bakeman) Hoffman. Pat grew up in the Maplewood Hills of Erhard, where...
Dean Smischny
Jul 26, 2022
Dean Smischny, age 92, passed peacefully on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 due to complications from Parkinson’s. He was surrounded by family in his Pelican Rapids home.
Dean was born June 10, 1930 in Goodland, KS, to Raymond and Flora (Huffman) Smischny. He was baptized at age 17 in Green Mountain Falls, CO. He attended Manitou Springs High School, where he...
Norris "Windy" Ferm
Jul 10, 2022
Norris “Windy” Ferm, age 95, of Erhard, MN died Sunday, July 10, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society, Battle Lake, MN.
Norris was born October 26, 1926, in Bowbells, ND, to Talus and Elma (Lundquist) Ferm. He attended school in Bowbells through the 8th grade. “Windy” lived in the Flaxton area where he broke broncos. He enlisted in the U.S. Army...
Patrick Salokar
Jun 25, 2022
Patrick Salokar, age 54, of Pelican Rapids, MN, died Saturday, June 25, 2022, at CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck, ND.
Patrick was born May 2, 1968, to Barbara Madole in Billings, MT. He attended school in Moorhead, MN, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1987.
On April 7, 1989, Patrick married Christine in Fargo, ND. He attended Moorhead State graduating...
David Dale Nudell
Jun 24, 2022
David Nudell, 68, a resident of rural Pelican Rapids and Oklahoma City, died on June 24, 2022 at his home on Tamarac Lake. David Dale Nudell, was born December 3, 1953, in Valley City, ND, to Dale and Dalene (Wadeson) Nudell. David grew up in the Browns Valley area and graduated from Browns Valley High School in 1971. On September...
Eric Gordon Fife
Jun 18, 2022
Eric Fife, 48, died Saturday, June 18, 2022, near his home on South Lake Lida.
A private family gathering is planned.
Please keep Eric's family in your thoughts and prayers.
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LeRoy "Jim" James Fiedler
Jun 14, 2022
Memorial Service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 15, 2022, at Zion Lutheran Church on Franklin Lake with Pastor Gary Erdmann officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Face mask are highly recommended.
To watch Jim's service live streamed please go to Zion Lutheran Church, Pelican Rapids Facebook page.
LeRoy James (Jim) Fiedler...
Loren "Babe" Milton Bekkerus
Jun 12, 2022
Loren “Babe” Bekkerus was born June 25, 1958, in Fargo, ND; son of Rosalynn “Rose” and Gordon “Gordy” Bekkerus. Babe passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at his lake home under the care of Hospice, surrounded by family.
Babe grew up in Detroit Lakes, where he graduated from Detroit Lakes High School. He...
Eileen Barbara Ormsby
May 10, 2022
Eileen Barbara (Seifert) Ormsby, age 92, of Pelican Rapids, MN, died Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at Pelican Valley Senior Living in Pelican Rapids.
Eileen was born April 23, 1930, in Pelican Rapids, MN to Walter and Alpha (Johnson) Seifert. She graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1948. She attended Moorhead State Teachers College and taught school at District #12 in Barnesville in 1950-51.
On June 30, 1951, she...
Arlene Mae Hanson
Apr 28, 2022
Arlene Hanson, 70, a resident of Erhard, MN died peacefully on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND with her loving family by her side.
Arlene Mae was born August 31, 1951, in Moorhead, MN the daughter of Alvin and Grace (Kuik) Johnson. She attended district #1407 country school near Elizabeth, MN and later graduated from Fergus...
Mary Carol Peterson
Apr 24, 2022
Mary Carol Peterson, aged 85, passed away on April 24, 2022 in Buffalo, Minnesota with family at her bedside. She was born in Minneapolis on December 5, 1936, the first child of Julia Johnson and Harold Sorensen. Her youth was spent in Minneapolis, and she enjoyed many summers on her Danish-immigrant grandparents’ farm near Tyler, Minnesota. At age seven, Mary...
Shirley Jenson
Apr 9, 2022
Shirley Irene Jenson, 79, a resident of Pelican Rapids, MN, entered her heavenly home on April 9, 2022.
Shirley Irene Olson was born July 24, 1942, in Detroit Lakes, MN, to Lester and Irene (Roach) Olson. Shirley grew up and graduated from Lake Park High School. She attended Interstate Business College in Fargo, ND.
On July 14, 1962, Shirley married...
