Obituaries
Evelyn Caroline Peterson
Feb 5, 2021
Evelyn Peterson, 96, of Detroit Lakes, passed away of Friday, February 5, 2021 at home under the care of Hospice. Evelyn was born on November 14, 1924 to Peter and Rose (Turchin) Bitzan in Millerville, MN. She grew up on the farm and attended country school. She was united in marriage to Marvin Karger in Parkers Prairie, MN. They lived...
Pastor James R. Erb
Feb 1, 2021
Pastor James R. Erb, age 91 of Detroit Lakes, MN passed into the arms of Jesus on February 1, 2021 at Ecumen – Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes.
James Ronald Erb was born in Beemer, NE to David and Anna (Grieser) Erb on March 5th, 1929. He shortly followed his parents move to MN in 1949, when he brought...
Louise Lillian Robinson
Jan 31, 2021
Louise L. Robinson age 79 of Detroit Lakes, MN died January 31, 2021 in her residence.
Louise Lillian Robinson was born March 17, 1941 on a farm south of Osage, MN to George and Sylvia Mattson Laine. She was born in a St. Patrick’s Day blizzard. Her uncle Richard Mattson took a team of horses to get a neighbor lady...
Pastor Brian Dean Erickson
Jan 29, 2021
Pastor Brian Dean Erickson, 60 Pastor Brian Dean Erickson was born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on May 21st, 1960 to Donald and LaVonne Erickson. He grew up in Detroit Lakes and fondly remembered his years at Rossman Elementary. He was a 1978 graduate of Detroit Lakes High School and later NDSCS in 1989 and UND in 1991. Always having a...
Arden Joel Svenby
Jan 26, 2021
Arden J. Svenby age 77 of Detroit Lakes, MN died January 26, 2021 at the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND.
Arden Joel Svenby was born February 5, 1943 in Mahnomen, MN to Albin and Elizabeth (First) Svenby. He grew up and attended grade school in Bejou, MN. He then attended high school in Mahnomen, graduating from Mahnomen High School...
Douglas Wayne Carlson
Jan 25, 2021
Douglas Wayne Carlson was born October 12, 1965 in La Puente, California the son of George and Jeanette (Anderson) Carlson. He passed away January 25, 2021 at the University of Minnesota-Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis. He moved to the Detroit Lakes area as a young boy and graduated from Detroit Lakes high school. Doug started Midwest Stucco and traveled the country...
Jon Arthur Nygard
Jan 24, 2021
Jan (Jon) Arthur Nygard died on January 24, 2021 at the VA Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born on March 1, 1944 in Nevada, Missouri where his father was on active duty with the U. S. Army during WWII. Jan would point out that he missed being a “Leap day” baby by just a few hours. His...
Marilyn Irene Jernberg
Jan 15, 2021
Marilyn Irene Jernberg of Detroit Lakes, MN passed away on January 15,2021, at Sanford hospital in Fargo, ND.
Marilyn was born in Devils Lake, ND to Rev. Harlan and Irene (Wrolstad) Peterson. She attended School in Edmore, ND and graduated high school in Cass Lake, MN.
She married Robert Martin Jernberg and lived in Cass Lake and Bemidji while attending...
Zachary Allen-Eugene Asleson
Jan 15, 2021
The man. The myth. The legend. Men wanted to be him, and women wanted to be with him. Zachary Allen-Eugene Asleson passed away peacefully in his home on January 15th, 2021 after rescuing a litter of kittens from a burning building. Or maybe not. But we all know how he liked to tell stories.
The saga began on April 28th,...
Daniel John Tigges
Jan 6, 2021
Daniel John Tigges was born Sept 3, 1965, in Crookston, MN, and died, unexpectedly, in his home, on Jan. 6, 2021 at the age of 55. Dan was the second son and fourth and youngest child of John and Yvonne Tigges. He moved with his family in 1967, was raised, and spent his entire life in Detroit Lakes, MN, although...
Crystal Eve Van Maasdam
Jan 1, 2021
After a courageous 11 year battle with Alzheimer's, Crystal Van Maasdam passed away peacefully at home and in the arms of her husband on January 1st, 2021. Crystal Eve Holt was born on October 19th, 1953 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Ruby Holt (Earley) and Dean Holt. She married her loving husband Curtis Van Maasdam on August 16th, 1980. They...
William Martin Bertossi
Jan 1, 2021
William Martin Bertossi passed away January 1st, 2021 with his wife at his side holding his hands. William Martin Bertossi was born November 26, 1942 to William G. and Inez B. (Foss) in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was raised and educated in Falcon Heights. In 1961 Bill Married Carol Vogt. They had two daughters, Joyce Traci and Constance Renee. They...
Phyllis Elaine McLeod
Dec 26, 2020
Phyllis Elaine McLeod, age 88, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away December 26, 2020 of complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease. Phyllis was born to Parnell and Evelyn Smeby in Fargo, ND on March 17, 1932. She attended Oak Grove Lutheran High School where she became an accomplished pianist and graduated at the age of seventeen with the class of 1949....
Rodney "Butch" D. Eastman
Dec 26, 2020
Rodney D. “Butch” Eastman age 76 of Detroit Lakes, MN died December 26, 2020 at the VA Medical Center in Fargo, ND, due to Corona Virus complications.
Rodney Dean Eastman was born December 5, 1944 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Harry and Shirley (Stearns) Eastman. Rodney grew up in the Cotton Lake area and went to Country School until sixth...
Douglas Covington Crow
Dec 24, 2020
A passionate St. Louis Cardinals fan, Douglas Covington Crow had an enduring love of country and the Arkansas of his youth. He died in the early hours Christmas Eve of renal failure in his home, surrounded by his family, on Pickerel Lake in Rochert, Minnesota.
Doug was born, along with his twin brother, Dick (Richard Wayne Crow), in Little Rock,...
Rose Arlene Wendt
Dec 22, 2020
Rose Arlene (Quittschreiber) Wendt passed away on December 22, 2020 at home under Hospice of Red River Valley at the age of 83. Rose was born April 2, 1937 in Evergreen township, Becker County, Minnesota to Elmer and Clara Quittschreiber. Rose was baptized at St. Paul’s Evergreen Frazee, MN on May 6, 1937 and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Frazee,...
Gerald "Red" Sloan
Dec 21, 2020
Gerald “Red” Sloan passed away on December 21, 2020, at Detroit Lakes, MN. He was born September 7, 1932, to George R. Sloan and Geneva Joy Sloan in Detroit Lakes, MN. Gerald attended school in Detroit Lakes and started working early in life. He married Irene Thompson on May 29, 1953, in Moorhead, MN, and celebrated 67 years of marriage...
Ronald Alton Owens
Dec 20, 2020
Ronald Alton Owens, age 86, of Audubon, MN died peacefully at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Hospital, Detroit Lakes, MN with family by his side on December 20, 2020.
Ronald Alton Owens was born July 1, 1934 to John and Madeline (Roberts) Owens in Detroit Michigan. He attended school in Detroit and dropped out of school after completing the 8th grade...
Eugene Peter Garastik
Dec 19, 2020
Eugene Garastik, age 88, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020.
Heidi Marie Wischnak
Dec 17, 2020
Heidi Marie Wischnak, age 46, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020
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