Obituaries
Lowell Louis Crowell
Nov 2, 2013
Lowell L. Crowell, 59, Of Detroit Lakes, passed away Saturday November 2, 2013 at Essentia Health in Fargo from complications due to cancer. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday November 6 at the West Kjos Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes, with Pastor Fred Crowell officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to Wednesday's services at the funeral home. Lowell...
Betty Jane Klomstad
Oct 24, 2013
Betty J. Klomstad age 90 of Detroit Lakes, MN died October 24, 2013 at the Frazee Care Center, Frazee, MN. Betty Jane Klomstad was born May 18, 1923 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Harry and Edna Peck Britton. She grew up and attended school in Detroit Lakes, graduating from Detroit Lakes High School. She then attended Moorhead State Teachers College...
Sharon Rae Goff
Oct 21, 2013
Sharon Rae Goff was born on October 31, 1939 in West Fargo, ND to Milton and Mildred Anderson. After Milton died, Mildred married Ed Merrill and he adopted her children. Sharon spent her childhood in West Fargo and graduated from High School there as Valedictorian. In April of 1959 she married Duane Charles Bachmeier in Bismarck, ND. The couple moved...
Charlotte Margaret Fankhanel
Oct 21, 2013
Charlotte M. Fankhanel age 98 of Detroit Lakes, MN, formerly of Vergas, MN died October 21, 2013 at the Cottages of Ecumen in Detroit Lakes. Charlotte Margaret Fankhanel was born on October 12, 1915 in Vergas, MN to Henry and Hattie Quiram Hinze. She contracted Polio shortly after taking her first steps and spent numerous years as a patient at...
Douglas James Dalve
Oct 20, 2013
Douglas James Dalve, 70, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at Frazee Care Center, Frazee, Minnesota. Doug was born on November 10, 1942, the son of Orin and Thelma (Wallace) Dalve in Ponsford, Minnesota. He attended country schools and public schools in Waubun and Callaway. Doug was drafted into the United States Army and served in...
George Fredrick Pearson
Oct 18, 2013
George Fredrick Pearson, 80, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2013 at Frazee Care Center, surrounded by his loving family. George was born on April 1, 1933 to John and Katherine(Gaab) Pearson in Moorhead, Minnesota. He grew up in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1951. George received a Bachelor of Science Degree of Education...
Neil Duane Bloomquist
Oct 16, 2013
Neil Duane Bloomquist, 85, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Oak Crossing, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Neil was born on May 12, 1928, the son of Claude and Bertha Bloomquist in Rockford, Illinois. As a young child his family moved to Duluth, Minnesota, where Neil graduated from Central High School in 1945. Neil worked on a tug boat...
Eugene Edward Fuhs
Oct 11, 2013
Eugene Edward Fuhs, 81, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Ecumen-Emmanuel Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Gene was born on October 26, 1931, the son of Edward and Minnie (Johnson) Fuhs in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was raised and educated in Detroit Lakes, graduating from Detroit Lakes High School in 1950. As a young man, Gene enlisted...
Marlis Ione DelMain
Oct 11, 2013
Marlis Ione (Malde) DelMain, 86, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Essentia Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Marlis was born on May 20, 1927 in Cooperstown, North Dakota to Olaf & Stella (Soli) Malde. Marlis attended school in Park River, North Dakota and college at Concordia and Moorhead State in Moorhead, Minnesota. She earned a degree...
Bernice Vanderpoel
Oct 11, 2013
Bernice Vanderpoel, 94, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Frazee Care Center, Frazee, Minnesota. Bernice was born on April 6, 1919, the daughter of Henry and Clara (Versteeg) Bouma in Chandler, Minnesota. She was raised and attended rural school in Hancock, Minnesota. On June 17, 1937, Bernice married Glenn Vanderpoel in Glenwood, Minnesota. They farmed in the...
Paul Joseph Schmidt
Oct 5, 2013
Paul Joseph Schmidt, 79, rural Detroit Lakes, Minnesota died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at his home. Paul was born the son of Frank and Marguerite (Daughton) Schmidt on December 30, 1933 in Leon, Iowa. He was educated in Leon and graduated high school in Dubuque, Iowa. Paul was united in marriage to Frances Wilcox on October 11, 1952 in Des...
LaRayne "Rena" Gigstead
Oct 2, 2013
LaRayne B. "Rena" Gigstead age 94 of Detroit Lakes, MN died October 2, 2013 at her residence. Rena Gigstead was born on November 18, 1918 in Vergas, MN to Joseph and Anna Trautner Mistelske. She grew up and attended school in Vergas. As a young lady she worked at Lambert's Drug Store in Detroit Lakes, MN, where she met her...
Albert Franklin Jackson
Sep 28, 2013
Albert Franklin Jackson Born January 22, 1931 in Columbus, Ohio Died September 28, 2013 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota The bare facts hardly do justice to the life of this extraordinary man, but it would take an entire newspaper just to begin to tell his story. Parents: Walter Ira Jackson and Margaret Alberta Cain Jackson. Two siblings: His brother, Walter Ira...
Lester Norfield Lade
Sep 17, 2013
Lester Norfield Lade, 86, rural Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at his home under the care of Hospice and his family. Lester was born on July 31, 1927, the son of David and Anna (Gloxzin) Lade in Millerville, Minnesota. He attended country school in rural Ashby, Minnesota. Lester was united in marriage to Eleanore Sternberg on October...
Norman Edward Peters
Sep 10, 2013
Norman E. Peters, 73, Rochert, Minnesota, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at St. Mary's- Essentia Health, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Norman was born on June 19, 1940, the son of Ervin and Muriel (Graham) Peters in Park Rapids, Minnesota. He graduated from Park Rapids High School in 1959. Norman enlisted in the United States Army in 1961 and served until receiving...
Daryl Eldon Wischnak
Sep 10, 2013
Daryl E. Wischnak age 74 of Vergas, MN died September 10, 2013 at his residence. Daryl Eldon Wischnak was born August 16, 1939 in Frazee, MN to Ed and Ida (Gravermoen) Wischnak. He grew up on a farm in rural Vergas, MN and attended country school. He graduated from Frazee High School in 1957. Daryl lived in the Vergas area...
Lillian Violet Meeks
Sep 9, 2013
Lillian V. Meeks age 86 of Osage, MN died September 9, 2013 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, MN. Lillian Violet Meeks was born March 23, 1927 in Chisholm, MN to Arvid and Aune Longfors. The family moved to Snellman, MN when Lillian was a young girl. She grew up there and attended the Shell Lake School. She moved...
Emmett Miller
Sep 8, 2013
Emmett Miller 95, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at Ecumen-Emmanuel Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Emmett was born on November 14, 1917, the son of Herman and Nora (Flom) Miller in Flom, Minnesota. He was raised in Flom and graduated from Waubun High School in 1934. Emmett was united in marriage to Adeline Solberg on February 7,...
Ethel M. Malvick
Sep 8, 2013
Ethel Malvick, formerly of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away in Pendleton, Oregon, at age 93. Ethel M. Halverson was born September 17, 1919, the eldest of seven, to Clara and Roy Halverson on the family farm at Oak Lake Crossing between Audubon, MN and Detroit Lakes, MN. She graduated from the 8th grade country school. She worked at housekeeping in...
Gunda Adelle Steen
Sep 7, 2013
Gunda A. Steen age 92 of Detroit Lakes, MN died September 7, 2013 at Essentia Health-Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes, MN. Gunda Adelle Bakken was born July 5, 1921 to Ole and Caroline Johnson Bakken in Holmesville Township, MN. She grew up and attended country school in Holmesville Township. She later worked in various homes in the area as well...
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