Obituaries
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...
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...
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...
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...
Grace Elaine Francis
Aug 28, 2013
Grace E. Francis age 75 of Detroit Lakes, MN died August 28, 2013 at the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine, MN. Grace Elaine Francis was born May 5, 1938 in Trail, MN to Gilbert and Violet Evenson Thompson. She attended country school thru the eighth grade and later graduated from McIntosh High School. She married Jerome Haugen in 1956....
Craig Schultz
Aug 27, 2013
Sept 13, 1963 - August 27, 2013 Craig Schultz passed away suddenly at his residence in Detroit Lakes, MN USA, due to cardiac arrest. Craig will be forever missed by his three sisters Dianne Woroniuk and her husband Don, Karen Mantie and her husband Ed, Debra Rempel and her husband Barry and their families; as well as his many treasured...
Joseph Albin Jenson
Aug 19, 2013
Joseph A. Jenson age 95 died August 19, 2013 at the Frazee Care Center in Frazee, MN. Joseph Albin Jenson was born November 2, 1917 on a farm in Norman County. He was raised on a farm in the Ulen area and attended a one room country school. In 1940 he married Sadie Madson and continued farming until 1956 when...
JoAnn C. Brown
Aug 18, 2013
JoAnn C. Brown age 80 of Detroit Lakes, MN died August 18, 2013 at Essentia Health - Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. JoAnn Brown was born March 1, 1933 in Ada, MN to Gunnard and Carla Hoeglund Rasmussen. She grew up and attended school in the Ada and Twin Valley area. The family later moved to Detroit Lakes, where JoAnn...
Timothy Wayne Mackenthun
Aug 18, 2013
Timothy Mackenthun, 46, Detroit Lakes passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at Kindred Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Timothy Wayne Mackenthun, son of Johnny and Marian (Sedberg) Mackenthun, was born on April 17, 1967 in Detroit Lakes. Tim graduated from Detroit Lakes High School and Minnesota Technical College in Detroit Lakes. He worked several years at the Shooting Star Casino...
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