Obituaries

Aug 10, 2017

Aug 7, 2017

Leigh Johnson, 53, of Hawley, MN, died Monday, August 7, 2017, at Sanford Health in Fargo.

Leigh Anthony Johnson was born June 22, 1964, in Moorhead, MN, to Ronald and Colleen Fabre Johnson. He grew up and graduated from high school in Hawley, MN. Leigh attended two years of college at Moorhead State University in the criminal justice program....

Aug 4, 2017

Duane Clayton Nelson was born on February 22, 1931, in Barnesville, MN, to Hartvig and Mabel Solum Nelson. He grew up on the family farm, attended country school until 8th grade and was a member of the Rollag Lutheran Church. He completed his high school education at Barnesville High School and the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston. Duane married...

Aug 3, 2017

Aug 1, 2017

Milton R. Opatril, 78, of Dilworth, MN, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017, at Lilac Homes, Moorhead, MN. Milton was born June 1, 1939, on his grandparent’s farm near Downer, MN, to Rudolph and Marie Kluck Opatril. He grew up on the family farm north of Hawley and graduated from Hawley High School in 1957. Following high school he farmed...

Aug 1, 2017

Mr. Jerome Thompson, 83, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore and Julia Nelson Thompson on November 27, 1933, the second of seven children.

Jerome was raised on a farm south-east of Rollag, MN, and at the age of twelve, his family moved to a farm south of Hawley. He worked on the Kasin farm and Jetvig farm. He also...

Jul 29, 2017

Jul 28, 2017

Jul 28, 2017

Dennis James McDonald, 50, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2017 in his home in Detroit Lakes. Dennis was born on December 12, 1966 to Lee and Thelma Hardy McDonald, in Orange County, CA.

No services are being held at this time.

Jul 27, 2017

Grace E. Nelson, 85, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Eventide in Moorhead.

Grace Elaine Johnson was born November 11, 1931, in Lisbon, ND, to Joseph and Olga Johnson. Grace loved to tell the story of how they celebrated the day she was born by shooting off a cannon at the Veteran’s Home in Lisbon-it was...

Jul 26, 2017

Betty Jean Holman, 88, of Marmarth, ND, died Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at Evergreens of Moorhead.

Betty Jean Austin was born August 2, 1928, in Bowman County, ND, to John and Edith Craig Austin. She grew up and attended school in Marmarth, ND. She was married to Ron Stuart and they had 6 sons together. On April 24, 1963, she...

Jul 22, 2017

Jul 21, 2017

Jul 21, 2017

Roger D. Albro, 65, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Friday, July 21, 2017, at his home. Roger was born August 14, 1951, to John and Agnes Lerback Albro in Breckenridge, MN. He grew up on a farm near Brampton, ND, and attended school in Forman, ND. Following high school, he served in the U.S. Army where he was stationed...

Jul 21, 2017

Irving O. Holm, 88, Moorhead, MN, passed away on Friday July 21, at Villa Maria Nursing Home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.

Irving was born August 12, 1928 in Rollag, MN to Oscar and Evelyn Holm. He attended country school until 8th grade and later earned his GED. Irving entered the Army and served in...

Jul 20, 2017

Eunice M. Pederson, 88, Moorhead, MN, died on July 20, 2017 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.

Eunice Matilda Pederson was born on March 5, 1929, to Lars and Alma Christensen in Wilmont, SD. She grew up on the family farm near Wilmont where she attended school. Shortly after high school, she began teaching in Volga, SD. She stopped to...

Jul 20, 2017

Steven W. Malakowsky, 68, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Thursday, July 20, 2017, in his home, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Steve was born October 18, 1948 in Moorhead, MN to Walter and Marjorie Miller Malakowsky. He grew up and attended school in Hawley. After graduating high school, he served with the United States Marine Corps...

Jul 19, 2017

Marilyn DeVaughn Thompson, 86, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in Woodbury Healthcare Center, Woodbury, MN. Marilyn was born September 20, 1930, at Hawley, MN, to Andrew and Inga Berg. She grew up and attended school in Hawley, graduating from Hawley High School. Following high school, she continued her education and received a Bachelor of Science from Moorhead...

Jul 17, 2017

Virginia Fasteen, 77, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Monday, July 17, 2017, at Lilac Homes, Moorhead, MN. Virginia was born on September 28, 1939, to R. Tilford and Blenda Knutson Gregerson, in Ulen, MN. She grew up and graduated from high school in Ulen before moving to California for a time. When she returned, she began working at Bell...

Jul 16, 2017

Adrian A. Stetz, 80, Moorhead, MN, died on July 16, 2017, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.

Adrian Albin Stetz was born July 2, 1937 to John and Helen McDunn Stetz in Moorhead, MN. He grew up in Barnesville, MN.

He married Jeri Thompson in October of 1961 in Barnesville, MN, and they enjoyed 55 years of marriage. In 1956, he...