Obituaries

Sep 11, 2017

Ruby Elaine Solum, 83, of Ulen, MN, passed away on Monday, September 11, 2017 at Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, MN. Ruby was born August 23, 1934 on a farm north east of Hitterdal, MN. She lived on the farm until she was 7 years old and moved into the town of Hitterdal, where she attended Hitterdal Public School...

Sep 10, 2017

LeRoy Lester Schroeder Jr., born February 7, 1944, in Moorhead, MN, passed away peacefully September 10, 2017, with his loved ones by his side in his home, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.

LeRoy grew up and lived in Dilworth most of his life, having 2 children: Todd Schroeder, living in Hudson, CO and Troy...

Sep 10, 2017

Sep 10, 2017

Myrtle “Mertie” Nord, 95, formerly of Wolverton, MN, passed away Sunday, September 10, 2017, at CHI St. Francis Home, Breckenridge, MN.

Myrtle was born Sept. 4, 1922 in Cosmos, MN, to Art and Elsie Flemming. She graduated from Litchfield, MN High School in 1940. She married Gerald Nord in California on Nov. 25, 1943. Gerald and Myrtle farmed for many...

Sep 8, 2017

Gerald “Gerry” Adair Stange, 94, of Moorhead, MN passed away September 8, 2017 at Villa Maria in Fargo, ND.

Wake will be held at Wright Funeral Home, 605 2nd Ave S, Moorhead, MN on Wednesday, September 13, from 5-6:30 pm with a prayer service following. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 14th at 11:30 am at St. Joseph’s Catholic...

Sep 5, 2017

Sep 5, 2017

Marion Wicker Bergseid was called into the arms of Jesus Christ, the Lord, our Savior, on September 5, 2017. She was 88, born on January 25, 1929. In youth she was a cheerleader for Hawley High School during the season they won the State Basketball Championship. Locally over the last few decades she was known for entertaining with song &...

Sep 4, 2017

Sep 4, 2017

Mavis Swenson passed away at her home on September 4, 2017. She was born at home in St. Olaf Township, Ottertail County, near Dalton, Minnesota on May 14, 1930 and was baptized at Tordenskjold Lutheran Church, rural Underwood. She was the only child of Mabel Victoria Runningen Jensen and Clifford Raymond Jensen.

The family moved several times over the years....

Sep 1, 2017

David George Larson 77 Lake Park, MN, passed away on September 1, 2017, at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND.

David was born on May 22, 1940, in Lake Park, MN, and was the only child of George and Thelma Anderson Larson.

He resided in the Lake Park area most of his life with a few young years in California.

David...

Aug 31, 2017

Aug 31, 2017

Donald Wood, age 87 of Moorhead, MN, passed away on August 31, 2017 at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead, MN. He was born September 24, 1929 to Ralph and Florence Tollefson Wood in Minot, ND.

Donald graduated from Shanley High School, later attending North Dakota State University in Fargo ND. Dad was a US Navy veteran and lifelong American Legion...

Aug 28, 2017

Ann Frances Deutsch Murphy, 86, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Monday, August 28, 2017, at Essentia Health Hospital in Fargo, ND, surrounded by her loving family. Ann was born on July 17, 1931, the youngest of 10 children, to Joseph and Julia Doherty Deutsch in Bemidji, MN. At the age of 12, Ann and her family moved to Fargo....

Aug 25, 2017

Aug 25, 2017

Ervin John Long, 90, of Detroit Lakes passed away on Friday, August 25, at 12:01 am at Essentia Health Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota.

Ervin was born on September 15, 1926 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota to Erwin and Emma Peterson Long. Erv attended school in Fergus Falls and lived in that area until he was eighteen.

On September 14,...

Aug 20, 2017

Aug 18, 2017

Deacon Stephen F. Nemeth, age 78, of Dilworth, MN took the divine retirement plan on Friday August 18, 2017. The son of Helen and Stephen Nemeth, he attended school and was raised in New Jersey. He served in the US Navy until 1962, when he was honorably discharged and married his bride, Clementine, in May 1962. He served as a...

Aug 18, 2017

Aug 17, 2017

Wayne “Stumpy” Richard Mortenson, 73, of Lake Park, MN, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2017, at Sunnyside Care Center in Lake Park, MN. Wayne was born on December 31, 1943, to Fred and Gladys Larson Mortenson in Detroit Lakes, MN. Wayne grew up and attended schools in Ogema and Glyndon, MN. He moved to Lake Park with his parents...

Aug 15, 2017

June 28, 1928 - August 15, 2017

Age 89, Bettie peacefully passed on at Augustana Care - Emerald Crest in Minnetonka, MN. A previous resident of Moorhead, MN where she was the youngest daughter to Walter and Olga Fuller. Her three sisters Mary Henry, Edna Pierce and Ruth Egge preceded her in death. She married her high-school sweetheart Ralph Withnell...