Obituaries

Jun 19, 2016

Jun 17, 2016

Elaine M. Lofgren, 90, of Hitterdal, MN, died Friday, June 17, 2016 at Viking Manor Nursing Home, in Ulen, MN.

Elaine Mary Severson was born December 16, 1925, in Barnesville, MN, to Knute and Mary Griffin Severson. She attended Assumption Catholic School in Barnesville through the 8th grade and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1944. On May 27, 1945...

Jun 8, 2016

Jun 7, 2016

Jun 7, 2016

John N. Young, Jr., 80, of Hawley, MN, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in the VA Medical Center, Fargo, ND. John was born March 30, 1936, in Barnesville, MN, to John Sr. and Alma Nelson Young. He grew up in Rollag, MN, and attended District 3 country school before moving to Hawley and graduating in 1954. John continued...

Jun 6, 2016

Jun 3, 2016

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May 31, 2016

Tracie Sheets Humphrey was born on October 24, 1968 in Fargo, ND. She died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on May 31, 2016 from complications of pneumonia. She graduated from Moorhead High School, attended NDSU in early childhood education and earned a degree in computer programming from Moorhead Community & Technical College. Through the years, she was employed at...

May 29, 2016

Gertude Lucille Anderson Johnson was born February 8, 1927, in rural Arnegard, ND. She was the sixth of seven children born to Harry F. and Maren Josephine Jorgens Anderson. Gert lived through the Great Depression and attended the first six years in a one-room school. In 1940, her family moved to a farm north of Lake Park, MN, and in...

May 28, 2016

Larry E. Schons, 87, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2016, at Eventide on 8th, Moorhead, MN. Larry was born March 3, 1929, in Sleepy Eye, MN. He grew up on their family farms in Minnesota and North Dakota before moving to Fargo in 1938. He married Patricia Knudson on May 12, 1949. Together they had seven...

May 28, 2016

Mabel May Elizabeth Olsgaard, 88, was born on May 12, 1928 in Van Hook, N.D. to Borger and Olga Hveem Varloe, where they farmed. She died Saturday, May 28, at Eventide Nursing Home. She graduated from Van Hook High School, Minot State Teachers College and the Lutheran Bible Institute in Seattle. She taught elementary school in North Dakota at Lakota,...

May 26, 2016

May 24, 2016

May 24, 2016

Helen Jeannette Jorgenson Evert was born near Rothsay, MN, to Hjalmer and Hilda Strandlien Jorgenson on December 11, 1926 and passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016. She was baptized at Little Bethany Church near Barnesville, MN, and grew up in the Hawley, MN, area. Helen graduated from Hawley High School in 1945 and married Carl A. Evert from Sabin, MN,...

May 23, 2016

Phillip R. Brown, 70, of Vergas, MN, died Monday, May 23, 2016, at Essentia Hospital, Detroit Lakes, MN.

Phillip Robert Brown of Loon Lake, Minnesota, passed away on May 23, 2016.

Phil was born in Dallas, Texas July 17, 1945 to Robert and Darlene Gillaspie Brown. His family moved to Wyoming where he spent the next 12 years....

May 22, 2016

Roy Malakowsky, 94, of Hawley, MN, died Sunday, May 22, 2016 at his home.

Roy Raymond Malakowsky was born October 2, 1921 in LaBelle, Florida, to Otto and Christina Eppler Malakowsky. In 1929 he moved with his family to Minnesota where he graduated from Hawley High School.

Roy was married to Aileen Meyer on September 5, 1947 at...

May 22, 2016

May 22, 2016

Paul N. Grotte, 60, of Georgetown, MN, died Sunday, May 22, 2016 at his home. No services are planned at this time.

May 20, 2016