Obituaries

Aug 2, 2010

Idella L Lien, age 95, of Lake Park, MN, died Monday, August 2, 2010, in Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, MN.Idella Lucille Baumgard was born on April 26, 1915, to Herman and Alma Ihrke Baumgard in Brewster, MN. Shortly after Idella was born, the family moved to Audubon, MN, where she grew up and attended school. Idella graduated from Audubon...

Jul 31, 2010

Clair Oliver Haugen was born April 11, 1935, near Henning, Minn. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1953; earned his Bachelor's from Concordia College, Moorhead and his Master's and Doctorate from University of Wisconsin – Madison. He taught his entire career at Concordia College in the Speech Communications Theater Arts Department, retiring in 1997. In retirement he worked...

Jul 31, 2010

Barbara Diane Felde was born on April 25, 1930 to Alvin and Helen Bowlby in Minot, ND. She was a graduate of Minot High School, attended Minot State College, and received her Medical Technologist certification from Trinity Hospital in Minot. She specialized in microbiology. Barb met her husband of 58 years, Norm Felde, when he was playing baseball for the...

Jul 31, 2010

Margaret A. Stoll, 82, of Dilworth, died July 31, 2010 in Innovis Health Systems, Fargo, ND. Margaret Adeline was born November 10, 1927 in Ulen, MN to Otto and Ruby Alyea Pagel. She attended school at St. Joseph's. In February 1947, she married Robert Griffin. They raised their children in Dilworth, MN and the surrounding areas. Robert died in 1962....

Jul 28, 2010

Walter T. "Buddy" Larson, 82, of Hawley, MN, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Sanford Health Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, North Dakota. Buddy was born September 1, 1927, in Cromwell Township, near Hawley, MN, to Jentoft and Lillian Olson Larson. He grew up and attended school there. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Buddy married EuDell...

Jul 26, 2010

Blaine was born September 30, 1955, in Moorhead, MN, to Donald and Dolores Boule Berg, where he grew up and attended school. He later moved to Minneapolis, where in 1982, married his wife, Kristie. Together they made their home in Minneapolis before moving to Moorhead for a time, then to Glendive, MT, and finally settling in Bloomfield, NE. Blaine was...

Jul 24, 2010

Nevada I. Softing, age 81, of Hawley, MN, died Saturday, July 24, 2010, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Nevada Iona Bratlien was born on March 23, 1929, to Oscar and Sophie Larson Bratlien in Parke Township. She attended rural school District #109 along with her two sisters and brother. On May 14, 1947, she married Orvis Softing at the Hawley...

Jul 23, 2010

Private family services to be held.

Jul 19, 2010

Grace was born October 15, 1915, to Louis and Marie Osborne in Mahtowa, MN, where she grew up and attended school. On June 19, 1936, she married Robert Erickson in Duluth, MN. Together they lived in numerous places before settling in Moorhead. Grace worked at Concordia College for several years. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the...

Jul 17, 2010

Mae was born May 30, 1927, to Elmer and Alma Jellum Ellingson in Hamden Township, Becker County, MN. She attended rural schools and grew up in the Lake Park area. Mae worked at various jobs in Detroit Lakes before her marriage to Lyle Johnson on June 10, 1950, in Lake Park. Together they farmed north of Lake Park. Lyle died...

Jul 16, 2010

Joseph Michael Prosby, Jr., formerly of Felton, MN, died Friday, July 16, 2010, after a long illness. he was surrounded by his loving family. Joe was born May 27, 1928, on the family farm to Joseph Sr. and Isbelle Prosby. He attended school at Morken Township 22 West, graduated from Moorhead High School, and studied mechanics at Dunwoody Institute in...

Jul 16, 2010

Eula D. Davis, age 90, of Moorhead, MN, died Friday, July 16, 2010, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN.Eula Delena Rea was born on October 20, 1919, to Everett and Hattie Tucker Rea in Glyndon, MN. She grew up and attended school in Glyndon, graduating from Glyndon High School in 1937. On November 1, 1945, she married Roy Davis in...

Jul 15, 2010

Kevin G. Bowser, age 55, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, MN. Kevin Grant Bowser was born on January 29, 1955, to Lawrence Sr. and Ferne Francis Bowser in Fullerton, CA. He grew up and attended school in California and Idaho. In 1982, he was married in Dilworth, MN, to the mother of...

Jul 2, 2010

Ronn was born March 18, 1957, in Moorhead, MN, to Roy and Aileen Meyer Malakowsky. He grew up on the family farm north of Hawley and attended school in Hitterdal and later in Hawley where he graduated from high school. After high school in continued his education and graduated from North Dakota State University. After college Ronn was offered a...

Jun 29, 2010

Magnus Alvin "Al" Bjornson, 82 of Barnesville, MN died on June 29, 2010. Al was born in Grand Forks, ND on October 11, 1927 to Sig and Freda Bjornson. He had an older brother, Fred; a younger brother, Darrell; and a younger sister, Lois. He attended school in Grand Forks, ND and graduated from high school in Moorhead in 1945...

Jun 28, 2010

Isabell A. Remore, age 79, of Moorhead, MN, died June 28, 2010, in MeritCare Hospital, Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Isabell Antionette Olson was born December 9, 1930, in Ward County, ND, to Edward Sr. and Gladys Putney Olson. The family moved to Roseau, MN, and later Moorhead, MN, where Isabell has since resided. She received her GED in 1981,...

Jun 28, 2010

Ed was born on November 19, 1917, on a farm near Sabin, MN, to Erick Amatus and Elise Marie Erickson. He was baptized on December 17, 1917, at Bethesda Lutheran Church, Moorhead, MN. At the age of 6, he started school at Clearview School unable to speak much English since his father came from Sweden and his mother came from...

Jun 26, 2010

Jun 21, 2010

Orval M. Hurner, 79, Moorhead, MN, died on Monday, June 21, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Orval was born on March 4, 1931, in Moorhead, MN, to Fred and Crystal Mart Hurner. He grew up on the family farm northwest of Glyndon, MN. He attended school in a one room schoolhouse in Morken Township, District 22 West, and then attended...

Jun 21, 2010

Charles E. "Chuck" Johnson, 61, Fargo, ND, died on Monday, June 21, 2010, in Omaha, Nebraska.Charles Earl Johnson was born on September 30, 1948, in Fargo, ND, to Earl and Lillian Krabbenhoft Johnson. He grew up and attended school in Hickson and Kindred, ND, graduating from Kindred High School in 1966. He served in the U.S. Navy, working in secure...