Obituaries
Muriel Murray
Dec 14, 2016
Muriel Murray, age 90, of Hoffman, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at the Evansville Care Campus. Muriel Adeline Murray was born on March 20, 1926, the daughter of Dorsey and Mathilda (Edman) Blehr. Muriel was baptized on September 18, 1926 in Holmes City by Pastor Anderson. She was confirmed on June 25, 1939, at Lands Lutheran Church in Hoffman...
Neil Ehlers
Dec 8, 2016
Neil Ehlers, age 77 of Elbow Lake passed away Thursday, December 8, 2016 at Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake. Neil Alfred Jerome Ehlers was born September 12 1939 in Fergus Falls, MN, the son of Nevin Jerome and Arlene (Tollefson) Ehlers. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. As a youth he worked at Range Hatchery in...
Dorothy Kaasa
Dec 5, 2016
Dorothy Kaasa, age 91, formerly of Ten Mile Lake, and Elbow Lake, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016 at her home in Osakis, surrounded by her family. Born on July 8, 1925 in Fergus Falls, MN, the fourth child of six born to Carl and Palma (Dahlager) Synstelien, Dorothy grew up in the Ten Mile Lake area and received her...
Carolyn Blixrud
Nov 28, 2016
Carolyn Jean Ackerson was born Thursday, October 6, 1927, the second child and only daughter of Arthur Harold and Isabella Mary Simpson Ackerson. Her early years were spent on the Ackerson farm in rural Elbow Lake, MN, and growing up she spent much time with her cousins at the Simpson family cottage on nearby Ten Mile Lake. She played clarinet...
Edward Backman
Nov 27, 2016
Edward Backman, age 88, formerly of Kensington, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016, on his 18th wedding anniversary, at Grand Arbor Assisted Living in Alexandria, MN. Edward Merle Backman was born November 12, 1928 to the late Henry and Dora (LaQua) Backman. He was baptized December 23, 1928 at St. Charles Catholic Church, and confirmed June 15, 1942. He was...
Ardis Ronhovde
Nov 14, 2016
Ardis Ronhovde, 90, rural Barrett, died Monday, November 14, 2016 at the Barrett Care Center. Ardis DeLaine was born on April 30, 1926, at home in Lien Township to Palmer and Bertina (Swenson) Pederson. She was a very sick baby and was baptized at home by Reverend O. G. Aasen when she was four days old. Her sponsors were Olaf...
Alice Miles
Nov 10, 2016
On November 10, 2016, at the age of 99, Alice was called to eternal life to be with her Lord. Alice had lived for two and a half years at the Barrett Care Center where she passed away. Alice was the third of six children born to Ole and Alma Nelson on July 16, 1917. She was born in the...
Dorothy Hulzebos
Oct 29, 2016
Dorothy Hulzebos, age 89, of Hoffman, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Steven's Home Plus, Barrett, MN. Dorothy Helen DeWitte, the second of six children, was born to John and Helen (Brinkmeyer) DeWitte on March 24, 1927 in Jasper, Minnesota. Dorothy attended Jasper school, graduating in 1945. Following graduation, she worked at Rae's Café. On December 4, 1945, Dorothy...
Donna Olson
Oct 26, 2016
Donna (Toddie) Olson, age 87, of Elbow Lake, passed away, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at the Barrett Care Center, Barrett, MN. Donna Mae Ketter was born June 13, 1929 to Frank and Maylinda (Karger) Ketter in Frazee, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, and graduated from Frazee High School. On September 2, 1950, Toddie was...
Almyra Kapphahn
Oct 9, 2016
Almyra Kapphahn, age 88 of Elbow Lake, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016 at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls. Almyra Joanna Jorgens Kapphahn was born on Nov. 22, 1927 in rural Elbow Lake to Joseph and Anna Jorgens. She attended country school and Elbow Lake High School and graduated in 1945. After graduating she worked in Minneapolis. Her future...
Eljene Amundson
Oct 7, 2016
Eljene Amundson, 91, of Elbow Lake, died Friday, October 7, 2016, at Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake, MN. Eljene Harriet Nelson was born August 16, 1925 near Wendell, MN, the daughter of Swante and Gurine (Lien) Nelson. She attended school in Wendell, and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1943. Eljene attended Concordia College in Moorhead for a...
LeVonne Swanson
Oct 6, 2016
LeVonne Swanson, a woman of many names, many talents, and many friends, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, October 6, 2016, in Edina at age 97. She was born in Elbow Lake on May 3, 1919, to parents Ole and Anna (Dahler) Halvorson, and lived most of her life there. LeVonne was an energetic girl who...
Wallace Bullis
Sep 26, 2016
Wally Bullis, age 87 passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake. Wallace James Bullis was born on July 16, 1929 in North Ottawa Township to James and Pearle (Cowell) Bullis. He attended District 61 School up until they moved to Wendell, attending there through the eighth grade. At that time he went on to...
Beverly Hubbard
Sep 21, 2016
Beverly Hubbard, 90 of Barrett died Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at the Central Todd County Care Center in Clarissa. Beverly Mae Hubbard was born on May 5, 1926, in Laurens, Iowa the daughter of Morris and Grace (Davis) Wiley. She was baptized and raised in the First Christian Church in Laurens and graduated from the Laurens High School in 1944....
Joanne Langmaack
Sep 20, 2016
Joanne N. Langmaack, age 74, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Elbow Lake, passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at the Barrett Care Center. Joanne Noreen was born September 23, 1941 to Rudolph and Johanna (Frikken) Langmaack in Fergus Falls, MN. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith. She attended Elbow Lake School, graduating in 1960. Following graduating she...
Janice Kroc
Sep 15, 2016
Janice B. Kroc of Barrett, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016 at the Barrett Care Center at the age of 74 years. Janice Bernice was born to Ruth Heidman in Duluth, Minnesota on August 6, 1942. She was raised in the Catholic Faith and attended school in Duluth. Janice married young and began raising their four children, Teresa, Angie, Tony...
Lois Persons
Aug 29, 2016
Lois D. Persons, 87, of Hoffman, MN, died on Monday, August 29, 2016, at the Barrett Care Center. Lois Darlene Schluns blessed the family of Harriet and Fred Schluns when she was born May 4, 1929 on a farm site near Fulton, Illinois. She joined the family of Earl, Walter, and Velma, (now all deceased). Later another girl, Lavonne, was...
Marcus Alvstad
Aug 13, 2016
Marcus Alvstad, 92 of Elbow Lake, Minnesota died Saturday, August 13, 2016, at the Evansville Care Center, with Ardis his loving wife of fifty-two years at his side. Marcus Donald Alvstad was born on May 12, 1924, at home in Pelican Lake Township, Grant County, Minnesota the son of Erick and Mina (Rustad) Alvstad. He was baptized and confirmed in...
Willys Larson
Aug 11, 2016
Willys Grant Larson, 67, of Brandon, MN, died Thursday, August 11, 2016, at St. William's Living Center in Parkers Prairie. Willys was born on October 11, 1948 in Alexandria, MN, the son of Orrin and Harriet (Burkey) Larson. He was baptized at First Lutheran Church in Miltona and later confirmed at Solem Lutheran Church near Kensington. Willys graduated from Kensington...
Irene Hansen
Aug 8, 2016
Irene J. Hansen, age 92, of Elbow Lake, passed away Monday, August 8, 2016 at the Barrett Care Center. Irene Josephine was born on June 10, 1924, at the Hansen farm in Elbow Lake Township of Grant County, MN, the sixth and last child of Henrik "Henry" Thorwald and Tillie (Burtness) Hansen of Norwegian heritage. She attended Pleasant Hill School...
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