Obituaries
Gloria Applin
Dec 4, 2010
Gloria Applin died Saturday, Dec. 4, at Prairie Ridge Hospital & Health Services in Elbow Lake. Funeral: 11:00 am Thursday, Dec. 9,Erickson-Smith Funeral Home, Elbow Lake Clergy: Pastor Scott Ruud Cemetery: Union Cemetery, Elbow Lake Visitation: One hour before the service Memorials are preferred to the Good Samaritan Society-Hoffman. Gloria was born November 19, 1926, in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, to...
Darwin Sylskar
Nov 30, 2010
Darwin Sylskar, 39, of Shakopee, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, December 4, 2010, at First Lutheran Church in Kensington with the Rev. Barbara Chapman officiating. Family will greet friends at the church one hour before the service. Darwin Roy Sylskar was born February 22, 1971, at Greenbush, Minnesota, to...
Mildred Stark
Nov 27, 2010
Mildred Stark, age 90, of Morris (formerly of rural Kensington) passed away Saturday, November 27, 2010, at the Courage Cottage in Morris. Funeral services for Mildred Stark will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Hoffman with Rev. Nathan Thompson officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5-7pm at Messiah Lutheran Church in...
Donald Nelson
Nov 21, 2010
Don Nelson, 77, of Elbow Lake, died Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. Funeral: 1:30 pm on Sat., Nov. 27, Bethlehem/West Elbow Lake Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake Clergy: Pastor Scott Ruud Burial: Union Cemetery, Elbow Lake Visitation: Friday from 5-7 pm at Bethlehem/West Elbow Lake Lutheran Church and resume one hour before the...
Edna Nordin
Nov 12, 2010
Edna Lorraine Retzlaff Nordin, 85, Hoffman, died Friday, November 12, 2010, at Prairie Ridge Hospital & Health Services in Elbow Lake. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Hoffman with the Rev. Nathan Thompson officiating. Burial will be in the Emmanuel Cemetery, Swan Lake Township, Morris. Visitation will be held...
Harold Hubbard
Nov 12, 2010
Harold Hubbard, 86, Barrett, died Friday, Nov.12, at Prairie Ridge Hospital & Health Services, Elbow Lake. Harold Frank Hubbard was born May 6, 1924, in Cummins Township, Pocahontas County, Iowa, to Lou J and Carrie Adelia (Leander) Hubbard. He was baptized in September 1924 at the Laurens Methodist Church and attended school in Laurens through the 10th grade. On September...
Inez Henry
Nov 11, 2010
Inez Henry, 93, of Elbow Lake, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010,at the MN Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Inez Elaine (Hanson) Henry was born August 28, 1917, in Gary, Minnesota, to Helmer and Benora (Hermanson) Hanson. She graduated high school in 1936 from Mahnomen and then took an accounting course in Crookston, Minnesota, and worked as office manager for the...
Jerome Nordquist
Nov 11, 2010
Jerome Nordquist, 76, of Hoffman, died Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Good Samaritan Society-Hoffman. Memorial Service: 2:00 pm Tuesday, Nov. 16, Messiah Lutheran Church, Hoffman Clergy: Rev. Nathan Thompson Visitation: 9am to service time Cemetery: Bethel Cemetery, Hoffman
Wilfred Schwarck
Nov 9, 2010
Wilfred Schwarck, 75, Elbow Lake, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, at Prairie Ridge Hospital and Health Services. Wilfred Henry Schwarck was born May 29, 1935, in Pomme de Terre Township, Grant County, to Fred and Selma (Woessner) Schwarck. Willie was born and still lived on the farm his grandfather, Fritz Schwarck moved into in 1900. Willie was baptized on June...
Agnes Sorenson
Nov 9, 2010
Agnes Sorenson, 85, Erdahl, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, at the Barrett Care Center. Agnes Nora (Goldstein) Sorenson was born November 1, 1925, in Webster (Day County), South Dakota, to John and Mary (Stich) Goldstein. The family moved to the Millerville, Minnesota, area when Agnes was a toddler. The family later moved to a farm south of Evansville. She attended...
Adrian Roswold
Nov 8, 2010
Adrian Roswold, 87, passed away November 8, 2010, and was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was born July 3, 1923, near Evansville, Minnesota, to Albert and Sadie (Nelson) Roswold. Adrian was baptized at Fryksande Lutheran Church, Evansville, by Rev. Erickson and confirmed at St. Petri Lutheran by Rev. H. B. Raun, Evansville. He attended grade school...
Lester Westberg
Nov 2, 2010
Lester Orrin Westberg, age 89, entered into rest at the Barrett Care Center on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. He was born in Douglas County, Minnesota, on May 21, 1921, to O.J. and Bertha (Larsson) Westberg. Lester spent his early years as one of the "Westberg Brothers" on the family farm located in Urness Township of Douglas County. He was baptized...
Arlene Knoll
Oct 27, 2010
Arlene Knoll, 62, of Elbow Lake, died Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at Prairie Ridge Hospital and Health Services, Elbow Lake. Visitation will be held at the Erickson-Smith Funeral Home in Hoffman on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from 9a.m. to 11 a.m. There will be a prayer service at 10 a.m., with Father Arlie Sowada officiating. Burial will be at 3...
Anna Starner
Oct 24, 2010
Anna "Maud" Starner, 100, of Hoffman, died Sunday October 24, 2010, at Johnson's Adult Care Home, rural Barrett. Funeral: 11:00 am Thursday, October 28, 2010, Messiah Lutheran Church, Hoffman Clergy: Rev. Ivan Wambheim Cemetery: 9:30 burial at Lakeside Cemetery, Herman. There is no visitation. Maud, as most people knew her, was born at Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Canada, on May 7, 1910,...
Louise Johnson
Oct 22, 2010
Louise Johnson, 95, Hoffman, died Friday, October 22, 2010, at Prairie Ridge Hospital and Health Services, Elbow Lake. Funeral: 11:00 am Friday, October 29, 2010, Grace Evangelical Free Church, Elbow Lake Clergy: Rev. Don Trulson Cemetery: Union Cemetery, Elbow Lake Visitation: 5-7 pm Thursday, Erickson-Smith Funeral Home, Elbow Lake; resumes at the church one hour before the service Louise Mayme...
Glen Gilbertson
Oct 22, 2010
Glen Gilbertson, 85, of Hoffman, died Friday, October 22, 2010, at the V A Hospital in Minneapolis. Funeral: 11:00 am Wednesday, October 27, 2010, Zion Lutheran Church, Hoffman Clergy: Rev. Donald Wagner Cemetery: Union Cemetery, Elbow Lake. Visitation: 5-7 pm Tuesday at the Funeral Home; resumes one hour before the service at the church He was born to Arthur and...
Orlin Windom
Oct 18, 2010
Orlin Windom, 91, Elbow Lake, died Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in the same room, in the same home, in the same community in which he was born and was surrounded by his family at the time of his death. Orlin considered himself a life-long resident of Elbow Lake. Except for a stint in the military and extended periods from home...
Melvin Foss
Oct 11, 2010
Melvin Foss, 93, of Barrett, died Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, at the Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake. Melvin Leonard Foss was born September 20, 1917, in Cyrus, Minnesota, to Martin and Lena (Mithun) Foss. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended country school near Cyrus through the 8th grade. On December 6, 1941, Melvin was...
Arvin Gerber
Oct 9, 2010
Arvin Gerber, 84, a resident of the Barrett Care Center, died Sat., Oct. 9, 2010, at the Center. Arvin Lincoln Gerber was born February 12, 1926, on the Gerber farm in North Ottawa Township, rural Norcross. He attended rural District #40 school through the 8th grade and attended the West Central School of Agriculture in Morris for a year and...
Myrtle Raatz
Oct 4, 2010
Myrtle Raatz, 98, a resident of the Good Samaritan Society - Hoffman, died Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, at the care center. Funeral: 11 am Friday, Oct. 8, First Lutheran Church, Kensington Clergy: Rev. Barbara Chapman Visitation: 2 hours prior to service Cemetery: First Lutheran Cemetery, Kensington Myrtle May (Blomgren) Raatz was born on May 28, 1912, in Gray Township near...
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