Obituaries
Thomas Henry Petermeier
Mar 20, 2025
Thomas Henry Petermeier, the sixteenth and youngest child of Henry and Elizabeth (Zirbes) Petermeier, was born on July 19, 1938 at Melrose Hospital in Melrose, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm north of Melrose where he developed his love for nature, animals and a strong work ethic. Everyday started and ended with milking the cows and as soon as...
Mary Kay Shoemaker
Mar 18, 2025
Mary Kay Shoemaker (Ettel) was born on November 13, 1954, in Freeport, MN to Al and Lori Ettel. She married Larry Shoemaker on August 12, 1977, in Hennepin County. Together they had two daughters, Kimberly and Dawn. After moving to Alexandria in 1995, Mary began working at Knute Nelson Memorial Home. She enjoyed helping others and worked hard taking care...
Natalie Johnson
Mar 17, 2025
Natalie Johnson, age 94, of Alexandria, died on Monday, March 17, 2025. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 7, 2025, 4:00 – 7:00 PM at the Anderson Funeral Home. Visitation will continue on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 PM at the Anderson Funeral Home with a Funeral Service at 1:00 PM. Burial will be at Kinkead Cemetery....
Casey J. DeJong
Mar 13, 2025
Casey J. DeJong, longtime Alexandria ISD 206 math teacher and tennis coach (1960-1991), passed away at Grand Arbor on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at age 94, under the care of Knute Nelson Hospice.
Born on the family farm on February 22, 1931, in the Dutch community of Edgerton, Minnesota, Casey was the fifth of six children born to Cornelis and Wilhelmina...
Marilyn June Myers
Mar 10, 2025
Marilyn June Myers was born on June 28, 1935, in Fargo, North Dakota, the daughter of Norman and Alma (Beseman) Heinen. The family moved to Plainview, Minnesota in 1941. Marilyn graduated from Plainview High School in 1953 and on June 3, 1956, Marilyn married her high school sweetheart, Ray Myers.
Marilyn taught sixth grade in Minnesota, Maryland, and Iowa. She and...
Patricia Lynn Dinham
Mar 8, 2025
Patricia Lynn Solem Dinham, born June 17, 1947 in Cottonwood, Minnesota to John Ryland Solem and Phyllis Mary Margaret Haberman, passed away on March 8, 2025 at the age of 77. Pat cared deeply for every living thing. She loved her family and friends and her dogs, cats, and horses.
She was an avid gardener and loved her plants. She also...
Bruce Byron Brundell
Mar 8, 2025
Bruce Byron Brundell, a loving father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on March 8, 2025, at the age of 82 at Alomere Health in Alexandria. Born on October 24, 1942, in Alexandria, MN, Bruce was a proud local who graduated from Jefferson High School in 1960. He then enlisted into the United States Army from 1961-1964. After completing his training...
Dianne Elizabeth Tomoson
Mar 6, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dianne Elizabeth Tomoson, aged 80, who left us peacefully on March 6, 2025. Born on October 27, 1944, in Aitkin, Minnesota, Dianne lived a remarkable life filled with love, laughter, and beauty—both inside and out.
Dianne attended country school near Glen, Minnesota, until the eighth grade and graduated from Aitkin...
Craig Severn Damstrom
Mar 4, 2025
Craig Severn Damstrom was born in Plentywood, Montana on September 16, 1943 to Wilbur and Eloyce (Anderson) Damstrom. Craig graduated from Montana State, Bozeman and received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture. For five years he volunteered for the peace corps in Guatemala, San Francisco, and Ecuador. In 1969, he married Kathy Dahl from Elbow Lake, Minnesota and the...
Carol June Gilchrist
Mar 4, 2025
Carol J. (Bourne) Gilchrist of Alexandria, Minnesota, formerly of Maui, Hawaii and Olivia, Minnesota, passed away at the age of 98 on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at Bethany on the Lake nursing home.
Carol was born on June 29, 1926 on the home farm in Rosewood Township, Montevideo, Minnesota to Halvor and Amanda (Hawkinson) Bourne. She attended country school through 8th...
Diane Joyce Ignowski
Mar 3, 2025
Diane was born in San Francisco on September 7, 1940, the daughter of Edward and Dorothy (Lindeborg) Unger. She grew up in San Francisco and graduated Balboa High School.
Shortly after graduation, she met her future husband Gary at a USO gathering. Gary left Alexandria following graduation to join the marines. Diane and Gary were married on March 19, 1960 at...
Wayne O Whiting
Mar 1, 2025
Wayne Odair Whiting was born on March 6,1928 in Pine City, Minnesota to Clinton and Salin (Anderson) Whiting. He was baptized in Pine City and confirmed at Svea Lutheran Church (Calvary) in Alexandria. The family farmed in the Pine City area until purchasing a farm in Alexandria in 1943. They continued to farm after his father died shortly after moving...
John (Jack) Baumann
Feb 27, 2025
John Albert Baumann, affectionately known as "Jack," was born on April 29, 1936, in Alexandria, Minnesota to John and Dorothy Baumann. He passed away peacefully at his home in Alexandria on February 27, 2025, in the care of his loving daughter and granddaughter, leaving behind a legacy filled with love, teachings, and cherished memories.
Jack dedicated much of his life to...
Casey A Kangas
Feb 24, 2025
Casey Allyn Kangas was born on June 27, 1981, in Glenwood, Minnesota the son of Clare and Doreen (Bachmann) Kangas. He grew up in rural Brandon and graduated from Evansville High School. In his younger years he enjoyed cooking at local restaurants, worked on several Dairy Farms. Later on in life he worked as a welder for Voyager Aluminum and...
John (Jack) Wagner
Feb 24, 2025
John (Jack) Wagner, 91, son of John and Katherine Wagner, passed away on February 24, 2025, in Starbuck, MN.
Full obituary and funeral service information to follow.
Rona' M. Anderson
Feb 22, 2025
Rona’ Marie Cook Anderson passed away on February 22, 2025, at her home in Alexandria, Minnesota.
Rona’ Marie Cook (Ronny) was born on January 31, 1943, in Flint, Michigan to Kenneth B. & Fern H. (Jeffries) Cook. Family lore says her dad named her after a character in a book he read; and now a daughter, granddaughter, and two of her...
James Theadore Jesnowski
Feb 21, 2025
James Jesnowski, 75 of Fargo, formerly of Evansville, passed away at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota on Friday, February 21, 2025. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Brandon. Burial will be at St. Ann's Cemetery, with a funeral luncheon to follow. A public visitation will be...
Gary Carlson
Feb 21, 2025
Donald Gerald "Gary" Carlson, 87, of Alexandria, Minnesota, passed away peacefully at his home on February 21, 2025, surrounded and cared for by his loving family from acute leukemia. He is survived by his children: Mark Carlson (Deb), Heidi Carlson, Juli Holst (Dan), and Eric Carlson (Karla); grandchildren: Kyle, Adam, Amy, Sam, Errol, Doe, Noah, August, and Jo; and siblings:...
Dean Roger Peterson
Feb 20, 2025
Dean Peterson, 88 of Alexandria, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at Little Falls Care Center in Little Falls, MN. A public visitation for Dean will be held on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria from 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM with a prayer service starting at 11:30. Burial will be at Lake Ida Cemetery...
Laura Mae Larson - Dosdall
Feb 20, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Laura Mae Larson - Dosdall, who left this world peacefully on February 20, 2025, at the age of 99½. Born on August 4, 1925, in Starbuck, Minnesota. Laura was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, devoted homemaker, and cherished friend to many. Laura was baptized and confirmed at...
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