Obituaries
Violet Haabala
Jan 23, 2016
Violet Margaret (Hagen) Haabala was born on December 28, 1924. She married Verner Jacob Haabala on July 8, 1944, together they farmed for fifty-five years. They were blessed with three children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. At the age of ninety-one, Violet died on Saturday, January 23,2016, at Bethany Home. She is survived by her son, Duane (Melody) Haabala and...
Blanche Wechsler
Jan 21, 2016
Blanche O. Wechsler age 91 of Alexandria died on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Bethany Home. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:30 AM on Monday, January 25, 2016 at Zion Lutheran Church in Alexandria. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. OBITUARY Blanche Odonna (Mueller) Wechsler was born December 29,...
Rodney Cihlar
Jan 21, 2016
Rodney Cihlar, age 70, of Minneapolis, formerly of Alexandria, died Thursday, January 21, 2016. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:30 PM Saturday at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria. Interment will be in Fort Snelling National Cemetery. OBITUARY Rodney Darrell Cihlar was born October 24, 1945 in Alexandria, MN, the son of Henry and Dorothy (Roers) Cihlar. He was...
Charlotte Ludwig
Jan 19, 2016
Charlotte Irene Johnson was born on May 8, 1931 one of four children to Edgar and Bertha (Mensinger) Johnson of Hoffman, Minnesota. When Charlotte was eight years old, her family moved to Garfield where she attended grade school and then later attended Central High School in Alexandria. She was a graduate from the first clerical class at the vocational school...
Cornelius Murphy
Jan 18, 2016
Cornelius “CJ” Murphy age 95 of Alexandria died on Monday, January 18, 2016 at Grand Arbor. A Funeral Service will be held 10:00 AM on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Saturday. OBITUARY Cornelius “CJ” Joseph Murphy was born on...
Jeanette Anderson
Jan 18, 2016
Jeanette (Haugum) Anderson was born December 25, 1921, one of two children of Johan and Mabel Haugum, of Montevideo, Minnesota. After graduating high school, Jeanette worked as a receptionist and assistant for Dr. Roust. In 1945 Jeanette married Gordon Anderson of Granite Falls. The couple lived in Atlanta, Georgia until the end of World War II. After the war the...
Gary Martin
Jan 16, 2016
Gerald “Gary” LeRoy St. Martin was born on April 17, 1941, in Herman, Minnesota, the son of LeRoy and Veronica (Corcoran) St. Martin. He attended Herman High School and graduated in 1959. On May 8, 1965, Gary was united in marriage to Diana Burnside at the Church of Nativity in Fargo, ND. The couple was blessed with three daughters –...
Gloria Lommen
Jan 16, 2016
Gloria Mardell Lommen age 82 of Alexandria and Minneapolis, died on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the University of Minnesota Hospital. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 2PM at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis with a visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. A second funeral service will be held...
Gladys Swenson
Jan 14, 2016
Gladys Irene Swenson, 94, passed away at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Iowa on January 14, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, January 22 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Minnesota. Burial will take place at Norunga Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 PM to 7 PM on Thursday January 21 at Anderson’s...
Art Nelson
Jan 14, 2016
Art Nelson (Levi Arthur Nelson) passed from this life into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Knute Nelson Care Center at the age of 100 years old. He was born September 14, 1915, to Alfred and Emma Nelson in Shevlin, Minnesota, baptized and confirmed at Clearwater Lutheran Church in Shevlin. Art lost...
Mavis Madden
Jan 13, 2016
Mavis Madden, formerly of Alexandria and Golden Valley, died at home on January 13, 2016. She was 84 years old. Mavis was born April 26, 1931 in Holmes City Township. She graduated from Alexandria High School in 1949. Mavis worked for Dr. James H. Cain in Alexandria for several years, then moved to Minneapolis in 1969. She worked for the...
Mary Bahe
Jan 11, 2016
Mary Ann was born on June 21, 1930, to Claus and Mildred (Griesse) Reyelts in Rock Rapids, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Rapids. While growing up, she worked at the Reyelts Family Dairy. Mary Ann graduated from Rock Rapids high school in 1948. She attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa for 2 years,...
Richard Nelson
Jan 10, 2016
Richard A. Nelson was born on May 6, 1930 in Minneapolis, MN to Norris and Agnes (Anderson) Nelson. The family moved to Alexandria, MN shortly after he was born. He spent his childhood in Alexandria, and at the age of 19, he joined the Army and served in the Korean War. After returning from the War, he was united in...
Benora Deming
Jan 8, 2016
Benora (Benny) Elaine Deming, 83, of Glenwood, MN, formerly of Alexandria, MN, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2016, at Glacial Ridge Hospital in Glenwood, surrounded by her loving family. A memorial service will take place at Glenwood Lakeside, Glenwood, MN, on Sunday, June 26, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. Burial for both Benny and her husband Robert (Bob) Deming will...
Suzanne Trumm
Jan 1, 2016
OBITUARY Suzanne Carol Trumm, the daughter of E.B. and Minna (Brix) Lindoo, was born on February 1, 1930 in Minneapolis, MN. She grew up in Milltown, WI where she graduated from high school in 1948. Suzie pursued an art major at the University of Minnesota and competed on the Synchronized Swimming Team. While attending a Kappa Delta Sorority social with...
Evelyn Conrad
Jan 1, 2016
Evelyn R. Conrad Evie Conrad, 82, of Alexandria, MN, formally of Sleepy Eye, MN, died at peace, with her two daughters by her side, at Bethany Community Home in Alexandria, MN, on Friday, January 1, 2016, after a brief battle with lung cancer. Evie was born on May 17, 1933, in Claremont, MN. She was the youngest child of Albert...
LuVerne Bokinskie
Jan 1, 2016
LuVerne (Lu) Joan Bokinskie died at Knute Nelson Nursing Home in Alexandria on January, 1st, 2016 after suffering a stroke in her home on Tuesday, December 29th. LuVerne was born on March 13th, 1933 in Sauk Centre, MN to Pete and Dorris Jennissen. She graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 1951 where she was homecoming queen. In December of...
Lawrence Kvitek
Dec 31, 2015
Lawrence John Kvitek, the son of Frank and Anna (Prchal) Kvitek, was born on September 1, 1927 in Reno Township, MN. The family then moved to Urness Township in Douglas County where Lawrence and his siblings helped out on the farm with daily chores and the farming. Lawrence continued to help his dad with the farming until he moved to...
Janet Swanson
Dec 26, 2015
Janet M. Swanson age 63 of Alexandria died on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at the St. Cloud Hospital. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the Alexandria Covenant Church in Alexandria. Visitation will be held from 5-8 PM on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Anderson Funeral Home and for one hour...
June Koch
Dec 26, 2015
June Dodds was born June 21, 1957 in New Rockford, ND, the daughter of David and Goldie (Landon) Dodds. She graduated from New Rockford High School in 1975, and attended Lake Region Community College, where she earned her degree in nursing in 1978. On November 17, 1978, June married John Koch in New Rockford, ND. To this union two children...
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