Obituaries
Leighton Knudson
Feb 9, 2016
Leighton Knudson, age 95, of Alexandria, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM Friday, February 12, 2016 at the Bethany Home Chapel. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 PM Friday at Bethany. Interment will be private in the Nelson Cemetery. OBITUARY Leighton Knudson was born November 1, 1920 in Osakis Township,...
Marie Nokes
Feb 7, 2016
OBITUARY Marie Caroline Backhus Nokes, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, February 7th. Wife of the late Vern Leon Nokes, Marie was born November 14,1918, in Mapleton MN to Henry and Adele Backhus. She was baptized January 5, 1919 by Rev. Paul Elsel. She was confirmed November 25th, 1934 by Rev. A. W. Scharfe at Saint...
Gary Sayler
Feb 6, 2016
Gary L. Sayler age 68 of Alexandria died on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the VA Hospital in Minneapolis. A Memorial Service will be held 1:30 PM on Saturday, February 20, 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 Gary Lee Sayler was...
Aurolea Nelson
Feb 5, 2016
Aurolea Deloris Nelson was born on July 5, 1926 in Urness Township, the daughter of Emil and Ella (Thompson) Randstad. She later moved to Brainerd where she graduated from Brainerd High School in 1943. After graduation she went to Seattle, WA to work for Boeing Aircraft during the war. After the war she returned to Brainerd and worked as a...
John Tetzlaff
Feb 4, 2016
John Frederick Tetzlaff was born on September 6, 1935 in St. Paul, MN, the son of Frederick and Ruth (Kellam) Tetzlaff. He grew up in St. Paul and graduated from Monroe High School. He then attended Dunwoody Technical College to receive training to become an electrician. John noticed a girl in the eighth grade and had vowed to marry her...
Hilma Pipo
Feb 4, 2016
Hilma Edith Pipo, age 102, of Kensington, Minnesota, passed away on Thursday, February 4th, 2016 at Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN. Hilma was born near Wing, North Dakota to Leo and Maria Elkie on August 5, 1913. In 1918 the family moved to Wolf Lake, Minnesota and from there to Urness Township. On May 22, 1948 Hilma married Edwin...
Lori Koep
Feb 2, 2016
Lori Ann Koep was born August 16, 1962 to Erv & Delores (Rau) Paasch. She was born in Alexandria, and raised as a child on a small farm by Mount Carmel. When Lori was in elementary school her family moved to town, near Perry’s Furniture. She was the youngest of three children. As the youngest child, with two older brothers,...
Ruth Steen
Feb 1, 2016
Mrs. Ruth Anna Steen of Alexandria, Minnesota passed away at the age of 100, on her birthday, February 1st, 2016. Ruth was born to Alfred Jacob and Anna (Swedberg) Berglund, immigrants from Sweden, on February 1st, 1916 on a farm in La Grande Township, Douglas County, near Alexandria, Minnesota. Ruth was raised on the farm and attended public country school...
Lois Klimek
Jan 31, 2016
Sister Lois Klimek, O.S.B. Sister Lois Klimek, O.S.B., 91, a Benedictine Sister of Saint Bede Monastery in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, died Saturday, January 31 at Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, Minnesota. She had been a resident at Knute Nelson Memorial Home in Alexandria in recent years. Born July 28, 1917, in Millerville, Minnesota to parents Peter and Anna (Buerskin) Klimek,...
Thelma Nelson
Jan 30, 2016
Thelma Nelson, age 95, of Alexandria, died Saturday, January 30, 2016. A funeral service will be held at 7 PM Thursday, February 4, 2016 at the Anderson Funeral Home Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 PM Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be at 12 Noon Friday, February 5 at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. OBITUARY...
Lucille Dahlheimer
Jan 27, 2016
Lucille Dahlheimer (nee Mathena), age 80, of Alexandria, originally from Osseo, Minnesota passed away on January 27 in her home in Alexandria Township. Lucille was born in Elk River on October 30, 1932 to parents Melvin and Dorothy (Moos) Mathena, the second of seven children, the oldest sister. She grew up on Central Avenue in Osseo, and met her future...
Florence Westrom
Jan 24, 2016
Florence Louise Westrom was born in Lien Township, MN on September 28, 1923 the daughter of Hugo and Elin (Oakstrom) Lindblom. She was baptized and confirmed at Mission Covenant Church. She attended school in Grant County. Florence was united in marriage on September 29, 1945 at Wennersborg Lutheran Church to the love of her life Melvin Westrom. They lived in...
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...
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...
