Obituaries
Howard Ogaard
May 17, 2014
Howard Lawrence Ogaard was born on October 5, 1954 in Romulus, NY to Raymond and Shirley (St Michel) Ogaard. The family settled in Minot, ND where Howard graduated in 1973. Howard enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Oakland, CA, where he was an oral surgeon technician for four years. After being honorably discharged, Howard returned to Minot...
Sarah DeGidio
May 14, 2014
Sarah Ann DeGidio was born on July 26, 1981, in Waconia, Minnesota, the daughter of Vincent and Kathy (Ludke) DeGidio. She graduated from high school in Richfield, Minnesota. After high school Sarah moved to the Starbuck area where she met Nate Block. The couple moved to Moorhead where Sarah worked for IC Systems. The couple returned to Starbuck and Sarah...
Bruce Kelly
May 12, 2014
Bruce James Kelly was born October 8, 1951 in Clear Lake, South Dakota. His parents were John and Ann Kelly. He grew up on a farm near Revillo, South Dakota (he would tell you ?Oliver spelled backwards-kinda?). Bruce passed away on Monday, May 12, 2014 in Elbow Lake, MN. He graduated from Revillo High School in 1969 and went on...
Lillian Norland
May 12, 2014
Lillian Hilda (Friedman) Norland was born on June 23, 1918 in Blue Mounds Township, Starbuck, Minnesota to Emil and Amanda (Runquist) Friedman. She was baptized, confirmed and married in the Lake Emily Mission Covenant Church. She grew up in Pope County where she attended District 53 School. Lillian was her father?s ?little boy?, working side by side with Emil as...
James Ruplinger
May 10, 2014
James Ernest Ruplinger was born on September 7, 1948 in Benson, MN, the son of Robert and Audrey (Hoffman) Ruplinger. James was baptized in Fairfield and confirmed Our Redeemers Lutheran Church in Hancock, MN. He graduated from Hancock High School where he participated in football and wrestling. Jim then continued his education at Willmar Community College. In 1967 Jim moved...
Nancy Floyd
May 8, 2014
Nancy Lou Lund was born May 8, 1941 in Alexandria, MN, the daughter of Norman and Evangeline (Lorenz) Lund. She was raised in Alexandria and graduated from Central High School. In the mid 1960?s Nancy was united in marriage to Herbert Floyd. Nancy was blessed with one child, Lisa. She made her home in Alexandria. Later Nancy became a resident...
Richard Lawler
May 8, 2014
Dr. Richard J. Lawler, DDS, was born on May 23, 1933, in Willmar, Minnesota, the son of Richard J. and Rose (Fladeboe) Lawler. He attended Willmar schools and graduated from Willmar High School in 1951. He continued his undergraduate education at the University of St. Thomas and received his DDS from the University of Minnesota Dental School in 1958. Dick...
Harlow Boyd
May 5, 2014
Memorial Service will be held on June 19, 2014 at the First Congregational Church in Alexandria, Minnesota at 2 p.m. with visitation at 1:00 p.m. Burial will be at Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria, MN. H. James Boyd was born on January 17, 1921 at Alexandria, Minnesota. He is the son of Dr. Leon and Lytta Raiter Boyd. Jim attended elementary...
Donald Underhill
May 5, 2014
OBITUARY Donald Louis Underhill was born on October 29, 1942 in North East Minneapolis, the son of Donald and Jeanette (Felix) Underhill. Don grew up and attended school in NE Minneapolis. After school Don lived and worked in various places before moving to Champliin, MN. He married Sharon Dudley on September 29, 1984 in Brooklyn Park, MN at Sharon?s mother?s...
Ralph Doonan
May 5, 2014
Ralph Eugene Doonan (84) of Alexandria, MN unexpectedly passed away on May 5, 2014 with his immediate family by his side. Ralph, the youngest of 3 children, was born April 2, 1930, to John and Carrie (Hansen) Doonan at their country home in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa. He attended country school at Clay No. 3 through the 8th grade....
David Paulson
May 5, 2014
David Morgan Paulson was born on December 7, 1944, in Osceloa, Wisconsin the son of Morgan and Grace (Kobes) Paulson. Dave graduated from Osceola High School and furthered his education at Eau Claire State College. After college David worked for Bellanca Aircraft in Wisconsin. On December 13, 1963 David was united in marriage to Patricia Skifstad in Osceola, WI. The...
Joan Bjerknes
May 4, 2014
Joan ?Jo? Kathryn (Koenecke) Bjerknes was born on August 27, 1934 to Frank and Elizabeth (Chworowsky) Koenecke. Jo graduated from Sherburne High School in 1952. She attended Mankato State and started teaching. She finished her schooling during the summers and graduated in 1956 with a degree in elementary education. During her teaching years she mostly taught 4th graders in various...
Patricia Heidelberger
May 3, 2014
Patricia Lucille Heidelberger passed away May 3, 2014, at Mountain Vista Hospital in Apache Junction, AZ. Pat was born on September 22, 1948, the daughter of Michael and Marie (Doebber) Lanigan at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Alexandria. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary?s Church in Alexandria. She graduated from Jefferson Sr. High School in 1966 and...
Richard Bahe
May 3, 2014
Richard, the second of eight children born to Ernest and Marie (Pommerening) Bahe, was born near Elrosa, Minnesota on August 21, 1928. He was baptized and confirmed at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Belgrade. He attended a one-room country school for eight years and then Belgrade High School where he graduated in 1945. After staying out of school and working for...
Florian Roers
May 2, 2014
Florian Michael Roers was born on July 17, 1919, in Millerville, Minnesota the son of Joseph and Mathilda (Woida) Roers. He attended St. Mary?s Catholic School in Millerville. Florian was united in marriage to Lenora Mary Thoennes on October 16, 1941, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Urbank. The couple had a dairy farm where they raised their seven children....
Dorothy Bundy
Apr 30, 2014
Dorothy ?Kitty? Lillian (Hove) Bundy, age 90, passed away peacefully on April 30, 2014. She was born in Alexandria to Clifford and Lillian Hove on April 23, 1924. She was a graduate of Alexandria High School, class of ?42. She attended Hamline University and received her RN degree after completing her nurses training at Asbury Hospital. Kitty was a member...
Mary Weiland
Apr 29, 2014
Mary Weiland, 88, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Alexandria. Mary Anna Karels was born on August 31, 1925 in Bellingham, Minnesota the daughter of John and Lena (Stoick) Karels. She was the second youngest of nine children. Mary graduated from Bellingham High School in 1943. She began a long career with the Telephone Company while living in California...
Harold Blakesley
Apr 29, 2014
Harold Richard Blakesley, son of Ralph and Edith (Wallace) Blakesley, was born December 27, 1931 in Willmar, Minnesota, a middle child of six children. He graduated from the West Central School of Agriculture in Morris in 1948, and stayed to attend one year of advanced courses through 1949. Harold served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955, doing...
Andrew Timm
Apr 27, 2014
Timm, Andrew R. age 27, of Cincinnati, OH, formerly of Allen, TX, born in Bloomington, MN on July 15, 1986, died on Sunday, April 27, 2014. Family moved to Allen, TX in 1997 where he was a graduate of Allen High School and college graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas with a BS in Computer Science. Employee of...
