Obituaries
Rebecca Koetter
Apr 26, 2014
Rebecca Ann Wicklum was born February 24, 1954 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Bedtke) Wicklum. She grew up in Rosemount, MN where she graduated high school. Following high school Rebecca served in the United States Army. After being discharged from the Army Rebecca returned to Minnesota and began raising her family. She was blessed with three...
Frank Tvrdik
Apr 24, 2014
Frank Joseph Tvrdik was born December 10, 1924 in Lake Mary Township, MN, the son of Frank and Barbara (Kalina) Tvrdik. He was raised and schooled in Lake Mary Township. Following his schooling Frank worked on the family farm. On August 13, 1945 Frank was united in marriage to Clara Danelke at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Parish House in...
Frances Becklund
Apr 23, 2014
Frances Margaret (Olson) Becklund was born September 7, 1923 in Hillsboro, ND, the daughter of Pedor and Hannah (Peterson) Olson. She grew up in Fosston, MN, where she graduated from high school. When Frances was 17 years old, her father Pedor died. After high school, Frances moved to Minneapolis with her mother. Hannah worked as a seamstress. Frances got a...
Robert Koch
Apr 16, 2014
Robert LeRoy was born on December 23, 1933, in Excelsior, Minnesota the son of Roy and Ethel (Radvenz) Koch. He graduated from Shakopee High School in 1951. Robert was united in marriage to Marlene Peterson on September 7, 1957, at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Hopkins. To this union four children were born. The Koch family resided in Shakopee where Bob...
George Poirier
Apr 16, 2014
OBITUARY George Stuart Poirier, the son of Ray and Faye (Taggert) Poirier, was born on August 24, 1929 in Bismarck, ND. George and his family moved to Montevideo, MN where he graduated from high school in 1947. He enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Korean War. He returned home and purchased ?The Daily Reminder" from his...
Albert Henrickson
Apr 13, 2014
Albert Phillip Henrickson, a life-long resident of Birchdale, MN, died April 13,2014, on his 94th birthday at Grand Arbor in Alexandria MN. A memorial service will be held April 19, 2014, at 11:00 AM at the United Congregational Church in Birchdale. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Rev. John Tschudy will officiate. Albert was born April 13,...
Roger Doty
Apr 13, 2014
Roger Steven Doty was born June 17, 1938 in Elgin, IL, the son of Denzil and Fern (Brockner) Doty. He grew up and attended school in Elgin. After graduating from Elgin High School, Roger worked on a survey crew for Illinois toll roads. Later he worked as a laborer painting water tanks. Roger went into a partnership on a bar...
Alice Baumann
Apr 12, 2014
OBITUARY Alice Margaret Baumann was born August 10, 1918 on a farm near Armstrong, Iowa to Christian and Nora Welte. The family moved to a farm in Martin County near Fairmont, MN in 1923 and she attended a country school in Pleasant Prairie. Alice graduated from Granada High School and then the Humboldt Business College in Minneapolis, MN. She worked...
Duane Lokken
Apr 11, 2014
OBITUARY Duane Harold Lokken was born the son of Harold and Margaret (Johnson) Lokken on February 2, 1941 in New Effington, SD. He attended and graduated from Cyrus High School in 1959. Duane married Diane Payne on December 21, 1959 in Cyrus, MN. Together they had three children Todd, Stephanie, and Debra. Duane worked at the Cyrus Grain Elevator until...
Lamont Mounsdon
Apr 11, 2014
Lamont Russell Mounsdon was born on February 6, 1923, the son of Russell and Rose Mounsdon. When Lamont was a young child his family moved to Iowa where they lived a short while and then moved back to Alexandria. He graduated from Alexandria High School in 1941. After graduation he worked on his parents farm until entering the Army with...
Maybel Czapiewski
Apr 9, 2014
OBITUARY Maybel Caroline Czapiewski, the daughter of Chris and Anna (Skavlem) Oas, was born on March 23, 1915 in Oslo, MN. She graduated from Oslo High School in 1933 and continued her education at a business school in Park River, ND. She subsequently worked as a bookkeeper at the Robertson Lumber Company in Grand Forks, ND. Maybel was united in...
Donald Mike
Apr 7, 2014
Donald Mike age 86 of Alexandria passed away peacefully and unexpectedly at Knute Nelson Nursing Home April 7, 2014 Donald Willmar Mike was born July 11, 1927 in Alexandria, MN. He was the first child born to Willmar and Esther (Heikkinen) Mike. He was baptized and confirmed at St Paul?s Lutheran Church, Moe Township. He grew up on the family...
Cyndi Nelson
Apr 6, 2014
Cyndi K. Nelson died peacefully at Knute Nelson on April 6, 2014, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson?s disease. Cynthia K. Johnson was born on April 1, 1961, the daughter of Leroy Carlton Johnson and Doris Violet Larson-Johnson at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Alexandria, Minnesota. She was baptized at home during a snowstorm with Paster Lokken officiating. Sponsors...
John Kalina
Apr 6, 2014
John Wencil Kalina was born on July 30, 1927 in Reno Township, Pope County, Minnesota to John F and Clara (Benesh) Kalina. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church in Reno Township. John attended school through the eighth grade at District 21, Reno School. John was united in marriage to Delores ?Dorsey? Rajdl at St. Mary?s...
Jack Trumm
Apr 4, 2014
John (Jack) W. Trumm was born on October 1, 1929, in Litchfield, Minnesota to Archie and Clara (Estensen) Trumm. He graduated from Grove City High School in 1947, and from the University of Minnesota in 1952 with a B.S. in Pharmacy. In the Korean War Jack served as a liaison officer and ambulatory platoon leader with the Norwegian Mobile Surgical...
Lindsey Gerdes
Apr 3, 2014
Lindsey Jo was born on March 24, 2014, the daughter of Paul and Kara (Martinson) Gerdes in Minneapolis. She was baptized on March 29th at Children?s Hospital. Even though she was only able to spend ten days with us she brought us so much joy and love in that short period of time. She is loved so much by us...
James Kaufman
Apr 3, 2014
Jim was born in Custer, South Dakota to Pearl and George Kaufman on August 19, 1938. In 1951, the family moved to Alexandria, Minnesota and bought a resort on Lake Cowdry. Jim graduated from Alexandria High School in 1956. After graduation Jim and a few of his friends enlisted and he served his country in the United States Navy for...
Donnie Olson
Apr 3, 2014
Donnie was born on February 18, 1930, in Holmes City Township the youngest of five children born to August and Mathilda (Anderson) Olson. The family farmed in Holmes City Township and Donnie attended country school and graduated from Kensington High School in 1948. Donnie was united in marriage to Joanne Rudell on June 13, 1953 at Farwell Lutheran Church. The...
Marion Thompson
Apr 1, 2014
OBITUARY Marion Genevieve Thompson was born on May 9, 1929 in Wadena, Minnesota the daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Saari) Kunnari. She grew up and graduated from Aurora high school and then moved to Minneapolis, MN. She worked at Honeywell where she met Clayton Thompson and on their second date Clayton told her he was going to marry her. They...
Lois Berglin
Mar 30, 2014
Lois Kay (Olson) Berglin was born on September 6, 1937, in Alexandria, Minnesota, the daughter of Clifford and Florence (Johnson) Olson. She attended Alexandria High School. Lois was united in marriage to Stuart Berglin on May 5, 1959 at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria. To this union two children were born, Scott and Tracy. The family lived in Alexandria where...
