Obituaries
James Ohlaug
Sep 12, 2013
James H. Ohlaug James Howard Ohlaug was born on November 7, 1928 in Madison, MN, the son of Oscar and Ida (Digre) Ohlaug. He was baptized and confirmed at Hegre Lutheran Church. James graduated from Madison High School in 1946. He met the love of his life Grace Borstad and prior to his leaving to the Korean War they were...
John Smith
Sep 11, 2013
John Lyle Smith, son of Harry and Bertha (Engesser) Smith, was born on November 7, 1933, at Tracy, Minnesota. He died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at the St. Williams Living Center in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota. John was baptized at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Tracy. The family moved to St. James when John was a boy. He attended Butterfield...
John Smith
Sep 11, 2013
John Lyle Smith, son of Harry and Bertha (Engesser) Smith, was born on November 7, 1933, at Tracy, Minnesota. He died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at the St. Williams Living Center in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota. John was baptized at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Tracy. The family moved to St. James when John was a boy. He attended Butterfield...
Agnes Ledermann
Sep 11, 2013
Agnes (Aggie) Florence Ledermann was the 10th child born to Math and Margaret Jennissen on January 25, 1942 of rural Sauk Centre. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. She attended School District #53 and then went on to St. Francis High School in Little Falls, MN. She then went on to LPN School at...
Hazel Walters
Sep 3, 2013
OBITUARY Hazel Jeanette Ekeberg was born November 3, 1925, near Underwood, MN to John and May (Glibertson) Ekeberg. In 1929, the family moved to Everts Township. Hazel was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, attended grade school in a one-room schoolhouse in District #45, was a graduate of Battle Lake High School in the class of 1943, and attended...
Hazel Harbig
Aug 31, 2013
Hazel was born on November 6, 1919, in McGregor, North Dakota, the daughter of Oscar and Mathilda (Anderson) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in McGregor, North Dakota. She attended country grade school through the 8th grade. On March 21, 1939 Hazel was united in marriage to Melvin Harbig in Estevan Saskatchewan Canada. To this union...
Virginia Ulm
Aug 29, 2013
VIRGINIA A. ULM Virginia Anita Ulm was born on March 22, 1915 in Mason City, Iowa the daughter of Louis and Elsie Buirge. She had been a resident of Alexandria since 1943 and worked at the Alex State Bank for a number of years as secretary to George Buscher. She was longtime member of the Eastern Star and a lifetime...
Marvin Osterman
Aug 28, 2013
Marvin David Osterman, Beloved Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, age 83 passed to the arms of our Father, Lord and Savior on August 28, 2013. Marvin was preceded in death by parents, Martin & Aurelia Osterman, siblings John (Clara) Osterman, Lyle (Jane) Osterman, and sister?s Evelyn Osterman and Julia (Frank) Jacobs. Also preceding him were three wonderful wives, Marion Quinn (Scotland),...
Robert Snelson
Aug 27, 2013
Robert Michael Snelson was born August 17, 1968 in Worthington, MN, the son of Robert and Mary (Jensen) Snelson. He grew up near Wilmont, MN and Fulda, MN. In 1980, while in the sixth grade, Bob and his family moved to Donnelly, MN. In 1983 they moved to Alexandria and Bob later graduated from Osakis High School. Bob was a...
Leon Reis
Aug 27, 2013
Leo Reis was called to that great ?clubhouse in the sky? on August 27, 2013 after courageously fighting a prolonged illness. Leon Clarence Reis was born in Roscoe, SD on May 17, 1932. Leo?s parents moved to Glenham, SD where the family farmed and Leo attended and graduated from high school. Leo was involved in sports during his school days...
James Wittmer
Aug 22, 2013
James Paul Wittmer was born September 28, 1951 in Albert Lea, MN to Harold H. and Marleda K. (Attig) Wittmer. He attended Geneva Elementary School and Ellendale School through the eleventh grade. In September 1968 the family moved to the Miltona /Spruce Hill area, he finished his senior year of high school and graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria....
Harold Hansen
Aug 22, 2013
HAROLD HANSEN Harold Hansen was born November 6, 1921 at Nashua, MN, the son of Fred and Rose (Gerber) Hansen. He attended school in Tintah, MN and later at Moorhead State College. Harold entered the US Army in 1941. He was selected for the Ordinance Technical School in Aberdeen, MD. Harold was chosen as a member for a military mission...
Allard Lundgren
Aug 19, 2013
Allard Rodney Lundgren was born on October 16, 1922 in Moose Lake, MN to Arthur and Ida (Nelson) Lundgren. The family moved to Alexandria where Allard grew up and graduated from Alexandria High School in 1941 where he excelled in athletics. He continued his education at Gustavus College until enlisting in the Merchant Marines in WWII. He traveled the world...
Lilly Scott
Aug 17, 2013
Lilly Margaret Christina Scott was born on January 15, 1916, in Rock Creek, MN. Lilly died August 17, 2013, in Fargo, ND at home. In spite of growing up during the depression years, some of Lilly's happiest memories are of her childhood on the family dairy farm. She would often speak of her beloved parents and how they had created...
Bruce Boerner
Aug 14, 2013
Bruce Alan Boerner was born September 4, 1966 in Morris, MN to Harlan Franklin and Bernice Corrine (Thorstad) Boerner. Bruce was baptized at Kongsvinger Church in Donnelly, MN. He graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria, MN in 1985. Before graduating Bruce signed on with the United States Marine Corp where he was enlisted for six years. While in the...
Marie Dero
Aug 9, 2013
Marie Dero, age 88, of Lake Miltona, passed away at Bethany Home on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Visitation & prayer service is scheduled at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria on Tuesday, Aug. 13 from 5 ? 8pm, with a 6:00 prayer service. A mass of Christian burial is scheduled at St. Nicholas Church in Belle River on Wed., Aug....
Anthony Forster
Aug 7, 2013
Anthony I. Forster beloved father, businessman and hunter extraordinaire passed away peacefully at his home on August 7, 2013 at the age of 80. Anthony (Tony) was born to Anton and Florence Forster in Spruce Hill Township, Minnesota on August 20, 1932, the oldest of 11 children. Tony attended school in Spruce Hill and later Morris Agricultural College. In 1949...
Rodney Femrite
Aug 7, 2013
Rodney Spencer Femrite was born on March 27, 1942 in Alexandria, MN to Stanley and Ruth (Swenson) Femrite. He graduated in 1960 from Jefferson High School in Alexandria. Rodney moved to Minneapolis and worked construction for a time. He started working for Donnelly Plastics in Minneapolis and transferred when the plant moved to Alexandria in 1964, and worked for them...
Lyle Ripley
Jul 30, 2013
Lyle Bernard Ripley, 94, of Alexandria, passed away on July 30, 2013. Lyle was born in Pipestone, Minnesota, on May 19, 1919, to Harley and Gladys (Buffington) Ripley. Lyle was married to Esther Pauline Tonsfeldt on July 9, 1938, in Flandreau, South Dakota; this July, they celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. For much of his early life, Lyle worked as...
Marlene Mohrman
Jul 25, 2013
Marlene Kay Mohrman was born March 10, 1944, in Benson, Minnesota to Robert and Bernice (Neuhaus) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed at Our Redeemer?s Lutheran Church in Danvers, MN. Marlene attended and graduated from Benson High School in 1962. After high school Marlene moved to Minneapolis, MN where she worked as a secretary for Mutual Insurance. It was during...
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