Obituaries
Darold Plaster
Oct 4, 2013
Darold Theodore Plaster was born on January 7, 1926 in Waterloo, Iowa to Ted and Elda (Diekow) Plaster. He was baptized on January 24, 1926 in Waterloo, Iowa in the Lutheran faith. The family moved to Brandon, MN when he was two years old. He attended Brandon High School and graduated in 1944. Darold was united in marriage to Rita...
Edward Jarvis
Oct 1, 2013
Edward Lee Jarvis was born on June 22, 1934, in Hamilton, Ohio, the son of Delmar and Dora (Messer) Jarvis. He was raised on a farm but at the age of five he set his heart on driving big trucks. Ed enlisted in the United States Army in 1956 and specialized in Electrical Systems. He was Honorably Discharged and moved...
Beverly Botzet
Oct 1, 2013
OBITUARY Beverly Joyce Botzet was born to Marie Togstad on August 22, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN. As a baby she was adopted into the family of Otto and Mable Svee. She grew up in Alexandria where she attended school and worked as a waitress at Ollie?s Caf�. Beverly married the ?Love of her Life? Edward Botzet on May 15, 1956...
James Roehrborn
Sep 30, 2013
James William was born on January 18, 1931 in Marshfield, Wisconsin the son of Elmer and Anna (Hillman) Roehrborn. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith. He attended high school in Marshfield and graduated from Marshfield High School in 1949. While attending high school Jim met the love of his life Jean Bandt at a church picnic. After...
Lyle Swedberg
Sep 29, 2013
Lyle Theodore Swedberg, 88, died Sunday, September 29, 2013 at his residence at Windmill Ponds in Alexandria. Lyle was born on June 26, 1925, in Fergus Falls, MN, to Theodore and Ruth (Hoff) Swedberg. He grew up on a farm in Tordenskjold Township near Battle Lake. In October of 1943 at age 18 Lyle enlisted in the U.S. Army and...
June Schneiderhan
Sep 27, 2013
OBITUARY June Marie Schneiderhan was born on June 13, 1924 in Wimbledon, ND, the daughter of Peter and Florence (Dingfelder) Leick. She grew up and attended grade school near Wimbledon, ND. She married Herbert Kracht in 1941 in North Dakota. Seven children were born to this marriage Larry, Diane, Ronnie, Patricia, Cheri, Garry, and Renee. June later married Robert Schneiderhan...
David Mike
Sep 26, 2013
David John Mike, age 71, of Fergus Falls, MN, died peacefully at Arlington Home on September 26, 2013 under the care of Lakeland Hospice of Fergus Falls. David was born on September 26, 1942 in Starbuck, MN, the son of Willmar and Esther (Heikkinen) Mike of the Holmes City area. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church...
Neal Huemoeller
Sep 25, 2013
Funeral services for Neal R. Huemoeller, 91, Alexandria, MN, formerly of Truman, MN, will be Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Zion Lutheran Church in Alexandria, MN. Burial will be Monday, September 30 at Ridgelawn Memorial Park, rural Truman, MN. Visitation will be Friday, September 27, from 5-7:00 PM at Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria, MN and one...
Kerry Zimmel
Sep 24, 2013
Kerry Donald Zimmel was born on April 13, 1950, in Alexandria, Minnesota the son of Andrew and Dorathea (Muyres) Zimmel. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Belle River. The Zimmel family lived on a farm near Belle River where Kerry enjoyed the animals and tractors. As a teenager he moved into a group home in...
Mary Karsky
Sep 18, 2013
Mary was born on June 16, 1928 in Dickinson, North Dakota, the daughter of Anton and Rosie (Sadowsky) Volesky. She was raised on a farm northwest of Dickinson and attended New Hradec School. Mary was wed to Laudie F. Karsky on June 4, 1947, at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in New Hradec, North Dakota. To this blessed couple...
Mable Braeger
Sep 16, 2013
Mable Annie Minnie (Hogan) Braeger, died on Monday, September 16, 2013 at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria. Mable was born on November 17, 1917 in Ida Township the daughter of Isaac and Helena (Dittberner) Hogan. She attended School District #75 through the 8th grade. Mable was baptized and confirmed at St. John?s Lutheran Church in Garfield, Minnesota. Mable was...
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...
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...
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...
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...