Obituaries
Edna Doebber
May 1, 2012
Edna Magdaline Doebber, 90, passed on May 1, 2012 at Diamond Willow in Alexandria. Edna was born on March 22, 1922 to Adolph and Elizabeth Schrum Middlestead in Forbes, North Dakota. She was one of thirteen children. Edna grew up on a farm near Monango, North Dakota and attended school in Hamburg Township. On June 28, 1948, she married John...
Orville Ruppert
Apr 29, 2012
Orville Vincent Ruppert was born on August 12, 1929, in Currie, Minnesota the son of Valentine and Catherine (Potthoff) Ruppert. He graduated from Currie High School in 1947. Orville served his country from 1951-1953 in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. On September 16, 1954 Orville was united in marriage to Judith Keeler in Pipestone, MN. To this...
Nancy Jordan
Apr 28, 2012
Nancy Ann (LeBeau) Jordan passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Nancy was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on February, 24, 1933. She attended St. Martin?s Lutheran Grade School and graduated from Winona Senior High School in 1951. She worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Winona. Nancy was united in marriage to Donald James Jordan on October 28, 1952....
Dahlheimer Harvey
Apr 28, 2012
Harvey Dahlheimer, age 84 of Alexandria, originally from Rogers, Minnesota passed away suddenly on April 28, 2012 in his home in Alexandria Township. Harvey was born at his home just outside Rogers, MN on March 2, 1928 to parents Werner and Emily (Bebeau) Dahlheimer. As a child, he helped with the farm that became his life work, following a family...
Raymond Englund
Apr 28, 2012
Raymond Conrad Englund was born on August 19, 1924 in Alexandria, MN to Conrad and Florence (Lee) Englund. He was baptized at the Assembly of God Church in Alexandria. Ray attended the school in Alexandria until the 8th grade and later in life finished his education receiving a GED. He went to live with his aunt and uncle Ed and...
Harvey Dahlheimer
Apr 28, 2012
Harvey Dahlheimer, age 84 of Alexandria, originally from Rogers, Minnesota passed away suddenly on April 28, 2012 in his home in Alexandria Township. Harvey was born at his home just outside Rogers, MN on March 2, 1928 to parents Werner and Emily (Bebeau) Dahlheimer. As a child, he helped with the farm that became his life work, following a family...
Lovina Cheadle
Apr 22, 2012
Lovina May Griffith was born April 10, 1932, in St. Paul, MN, the daughter of Earl and Retha (Slaght) Griffith. She and her family moved to Red Wing, MN where she attended school and graduated from Red Wing High School. Following high school Lovina attended Hamline University where she graduated as a Registered Nurse. Lovina and her sister, JoAnn, moved...
Leonard Blade
Apr 22, 2012
OBITUARY Leonard Carl Blade was born on July 27, 1926 in Holmes City, MN. He was the son of Carl and Myrtle (Hovda) Blade who owned the Blade?s Store in Holmes City. Leonard attended Holmes City grade school though the eighth grade and then graduated from Alexandria Central High School in 1943. He worked as a farm hand during and...
Thelma Gawthrop
Apr 10, 2012
Thelma Rae Gawthrop, age 94, Alexandria, died April 10, 2012 at Douglas County Hospital. Thelma was born November 11, 1917 to Charles and Beatrice Davis in Dowagiac, Michigan. She was united in marriage to Dudley Gawthrop in 1936 and to this marriage, five children were born, Jackie, Delores, Bud, Bill and Rick. The family moved to Minnesota in 1943. Thelma...
Krista Stock
Apr 5, 2012
OBITUARY Krista Lynn Stock was born on December 19, 1979, in Alexandria, MN, the daughter of Colleen Thompson. She graduated from Jefferson High School in 1998 and continued her education at the College of St. Benedict graduating in 2002 with a degree in Psychology. Krista was planning to attend St. Catherine University this fall in the field of Physical Therapy...
Terry Ferguson
Apr 5, 2012
Terry Ferguson Terry L. Ferguson was born in Worthington, Minnesota, on October 10, 1959, the son of Ron and Ruth (Johnson) Ferguson. He moved with his family to Alexandria in 1964 and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1977. He attended college at Moorhead State University and the University of MN and in 1980 joined with his brother, Tim, in...
Lori Harstad
Apr 3, 2012
OBITUARY Lori Jean Harstad was born on January 1, 1966 in Alexandria, MN, the daughter of Charles and Violet (Morehouse) Spaulding. She graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria in the Class of 1984. She continued her education for Restaurant Business Management and Nursing at Alex Tech. Lori worked at McDonalds until 2004 and also as a nurse for area...
Gerald Darveaux
Apr 3, 2012
textGerald (Jerry) Francis Darveaux, 92, of Alexandria, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Jerry was born May 27, 1919, in Rulo, Nebraska, to John and Odeal Louise (Prenat) Darveaux. At the age of 12, Jerry?s dad taught him the meat-cutting trade, as he worked for the family grocery business. He continued working there after graduating from Rulo High School in 1936...
Myrtle Forster
Apr 2, 2012
OBITUARY Myrtle E, Forster was born on December 22, 1918 in Carlos Township, MN, the daughter of Daniel and Emma (Fiss) Kingston. She was raised and attended grade school in the Carlos area. She married Michael Forster on September 23, 1941 at St. Nicholas Parish in Belle River. Together they farmed and raised their family near Carlos, MN. She was...
Gerald Nelson
Mar 31, 2012
Gerald Donovan Nelson was born on a farm near Lake Taylor in LaGrande Township, MN on January 23, 1937, the son of Gust and Cora (Sanders) Nelson. When he was one year old his family moved to a farm on the west side of Lake Latoka. Gerald was raised on the farm and attended school at District 99, now the...
Mary Zehner
Mar 31, 2012
Mary Louisa was born on June 13, 1922, in Garfield, Minnesota the daughter of Carl and Dena (Kloehn) Klug. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John?s Lutheran Church in Garfield. While working as a waitress at the Garden Center Mary met Gordon Zehner and on September 26, 1943 the couple was married at St. John?s Church. Mary and Gordon...
Dorothy Vanderheiden
Mar 30, 2012
Dorothy Mary Vanderheiden was born on June 19, 1916, at Madelia, Minnesota the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Lasses) Kunz. Dorothy attended school in Madelia until her mother got sick when she was in her second year of high school. Being the oldest of five children she was asked to stay at home to help her mother raise her siblings....
Rosella Timm
Mar 30, 2012
Rosella Edna Timm, 87, Alexandria, died Friday, March 30, 2012. Rosella was born August 3, 1924 in Gaylord, the daughter of Albert and Ida (Schauer) Goetsch. She was raised on the family farm and schooled at Gaylord. Following her schooling, Rosella began working with her brother at a restaurant and gas station in Gaylord. On December 2, 1945 Rosella was...
Dean Stanger
Mar 19, 2012
OBITUARY Dean Bernard Stanger was born on September 27, 1925 in St. Cloud, MN, the son of Edwin and Elna (Spickerman) Stanger. He graduated from St. Cloud Tech High School and at the age of seventeen he joined the United States Navy during WWII. He sailed on the USS West Virginia in the South Pacific. Dean continued his education after...
Clifford Lunke
Mar 19, 2012
Clifford Myron Lunke was born on March 28, 1921 in Thief River Falls, MN to Hilmer and Carrie (Anderson) Lunke. He graduated from Thief River Falls High School and then attended Bemidji State College where he received a pilot license. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served for three years during WW II. Cliff was united in...
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