Obituaries
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Ervin Grubb
Mar 12, 2012
Ervin Lexus Grubb was born on September 21, 1915, in Holmes City Township the son of Victor and Rose (Maruskie) Grubb. He attended District #4 country school through the 8th and then helped his father farm. On June 4, 1940 Ervin was united in marriage to Ione Lehn. The couple moved to Leaf Valley for ten years and then bought...
Conrad Fristedt
Mar 8, 2012
Conrad was born on July 5, 1930, in Minneapolis, Minnesota the son of Albin and Hazel Fristedt. He attended South High School and graduated from Augsburg College with a Teaching Degree in English. Conrad served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He was Honorably and medically discharged and awarded the Bronze Medal and two Purple...
Robert Hansen
Mar 6, 2012
Robert Allan Hansen was born on January 26, 1947, in Alexandria, Minnesota the son of Ronald and Ione (Kluver) Hansen. He attended school in Alexandria. Rob was married to Cheryl Kiehne in September of 1967 and to this union three daughters were born: Kari, Stacy and Katina. He owned and operated several businesses in Alexandria including an auto body and...
Dale Vipond
Mar 6, 2012
The memorial service for Dale Warren Vipond of Alexandria MN, formerly of Herman, Minnesota will be held on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Alexandria, MN, with the Reverend Dave Wangaard officiating. Visitation will be at 9:30 am prior to the service on Friday. Burial will be at Lakeside Cemetery, Herman, MN. Dale Warren...
William Grove
Mar 4, 2012
William L. Grove William L. "Bill" Grove died on Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Crystal River, Florida, at the age of 72 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Stanley W. and Ruth J. Grove and is survived by his wife Sandy Grove of Alexandria, daughter Cathy and husband Bob Barker of Austin, Texas, brother Jim Grove of...
LeRoy Zimmer
Feb 28, 2012
LeRoy Wilfred Zimmer was born on January 12, 1943 in Albertville, MN to Wilfred and Isabel (Meyer) Zimmer. He was baptized, confirmed and attended school at St. Albert?s Catholic Church in Albertville. After his schooling he helped his family farm. LeRoy was united in marriage to Kathleen Dunne on March 11, 1972 at the St. Steven?s Catholic Church in Anoka,...
