Obituaries
Romaine Anderson
Mar 21, 2009
Romaine James Anderson was born on January 3, 1929, near Hoffman, MN, the son of Herman and Elfei (Nelson) Anderson. He was baptized in Wennersborg Lutheran Church by Pastor Carl Zaar and confirmed in Salem Lutheran Church by Pastor Sheldahl. He attended elementary school in Douglas and Grant counties and also a year at an agriculture school in Morris, MN....
Ruth Hass
Mar 21, 2009
Ruth Hass, 86, died March 21, 2009 at Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria after a battle with pneumonia. Ruth Marie Ernestine Wussow was born on September 11, 1922 on the family farm in Leaf Valley Township, MN. She was the first child of six, born to Henry and Sophia (Woessner) Wussow. She was baptized on October 8, 1922 at Ebenezer...
Glenn Muzik
Mar 18, 2009
Glenn Muzik Glenn Muzik was born on June 13, 1924, in Lake Mary Township, Douglas County, Minnesota, the son of Louis and Helen (Carter) Muzik. He attended District #13 grade school and after graduation he began working on the farm where he was born. On October 22, 1951, Glenn was united in marriage to Arlene Botzet of Carlos at the...
Richard Larson
Mar 16, 2009
Richard ?Dick? Dwight Larson, age 81, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family on March 16, 2009, at the Minnesota Veteran?s Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Dick was born on June 23, 1927, in Leslie Township in Osakis, MN, to Louis and Magdelena (Ohland) Larson, and was the youngest of four children. At age two, Dick lost his father...
George Horst
Mar 15, 2009
OBITUARY George Nicholas Horst was born on December 8, 1921 in Millerville, MN, the son of Joseph and Anna (Pischke) Horst. He attended grade school and then enlisted into the United States Army during WWII serving overseas in Okinawa, Japan. After the service he moved to Bryan, Texas and married Cecila with whom his daughter Patricia was born. While living...
Donna Loveland
Mar 14, 2009
Donna Whelan was born August 8, 1949 in Graceville, MN the daughter of James and Theresa (Guenther) Whelan. Donna was raised in Alexandria, MN where she graduated from Jefferson High School in 1967. Donna worked at various jobs following her schooling. She was a hard worker and she made a special effort to educate herself about the business world. She...
Beth Lieffort
Mar 13, 2009
Beth Marie Blair was born in Glenwood, MN on January 25th, 1953 at 9:35 p.m. to William P. Blair, known all of his life as ?Bill? and Delores Ann Edmunds-Blair, who is called ?Dell?. Bill and Dell hoped for children in the early years of their marriage and found great joy in Beth, their only. Beth learned to love pets...
Duane Lounsbery
Mar 12, 2009
Duane Kenneth Lounsbery was born on June 3, 1947 in Sioux Falls, SD, the son of Maurice and Esther (Thomas) Lounsbery. He attended school at Cottage Grove country school near Beresford, SD and attended junior high at Centerville, SD. When the Lounsbery family moved north of Vermillion, SD Duane attended and graduated from Meckling High School. Duane graduated from the...
Adeline Miller
Mar 11, 2009
Adeline Ella (nee Splittgerber) Miller, 89, Alexandria, died Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at Douglas County Hospital. Adeline was born April 23, 1919 in Fergus Falls, MN to August and Dorathea (Siems) Splittgerber. Adeline was employed at Douglas County Hospital from January 7, 1974 to May 28, 1984. She met many friends, thoroughly enjoyed her job and especially her friendship with...
Marvin King
Mar 10, 2009
Marvin Alexander King was born on March 18, 1922, the son of Marvin J. and Lauretta (Kennedy) King near the town of Berner, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at United Lutheran Church in Berner, MN and attended public school in Berner, MN. After graduating from the eighth grade Marvin took over his parents farm. He married Wanda Roberts on...
Bernice VanWie
Mar 6, 2009
Bernice Elaine (Schneider) VanWie was born May 12, 1919 in Randall, Minnesota to Frank and Bertha (Gray) Schneider. She graduated from Little Falls High School. Bernice married John Achter and lived in Minneapolis. In 1958 they moved to Alexandria where she has made her home. John died in 1961. Bernice later married Leon VanWie and he died in 1994. Bernice...
Edwin Erickson
Mar 4, 2009
OBITUARY Edwin Lester Erickson was born on January 20, 1920 on a farm near Nelson, MN, the son of Gust and Ellen (Swedberg) Erickson. He attended grade school in Nelson and helped out on the family farm. Ed?s first job after leaving the farm Homestead was operating a Skelly Gas Station on the corner of third and Nokomis in Alexandria....
Irene Kalina
Mar 3, 2009
Irene Christine (Mrnak) Kalina was born on May 2, 1921 in Lake Mary Township to Frank and Julia (Simek) Mrnak. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church in Lake Reno Township. Irene attended country school in District 19 until the eighth grade when she continued to help farm with her parents. Irene married Leonard R. Kalina...
Derek Nelson
Mar 1, 2009
Derek Kyle Nelson was born on February 19, 1985 in Alexandria, MN to Kevin and Lois (Nessman) Nelson. He was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Kensington. Derek graduated from West Central High School in 2003. Derek attended Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Detroit Lakes and earned a degree in Neon Technology. He worked at J&H...
William DeGrote
Feb 28, 2009
William (Bill) DeGrote was born on September 29, 1924 in Clara City, Minnesota to father William DeGrote (born in Germany) and mother Simka (Tammen) DeGrote (born in Illinois.) Bill grew up in Clara City, graduating from high school in June 1943. During high school, he played baseball and basketball for five years and was captain of his basketball team his...
Warren Maynard
Feb 27, 2009
Warren George Maynard was born on March 4, 1921, the son of Julius and Elzora (Davis) Maynard in Sanish, North Dakota. Warren attended grade school and then moved to the Oregon mountain range and worked as a logger with his uncle for a short time. Warren moved to Minot, North Dakota and began working as a phone boy for the...
Gayle Skramstad
Feb 23, 2009
Gayle Yvonne Redden was born in Pierre, South Dakota, on April 16, 1955, the first of three children. She moved onto a farm in Brooten, Minnesota in 1968. She worked hard at home and did well in school finishing second in her class in 1973. Then she ventured to Alexandria to take accounting at Alexandria Tech. She met Roger Skramstad...
Daniel Tvrdik
Feb 22, 2009
Daniel M. Tvrdik Daniel Mathew Tvrdik was born on July 26, 1917 in Lake Mary Township, Douglas County, Minnesota to Joseph and Antonia (Dynda) Tvrdik. He attended District 13 in Lake Mary Township through the eighth grade. Daniel worked on the farm with his father and bought his own farm in 1940 where he and his brother, Eugene lived until...
George Goslinga
Feb 18, 2009
George was born on July 24, 1922, in Orange City, Iowa, the son of Tjeerd and Clara (Dykstra) Goslinga. On March 22, 1944, George was united in marriage to Mavis Tarrell at the Methodist Church in Ireton, Iowa. After their marriage, George served his country in the Merchant Marines from July 1945-April 1946. After returning from the service, George and...
Mary Maday
Feb 18, 2009
Mary Celia (Kedziora) Maday, age 98, of Alexandria, MN, died on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. She was born February 11, 1911, on a farm near Deerfield, MN, to Vincent and Veronica (Schreiber) Kedziora and was 11th of 18 children. At 2 weeks old, she was moved on a hay wagon to Owatonna, MN. At age 12, she became responsible for...
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