Obituaries

Sep 15, 2022

Joan Caroline (Schoenrock) Tobolt was born on April 25, 1947, in Minneapolis to Harold and Laura (Leuthard) Schoenrock. At the age of two, Joan moved to Wheaton, MN, with her family where she attended school, graduated, married and began raising a family. Joan married Dale Tobolt on May 29, 1965. They welcomed two daughters to their marriage, Theresa and...

Sep 15, 2022

Byron “Mike” Willard Edwards was born on November 2, 1927, on a farm 5.5 miles south of Revere, MN, to Nicholas and Clara (Warner) Edwards. Mike was baptized into the Christian faith and grew up with 3 brothers and 3 sisters who gave him the nickname of “Mike”. He attended Sunny Side Double School and District 39. Later, he...

Sep 14, 2022

Delores Mae Strommen

On 14 September 2022, Delores went home to be with Jesus and family.

Delores was born August 4, 1928 in Pope County, the daughter of Henry and Caroline (Schefflo) Strommen. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at St. John’s Lutheran Church of rural Starbuck, MN.  She attended country schools...

Sep 12, 2022

Capt. Frederick “Pete” Eckersen, USMC ret., of Alexandria, Minnesota, passed away on Monday September 12, 2022, at Alomere Health, in Alexandria, Minnesota. Services will be held later next spring. Burial will be at the Graceville Consolidated Cemetery, in Graceville.

Frederick “Pete” Eckersen was born to Nathaniel and Annie Eckersen on April 30, 1932 in Port Orange, Florida....

Sep 10, 2022

Colin Neil Holthusen, the son of Dean and Helen (Patrick) Holthusen, was born on November 3, 1963, in Alexandria, Minnesota.  Colin attended Jefferson High School through the 11th grade and then attained his GED in 1982 from the Sky Ranch for boys in South Dakota.  In 1986, Colin began dating Carol Hull and after 12 years of dating, they...

Sep 9, 2022

Dan was born on August 12, 1956, in Madison, Minnesota.  He was the son of Robert and Ruth (Schmidt) Ross.  He grew up in Marietta, Minnesota where he attended school and loved playing basketball.  Dan graduated from High School in 1974 in Marietta.

Dan was united in marriage to Teresa (Olson) Barsness on March 27, 1993, in...

Sep 6, 2022

Kenneth Melvin Boe was born on May 5, 1945 in Breckenridge, Minnesota the son of Melvin and Regina “Dolly” Boe.  He graduated from Wheaton High School and was active in sports participating in basketball and golf.  After high school, Ken attended Moorhead State University studying business.

Ken was united in marriage to Bonnie Jean Halvorson in 1966...

Sep 6, 2022

Phil was born on October 5, 1951 in Stillwater, MN, to Harold and Dolores Krahn. He graduated from Stillwater High School in 1969.

After High School Phil began working for the Gillette Company in St. Paul, where he remained for 36 years. He met his sweetheart Karla at Gillette, then built a wonderful life for his wife...

Sep 5, 2022

Bernadine Theresa (Bitzan) Schiele was born on May 24, 1928, on the shores of Lakes Moses in Millerville Township to Albert and Caroline (Lederman) Bitzan. She was baptized on May 27, 1928, by Father Siegler. Bernadine’s Solemn Communion was in June of 1938 and she was confirmed by Bishop Busch on June 18, 1939, all at Our Lady of...

Sep 4, 2022

Roy Edward Snyder Jr. was born at Wesley Hospital in Wadena, MN on December 27th, 1943, to Roy Eddie Snyder Sr. and Rowena Jobe. He attended high school in Wadena, and continued his education at Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, MN. Roy worked as a mechanic in Wadena till 1974, and then moved to Alexandria, MN. He continued to work...

Sep 2, 2022

Earl Alvin Beyer was born on May 10, 1935, in Benson, Minnesota to Elmer and Laura (Melchert) Beyer.  He grew up in Morris, Minnesota and was baptized and confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris.  Earl enlisted in the U.S. Army where he earned his GED and was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper.  He...

Aug 28, 2022

Shirley Ann was born on May 5, 1953, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of Richard and Leona (Dokkenbakken) Williams.  She attended Alexandria High School graduating in 1971.  She furthered her education at Alexandria Technical receiving her degree.

After graduation Shirley worked for Knute Nelson Nursing Home as their Dietary Manager for several years before moving to Litchfield...

Aug 28, 2022

Marie Louise (Kastler) Larson was born on October 31, 1924, in Mendota, Minnesota to Rudolph and Anna (Lauer) Kastler.  She was the sixth of eight children and grew up with her siblings on the family farm in Mendota.  Marie received Holy Baptism at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mendota.  In 1937, the family moved to a small farm north...

Aug 25, 2022

Janice Gayle Freitag, the daughter of Edward and Ruthe (Phillips) Bodway, was born on January 31, 1938 in St. Louis County near Cloquet, MN.  Janice grew up in the Tamarack area and graduated high school in McGregor, MN in 1955.  She moved to Minneapolis and married Richard Peterson.  To this union three children were born, Denise, Charles, and Darcy. ...

Aug 25, 2022

Helen Jane Peterson was born on November 30, 1930 on a farm near Brandon, MN to Alfred and Amelia (Hedeen) Peterson. She was baptized at St. Luke’s in Garfield and confirmed at Chippewa Lutheran in Brandon. Helen graduated from Brandon High School. She started writing poetry in grade school and enjoyed that all her life.

Helen was...

Aug 24, 2022

Vicki Rae Forrester was born April 15, 1945, in Stewartville, Minnesota, to Myrtle and Harold Gronert.

Vicki graduated from LeRoy Ostrander High School in 1963, and attended one quarter of college at Winona State. She married Keith Forrester on Sept. 19, 1964, in LeRoy, Minnesota. Vicki did secretarial work for many years but at age 49 she found...

Aug 18, 2022

Paul John Miller, age 86, of Woodbury MN, formerly of Alexandria, died on August 18, 2022, at the United Hospital in St Paul.

Paul was born June 21st, 1936, in Albany, MN to Christ and Margaret (Kepper) Miller. Paul attended local country school to the 9th grade and then helped his dad farm. He later left home to...

Aug 18, 2022

Kayla Jean Scott was born on May 11, 1997 in Alexandria, MN. Kayla grew up in Alexandria and received her education at Zion Lutheran School and Alexandria High School. She graduated in 2015 as the first class after the school opened. Kayla grew up in the Lutheran faith and was able to go on Zion school field trips and...

Aug 16, 2022

Donald Rodger Samuelson was born on May 11, 1957, in Sauk Centre, Minnesota to Verner and Margaret (Rodgers) Samuelson.  Don graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 1975 and then attended Alexandria Technical College for Tool and Die.  Don later went to school for Water Environmental Technologies at St. Cloud Technical College.

Don married Marilyn Peterson on...

Aug 13, 2022

Lois Ann Rediehs Lubeck was born on May 22, 1937, in Douglas County, near Nelson, Minnesota the daughter of Raymond Louis Fredrick Rediehs and Frances Louella Wachter Rediehs.  She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Carlos, Minnesota.  Lois attended country school District #30 from 1st through 7th grade and then attended Central High School in Alexandria...