Obituaries

Paul Aslagson

Paul Aslagson

Jul 17, 2021

Paul Larry Aslagson, the son of Alden and Mary (Svoboda) Aslagson was born on August 19, 1944, in Alexandria, MN and was raised on the family farm in Holmes City, MN.   Paul graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria in the class of 1962 and continued his education by attending the University of Minnesota, Morris for one year.  He...

Orrin Erickson

Orrin Erickson

Jul 16, 2021

Orrin Julian Erickson, second oldest of five children, was born to Olaf and Julia (Ronnie) Erickson on September 4, 1929, in Langhei Township, Pope County, Minnesota. Orrin grew up on a farm south of Starbuck, MN. He was baptized on October 13, 1929 and confirmed in October 1943, at East Zion Lutheran Church, where he remained as a lifetime...

Betty Westergren

Betty Westergren

Jul 13, 2021

Betty Rea Westergren, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at the age of 95 at Bethany on the Lake Care Center in Alexandria, Minnesota. Betty and her husband, David P. Westergren, were happily married for 72 years, and she also leaves behind her two children, David C. and Lynne, five granddaughters,...

James Jensen

James Jensen

Jul 12, 2021

James Edward Jensen was born April 18, 1930 in Olivia, Minnesota. Shortly after his birth, his mother died. His father already had four boys and one girl to take care of, so he agreed to let Alfred and Victoria Jensen adopt him. The country was in a depression, which led to Fred losing his job when the bank closed....

Norbert Olson

Norbert Olson

Jul 11, 2021

Norbert Cecil Olson was born on July 10, 1926, to Valerie (Haskell) and Ole C. Olson in Faribault, Minnesota.  He attended St. Lawrence and Immaculate Conception grade schools and Bethlehem Academy in Faribault, where he was voted homecoming king and lettered in basketball and football.

Norb enlisted in the United States Navy in 1944, where he was...

Kelly Golombiecki

Kelly Golombiecki

Jul 10, 2021

Kelly Marie Golombiecki was born on February 24th, 1972, in Graceville MN, to Anthony and Gloria (Hanson) Ringger.  She graduated from Clinton Graceville high school in 1990 and completed an associate degree in the administrative field and started a career of caring for others as a CNA.

She spent a large part of her life on the...

Kenneth Olson

Kenneth Olson

Jul 9, 2021

Kenneth Lee Olson was born July 9, 1925, in Mankato, MN the son of Clara and Harold Olson. He graduated from Perham High School in 1943 and enlisted in the Navy in 1943. After serving during WWII, he was discharged in 1946. Ken met the love of his life Rlou Plagman while roller skating at the roller rink in...

Christine Steidl

Christine Steidl

Jul 9, 2021

Christine Hormann was born May 2, 1931 in Wheaton, MN, the daughter of Louis and Alberta (Stevenson) Hormann. She was raised in Wheaton where she graduated high school.

Christine was blessed with five children, Dennis, Belinda, Kevin, Scott and Debra. In 1967 she moved her family to Alexandria, MN. Christine worked for Super-Valu. Later she worked for...

Marlene Patton

Marlene Patton

Jul 9, 2021

Marlene Jane Patton, of Alexandria died on Friday, July 9, 2021, at WoodCrest Assisted Living at the age of 83 years old.

A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 11 AM at the Anderson Funeral Home Chapel in Alexandria.

A visitation will take place for one hour prior to the...

Ronda Peterson

Ronda Peterson

Jul 7, 2021

Ronda De Peterson, the daughter of Gilford and Lucille (Hensch) Sorenson, was born on March 1, 1969, in Breckenridge, MN.  Ronda graduated from Fergus Falls High School in the class of 1987, then continued her education by attending Alexandria Technical College. In 1989, Ronda was blessed with a son, Brett.  She met Steve Mickelson and together they were blessed...

Evelyn Enderle

Evelyn Enderle

Jul 5, 2021

Evelyn Carmella Enderle was born on March 11, 1928, in Elbow Lake, Minnesota to Henry and Veronica (Schuster) Enderle.  She was baptized at St. Olaf Catholic Church in Elbow Lake and confirmed at the Church of St. Charles in Herman.  Evelyn attended elementary school in Evansville before moving to Norcross.  After Evelyn attended school, the family moved to...

Walter Bjorhus

Walter Bjorhus

Jul 4, 2021

Walter Norman Bjorhus was born on August 8, 1922, in Driscoll, North Dakota to Arthur and Belle (Livingstone) Bjorhus. He attended country school in his early years and as he was older attended school in Valley City, ND. Following his schooling, Walt worked for the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) for 2 years before joining the United States Navy in...

Patricia Patri

Patricia Patri

Jul 4, 2021

Patricia Kay Patri (Schwendemann) was born on May 18, 1951 in Alexandria MN to Roy and Verla Schwendemann.

Pat grew up in Alexandria and graduated with the class of “69. Pat left MN a few years after graduation and after a short time made her way to Phoenix AZ where she worked for Southwest Bell for 20...

Marjean Larson

Marjean Larson

Jul 3, 2021

Marjean Kay Larson, the daughter of Robert and Wanda (Moffitt) Lepper, was born on August 10, 1942, in Pipestone, MN.  She graduated from Pipestone High School in the class of 1960.  She continued her education at Augustana college. She married Edward “Eddie” Dykstra on November 4, 1961, in Holland, MN and they had two daughters, Wendy and Vicky. In...

Teresa Daigle

Teresa Daigle

Jul 2, 2021

Teresa E. Daigle (Nadeau) peacefully passed away surrounded by her loved ones on Friday, July 2, 2021, at age 95. She is survived by daughters, Vanessa, Trina (Greg), Victoria (Scott), Patricia and Laurie (Scott). She was preceded in death by her husband Gilbert R. Daigle, daughter Karen, and sons Christopher and Timothy.

Teresa was born in Fort...

Lola Anderson

Lola Anderson

Jul 1, 2021

Lola Marie Anderson, 80, died on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND from critical injuries sustained in a car accident on Monday, June 28.

Born in Alexandria, MN on May 27, 1941 to Carl W & Anna Anderson, she never lived more than a mile from Echo Lake on which she was raised....

Shawn Olson

Shawn Olson

Jul 1, 2021

Shawn August Olson was born June 18, 1977 in Anchorage, AK, the son of Scott Olson and Emily Klimek. A short time later the family moved to Skagway, AK where Shawn grew up and attended high school through grade eleven. He moved to Alexandria in 1994 and completed his senior year at Jefferson High school graduating in 1995.

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Jason Hubbard

Jason Hubbard

Jul 1, 2021

Jason Lucas Hubbard was born February 13, 1976 in Alexandria, MN, the son of Charles and Cindy (Jones) Hubbard. He attended school and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1995.  Ivan Pazdernik became Jason’s step-father in 1990 and was an active role model in his life.

Jason enjoyed cooking and worked in several restaurant kitchens in Alexandria...

Donna Karlsgodt

Donna Karlsgodt

Jun 27, 2021

Donna Marion Karlsgodt was born on June 4, 1929, in Austin, Minnesota the daughter of Harold and Lillian (Baker) Pike.  At the age of 7 she moved to Park Rapids with her twin sister, Delma to live with her Aunt Martha and Uncle John Hemphill after her mothers death.  She graduated from Park Rapids High School and attended the...

Marjorie Hockert

Marjorie Hockert

Jun 26, 2021

Marjorie (Marge) Ann Hockert of Millerville, 79, passed away on June 26, 2021. The daughter of Clifford and Evelyn Nelson, Marjorie was born on July 4, 1941 and raised in Minneapolis. As a youth she attended 9 different schools. Some of her favorite activities included riding bike and roller skating with her siblings and friends. While attending High School...

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