Obituaries
Vernon Schlemmer
Aug 8, 2021
Vernon James Schlemmer, was born on September 20, 1929, on his family farm near Wood Lake, MN, the sixth of twelve children, born to Christian and Anna (Rust) Schlemmer. Vernon graduated from Echo High School in the class of 1947 and then enlisted in the Army Air Corp in September of 1948. He was a Korean War veteran and...
Dr. James Edney
Aug 7, 2021
Dr. James Edney, an Omaha surgeon who was recognized as a top breast cancer specialist in the region, died on Aug. 7 in a tragic plane accident in Victoria, Minnesota. He was 72.
Dr. Edney served as a surgeon starting in 1975, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Early in his career, he completed a one-year...
Jacob Mertes
Aug 7, 2021
Jacob Theodore Mertes passed away August 7, 2021, at the age of 42.
Jake, as he was known to family and friends, was born November 2, 1978, at Grand Forks Air Force Base where his parents were stationed. He spent the majority of his life in the Midwest, living in Nebraska, North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Dixie Claymore
Aug 2, 2021
Dixie Claymore
Dixie Kay Claymore, 63, passed away peacefully on August 2nd, 2021, surrounded by her loving family.
Visitation will be held from 5 – 7pm on Thursday, August 26th, 2021, at First Lutheran Church, 1655 18th Ave E, Alexandria, MN. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Friday, August 27th, 2021, also...
June Vipond
Jul 28, 2021
June Yvonne Sjoquist was born June 18, 1936, to Oscar and Hazel (Peterson) Sjoquist in Herman, Minnesota. She was their second daughter in a family of six. She was baptized at the home of Rev. Pilgrim of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Donnelly and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Herman. She graduated from Herman High School in...
Patricia Perdue
Jul 28, 2021
Patricia Ann (Barthelemy) Perdue, 89, of Alexandria, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 28th.
Pat was born on March 9, 1932, in Alexandria, to Leo and Iva (Quick) Barthelemy. She grew up and attended school in Alexandria and then attended the College of St. Catherine. She married James Harvey Perdue in 1953 and they raised their family...
Vera Thoennes
Jul 26, 2021
Vera Ann Thoennes was born on January 20, 1963, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of Peter and Rose (Daas) Thoennes. She was the eleventh of thirteen children. Vera grew up in Millerville and attended Brandon Public Schools. When in Millerville she enjoyed going for walks to the ballpark to watch games or to the liquor store to have a...
Kelly Garner
Jul 25, 2021
Kelly Denise (Bain) Garner was born on April 3, 1961 in Washington D.C. the daughter of Carl and Lorraine (Robertson) Bain. The family moved while Kelly was in grade school to Alexandria, MN on Lake Ida. She graduated from Jefferson High School in 1979 and took a position at Piper Jaffray doing secretarial work. One of her duties was...
William "Bill" Vogeler
Jul 24, 2021
William (Bill) Vogeler was born on Jan 8, 1954, in Vinton, Iowa, son of Clarence and Betty (Lange) Vogeler. Bill graduated from Mabel High School and attended college at Upper Iowa and graduated from St. Cloud State University. After college, Bill went to work for the City of Kodiak, Alaska from 1977-1981 as the facility supervisor. For the next...
Jose Herrera
Jul 24, 2021
Jose Luis Luna Herrera was born on March 2, 1977, in Zapopan, Jalisco Mexico the son of Anastacio Luna and Arcelia Herrera. He moved from Mexico to the United States when he was 17 years old. Jose worked construction for twenty-five years and loved helping people.
Jose was united in marriage to Lorena Luna Lopez. To this...
Edith Kelly
Jul 21, 2021
Edith Marie (Hove) Kelly was born in Alexandria on February 4, 1929, the youngest daughter of Clifford and Lillian (Solem) Hove. She passed away on July 21, 2021.
Edith graduated from high school in 1945 and attended the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis. In 1949, she married Donald Kelly.
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Larry Bartl
Jul 20, 2021
Larry A. Bartl was born on October 29, 1944 to Alfred and Bessie Bartl in Britton, SD. The family of nine lived on a farm near Stirum, ND for many years. Larry died unexpectantly on July 20th.
After graduating high school in Gwinner, ND, Larry went to barber school. His first job was in Garrison, ND where...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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...
