Obituaries

Trevor Ludwig

Apr 12, 2021

Trevor Wayne Ludwig, the son of Tommy and Doris (Medenwaldt) Ludwig, was born on November 3, 1966, in Alexandria, MN.  He was baptized on December 4, 1966, at Zion Lutheran Church in Alexandria.  He attended elementary school at Zion Lutheran from K-8th grade, Central Jr. High for 9th grade and then Jefferson High School, where he graduated with honors...

Gary Miller

Apr 11, 2021

Gary Steven Miller was born on December 13, 1956, in Cloquet, Minnesota the son of Melvin & Alice (Cope) Miller.  He attended Wrenshall High School and graduated in 1974.  Gary moved to Alexandria in 1978 to help his parents operate Miller’s Crestwood Golf Course.  After his parents sold the golf course he worked at Nordic Trails Golf Course.

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Sue Green

Apr 10, 2021

Susan Anne Green was born on September 14, 1948, in St. Paul, Minnesota to Lawrence (Bud) and Jeanne (Fabeck) Stark. Sue was the second of 10 children. The family lived in New Richmond, Wisconsin before moving to Kensington when Sue was 11. She graduated from Kensington High School in 1967.

Sue was united in marriage to John...

Larry Shoemaker

Apr 7, 2021

Larry Dean Shoemaker was born on August 15, 1942 in Alexandria to Arlington and Helen (Beloredsky) Shoemaker. He married Mary Ettel on August 12, 1977 in Hennepin county. Together they had 2 daughters, Kimberly and Dawn. After moving back to Alexandria in 1995, Larry worked at various manufacturing facilities until he retired. Retirement saw Larry looking for new recipes to...

Lawrence "Larry" McCoy

Apr 3, 2021

Lawrence “Larry” Joseph McCoy was born on September 4, 1934 in Worthington, MN to parents Lawrence and Mildred McCoy.  He was the first-born child of a family of 10 children.  He graduated high school in Worthington in 1952 and went on to Worthington Community College and Mankato State where he completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in education.

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Douglas Jarett

Mar 29, 2021

Douglas Eugene Jarett was born on December 20,1948, in Rochester, Minnesota to Eugene and Joanne (Crowley) Jarett. He graduated from Milan High School and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in mathematics at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. Doug was united in marriage to Jayne Dvergsten at Watson Lutheran Church on August 28, 1971. To this union...

Leslie Hansen

Mar 27, 2021

Leslie (Les) C. Hansen, son of Chris T. and Agnes Hansen, was born in Tyler, MN, on September 13, 1941.  He died of cancer on March 27, 2021, at Bethany Home on the Lake in Alexandria, MN, with family by his side, having received wonderful care the past few months from Douglas County Hospice staff and the staff at...

Gerald Wildman

Mar 24, 2021

Gerald Dean Wildman was born on the family farm on January 18, 1928, in Burtrum, MN, the son of Hobart and Emily (Berg) Wildman.  Gerald attended country school and school in Burtrum. He helped his father on the farm near Burtrum.  At a dance, Gerald met the love of his life, Lois “Dolly” Johnson.  They were united in marriage...

LeRoy Poetz

Mar 19, 2021

LeRoy Joseph was born on September 5, 1940, in Waconia, MN the son of Alphonse and Mary (Green) Poetz.  He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith.  He attended Waconia High School where he was an outstanding athlete.  He was an All-Conference Wrestler and took 3rd place at State.  His nickname in high school was “OW” – which...

Dorothy Kangas

Mar 15, 2021

Dorothy Rose was born on April 29, 1947, in Beulah, North Dakota the daughter of Martin and Margaret (Feist) Schutt.  She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Beulah.  Dorothy graduated from Beulah High School in 1966.

Dorothy worked as a waitress at a restaurant in Beulah and this is where she met the...

Richard Enstad

Mar 15, 2021

Richard Enstad aka Dick & Whitey

Born in Montevideo MN on September 7th 1939 to Hazel and Alfred Enstad. Dick went to be with the Lord on March 15, 2021 at the age of 81 Graduated from Granite Falls HS in 1957 where he played basketball, football, baseball and track. He entered the army in February 1958...

Ricardo Zimmel

Mar 15, 2021

Ricardo Lowell “Zip” Zimmel was born August 16, 1954 in Alexandria, MN, the son of Vincent and Barbara (Jacobsen) Zimmel. Rick grew up in Osakis, MN where he attended St. Agnes Parochial School through sixth grade and graduated from Osakis High School.

He began a long career at Donnelly Manufacturing. He worked for Donnelly (Juno) Manufacturing for...

Jacob Anderson

Mar 12, 2021

Jacob Jon Anderson was born on June 29, 1985, to Steve and Pamela (Dreher) Anderson in Litchfield, MN.  The family moved to Alexandria in 1986, and Jacob attended school in Alexandria.  Jacob worked at the Depot starting as a dishwasher and worked his way up to being the kitchen and catering manager.  He worked at the Depot for 17...

Earle Brown

Mar 10, 2021

Earle Moede Brown was born December 15, 1959, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis to his parents, Joan (Moede) and Charles C. Brown. He graduated from Edina East High School, Class of 1978. He attended the University of Minnesota Technical College, Crookston, where he thrived and met a group of friends that became like brothers to him. Additionally, he was voted the...

Donald Tvrdik

Mar 7, 2021

Donald “Donnie” Tvrdik, was born on July 24, 1944, in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Thomas and LaVera (Chermak) Tvrdik.  The family lived in Lake Mary Township where Donnie attended country school through the 8th grade.  He than helped his dad farm.  Donnie served his country in the Army National Guard for six years and was honorably discharged on...

Linda Scofield

Mar 4, 2021

Linda Rae (McDaniel) Scofield was born on August 14, 1947, in San Francisco, California the daughter of James and Esther (Siirila) McDaniel.  Shortly after her birth, the family moved to North Carolina where they lived until 1949 when they moved Minnesota.  They moved around Minnesota during her childhood before settling in Sebeka in 1960 where she graduated from Sebeka...