Obituaries
Luella Vendell
Dec 26, 2020
Luella Delores Vendell (90) of Alexandria, MN, died Saturday, December 26, 2020 from COVID-19.
Luella was born May 9, 1930 in Moe Township, to Edwin and Mabel (Severson) Olson. Luella graduated in 1948, from Central High School as one of “The Great Class of 48”. She started working for Fluegal Motor Co. 3...
Randy Johnson
Dec 23, 2020
Randy Allen Johnson, 65, of Coon Rapids (formerly of rural Kensington) passed away Wednesday, December 23, as a result of complications from COVID.
Randy was born on June 17, 1955, in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Dale and Evelyn (Rossum) Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed in Kensington Covenant Church. He attended Kensington High School, graduating in...
Merle Olson
Dec 20, 2020
Merle Olson, a third-generation resident of Alexandria, MN., passed away on Sunday morning, December 20, 2020. He was 88.
Born in Alexandria, MN to Chester and Annie (Nyquist) Olson on November 3, 1932, he was the younger of the family’s two children. His sister, Arlue (Olson) Beheng, was Merle’s lifelong...
Loretta Olson
Dec 19, 2020
Loretta Florence Vitale was born February 4, 1926 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of Samuel and Rose (Miletillo) Vitale. She was raised in Detroit where she graduated from high school.
Sherlock Olson was traveling on a train returning from his military service when he saw Loretta and decided that was the woman he was going to marry....
LaVonne Anderson
Dec 18, 2020
LaVonne (Vonnie) was born June 24, 1929 to Oscar and Cecilia Goltz in Darfur, MN. She attended Darfur Elementary and Comfrey High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Roger Anderson, on November 9, 1946. Vonnie and Roger farmed 23 years in Comfrey. In 1969 until her retirement, Vonnie worked at the Comfrey School as a teacher’s aide. Vonnie loved...
Ruth Westerberg
Dec 16, 2020
Ruth Ann Klein was born July 25, 1948, in Needles, CA, the daughter of Edward and Phyllis (Field) Klein. She moved with her family to St. Cloud, MN at a young age. She grew up in St. Cloud where she graduated from Tech High School.
Ruth began doing clerical work for a doctor in St. Cloud. She...
Daniel Olson
Dec 16, 2020
Daniel Lee Olson was born on August 27, 1951, in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Winston and Ima Jean (Lee) Olson. An outgoing young rascal, Dan grew up on City Park Road with his brother, Dave. The two boys spent hours listening and singing to records, playing at City Park, going to the beach, and got started in the...
JuleAnn Kelley
Dec 16, 2020
Juleann Betsy Kelley was born on November 24, 1943, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to parents, Arthur and Olga (Moline) Pearson. At the age of 10, she was crowned Queen Juleann from the Minneapolis Retail Grocers Association. She graduated in 1961 from South High School in Minneapolis.
Juleann was united in marriage to Michael Kelley on December 19, 1964,...
David Erickson
Dec 15, 2020
David Lee Erickson was born September 16, 1966 in Alexandria, MN, the son of Walter and Loraine (Simonson) Erickson. He was raised in Alexandria where he graduated from Jefferson High School in 1985.
David loved cars and working on them. He became a mechanic for Juettner Motors. In 1989 he left Juettner’s to work with his brother,...
Marlene Kluver
Dec 13, 2020
Marlene Ann Kluver was born on May 16, 1947 in Alexandria, MN to Glenn and Jean (Carlson) Wilson. She attended and graduated from Glenwood High School in 1965.
On December 18, 1965, Marlene was united in marriage to Dale Kluver. To this union two children were born: Jennifer and Steven. The couple lived in Alexandria until 1968,...
Paula Uhde
Dec 12, 2020
Paula Lee Uhde, the daughter of Paul and Dorothy (Reasor) Schultz, was born on August 4, 1949 in Mankato, Minnesota. Paula spent her childhood years in Mankato, Texas and in Parkers Prairie. She graduated from Parkers Prairie High School in 1967 and then met the love of her life, Gary Uhde. They were united in marriage on August 12,...
Bertha Spitzer
Dec 12, 2020
Bertha Spitzer, long time resident of North Dakota and most recently of MN passed away in Alexandria, MN on December 12, 2020 at the age of 100 years.
Bertha was born on June 20, 1920 to Adam and Lydia (Weisenburger) Schnabel on a farm near Venturia, ND. She was baptized, confirmed and attended country school in that...
Victor Roob
Dec 10, 2020
Victor Roob was born on June 29, 1948, at the Wheaton Hospital the son of Ambrose and Brigetta (Wieser) Roob. He graduated from Rosholt High School Class of 1967. Following his graduation Victor served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged in 1970.
After serving his country Victor attended...
Genevieve "Jenny" Muzik
Dec 9, 2020
Genevieve “Jenny” Ann Muzik, the daughter of Chester and Ernestine (Triplett) Johnson, was born on November 10, 1943, in Lake City, Iowa. She lived on a farm with her family near Rock City, IA until 1949, when they moved to a farm near Westbrook, MN. In 1953, Jenny and her family moved to Stewartville, MN, where she graduated high...
Elvira Lee
Dec 6, 2020
Elvira Mae Lee , the daughter of Walter and Evelyn (Perdue) Lehman, was born on October 3, 1934 in Westfield, New York. She attended school in Westfield
Elvira was joined in marriage to Roger F. Lee in Dover, Delaware, on December 2, 1970. In 1974, they moved back to Brainerd for a year and then...
Betty Vilendrer
Dec 5, 2020
Betty Ellen Sten was born July 6, 1962 in Virginia, MN, the daughter of Dennis and Esther (Adams) Sten. She was raised and attended school in Biwabik, MN.
While attending the Minneapolis Aquatennial Betty met David Vilendrer. The couple was united in marriage on June 4, 1983 in Biwabik. They made their home in Biwabik and later...
Glenn Matejka
Dec 1, 2020
Glenn passed away peacefully on December 1st.
Glenn was born on Oct. 1, 1932 in Rural Stevens County, Minnesota to L.G. and Lena (Smith) Matejka. He attended eight years of Elementary School in rural school and Donnelly Elementary and then attended Alberta High School, graduating in 1950. He enrolled at Colorado State College at Greeley, Colorado and...
Jeanette Risnes
Dec 1, 2020
Jeanette Eldred (Rasch) Risnes was born on January 10, 1941 to Eldred Rasch and Dorothy (Doshan) Rasch in Brainerd, Minnesota. As a young girl she enjoyed riding her bicycle to the paper mill to bring her dad his lunch. During high school and junior college, she worked as a telephone operator. She graduated from high school in Brainerd in...
John Rambeck
Dec 1, 2020
John Rambeck, beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather passed away Dec. 1 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND.
He was born Oct. 23, 1950, in Thief River Falls, MN to Ray and Edith (Anderson) Rambeck. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School and attended Moorhead State.
On Sept. 14, 1974, he was united in...
Anthony "Tony" Rassat
Dec 1, 2020
Anthony Frank “Tony” Rassat, age 84, of Osakis, MN, passed away on December 1, 2020 at Alomere Hospital in Alexandria.
Tony was born on June 1, 1936, at his family’s farm near Nelson. He was the only son of Oscar A. “Bud” Rassat and Marguerite M. (Schelin) Rassat. He had five sisters. Tony attended elementary school at...
