Obituaries

Apr 13, 2019

LuVerne Harris Skare was born on September 14, 1933in Elk Lake Township the son of Helmer and Helen Skare.  He grew up in Barrett and as a young boy would work for farmers in the area.  He graduated from Barrett High School in 1951.

LuVerne enlisted in the United States Army and was honorably discharged.  He returned...

Apr 12, 2019

Vernon ‘Vern’ Gene Strehlow was born on the farm in New York Mills, Minnesota on April 25, 1934. The oldest of 5 children, Vern attended a one room school house, about which he enjoyed telling his children and grandchildren of the 2 mile “all up hill, each way” daily walk to and from school. Following high school graduation Vern...

Apr 10, 2019

Ethel Mae Nylander, 93, Brandon, passed away April 10, 2019 at Brandon’s Assisted Living under the care of Douglas County Hospice.

Ethel was born March 24, 1926 on a farm near Clotho, MN, the third daughter of Joseph and Maybelle (Salisbury) McNairn. When she was three, the family moved to her grandmother’s farm outside of Osakis.  Ethel...

Apr 7, 2019

Darlene Mae Stelk, 89, died Sunday morning, April 7, 2019.  Born February 17, 1930, at the home of parents Carl Theodore (Ted) and Ella Laurina (Clauson) Johnson, Darlene spent her early summers amongst the flowers and frogs, playing, weeding her mother’s garden, picking potato bugs for a farmer, or bringing a bucket of coal to a neighbor lady.  By...

Apr 6, 2019

Carol Jane Anderson was born December 8th, 1945, in Alexandria, MN, the daughter of Karl J. and Ruth E. (Hanson) Anderson.  She grew up in Alexandria along with siblings Karlene, Mary, Linda and Carl.  Carol was confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Cavalry Lutheran Church and graduated from Jefferson Senior High School in 1963.  Following graduation Carol attended the...

Apr 4, 2019

Dorothy Deakin Brown 1923-2019

Born in 1923, Dorothy Deakin grew up in Jamaica, NY. The daughter of James and Ruth Deakin she lived through some amazing times. New York City during the Big Band era, World War II, and family vacations at Green Hill Beach, Rhode Island. She went to business school and worked at Lionel trains...

Mar 29, 2019

Ursula Charlotte (Becker) Wachter was born on February 10, 1929 in Parkers Prairie, MN to Herman and Margaret (Luft) Becker. She was raised on the farm along with two brothers, and attended country school through the 8th grade. As a young adult, Ursula ventured out to Billings, Montana, where she met and married A.J. Sandefur. Ursula and A.J. had...

Mar 28, 2019

Wayne Eugene Fredin was born March 10, 1949 in Comfrey, MN. He lived there, being raised on a farm, until the age of 14, when his family moved to a farm in Windom, MN. Throughout his high school years, Wayne enjoyed playing on the baseball team as a pitcher. He was a “lefty” and had a pretty good curve...

Mar 25, 2019

DoLores Ilene (Thompson) Gyldenvand was born at home on the farm on April 21, 1933 in Dean Township, LaMoure County, North Dakota to Robert and Sarah (Pugh) Thompson. She spent her childhood days on the farm until tragically losing both parents by the age of 13. Afterwards, DoLores went to live with her aunt in Moorhead, Minnesota before attending...

Mar 24, 2019

Lorraine Joyce Peterson was born on March 13, 1928, in Dell Rapids, SD to Edward and Johanna (Van Dam) Schwarz.  She graduated from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Dell Rapids, SD.

Lorraine was united in marriage to Elvin Peterson on November 22, 1948, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dell Rapids, SD.  The couple moved to Richfield,...

Mar 22, 2019

Virgil's funeral service is available to watch by scrolling down to the bottom of this page.

Virgil Keith Batesole was born in Pingree, ND in his grandparent’s home on July 17, 1930. He was the third child born to Helen M. Batesole and Harold O. Batesole. He lived in various towns in North Dakota until he and...

Mar 22, 2019

Shirley Kay Fehr, 76, of Alexandria, MN passed peacefully on March 22, 2019 in her home. Shirley was born on April 2, 1942 in Tracy, MN, to Walter and Ruth (Weedman) Gremmert.  She graduated from Walnut Grove High School in 1960 and attended Gustavus Adolphus College. She married Kenneth Ernest Fehr on September 14, 1963, and they raised three...

Mar 18, 2019

Dorothy Mae Swanson was born April 10, 1922, in Red Wing, MN, the daughter of Ernest and Myrtle Swanson. She was raised in Welch, MN and attended school in Red Wing, MN. Following her graduation from Red Wing High School in 1939, Dorothy attended teacher’s training and became a teacher. She continued her education at St. Cloud Teacher’s College....

Mar 17, 2019

Donna M. Kasel, age 61 of Eagan and formerly of Alexandria, MN, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Augustana Care in Apple Valley, MN.  Donna had thirty-one years of enjoyable service at Alexandria Opportunity Center in Alexandria, MN and Midwest Special Services in Eagan, MN.

She is preceded in death by her mother Margaret Guenther,...

Mar 16, 2019

John Femrite Hagstrom was born March 11, 1925, in Lowry, MN, the son of Clarence and Mae (Femrite) Hagstrom. He attended school in Lowry and graduated valedictorian of the class of 1943 from Glenwood High School. He enlisted into the US Navy just before his 18th birthday and then the summer after high school graduation, he deployed to Corpus...

Mar 15, 2019

Arthur Joseph Haug was born to Mabel and Andrew Haug at Deaconess Hospital in Grafton, ND, on January 16, 1930.  Two weeks prior to his arrival, Andrew took Mabel by Model T Ford to Grafton which was 50 miles from Fairdale, where she stayed until Arthur was born.  When he was born, Andrew took the Soo Line Railway to...

Mar 14, 2019

James “Jim” Harold Torkelson was born on January 23, 1941 in Alexandria, MN to Edwin and Fern (Wesen) Torkelson. He was baptized at First Evangelical Lutheran Church and grew up on Pocket Lake. In 1959, Jim, also known affectionately as “Tork”, was among the first class to graduate from Jefferson Senior High School in 1959. He loved sports, both...

Mar 11, 2019

Janiece Leigh Smith was born on October 17, 1959, in Rantoul, Illinois to Loyd and Shirley Golmon.  Leigh graduated in 1977, from Oak Ridge High Scholl in Florida,  In 1980, Leigh married Tom Smith and the couple was blessed with two daughters.  She attended Palm Beach Junior College as a Public Service Dispatcher.  Leigh worked as a dispatcher for...

Mar 7, 2019

Robert (Bob) James Rader, was born December 20, 1931, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the son of Matthew and Mary Rader. Bob grew up in St. Cloud and was graduated from Cathedral High School. He lettered in baseball, basketball, football, and bowling and was a member of State Championship teams in basketball and baseball. After graduation in 1949,...

Mar 4, 2019

Ivan George Wambheim, age seventy-nine, of Alexandria, MN passed away on Monday March 4th after an extended battle with Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.

His funeral will be held at First Lutheran Church, 822 Douglas St, Alexandria, MN on Thursday, March 14th at 11 AM preceded by visitation from 10-11 AM.  There also will be a...