Obituaries

Mar 1, 2018

Evelyn Eileen (Rust) Hovland was born on October 6, 1920, in Lismore, Minnesota to William and Irene (Knips) Rust. She was the first born of four children and grew up on a farm near Lismore. Evelyn went to grade school in Lismore and graduated from Adrian Public School in 1938.

Evelyn was married January 17, 1942, at...

Feb 28, 2018

Yvonne Mary Ida was born on August 20, 1932, in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the daughter of Robert and Evie (Rogers) Edwards.  She attended House High School in Neshoba County graduating in 1950.  She then went to Cosmetology School in Mobile, Alabama.  Then returned to school later in life, graduating from Des Moines Area Community College as an LPN in 1969....

Feb 28, 2018

Thomas W. Gobel, age 83, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, in Alexandria, MN, after a short battle with cancer.  Tom thoroughly loved spending time with his sons and their families, his Friday night out with the guys, happy hour with neighbors and Saturday burgers.  He loved telling stories to family and friends of his antics and some...

Feb 26, 2018

Douglas Ray Hausken, son of Arthur and LaJune (Toft) Hausken, was born on October 30, 1949 in Alexandria, MN.  Doug graduated from Jefferson High School in 1968.  He then enlisted into the United States Navy.  He served in the Pacific Fleet where he had two tours in Vietnam.  He was stationed in Hawaii and also served as a Naval...

Feb 25, 2018

Sharon Jean Trisco, the daughter of James and Madeline (Hines) Lewis, was born on December 24, 1939 in Barnesville, MN.  Sharon graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 1957.  On June 3, 1958, Sharon was united in marriage to William Trisco in Sauk Centre, MN. To this union three children were born Scott, Shelley, and Stephanie.  Together they raised...

Feb 25, 2018

Jeanne (Osborn) Giles was born on March 12, 1922, in Chicago, IL to Charles and Jeannette (Acker) Osborn.  She graduated from High School in Chicago.  She attended college and earned a nursing degree and worked at the hospital in Cook County in Chicago as an OB nurse.

Jeanne was united in marriage to Gerald W. Giles on...

Feb 25, 2018

Grant Charles Ranstrom was born on October 29, 1934 in Warren, Minnesota the son of Henning and Ruth (Larson) Ranstrom.

Grant died on Sunday, February 25, 2018.  He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Ramona; daughters: Bonnie (Joe) Stroinki, Joy Ranstrom, Cindy (Steve) Vilks, Cheri (Ron) Skalicky, Vicki (Phil) Ernst; grandchildren: Kevin Skalicky, Ben &...

Feb 25, 2018

Micheal (Mike) Rapheal Gregor was born on March 5, 1946, in Fargo, North Dakota to Edward and Rachel (Kemple) Gregor.  He was baptized on June 30, 1946, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisbon, North Dakota and confirmed on April 10, 1960 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.  Mike attended school in North Dakota and Minnesota, graduating from...

Feb 24, 2018

Mona Lisa Hartman was born on February 17, 1963, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of Francis and Ruth (Jensen) Hartman.  She was born with Downs Syndrome and lived in Alexandria with her family until 1995 when Mona and her parents moved to California until 2006 when they moved back to Alexandria and she lived with Bonnie and Norm for...

Feb 24, 2018

Kathleen Joyce Spanbauer was born to Aurelia (Gruber) and Edwin Herrmann on September 14, 1927 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On June 10th 1946, Kathleen was united in marriage to John Louis Spanbauer in Waukeegan, Illinois.  They had two children, Mark and Jill.  They raised their family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Kathleen was primarily a homemaker but also worked as...

Feb 24, 2018

Russell Clyde Moeser was born on a farm near Kroschel, Minnesota on January 14, 1932, to William and Clara (Freeberg) Moeser.  He graduated from Hinckley High School in 1949 and after graduation was employed at Honeywell in Minneapolis.  Russell served in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954.

Russell was united in marriage to Pauline Nyberg at Golden Valley...

Feb 24, 2018

Susan Jean Foslien, the daughter of Raymond and Jean (Olson) Johnson, was born on June 19, 1953, in Alexandria, MN.  She grew up on a farm in Moe Township and loved to follow her dad around the farm.  He lovingly nicknamed her “Louie”.  Sue was baptized and confirmed at East Moe Lutheran Church.  Sue graduated from Brandon High School...

Feb 24, 2018

Bruce “Butch” Allan Schmidt of Alexandria passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the age of 61 years after a courageous battle with cancer. Butch was born on July 2, 1956 in St. Paul, MN to Gordon and Pauline “Dolly” (Lucas) Schmidt. He graduated from Wabasso Public School in 1974 and...

Feb 24, 2018

Mavis was born on March 20, 1935, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of Oscar and Charlotte (Anderson) Johnson.  She attended Central High School in Alexandria graduating in 1953.  She continued her education at St. Cloud State University and then transferred to the University of Northern Co. and received her Bachelors Degree in Education and then attended the University of...

Feb 22, 2018

Gerald “Jerry” Sether of Alexandria passed away on February 22, 2018.

Jerry was born on March 8, 1942 to Edwin and Minnie (Hansen) Sether. He was raised in Underwood, MN and graduated from Underwood High School in 1960. Jerry was very active in sports and made all conference in both football and basketball. In 1961, he was...

Feb 21, 2018

Lillian “Lill” Mary Martinek was born October 6, 1919 in New Effington, SD, the daughter of Paul and Mayme (Benesh) Martinek.  Lillian moved to Pope County, MN at a young age where her family operated a farm. She attended school in Pope County. Following her schooling Lill helped her parents on the farm.

Lillian was united in...

Feb 20, 2018

Carl Vincent (Butch) Anderson was born April 25, 1952 in Alexandria, MN, the son of Karl J. and Ruth E. (Hanson) Anderson. After graduating from Jefferson High School, Butch worked at Herb Schildt Transmissions and Alex Marine as a mechanic for many years and also at Johnson Furs. He spent time taking care of his parents and their property as...

Feb 19, 2018

Rollie Berglund, age 90, died on Monday, February 19 in St. Cloud, MN.  WW II Veteran serving in the US Navy, Seabees.

He is preceded in death by wife Carol, son Tim Berglund, grandson Jeffrey Small, parents Roy Berglund and Clarice (Forsgren) Yerigan.

Rollie is survived by his children; Karen (Rick) Small of Sauk Centre,...

Feb 18, 2018

Jamie Michael Lund was born on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis to his loving parents, Aaron Lund and Katherine Hill.  Jamie came into this world at 2:16 PM as a precious 6 pound 5.5 ounce; 18 inch baby boy with dark curly hair.

Jamie was diagnosed at 20 weeks with Pulmonary atresia, Heterotaxy...

Feb 17, 2018

DiAnn E. Bakke age 73 of Alexandria died on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Douglas County Hospital.  A Memorial Service will be held 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 24, 2018, at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria.  Visitation will be held from 5-8 PM on Friday, February 23, 2018, at the Anderson Funeral Home and for one hour...