Obituaries
Lou Score
Apr 5, 2021
Lou Score, 93, of Kensington, MN, died on Monday, April 5, 2021, at Bethany on The Lake in Alexandria, under the care of Knute-Nelson Hospice.
Lou Ann was born on June 2, 1927, in Barrett, Minnesota, to Anton and Selma (Alvstad) Ronhovde. She grew up on the Alvstad family farm that was established in 1870. Lou was...
Marjorie "Marge" Borgos
Apr 2, 2021
Marjorie (Marge) Lucille Borgos, age 95, passed away peacefully at her apartment at the Barrett Assisted Living Center just one day shy of her 96th birthday. She was born April 3, 1925 in Henning, MN to Clarence and Viola (Foggy) Bond the 6th of 9 children. She grew up in Henning MN and graduated from Henning High School. Marge...
Eric Dahl
Mar 15, 2021
Eric C. (Christian) Dahl, son of Jon and Rebecca Dahl, died unexpectedly on March 15, 2021, in Houston, TX. Eric was born at Dakota Hospital in Fargo, ND, on August 29, 1991. As a young boy, Eric grew up with parents and his brother, Andrew, in their Moorhead, MN, home. He had a magnetic personality, to which people both...
Jean Ackerson
Mar 13, 2021
Jean Carol Ackerson was born on February 5, 1924, in Dassel, Minnesota the daughter of John Axel and Lottie Eleanor (DeLong) Sallberg. She graduated as Valedictorian from the Dassel High School in 1941, then continued her education at Teachers College in St. Cloud for 1 ½ years.
Jean and Orvin Kenneth Ackerson were married on September 20,...
Jonathan Murtland
Mar 3, 2021
Jonathan Murtland, 27 of Elbow Lake fell asleep in death Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at the St. Cloud Hospital.
Jonathan Frank Murtland was born August 27, 1993, to Alfred and Kayla (Biss) Murtland in Alexandria, MN. He attended West Central Area Public School, graduating in 2011. Jon continued his education for two years at Alexandria Technical and...
Charlene Wikholm
Feb 24, 2021
Charlene Wikholm, 77 of rural Elbow Lake died Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Fargo.
Charlene Louise Wikholm was born on August 31, 1943, in Minneapolis, Minnesota the daughter of Franklin and Louise (Wadeson) Johnson. As a child she moved with her family to Elbow Lake, where Charlene attended school, graduating from Elbow Lake...
DonaLou Hutchings
Feb 2, 2021
DonaLou Hutchings, 83 died Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at the Barrett Care Center.
DonaLou was born July 11, 1937 in Fergus Falls, MN. Parents were Leslie S Nelson and Gertrude Norton Nelson. She grew up and attended school in Fergus Falls. In 1955 she married Robert Hutchings (always “Bobby” to her until the end!). Children included daughter...
Olive Hanson
Jan 31, 2021
Olive Ethelyn Hanson, 93, died peacefully on January 31, 2021 at the Moorings Health Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Olive was born on March 25, 1927 in Hoffman, Minnesota. Her parents were Oliver and Ethel (Ellingson) Hanson. She grew up in Hoffman, attending District 01 through eighth grade. She attended grades 9-12 at Hoffman, graduating in May 1944.
...Frances Hegna
Jan 30, 2021
Frances (“Fran”) Mercedes Hegna, 86 was welcomed home into the loving arms of Jesus on January 30, 2021. She was born January 25, 1935 to Edwin and Lillie (Sederberg) Oslund in their farm home in rural Bethel, MN. She attended country school through eighth grade and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1952.
Fran graduated from St,...
Marian Swenson
Jan 19, 2021
Marian (Halvorson) Swenson passed away peacefully on January 19, 2021 at the Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake, surrounded by her family.
She was born on June 13, 1922, to Mabel (Haugen) and Albert O. Halvorson at their apartment on main street in Elbow Lake, Minnesota. She was what you would call an “original;” born here and...
Brent Larsen
Jan 16, 2021
Brent Larsen, 52 of Elbow Lake died Saturday, January 16, 2021 at his home.
Brent Jarvis Larsen was born to Jarvis and Marilyn (Woessner) Larsen on May 6, 1968, at the Grant County Hospital in Elbow Lake, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at Christ Lutheran Church, Elbow Lake. He attended school in Elbow...
Ardell Bergrud
Jan 12, 2021
Ardell Bergrud, 96 of Elbow Lake died Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at Sanford Health in Fargo.
Ardell Sander Bergrud was born on July 21, 1924, in Heimdal, ND, the son of Sylvester and Anna (Gunderson) Bergrud. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith and graduated from Maddock High School in 1942. He served with the...
Lenore Fernandez
Jan 10, 2021
Lenore Therese Fernandez, 77 of Elbow Lake, died Sunday, January 10, 2021 at her home.
Lenore was born July 17, 1943 to Joseph and Eleanore Igo in Massachusetts. She attended school in Methuen, Massachusetts and in France. Lenore married Antoine Fernandez. She retired, and moved to Elbow Lake, Minnesota. She liked music, loved her animals and cherished...
Franklyn "Frank" Sandberg
Jan 7, 2021
Franklyn Dale Sandberg, age 84 passed away at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND on January 7, 2021. Frank was born July 19th, 1935 to A.C. and Edna (Larson) Sandberg. He was baptized and confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church, Elbow Lake, MN. He attended country school through 8th grade and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1953.
...
Janet Stalnecker
Jan 7, 2021
Janet A. (Haraldson) Stalnecker, 83, died January 7, 2021, at the Pioneer Retirement Care Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, after an extended illness. She was born March 5, 1937, a daughter of Lloyd W. and Hilda (Westrom) Haraldson. She was baptized at Hjerdahl Lutheran Church and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake, MN.
She was...
Delores Flint
Jan 3, 2021
Delores Flint went to be with her Lord and Savior January 3, 2021.
Delores Elaine Endreson was born February 7, 1928 in rural Grant County to Norman and Ethel Endreson. She was a lifetime resident of Grant County and very proud of it. She grew up in Erdahl and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1946....
Duane Fleischfresser
Dec 30, 2020
Duane Roy Fleischfresser (67) was born to Walter and Clara Fleischfresser on December 7, 1953 in Fergus Falls MN. He passed away on December 30, 2020.
He attended the Barrett Public School graduating from Barrett High School in 1971. He was raised on the family farm helping with chores and farming. After graduation, he worked as a mechanic and then...
LuEtta Bordson
Dec 29, 2020
LuEtta Bordson, 93, of Elbow Lake passed away on December 29, 2020 at Pioneer Care Center in Fergus Falls after a long and full life.
LuEtta was born April 16, 1927 to Oscar and Caroline (Vigen) Thompson. She was baptized at Rock Prairie Church on July 25, 1927, confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wendell on June...
Paul Anderson
Dec 27, 2020
Paul Anderson 73 of Kensington died December 27, 2020 at his farm with his loving family by his side. Paul Magnus Anderson was born June 12, 1947 in Alexandria, MN the son of Arthur and Myrtle (Wilson) Anderson. Early in life, Paul made a choice to serve God and strived to live a faithful life. After graduating from Kensington...
Janice Bah
Dec 24, 2020
Janice M. Bah, 80, of rural Elbow Lake, died Thursday, December 24, 2020 at the Evansville Care Campus. Janice was born on July 19, 1940, in Elbow Lake, MN, the daughter of Herbert and Lillie (Pikop) Hultander. She was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith. Janice graduated from Elbow Lake High School Class of 1958. On September 6,...