Obituaries
Peter Schaffer
Aug 5, 2017
Peter Schaffer, 55, of Elbow Lake, MN, died on Saturday, August 5, 2017, at the Barrett Care Center. Peter was born on August 28, 1961, in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Peter loved spending time with his roommates and staff at REM 1st street and the DAC. He delighted in tearing up everything he could get his hands on, bags, boxes and...
Earl Thorstad
Aug 5, 2017
Earl B. Thorstad, 94, of Hoffman, MN died on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at the Barrett Care Center. Earl Thorstad was born on April 15, 1923 at his family home in rural Hoffman. The son of Ole Bernard and Cora (Munson) Thorstad. He was the second of twelve children. Earl was baptized and confirmed at Lands Lutheran Church. He attended...
Bonnie Pikop
Jul 8, 2017
Bonnie Pikop, 81 of Elbow Lake died Saturday, July8, 2017, at the Barrett Care Center. Bonita Jean Pikop was born on June 17, 1936, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota the daughter of Clarence and Alvina (Bremmer) Nelson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Christian Faith. Bonnie attended Country School at the end of their driveway and then graduated from the...
Monica Norman
Jul 1, 2017
Monica Norman, age 84 of Barrett, formerly of Hoffman, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2017, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria. Monica was born, the eighth of thirteen children, to Nicholas and Ann (Pusl) Weiland on July 7, 1932, in Morris, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed into the Catholic Faith and attended various country schools. Monica graduated from...
Mignon Randall
Jun 26, 2017
Mignon (Aamot) Randall passed away June 26, 2017, at PioneerCare Suites in Fergus Falls at the age of 91, one day shy of her 92nd birthday. She was born on June 27, 1925, to Omer and Minnie (Brown) Aamot at their home in Wendell, Minnesota. She was what you would call and “Original,” born here and never left. She attended...
Margaret Eblen
Jun 26, 2017
Margaret Eblen, 84, of Hoffman, died Monday, June 26, 2017, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. Margaret Marie Eblen was born on September 7, 1932 in Benson, Minnesota, the daughter of Leo and Mary (Rasmussen) Eblen. She attended country school near Hancock and Hoffman through the eighth grade. Margaret worked on the family farm for a number of years,...
John Feneis
Jun 6, 2017
John Feneis, age 73 of Ashby, died Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at the Evansville Care Center. John Marvin Feneis was born on March 9, 1944, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the son of John H. and Eileen (Harry) Feneis. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waite Park. He graduated from the St. Cloud Cathedral High School...
Phyllis Frikken
May 16, 2017
Phyllis Frikken, age 85 of Elbow Lake died Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Stevens' Homes Plus of rural Barrett, Minnesota. Phyllis Ann Frikken was born on June 21, 1931, in Long Prairie, Minnesota the daughter of Henry and Florence (Dinkel) Brever. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Mary of Carmel Catholic Church in Long Prairie, graduated from the Long...
Colleen Spittle
Apr 19, 2017
Colleen Spittle, 62, of Elbow Lake, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Colleen Marie Dornburg was born on August 17, 1954 in Fergus Falls, MN, the daughter of Alvin and Marlene (Stine) Dornburg. She attended school in Underwood, graduating from Underwood High School in 1972. Colleen attended Alexandria Technical College and earned her...
Clareen Bartness
Apr 9, 2017
Clareen Evangeline Bartness, 95, of Elbow Lake, MN passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on April 9, 2017. She was born on April 1, 1922, in Elbow Lake township, the first child of Clarence and Esther Mobraaten. Clareen enjoyed music, dancing, and played the organ for enjoyment. She loved time with her family and it was always her number...
Mary Moore
Apr 6, 2017
Mary Jo Moore, 67, of Barrett, formerly of Wendell, died Thursday, April 6, 2017, at the Barrett Care Center. Her husband, Roger Howard Moore, 69, of Renville, formerly of Wendell, died July 14, 2015, at Golden Living Center in Franklin, MN. Mary Jo was born on August 17, 1949 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Raymond and Lorraine (Jones) Fitzgerald....
Donald Rau
Apr 2, 2017
Donald Rau, age 92 of Kensington, passed away at the Douglas County Hospital, Alexandria on April 2, 2017 with his wife by his side. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Zion Lutheran Church, Hoffman with Rev. Bill Aufdenkamp officiating. Visitation will be 4:00 – 7:00PM on Thursday, April 6 at Erickson-Smith Funeral Home...
Darrell Gulbrandson
Mar 30, 2017
Darrell Lloyd Gulbrandson, 77 of Alexandria, formerly of Herman, passed away March 30, 2017, at his home in Alexandria after a long illness as the result of polio. Darrell was born July 18, 1939, at the Powers Hospital in Barrett, Minnesota to Lloyd and Mildred (Nelson) Gulbrandson. On October 1, 1948, Darrell was diagnosed with Bulbar and Spinal Polio and...
Ramona Kruize
Mar 14, 2017
Ramona Jean Kruize, age 82, of Fergus Falls, formerly of Wendell, died at Lake Region Healthcare on March 14, 2017. Ramona (Mona) was born July 6, 1934 in the original family home south of Wendell to Ambrose and Lila (Berg) Estenson. She attended country school and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1952. On May 25, 1954, she was...
Victor Karow
Mar 8, 2017
Victor Karow, age 80, of Alexandria died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at Grand Arbor in Alexandria, Minnesota. Victor Adolph Henry Karow was born on May 21, 1936, in Mountain Lake, Minnesota the son of Benjamin and Emily (Graff) Karow. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. Vic attended country school by Hoffman and then the Morris Ag School....
Donald Kruize
Mar 7, 2017
Donald Kruize, 86, of Elbow Lake, died Monday, March 6, 2017, at the Barrett Care Center. Donald Raymond Kruize was born on August 16, 1930 in Nobles County, MN, the son of Eppo and Freada (Buss) Kruize. He attended country school near Ellsworth, MN, until the age of 12, when he moved with his family to Elbow Lake. Following the...
Helen Pederson
Mar 7, 2017
Helen Marion Pederson, age 89, of Barrett, passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the home of her daughter in Iowa. Helen was born November 5, 1927 to Johnny and Alice Olson. She grew up with her brothers Bill and Buddy, and sister Shirley. She graduated from Hoffman High School. Helen thoroughly enjoyed a number of activities including bowling,...
Donald Wiese
Mar 6, 2017
Donald Wiese, 84, of Elbow Lake, died Monday, March 6, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Donald Henry Wiese was born on April 8, 1932 on the family farm in Stony Brook Township, Minnesota, the son of Emil and Edna (Woessner) Wiese. He attended country school and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1950. In 1951, Don was united...
Lloyd Christopherson
Mar 6, 2017
Lloyd Christopherson, 88, of Hoffman, died Monday, March 6, 2017, at Stevens Homes Plus, Barrett, MN. Lloyd Harris Christopherson was born on December 8, 1928 in Douglas County, MN on his parents home farm, the son of Cleve and Alice (Lundquist) Christopherson. He was baptized and confirmed in Lands Lutheran Church in Hoffman. In his younger years, Lloyd was involved...
Duane Wellnitz
Mar 3, 2017
Duane Wellnitz, from Elbow Lake, decided to go hunting, fishing and soaring with the bald eagles forever on Friday, March 3, 2017 at the age of 80 years. Duane Clyde "Red/Butch/Sammy" Wellnitz was born March 30, 1936 to Elvin "Al" and Lorraine (Olson) Wellnitz in Minneapolis, MN. While growing up in Minneapolis Red attended school in North Minneapolis High. He...
