Obituaries
Jenny Hansen
Jan 30, 2016
Jenny P. Hansen, age 94 of Elbow Lake, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the Barrett Care Center. Jenny Pauline Velsvaag was born January 28, 1922 in Walden Township, Pine River, MN to John & Olga Velsvaag. She was baptized April 9, 1922 and confirmed her faith in Our Lord and Savior, August 29, 1937 at the Norwegian Lutheran...
Brenda Anderson
Jan 25, 2016
Brenda Jean Anderson, 48, of Gilbertsville, New York, formerly of Cyrus, died unexpectedly Monday, January 25, 2016, in New York. Brenda was born on August 15, 1967 in Morris, MN, the daughter of Larry L. And Carol (Wevley) Anderson. She was baptized at First Lutheran Church in Morris in 1968 and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cyrus in 1983....
Rita Brekke
Jan 18, 2016
Rita Brekke, age 90, passed away January 18, 2016 at Pioneer Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Rita Marie Haverkamp was born on August 22, 1925 to Herman and Mary Jesse (Cluckey) in Ogema, Minnesota. Rita grew up and received her schooling in Ogema. Following graduation she lived in Alexandria and worked at the Alexandria Creamery and Osteberg's Café before moving...
Leslie Folken
Jan 15, 2016
Leslie "Butch" Folken passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND at the age of seventy years. Leslie Brenton Folken was born on November 26, 1945, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Waldemar and Ione (Rugroden) Folken. He graduated from the Elbow Lake High in 1963. Butch entered the U.S. Air Force serving from 1963 to...
Norma Aanenson
Jan 12, 2016
Norma Aanenson, 94 of rural Kensington died Tuesday, Jan 12, 2016 by Alexandria, MN. Norma Eunice Hanson was born on November 9, 1921, the daughter of Joe and Viola (Scott) Hanson. She attended the Valley Springs Public School and graduated in 1939. Norma and Alvin Aanenson were married on February 9, 1941. After their marriage they lived in southern Minnesota,...
Rodney Christianson
Jan 4, 2016
Rodney Christianson, age 85 of Elbow Lake, passed away Monday, January 04, 2016 at the Barrett Care Center. Rodney Christianson was born to Ralph and Helen (Beck) Christianson on February 24, 1930 in Elbow Lake. He was baptized, confirmed and attended rural Country School in Elbow Lake. Rodney attended Morris Ag for two years where he majored in Agriculture. On...
Bernice Hauglie
Dec 24, 2015
Bernice Hauglie, 85, of Elbow Lake, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2015, at the Barrett Care Center. Bernice Olive Carlsen was born on August 23, 1930 in Ceylon, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Ruth (Apland) Carlsen. She grew up on the family farm, and graduated from Ceylon High School in 1948. Bernice worked at a coop as a bookkeeper...
Harriett Rosengren
Nov 29, 2015
Harriett Rosengren, age 100 of Elbow Lake, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2015 at Stevens' Home Plus in Barrett. Harriett (Larson) Rosengren was born on March 9, 1915 in Grand Forks, ND to Clarence and Thea Larson. They moved to Detroit Lakes where she attended first grade. Harriett moved to Elbow Lake to live with her grandparents and graduated from...
Lawrence Hammer
Nov 17, 2015
Lawrence G. Hammer, 84 of Ashby died Tuesday, November 17, at the Ashby Assisted Living Center. He was born August 27, 1931 at the family farm by Erdahl. The son of George and Minne (Bah) Hammer. He was baptized and confirmed at Erdahl Lutheran. He graduated from Elbow Lake High School. After high school, he milked 12 cows by hand...
Jerome Williams
Nov 15, 2015
Jerome Ralph (Jerry) Williams, age 88 of Kearney, Nebraska, formerly of the Farwell/Kensington area, passed away November 15, 2015 in Kearney, NE. Jerome was born in Minneapolis, MN on September 25, 1927 to Frank and Pauline (Hipp) Williams. Jerome was a graduate of Alexandria High School and the Dunwoody Institute. He served on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt as a...
Terrance Weiland
Nov 12, 2015
Terrance R. Weiland, 53, of Spokane Valley, WA, formerly of Hoffman, passed away November 12, 2015 in Spokane Valley. Terry was born on March 27, 1962, at Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN, the son of Don and Rosie (Zilka) Weiland. Terry attended grade school and high school at Hoffman Public Schools. In 1980, Terry moved to Sacramento, CA, where...
Milton Erlandson
Nov 5, 2015
Milton Erlandson, age 90 of Elbow Lake, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake. Milton Harold Erlandson was born May 9, 1925 to Adolph and Thora (Hole) Erlandson, into a family of nine children. He grew up on the family farm in Aastad Township and received his schooling through the 8th grade at the...
Doris Lystrom
Nov 1, 2015
Doris I. Lystrom, 77, of Evansville, MN, formerly of Elbow Lake, MN, died on Sunday, November 1, 2015, at the Evansville Care Campus. Doris Ilene was born on March 28, 1938, at the family home in rural Douglas County, MN. She was the fifth child born to Oscar and Katherine (McColley) Covel. Doris was baptized in the Christian Faith. She...
Paul Sandberg
Oct 26, 2015
Paul Sandberg of Hoffman passed away on Monday, October 26, 2015, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN at the age of 90 years. Paul Erling Sandberg was born in Fergus Falls on August 15, 1925 to Reverend Ivar and Marion (Berrum) Sandberg. He grew up and received his education in Barrett, graduating with the class of 1943. Following...
Maynard Thorstad
Oct 23, 2015
Maynard Thorstad, 83, of Hoffman, died Friday, October 23, 2015, at Bethany Community, Alexandria. Maynard Lloyd Thorstad was born on March 25, 1932 on the family farm west of Hoffman on the Pomme de Terre River, Grant County, Minnesota, the son of Burney and Cora (Munson) Thorstad. He attended country school through the eighth grade and helped on the family...
Esther Johnson
Oct 21, 2015
Esther Johnson of Hoffman died Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at the Glenwood Retirement Village at the age of 92. Esther Mathilda Minnie Johnson was born on February 6, 1923, the daughter of William and Louise (Lorenz) Abel. She was baptized on March 4, 1923, and confirmed on July 12, 1936, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Hoffman. Esther graduated from...
Anita Christenson
Oct 13, 2015
Anita Christenson, age 73, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at her home in Wendell, MN. Anita Rae Christenson was born on January 11, 1942, in Norcross, Minnesota, the daughter of Ray and Mildred (Bacon) Richards. She attended the Corndale Country School, and the Elementary School in Norcross, graduating from the Herman High School in 1960. She then continued her...
Joan Moerke
Oct 6, 2015
Joan Meredith (Rice) Moerke, age 69 of Ashby, MN died in her home Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Joan was born on January 16, 1946 in Milaca, MN to parents Bill and Lorraine (Rosen) Rice. She was raised on a dairy farm and attended high school in Milaca, MN, graduating in 1963. After high school, she moved to the Twin Cities...
Deloris Derby
Sep 29, 2015
Deloris Derby, 93 of Elbow Lake, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at the Barrett Care Center. Deloris Vione Olson was born on January 24, 1922 on the family farm southwest of Elbow Lake, the daughter of Iver and Hattie (Pikop) Olson. She attended country school and attended Elbow Lake High School, graduating in 1940. She married Leland Derby on...
Lorraine Olson
Sep 29, 2015
Lorraine A. Olson, 95, of Barrett, formerly of Hoffman, died Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at the Barrett Care Center. Lorraine Adeline Nessman was born on February 4, 1920 in Solem Township, Minnesota, the daughter of John Swan and Emma (Peterson) Nessman on the family farm. She was baptized and confirmed at Wennersborg Church. She attended country school and Kensington Public...
