Obituaries
Bruce Cleveland
Oct 28, 2011
Bruce Daniel Cleveland entered God's eternal rest on Friday, October 28, 2011. Bruce was born August 1, 1945, to Gifford and Irene (Struthers) Cleveland in Marshall, Minnesota. His main occupations were construction worker and dairy farmer. Bruce married Janet Iverson on September 9, 1989, at Carlos, Minnesota. He enjoyed gardening, cooking, wood working projects, fishing, and spending time with his...
Vernon Eystad
Oct 19, 2011
Vernon Eystad, 79, former Kensington resident, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at the MN Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Services will be 11:00 am Monday, October 24, 2011, at First Lutheran Church, Kensington, with the Rev. Kathryn Rothman officiating. Burial will be in the First Lutheran Cemetery, Kensington. Visitation will be held from 3-6 on Sunday, October 23, at the...
Levan Gilbertson
Oct 17, 2011
Levan Gilbertson, 84, formerly of Kensington, died Monday, October 17, 2011, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. Levan was born in Brooten, Minnesota, on January 28, 1927, to Louis and Mayme (Larson) Gilbertson. He grew up in Brooten and attended the Brooten Public School where he was involved in high school activities such as choir, football, basketball, and...
LaRae Lee
Oct 13, 2011
LaRae L. Lee, 75, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, at the Barrett Care Center. Service: Private Family Service LaRae Lydia Lee was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, on October 3, 1936, to Marvin and Grace (Juhnke) Gerth. She grew up on the Gerth family farm near Sanborn, Minnesota, and later moved to Westbrook, Minnesota. The family moved to Elbow Lake...
Lillian Svendsen
Sep 17, 2011
Lillian E. Svendsen, 89, Elbow Lake, died peacefully at her home on Saturday, September 17, 2011. She was born on May 10, 1922, to Erick and Mina (Rustad) Alvstad on the family farm in Pelican Lake Township, Grant County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at the Pelican Lake Lutheran Church, attended District #9 country school, and graduated from Elbow...
Maurice Mickelsen
Aug 29, 2011
Maurice Mickelsen, 84, died Monday, August 29, 2011, at the Barrett Care Center. Maurice Christen Mickelsen was born June 10, 1927, in Petersburg, Minnesota, to Paul and Dorothy (Dyke) Mickelsen. He was baptized and confirmed at the Union State Line Church south of Jackson, Minnesota. Maurice attended school in Jackson and eventually graduated from the Elbow Lake High School in...
Brenda Kimber
Aug 23, 2011
Brenda Kimber, 50, Elbow Lake, died at her home on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Funeral services for Brenda Kimber will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at Untied Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake with the Rev. Bob Toso officiating. Burial will be in the First Lutheran North Cemetery, Fergus Falls. Visitation is one hour before the...
Violet Melin
Aug 21, 2011
Vi Melin, 65, of Elbow Lake, died Sunday, August 21, 2011, at the Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake.Funeral services for Vi Melin will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, August 26, 2011, at United Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake with the Rev. Bob Toso officiating. Burial will be in the Union Cemetery, Elbow Lake. Visitation will be at...
Katherine Wiese
Aug 20, 2011
Katherine Rose Wiese, 78, of rural Elbow Lake, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011, at the Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake from complications of diabetes and liver disease. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at St. Olaf Catholic Church, Elbow Lake, with Fr. Ron Schmelzer officiating. Burial will be...
Carl Olson
Aug 9, 2011
Carl O. Olson, 89, of Elbow Lake, died Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at the Barrett Care Center in Barrett, Carl Olof Olson was born to Olof and Effie (Johnson) Olson on April 17, 1922, on the farm homesteaded in 1887 by his grandparents Olof and Ingrid Olson in Sanford Township, Grant County, where he resided for 87 of his 89...
Karen Hotovec
Aug 6, 2011
Karen Hotovec, 67, of Elbow Lake, died Saturday, August 6, 2011, at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Minnesota. She was born on March 23, 1944, in Wadena, Minnesota, to Raymond and Dorothy (Barringer) Davis. She graduated from the New London High School. On March 7, 1964, she was united in marriage to Kenneth Hotovec at the Zion Lutheran...
Arden Allen
Jul 18, 2011
Arden Allen, 67, died at his rural Elbow Lake home on Monday, July 18, 2011. He was born in Canby, Minnesota, on December 14, 1943, to Albert and Ann Allen. Arden attended school in Miltona and Alexandria. He married Bonnie Karger on May 18, 1963, and they had four children. He worked in a tire warehouse for many years, later...
Inga Johnson
Jul 17, 2011
Inga G. Johnson, 100, Barrett, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2011, at the Barrett Care Center, Barrett, Minnesota. Inga was born April 15, 1911, to Nora (Nelson) and Eleseus Hagen at Underwood, Minnesota, and grew up on a farm north of Underwood. She was baptized and confirmed at the Aurdal Church and attended Fergus Falls High School, graduating in 1931....
Ardyce Erickson
Jun 24, 2011
Ardyce Erickson, 80, of rural Barrett, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria. She was born on September 22, 1930, in Alexandria to Olander and Evelyn (Stevenson) Olson, was baptized and confirmed, and attended Wennersborg Lutheran Church, rural Kensington. The family later joined the Bethel Lutheran Church in Hoffman. Following graduation from Hoffman High School...
Harriett Olson
Jun 23, 2011
Harriett (Mrs. Marvin) Olson, 89, Barrett (formerly Elbow Lake), died Thursday, June 23, 2011, at the Barrett Care Center. Funeral Service: 3:00 pm Friday, July 1, United Lutheran Church, Elbow Lake Clergy: Rev. Bon Toso Burial: Ness Cemetery, Elbow Lake Visitation: 4-6pm Thursday at the Funeral Home; one hour before the service at church Harriett Adell Olson, age 89, a...
Jim Lolkus
Jun 21, 2011
Jim Lolkus, 92, Starbuck (formerly Hoffman), died Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at the Minnewaska Lutheran Home in Starbuck. Jim Lolkus was born December 4, 1918, in Chandler, Minnesota, to Pieternella (Van Eck) and Adrianus Lolkus. He was the seventh of eight children. Jim grew up on the family farm near Chandler. He enlisted in the US Army in 1942 and...
Harvey Beuckens
Jun 10, 2011
Harvey V. Beuckens, 81, Hoffman, died Friday, June 10, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Society-Hoffman. He was born December 31, 1929, in Monroe, South Dakota, on the family farm to Dick and Nancy (Wieman) Beuckens. Harvey attended school through the 6th grade at a one-room school in Monroe before moving with his family to Sioux Falls where he finished his...
Collene Kloos
Jun 9, 2011
Collene Kloos, 81, Hoffman, died Thursday, June 09, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Society-Hoffman. She was born May 24, 1930, in Osakis, Minnesota, to Everett M. and Cora (Johnson) Reddick. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith at the Osakis Lutheran Church, Osakis, confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church at Oak Hill, attended rural school at District 129 and graduated...
Bernice Waye
Jun 8, 2011
Bernice Waye, 101, Hoffman, died Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Society – Hoffman. Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday, June 11, 2011, Erickson-Smith Funeral Home in Hoffman Clergy: Rev. William O. Gilbert III Burial: Union Cemetery, Elbow Lake Visitation: one hour prior to the service Bernice was born on October 29, 1909, in Maine Township of Otter Tail County,...
Harlan Olson
Jun 4, 2011
Harlan W. Olson, 85, of Barrett, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls. Funeral: 2:00 pm Wednesday, June 8, 2011, Peace Lutheran Church, Barrett Clergy: Rev. Matthew Rose Burial: Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Barrett Visitation: at the church one hour before the service Harlan Warren Olson was born in Sanford Township, near Barrett, Minnesota, on...
