Obituaries
Rose Parson
Aug 14, 2010
Rose M. Parson, 88, died Saturday, August 14, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hoffman. Rose was born December 18, 1921, to Anton and Selma (Alvstad) Ronhovde in Barrett, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lien Township. In 1938 she graduated from Barrett High School and worked at the Grant County Courthouse for a few...
Myrtle Biss
Aug 9, 2010
Myrtle Biss, 101, formerly of Wendell and Elbow Lake, died Monday, August 9, 2010, at the Evansville Care Center. Myrtle Amelia Biss was born in Elbow Lake on May 31, 1909, at the home of her parents, Anna and Linus Nelson. She was confirmed at the Fridhem Lutheran Church near Barrett and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1928....
Nina Johnson
Jul 31, 2010
Nina Mildred Johnson was born July 21, 1916, the youngest daughter of Andrew and Tilda (Swedberg) Hedstrom. They lived on a farm east of Herman now occupied by the Corey family. Nina's mother died in the worldwide flu epidemic in 1919. This was a severe loss, but the family pulled together to get through difficult times. Nina was baptized and...
Loretta Lenarz
Jul 22, 2010
Loretta Lenarz, 71, of Elbow Lake, died Thursday, July 22, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. Funeral services for Loretta Lenarz will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, July 24, at the Erickson-Smith Funeral Home in Elbow Lake. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service. Burial will be at a later date in the...
Kenneth Symonds
Jul 16, 2010
Kenneth Symonds, 89, a resident of Sheridan House, Fergus Falls, died Friday, July 16, 2010, at the Broen Memorial Home. He was born August 13, 1920, to Lewis and Mabel Symonds. He was a life long member of the Lawrence Presbyterian Church and accepted Jesus as his Savior at evangelistic services at the church. Kenneth graduated from Elbow Lake High...
Allan Spaulding
Jul 11, 2010
Allan Spaulding, 83, of Elbow Lake, died Sunday, July 11, at the Barrett Care Center. Allan was born in Morris, Minnesota, in 1926 to Ted and Laila (Huset) Spaulding. He was baptized in Alberta, Minnesota, and confirmed at Ness Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake in 1940 and attended elementary school in District 25 Elbow Lake. At age 18, Allan followed...
Michael Anderson
Jul 8, 2010
Michael Anderson, 57, rural Barrett, died Thursday, July 08, 2010, at the Rochester Methodist Hospital. Michael was born in Alexandria, Minnesota, on July 23, 1952, to Orville and Darlene (Chayer) Anderson. He was confirmed at Erdahl Lutheran Church and attended school in Evansville where he graduated from high school in 1970. He attended Alexandria Technical College and earned his degree...
Alice Dilly
Jul 2, 2010
Alice L. Dilly, 95, formerly of Herman, died Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Westwind Village in Morris. Funeral services for Alice Dilly will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at United Methodist Church in Herman with the Rev. Mickey Olson officiating. Burial will be in the Lakeside Cemetery, Herman. Visitation is one hour before the service....
Merle Phillips
Jun 30, 2010
Merle Phillips, 87, Fergus Falls, and formerly of Wendell, died Wednesday, June 30, 2010, at the Lakeland Hospice House in Fergus Falls. Merle was born on October 30, 1922, on a farm in Stony Brook Township west of Wendell to James and Florence (Lindsey) Phillips. During Merle's early years, the family also lived in Gorton and Delaware Townships. Merle attended...
Sidney Ellingson
Jun 23, 2010
Sidney Ellingson, 91, Elbow Lake, died Wednesday, June 23, at the Barrett Care Center. Sid was born August 26, 1918, in Glenwood, Minnesota, to Sigvart "Sam" and Emma (Walwick) Ellingson. He was baptized at Ness Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake and confirmed at Norwegian Lutheran Church in Crookston, Minnesota, where he grew up and graduated from high school in 1935....
Harry Westberg
Jun 22, 2010
Harry Elwood Westberg, 87, Hoffman, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, with his daughters at his side in the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis following complications of a vertebral fracture. Harry was born on the family farm in Land Township near Hoffman, Minnesota, on November 28, 1922, the son of Paul and Lydia (Johnson) Westberg. One of six...
Evelyn Erickson
Jun 11, 2010
Evelyn was born on June 14, 1919, in Rock County, Minnesota, to Bernard and Freida (Bahr) Hansen. She grew up and received her education near Jasper, Minnesota. After she finished school, she worked for neighbors doing housekeeping and child care before moving to Minneapolis, where she worked in the same capacity for a doctor. On October 6, 1940, Evelyn was...
Scott Bordson
Jun 3, 2010
Scott Bordson, 46, formerly of Hoffman, died Thursday, June 3, at the Maybelle House in Fergus Falls. Visitation: 10am - noon Saturday, June 5 Erickson-Smith Funeral Home, Hoffman. Private family burial in Covenant Cemetery, Barrett MN. Scott was born October 10,1963, in Elbow Lake MN, to Dwaine and Lynda (Fagre) Bordson. He lived with his parents in Minneapolis until 1968...
W. Woessner
May 22, 2010
Berdell Woessner, 78, of Elbow Lake, died Sat. May 22, 2010, at the ELEAH Medical Center in Elbow Lake. Berdell was born January 11, 1932, in Pomme de Terre Township, Grant County, to Walter and Millie (Wagner) Woessner. He was baptized and confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church, attended grades 1-8 at the Mountain Ash School District 54 in Pomme de...
Constance Dybdal
May 22, 2010
Connie Dybdal, 73, died Sat. at the Triump Hospital in Fargo. Connie was born November 11, 1936, to Leonard E. and Velma (Frahm) Ledum in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Ness Lutheran Church, and graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1954. Connie attended Concordia College in Moorhead for one year. On November 25, 1964, Connie...
Jodi Norris
May 21, 2010
Jodi Norris, 46, died Friday, May 21, at her home in Barrett. Service: 2 pm Tuesday, May 25,Peace Lutheran Church, Barrett Visitation: 5-7 pm Monday at Peace Lutheran Church, Barrett,7pm prayer service; one hour before service on Tuesday Jodi Lynn Norris was born November 22, 1963, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, Minnesota, to Henry and Edna (Abel) Hansen...
Eunice Berskow
May 10, 2010
Eunice (Mrs. Carroll) Berskow, 74, of Elbow Lake, died Monday, May 10, 2010, at the ELEAH Medical Center in Elbow Lake. Eunice was born on March 13, 1936, in Stony Brook Township to Edwin and Clara (Kolle) Bergan. She was baptized and confirmed at Rock Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Elbow Lake. She graduated high school from Elbow Lake in...
Terry Hormann
Apr 18, 2010
Terry Hormann, 37, rural Hoffman, died Sunday, April 18, 2010. Services for Terry Hormann will be held at 11:00 am Thursday, April 22, 2010, at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Hoffman with the Rev. Mark Schmitke officiating. Friends may call at the Erickson-Smith Funeral Home in Hoffman on Wednesday from 5-8 pm with a 7:30 prayer service. Visitation will resume...
Henry Schroeder
Apr 16, 2010
Henry "Hank" Schroeder, 86, of Elbow Lake, passed away at his home on Friday, April 16, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 Friday, April 23, 2010, at United Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake with the Rev. Bob Toso officiating. Family will greet friends at the church one hour before the service. Hank was born June 21, 1923,...
Margaret Olsen
Apr 10, 2010
Margaret Olsen, 91, of the Good Samaritan Home in Hoffman, and formerly of Westbrook, died Friday, April 10, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Home. Funeral services for Margaret Olsen will be held Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 1:00 p.m., at Grace Lutheran Church in Westbrook. Burial will be in Westbrook Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at...
