Obituaries
Arthur Svare
Oct 5, 2014
Arthur Melton Svare was born on June 18, 1925 in Goodridge, MN to Melvin and Betsy (Bye) Svare. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. Arthur was enlisted in the United States Army for two years starting in 1944 and was a part of the 34th Infantry Regiment. He was Honorably Discharged on November 22, 1946. Art was...
Henry Prechel
Oct 5, 2014
Henry Frederick Prechel was born on August 27, 1928 to William and Edna (Stark) Prechel. Henry attended country school in Springfield, Minnesota. One night while at a roller skating rink Henry met a young lady by the name of Irene Seligman and on August 27, 1950 in a small country church in Jeffers, Minnesota they were united in marriage. Together...
Becky Twa
Oct 3, 2014
Becky Ann was born on February 2, 1972, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of Nancy and Will Hardy. Becky and her sister shared a happy, playful, loving childhood together. This brought Becky up to be a champion in many things she did throughout High School in Alexandria, Track & Field and 4-H livestock competitions. Becky of course excelled in the...
Anna Malmgren
Oct 3, 2014
Ann Malmgren was born on a farm near Millerville, the second of six children born to Mary (Korkowski) and Balthasar Wagner. She attended Grade School in a rural school in Douglas County. Ann married Leonard Malmgren on October 24, 1938. They farmed in rural Parkers Prairie until 1945 when they purchased a farm in Carlos Township, which they actively farmed...
Kermit Anderson
Oct 3, 2014
Kermit Gilman Anderson was born on May 28, 1950 in Glenwood, MN, the son of Gilman and Gladys M. (Aslagson) Anderson. He attended grade school in Lowry and graduated from Glenwood High School. Kermit’s life work was masonry and farming with his brother Carroll on the family farm north of Lowry. Kermit was married to Gwen Parker, they had two...
Daniel Moore
Oct 3, 2014
Daniel Ray Moore was born in Rush City, Minnesota on February 6, 1963 to Robert Leroy Moore and Carol Joyce (Peterson) Moore. Dan’s family moved to Hoffman, Minnesota in 1974 where he later graduated from Hoffman/Kensington High School in 1982. After high school Dan attended Alexandria Technical College for welding. He had two welding jobs before he began working at...
Evelyn Thompson
Oct 3, 2014
Evelyn Lucile Thompson was born in Farwell, MN July 25th, 1920 to August and Matilda Olson. She had four brothers and no sisters. Evey attended elementary school near their home north of Farwell and graduated from Kensington High School. Evey met Warren Thompson when they both worked in Rockford, IL. They met through mutual acquaintances. They both moved back to...
Kevin Gross
Oct 2, 2014
Kevin Dennis Gross, of Alexandria, Minnesota went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, October 2, 2014, at the age of 52. Kevin was born to Thomas & Mary Gross in Mitchell, South Dakota on November 30th, 1961. The Gross family soon after moved to Sioux Falls, SD where Kevin grew up and attended St. Joseph’s Cathedral. Kevin...
Val Zahn
Sep 29, 2014
After a courageous battle with cancer, Val “Wally” Zahn, age 82 of Alexandria passed away on September 29, 2014. Val was born and raised on the family farm near Hague, North Dakota. He was the youngest of 16 children born to Magdelina and Joseph Zahn. As a young adult, Val Moved to Minneapolis to join his sisters in “the big...
Kent Glover
Sep 28, 2014
Kent Robert Glover was born on December 14, 1952 at the St. Cloud Hospital, in St. Cloud Minnesota to Robert and Evelyn (Friedman) Glover. Kent grew up in Cold Spring where he graduated in 1971 from Rocori High School. He married Laura Daum on March 22, 1975 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Cold Spring, MN. Kent and Laura began...
Donald Dynda
Sep 27, 2014
Donald Arthur Dynda was born October 2, 1931 at the home of his parents, Joseph and Lillian Dynda in rural Alexandria. He attended a one-room elementary school in Lake Mary Township and graduated from the Alexandria High School in 1950. 0n December 13, 1952 he was united in marriage to Helen Glaas. After graduating from the MacPhail School of Music,...
John Kern
Sep 26, 2014
OBITUARY John Francis Kern was born in Hibbing, MN, the son of John and Jessie (Scofield) Kern on November 23rd, 1933. After graduating from Corvallis, MT High School, he worked for the Forest Service before joining the U.S. Navy. After being discharged, John worked as a meat cutter in a locker plant in Upsala where he met his future wife,...
Sharon Herzog
Sep 16, 2014
Sharon Louise was born on May 13, 1943, in Alexandria, Minnesota the fourth child of Lloyd and Lenora (Mattson) Berglin. The bond between her and her two sisters was exceptional, it started as young children when they would walk together to a one room school house. At the age of 15 Sharon moved to town and worked at Our Lady...
Donald Byrne
Sep 10, 2014
Donald Francis Byrne was born in De Graff, MN, one of ten children, on December 3, 1923 to John “Benedict” Byrne and Grace Clifford Byrne. He was baptized into the Catholic faith at St. Bridget’s Church in De Graff. He died at the Douglas County Hospital on September 10, 2014 at the age of 90, surrounded by his family. He...
Audrey (Aga)
Sep 9, 2014
Audrey Louise Palmquist (Aga) passed away on September 9, 2014, at the Jones Harrison Assisted Living facility after a stroke. She was a music teacher, choir director, pianist, and church organist. It is difficult to calculate the number of lives she touched through music. She was born in Nelson, Minnesota on September 12, 1932, to P.O. and Jennie (Peterson) Johnson....
Karl Kolstad
Sep 5, 2014
Karl T. [Bud] Kolstad, Businessman and Civic Leader, Dead at_100. Karl T. [Bud] Kolstad, a prominent Alexandria businessman and civic leader well-known for his boundless enthusiasm, love of life, and passion for music, died Friday, September 5th at Ecumen Bethany Community. He was 100 years of age. Bud was born on October 13, 1913, the son of Inga [Torgerson] and...
Paul Carlson
Sep 4, 2014
OBITUARY Paul Arvid Carlson was born on September 27, 1922 in St. Paul, MN to Arvid and Annie (Emanuelson) Carlson. Paul was baptized and confirmed at First Covenant Church in St. Paul, MN. He graduated from Johnson High School in the Class of 1940. After high school Paul enlisted into the United States Army. He served three years overseas in...
G. Larson
Sep 3, 2014
OBITUARY Gerda Irene (Bergan) Larson was born September 18, 1918 to Nils and Marie (Sund) Bergan in Stony Brook Township. She went to elementary school in Wendell and on June 10, 1937 graduated with honors from Elbow Lake High School. She worked in Minneapolis a few years and on June 1, 1941 she was united in marriage to Alfred Larson...
Bobby Gilsrud
Sep 1, 2014
Bobby Kermit Gilsrud was born on December 5, 1939 in Kilkenny, MN to Alvin and Leyola (Delaske) Gilsrud. He married Patricia McGinnis in 1958 and three boys were born Jesse, Jimmy and Jerry. Bobby then married Nancy Dahl on November 21, 1964 in Minneapolis, MN. They had three children Tim, Tammy, and Tom. Together they lived in Minneapolis and he...
Dorothy Chan
Sep 1, 2014
Dorothy Ann Jindra was born July 18, 1944 in Glenwood, MN, the daughter of Joseph and Agnes (Mrnak) Jindra. Dorothy grew up on the family farm in Lake Mary Township, MN. She attended high school in Alexandria where she graduated. On June 13, 1967 Dorothy was united in marriage to Louis Chan at the St. John Nepomuk Church. To this...
