Obituaries

May 5, 2014

Memorial Service will be held on June 19, 2014 at the First Congregational Church in Alexandria, Minnesota at 2 p.m. with visitation at 1:00 p.m. Burial will be at Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria, MN. H. James Boyd was born on January 17, 1921 at Alexandria, Minnesota. He is the son of Dr. Leon and Lytta Raiter Boyd. Jim attended elementary...

May 5, 2014

OBITUARY Donald Louis Underhill was born on October 29, 1942 in North East Minneapolis, the son of Donald and Jeanette (Felix) Underhill. Don grew up and attended school in NE Minneapolis. After school Don lived and worked in various places before moving to Champliin, MN. He married Sharon Dudley on September 29, 1984 in Brooklyn Park, MN at Sharon?s mother?s...

May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014

Ralph Eugene Doonan (84) of Alexandria, MN unexpectedly passed away on May 5, 2014 with his immediate family by his side. Ralph, the youngest of 3 children, was born April 2, 1930, to John and Carrie (Hansen) Doonan at their country home in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa. He attended country school at Clay No. 3 through the 8th grade....

May 5, 2014

David Morgan Paulson was born on December 7, 1944, in Osceloa, Wisconsin the son of Morgan and Grace (Kobes) Paulson. Dave graduated from Osceola High School and furthered his education at Eau Claire State College. After college David worked for Bellanca Aircraft in Wisconsin. On December 13, 1963 David was united in marriage to Patricia Skifstad in Osceola, WI. The...

May 4, 2014

Joan ?Jo? Kathryn (Koenecke) Bjerknes was born on August 27, 1934 to Frank and Elizabeth (Chworowsky) Koenecke. Jo graduated from Sherburne High School in 1952. She attended Mankato State and started teaching. She finished her schooling during the summers and graduated in 1956 with a degree in elementary education. During her teaching years she mostly taught 4th graders in various...

May 3, 2014

Patricia Lucille Heidelberger passed away May 3, 2014, at Mountain Vista Hospital in Apache Junction, AZ. Pat was born on September 22, 1948, the daughter of Michael and Marie (Doebber) Lanigan at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Alexandria. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary?s Church in Alexandria. She graduated from Jefferson Sr. High School in 1966 and...

May 3, 2014

Richard, the second of eight children born to Ernest and Marie (Pommerening) Bahe, was born near Elrosa, Minnesota on August 21, 1928. He was baptized and confirmed at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Belgrade. He attended a one-room country school for eight years and then Belgrade High School where he graduated in 1945. After staying out of school and working for...

May 2, 2014

Florian Michael Roers was born on July 17, 1919, in Millerville, Minnesota the son of Joseph and Mathilda (Woida) Roers. He attended St. Mary?s Catholic School in Millerville. Florian was united in marriage to Lenora Mary Thoennes on October 16, 1941, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Urbank. The couple had a dairy farm where they raised their seven children....

Apr 30, 2014

Dorothy ?Kitty? Lillian (Hove) Bundy, age 90, passed away peacefully on April 30, 2014. She was born in Alexandria to Clifford and Lillian Hove on April 23, 1924. She was a graduate of Alexandria High School, class of ?42. She attended Hamline University and received her RN degree after completing her nurses training at Asbury Hospital. Kitty was a member...

Apr 29, 2014

Mary Weiland, 88, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Alexandria. Mary Anna Karels was born on August 31, 1925 in Bellingham, Minnesota the daughter of John and Lena (Stoick) Karels. She was the second youngest of nine children. Mary graduated from Bellingham High School in 1943. She began a long career with the Telephone Company while living in California...

Apr 29, 2014

Harold Richard Blakesley, son of Ralph and Edith (Wallace) Blakesley, was born December 27, 1931 in Willmar, Minnesota, a middle child of six children. He graduated from the West Central School of Agriculture in Morris in 1948, and stayed to attend one year of advanced courses through 1949. Harold served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955, doing...

Apr 27, 2014

Timm, Andrew R. age 27, of Cincinnati, OH, formerly of Allen, TX, born in Bloomington, MN on July 15, 1986, died on Sunday, April 27, 2014. Family moved to Allen, TX in 1997 where he was a graduate of Allen High School and college graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas with a BS in Computer Science. Employee of...

Apr 26, 2014

Rebecca Ann Wicklum was born February 24, 1954 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Bedtke) Wicklum. She grew up in Rosemount, MN where she graduated high school. Following high school Rebecca served in the United States Army. After being discharged from the Army Rebecca returned to Minnesota and began raising her family. She was blessed with three...

Apr 24, 2014

Frank Joseph Tvrdik was born December 10, 1924 in Lake Mary Township, MN, the son of Frank and Barbara (Kalina) Tvrdik. He was raised and schooled in Lake Mary Township. Following his schooling Frank worked on the family farm. On August 13, 1945 Frank was united in marriage to Clara Danelke at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Parish House in...

Apr 23, 2014

Frances Margaret (Olson) Becklund was born September 7, 1923 in Hillsboro, ND, the daughter of Pedor and Hannah (Peterson) Olson. She grew up in Fosston, MN, where she graduated from high school. When Frances was 17 years old, her father Pedor died. After high school, Frances moved to Minneapolis with her mother. Hannah worked as a seamstress. Frances got a...

Apr 16, 2014

Robert LeRoy was born on December 23, 1933, in Excelsior, Minnesota the son of Roy and Ethel (Radvenz) Koch. He graduated from Shakopee High School in 1951. Robert was united in marriage to Marlene Peterson on September 7, 1957, at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Hopkins. To this union four children were born. The Koch family resided in Shakopee where Bob...

Apr 16, 2014

OBITUARY George Stuart Poirier, the son of Ray and Faye (Taggert) Poirier, was born on August 24, 1929 in Bismarck, ND. George and his family moved to Montevideo, MN where he graduated from high school in 1947. He enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Korean War. He returned home and purchased ?The Daily Reminder" from his...

Apr 13, 2014

Albert Phillip Henrickson, a life-long resident of Birchdale, MN, died April 13,2014, on his 94th birthday at Grand Arbor in Alexandria MN. A memorial service will be held April 19, 2014, at 11:00 AM at the United Congregational Church in Birchdale. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Rev. John Tschudy will officiate. Albert was born April 13,...

Apr 13, 2014

Roger Steven Doty was born June 17, 1938 in Elgin, IL, the son of Denzil and Fern (Brockner) Doty. He grew up and attended school in Elgin. After graduating from Elgin High School, Roger worked on a survey crew for Illinois toll roads. Later he worked as a laborer painting water tanks. Roger went into a partnership on a bar...