Obituaries
Marcella Thoennes
Jan 13, 2014
OBITUARY Marcella Mathilda Thoennes was born on April 1, 1920 in Millerville, MN the daughter of John A. and Mayme (Lorsung) Roers. She grew up in the Millerville area and was a member of Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church where she was baptized, confirmed and attended Catholic grade school. On October 11, 1938 she was united in marriage...
Lloyd Schnetzer
Jan 13, 2014
Lloyd Hans Schnetzer was born on December 27, 1936, in Terril, Iowa. The family moved to Villard when Lloyd was a young boy. He graduated from Villard High School in 1955 and played on the high school football team. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army Reserves for two years. Lloyd married Mary O?Brien in 1959. The couple...
Jacqueline Schneider
Jan 11, 2014
Jacqueline June was born on April 21, 1928, in Atlantic, Iowa the daughter of Pearl and Pauline Jacobs. She graduated from Grinnel High School and went onto nursing school. Graduating with an ?Registered Nurse degree near the top of her class at St Joseph?s School for Nursing, Cedar Rapids, IA. Jacqueline was a dedicated nurse and mother and grandmother. Jacqueline...
Jon Klein
Jan 10, 2014
Jon William Klein passed away Jan. 10th, 2014 at St. Cloud Centra Care Hospital after a short but courageous battle with pneumonia and pulmonary complications. Jon was born November 22, 1948 to Donald and AdaBelle (Halstead) Klein in Alexandria, the second of six children. In junior high and high school he excelled at wrestling and was an All-State Wrestler. After...
Bernie Botner
Jan 8, 2014
Bernie Jerome Botner was born on October 2, 1934 in Moe Township, the son of Robert and Anna Severson Botner. He graduated from Central High School in 1952. Bernie was united in marriage to Diana Jane Vickerman on July 6, 1968 at St. John?s Lutheran Church in Garfield. After their marriage the couple lived and farmed on Bernie?s family farm,...
Christopher Jeffries
Jan 8, 2014
Christopher Neal Jeffries was born August 19, 1975 in St. Paul, MN. He moved to Alexandria, MN at the age of three. Christopher was raised in Alexandria and graduated from Jefferson High School. Christopher loved the outdoors. He enjoyed camping and running. Recently he was learning to paddleboard. He enjoyed sports and was a football fan; his team was the...
Phyllis Jensen
Jan 5, 2014
Phyllis Marilyn (Swanson) Jensen was born on March 24, 1930 in Pontiac, Michigan to Elmer and Ida (Peterson) Swanson. The family moved to Washington, D.C. In 1932, her father, a police officer, was shot and killed in the line of duty. Her mother then moved her family of four to Minneapolis and later to Alexandria. In 1940, her mother remarried...
Karen Gadow
Jan 4, 2014
OBITUARY Karen Ardell (Michaelson) Gadow was born in Alexandria, Minnesota, on April 20, 1934, the daughter of C. Al and Ardell (Yates) Michaelson. Karen graduated from Central High School in Alexandria in 1952, where she was crazy about being a cheerleader and participating in all areas of music. Following her high school graduation, Karen enrolled and graduated from the Minnesota...
Gilbert Hiebel
Jan 2, 2014
Gilbert Hiebel, age 95, of Alexandria, died Thursday, January 2, 2014. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM Friday, January 10, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria. Reverend Greg Billberg will officiate. Interment will follow in the Independent Bohemian Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM Thursday at the Anderson Funeral Home in...
LaVonne Pendergrass
Dec 31, 2013
LaVonne Gail (Monson) Pendergrass was born on August 5, 1945, to Manville and Dorothy (Houska) Monson in Grafton, ND. She attended Rothsay High School. She married Bennie Tollefson on October 5, 1963. This union was blessed by two daughters, Kim and Kay. LaVonne and Bennie operated a dairy farm near Erhard, MN where LaVonne was a homemaker and mother. LaVonne...
Cyril Wenner
Dec 29, 2013
Cyril ?Sonny? John Henry Wenner was born March 3, 1930 in Mankato, MN to John and Marcella (Miller) Wenner. He graduated from Mankato High School and started working at SM Auto Parts. Sonny served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War from January 1951 to November 1952, with a medical discharge. Sonny returned back to Mankato and resumed his...
Willis Dropik
Dec 24, 2013
Willis ?Bill? John Dropik was born on May 24, 1938, on the family farm in Leaf Valley Township, Douglas County, Minnesota, to Anton and Ida (Swehla) Dropik. He attended Leaf Valley District 28 Country School and continued his education at Central School in Alexandria. He then went to work full time on the family farm. On January 8, 1958, Bill...
Betty Cooper
Dec 22, 2013
Betty Cooper Betty joined the Lord and her husband on Sunday, December 22, 2013. Betty, the only child of Otto and Mary Mahlstedt, was born September 7, 1921 in Lowden, IA. She grew up in Wheatland, IA, graduating from high school in 1939. While in high school she participated in basketball, drama and music. Betty married the love of her...
Steve Munn
Dec 20, 2013
OBITUARY Stephen Paul Munn was born on March 3, 1951 in Fargo, ND, the son of Gerald and Mary (Winchell) Munn. He graduated from Fargo South High school in 1969 and continued his education at Detroit Lakes Area Vocational School graduating from the Sales and Marketing program. Steve married Elaine Soltess on September 22, 1973 in Detroit Lakes, MN. Together...
Pete Olson
Dec 17, 2013
Wallace Marvin ?Pete? Olson passed away peacefully on December 17, 2013 at the HavenwoodCareCenter in Bemidji, MN the age of 91. Pete was born July 6, 1922 the son of A. Richard and Hazel Olson. He is survived by his brother Richard ?Shorty? (Bee Ann) Olson, his nephew Dirk (Joan) Olson and nieces, Riki (Bill) Scheela, Cozy (Bobby) Prusak, Julie...
Vonnie Hardy
Dec 17, 2013
OBITUARY Lavonne ?Vonnie? Clair Hardy was born on October 2, 1947 in Winger, MN the daughter of Vernon and Mildred (Lyons) Miliander. She graduated from McIntosh High school in 1965. She married her husband Joe Hardy on May 29, 1965 in Crookston, MN. Together they made their home in Alexandria where they raised two children Kevin and Sheila. Vonnie worked...
Joyce Steen
Dec 14, 2013
OBITUARY Joyce LaVern Steen was born on September 7, 1930 in Miltona Township, MN, the daughter of Alfred and Anna (Carlson) Dreger. She grew up on the family farm from 1930 until 1945. She and her family moved to Alexandria where she attended Central High School. Joyce was married to Harold Steen in 1949. Together they lived in Alexandria and...
Norbert Schmidt
Dec 12, 2013
Norbert Anton Schmidt of Alexandria, Minnesota, danced his way into heaven on Thursday, December 12, 2013 from Grand Arbor in Alexandria. He was born on August 22, 1919 in Urbank, Minnesota to John and Margaret Schmidt. On June 5, 1945, Norbert married Edwina Zimmel, at which time his life really began. Norbert was a brilliant businessman and entrepreneur. He owned...
Lorraine Bassamore
Dec 12, 2013
Lorraine Eva (McVeigh) Bassamore was born on July 22, 1921 in Minneapolis, MN to William and Eva (Leopard) McVeigh. Lorraine was united in marriage to her Junior High School sweetheart, Nicholas Bassamore on July 3, 1941 in Minneapolis. To this union the couple was blessed with two children, Jayne and Steve. Lorraine was a great wife and mother. She enjoyed...
Ronald Ferson
Dec 10, 2013
Ronald Keith Ferson, age 82 of Alexandria, died on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria due to a brain hemorrhage. Ron was born on July 8, 1931, to Keith and Lucinda (Spier) Ferson in Bremer County, Iowa. He was raised in the Waterloo, Iowa area until he moved to Stewartville, Minnesota where he graduated from...
