Obituaries
David Mike
Sep 26, 2013
David John Mike, age 71, of Fergus Falls, MN, died peacefully at Arlington Home on September 26, 2013 under the care of Lakeland Hospice of Fergus Falls. David was born on September 26, 1942 in Starbuck, MN, the son of Willmar and Esther (Heikkinen) Mike of the Holmes City area. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church...
Neal Huemoeller
Sep 25, 2013
Funeral services for Neal R. Huemoeller, 91, Alexandria, MN, formerly of Truman, MN, will be Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Zion Lutheran Church in Alexandria, MN. Burial will be Monday, September 30 at Ridgelawn Memorial Park, rural Truman, MN. Visitation will be Friday, September 27, from 5-7:00 PM at Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria, MN and one...
Kerry Zimmel
Sep 24, 2013
Kerry Donald Zimmel was born on April 13, 1950, in Alexandria, Minnesota the son of Andrew and Dorathea (Muyres) Zimmel. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Belle River. The Zimmel family lived on a farm near Belle River where Kerry enjoyed the animals and tractors. As a teenager he moved into a group home in...
Mary Karsky
Sep 18, 2013
Mary was born on June 16, 1928 in Dickinson, North Dakota, the daughter of Anton and Rosie (Sadowsky) Volesky. She was raised on a farm northwest of Dickinson and attended New Hradec School. Mary was wed to Laudie F. Karsky on June 4, 1947, at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in New Hradec, North Dakota. To this blessed couple...
Mable Braeger
Sep 16, 2013
Mable Annie Minnie (Hogan) Braeger, died on Monday, September 16, 2013 at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria. Mable was born on November 17, 1917 in Ida Township the daughter of Isaac and Helena (Dittberner) Hogan. She attended School District #75 through the 8th grade. Mable was baptized and confirmed at St. John?s Lutheran Church in Garfield, Minnesota. Mable was...
James Ohlaug
Sep 12, 2013
James H. Ohlaug James Howard Ohlaug was born on November 7, 1928 in Madison, MN, the son of Oscar and Ida (Digre) Ohlaug. He was baptized and confirmed at Hegre Lutheran Church. James graduated from Madison High School in 1946. He met the love of his life Grace Borstad and prior to his leaving to the Korean War they were...
Agnes Ledermann
Sep 11, 2013
Agnes (Aggie) Florence Ledermann was the 10th child born to Math and Margaret Jennissen on January 25, 1942 of rural Sauk Centre. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. She attended School District #53 and then went on to St. Francis High School in Little Falls, MN. She then went on to LPN School at...
John Smith
Sep 11, 2013
John Lyle Smith, son of Harry and Bertha (Engesser) Smith, was born on November 7, 1933, at Tracy, Minnesota. He died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at the St. Williams Living Center in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota. John was baptized at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Tracy. The family moved to St. James when John was a boy. He attended Butterfield...
John Smith
Sep 11, 2013
John Lyle Smith, son of Harry and Bertha (Engesser) Smith, was born on November 7, 1933, at Tracy, Minnesota. He died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at the St. Williams Living Center in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota. John was baptized at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Tracy. The family moved to St. James when John was a boy. He attended Butterfield...
Hazel Walters
Sep 3, 2013
OBITUARY Hazel Jeanette Ekeberg was born November 3, 1925, near Underwood, MN to John and May (Glibertson) Ekeberg. In 1929, the family moved to Everts Township. Hazel was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, attended grade school in a one-room schoolhouse in District #45, was a graduate of Battle Lake High School in the class of 1943, and attended...
Hazel Harbig
Aug 31, 2013
Hazel was born on November 6, 1919, in McGregor, North Dakota, the daughter of Oscar and Mathilda (Anderson) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in McGregor, North Dakota. She attended country grade school through the 8th grade. On March 21, 1939 Hazel was united in marriage to Melvin Harbig in Estevan Saskatchewan Canada. To this union...
Virginia Ulm
Aug 29, 2013
VIRGINIA A. ULM Virginia Anita Ulm was born on March 22, 1915 in Mason City, Iowa the daughter of Louis and Elsie Buirge. She had been a resident of Alexandria since 1943 and worked at the Alex State Bank for a number of years as secretary to George Buscher. She was longtime member of the Eastern Star and a lifetime...
Marvin Osterman
Aug 28, 2013
Marvin David Osterman, Beloved Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, age 83 passed to the arms of our Father, Lord and Savior on August 28, 2013. Marvin was preceded in death by parents, Martin & Aurelia Osterman, siblings John (Clara) Osterman, Lyle (Jane) Osterman, and sister?s Evelyn Osterman and Julia (Frank) Jacobs. Also preceding him were three wonderful wives, Marion Quinn (Scotland),...
Robert Snelson
Aug 27, 2013
Robert Michael Snelson was born August 17, 1968 in Worthington, MN, the son of Robert and Mary (Jensen) Snelson. He grew up near Wilmont, MN and Fulda, MN. In 1980, while in the sixth grade, Bob and his family moved to Donnelly, MN. In 1983 they moved to Alexandria and Bob later graduated from Osakis High School. Bob was a...
Leon Reis
Aug 27, 2013
Leo Reis was called to that great ?clubhouse in the sky? on August 27, 2013 after courageously fighting a prolonged illness. Leon Clarence Reis was born in Roscoe, SD on May 17, 1932. Leo?s parents moved to Glenham, SD where the family farmed and Leo attended and graduated from high school. Leo was involved in sports during his school days...
James Wittmer
Aug 22, 2013
James Paul Wittmer was born September 28, 1951 in Albert Lea, MN to Harold H. and Marleda K. (Attig) Wittmer. He attended Geneva Elementary School and Ellendale School through the eleventh grade. In September 1968 the family moved to the Miltona /Spruce Hill area, he finished his senior year of high school and graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria....
Harold Hansen
Aug 22, 2013
HAROLD HANSEN Harold Hansen was born November 6, 1921 at Nashua, MN, the son of Fred and Rose (Gerber) Hansen. He attended school in Tintah, MN and later at Moorhead State College. Harold entered the US Army in 1941. He was selected for the Ordinance Technical School in Aberdeen, MD. Harold was chosen as a member for a military mission...
Allard Lundgren
Aug 19, 2013
Allard Rodney Lundgren was born on October 16, 1922 in Moose Lake, MN to Arthur and Ida (Nelson) Lundgren. The family moved to Alexandria where Allard grew up and graduated from Alexandria High School in 1941 where he excelled in athletics. He continued his education at Gustavus College until enlisting in the Merchant Marines in WWII. He traveled the world...
Lilly Scott
Aug 17, 2013
Lilly Margaret Christina Scott was born on January 15, 1916, in Rock Creek, MN. Lilly died August 17, 2013, in Fargo, ND at home. In spite of growing up during the depression years, some of Lilly's happiest memories are of her childhood on the family dairy farm. She would often speak of her beloved parents and how they had created...
Bruce Boerner
Aug 14, 2013
Bruce Alan Boerner was born September 4, 1966 in Morris, MN to Harlan Franklin and Bernice Corrine (Thorstad) Boerner. Bruce was baptized at Kongsvinger Church in Donnelly, MN. He graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria, MN in 1985. Before graduating Bruce signed on with the United States Marine Corp where he was enlisted for six years. While in the...
