Obituaries
Lynnette Schmdit
Apr 26, 2013
Lynnette Louise Schmidt was born on March 27, 1962 at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Alexandria to James and Phyllis (Wild) Schmidt. She graduated from Osakis High School in 1980 and attended Alexandria Technical College for clerical and accounting. Lynnette worked a variety of jobs at many retail stores in Alexandria. Lynnette was an avid craftsperson and loved collecting...
Ralph Larson
Apr 19, 2013
OBITUARY Ralph Warren Larson was born, on a Leap Year, February 29, 1920 to Alma and Ole Larson in Elbow Lake, Minnesota. It was in Elbow Lake that Ralph received his public education, graduating as Valedictorian in 1937. On January 7, 1942, he volunteered for the United States Army. He became First Sergeant under General George S. Patton in the...
Gerald Larson
Apr 15, 2013
OBITUARY Gerald ?Jerry? Peter Larson was born on April 17, 1939 in Douglas County to Peter and Agnes (SundBerg) Larson. Gerald was the first born of twins and he was delivered by his grandmother who helped deliver all of her daughter?s children. He went to a country school and then graduated from Central High School in the Class of 1957....
Jerald Fiebranz
Apr 13, 2013
Jerald Frederick Fiebranz was born June 3, 1939 in Belle River, MN, the son of Harold and Carolyn (Rediehs) Fiebranz. Jerry grew up in the Belle River area. In 1955 Harold Fiebranz bought the home farm just south of the Alexandria airport and moved his family onto the farm. Jerry graduated from high school in Alexandria. He served in the...
Josephine Sletto
Apr 9, 2013
Josephine O. Sletto, age 96, died on April 9, 2013, at the Knute Nelson Memorial Home in Alexandria, Minnesota. Jo was born in McKenzie County, North Dakota, on December 14, 1916, the daughter of Kittil and Anna Skavanger. Jo spent her early years on the family farm near Keene, North Dakota. She was baptized and confirmed at Clear Creek Lutheran...
Rosella Olsen
Apr 9, 2013
Rosella Jean Olsen was born on July 9, 1934, in Lowry, Minnesota the daughter of Anton and Inga (Moen) Olson. The family lived in the Lowry area during Rosella?s childhood years and she graduated from Glenwood High School. Rosella was united in marriage Arnold Olsen at St. Paul?s Lutheran Church in Lowry on September 22, 1954, to this union four...
John Pumper
Apr 5, 2013
John Stanley Pumper, age 71, of New Prague, died on Friday, April 5, 2013 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. John was born on May 7, 1941, in New Prague, Minnesota the son of Stanley and Agnes (Maxa) Pumper. He attended New Prague High School and graduated in 1959. John served his country in the United States Army Reserve...
Laura Peterson
Apr 4, 2013
Laura Leigh (Ostlund) Peterson was born on July 27, 1954 in Minneapolis, MN to Neil and Mary (McDonough) Ostlund. She graduated from Owatonna High School in 1972. Laura attended college at St. Thomas and St. Catherine?s until she moved out to Park City, UT and Huntington Beach, CA. She moved back to Alexandria in 1987 and bought Schjeis Grocery and...
Sharene Eckel
Mar 27, 2013
OBITUARY Sharene Myra May Eckel was born on January 3, 1974 in Dryden, Ontario Canada, the daughter of Royce and Meta (Berry) Henderson. Shar graduated from Dryden High School in 1992. She was then united in marriage to Scott Eckel at the Chapel Gardens in Eagle Bend, MN. Together they resided in Eagle Bend and four boys were born to...
Janice Ellingson
Mar 23, 2013
Janice R. Ellingson Janice R. Ellingson, age 76, of Alexandria, Minnesota, died March 23, 2013, at her winter home in Tucson, Arizona. She is survived by her husband Richard Ellingson, daughter Kristen ( Richard) Panowicz of Omaha, NE and son Jorgen (Yumiko) Ellingson of Orono, MN. Also surviving are her grandchildren Emma Panowicz, Ethan Panowicz, Oscar Ellingson, and Max Ellingson....
Raymond Schulz
Mar 23, 2013
Raymond Schulz was born on January 1, 1933, in Garfield, Minnesota, the son of Robert and Lucy (Schoeneck) Schulz. He attended schools in Alexandria and enlisted into the United States Army at age 17. Ray served his country in Korea and was Honorably Discharged on August 15, 1952. During his time in Korea he was injured and awarded the Bronze...
Harold Hoppe
Mar 21, 2013
Harold William Hoppe was born on July 5, 1921 to Fred and Minnie (Stoeck) Hoppe in Carlos Township on a farm near Alexandria where he also grew up. He attended school through the 8th grade. He joined the army on December 30, 1944, and served two years overseas near Seoul, Korea, becoming a motor staff sergeant. He returned from the...
Henry Berghuis
Mar 20, 2013
Henry E. Berghuis was born in Clara City, Minnesota, on June 29, 1919, the son of Jacob and Johanna E. (Nieuwhuis) Berghuis. He grew up in Clara City, graduated from high school, and then served in the United States Navy during World War II. He participated in the Pacific theatre. Upon his Honorable Discharge Henry joined the family construction firm...
Randy Santjer
Mar 18, 2013
Randy Ardell Santjer was born on April 19, 1957 in Granite Falls, Minnesota to William and Hilda (Brouwer) Santjer. He graduated from Renville High School. Randy was united in marriage to Judy Aalderks on September 24, 1976 at the Presbyterian Church in Renville, MN. To this union the couple was blessed with two boys, Ryan and Travis. The couple raised...
Rita Peterson
Mar 16, 2013
Rita R. Peterson, age 90, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Knute Nelson. Rita was born to Charles and Teresa (Hoffarth) Rosch on December 31, 1922, in Long Prairie, Minnesota. She was the second of four daughters. Rita attended St. Mary?s Grade School in Long Prairie. After graduating from Long Prairie High School, Rita worked in Washington DC during World...
Carol Becker
Mar 15, 2013
Carol Lynn Becker was born on September 22, 1949, in Richmond, Wisconsin. She was the eleventh out of fourteen children born to Myron and Myrtle (Wieland) Brown. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul?s Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. She graduated from Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul. On September 26, 1972, Carol was united in marriage to...
Steven Taillefer
Mar 13, 2013
Steven James Taillefer was born on May 2, 1997 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota to Duane and Yvette Taillefer. A couple months after he was born the family moved from Andover to Alexandria. Steven was baptized at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Alexandria. He attended Voyager Elementary School, Discovery Middle School and Jefferson Senior High School where he was an outstanding student....
Daniel Rusch
Mar 9, 2013
OBITUARY Daniel Floyd Rusch, 78, passed away March 9, 2013 at Lake Country Assisted Living Inc. in Brandon, MN. Dan was born March 17, 1934 to Erhardt and Bertha (Deschner) Rusch and spent his childhood years living and working on the family farm near Wheaton, MN with his five brothers and a sister. He graduated from Wheaton High School and...
Donald Westad
Mar 9, 2013
OBITUARY Donald Lane Westad departed this world much too young at age 65 on March 9, 2013 of complications following surgery. Don grew up on a dairy farm near Parkers Prairie. After graduating from Parkers High, and Alex Technical College, Don served in the US Army in Germany (1968 -1970). He is survived by his loving wife of 35 years,...
Angela Spaeth
Mar 8, 2013
Angela Christina (Prazak) Spaeth was born in Evansville, MN on December 8, 1917 the daughter of John and Regina (Pehan) Prazak. She attended school District # 56 in Douglas County. She was united in marriage to Leander Spaeth on June 17, 1941 at Seven Dolor?s Catholic Church in Millerville, MN. They farmed for 25 years before moving to Alexandria. She...
