Obituaries
Helen VanDyke
Nov 23, 2011
Helen Van Dyke (Alex) Helen Ann Van Dyke, of Rosewood on Broadway nursing home of Fargo, ND, formerly of Alexandria, MN, was born the youngest of three children on January 25, 1924 at rural Lindsay, Nebraska to Frank and Anna (Pospisil) Choutka. She attended a rural one room school through the 8th grade. Helen was united in marriage to Harold...
David Nelson
Nov 16, 2011
David W. Nelson was born July 17, 1933 in Alexandria, MN to Norris and Agnes (Anderson) Nelson. He was baptized and confirmed at First English Lutheran Church, and attended Alexandria Public Schools. Dave was drafted into the Armed Services and served in the Army Mountain Battalion in Austria during the Korean War in 1953 and 1954. He then served in...
Bernard Briese
Nov 16, 2011
Bernard ?Butch? Briese was born on December 17, 1938 in Eastern Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota to William and Marie (Notzelman) Briese. He was baptized and confirmed at Mount Calvary Church in Miltona. Butch attended Joy School District 55 in rural Rose City. He went to work for his sister, Verla at Parkers Prairie Produce until he enlisted in the U.S....
David Schierman
Nov 13, 2011
David Scott Schierman was born on May 24, 1954, in Minneapolis, Minnesota the son of Donald and Marion (Josephs) Schierman. Dave was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Glen Lake, MN. The family lived in the Hopkins area when he was young and later moved to Eden Prairie. As a teenager Dave and his siblings were instilled with...
Roland Norling
Nov 10, 2011
Roland ?Jim? Norling Roland James ?Jim? Norling was born in Garfield, Minnesota, on August 8, 1924, the son of Edward and Irene (Madosh) Norling. He was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Forada and attended country school District #24 on Highway 29 South. As a young man, Jim worked on the family farm and began driving a milk truck at...
Don Kramer
Nov 8, 2011
DON KRAMER Don Anthony Kramer was born on September 6, 1929, in Lucan, Minnesota the son of Anton and Dora (Norcutt) Kramer. He graduated from high school in 1947 and furthered his education at the University of Minnesota receiving his Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering. Don served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. On December...
Don Kramer
Nov 8, 2011
Don Anthony Kramer was born on September 6, 1929, in Lucan, Minnesota the son of Anton and Dora (Norcutt) Kramer. He graduated from high school in 1947 and furthered his education at the University of Minnesota receiving his Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering. Don served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. On December 1, 1956...
Martha Haabala
Nov 5, 2011
Martha Haabala Martha L. Haabala was born on the family farm in Moe Township, Douglas County, Minnesota on February 19, 1917, the daughter of Matthias and Christina (Salmeda) Haabala. She attended District #5 country school in Moe Township through the 8th Grade. The District #5 schoolhouse that Martha attended is the building that now sits in the Fort Alexandria museum...
Sandra Braunschweig
Nov 1, 2011
Sandra ?Sandy? Braunschweig 64, of Alexandria, MN was born on 22 January 1947 in Alexandria, MN at the Catholic Hospital. Sandra was baptized on 11 May 1947 at St. Luke?s Lutheran Church in Garfield, MN. In May of 1947 she moved to Minneapolis, MN with her parents Edward and Olive (Botner) Braunschweig and lived there until 2008. Sandra graduated from...
Frances Beulke
Oct 30, 2011
OBITUARY Frances Grace Beulke passed away unexpectedly, yet peaceful in her sleep, on October 30, 2011. Frances was born November 15, 1936 on a farm north of Carlos, MN to August and Elda (Weber) Tonn. Later they rented a farm west of Carlos and then she grew up on a farm south of Carlos. She attended country school at District...
Robert Frisell
Oct 28, 2011
Robert M. Frisell, 86, born and raised in Alexandria, MN, formerly of Plymouth, MN, passed away peacefully while sleeping, Friday October 28, 2011. Visitation with family will be held Tuesday, November 1st, at Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria, MN, from 5-7 p.m. and with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Memorial service will be Wednesday, November 2, at...
Richard Carter
Oct 28, 2011
Richard ?Dick? Allen Carter was born on December 29, 1941 in Lowry, Minnesota to Leonard and Elizabeth (Zavadil) Carter. He attended country school near Forada and Union Lake. Dick graduated in 1959 the first class to graduate from Jefferson High School in Alexandria. Dick drove milk truck for his Dad and farmed. He also helped as a substitute mail carrier....
James Houglum
Oct 28, 2011
James Eugene Houglum, 87, of Alexandria, Minnesota, died Friday, October 28, 2011 with family at his side. James was born April 4, 1924, in Fosston, Minnesota, to Edward and Alma Houglum; James was the youngest of three sons. He grew up on the family farm near Flom, Minnesota. He graduated from Waubun High School in Waubun, Minnesota, in 1942. He...
Robert Frisell
Oct 28, 2011
Robert M. Frisell, 86, born and raised in Alexandria, MN, formerly of Plymouth, MN, passed away peacefully while sleeping, Friday October 28, 2011. Visitation with family will be held Tuesday, November 1st, at Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria, MN, from 5-7 p.m. and with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Memorial service will be Wednesday, November 2, at...
Laurel Swenson
Oct 23, 2011
OBITUARY Laurel Dale Swenson was born on February 16, 1943 in Bertha, MN the son of Arnold and Viola (Bjorklund) Swenson. He was baptized and confirmed into membership of Norunga Lutheran Church. Laurel was united in marriage to Mary Herzog on June 30, 1973. They made their home on Lobster Lake and later moved to Alexandria. Together they had four...
Cleve Sletto
Oct 17, 2011
Cleve T. Sletto, 95, died Monday, October 17, 2011, at the Knute Nelson Home in Alexandria. Cleve was born April 6, 1916 in Urness Township, rural Brandon, Minnesota, the son of Theodore and Carrie (Johnson) Sletto. He was baptized and confirmed at West Moe Lutheran Church and attended District 44 school. Cleve farmed with his dad and brother, and later...
Florence Perry
Oct 16, 2011
Florence Perry passed away at Bethany Nursing Home on Sunday, October 16, 2011. Florence was born July 3, 1917, to Rose and Andrew Niemann, in St. Paul MN. She is a graduate of Faribault High School and received a cosmetology degree from the Lawrence Beauty School in St. Paul MN. Florence married John Kisor in November of 1939. They resided...
Harriet Schwartz
Oct 15, 2011
Harriet Schwartz, 88, died at Bethany Community in Alexandria, Minnesota on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Harriet Maxine Heuer was born October 3, 1923 at home near Donnelly, Minnesota, to Roy and Verna (Sutton) Heuer. She married Ralph Fynboh in January 1941. They farmed and raised three sons in Stevens County until Ralph's death in 1958. In 1965 she married Frank...
Hans Henrikson
Oct 11, 2011
Hans Peter Henrikson was born March 29, 1961 to Jackie and Maureen Goffin Henrikson of Osakis, MN. Hans attended Osakis School. Hans passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. He was baptized into the Christian faith on September 14, 2011. Hans had a passion for fishing; he loved spending time in his boat out on the lake. He also loved...
Donald Davis
Oct 11, 2011
Donald Dewayne Davis was born on March 28, 1928 in Cassopolis, MI to Charles Lambert and Beatrice Isabelle (Young) Davis. As a teenager he worked at A&P Grocery and Kroger?s Grocery stocking shelves, Diamond Lakes Bottling Works bottling soft drinks, mowing lawn, Connelly Furniture Store assembling furniture, 3 Sister?s Restaurant cooking and washing dishes, and American Coach Company as a...
