Obituaries
Duane Myrin
Feb 13, 2010
Duane was born on February 17, 1930, in Alexandria, Minnesota the son of Harry Olaf and Mildred Natalie Josephine (Christopherson) Myrin. He was baptized at the Chippewa Mission Covenant Church north of Garfield and confirmed in 1945 at a Lutheran Church in West St.Paul. Duane attended country school in Garfield. When Duane was thirteen his father passed away and the...
Blanche Hamann
Feb 8, 2010
Blanche Luverne Archer Hamann, 95, passed away on Monday, February 8, 2010, at the Nelson Gables Assisted Living Center, in Alexandria, MN. She was born February 6, 1915, near Alexandria in Hudson Township to Ralph and Mary (Lorenz) Archer. She attended District 6 (Union Lake) school and graduated from Alexandria High School in 1932. She went on to complete normal...
Marie Jenzen
Feb 8, 2010
Marie Ellen (Woodford) Jenzen was born on July 7, 1927 in Redwood County, MN to Roy Francis and Bertha Madge (Freeman) Woodford. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Redwood Falls and graduated from Redwood Falls High School. Marie was united in marriage to Wayne Jenzen on July 28, 1947 in Estherville, IA. The couple made their home...
Danielson Raymond
Feb 7, 2010
Raymond Woodrow Danielson was born on February 8, 1916 at his home in Solem Township to parents Robert and Ida (Hagstrom) Danielson. Raymond died on February 7, 2010 at his home. Ray was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and attended Hoffman and Kensington Schools. He worked with his father on their farm as well as helping other farmers....
Kevin Jung
Feb 5, 2010
Kevin Adam Jung was born May 19, 1928 to Adam ?Ed? Jung and Katherine (Kasemaker) Jung in Osakis, MN. He grew up and helped his parent?s farm and attended country school in rural Osakis until the eighth grade. Kevin went to work for Burlington Northern Railroad at the age of 16. On September 4, 1954 Kevin was united in marriage...
Elenore Bibeau
Feb 3, 2010
Elenore was born on March 8, 1917, in St. Paul, Minnesota the daughter of George and Barb (Beck) Schwenfurth. She attended school in the St. Paul area through the 8th grade. Elenore was united in marriage to Roy Bibeau on April 20, 1936 at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in White Bear Lake. The couple lived in St. Paul after their...
LeRoy Grundei
Feb 3, 2010
LeRoy was born on October 14, 1920 in Carlos MN the son of William and Miriam (Carlquist) Grundei. He attended school thru 8th grade in Carlos and later received a GED from the Alexandria School System. On June 25, 1943 he was united in marriage to Rosemary Miller in San Diego CA. To this union four children were born, Larry,...
Renee Reinhardt
Feb 3, 2010
Renee Christine Reinhardt was born on December 18, 1959 in Rochester, MN, the adopted daughter of Dr. James and Frances (Kraemer) Reinhardt. She attended grade school in Alexandria and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1978. She continued her education at Alexandria Technical College and attained a Sales and Marketing degree. After college Renee married Kris Price on September 12,...
Margaret Erskine
Feb 3, 2010
Margaret Valeria (Bowers) Erskine was born April 1, 1914 to Philip Benjamin ?Ben? and Katherine ?Katie? (Ley) Bowers in Alexandria, MN. She graduated from Alexandria High School in 1932. While in high school she belonged to the High School Drum and Bugle Corps. They traveled in Minnesota and Iowa at different times during the summer to promote Alexandria. She spent...
Selma Wussow
Feb 1, 2010
Selma Freida Wussow was born on December 25, 1917, in Miltona, Minnesota the daughter of Fred and Emma (Krese) Henning. She was baptized and confirmed in German at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in West Miltona. She attended country school through the 8th grade. Selma was united in marriage to Edwin Wussow on June 14th, 1940 at Zion Lutheran Parsonage. The...
Patrick Callaghan
Jan 30, 2010
Obituary Patrick Jay Callaghan was born on October 20, 1978 in Alexandria, the son of Jeff and Deb (Vangstad) Callaghan. He was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1997 where he played football and was voted MVP on his baseball team. Pat graduated with a Criminal Justice degree from Brainerd...
Rosalind Ogren
Jan 28, 2010
Rosalind Ann (Peterson) Ogren was born on March 14, 1937, in Alexandria, Minnesota, the daughter of Argyll & Janess Peterson. She attended Alexandria High School and graduated in 1955. Roz married Roger Wallace Ogren and they had three children: Breck, Linda and Arica. Roz moved from Alexandria to St. Cloud, Minnesota, then to Circle Pines, Minnesota, then to Littleton, Colorado,...
Edward Botzet
Jan 26, 2010
Obituary Edward Paul Botzet was born on February 24, 1928 in Carlos Township, MN, the son of Paul and Selma (Ritten) Botzet. He attended Dist. #69 country school and helped his father on the farm. He enlisted into the United States Army during the Korean War from 1952 to 1954. After Ed returned from the war he met the ?Love...
James Jepsen
Jan 26, 2010
James Edgar Jepsen was born on November 9, 1920 in Chandler, MN, the son of Harry and Minnie (Runge) Jepsen. He graduated from Chandler High School and went on to attend the University of Minnesota. He left college in December of 1941 to enlist in the United States Air Force. He served as a classifier in Salt Lake City, UT...
Margaret Ondracek
Jan 24, 2010
Margaret Jeanette was born on May 28, 1921, in Belle River Township, the daughter of Albin and Jennie Anderson. She was baptized and confirmed at Spruce Hill Church and she and Lowell Christianson were the only lifetime members of the Spruce Hill/Faith Lutheran Church. Margaret attended Country School through the 8th grade. Margaret was united in marriage to David Ondracek...
William Trousil
Jan 16, 2010
William (Bill) Joseph Trousil was born on February 16, 1962 in Alexandria to Maynard and Deanne Trousil. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church in Reno Township. Bill graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria in 1980. After graduation Bill started his dairy farm. Bill was united in marriage to Linda Eblen on May 17, 1985...
Lawrence Hedeen
Jan 13, 2010
Lawrence Clifford ?Cliff? Hedeen Jr, born on May 14, 1922 in Carlos Township, MN, He was the only child of Lawrence Sr. and Esther (Johnson) Hedeen. At age 3 his family moved to St. Paul where he later attended Galtier Elementary and the Woodrow Wilson High School in St. Paul. Baptized at Svea Lutheran, St. Paul. Confirmed at Zion Lutheran,...
Lydia Sterriker
Jan 9, 2010
LYDIA ESTHER POTRATZ STERRIKER Lydia Sterriker, a resident at Waconia Good Samaritan Nursing Home, formerly a resident of West Miltona, Roseville, and Alexandria, Minnesota passed away on January 9, 2010. Lydia was born on August 11, 1916 in Niagara, ND, baptized at St. Andrews Church in Niagara, ND, and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Parkers Prairie, MN. She married...
Boyd Berg
Jan 9, 2010
BOYD L. BERG Boyd Leroy Berg was born on July 27, 1926 in Hoffman, MN, the son of Conrad and Signe (Geisness) Berg. He grew up in Garfield, MN and graduated from Alexandria High School in 1944. Boyd enlisted into the United States Navy during WWII. He served in the Pacific Theater as a Gunner and Quartermaster on LST 953....
James Casper
Jan 9, 2010
James Clifford Casper, Jim, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 29, 1929. After a long and courageous battle with leukemia, Jim died peacefully on January 9, 2010 surrounded by family and loved ones. Soon after graduating from high school, Jim joined the Air Force and served in Korea through 1950. After completing his military obligation, he graduated from UCLA...
