Obituaries
Raymond Olson
Nov 16, 2009
Raymond L. Olson, age 85, died on Monday, November 16, 2009, from complications after surgery at the N.C. Little Hospice House in Edina, MN, surrounded by his family. Ray was born on September 5, 1924, on the family farm in Nelson, Minnesota the son of Emil and Anna (Hedlof) Olson. He attended District 40 school through the 8th grade. He...
David Heinrich
Nov 14, 2009
David James Heinrich was born on December 4, 1949 in Morris, Minnesota to Julius McDonald and Lillian Bernice (Waller) Heinrich. He was baptized and confirmed at Kongsvinger Lutheran Church in rural Donnelly. Dave graduated from Morris High School in 1967. On November 29, 1968 Dave enlisted in the Army National Guard where he served for six years. After he finished...
Jeffrey Hoium
Nov 12, 2009
Jeffrey Todd Hoium was born on December 25, 1962, in Glenwood, Minnesota the son of Melvin and Helen (Quitney) Hoium. He was baptized and confirmed at the Glenwood Lutheran Church. Jeff graduated from Glenwood High School in 1981. He furthered his education attending Moorhead State University for Criminology and Paralegal. Jeff has been employed for the last seventeen years at...
Delores Kalina
Nov 10, 2009
DELORES ?DORSEY? K. KALINA Delores ?Dorsey? (Rajdl) Kalina was born on January 28, 1927 on a farm in Lake Mary Township, MN, the daughter of Frank and Lillian (Zavadil) Rajdl. At the loss of her mother at the age of two Dorsey went to live with her relatives. She attended eight years of country school District #19 in Lake Mary...
Barbara Ziegelmann
Nov 9, 2009
Barbara Ann Ziegelmann was born on April 27, 1934 in Albert Lea, MN to Howard and Esther (Poole) Mitchell. She attended Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis and then went to the University of Minnesota where she earned a Bachelor of Art Degree. Barbara was a homemaker taking care of her children and moved to Alexandria in 1971. On February 14,...
Jean Johnson
Nov 8, 2009
Jean Linnea Evangeline Johnson was born May 24, 1930 in Nora Township, Pope County, MN. Her parents were Reuben and Gerda (Borg) Johnson, and she was the youngest of five children. As a young child, Jean helped with the barn chores, yard work, gardening and walked the fields picking mustard and yellow thistle. She attended School District #98 in Ben...
Norma Stephani
Nov 7, 2009
Norma Colleen (Bruner) Stephani was born on April 22, 1921 in Parkers Prairie, MN the daughter of Harry and Amelia (Johnson) Bruner. She was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Parkers Prairie and graduated from Parkers Prairie High School in 1939. She furthered her education by receiving a RN degree from Bethesda Hospital in 1943 and later graduated...
Guadalupe Thorson
Nov 6, 2009
Guadalupe ?Lupe? Martinez was born on February 1, 1947in Las Cruses, New Mexico, the daughter of Alfredo and Maria (Vallejos) Martinez. She graduated from high school in California and attended two years of college at San Jose State. Lupe served her country in the United States Air Force. On April 21, 1968, Lupe was united in marriage to Chet Thorson....
Helen Hubbell
Nov 6, 2009
OBITUARY Helen Jean Blawd Hubbell was born July 27, 1924, in Warren, Minnesota the daughter of Mildred Edna Halfshal and Harold Blawd. Helen graduated from Alexandria High School in 1942 during the swing era. She was united in marriage to Russell Walter Hubbell in November of 1942. Together they raised three children Connie, Robin, and Richard. Helen lived in the...
Leslie Simpson
Nov 4, 2009
Les Simpson, 88 a resident of Knute Nelson Nursing Home in Alexandria, passed away on November 4, 2009 after a long battle with heart disease and cancer. Leslie John Simpson, Jr. was born on November 1, 1921 in Hankinson, North Dakota to Leslie J. Simpson and Lillian E. (Money) Simpson. The family lived in New Rockford, ND, Richville and Elbow...
Mildred Tesch
Nov 2, 2009
Mildred was born on January 25, 1922, in St. Paul, Minnesota the daughter of August & Mary (Mueller) Tesch. She attended school in St. Paul and later on moved to Parkers Prairie to help her grandma. Mildred was united in marriage to Arnold Tesch on June 15, 1939, in Sisseton, South Dakota. To this union six children were born. The...
Warren Thompson
Nov 1, 2009
Warren Roger Thompson was born Feb 28, 1922 in rural Princeton, MN to Alma (Sederlund) and Elmer Thompson. Warren was the 10th child of twelve and worked hard to support the family farm outside of Princeton. As a young man, Warren moved to Rockford, IL to work at Brass Works. It was in Rockford, in 1941, that a long term...
Judith McLaughlin
Oct 27, 2009
Judith was born on November 28, 1946, in Minneapolis, Minnesota the daughter of Lester and Marcella (Huntley) Hake. Judy grew up in Minneapolis and where she attended school. On September 10, 1966, Judy was united in marriage to Harry M. McLaughlin in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The couple resided in Twin Cities area for several years before moving to Alexandria where they...
Myron Greenquist
Oct 25, 2009
Myron L. (Bud) Greenquist, 79 Myron L. (Bud) Greenquist, 79, of Alexandria, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at the Douglas County Medical Center. Bud was born on August 25, 1930 in Evansville to Lars and Emma (Berglund) Greenquist. He grew up on the family farm there, and was baptized, confirmed and schooled in Evansville. On his 18th birthday,...
Eugene Carlson
Oct 22, 2009
OBITUARY EUGENE E. CARLSON Eugene Enoch Carlson was born on June 4, 1957 in Denver, CO the son of Dewitt and Eleanor (Richardson) Carlson. He grew up in Denver and moved to Hibbing, MN in 1975. He then moved to Alexandria about 20 years ago to be closer to family. Eugene loved the water. He liked to swim, ride in...
Mavis Salt
Oct 20, 2009
Georgia Mavis (Weatherwax) Salt Knudson was born on June 5, 1915 to George William and Clara Ethel (Lee) Weatherwax in Alexandria, MN. Mavis graduated from Alexandria High School in 1933 and was a member of the National Honor Society. She attended Normal Training for Education at Bemidji State College. Mavis moved back to the area to teach country school in...
Earl Gease
Oct 20, 2009
Earl Charley Gease was born on October 12, 1920 in Ida Township, Douglas County, Minnesota to Alfred and Elsie (Schuneman) Gease. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John?s Lutheran Church in Garfield. Earl attended St. John?s Parcochial School through the eighth grade. He worked on the family farm and also Garfield Poultry Farms, Locker Plant and the Creamery. Earl...
Robert Steensland
Oct 18, 2009
OBITUARY Robert Gerald Steensland was born on February 17, 1943, the son of R. Ole and Millie (Nelson) Steensland. He grew up in Elbow Lake and was confirmed at Grace Free Church in Elbow Lake, MN. At the age of nine Bob began delivering the Star and Tribune Newspaper in Elbow Lake, MN. He graduated in the Class of 1961...
John Page
Oct 17, 2009
John Martin Page John Martin Page was born on September 14, 1950 in Petaluma, CA to Mary Jane and Charles Wayne Page. John grew up in Northern California and was a member of the Cub and Boy Scouts. He spent his formative years in Sacramento and Concord, CA before moving to Tacoma, WA in 1967. He played High School football...
Susan Schmidt
Oct 16, 2009
Obituary Susan Kay Radel Schmidt was born on August 14, 1963 at the United States Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith in September of 1963. Her childhood was spent in Maine, Massachusetts, and Texas as her father served in the U.S. Air Force. Susan and her family moved to Mankato, MN where she...
