Obituaries
Mildred Rolfsen
Apr 17, 2009
Mildred Leona (Zang) Rolfzen was born on January 11, 1919 in Sauk Rapids, MN to Christ and Augusta (Kutzurik) Zang. She attended school in Melrose through the eighth grade. Mildred was united in marriage to Edwin Rolfzen on February 14, 1939 in Melrose. The couple was blessed with two children. They lived in Melrose until 1957 when they moved to...
Natalia Obert
Apr 14, 2009
Natalia Josephine (?Tommy?) Obert, 86, died April 14, 2009. She was born on March 7, 1923, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to Tollef and Ragna Thompson. Her family moved to Worthington, Minnesota, when she was very young. In Worthington, she acquired a reputation as a tomboy, and thus her lifelong nickname of Tommy. The Thompson family eventually moved to St. Paul,...
Ruth Bjurlin
Apr 13, 2009
Ruth Elizabeth (Rosengren) Bjurlin was born on March 26, 1912 in Ben Wade Township, Douglas County, Minnesota to Carl and Freda (Anderson) Rosengren. She was baptized at Ben Wade Covenant Church in Ben Wade Township. Ruth attended country school at District #26 in Ben Wade Township through the eighth grade. She then attended Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis where she graduated...
Elsie Stoa
Apr 1, 2009
Elsie Luverne Pederson was born December 26, 1919 in Starbuck, MN the daughter of Norman and Ida (Hagestuen) Pederson. Following Elsie?s schooling she began work in the Gamble?s Store where she met her future husband. On June 12, 1946 Elsie was united in marriage to Walter Stoa at East Zion Lutheran Church in Starbuck, MN. Together they were blessed with...
Margaret Mattocks
Mar 28, 2009
Margaret Joyce (Dokkebakken) Mattocks was born on May 25, 1928 in Alexandria, MN to Alfred and Karen (Larson) Dokkebakken. She attended country school in rural Forada through the eighth grade. Margaret then worked at a wide variety of different jobs, working at the creamery and the telephone company in Alexandria and numerous different cafes in Carlos and Parkers Prairie. Margaret...
Richard Barten
Mar 25, 2009
Richard Joseph was born on May 17, 1941, in Elrosa, Minnesota, the son of Nicholas and Cecelia (Deters) Barten. He graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 1959. After graduation he served two years in the Army and four years in the National Guard and was honorably discharged on December 18, 1966. Richard met Virginia Benton in Houston, TX in...
Lou Streed
Mar 21, 2009
Lou Jean Hillyer Streed Lou Jean Hillyer Streed, 69, died March 21, 2009 at the Knute Nelson Memorial Home in Alexandria. Lou Jean was born August 18, 1939 in Brookings and lived in Hendricks for most of her childhood. Her dark brown eyes were always filled with mischief. She graduated from high school in Bloomington. She lived for a number...
Margaret Pikop
Mar 21, 2009
Margaret Merle Pikop was born on September 5, 1920, in Morris, MN. She attended grade school and graduated from Morris High School on June 13, 1938. Margaret met Donald Pikop in Elbow Lake, MN. They were united in marriage on March 13, 1941, and had two children, Donn and Sharon. The couple farmed in Elbow Lake Township until 1981. Upon...
Romaine Anderson
Mar 21, 2009
Romaine James Anderson was born on January 3, 1929, near Hoffman, MN, the son of Herman and Elfei (Nelson) Anderson. He was baptized in Wennersborg Lutheran Church by Pastor Carl Zaar and confirmed in Salem Lutheran Church by Pastor Sheldahl. He attended elementary school in Douglas and Grant counties and also a year at an agriculture school in Morris, MN....
Ruth Hass
Mar 21, 2009
Ruth Hass, 86, died March 21, 2009 at Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria after a battle with pneumonia. Ruth Marie Ernestine Wussow was born on September 11, 1922 on the family farm in Leaf Valley Township, MN. She was the first child of six, born to Henry and Sophia (Woessner) Wussow. She was baptized on October 8, 1922 at Ebenezer...
Glenn Muzik
Mar 18, 2009
Glenn Muzik Glenn Muzik was born on June 13, 1924, in Lake Mary Township, Douglas County, Minnesota, the son of Louis and Helen (Carter) Muzik. He attended District #13 grade school and after graduation he began working on the farm where he was born. On October 22, 1951, Glenn was united in marriage to Arlene Botzet of Carlos at the...
Richard Larson
Mar 16, 2009
Richard ?Dick? Dwight Larson, age 81, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family on March 16, 2009, at the Minnesota Veteran?s Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Dick was born on June 23, 1927, in Leslie Township in Osakis, MN, to Louis and Magdelena (Ohland) Larson, and was the youngest of four children. At age two, Dick lost his father...
George Horst
Mar 15, 2009
OBITUARY George Nicholas Horst was born on December 8, 1921 in Millerville, MN, the son of Joseph and Anna (Pischke) Horst. He attended grade school and then enlisted into the United States Army during WWII serving overseas in Okinawa, Japan. After the service he moved to Bryan, Texas and married Cecila with whom his daughter Patricia was born. While living...
Donna Loveland
Mar 14, 2009
Donna Whelan was born August 8, 1949 in Graceville, MN the daughter of James and Theresa (Guenther) Whelan. Donna was raised in Alexandria, MN where she graduated from Jefferson High School in 1967. Donna worked at various jobs following her schooling. She was a hard worker and she made a special effort to educate herself about the business world. She...
Beth Lieffort
Mar 13, 2009
Beth Marie Blair was born in Glenwood, MN on January 25th, 1953 at 9:35 p.m. to William P. Blair, known all of his life as ?Bill? and Delores Ann Edmunds-Blair, who is called ?Dell?. Bill and Dell hoped for children in the early years of their marriage and found great joy in Beth, their only. Beth learned to love pets...
Duane Lounsbery
Mar 12, 2009
Duane Kenneth Lounsbery was born on June 3, 1947 in Sioux Falls, SD, the son of Maurice and Esther (Thomas) Lounsbery. He attended school at Cottage Grove country school near Beresford, SD and attended junior high at Centerville, SD. When the Lounsbery family moved north of Vermillion, SD Duane attended and graduated from Meckling High School. Duane graduated from the...
Adeline Miller
Mar 11, 2009
Adeline Ella (nee Splittgerber) Miller, 89, Alexandria, died Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at Douglas County Hospital. Adeline was born April 23, 1919 in Fergus Falls, MN to August and Dorathea (Siems) Splittgerber. Adeline was employed at Douglas County Hospital from January 7, 1974 to May 28, 1984. She met many friends, thoroughly enjoyed her job and especially her friendship with...
Marvin King
Mar 10, 2009
Marvin Alexander King was born on March 18, 1922, the son of Marvin J. and Lauretta (Kennedy) King near the town of Berner, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at United Lutheran Church in Berner, MN and attended public school in Berner, MN. After graduating from the eighth grade Marvin took over his parents farm. He married Wanda Roberts on...
Bernice VanWie
Mar 6, 2009
Bernice Elaine (Schneider) VanWie was born May 12, 1919 in Randall, Minnesota to Frank and Bertha (Gray) Schneider. She graduated from Little Falls High School. Bernice married John Achter and lived in Minneapolis. In 1958 they moved to Alexandria where she has made her home. John died in 1961. Bernice later married Leon VanWie and he died in 1994. Bernice...
Edwin Erickson
Mar 4, 2009
OBITUARY Edwin Lester Erickson was born on January 20, 1920 on a farm near Nelson, MN, the son of Gust and Ellen (Swedberg) Erickson. He attended grade school in Nelson and helped out on the family farm. Ed?s first job after leaving the farm Homestead was operating a Skelly Gas Station on the corner of third and Nokomis in Alexandria....
