Obituaries
Irene Kalina
Mar 3, 2009
Irene Christine (Mrnak) Kalina was born on May 2, 1921 in Lake Mary Township to Frank and Julia (Simek) Mrnak. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church in Lake Reno Township. Irene attended country school in District 19 until the eighth grade when she continued to help farm with her parents. Irene married Leonard R. Kalina...
Derek Nelson
Mar 1, 2009
Derek Kyle Nelson was born on February 19, 1985 in Alexandria, MN to Kevin and Lois (Nessman) Nelson. He was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Kensington. Derek graduated from West Central High School in 2003. Derek attended Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Detroit Lakes and earned a degree in Neon Technology. He worked at J&H...
William DeGrote
Feb 28, 2009
William (Bill) DeGrote was born on September 29, 1924 in Clara City, Minnesota to father William DeGrote (born in Germany) and mother Simka (Tammen) DeGrote (born in Illinois.) Bill grew up in Clara City, graduating from high school in June 1943. During high school, he played baseball and basketball for five years and was captain of his basketball team his...
Warren Maynard
Feb 27, 2009
Warren George Maynard was born on March 4, 1921, the son of Julius and Elzora (Davis) Maynard in Sanish, North Dakota. Warren attended grade school and then moved to the Oregon mountain range and worked as a logger with his uncle for a short time. Warren moved to Minot, North Dakota and began working as a phone boy for the...
Gayle Skramstad
Feb 23, 2009
Gayle Yvonne Redden was born in Pierre, South Dakota, on April 16, 1955, the first of three children. She moved onto a farm in Brooten, Minnesota in 1968. She worked hard at home and did well in school finishing second in her class in 1973. Then she ventured to Alexandria to take accounting at Alexandria Tech. She met Roger Skramstad...
Daniel Tvrdik
Feb 22, 2009
Daniel M. Tvrdik Daniel Mathew Tvrdik was born on July 26, 1917 in Lake Mary Township, Douglas County, Minnesota to Joseph and Antonia (Dynda) Tvrdik. He attended District 13 in Lake Mary Township through the eighth grade. Daniel worked on the farm with his father and bought his own farm in 1940 where he and his brother, Eugene lived until...
George Goslinga
Feb 18, 2009
George was born on July 24, 1922, in Orange City, Iowa, the son of Tjeerd and Clara (Dykstra) Goslinga. On March 22, 1944, George was united in marriage to Mavis Tarrell at the Methodist Church in Ireton, Iowa. After their marriage, George served his country in the Merchant Marines from July 1945-April 1946. After returning from the service, George and...
Mary Maday
Feb 18, 2009
Mary Celia (Kedziora) Maday, age 98, of Alexandria, MN, died on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. She was born February 11, 1911, on a farm near Deerfield, MN, to Vincent and Veronica (Schreiber) Kedziora and was 11th of 18 children. At 2 weeks old, she was moved on a hay wagon to Owatonna, MN. At age 12, she became responsible for...
Barbara Bjornebo
Feb 17, 2009
Obituary Barbara Jean (Barglof) Bjornebo was born on October 26, 1955 in Tracy, MN the daughter of John and Beverly (McClain) Barglof. She graduated from Marshall High School in the class of 1974 and soon met Mark Bjornebo. After dating for about a year they were united in marriage on April 26, 1975 in Cottonwood, MN. Three children were born...
Donald Myers
Feb 15, 2009
Donald was born on April 7, 1937, in St. Paul, the son of Raymond and Dorothy (Seewald) Myers. Don served his country in the U.S. Army from August of 1957~ September of 1959. After returning from serving his country he worked for the stockyards. Don was united in marriage to Gloria Rahn on January 6, 1962, at Concordia Lutheran Church...
Eunice Gunderson
Feb 15, 2009
Eunice Rose (Anderson) Gunderson was born on January 26, 1930, in Holmes City Township the daughter of Robert and Tillie (Rosengren) Anderson. She attended District #27 Country School in rural Farwell and graduated from Kensington High School in 1948. On September 26, 1959, Eunice was united in marriage to Norman Gunderson at the First Baptist Church in Alexandria. The couple...
Donald Olson
Feb 11, 2009
Donald Ordell Olson, 76, LaGrande Township, MN, died February 11, 2009 at St. Cloud Hospital. Naval Veteran of the Korean War. Survived by loving wife of 54 years, Shirley; children, LeAnne Chisholm, Steven (Susan)Olson, Elizabeth (Bryce) Davis; grandchildren , Joseph Chisholm, Kaitlin (Gabe) Furey, Geoffrey (Noel) Olson, Clinton Olson, Justin Olson, Blythe Davis and Arik Davis; and great grandson, Simon...
Bernice Johnson
Feb 10, 2009
C. Bernice Johnson Bernice (Nelson) Johnson went home to Jesus on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. Bernice was born September 28, 1922 in Holmes City Township, Douglas County, Minnesota to Einar & Anna Nelson as the second youngest of 6 children. She was baptized at an Oscar Lake Lutheran Church Ladies Aid meeting and remained an active member for most of...
Hazel Payne
Feb 10, 2009
Hazel Marie Neuhaus was born October 26, 1921 to Paul and Martha (Muchow) Neuhaus in Swift County where she grew up on a farm and attended school in a one room country school through the 8th grade. She married Orville Payne at St. Johns Lutheran Church near Benson in 1939. They lived on a farm in Swift County until 1946,...
Peggy Gustin
Feb 9, 2009
Peggy Gustin Peggy June (Sather) Gustin was born on November 30, 1924 in Hudson Township, Douglas County, Minnesota to Clifford and Violet (Vickerman) Sather. She attended grade school in Nelson and Central High School in Alexandria until the 10th grade. The family moved to Portland, OR after the death of Peggy?s sister Eileen. Peggy graduated from Franklin High School in...
Dolores Hakenson
Feb 8, 2009
Dolores Hakenson was born on June 1, 1926 in Alexandria, MN the daughter of Francis and Frankie (Nelson) Soderholm. After graduating from Alexandria High School Dolores attended St. Cloud State receiving a B.S. degree in elementary education. She taught one year in Wheaton and then moved to Norcross at which time she married Cheslie Hakenson on June 18, 1948. In...
Edna Muth
Feb 8, 2009
Edna Muth age 93, of Alexandria died on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Knute Nelson. Edna was born in Des Moines, Iowa, July 28, 1915 to Emma (Olson) and Ben Rood. On March 4, 1931 Edna was united in marriage to Ervin Muth in Fergus Falls, MN. They farmed near Nashua, MN for 27 years. They were members of St....
Dr. Peter Geiser
Feb 6, 2009
Dr. Peter M. Geiser Peter Michael Geiser was born on March 16, 1920 in New England, ND, the son of Peter and Barbara (Bernauer) Geiser. Peter graduated Valedictorian in May of 1938 from St. Mary?s High School in New England, ND. He graduated from the University of North Dakota, in 1943 with a B.A. and B.S. in Medicine. He received...
Sharp Barbara
Feb 5, 2009
Barbara (Graves) Sharp was born August 21, 1912 in Elgin, Illinois to Boyd and Grace (Kennedy) Graves. She attended school in Elgin and graduated from Elgin High School in 1930. Barbara played first harpist in the Elgin High School Orchestra. After high school she attended the Ellis Business College in Elgin. On June 1, 1933, Barbara married Zenas Sharp at...
Phelps Glade
Feb 3, 2009
Glade C. Phelps, age 81, of Alexandria, owner of Ace Hardware in Alexandria and Long Prairie died on Tuesday, February 3, 2009. Glade was born on January 9, 1928, in Hibbing, Minnesota. He graduated from Duluth Central High School and attended the University of Minnesota Duluth. On June 6, 1947, Glade was united in marriage to Linnea Bloom in Duluth....
