Obituaries
Sally Ann Albers
Dec 31, 2022
Sally Ann Albers, 86 of Alexandria, MN died peacefully on December 31, 2022, surrounded by her family.
She will be deeply missed by her children; Tom (Anne), Libby (Tim) Erickson, Cindy (Terry) Verschaetse, daughter-in-law Leila Albers; her grandchildren Emily, Sarah, Liz, Caroline, Eleanor, Abecca, Tyler, Colin, Bailey, Madison, Cameron and Keon; her great-grandchildren Charlie, Juliette, Kai, Riese, Tate, Finn...
Douglas "Doug" E. Lien
Dec 20, 2022
The world lost an inspiring and hardworking man on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, when Doug Lien was called home to God peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, after a seven month fight against Endo Squamous Cell cancer.
On June 21, 1948, Douglas (Doug) Edward Lien was born in Minneapolis, MN to Floyd and Margaret (Henrichs) as the third oldest of...
Pamela R. Bundermann
Dec 19, 2022
Pamela Renee (Axtell) Bundermann was born on February 05, 1949, in Sioux Falls, SD to Bruce and Rose (Flesner) Axtell. When she was quite young, Pam moved with her family to Grand Rapids, MN to a hobby farm in Cohasset, MN then to a dairy farm near Bovey, MN. Pam attended Grand Rapids High School and graduated in 1967. Pam...
Elton W. Johnson
Dec 15, 2022
Elton W. Johnson, age 80, of Alexandria, MN passed away peacefully at home on December 15, 2022.
Elton Johnson was born in Willmar, MN on August 29, 1942, and grew up and graduated in Hector, MN. Elton had a variety of interesting careers which included attending a college of medical technology and spending 4 years in the USAF where...
Blaine Allen Samuelson
Dec 14, 2022
Blaine Allen Samuelson, aged 75, and a longtime resident of St. Cloud, MN, passed away on December 14, 2022.
Blaine was born on March 20, 1947, to Onie and Violet Samuelson, and grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. As a teenager, he entered the Navy, where he remained until his 21st birthday. He then went on to marry and have three...
Shirley Ann Elgie
Dec 13, 2022
Shirley Elgie
1933 – 2022
Shirley, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 13th at the age of 89.
She was born on January 25, 1933 at the family farm in Hankinson, North Dakota to George and Margaret Schultz. She graduated from Hankinson High School and...
Ronald Gene Sax
Dec 13, 2022
Ronald Gene Sax was born on March 26, 1944, in Morris, MN to Clifford and Myrtle (Olson) Sax. He grew up in Morris, MN most of his youth and then graduated from Jefferson Senior High School. Ron met Marjory Roquette at the roller rink in Alexandria and they were later married on January 25, 1964, at Zion Lutheran Church....
Carol Lou Ann Domke
Dec 12, 2022
Carol Lou Ann Soderholm Fiebelkorn - Domke
She lived well and left us peacefully on Monday, Dec 12th, 2022 surrounded by her four children. Born May 11th, 1934 in Douglas County, She grew up on a dairy farm on Red Rock Lake, Minnesota. Carol married Harold Fiebelkorn on July 21, 1953 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Hoffman, MN. They began their union...
Anthony "Tony" John Keller
Dec 12, 2022
Anthony “Tony” Keller was born July 21, 1968, to Anton and Betty (Marquette) Keller. He grew up on a small dairy farm in Forada, Minnesota, along with sister, Kris and brothers, Jamie and Frank. Tony graduated from Jefferson High School in 1987. He attended Alexandria Technical College for commercial art and then went on to attend Moorhead State University to...
Harvey Allen Froland
Dec 11, 2022
Harvey Allen Froland was born on November 25, 1945 at St. Mary’s Hospital the son of Olaf and Gladys (Iverson) Froland. Harvey’s younger years were spent in Clarkfield, MN and in 1951 they moved to Granite Falls. In 1957, the family moved to a farm in Starbuck and Harvey attended Starbuck High School.
After graduation he enlisted in the...
Gerald "Jerry" Gay
Dec 10, 2022
Gerald “Jerry” Gay, the son of Lawrence and Pauline (Reynolds) Gay, was born on June 10, 1940, at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. Jerry graduated from Anoka High School in 1958 and then enlisted into the United States Navy. After the Navy, Jerry attended Brown Institute where he became an electrical lineman for Commonwealth Edison for 16 years in...
Del Jerome Kirkeby
Dec 6, 2022
Delas Jerome Kirkeby passed away at the age of 82 in memory care at Grand Arbor in Alexandria on December 6, 2022.
Del was born in Montevideo, MN on October 25, 1940 to Lloyd and Eunice (Wold) Kirkeby. He graduated from Clarkfield High School and went on to graduate from Mankato State University.
On September 9th, 1961 he...
David Leroy Bjoralt
Dec 6, 2022
David L. Bjoralt, son of Alfred (Alf) and Verna (Sanders) Bjoralt was born on January 29, 1945, in Alexandria, MN. Dave attended Jefferson Senior High in Alexandria, MN. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1962 and served as a Gunner’s Mate and Ammunition Foreman aboard the USS John S. McCain during operations in the waters of the western...
Mark Thomas Vorderbrug
Dec 5, 2022
Mark Vorderbrug passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on December 5, 2022. Mark was born and raised in the Metro Atlanta area of Georgia. He moved to Alexandria in 2008. Mark was self-employed in the flooring industry for over 40 years. He loved working on classic cars and spending time with his family and friends. Survived by his wife...
Antonio Llopis
Nov 26, 2022
Antonio ‘Tony’ Llopis Llombart died of leukemia Saturday morning, Nov. 26, 2022, at his home in Alexandria, Minnesota, surrounded and cared for by his family. He was 78 years old.
Tony was born in Valencia, Spain, on Nov. 2, 1944, to Josefina Llombart Rodriguez and Ricardo Llopis Llorente. He studied engineering in Madrid and Barcelona, then got up...
Ashleigh Michelle Rettig
Nov 25, 2022
Ashleigh Michelle Rettig was born on September 23, 1990 in Alexandria, MN. As a child she attended Carlos Elementary where she made several life-long friends. Ashleigh’s favorite childhood activities included reading books, watching the Great American Country top 20 countdown and documenting every song, and taking annual trips to Duluth with her family.
Ashleigh graduated from Jefferson High School...
William and Marilyn (Lusk) Grover
Nov 24, 2022
Marilyn J. (Lusk) Grover was born April 3, 1942, to Harold and Minerva (Flooding) Paulson in Rochester, MN, where she lived in the “little house that Dad built” and where she was raised with her two younger sisters Polly and Dawn. She married her high school sweetheart Richard “Dick” Lusk after they graduated from the new John Marshall High...
Dona Lee Vanderby
Nov 24, 2022
Dona Lee Vanderby, the daughter of Loyd and Irma (Winter) Barie, was born on September 8, 1942, in Wisconsin Township near Alpha, MN. Dona graduated from Superior High School in IA and then took home courses for upholstery school for two years. Just after high school, Dona met the love of her life, Allen Vanderby, at the People’s Café in...
Jan Eileen Jahnke
Nov 23, 2022
Janyth Eileen (Miller) Jahnke was born on April 28, 1940, in Sac City, Iowa, to Elwood and Wilma (Stokes) Miller and passed away on November 23, 2022, in Alexandria, Minnesota, at the age of 82 years. Shortly after her birth, her father purchased a farm outside of Waltham, Minnesota. Jan attended country school and graduated from Blooming Prairie High School...
Paul Clinton Anderson
Nov 22, 2022
OBITUARY OF PAUL C. ANDERSON - written by Paul C. Anderson
Paul C. Anderson was called to his Heavenly Home on November 22nd, 2022
Paul was born on the 23rd of February, 1927 in Pope County, Leven Township, MN to Roy Lee Anderson and Blanche (Mershon) Anderson. He graduated from Villard High School and went to Coos Bay,...
