Obituaries

Rodney "Bumper" Harold Lee

Oct 25, 2022

 

Rodney Harold "Bumper" Lee was born on August 3, 1944, the fourth child of Oscar Lee and Syneva Olson Lee. He attended school in Brainerd, MN and graduated from Brainerd High School in 1962. He went on to work for the railroad as an electrician until finding his real love in automotive sales. He worked for several Brainerd dealerships...

Joyce Rogers

Oct 24, 2022

 

Joyce Gloria Rogers, age 91, passed away peacefully October 24, 2022.

Joyce was born on July 16, 1931 on the family farm in Kent, Minnesota to the late Arthur and Louise (Abel) Picotte.

Joyce graduated from High school in Fargo and then studied to be a secretary.  She married Hugh Rogers in Fargo on June 23, 1951.

The couple began...

Marion Louise Dahlke

Oct 23, 2022

Marion Louise (Dobberpuhl) (Kuhne) Dahlke was born on September 18, 1936, to Henry and Louise (Drussell) Dobberpuhl in Carlos Township. She attended school at District 36, Zion Lutheran School, and Central High School. 

After high school, Marion was united in marriage to Arnold Kuhne on May 21, 1955, at Zion Lutheran Church. They were blessed with two daughters, Linda and...

Jerome "Jerry" Dale Peterson

Oct 23, 2022

 

Jerome Dale Peterson, age 88 of Alexandria, MN passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2022. 

Jerry was born April 7, 1934, and grew up in the Minneapolis area, the youngest of 7 children born to Arthur and Verna Peterson. He attended Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, graduating in 1952. In 1953, he enlisted in the Air Force. He was...

Scott Leon Schmidtbauer

Oct 20, 2022

Scott Leon Schmidtbauer was born on December 12, 1969, to Leon and Patricia (Janowsky) Schmidtbauer in St. Cloud, MN. As a child growing up in Apple Valley, he could be found in one of two places: playing sports with many of his friends from the neighborhood or spending countless summers with his grandparents fishing on the Second Crow Wing Lake....

Gladyce Marjorie Wohlk

Oct 17, 2022

Gladyce Marjorie (Lahnala) Wohlk was born on January 26, 1929, in Halden Township, MN, to Arthur Lahnala and Aino Salo. During her 93 years, Gladyce was able to grow and create a life for herself that she could have only dreamed of.  She and husband, Charles Eischen, were blessed with four daughters early in life and with growing girls, her...

Agnes Schoeler

Oct 17, 2022

Agnes “Aggie” Lorraine (Albrecht) Schoeler was born on July 16, 1931, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota to Fred and Elsie (Max) Albrecht.  She attended school through the eighth grade near Wendall. 

On August 15, 1947, Aggie was united in marriage to Reginald “Reg” Schoeler in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.  The couple was blessed with four children. They moved to the cities where...

Anthony "Tony" Olaf Brekken

Oct 15, 2022

Anthony (Tony) Brekken was born December 14, 1973 to Francis (Frank) and Wanda Brekken in Minot, ND and passed away October 15, 2022 in Coon Rapids, MN.

Tony spent his first 11 years in Minneapolis, MN moving to the Alexandria, MN area in 1984. He spent the majority of his life in Alexandria attending Jefferson Sr. High School and a...

Kevin Richmond Sr.

Oct 12, 2022

Kevin Richmond Sr, 66, of Alexandria MN passed away on October 12th, 2022 after a five year battle with cancer.

Kevin was born on June 20th, 1956 to David and Janet (Hoffman) Richmond in Des Moines, IA and was raised in Citrus Heights, CA. Kevin then enlisted in the United States Marine Corps where he met the love of his...

Susan Barten

Oct 12, 2022

Susan Kay (Hansen) Barten passed away in her sleep on October 12th, 2022, after a hard-fought battle with Pancreatic Cancer.   Vigilantly spending countless hours together to the end, she is survived by her husband of 53 years, Clifford Barten.

Sue began her life on November 6, 1950 in Springfield MN, the closest hospital to Lamberton at the...

Robert Westling

Oct 12, 2022

Robert Ferdinand Westling was born on May 4, 1927, to Herman and Miriam Westling.  He was baptized at Hebron Church in Burdick, Kansas and confirmed at Dayton Covenant Church in Dayton, Iowa.  He grew up in Harcourt, Iowa on a dairy farm.  Robert enjoyed high school baseball and basketball and played for a semi-pro basketball team and a semi-pro softball...

Ronald Christensen

Oct 12, 2022

Ronald Duane Christensen was born October 28th, 1939 to Russel and Marcella Christensen (Stempson) in Dawson, MN. Ron was a man of faith. He was baptized March 31st, 1940 and confirmed April 26th, 1953 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Dawson, MN. On his confirmation cake it was written: God bless your confirmation Ronnie. Best wishes for this happy day...

Carol Zacher

Oct 11, 2022

Carol Jean Zacher (70), passed away in her home with family beside her on October 11, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer.

Carol was born in Alexandria, MN on October 18, 1951 to John and Fae (Spaulding) Walsh, the first of eight children.  The family lived on a farm near Belle River, MN. In October of...

Barbara Hagen

Oct 10, 2022

Barbara Hagen, of Alexandria, Minnesota, with a glowing smile and deep love of her family, died on Oct. 10, 2022.

She battled pancreatic cancer for more than a year. She passed away at age 86 under hospice care enjoying the beauty of Maple Lake near Forada, Minnesota, where she and her husband Gilbert spent their retirement.

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Raymond "Ray" Dodds

Oct 10, 2022

Raymond Walter Dodds was born on November 22, 1955, in Minneapolis, MN to Walter and Ethel (Bursch) Dodds. Ray graduated from Osseo High School in 1973 and then attended vocational school for cabinetry. Following his schooling, Ray started working for Crystal Cabinetry in Osseo, MN.

Ray married Janelle Edmonds on April 26, 1986 in Princeton, MN. The...

Kenneth Miller

Oct 9, 2022

Kenneth “Kenny” Orie Miller was born on March 25, 1953, to Leo and Pearl (Hesse) Miller in Sauk Centre, MN. He grew up in West Port/Sauk Centre, MN area and was raised in the Lutheran faith.

After graduating high school, Kenny joined the Army and was stationed in Panama and Texas. After being honorably discharged in 1975,...

Delores Gilbertson

Oct 8, 2022

Delores Niona (Ness) Gilbertson died on Saturday, October 8, 2022, in Alexandria, MN at the age of 87, surrounded by her family. Delores was born on September 30, 1935, in Barnesville, MN to Norman and Evelyn (Nelson) Ness.  She was raised on the family farm and graduated from Pelican Rapids High School.

On May 14, 1955, Delores was united in...

Gary Becker

Oct 7, 2022

Gary William Becker was born on March 22, 1948, in Alexandria, Minnesota. He was the son of William and Alvina (Spieker) Becker of Carlos, Minnesota. Gary was baptized as an infant and later confirmed in his faith as a youth at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Belle River, Minnesota. He graduated with the Alexandria High School class of 1966....

LuCille Christensen

Oct 6, 2022

LuCille Marjorie (Lohre) Christensen was born on January 23, 1924, to Eddie and Elvina Lohre near to Storden, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at Old Westbrook Lutheran Church.  LuCille graduated from Storden High School in 1941.  After graduation LuCille and her older sister, Effie journeyed to Grand Rapids, Michigan to work at the Hayes Manufacturing Co. where...