Obituaries
Carol Tillitt
Sep 19, 2022
Carol Jean Tillitt died peacefully at Grand Arbor, Alexandria, on September 19, 2022, at the age of 90. Carol was born on August 5, 1932, on a farm in Martin County, MN, to Newt and Celia Aagard. She joined brother Roger and was followed by their siblings Robert, Juanita, Ruth, and Glady. The family moved to their own farm...
Myron Krueger
Sep 17, 2022
Myron Emmett Krueger was born on June 25, 1930, in Alexandria to Walter and Sadie (Peterson) Krueger. Myron attended a one room schoolhouse near his home in the Carlos area. He attended high school at Central School in Alexandria and graduated with the class of 1948. After graduation, he worked at various jobs before taking over the family...
John Engdahl
Sep 16, 2022
John “Jack” Engdahl was born on September 4, 1937, the son of George and Judith (Nelson) Engdahl in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jack was raised in NE Minneapolis where he attended school and Emmanuel Lutheran Church. At a young age he started working at a gas station and then in 1959 worked for the City of Minneapolis as a Mechanic. ...
Raymond Paulson
Sep 16, 2022
Raymond Alva Paulson was born on December 4, 1929, to Bernt O. and Kirsta (Sjoberg) Paulson and grew up on the family farm in Crosby, ND. He was a 1948 Valedictorian graduate of Crosby High School where he played football and served as vice president and secretary of his class, as well as yearbook editor. He went on...
Erika Holder
Sep 16, 2022
Erika Aron Holder was born on June 13, 1989, to Aron and Cynthia (Hubert) Holder in Burnsville, MN. She was immediately diagnosed with the birth defect of Spina Bifida. Although this was very challenging, Erika always kept a positive attitude about it and never let it get her down. Erika was confirmed at Chippewa Falls Lutheran Church in Terrace,...
Edwin Tanquist Jr.
Sep 16, 2022
Edwin John Tanquist Jr MD 02/05/1932 – 09/16/2022
Edwin (Ed) was born February 05, 1932 in Alexandria, Minnesota 3rd child of Edwin J Tanquist Sr MD. and Olive C (Johnson) Tanquist.
Ed graduated from Alexandria High School in 1950. He played trumpet in the band and orchestra for 8 years. He also played football, basketball...
Bradley Schmidt
Sep 15, 2022
Bradley “Brad” John Schmidt was born on August 28, 1962 in Glencoe, Minnesota to Robert and Joyce (Friauf) Schmidt. Brad graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Minnesota in 1980.
Brad married his high school sweetheart, Lori Bork on June 1, 1985. They were blessed with two children. Brad enjoyed working at Viking Foods for 25 years while...
Joan Tobolt
Sep 15, 2022
Joan Caroline (Schoenrock) Tobolt was born on April 25, 1947, in Minneapolis to Harold and Laura (Leuthard) Schoenrock. At the age of two, Joan moved to Wheaton, MN, with her family where she attended school, graduated, married and began raising a family. Joan married Dale Tobolt on May 29, 1965. They welcomed two daughters to their marriage, Theresa and...
Byron "Mike" Edwards
Sep 15, 2022
Byron “Mike” Willard Edwards was born on November 2, 1927, on a farm 5.5 miles south of Revere, MN, to Nicholas and Clara (Warner) Edwards. Mike was baptized into the Christian faith and grew up with 3 brothers and 3 sisters who gave him the nickname of “Mike”. He attended Sunny Side Double School and District 39. Later, he...
Delores Strommen
Sep 14, 2022
Delores Mae Strommen
On 14 September 2022, Delores went home to be with Jesus and family.
Delores was born August 4, 1928 in Pope County, the daughter of Henry and Caroline (Schefflo) Strommen. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at St. John’s Lutheran Church of rural Starbuck, MN. She attended country schools...
Frederick "Pete" Eckersen
Sep 12, 2022
Capt. Frederick “Pete” Eckersen, USMC ret., of Alexandria, Minnesota, passed away on Monday September 12, 2022, at Alomere Health, in Alexandria, Minnesota. Services will be held later next spring. Burial will be at the Graceville Consolidated Cemetery, in Graceville.
Frederick “Pete” Eckersen was born to Nathaniel and Annie Eckersen on April 30, 1932 in Port Orange, Florida....
Colin Holthusen
Sep 10, 2022
Colin Neil Holthusen, the son of Dean and Helen (Patrick) Holthusen, was born on November 3, 1963, in Alexandria, Minnesota. Colin attended Jefferson High School through the 11th grade and then attained his GED in 1982 from the Sky Ranch for boys in South Dakota. In 1986, Colin began dating Carol Hull and after 12 years of dating, they...
Dan Ross
Sep 9, 2022
Dan was born on August 12, 1956, in Madison, Minnesota. He was the son of Robert and Ruth (Schmidt) Ross. He grew up in Marietta, Minnesota where he attended school and loved playing basketball. Dan graduated from High School in 1974 in Marietta.
Dan was united in marriage to Teresa (Olson) Barsness on March 27, 1993, in...
Kenneth Boe
Sep 6, 2022
Kenneth Melvin Boe was born on May 5, 1945 in Breckenridge, Minnesota the son of Melvin and Regina “Dolly” Boe. He graduated from Wheaton High School and was active in sports participating in basketball and golf. After high school, Ken attended Moorhead State University studying business.
Ken was united in marriage to Bonnie Jean Halvorson in 1966...
Phillip Krahn
Sep 6, 2022
Phil was born on October 5, 1951 in Stillwater, MN, to Harold and Dolores Krahn. He graduated from Stillwater High School in 1969.
After High School Phil began working for the Gillette Company in St. Paul, where he remained for 36 years. He met his sweetheart Karla at Gillette, then built a wonderful life for his wife...
Bernadine Schiele
Sep 5, 2022
Bernadine Theresa (Bitzan) Schiele was born on May 24, 1928, on the shores of Lakes Moses in Millerville Township to Albert and Caroline (Lederman) Bitzan. She was baptized on May 27, 1928, by Father Siegler. Bernadine’s Solemn Communion was in June of 1938 and she was confirmed by Bishop Busch on June 18, 1939, all at Our Lady of...
Roy Snyder Jr.
Sep 4, 2022
Roy Edward Snyder Jr. was born at Wesley Hospital in Wadena, MN on December 27th, 1943, to Roy Eddie Snyder Sr. and Rowena Jobe. He attended high school in Wadena, and continued his education at Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, MN. Roy worked as a mechanic in Wadena till 1974, and then moved to Alexandria, MN. He continued to work...
Earl Beyer
Sep 2, 2022
Earl Alvin Beyer was born on May 10, 1935, in Benson, Minnesota to Elmer and Laura (Melchert) Beyer. He grew up in Morris, Minnesota and was baptized and confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris. Earl enlisted in the U.S. Army where he earned his GED and was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper. He...
Shirley Sell
Aug 28, 2022
Shirley Ann was born on May 5, 1953, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of Richard and Leona (Dokkenbakken) Williams. She attended Alexandria High School graduating in 1971. She furthered her education at Alexandria Technical receiving her degree.
After graduation Shirley worked for Knute Nelson Nursing Home as their Dietary Manager for several years before moving to Litchfield...
Marie Larson
Aug 28, 2022
Marie Louise (Kastler) Larson was born on October 31, 1924, in Mendota, Minnesota to Rudolph and Anna (Lauer) Kastler. She was the sixth of eight children and grew up with her siblings on the family farm in Mendota. Marie received Holy Baptism at St. Peter Catholic Church in Mendota. In 1937, the family moved to a small farm north...
