Obituaries
Jason Gylsen
Mar 16, 2022
Jason “Jay” Lawrence Gylsen, age 43, of Sauk Rapids and formerly of Alexandria, MN, died at his home unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
Jay was born February 2nd, 1979, in Anchorage, Alaska. He is the son of Gary Gylsen and Susan Anderson. They moved to Alexandria, MN when Jason and Bobby (his brother) were young kids....
Marilyn Miller
Mar 14, 2022
Marilyn Ann Miller was born in Bowlus, MN on May 16, 1938. She was the youngest of twelve children born to Michael and Pauline (Klosowski) Stodolka. Marilyn attended the local high school and then helped her parents out on the farm and worked at Fingerhut for a few years. On a blind date in August of 1971, Marilyn met...
Michael Tordsen
Mar 14, 2022
Michael Vernon Tordsen was born on December 18, 1968, in Springfield, MN to Vernon and Mary (Hornick) Tordsen. He grew up in Willmar for a time and then the family moved to New London-Spicer where Mike was an avid basketball player and graduated from High School in 1987. He began college at Southwest State University in Marshall, MN and...
Audrey Honebrink
Mar 11, 2022
Audrey Lou (Grunklee) Honebrink was born January 3, 1931, in Hardwick, MN to Ervin and Ella (Ahrendt) Grunklee. She attended elementary school in Hardwick and the family moved to Delano when she was a teenager, where she graduated Delano High School.
Audrey was united in marriage to LeRoy Honebrink on July 11, 1953, at Mount Olive Lutheran...
William Flaig
Mar 11, 2022
William (Bill) George Flaig, age 72, died on March 11, 2022 in Alexandria MN.
Bill was born on July 3, 1949 in Alexandria, MN, son of Darrel Vincent and Adeline Marie (Berberich) Flaig. He was the youngest of 7 children and was an active athlete and musician at Alexandria High School, graduating in 1967. He enjoyed coaching...
Martin Schulte
Mar 10, 2022
Martin L. Schulte, age 65 of Perham, MN, died on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at the Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND.
A Graveside Service will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 10 AM at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Alexandria.
Sheila Clark
Mar 10, 2022
Sheila Marie Clark was born February 22, 1957 to Eugene “JR” and Jeanne (Winter) Clark of Osakis. She went to St. Agnes School, first through eighth grade then onto the Osakis Public School where she graduated in 1976. After graduation, Sheila went on to attend Alexandria Technical School. Following her schooling, she worked at Fingerhut in Alexandria for many years....
Marvin Bruzik
Mar 7, 2022
Marvin Edward Bruzik, age 86, of Alexandria, MN passed away peacefully on March 7, 2022.
Marvin was born in Alexandria, the son of Ed and Agnes (Zaviska) Bruzik and grew up on the family farm in Forada, MN with his two sisters: Dona (Wagner) and Karen (Collins). After graduating from high school in Alexandria, Marvin pursued his...
Anton Strasser
Mar 7, 2022
Anton (Tony) Strasser, age 86, of Alexandria, MN passed away peacefully at his home on March 7, 2022.
Tony was born in Cabuna, Yugoslavia, the son of Michael and Anna (Gross) Strasser on March 13, 1935. Tony‘s father died before his birth. When he was three, Tony‘s mother married John Aschenbrenner. As a young child during WWII,...
Eleanor Dahlquist
Mar 2, 2022
Eleanor Virginia Dahlquist Obituary
July 7, 1928 – March 2, 2022
Eleanor Virginia Dahlquist was born July 7, 1928 in Holmes City, Minnesota.
The first of two children born to Albert Godfred Dahlquist and Carrie (Nelson) Dahlquist.
The family moved to Minneapolis the following year, where Eleanor remained for most of...
Jon Harris
Mar 1, 2022
Jon Jeffrey Harris passed away at his home on March 1, 2022, at the age of 61. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 11, 2022, from 1:30-3:30 PM at the Anderson Funeral Home.
Lucille Waldorf
Mar 1, 2022
Lucille Agnes Waldorf, the daughter of Aloys and Rose (Brockman) Schmiesing, was born on the family farm near Meire Grove, Minnesota, on August 7, 1925. She attended St. John the Baptist Catholic School at the age of seven and completed eight years of schooling. She then helped her parents and three younger brothers on the family farm. At age...
Allen Gerdes
Mar 1, 2022
Allen DeWayne Gerdes was born June 15, 1943, in Glenwood, MN, the son of Arnold and Aileen (Townsend) Gerdes. He attended and graduated from Villard High School in 1961. Following his schooling, Allen started working at Pearl Jobbing in Alexandria doing on the road sales. Through his work, Allen was able to meet the love of his life, Barbara....
Dawn Johnson
Feb 27, 2022
Dawn Marie (Ziesemer) Johnson was born on July 9, 1960, in Alexandria, Minnesota to Donald and Karen (Thorson) Ziesemer. She was baptized Zion Lutheran Church and confirmed at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Garfield. Dawn graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria in 1978.
Dawn married James Johnson on March 22, 1979, at Calvary Lutheran Church in...
John Trana
Feb 24, 2022
John Andrew Trana, 41, of Monroe, SD passed away at his home on February 24, 2022. John was born to Marvin and Judith Trana on April 2, 1980 in Alexandria MN. He began piano lessons at a young age and excelled, as well as learning to play the First Lutheran Church organ. After graduating from Alexandria's Jefferson High School...
Carl Morse
Feb 22, 2022
Carl Edward Morse, born January 4, 1952, in St. Paul, MN, passed away suddenly on February 22, 2022, at the age of 70. Carl dedicated many years of his life driving semi and sacrificed many missed memories to provide for his family. He worked hard and played harder. He enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, old cowboy movies and cooking. He was a “tell it...
Lawrence Tvrdik
Feb 22, 2022
Lawrence Richard “Bud” Tvrdik, 95, died Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022.
Bud was born June 1st, 1926 in Lake Mary Township. The son of Joseph and Antonia (Dynda) Tvrdik.
He attended country school till the 8th grade. He then started farming with his father. Bud joined the Army in 1945 and was honorably discharged in December...
James Tauber
Feb 18, 2022
James “Jim” Charles Tauber Jr, 79, of Nelson, Minnesota died unexpectedly on February 18th, 2022 at Alomere Health Hospital in Alexandria from natural causes. His loss was completely unexpected, and the family is shocked and deeply saddened.
Jim was born on January 26th, 1943, the son of James & Christine (Vindedahl) Tauber in Glenwood, Minnesota. He grew...
Sandra Dittberner
Feb 18, 2022
Sandra Sue Dittberner (Sandi Lenz) was born on January 19th, 1942 in Parkers Prairie hospital in Minnesota.
Sandra was baptized on February 5th, 1942 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Parkers Prairie Minnesota by Reverend A. H. Sieving with sponsors Edmund Riedel and Eleanora Vitek and was confirmed on June 10th, 1954 by Reverend Mueller.
Sandra...
Eugene Morrissette
Feb 17, 2022
Eugene Morrissette died peacefully on February 17, 2022 at Alex Assisted Living Center in Alexandria, MN. Gene was born on May 7, 1925 in Grand Forks, ND to Francis and Mary (Bjerkelein) Morrissette. Eugene and his two siblings, sister Madonna (Chambers) and brother Floyd were raised in East Grand Forks, MN.
Eugene married Dorothy Ann Jonas on...
