Obituaries
William "Bill" Vogeler
Jul 24, 2021
William (Bill) Vogeler was born on Jan 8, 1954, in Vinton, Iowa, son of Clarence and Betty (Lange) Vogeler. Bill graduated from Mabel High School and attended college at Upper Iowa and graduated from St. Cloud State University. After college, Bill went to work for the City of Kodiak, Alaska from 1977-1981 as the facility supervisor. For the next...
Jose Herrera
Jul 24, 2021
Jose Luis Luna Herrera was born on March 2, 1977, in Zapopan, Jalisco Mexico the son of Anastacio Luna and Arcelia Herrera. He moved from Mexico to the United States when he was 17 years old. Jose worked construction for twenty-five years and loved helping people.
Jose was united in marriage to Lorena Luna Lopez. To this...
Edith Kelly
Jul 21, 2021
Edith Marie (Hove) Kelly was born in Alexandria on February 4, 1929, the youngest daughter of Clifford and Lillian (Solem) Hove. She passed away on July 21, 2021.
Edith graduated from high school in 1945 and attended the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis. In 1949, she married Donald Kelly.
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Larry Bartl
Jul 20, 2021
Larry A. Bartl was born on October 29, 1944 to Alfred and Bessie Bartl in Britton, SD. The family of nine lived on a farm near Stirum, ND for many years. Larry died unexpectantly on July 20th.
After graduating high school in Gwinner, ND, Larry went to barber school. His first job was in Garrison, ND where...
Paul Aslagson
Jul 17, 2021
Paul Larry Aslagson, the son of Alden and Mary (Svoboda) Aslagson was born on August 19, 1944, in Alexandria, MN and was raised on the family farm in Holmes City, MN. Paul graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria in the class of 1962 and continued his education by attending the University of Minnesota, Morris for one year. He...
Orrin Erickson
Jul 16, 2021
Orrin Julian Erickson, second oldest of five children, was born to Olaf and Julia (Ronnie) Erickson on September 4, 1929, in Langhei Township, Pope County, Minnesota. Orrin grew up on a farm south of Starbuck, MN. He was baptized on October 13, 1929 and confirmed in October 1943, at East Zion Lutheran Church, where he remained as a lifetime...
Betty Westergren
Jul 13, 2021
Betty Rea Westergren, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at the age of 95 at Bethany on the Lake Care Center in Alexandria, Minnesota. Betty and her husband, David P. Westergren, were happily married for 72 years, and she also leaves behind her two children, David C. and Lynne, five granddaughters,...
James Jensen
Jul 12, 2021
James Edward Jensen was born April 18, 1930 in Olivia, Minnesota. Shortly after his birth, his mother died. His father already had four boys and one girl to take care of, so he agreed to let Alfred and Victoria Jensen adopt him. The country was in a depression, which led to Fred losing his job when the bank closed....
Norbert Olson
Jul 11, 2021
Norbert Cecil Olson was born on July 10, 1926, to Valerie (Haskell) and Ole C. Olson in Faribault, Minnesota. He attended St. Lawrence and Immaculate Conception grade schools and Bethlehem Academy in Faribault, where he was voted homecoming king and lettered in basketball and football.
Norb enlisted in the United States Navy in 1944, where he was...
Kelly Golombiecki
Jul 10, 2021
Kelly Marie Golombiecki was born on February 24th, 1972, in Graceville MN, to Anthony and Gloria (Hanson) Ringger. She graduated from Clinton Graceville high school in 1990 and completed an associate degree in the administrative field and started a career of caring for others as a CNA.
She spent a large part of her life on the...
Christine Steidl
Jul 9, 2021
Christine Hormann was born May 2, 1931 in Wheaton, MN, the daughter of Louis and Alberta (Stevenson) Hormann. She was raised in Wheaton where she graduated high school.
Christine was blessed with five children, Dennis, Belinda, Kevin, Scott and Debra. In 1967 she moved her family to Alexandria, MN. Christine worked for Super-Valu. Later she worked for...
Marlene Patton
Jul 9, 2021
Marlene Jane Patton, of Alexandria died on Friday, July 9, 2021, at WoodCrest Assisted Living at the age of 83 years old.
A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 11 AM at the Anderson Funeral Home Chapel in Alexandria.
A visitation will take place for one hour prior to the...
Kenneth Olson
Jul 9, 2021
Kenneth Lee Olson was born July 9, 1925, in Mankato, MN the son of Clara and Harold Olson. He graduated from Perham High School in 1943 and enlisted in the Navy in 1943. After serving during WWII, he was discharged in 1946. Ken met the love of his life Rlou Plagman while roller skating at the roller rink in...
Ronda Peterson
Jul 7, 2021
Ronda De Peterson, the daughter of Gilford and Lucille (Hensch) Sorenson, was born on March 1, 1969, in Breckenridge, MN. Ronda graduated from Fergus Falls High School in the class of 1987, then continued her education by attending Alexandria Technical College. In 1989, Ronda was blessed with a son, Brett. She met Steve Mickelson and together they were blessed...
Evelyn Enderle
Jul 5, 2021
Evelyn Carmella Enderle was born on March 11, 1928, in Elbow Lake, Minnesota to Henry and Veronica (Schuster) Enderle. She was baptized at St. Olaf Catholic Church in Elbow Lake and confirmed at the Church of St. Charles in Herman. Evelyn attended elementary school in Evansville before moving to Norcross. After Evelyn attended school, the family moved to...
Walter Bjorhus
Jul 4, 2021
Walter Norman Bjorhus was born on August 8, 1922, in Driscoll, North Dakota to Arthur and Belle (Livingstone) Bjorhus. He attended country school in his early years and as he was older attended school in Valley City, ND. Following his schooling, Walt worked for the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) for 2 years before joining the United States Navy in...
Patricia Patri
Jul 4, 2021
Patricia Kay Patri (Schwendemann) was born on May 18, 1951 in Alexandria MN to Roy and Verla Schwendemann.
Pat grew up in Alexandria and graduated with the class of “69. Pat left MN a few years after graduation and after a short time made her way to Phoenix AZ where she worked for Southwest Bell for 20...
Marjean Larson
Jul 3, 2021
Marjean Kay Larson, the daughter of Robert and Wanda (Moffitt) Lepper, was born on August 10, 1942, in Pipestone, MN. She graduated from Pipestone High School in the class of 1960. She continued her education at Augustana college. She married Edward “Eddie” Dykstra on November 4, 1961, in Holland, MN and they had two daughters, Wendy and Vicky. In...
Teresa Daigle
Jul 2, 2021
Teresa E. Daigle (Nadeau) peacefully passed away surrounded by her loved ones on Friday, July 2, 2021, at age 95. She is survived by daughters, Vanessa, Trina (Greg), Victoria (Scott), Patricia and Laurie (Scott). She was preceded in death by her husband Gilbert R. Daigle, daughter Karen, and sons Christopher and Timothy.
Teresa was born in Fort...
Shawn Olson
Jul 1, 2021
Shawn August Olson was born June 18, 1977 in Anchorage, AK, the son of Scott Olson and Emily Klimek. A short time later the family moved to Skagway, AK where Shawn grew up and attended high school through grade eleven. He moved to Alexandria in 1994 and completed his senior year at Jefferson High school graduating in 1995.
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