Obituaries

Apr 3, 2021

Lawrence “Larry” Joseph McCoy was born on September 4, 1934 in Worthington, MN to parents Lawrence and Mildred McCoy.  He was the first-born child of a family of 10 children.  He graduated high school in Worthington in 1952 and went on to Worthington Community College and Mankato State where he completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in education.

Mar 29, 2021

Douglas Eugene Jarett was born on December 20,1948, in Rochester, Minnesota to Eugene and Joanne (Crowley) Jarett. He graduated from Milan High School and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in mathematics at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. Doug was united in marriage to Jayne Dvergsten at Watson Lutheran Church on August 28, 1971. To this union...

Mar 27, 2021

Leslie (Les) C. Hansen, son of Chris T. and Agnes Hansen, was born in Tyler, MN, on September 13, 1941.  He died of cancer on March 27, 2021, at Bethany Home on the Lake in Alexandria, MN, with family by his side, having received wonderful care the past few months from Douglas County Hospice staff and the staff at...

Mar 24, 2021

Gerald Dean Wildman was born on the family farm on January 18, 1928, in Burtrum, MN, the son of Hobart and Emily (Berg) Wildman.  Gerald attended country school and school in Burtrum. He helped his father on the farm near Burtrum.  At a dance, Gerald met the love of his life, Lois “Dolly” Johnson.  They were united in marriage...

Mar 19, 2021

LeRoy Joseph was born on September 5, 1940, in Waconia, MN the son of Alphonse and Mary (Green) Poetz.  He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith.  He attended Waconia High School where he was an outstanding athlete.  He was an All-Conference Wrestler and took 3rd place at State.  His nickname in high school was “OW” – which...

Mar 15, 2021

Dorothy Rose was born on April 29, 1947, in Beulah, North Dakota the daughter of Martin and Margaret (Feist) Schutt.  She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Beulah.  Dorothy graduated from Beulah High School in 1966.

Dorothy worked as a waitress at a restaurant in Beulah and this is where she met the...

Mar 15, 2021

Richard Enstad aka Dick & Whitey

Born in Montevideo MN on September 7th 1939 to Hazel and Alfred Enstad. Dick went to be with the Lord on March 15, 2021 at the age of 81 Graduated from Granite Falls HS in 1957 where he played basketball, football, baseball and track. He entered the army in February 1958...

Mar 15, 2021

Ricardo Lowell “Zip” Zimmel was born August 16, 1954 in Alexandria, MN, the son of Vincent and Barbara (Jacobsen) Zimmel. Rick grew up in Osakis, MN where he attended St. Agnes Parochial School through sixth grade and graduated from Osakis High School.

He began a long career at Donnelly Manufacturing. He worked for Donnelly (Juno) Manufacturing for...

Mar 12, 2021

Jacob Jon Anderson was born on June 29, 1985, to Steve and Pamela (Dreher) Anderson in Litchfield, MN.  The family moved to Alexandria in 1986, and Jacob attended school in Alexandria.  Jacob worked at the Depot starting as a dishwasher and worked his way up to being the kitchen and catering manager.  He worked at the Depot for 17...

Mar 10, 2021

Earle Moede Brown was born December 15, 1959, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis to his parents, Joan (Moede) and Charles C. Brown. He graduated from Edina East High School, Class of 1978. He attended the University of Minnesota Technical College, Crookston, where he thrived and met a group of friends that became like brothers to him. Additionally, he was voted the...

Mar 7, 2021

Donald “Donnie” Tvrdik, was born on July 24, 1944, in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Thomas and LaVera (Chermak) Tvrdik.  The family lived in Lake Mary Township where Donnie attended country school through the 8th grade.  He than helped his dad farm.  Donnie served his country in the Army National Guard for six years and was honorably discharged on...

Mar 4, 2021

Linda Rae (McDaniel) Scofield was born on August 14, 1947, in San Francisco, California the daughter of James and Esther (Siirila) McDaniel.  Shortly after her birth, the family moved to North Carolina where they lived until 1949 when they moved Minnesota.  They moved around Minnesota during her childhood before settling in Sebeka in 1960 where she graduated from Sebeka...

Mar 1, 2021

Patricia Ann (Groninga) Stewart was born September 28, 1954.  She passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on March 1, 2021.

Patti was born in Morris, MN.  In 1962, the family moved to California where her dad managed a turkey farm.  This is where Patti developed her love for “unique animals” – including her pet snapping turtle....

Mar 1, 2021

Eldora Adachi passed away in her home at Nelson Gables in Alexandria on March 1, 2021. Eldora was born in Minneapolis on December 6, 1925, to Theodore Clobes and Anna (Lindorf) Clobes. She grew up through the depression and graduated from Minneapolis Vocational High School. Throughout her life, she was grateful to her guidance counselor for getting her into...

Feb 25, 2021

Lois Jean Johnson was born April 21, 1927 to Henry E. and Alvina Nelson in LaGrande Township of Douglas County.  She was baptized as an infant and confirmed at Svea Lutheran Church in Alexandria.  Lois was a dedicated lifetime member of Calvary (Svea) Lutheran Church.  A generation learned their Bible Stories from her flannelgraphs, as she was the leader of the...

Feb 23, 2021

Carol Ann (Krause) Allex, age 80, passed away peacefully surrounded by her husband and children on February 23, 2021, at Saint Joseph Hospital while wintering in Tucson, AZ.  She was born June 17, 1940, in Blue Island, IL to Anthony and Clara (Ertz) Krause. As a child, she moved with her family to various places in the...

Feb 22, 2021

Douglas Daniel Kuiper, age 88, of Alexandria MN, formerly of Sibley IA and Ashton IA, died peacefully in his sleep on February 22, 2021 in Parkland FL after a long battle with cancer.

Douglas (Doug) Kuiper, the son of Dan and Leone (Conley) Kuiper, was born on May 2, 1932, in Ashton IA.  Doug grew up in...

Feb 22, 2021

Lester Henry Bettermann was born February 11, 1932, on the family farm in Brandon Township, Douglas County, Minnesota to Henry and Irene (Ziegelman) Bettermann.  Lester was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Garfield.  He graduated from Central High School in Alexandria in 1950.  Lester helped his father farm, until he joined the United States Army in...

Feb 21, 2021

Jeri Lee (Salt) Hillemeier was born March 23rd, 1947 in Alexandria MN to Walter and Mavis (Weatherwax) Salt and died Feb 21st, 2021 in Alexandria MN.

Jeri grew up in Alexandria until early grade school when her parents moved to Port Hueneme, CA for 2 years.  The family moved back to Alexandria and lived on Lake Darling...

Feb 13, 2021

Ronald (Ron) Dean Lindley, loving father and papa, passed away on Saturday, February 13th, 2021, at the age of 68 due to ongoing medical conditions. Ron was born on April 3rd, 1952 in Osage, Iowa to Hilding and Darlene Lindley. He served in the military for 4 years. He received his teaching degree from the University of Northern Iowa...