Obituaries
Marlene Lund
Dec 30, 2020
Marlene Louise (Navratil) Lund was born on October 28, 1937, to Louis and Barbara Navratil in Alexandria, MN. Marlene graduated from Alexandria High School in 1955 and then attended nursing school. She graduated in 1958 as a registered nurse from St. Barnabas School of Nursing.
Marlene was united in marriage to Eldred “Bill” Lund on September 27,...
Thomas Thompson
Dec 29, 2020
Thomas L. Thompson January 7, 1935 – December 29, 2020
Our Dad was one of the kindest, most giving people you’d ever have the pleasure of meeting. Getting him out of church was a real chore. “Tom!” “Tom!” “Tom!” You’d look at our Mom and plead, “Can we please wait in the car?” His one-liners are legend....
Robert Weiland
Dec 29, 2020
Robert E. Weiland was born in Framnas Township near Morris, MN, along with his twin, Ronald, on January 4, 1938, the son of Nicholas and Anna (Pusl) Weiland. Robert graduated from Hoffman High School in 1957, one year later than he should have because of an accident with a gravel truck that broke his leg and skull when he...
Norma Hesse
Dec 27, 2020
Norma Caroline (Swenson) Hesse was born on August 21, 1927, in Butte, Montana to Harold and Gina (Gulsvig) Swenson. She moved to Glenwood at the age of 4 with her foster parents, Emil and Emma Evenson. Norma graduated from Glenwood High School.
On October 14, 1947, Norma was united in marriage to Dale Hesse in Sisseton, SD. ...
Betty Walter
Dec 26, 2020
Betty Lou (Jones) Walter was born in Osakis, Minnesota on August 25, 1929. She was the youngest of the large family of Harry and Mary Faith (Bennett) Jones. Betty passed away on December 26, 2020 at the age of 91 years at her residence at Grand Arbor.
Betty attended Osakis Public school and completed her senior year...
Luella Vendell
Dec 26, 2020
Luella Delores Vendell (90) of Alexandria, MN, died Saturday, December 26, 2020 from COVID-19.
Luella was born May 9, 1930 in Moe Township, to Edwin and Mabel (Severson) Olson. Luella graduated in 1948, from Central High School as one of “The Great Class of 48”. She started working for Fluegal Motor Co. 3...
Randy Johnson
Dec 23, 2020
Randy Allen Johnson, 65, of Coon Rapids (formerly of rural Kensington) passed away Wednesday, December 23, as a result of complications from COVID.
Randy was born on June 17, 1955, in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Dale and Evelyn (Rossum) Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed in Kensington Covenant Church. He attended Kensington High School, graduating in...
Merle Olson
Dec 20, 2020
Merle Olson, a third-generation resident of Alexandria, MN., passed away on Sunday morning, December 20, 2020. He was 88.
Born in Alexandria, MN to Chester and Annie (Nyquist) Olson on November 3, 1932, he was the younger of the family’s two children. His sister, Arlue (Olson) Beheng, was Merle’s lifelong...
Loretta Olson
Dec 19, 2020
Loretta Florence Vitale was born February 4, 1926 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of Samuel and Rose (Miletillo) Vitale. She was raised in Detroit where she graduated from high school.
Sherlock Olson was traveling on a train returning from his military service when he saw Loretta and decided that was the woman he was going to marry....
LaVonne Anderson
Dec 18, 2020
LaVonne (Vonnie) was born June 24, 1929 to Oscar and Cecilia Goltz in Darfur, MN. She attended Darfur Elementary and Comfrey High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Roger Anderson, on November 9, 1946. Vonnie and Roger farmed 23 years in Comfrey. In 1969 until her retirement, Vonnie worked at the Comfrey School as a teacher’s aide. Vonnie loved...
Ruth Westerberg
Dec 16, 2020
Ruth Ann Klein was born July 25, 1948, in Needles, CA, the daughter of Edward and Phyllis (Field) Klein. She moved with her family to St. Cloud, MN at a young age. She grew up in St. Cloud where she graduated from Tech High School.
Ruth began doing clerical work for a doctor in St. Cloud. She...
Daniel Olson
Dec 16, 2020
Daniel Lee Olson was born on August 27, 1951, in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Winston and Ima Jean (Lee) Olson. An outgoing young rascal, Dan grew up on City Park Road with his brother, Dave. The two boys spent hours listening and singing to records, playing at City Park, going to the beach, and got started in the...
JuleAnn Kelley
Dec 16, 2020
Juleann Betsy Kelley was born on November 24, 1943, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to parents, Arthur and Olga (Moline) Pearson. At the age of 10, she was crowned Queen Juleann from the Minneapolis Retail Grocers Association. She graduated in 1961 from South High School in Minneapolis.
Juleann was united in marriage to Michael Kelley on December 19, 1964,...
David Erickson
Dec 15, 2020
David Lee Erickson was born September 16, 1966 in Alexandria, MN, the son of Walter and Loraine (Simonson) Erickson. He was raised in Alexandria where he graduated from Jefferson High School in 1985.
David loved cars and working on them. He became a mechanic for Juettner Motors. In 1989 he left Juettner’s to work with his brother,...
Marlene Kluver
Dec 13, 2020
Marlene Ann Kluver was born on May 16, 1947 in Alexandria, MN to Glenn and Jean (Carlson) Wilson. She attended and graduated from Glenwood High School in 1965.
On December 18, 1965, Marlene was united in marriage to Dale Kluver. To this union two children were born: Jennifer and Steven. The couple lived in Alexandria until 1968,...
Paula Uhde
Dec 12, 2020
Paula Lee Uhde, the daughter of Paul and Dorothy (Reasor) Schultz, was born on August 4, 1949 in Mankato, Minnesota. Paula spent her childhood years in Mankato, Texas and in Parkers Prairie. She graduated from Parkers Prairie High School in 1967 and then met the love of her life, Gary Uhde. They were united in marriage on August 12,...
Bertha Spitzer
Dec 12, 2020
Bertha Spitzer, long time resident of North Dakota and most recently of MN passed away in Alexandria, MN on December 12, 2020 at the age of 100 years.
Bertha was born on June 20, 1920 to Adam and Lydia (Weisenburger) Schnabel on a farm near Venturia, ND. She was baptized, confirmed and attended country school in that...
Victor Roob
Dec 10, 2020
Victor Roob was born on June 29, 1948, at the Wheaton Hospital the son of Ambrose and Brigetta (Wieser) Roob. He graduated from Rosholt High School Class of 1967. Following his graduation Victor served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged in 1970.
After serving his country Victor attended...
Genevieve "Jenny" Muzik
Dec 9, 2020
Genevieve “Jenny” Ann Muzik, the daughter of Chester and Ernestine (Triplett) Johnson, was born on November 10, 1943, in Lake City, Iowa. She lived on a farm with her family near Rock City, IA until 1949, when they moved to a farm near Westbrook, MN. In 1953, Jenny and her family moved to Stewartville, MN, where she graduated high...
Elvira Lee
Dec 6, 2020
Elvira Mae Lee , the daughter of Walter and Evelyn (Perdue) Lehman, was born on October 3, 1934 in Westfield, New York. She attended school in Westfield
Elvira was joined in marriage to Roger F. Lee in Dover, Delaware, on December 2, 1970. In 1974, they moved back to Brainerd for a year and then...
