Obituaries

May 29, 2020

Donald Duane Benjaminson was born on December 16, 1962, at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, MN to Elmer and Rosella (Kluver) Benjaminson.  He was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN and confirmed in 1977 at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Greenfield, MN.  Donny attended Salem Lutheran Grade School and graduated from Buffalo High School in 1981.  He...

May 24, 2020

Delbert Patrick Caron, age 92, of Alexandria, MN passed away peacefully at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN on Sunday, May 24, 2020.

Christian Prayer Service will be held on Wednesday, June 3, at 1:00 pm at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria, MN. Interment will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Alexandria, MN. Visitation will be...

May 23, 2020

Carol Cleo Kuhnau was born June 13, 1953, in Wadena, MN. She was the fifteenth child born to Wilhelm and Cleo (Atz) Kuhnau and the first of their children to be born in a hospital. Her early years were spent on the family farm by Lake Rachel. She attended District 27 country school through the sixth grade. She continued...

May 23, 2020

Irene Angeline Forster was born August 27, 1941, in Spruce Hill Township, MN, the daughter of Anton and Florence (Beheng) Forster. She was raised on the family farm. Irene graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria, MN.

On June 25, 1960, Irene was united in marriage to Dale Wheeler at the Church of St. Mary in Alexandria....

May 21, 2020

Arlene Joyce (Weber) Walter was born on November 3, 1943, in Belgrade, MN to William and Marian (Houk) Weber.  She graduated from Paynesville High School in 1961.  After graduation she moved to Hutchinson and worked at 3M for over 10 years.

Arlene was married and was blessed with two daughters, Renae and Rachel.  The family lived on...

May 20, 2020

Carol A. Lynch was born March 21, 1931 in Stevens County, MN. She was raised in Stevens County and graduated from Herman High School.  Carol moved to the Twin Cities where she worked at a puzzle factory.

Carol was married to John Lynch. The couple made their home in St. Paul where they were blessed with two...

May 9, 2020

Larro Orville Hilgren, age 94, of Parkers Prairie, passed away on May 9, 2020 at Knute Nelson Care Center.  Memorial service will be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 1:30 PM in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Parkers Prairie.  Family and friends attending the service at the church can tune into 105.3 in your cars as we want everyone to stay...

May 8, 2020

Vicki Lynn Helander was born on June 11, 1944.  Her parents, Lawrence and Elsie (Shodeen) Helander lived on a farm near Henning, Minnesota, and Vicki loved growing up and living in the country.  Vicki attended rural school for three years, and then attended Henning Public School, graduating in 1962.

On September 21, 1963, Vicki married James (Jim)...

May 7, 2020

Louann was born April 6, 1957, to Myron and Joanne Lenning in Jamestown, ND. She passed on from this world, surrounded by family and friends, on May 7, 2020. In the weeks that preceded her passing, she was attended by many family and friends who each lavished care upon her and Mary. She made her first best friend in...

May 7, 2020

David Ngoc Pham was born on December 12, 1960, in Phú Yên, Vietnam to Phu and Tieng (Troung) Pham.  He was 1 of 10 children.  His family owned and operated a fishing business in Vietnam.  In 1978, David and his brother, Thanh, fled after the Vietnam War to escape communist rule and arrived in Indonesia at a refugee camp. ...

May 6, 2020

Belinda was born on June 24, 1976, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of James and Bernice (Gardynski) Zaske.  As a young girl she loved the outdoors going fishing with her dad and brothers and hunting in later years.  Belinda loved sports and was a part of the volleyball, basketball and softball teams during her schooling years.  Belinda graduated from...

May 3, 2020

Mary (Clifford) Steffen Blakely was born on October 16, 1941, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of George and Elsie (Sanderson) Clifford.  She was the only girl in the family of five growing up in Alexandria and graduating from Jefferson High School in 1959.  She continued her education at Marquette University where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in...

Apr 30, 2020

Glenn Evan White, 65, passed away surrounded by family at his home in Alexandria, MN on Thursday, April 30.  He was diagnosed with late stage colon cancer after suffering a stroke on April 19, 2020.

Glenn was born in Pittsburgh, PA on September 5, 1954. When Glenn was 10 years old, his family relocated to Bloomington, MN. ...

Apr 29, 2020

Alvin Howard Moen was born on January 2, 1931 and joined his wife Ophelia on April 29, 2020.  He was 89 years old when he died.  He was born and raised in the Sinai, SD area.  He graduated from high school in Sinai and moved to Sioux Falls and spent a year at Augustana College while working at  G&G...

Apr 28, 2020

Phyllis Emogene Olson, the daughter of Clifford and Sabina (Rhodes) Lucas, was born on May 28, 1925 in Alexandria, MN.  She graduated from Central High School in Alexandria.  She was united in marriage on July 12, 1944 to Arnold Olson at the Evansville Church Parsonage.  Together they lived on a farm near Evansville and in Alexandria.

Phyllis...

Apr 22, 2020

Kay Frances (Anderson) Rhodes was born August 30, 1941 in Houston, Texas to Arvie and Louise (Buechler) Anderson. Kay was the youngest of three sisters which included Jeanie Anderson and Betty Jo (Bj) Neumann. She attended and later graduated from Bellaire High School.

After high school she attended Texas Lutheran College receiving her undergraduate degree in social...

Apr 22, 2020

Andrew Ansel Hanson

Born September 16, 1920 at home, to parents Anthony and Mabel Hanson, (a.k.a. “Grandpa & Grandma Tony”).  Andrew’s father, Tony, worked at Buick for over 43 years. Mabel only had a fourth grade education. Andrew was named after his grandfather Andrew Hanson, and his uncle Ansel Anderson. His grandfather insisted that his name should...

Apr 21, 2020

Dwayne “Louie” Francis Paquin was born on May 22, 1933, in Long Prairie, MN the eldest child of Keith and Ann Paquin.  They moved to Herman, MN when he was a teenager and attended Herman High School.  Shortly after Dwayne went out to Western North Dakota and worked on a ranch and his dream of being a cowboy was...

Apr 20, 2020

Edward “fast Eddy” George Niblett was born on May 11, 1964 in Alexandria to George and Ellen (Hoaglund) Niblett. He was raised around the racetrack with his three brothers, Greg, Ted “Teddy” and Brian. Eddy held his first job at the age of 13, cleaning at the Coffee Pot restaurant; he also farmed with Roger Mart throughout his high...

Apr 19, 2020

Roger H. Koehn, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on April 19, 2020.

A Mass Of Christian Burial will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 2 PM with interment and Military Honors to follow at St. Mary's Catholic Mausoleum.  Due to COVID-19 all attendees should...