Obituaries
Marjorie Hagedorn
Feb 29, 2020
Marjorie Ann “Marge” (Steidl) Hagedorn, 84, of Alexandria, died on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at the Bethany Home in Alexandria.
Marge was born on June 12, 1935, to Peter and Angeline (Beheng) Steidl. She attended country school near Miltona and graduated from Alexandria High School in 1953. Following High School, Marge spent several years living in the...
Gilmer Freudenberg
Feb 28, 2020
Gilmer William Freudenberg was born December 19, 1926 in Leaf Valley Township, the son of William and Martha (Krueger) Freudenberg. He was baptized on January 11, 1927 into the Lutheran faith at St. James Church in south Effington Township. Later Gilmer was confirmed at St. James on June 9, 1940. Gilmer grew up on the family farm and attended...
Nicholas Blahosky
Feb 28, 2020
Our beloved son, dad, grandson, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin and friend Nicholas Gerald Blahosky, “Nick”, “Dude”, was called home to be with Jesus, on February 28, 2020. Nick was born on September 20, 1988 in Cloquet, Minnesota to Jodi (Blahosky) Lee. Nick and his mom immediately started their life together along with Mark, Jesse and Kobe Lee in Alexandria,...
Mary "Jo" Howe
Feb 25, 2020
Mary Josephine “Jo” (Odendahl) Howe was born January 9, 1923, in Carroll, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond and Josephine (Wieland) Odendahl, eldest of five children. She graduated from Auburn High School, Class of 1940, and continued her education at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Des Moines, Iowa receiving her RN Degree in 1944.
While in college...
Kirk Anderson
Feb 24, 2020
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM Friday, February 28, 2020, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Alexandria. A visitation will be from 1 to 2 PM Friday at the church.
Virginia Korkowski
Feb 20, 2020
Virginia (Mentele) Korkowski was born on July 1, 1931, in Howard, South Dakota to Peter and Bertha (Sherman) Mentele. While she was still very young, the family moved to Minnesota, settling near Long Prairie. She graduated in 1949 from Long Prairie High School and began working at the Production Credit Association in Alexandria. After 1 year, she took a...
Wayne Vander Vorste
Feb 20, 2020
Wayne Lee Vander Vorste, son of Lloyd and Alvina (Lauinger) Vander Vorste, passed away on February 20, 2020 at his home in Alexandria, MN.
Wayne was born on June 21, 1952 in Bismarck, ND and grew up on a family farm with his two brothers, Craig and Daryl, outside of Pollock, SD. His active involvement on the...
Muriel Linow
Feb 18, 2020
Muriel Virginia Linow was born on November 17, 1926 to Edwin and Alice (Kolberg) Sanstead. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Garfield. She was an only child and grew up on the family farm north of Garfield.
She graduated from Central High School in 1944. At that time, she lived in Alexandria...
Steven Steidl
Feb 17, 2020
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Steven Warner Steidl, the son of Warner and LaVonne...
Michael Kummrow
Feb 13, 2020
Michael John Kummrow, the son of Hilbert and Delores (Larson) Kummrow, was born on January 3, 1946 in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Mike grew up on a farm near Kensington where he graduated from high school in 1965. He was united in marriage to Sharon Johnson on December 4, 1966 at St. Petri Lutheran Church. Together they lived on a...
Deanne Frarck
Feb 13, 2020
Deanne Rae Olson was born July 8, 1938, in Williston, ND to Harris and Julia (Moe) Olson. As a child, the family moved to Wildrose, ND, where she graduated from High School. Deanne went on to attend Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education and a Biology minor. She continued her education...
Karin Senstad
Feb 11, 2020
Karin Elizabeth Senstad was born on August 6th, 1960, in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the Miller’s Hospital to Russell and Janice Johnson. She lived with her parents and siblings Susan, Ann, and Gregg at their home in Mendota Heights. As a child, she was active in dance and choir, and learned to play the saxophone. She was a favorite...
Tyler Buse
Feb 10, 2020
Tyler Matthew Buse was born on Monday, December 23, 2019, at Alomere Health in Alexandria to Joshua and Kristy (Marsolek) Buse. He was born at 7:30 PM as a 7lb 7oz, 21 inch, baby boy.
Tyler loved to cuddle and never wanted to be put down. He constantly wanted to be held and always wanted to be...
Geraldine Carlson
Feb 10, 2020
Geraldine Corinne (Palmer) Carlson was born on November 1, 1930 in Alexandria, Minnesota, the eldest child of Roy A. and Cora (Bergner) Palmer. Before school-age, Geraldine enjoyed playing (over and over) a record, “The Laughing Song” on the wind-up phonograph. This record mysteriously disappeared one day. She also enjoyed visits with her grandparents Bergner. There were always books in...
Marian Kalina
Feb 8, 2020
Marian Rose (Mrnak) Kalina was born on April 30, 1928 in Alexandria, MN, daughter of Frank and Julia (Simek) Mrnak. She was one of four children and was raised on the family farm in the Lake Mary Township where she attended District 19 Country School.
Marian was united in marriage to Leonard L. Kalina on November 6,...
Richard Poltiske
Feb 7, 2020
Richard Allen Poltiske, age 63 of Brandon, MN, passed away on February 7, 2020.
Rick was born September 21, 1956 at Our Lady of Mercy hospital in Alexandria, MN to Anton (Tony) and Marion (Schecher) Poltiske. Growing up, Rick spent a lot of time at his grandma and grandpa’s resort, Schecher’s Resort, just outside of Brandon. Whether...
Alvan "Roy" Martell
Feb 7, 2020
Where were you when?
Yes, that is the question…
Where were you when Peral Harbor was attacked?
Where were you when JFK or MLK were declared “gone”?
Where were you when the Twin Towers came down?
Where were you when you received the news that someone you loved was...
Susan Kjelland
Feb 6, 2020
Susan Elaine (Kragnes) Kjelland was born on February 11, 1955 in Fargo, ND to Henry and Evelyn Kragnes. The youngest of 4 children, she spent her idyllic childhood in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1973. Growing up she was actively involved in her church youth groups, directing the junior high worship choir and playing the violin in an...
Ruth Brelje
Feb 3, 2020
Ruth Ann Stockman was born July 25, 1933, in Plato, MN, the daughter of Alfred and Anne (Olson) Stockman. She was raised on the family farm near Plato and attended high school at Glencoe, MN where she graduated.
On November 2, 1952, Ruth was joined in marriage to Herbert Brelje in Plato at St Paul’s United Church...
Darlene Mitchell
Feb 3, 2020
Darlene Lorinda (Hoppe) Mitchell was born on October 6, 1960 in Alexandria, MN to Harold and Gladys (Floding) Hoppe. She grew up on a farm with her two sisters, Doris and Diane, where she was instilled with a love for animals, particularly horses, having had 9 at one point. Darlene would later pass her compassion for animals onto her...
