Obituaries

Beverly Travis

Beverly Travis

Jun 2, 2019

Beverly (Buelow) Travis was born on November 31,1932 in Duluth Minnesota and died of natural causes and worn out body at 4:24AM on June 2nd, 2019 at Alomere Hospital in Alexandria Minnesota. She was preceded in death by her father William, mother Helen, husband Dale, daughter Patricia and brother William. She is survived by her daughters, Vickie, and Cindy,...

Patricia Petermeier

Patricia Petermeier

May 31, 2019

Patricia Jean (Flynn) Petermeier was born to the union of James L. and Mary A. (Bowlin) Flynn in St. Paul, MN on August 11, 1938. Pat lived in St. Paul where she attended St. Mark’s Catholic School. When she was 10, her family moved to St. Cloud where she attended St. Mary’s Catholic grade school and graduated from Cathedral...

Debra Hjelm

Debra Hjelm

May 28, 2019

Debra Kay Hjelm was born on October 13, 1956, in Alexandria, MN the daughter of Norman and Audrey (Syverson) Schuhmacher.  Debbie graduated from Glenwood High School in 1975 and continued her education at the Alexandria Technical School completing a clerical program.  She moved to Minneapolis and began working at Target in 1976.

Debbie met the...

Jared Corne

Jared Corne

May 27, 2019

JARED CORNE

Jared Ryan Corne was born February 22, 1999 in Detroit Lakes, MN, the son of James Corne and Julie Kellerhuis. Jared grew up with his family in Brandon, MN. He attended school at the Runestone Regional Learning Center. Following his graduation Jared continued his education at Alexandria Technical College where he earned his certificate as...

Al Esterberg

Al Esterberg

May 24, 2019

Al “Skeets” Esterberg was born on December 5, 1945 in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Claire B. and Estella Jeanne (McCorkell) Esterberg. Al passed away on Friday, May 24, 2019 in the critical care unit at North Memorial Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Al was recently diagnosed with cancer and everyone was so hopeful for a successful recovery, but...

Earle Grenson

Earle Grenson

May 23, 2019

Earle Wayne Grenson, age 84, of Alexandria, MN passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019.

Earle was born on February 14, 1935 in Starbuck, MN.  He married Margaret Ellen Nali on March 12, 1955 in Starbuck. They celebrated 64 years of marriage before she passed away April 28th, 2019.  Earle loved visiting with family...

Mardelle Warren

Mardelle Warren

May 22, 2019

Mardelle Marion was born on March 7, 1924, in Carroll, Iowa the daughter of Martin and Catherine (Neppl) Ludwig.  She attended school in Milford, Iowa and graduated from Milford High School in 1942.

On September 25, 1948, Mardelle was united in marriage to Arthur Warren in Milford, Iowa.  The couple made their home in Spencer, Iowa where...

Marjorie Dawald

Marjorie Dawald

May 21, 2019

Marjorie was born October 15, 1932 in Grant County, SD, to Paul and Clara (Mongold) Rademacher. She attended St. Joseph Catholic school in Rosen, Minnesota and graduated in 1946. She met Gordon at Club 7-75 and was married on July 1st, 1957 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Rosen, MN. They were blessed with three children, Terry, Gerry, and...

Andrew Havnoonian Jr.

Andrew Havnoonian Jr.

May 17, 2019

Andrew James Havnoonian age 56 of Evansville, MN died at his home on Friday, May 17, 2019.

A visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from 4-7 PM with a 6:30 PM Prayer Service at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria.

Arrangements are with the Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory in Alexandria.

Shirley Larson

Shirley Larson

May 15, 2019

Shirley Ann Larson was born on November 23, 1935, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Paul and Lucille (Lorenz) Dworakowski. Shirley grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota helping her parents on their vegetable truck farm and apple orchard.  She had a strong work ethic from an early age.

Shirley graduated with honors from Wayzata High School in 1953. She met...

Francis Krafthefer

Francis Krafthefer

May 15, 2019

Francis “Frank” Miles Krafthefer was born on May 7, 1958 in Alexandria, MN to Freddie and Florence (Schulz) Krafthefer. The fifth of six children, Francis grew up in a rambunctious and lively household, where he showed his siblings how to catch bullheads without bait and shared telepathic moments with his “twin” sister Faye, who knew his thoughts and needs...

Jarmon Godfrey Jr.

Jarmon Godfrey Jr.

May 13, 2019

Jarmon Morris Godfrey Jr. was born July 15, 1951 at a small hospital in Alexandria once known as St. Luke’s, in a tiny delivery room to Vivian (Angen) and Jarmon Godfrey Sr. He was baptized at Calvary Lutheran Church and enjoyed a fun-loving childhood in which his friends would come to the door and ask if his dad, Jarmon...

Cody Decker

Cody Decker

May 12, 2019

Cody Thomas Decker was born on June 25, 1988, in Mankato, Minnesota to Diana Walgren and Randy Decker.  Cody’s family moved to Oregon for 7 years.  The family moved to Osakis where Cody graduated from Osakis High School in 2006.  Cody enjoyed playing video games on the Nintendo, Atari or PlayStation.  After graduation Cody worked as a cook at...

Udene Slinde Jr.

Udene Slinde Jr.

May 8, 2019

Udene Sylvan Slinde Jr. was born on May 17, 1951, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the son of Udene and Eldora (Loken) Slinde.  He graduated from Osseo High School in 1970 and spent 25 years as a Boilermaker.  He enjoyed fishing, hunting, music, and spending time at Camp Lake with his brothers.

Udene died on Wednesday, May 8,...

Mayme Rajdl

Mayme Rajdl

May 6, 2019

Mayme Gladys (Zaviska) Rajdl was born on February 24, 1927, on the family farm in Lake Mary Township, Douglas County, Minnesota to Stanley and Mary (Prchal) Zaviska.  She attended County School at District 13 in Lake Mary Township through the 8th grade.  Mayme worked a short time at Cliff’s Little Grocery Store and also did some waitressing.

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Margaret Movold

Margaret Movold

May 5, 2019

Margaret Esther Movold was born on January 22, 1944 in Tacoma, Washington to Phillip and Esther (Haugo) Seeger.  She and her twin brother Richard “Richie” were born several months before their father left for Europe to serve in WWII.  Margaret graduated from Moorhead High School in 1961 and from Concordia College in 1965.  In 1965 she accepted a business...

Arlo Kluver

Arlo Kluver

May 4, 2019

Arlo Junior Kluver was born on February 3, 1929 in Raymond, Minnesota, the son of William and Viola (Henslin) Kluver.

Arlo grew up on a dairy farm south of Nelson, MN on Smith Lake.  He graduated from Alexandria High School in 1947.  During his high school years he excelled in sports as a member of the football,...

Katsuko Carothers

Katsuko Carothers

May 4, 2019

Katsuko Carothers, the daughter of Kinuko and Katsusiro Noda, was born on May 4, 1949 in Sasebo, Japan.

In 1981, Katsuko met the love of her life, Robert Carothers while he was stationed in Sasebo, Japan with the United States Navy.  They were united in marriage on July 21, 1982 at the American Consulate in Sasebo, Japan. ...

ArDean Kluver

ArDean Kluver

May 2, 2019

ArDean Orville Kluver was born on May 31, 1933, in Olivia, Minnesota the son of William and Viola (Henslin) Kluver.  When ArDean was a young boy, the Kluver family moved to the Nelson area where they farmed south of Nelson on Smith Lake.

ArDean was united in marriage to Mildred “Millie” Debilzen on September 16, 1953.  It...

Harry Daker

Harry Daker

May 1, 2019

Harry Robert Daker, the son of John and Letta (Kendall), was born on a farm near Staples, MN.  He attended grade school until the eighth grade and then enlisted into the United States Army.  Harry honorably served his country during WWII from 1942-1947.  After the war, Harry met the love of his life, Helen Rose Beltz.  They were united...