Obituaries

Feb 25, 2018

Grant Charles Ranstrom was born on October 29, 1934 in Warren, Minnesota the son of Henning and Ruth (Larson) Ranstrom.

Grant died on Sunday, February 25, 2018.  He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Ramona; daughters: Bonnie (Joe) Stroinki, Joy Ranstrom, Cindy (Steve) Vilks, Cheri (Ron) Skalicky, Vicki (Phil) Ernst; grandchildren: Kevin Skalicky, Ben &...

Feb 25, 2018

Micheal (Mike) Rapheal Gregor was born on March 5, 1946, in Fargo, North Dakota to Edward and Rachel (Kemple) Gregor.  He was baptized on June 30, 1946, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisbon, North Dakota and confirmed on April 10, 1960 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.  Mike attended school in North Dakota and Minnesota, graduating from...

Feb 24, 2018

Mona Lisa Hartman was born on February 17, 1963, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of Francis and Ruth (Jensen) Hartman.  She was born with Downs Syndrome and lived in Alexandria with her family until 1995 when Mona and her parents moved to California until 2006 when they moved back to Alexandria and she lived with Bonnie and Norm for...

Feb 24, 2018

Kathleen Joyce Spanbauer was born to Aurelia (Gruber) and Edwin Herrmann on September 14, 1927 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On June 10th 1946, Kathleen was united in marriage to John Louis Spanbauer in Waukeegan, Illinois.  They had two children, Mark and Jill.  They raised their family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Kathleen was primarily a homemaker but also worked as...

Feb 24, 2018

Russell Clyde Moeser was born on a farm near Kroschel, Minnesota on January 14, 1932, to William and Clara (Freeberg) Moeser.  He graduated from Hinckley High School in 1949 and after graduation was employed at Honeywell in Minneapolis.  Russell served in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954.

Russell was united in marriage to Pauline Nyberg at Golden Valley...

Feb 24, 2018

Susan Jean Foslien, the daughter of Raymond and Jean (Olson) Johnson, was born on June 19, 1953, in Alexandria, MN.  She grew up on a farm in Moe Township and loved to follow her dad around the farm.  He lovingly nicknamed her “Louie”.  Sue was baptized and confirmed at East Moe Lutheran Church.  Sue graduated from Brandon High School...

Feb 24, 2018

Bruce “Butch” Allan Schmidt of Alexandria passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the age of 61 years after a courageous battle with cancer. Butch was born on July 2, 1956 in St. Paul, MN to Gordon and Pauline “Dolly” (Lucas) Schmidt. He graduated from Wabasso Public School in 1974 and...

Feb 24, 2018

Mavis was born on March 20, 1935, in Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of Oscar and Charlotte (Anderson) Johnson.  She attended Central High School in Alexandria graduating in 1953.  She continued her education at St. Cloud State University and then transferred to the University of Northern Co. and received her Bachelors Degree in Education and then attended the University of...

Feb 22, 2018

Gerald “Jerry” Sether of Alexandria passed away on February 22, 2018.

Jerry was born on March 8, 1942 to Edwin and Minnie (Hansen) Sether. He was raised in Underwood, MN and graduated from Underwood High School in 1960. Jerry was very active in sports and made all conference in both football and basketball. In 1961, he was...

Feb 21, 2018

Lillian “Lill” Mary Martinek was born October 6, 1919 in New Effington, SD, the daughter of Paul and Mayme (Benesh) Martinek.  Lillian moved to Pope County, MN at a young age where her family operated a farm. She attended school in Pope County. Following her schooling Lill helped her parents on the farm.

Lillian was united in...

Feb 20, 2018

Carl Vincent (Butch) Anderson was born April 25, 1952 in Alexandria, MN, the son of Karl J. and Ruth E. (Hanson) Anderson. After graduating from Jefferson High School, Butch worked at Herb Schildt Transmissions and Alex Marine as a mechanic for many years and also at Johnson Furs. He spent time taking care of his parents and their property as...

Feb 19, 2018

Rollie Berglund, age 90, died on Monday, February 19 in St. Cloud, MN.  WW II Veteran serving in the US Navy, Seabees.

He is preceded in death by wife Carol, son Tim Berglund, grandson Jeffrey Small, parents Roy Berglund and Clarice (Forsgren) Yerigan.

Rollie is survived by his children; Karen (Rick) Small of Sauk Centre,...

Feb 18, 2018

Jamie Michael Lund was born on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis to his loving parents, Aaron Lund and Katherine Hill.  Jamie came into this world at 2:16 PM as a precious 6 pound 5.5 ounce; 18 inch baby boy with dark curly hair.

Jamie was diagnosed at 20 weeks with Pulmonary atresia, Heterotaxy...

Feb 17, 2018

DiAnn E. Bakke age 73 of Alexandria died on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Douglas County Hospital.  A Memorial Service will be held 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 24, 2018, at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria.  Visitation will be held from 5-8 PM on Friday, February 23, 2018, at the Anderson Funeral Home and for one hour...

Feb 16, 2018

Dorothy Marian Hauer was born February 6, 1935 in Carlos, MN, the daughter of Francis and Marian (Botzet) Hauer. She was baptized and confirmed at St William’s Church in Parkers Prairie.  Dorothy attended country school. Following her schooling she helped her parents on the family farm.

On April 20, 1954 Dorothy was united in marriage to Harvey...

Feb 14, 2018

Edward Kenneth Grussing

March 8, 1943 – February 14, 2018

Ed passed away peacefully on the morning of February 14, 2018 at St. Williams Living Center in Parkers Prairie, surrounded by his loving family.

Ed was born in Montevideo, Minnesota the son of William and Jennie Grussing.  He joined the Army in October...

Feb 13, 2018

Howard Warren Christensen was born on October 5th, 1922, near Wanda, MN to Walter and Mary Christensen. He attended primary school in Wanda and graduated from Lamberton HS in 1939.   At the age of 22, Howard met LuCille Lohre and married a year later (1946).  Their marriage was blessed with 4 adventurous boys and 1 amazing little girl.

Feb 12, 2018

Arlene Louise Zavadil was born on October 9, 1945, in Long Prairie, Minnesota, the daughter of Louis and Helena (Irsfeld) Strack.  She grew up in Long Prairie and graduated from Long Prairie High School in 1963.

On October 17, 1966, Arlene was united in marriage to Warren “Harvey” Zavadil at St. Mary’s of Mount Carmel Catholic Church...

Feb 11, 2018

Carol Shirley Lindblom, the only child of Selmer and Clara (Tollefson) Thompson, was born September 5, 1930 in Starbuck, MN.

During her childhood years the family moved to Elbow Lake. A big part of Carol’s life was socializing and working. Her first job was delivering newspapers. Carol often talked about pulling her red wagon around Elbow Lake...

Feb 10, 2018

Alice “Marmer” Akenson was born at home on January 31, 1924 in a small, close-knit village of Norwegian families called Jericho located 17 miles west of Willmar, Minnesota.  She was the second of 11 children born to Harry and Luella Skaalrud.

Alice grew up in a community where the Vinje Lutheran Church was the center of activity...