Obituaries
Elsie Hiebel
Jul 6, 2017
ELSIE HIEBEL Elsie Mae Prchal was born July 7, 1927 in Lake Mary Township, the daughter of Anton and Caroline (Vacek) Prchal. She was raised in Lake Mary Township where she attended country school District 19. At age 16 she moved to Alexandria, MN where she completed high school. Elsie worked at Blake's By The Lake and also at JC...
Celestine Schneider
Jul 3, 2017
Celestine “Red” Joseph Schneider, 77, passed away Monday, July 3, 2017 with his family at his side. God called Red to be with Him while he was living at Salmons Place Senior Care in Alexandria under the care of Douglas County Hospice and his wonderful caretakers at Salmons. Red was born Feb. 8, 1940 in Melrose. He was the son...
Doris Mays
Jul 1, 2017
Doris Irene (Peterson) Mays was born on December 16, 1926 to Raymond and Irene (Wellner) Peterson in Westbrook, Minnesota. She was baptized on January 16, 1927 at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Westbrook and confirmed on September 15, 1940. Doris attended Westbrook Public Schools and graduated from Westbrook High School in 1944. During her last 2 years in school she worked...
Mary Philipczyk
Jun 30, 2017
Mary Rose (Dickson) Philipczyk was born March 29th, 1932, at her Grandma Dickson’s home in Bellevue Township, MN to Thomas Willson and Phyllis Marie (Andermann) Dickson. She spent her childhood in Clover Township. She was united in marriage to Louis Julius Philipczyk on June 30th, 1949, in Pine County, MN. Mary and Louie started their lives together in Hinckley, MN...
Sharon Loveland
Jun 30, 2017
Sharon (Erath) Loveland, 69, of Alexandria, died in her home on June 30, 2017. She was born on October 5, 1947, the daughter of Arthur and Delila Erath. Sharon graduated from Kasson-Mantorville High School in 1965. There she met Kennard Loveland and they were married on June 4, 1966. They resided in Hutchinson, Minnesota for many years where Sharon was...
Donald Alcott
Jun 30, 2017
Donald Robert Alcott was born on October 16, 1932 in Grove Lake, MN to Gail and Mae (Abraham) Alcott. He attended school in Sedan and Nelson, and graduated from Alexandria High School. Donald was united in marriage to Ruth Pantze on September 20, 1955 in Webster, SD. The couple made their home in Alexandria. In 1956, Donald was drafted into...
Donald Drum
Jun 30, 2017
Donald Roy Drum was born on September 13, 1922 in Alexandria, MN to Everett and Hattie (Kingston) Drum. He attended school through the 8th grade in Alexandria. He enlisted in U.S. Army and was assigned as a machine gunner. Donald became a POW toward the end of WWII in 1944 on the banks of the Rhine River in Germany. He...
Doris Winger
Jun 29, 2017
Doris Bernice (Loija) Winger was born on March 19, 1928, at home on the farm in Rockwood Township, Wadena County, Minnesota. Her grandma served as the midwife. Doris attended a one room country school through the fifth grade and had to walk over two miles there and back in all types of weather. From sixth grade on she went to...
Kassie Dillon
Jun 28, 2017
Kassie Lyn Dillon, 16, of Carlos, was born on January 26, 2001 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She is the daughter of Kimberly (Weber) Dillon and Christopher Dillon. She attended school at Alexandria Area High School where she would have been a Junior this next year. Kassie was currently working at Pizza Ranch in Alexandria. Kassie died June 28, 2017 as...
Oscar Mantick
Jun 27, 2017
Oscar “Ozzie” Mantick, age 84, passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 27,2017 at Ecumen Bethany Home in Alexandria, MN after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 8 at Calvary Lutheran Church, 502 2nd Street SE, Glenwood, MN 56334 at 10:30 a.m. with visitation from 9:30am to 10:30 am with Pastor Mark...
Wanda Tramm
Jun 22, 2017
OBITUARY Wanda Jean Tramm, the daughter of Walter and Pearl (Nichols) Liazuk, was born on August 14, 1942, in Gilman, WI. She attended high school in Stanley, WI and worked as a waitress in her father’s restaurant, Liazuk’s Bar and Café. There she met Fred Tramm and they were united in marriage on August 28, 1965. They lived in Tampa...
Arthur LeSage
Jun 21, 2017
It is a great day in heaven as they have gained an amazing man and our hero. Arthur W. LeSage Jr. (Art), 94 years young, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 21st, 2017 at St Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN. Art was born on July, 20th 1922 in Morris, MN. He joined the Army in 1940 where he was a...
Lee Hutchins
Jun 20, 2017
Lee Edward Hutchins, the son of Roland and Ruth (Lahl) Hutchins, was born on August 23, 1929, in Minneapolis, MN. Lee was a former employee of Link-Belt, Foley Manufacturing and Owatonna Manufacturing. Lee died on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Bethany Home in Alexandria, MN at the age of 87 years old. He is survived by his loving wife of...
Lorraine Santen
Jun 19, 2017
Lorraine Gertrude Koep was born June 3, 1921 at home in Effington Township near Urbank, MN, the daughter of Theodore and Mary (Reger) Koep. Lorraine attended school at Sacred Heart in Urbank. On October 21, 1940 Lorraine was united in marriage to Willem Van Santen at Sacred Heart Church in Urbank. They made their home on a farm near Henning,...
Orville Botner
Jun 19, 2017
Orville Arnold Botner age 85 of the Garfield/Alexandria area passed away on Monday, June 19, 2017 at the St. Cloud Hospital. A memorial service will take place on Friday, June 23, 2017 at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria at 2:00 PM. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with www.andersonfuneral.net Orville Arnold...
Lillian Davis
Jun 18, 2017
Lillian Manghild (Shodeen) Davis grew up in Upsala, MN and graduated from Upsala High School. After high school, she worked at St. Paul Book and Stationary until she moved to California after WWII where she worked in the office at Hotel Del Coronado. Soon she met Arles “Pug” Davis and, after a whirlwind courtship, they married in 1954 and moved...
Clayton Erickson
Jun 16, 2017
Clayton Manfred Erickson was born on April 24, 1941, in Alexandria, Minnesota the son of Manfred and Odella (Olson) Erickson. The family lived in Alexandria where Clay attended school and enjoyed fishing and hunting black birds. He also had an interest in building things. As a boy he started working on go karts which lead to racing cars shortly after...
Jim Larson
Jun 13, 2017
Funeral Home Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory 659 Voyager Drive NW Alexandria, MN 56308
Barbara Jespersen
Jun 7, 2017
Barbara Gail Jespersen, the daughter of Elmer and Betty (Drentlaw) Ockerman, was born on August 23, 1946 in Cando, ND. She was baptized in Cando, ND and for a short time her family lived in Abercrombie, ND. At the age of 9 years old, Barbara and her family moved to St. Paul, MN, where she was confirmed at Maplewood Covenant...
Carol Miller
Jun 6, 2017
Carol Jean Miller passed away on June 6, 2017 at the Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center in Buffalo Lake where she resided since February. A memorial service will be held on June 15, 2017 at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria, Minnesota. Carol Jean (Greupner) Miller was born Christmas Day, December 25, 1923 to Frederick and Esther (Monhardt) Greupner at home...
