Obituaries
Dale Diekman
Jan 26, 2017
Dale William Diekman was born March 6, 1931, the first child of William and Lena (Doering) Diekman. He grew up on the family farm in Hudson Township during the depression. Hard work and "making do" with what you had was part of daily living. He often reminisced about how thrilled the family was when electricity came to the farm. In...
Donald Kaar
Jan 25, 2017
Donald Neil Kaar was born June 14, 1944 in St. Paul, MN, the son of Wilfred and Eva (Feist) Kaar. He was raised in St. Paul and graduated from Ramsey High School. Following school Don joined the United States Navy. He served in Korea and Viet Nam. Donald also served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. Following his discharge Don...
Dennis Conrad
Jan 23, 2017
Dennis Emery Conrad June 30, 1927 – January 23, 2017 Dennis Conrad, 89, of Alexandria, MN, formally of Sleepy Eye, MN, died peacefully, with his two daughters by his side, at Bethany Community Home in Alexandria, MN, on Monday, January 23, 2017. Dennis was born on June 30, 1927, in Eagle Bend, MN. He was the oldest child of Emery...
James Wark
Jan 20, 2017
James A. Wark age 74 of Alexandria died on Friday, January 20, 2017 after a long illness. A graveside service will be held later in the spring. Funeral Home Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory 659 Voyager Drive NW Alexandria, MN 56308
Hazel Kleven
Jan 19, 2017
Hazel Irene (Larson) Kleven was born on February 14, 1926, the second of ten children of Ingval and Alma (Hanson) in Starbuck, MN. She was baptized April 6, 1926, by Rev. M. Casper Johnshoy and confirmed March 17, 1940, by Rev. Johnson at Fron Lutheran Church in Starbuck, MN. Hazel attended Starbuck High School. Hazel was united in marriage to...
Evangeline Lund
Jan 18, 2017
Evangeline "Vangie" Lund age 99 of Alexandria died on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at Bethany Home in Alexandria. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 11AM at Calvary Lutheran Church. A visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Interment will be in Kinkead Cemetery. OBITUARY Evangeline...
Keith Davis Jr
Jan 17, 2017
Keith D. Davis Jr. age 78 of Nelson died on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria. A Funeral Service will be held 11:00 AM on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Nelson. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Visitation Our Saviour's...
Elizabeth Gillen
Jan 15, 2017
Elizabeth "Liz" Ann Gillen was born on September 14, 1933, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Keough) O'Hotto. She graduated from Alexandria High School in 1951 and furthered her education at the College of St. Benedict. She was united in marriage to Floyd Gillen on May 29, 1954, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alexandria. To...
Gloria Myers
Jan 15, 2017
Gloria Esther Rahn was born May 23, 1939 in Eagan Township, MN, the daughter of Arthur and Clara (Englert) Rahn. She was raised in Eagan and attended school in Rosemount, MN where she graduated from high school. She worked for a time as a bookkeeper at McKees store in the Twin Cities. On January 6, 1962 Gloria was united in...
RLou Olson
Jan 15, 2017
RLou M. Olson age 88 of Alexandria died on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at the Douglas County Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Zion Lutheran Church at 1PM. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 from 4-7PM at the Anderson Funeral Home and also for one hour prior to the service...
William Bahe
Jan 12, 2017
William Ernest Edward Bahe was born January 23, 1934 in Belgrade, MN, the son of Ernest and Marie (Pommerening) Bahe. Bill grew up on a farm near Elrosa, MN. He was baptized and confirm at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Belgrade. Bill attended school in Belgrade where he graduated from high school in 1951. Following his schooling Bill took jobs erecting...
Jack Schneider
Jan 9, 2017
Jon "Jack" Schneider was born on August 28, 1997, in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of Jon & Heather (Lyon) Schneider. He was baptized at the First United Methodist Church in Stuttgart, Arkansas. When Jack was two, his family moved to Alexandria, Minnesota where he excelled in school and athletics. Jack was a true student leader at Alexandria Area High...
John Miller
Jan 8, 2017
John Daniel Miller age 30 of St. Paul, formerly of Alexandria, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017. A memorial service will take place on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Alexandria. A visitation will take place on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Anderson Funeral Home and...
Noy Wagner
Jan 8, 2017
A Mass of Christian Burial take place on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Our Lady of Seven Dolars Church in Millerville. A visitation will take place on Thursday, January 19, 2017 from 4:00PM to 7:00 PM at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria and also one hour prior to Mass at the church. Noy Veronica Wagner...
Arlene Ohland
Jan 6, 2017
Memorial service will be Friday, January 20, 2017 at the Anderson Funeral Home at 1:00 PM. A visitation will take place that day from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM at the funeral home. Arlene Ohland was born on April 3, 1928 one of thirteen children to Charles and Caroline (Sturm) Schmidgall of Hancock, Minnesota. On May 28, 1947 Arlene married...
Tamara Reignier
Jan 5, 2017
Tamara "Tammie" Jean (Amundsen) Reignier was born in Minneapolis, MN on Dec. 8, 1962 to Gerald and Jola (Rhodes) Amundsen. She was baptized at Elim Lutheran Church in Robbinsdale. At the age of 4 the family moved to Alexandria. Tammie was confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria. During Junior and Senior High she loved playing her guitar, playing tennis...
Joseph Scattarelli
Dec 31, 2016
Joseph Charles Scattarelli, the son of Robert and Virginia (Forcier) Scattarelli, was born on May 7, 1962 in Edina, MN. He grew up in Bloomington and graduated from Kennedy High School in 1980. Joe started working for Delegard Tool Repair in Bloomington, MN in 1979. He began his career by repairing tools before working his way up to Service Manager...
Rusty Lommen
Dec 28, 2016
Bernadine Ann (Rusty) Lommen was born October 7, 1929 in Echo MN daughter of Stanford and Josephine (Maakestad) Holland. She grew up in Echo and graduated in 1947. Rusty moved to Alexandria in 1948 where she met Adrian Lommen at First Lutheran Church. There they sang in the choir and performed duets together. Rusty and Adrian were married in 1949....
Edna Kluver
Dec 28, 2016
The world lost an amazing woman on December 28th, 2016 with the passing of Edna Kluver, 93 of Forada, MN. Edna was blessed with 93 spring seasons and enjoyed spending time in her garden around Lake Harlan. She was humble and kind, and even a little stubborn. She would blame that on that Swedish blood. She was the daughter of...
Lavern Blackledge
Dec 27, 2016
Lavern Willis Blackledge was born on October 25, 1926 in Fairmount, North Dakota to Willis and Wilma (Menge) Blackledge. He attended school in Traverse County through the eighth grade. Vern then helped do farm work for his father and other local farmers. He enlisted in the Army in September of 1945 and served during WWII in Munich, Germany and was...
