Obituaries
Elizabeth Ann Overgaard
Oct 5, 2022
Elizabeth “Betty Ann” Overgaard, 71, of Fargo, ND, passed away early Wednesday morning, October 5, 2022, at the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo with family at her side.
Betty was born in Crookston, MN on November 20, 1950. She was the second youngest of 6 children of the union of Orris Odin and Alice Erma (Thompson) Hegge. She grew up...
June Goodyke
Oct 2, 2022
June Goodyke, 98, of Crookston, MN, passed away on October 2, 2022, at the Benedictine Living Community Crookston.
June was born to John and Minnie (Brower) Geerts in Holland, Michigan on August 10, 1924. At only 13, she graduated from the Holland elementary school and began working at a local restaurant, became a neighborhood nanny, was employed at...
Isabel Maxine Tronson
Oct 1, 2022
Isabel Maxine (Gramer) Tronson passed away on October 1, 2022, surrounded by family, at the Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, MN. She was born on June 3, 1929, to Harold and Agnes (Strand) Gramer originally of Crookston. Isabel was raised by her grandparents, Richard and Karoline Strand following the death of her mother in 1930.
Isabel always...
Delores Smith Kurpius
Oct 1, 2022
Delores Smith Kurpius, 93, of Crookston, MN, passed away Saturday morning, October 1, 2022, at the Benedictine Living Community Crookston with family at her side.
Delores Mina Gullekson was born at Fertile, MN on June 23, 1929, 1 of 8 children of the union of Gordon and Mina (Kiltie) Gullekson. While growing up near Fertile she attended the...
Carole Marie Juvrud
Sep 30, 2022
Carole Marie Juvrud, 77, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Friday morning, September 30, 2022, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks.
Carole was born in Crookston on July 6, 1945, the daughter of Oren and Edna (Butenhoff) Seaton. She grew up with her 2 brothers in Crookston and was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Carole...
Sr. Rosella Dentz
Sep 30, 2022
Sister Rosella Dentz, age 98, died on September 30, 2022, at Villa Saint Vincent, Crookston, MN.
Sister Rosella, the first of five children of Albert Julius Dentz and Adelia Clare Laubach Dentz, was born September 5, 1924, into a loving, close, and strict Catholic family. She was baptized Rosella Julianna Dentz, in Saint Michael’s church, in Mahnomen, MN.
...
Janis "Jan" Ann Williams
Sep 28, 2022
Janis “Jan” Ann Williams, 71, of Maple Lake, near Mentor, MN, passed away Wednesday morning, September 28, 2022, at the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND, with her loving family at her side.
Jan was born in Mankato, MN on July 26, 1951, the daughter and only child of Bernard Anthony and Muriel Ann (Earl) Nentl. She was...
Wanda Mae Stroot
Sep 27, 2022
Wanda Stroot, age 88, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully on September 27, at the Benedictine Living Community in Crookston.
Wanda Mae Wallace was born on September 16, 1934, in Grand Forks, ND, to Earl and Florence (Allen) Wallace. Wanda’s mother passed away when she was two, and she went to live with her Grandma Fieman in Euclid,...
Jay Allen Wise
Sep 26, 2022
Jay Allen Wise, age 81, passed away on September 26, 2022, surrounded by his loving family, at Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN.
Jay Wise was born on December 15, 1940, in Crookston, MN, to Arthur and Sophie (Benson) Wise. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church. Jay grew up in Crookston and attended Franklin Elementary School. He graduated from...
David Mark Urness
Sep 24, 2022
David Mark Urness, age 59, of Crookston, MN, died peacefully with family by his side, on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND.
David was born on September 26, 1962, in Crookston, to Milo and Blanche (Gullickson) Urness. David grew up in Beltrami, and graduated from Fertile High School. In his younger years David did...
Debra Lynn Kopecky
Sep 16, 2022
Debra Lynn (Common) Kopecky, 65, of rural Euclid, MN, passed away Friday evening, September 16, 2022, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND surrounded by family.
Deb was born in Grand Forks, ND on July 21, 1957, the youngest of 4 children of the union of Duane and Dolores (Armentrout) Common. After graduation from Red River High School in...
Sister Paschal Martin
Sep 15, 2022
Sister Paschal Martin, OSB, age 99, died on September 15, 2022, at Villa Saint Vincent, Crookston, MN.
Lyda Martin was born in Oslo, Minnesota, on June 27, 1923. Her father, John J. Martin, of German descent, came from Canada; her mother, Laura Iverson, was of Norwegian descent. Lyda, the youngest of fourteen children, went to a country elementary school...
Bernice Katherine Sherry
Sep 14, 2022
Bernice Katherine Sherry, 92, of Crookston, died early Wednesday morning at the Riverview Memory Care unit, where she had moved to just over a month ago.
Bernice's faith-filled life began on May 27, 1930 when she was born to Werner and Minnie (Behlke) Schulz, in the home that herfather built on the original Schulz family homestead west of Euclid, MN....
Thomas "Tom" James McWaters
Sep 13, 2022
Thomas “Tom” James McWaters, 42, of Fisher, MN, died Tuesday morning, September 13, 2022, in a traffic accident on Grand Forks County Road 7 while enroute to work at Interstate Power in Grand Forks, ND.
Tom was born in Crookston on April 26, 1980, the son of William and Barbara (Gebhardt) McWaters. He attended Crookston schools and spent...
Lawrence "Larry" Hanson
Sep 12, 2022
Lawrence “Larry” Douglas Hanson, 71, passed away early Monday morning, September 12, 2022, at the Villa St. Vincent Memory Care Unit in Crookston with his loving wife, Nancy, by his side. He had been battling Parkinson’s disease for many years.
Larry was born on August 7, 1951 in Fargo, ND to Arthur and Virginia (Hegland) Hanson and...
Donna Jean Jensen
Sep 9, 2022
Donna Jean Jensen, 99, long time resident of Crookston, MN, and for the last year in Litchfield, MN, passed away September 9, 2022, at Bethany Assisted Living in Litchfield.
Donna was born in Crookston, MN on March 8, 1923, to Joseph and Myrtle (Droppo) Brule. She grew up in Crookston and was a 1941 graduate of Crookston High School....
Priscilla Amiot Waslaski
Aug 29, 2022
Priscilla Amiot-Waslaski, 78, of Crookston, Minnesota, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, August 29, 2022, at home surrounded by her family.
Priscilla was born on February 25, 1944, in Crookston, the daughter of Joseph (Joe) and Hazel (Frisbie) Veenstra. She grew up in the country with her younger brother in a loving home with a beautiful garden...
Bruce Anderson
Aug 24, 2022
Bruce Alan Anderson, 77, of Crookston, MN, passed away at his home early Wednesday morning, August 24, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.
Bruce was a lifelong Crookston, MN resident, born on February 17, 1945, to Charles and Hannah (Hanson) Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church and attended Crookston schools from Washington Elementary...
Kathleen Boucher
Aug 23, 2022
Kathleen Mae Boucher, 86, formerly of Crookston and East Grand Forks, passed away at the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine, MN early Tuesday morning, August 23, 2022. Mae, as she was best known throughout her life, had been a resident of Pioneer since June 30, 2021.
Mae was born in Salida, CO on April 16, 1936,...
Joy Goulet
Aug 21, 2022
Joy Ann Goulet, 60, of Crookston, MN, passed away at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND early Sunday morning after battling health issues for several years.
Joy was born in Crookston on June 25, 1962 to Betty Lou Peterson. She grew up in Euclid and was educated in Crookston schools, graduating from Central High School with the...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
