Obituaries
Barbara Jo Danielson
May 5, 2021
Barbara Jo “Bubba” Danielson, age 67, of Crookston, MN, passed away on May 5, 2021, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston, MN, with her family and friends by her side.
Bubba was born on February 25, 1954, in Harvey, ND, the daughter of the late Raymond and Esther (Gross) Danielson. ...
Karen Arel
May 2, 2021
Karen Anne Arel, 61, of Crookston passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021, at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis, MN, of cancer.
Karen was born on April 9, 1960, in Crookston, MN, the youngest of 8 children born to Frank and Eva (Surprenant) Arel. She was raised in Crookston attending St....
Clara Boyle
Apr 29, 2021
Clara "Jean" Boyle, age 81, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home with her family by her side.
Clara “Jean” Boyle was born in St. Joseph, LA, October 8, 1939 to George and Evie Haston. She was the youngest of five children. In 1957 she graduated from...
Merle Rafteseth
Apr 23, 2021
Merle Norman Rafteseth, 91, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Friday morning, April 23, 2021, in the Benedictine Living Community-Crookston with his beloved wife, Ruth, at his side.
Merle was born in Thief River Falls, MN on March 11, 1930, one of four children of the union of Hjalmer and Nellie (Wiseth) Rafteseth. He first lived in...
Robert "Bob" Clemenson
Apr 19, 2021
Robert William “Bob” Clemenson, age 63, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021, at his home with his family by his side.
Bob was born on October 12, 1957, in Crookston, MN, the son of Oliver and Lorna (Rusert) Clemenson. He was raised in Crookston, Baptized November 28, 1957 and...
Luverne Ross
Apr 8, 2021
Luverne Ross, age 101, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side.
Luverne Buckman was born on February 5, 1920, in Crookston, MN, the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Zitzer) Buckman. She grew up in Crookston, MN, and graduated from Crookston Central High School...
Arvid Stortroen
Apr 6, 2021
Arvid Jerome Stortroen, age 86, of rural Climax, MN, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at his home with his loving family by his side.
Arvid was born on October 11, 1934 on the family farm in rural Climax, MN, the son of the late Knute and Hilde (Berg) Stortroen. He was raised in Climax...
Emily Stainbrook
Mar 31, 2021
Emily Marie Stainbrook, 83, a lifelong Crookston, MN resident, passed away at Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato, MN, with her family at her side on Wednesday evening, March 31, 2021, after a brief illness.
Emily was born in Tilden Township near Crookston on March 14, 1938 to Henry and Lucille (Demarais) Snyder. Henry and Lucille both passed away...
Dr. Cleon Melsa
Mar 18, 2021
Dr. Cleon Michael Melsa, age 78, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN, with his family by his side.
Cleon was born on December 28, 1942, in Marshalltown, IA, the son of the late Charles and Cleo (Kime) Melsa. He was raised...
Christopher Dahl
Mar 11, 2021
Christopher Paul Dahl, 67, of Crookston, MN, passed away at his home early Thursday evening, March 11, 2021, after dealing with failing health issues for the past several years.
Chris was born in Pontiac, MI on January 16, 1954, the oldest of 13 children of the union of Duane V. and Mary E. (Beckley) Dahl. While growing...
Larry Berg
Mar 8, 2021
Larry J. Berg, age 64, of Crookston, MN, passed away unexpectedly on March 8, 2021, at his home.
A graveside service will be held for Larry at Oakdale Cemetery in Crookston, MN at 2:00 pm on Friday, June 4, 2021.
Sharon Bergsgaard
Mar 4, 2021
Sharon Lee Bergsgaard, age 74, passed away on March 4, 2021, in Crookston, MN under the care of her family and Hospice with loving family by her side.
Sharon was born on December 25, 1946, to Ferdie and Anna Margaret (Sandberg) Anderson in Thief River Falls, MN. She was baptized at Black River...
Jewel Strande
Mar 1, 2021
Jewel Keith Strande, age 64, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Monday, March 1, 2021, at his home with his family by his side.
Jewel was born on March 29, 1956, in Fosston, MN, the son of the late Gilbert and Delores (Vraa) Strande. He attended Erskine High School and later obtained his GED. In 1979 he...
David Bradley
Feb 25, 2021
David Laurence Bradley, 74, a lifelong Crookston, MN resident, passed away at his home on Thursday, February 25, 2021. He had been in declining health for several years.
David was born on December 8, 1946 to LeRoy “Jack” and Esther (Normann) Bradley. While growing up in Crookston he was baptized and confirmed in the Trinity Lutheran Church...
Heath Waxler
Feb 24, 2021
Heath Brian Waxler, age 40, of Crookston, MN, passed away due to failing health Wednesday morning, February 24, 2021, in Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND comforted by having his family at his side.
Heath was born in Crookston on November 1, 1980 to Brian Edward and Elizabeth Jean (Knudson) Waxler. He was baptized and confirmed in...
Delores Knutson
Feb 23, 2021
Delores LaVonne Knutson, age 94, of Fisher, MN, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at her home with her loving family by her side.
Delores LaVonne Kruse was born on April 12, 1926, in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of the late John K. and Goldie (St. John) Kruse, Sr. She was raised...
Mary Cournia
Feb 18, 2021
Mary Jo Cournia, 65, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Thursday morning, February 18, 2021, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, with her loving mother, Nancy, and other family by her side.
Mary Jo was born on February 2, 1956 in Crookston to Louis Oliver “Sonny” and Nancy Lou (Hovland) Cournia Jr. She was baptized and...
Russell Tate
Feb 7, 2021
Russell Eugene “Russ” Tate, age 63, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021, with his loving family by his side after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
Russ was born on January 10, 1958, in Crookston, MN, the son of Raymond and Rosemary (Prudhomme) Tate. He was raised in Gentilly, MN, and graduated from...
William Joseph Enlow
Feb 2, 2021
William Joseph “Will” Enlow, age 50, of Crookston, MN, passed away in Crookston on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, with his family by his side.
Will was born on September 3, 1970, in Kansas City, MO, the son of Robert and Wanda (Wyatt) Enlow. He was raised in Kansas City and graduated from Lincoln College Preparatory Academy in...
Evelyn Scully
Jan 30, 2021
Evelyn Eunice Scully, age 104, of Crookston, MN, passed away January 30, 2021 at Villa St. Vincent after a battle with COVID-19.
She was born August 21, 1916 to Cleophas and Delima Bombardier in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. In 1936, she met John J. Scully, and they were married April 26, 1938. Together they raised a family of...
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