Obituaries

Doris Pederson

Doris Pederson

May 17, 2017

Doris Adeline Pederson, age 90, of Crookston, MN passed away on May 17, 2017 at Riverview Hospital in Crookston, MN. Doris was born on March 26, 1927 in Shelly, MN to Gust and Nettie (Eggen) Ueland. She attended school at the Lincoln Rural School of Good Hope Township. Doris was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Shelly, MN....

Diane Rosenberg

Diane Rosenberg

May 16, 2017

Diane Jean Rosenberg, 73, of Mentor, MN, passed away Tuesday afternoon, May 16, 2017, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND, with her family at her side. She had been bravely struggling with a recent cancer diagnosis. Diane was born at Crookston, MN on March 8, 1944, the daughter of Paul and Ruth (Jensen) Wilkens. She grew up on the family...

Dale Stoe Sr

Dale Stoe Sr

May 13, 2017

Dale Russell Stoe Sr., 74, of Crookston, MN, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND with his family at his side. He was born June 6, 1942 in Badger, MN, the youngest of 10 children of the union of Clarence and Anna (Holter) Stoe. He grew up in the Roseau-Badger area where he attended...

Frank Barnes

Frank Barnes

May 13, 2017

Frank Michael Barnes, 78, died Saturday, May 13th, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks surrounded by family. He lost his battle against lymphoma.Frank was born on October 28th, 1938, to Frank and Eleanor (Knudsen) Barnes in Spokane WA. He graduated from North Central High School where he excelled at basketball and baseball and served on the Student Council. Frank was...

Agnes Johnstone

Agnes Johnstone

May 8, 2017

Agnes Irene Cowell Johnstone, 94, of Ada, MN, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, May 8, 2017, at the Benedictine Living Community of Ada. Agnes had been a resident there since August 24, 2016. Prior to living in Ada, Agnes had spent 11 years as a resident of The Summit Assisted Living, in Crookston, MN. Agnes was born at Eldred,...

Helen Edgekoski

Helen Edgekoski

May 6, 2017

Helen Edgekoski, age 92, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN. Helen was born in 1924 in Jamestown, ND, daughter of John and Hilda (Slaatenhus) Spidahl. She grew up in Jamestown and graduated from high school in 1942. She worked for...

John Farley

John Farley

Apr 26, 2017

John Thomas Farley, age 82, of Fertile, MN passed away on April 26, 2017 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. John was born on June 30, 1934 in Portland, OR to Ross and Eleanor (Johnson) Farley. He grew up in Oregon attended school in Carlton, OR. On January 23, 1993, John married Mary LaDema Ryan in Crookston, MN. They...

Patricia Dorle

Patricia Dorle

Apr 24, 2017

Patricia Ellen (Pat) Dorle, 67, of Greensboro, NC and Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 24, 2017 at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Pat was born on October 17, 1949 at Pipestone, MN to Jim and Ann (Costello) Paul. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith and graduated from Crookston Central High School in 1967....

Claire Conneran

Claire Conneran

Apr 21, 2017

Claire Eleanor Conneran, 94, of Crookston, MN, passed away Friday evening, April 21, 2017, at RiverView Health in Crookston. She found great comfort in her faith and the love of her family, who were at her side throughout her last days. Claire was born at Crookston, MN on July 4, 1922, one of seven children of the union of Adolphe...

Claire Rhode

Claire Rhode

Apr 20, 2017

Claire Marguerite Rhode, 70, of Crookston, MN, and formerly of Mentor, MN, died unexpectedly of natural causes at her home Thursday morning, April 20, 2017. Claire was born at Fosston, MN on March 8, 1947, one of 4 children of the union of Donald and Ruth (McDonald) Hanford. She grew up in the family home on Maple Lake, near Mentor,...

Rosalinda Oliva

Rosalinda Oliva

Apr 17, 2017

Rosalinda Oliva, 63, of Crookston, MN, died at her home early Monday morning, April 17, 2017, with her loving family at her bedside. She had been in ill health for several years. Rosalinda was born in Saginaw, MI on October 4, 1953, the daughter of Santos and Manuela Maria (Velasquez) DelaCruz. She traveled the country with her family for several...

William Persson

William Persson

Apr 15, 2017

William Arthur Persson, age 90, of Crookston, MN passed away at Riverview Health on Saturday, April 15, 2017. Bill was born on May 8, 1926 in Perham, MN to Arthur and Edna (McGrann) Persson. He graduated from high school in 1944 from Aberdeen, SD. In March of that same year Bill enlisted in the A.A.F. and served in the South...

Joan Jansen

Joan Jansen

Apr 14, 2017

Joan Marie Jansen, age 84 of Oshkosh, passed away on Friday, April 14, 2017 with her family by her side. She was born on May 13, 1932 in Fisher, Minnesota, the daughter of the late William and Margaret (Majeres) Conneran. She graduated Valedictorian of her class in 1951 from St. Joseph's Academy, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in...

George Kiperman

George Kiperman

Apr 13, 2017

George Rene' Kiperman, 77, of Crookston, MN, passed away unexpectedly at his home Thursday, April 13, 2017. George was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 9, 1939. He grew up in Buenos Aires, where he received his education, eventually earning a Master's Degree in Engineering. He served as a pilot with the Argentine Air Force and later continued to...

Elsie Stroot

Elsie Stroot

Apr 12, 2017

Elsie Ann Stroot, 99, of Crookston, MN, and formerly of Euclid, MN, passed away Monday morning, April 10, 2017, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, with her loving family at her side. Elsie moved from her home to the Summit Apartments in 2009 and then to the Villa in January of 2016. She was born at Euclid on October...

Julie Rokes

Julie Rokes

Apr 12, 2017

Julie Ann Rokes, 59, of Fergus Falls, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls, surrounded by her family. Julie was born September 5, 1957 in Crookston, MN, to John and Dolores (Gilbertson) Samulis. She completed her education in Crookston and later moved to the Fergus Falls area. She was a hairstylist and until her death,...

Herbert Law

Herbert Law

Apr 11, 2017

Herbert R. Law, 85, of Beltrami, MN, died peacefully at his rural home Tuesday afternoon, April 11, 2017. Herb was born in Crookston, MN on January 6, 1932 and was the son of Eli and Lyda (Elsie) (Wehmhoefer) Law. He was baptized and confirmed at the United Methodist Church in Beltrami and grew up on the family farm in Reis...

Clarice Bryant

Clarice Bryant

Apr 8, 2017

Clarice Erickson Bryant was born November 13, 1942 to Clarence and Francis (Lambert) Erickson of Clearbrook, MN, where she grew up and attended school. She moved to Bemidji where she worked at the truck stop, and there met her precious George. They were married January 13, 1962 and then went trucking. The couple settled in Crookston in 1965, and is...

Steven Nelson

Steven Nelson

Apr 5, 2017

Steven Mark Nelson, age 59, of Crookston, MN died April 5th, 2017 at his home. Steve was born July 19, 1957 in Fosston, MN, the son of Norman and Alice (Johnson) Nelson. As a 6th grade student of Carol Olson, he frequently visited the farm which lead to spending summers there. At age 13, he officially became Bryon Sr. &...

Ronald Prudhomme

Ronald Prudhomme

Mar 21, 2017

Ronald Allen "Ron" Prudhomme, 58, a lifelong Crookston, MN resident, died unexpectedly of natural causes Tuesday evening, March 21, 2017, at RiverView Health in Crookston. Ron was born in Crookston on March 16, 1959, one of seven children of the union of Paul and Evelyn (Hince) Prudhomme. He grew up on the family farm in Kertsonville Township, was baptized and...

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