Obituaries

Aug 18, 2015

Virgil E. Hennager, 79, of Crookston, MN, died August 18, 2015 at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks ND. Funeral services will be at Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home in Crookston, MN August 24, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service. Burial will be at the Oakdale Cemetary in Crookston. Virgil was born March 3, 1936...

Aug 6, 2015

Noel Fred Rusling, age 83, of Crookston, Minnesota passed away on Thursday evening of August 6, 2015 at Riverview Hospital with his family by his side. He was born on March 26, 1932 to the late DeWitt Rusling and Gladys Isley Rusling in Stephen, Minnesota. During Noel's life he worked as a laborer on the railroad, as a newspaper printer...

Jul 11, 2015

Douglas Eugene Wick, 64, of Crookston passed away July 11, 2015 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Doug was born May 21, 1951 in Crookston Minnesota to Kenneth and Marge (Steinert) Wick, he was the oldest of the three children. He attended Mount St. Benedict, and graduated from Central High School in 1969. He then began working for Donarski...

Jul 11, 2015

Janet K. (Kirchberg) Pillatzki, 74, of Crookston passed away July 11, 2015 at Altru Hospital of Grand Forks ND. Janet was born December 20, 1940 in Madison Minnesota to Raymond and Mildred (Auchsetter) Kirchberg. She graduated from Madison High School in 1958. On June 10, 1958 Janet married Ralph A. Pillatzki, and together had two children Janet Marie and Daniel...

Jul 9, 2015

Juan Manuel Morales, 18, passed away July 9, 2015. Visitation will be 5PM - 7PM Wednesday July 15 at Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be 2PM Thursday July 16 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Crookston. Funeral Home: Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home 615 South Minnesota Street Crookston, MN US 56716 Previous Events Visitation Wednesday, July 15,...

Jul 3, 2015

Richard "Dick" Maves, 80, of Crookston passed away unexpectedly July 3, 2015 at Riverview Hospital with family by his side. Services are pending at this time.

Jul 3, 2015

Richard "Dick" Paul Maves, 80, of Crookston MN, passed away, Friday July 3 2015, with family by his side at Riverview Hospital. Dick was born September 24, 1934 to Clarence and Margaret (Enright) Maves in East Grand Forks MN and graduated 1952 from Sacred Heart Catholic School. He attended NDSU, receiving his B.S. in Pharmacy. Dick married Delores Krom in...

Jul 1, 2015

Eugene "Frenchy" LaJesse, 68, of LaMoure ND, passed away July 1, 2015 at the St. Rose Care Center in LaMoure. He was born April 13, 1947 to Peter and Kathryn (Solheim) LaJesse in Little Falls MN. Eugene attended neighborhood schools in Crookston and graduated from Central High School. He entered the United States Marine Corps where he served his country...

Jun 27, 2015

A service for JosieElizabeth Marie Luna will be 10AM Wednesday July 1 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston. Burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery. Funeral Home: Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home 615 South Minnesota Street Crookston, MN US 56716 Previous Events Service Wednesday, July 1, 2015 10:00 AM Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

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Jun 14, 2015

Robert "Bob" Janorschke Sr, 79, of Crookston passed away peacefully surrounded by family, June 14, 2015. He was born June 10, 1936 in Mentor MN to Anton and Josephine (Hoffman) Janorschke. Graduated from Mentor Public School in 1954, after graduating Bob joined the United States Air Force. On December 23, 1957 Bob married Nancy Webster at St. Andrews Church in...

Jun 13, 2015

Robert "Bob" Wayne Patenaude, 72, of Red Lake Falls, passed away June 13th, 2015. He was born in Crookston on May 30th, 1943 to John and Marion (Korvela) Patenaude. Beginning his education in Red Lake Falls, he completed his senior year of high school in Crookston. Bob attended Bemidji State University for three semesters before joining the army reserve where...

Jun 9, 2015

Barbara (Boerger) Brademeyer, 65, of Ada, formerly of Crookston, unexpectedly passed away June 9, 2015 in Fargo ND. She was born December 13, 1949 to Ole and Marie (Anderson) Stadum in Ada. Graduating from Ada High School 1967, attended and graduated from the Dakota Business College, on January 6, 1968 Barb married Nick Boerger, and were the proud parents of...

Jun 6, 2015

Sylvia Inez Moen, 72, of Crookston passed away June 6, 2015 with her loving daughters by her side. She was born the daughter to William and Edna Olava (Messelt) Harstad on September 24, 1942 in Fertile MN. She was baptized and confirmed at Faaberg Lutheran Church, and graduated Fertile High School in 1960. After high school, Sylvia moved to Crookston...

Jun 5, 2015

Jessie( Epema) Brolsma, age 95, of Crookston, MN passed away on June 5, 2015 at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Jessie was born on her parent's farm 3 miles West of Crookston on February 1, 1920. She was the 8th of 10 children to Dutch immigrants Rients and Marie (Woudstra) Epema. Growing up, Jessie attended Crookston public schools, graduating...

Jun 3, 2015

Leona E. (Silbernagel) Holzer, 47, of Crookston, MN passed away June 3, 2015 peacefully at home surrounded by family after a long battle with cancer. Leona was born November 17, 1967 in Perham, Minnesota the daughter of Stanley and Marcella (Sazama) Silbernagel. She was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Church in Dent, Minnesota where she grew up and attended...

Jun 1, 2015

Lois Jeanette Grove, 85, formerly of Crookston, passed away June 1, 2015 at St. Therese of New Hope, MN where she had lived the past 2 1/2 years. She was the 3rd child of 11 born to John and Inga (Teigen) Pederson on Nov. 14, 1929 in Crookston. She graduated in 1947 from Crookston Central as well as Fargo Business...

Jun 1, 2015

Neil Walter Parkin (Bubba), age 59, of Euclid MN, passed away at his home June 1, 2015. Neil was born November 23, 1955 in Crookston MN, the son of Loren and Gertrude (Mahla) Parkin. He was baptized and confirmed at Euclid's Presbyterian Church. He grew up in Euclid and attended school in Crookston, graduating from Crookston Central High School with...

May 31, 2015

Doris Polley (Brule), passed away May 31, 2015 at home with family by her side. Doris was born on July 4, 1928 in Stephen, Minnesota to Isaac and Margaret Trudeau. She was united in marriage to Harvey Brule, and from that union came 8 children. Sadly, Harvey passed away in 1995. She spent her life being a devoted wife, mother...

May 26, 2015

It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of John Eugene "Buddy" Schraeder, who passed away on May 26, 2015 at The Villa in Crookston with loving family members by his side. Buddy was born in Crookston Minnesota on November 13, 1927 where he lived his entire life. When not plotting his next successful business deal,...

May 18, 2015

Lois K. Noah, 84, of Crookston, MN, passed away at her home Monday, May 18, 2015. Lois was born on April 4, 1931 at Bismarck, ND, the only child of Arnold and Helen (Eggert) Klick. She grew up at Hebron, ND and graduated from Hebron High School in 1949. She was a proud graduate of the University of North Dakota...