Obituaries
Lorraine Steffen
Apr 22, 2014
Lorraine Elizabeth Steffen "Queenie" Lorraine Elizabeth Steffen, age 90, of Crookston, MN, died peacefully Tuesday afternoon, April 22, 2014, at the Villa St. Vincent, with several loving family members at her side. Lorraine was born in Crookston on September 5, 1923, and was the daughter of Gordon F. and Grace (Stainbrook) Leguee. She grew up in Crookston, was baptized and...
Donald Page
Apr 20, 2014
Donald Eli "Don" Page, age 80, of Erskine, MN, and formerly of Crookston, Maple Lake, and Fertile, died Sunday afternoon, April 20, 2014, at the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine. Don was born in Crookston, Minnesota on September 7, 1933, one of four children of the union of Eli and Marie (Tripanier) Page. He grew up at Gentilly, Minnesota,...
Vivian Hanson
Apr 13, 2014
Vivian Hanson, age 84, died Sunday, April 13, 2014 at Riverview Health in Crookston, MN with her loving family at her side. Vivian Mary Gleason was born on June 20, 1929 at White Earth, MN to Frank and Pauline (Oppegard) Gleason. Vivian grew up on the family farm in Lengby, MN. She attended the Antell School in Lengby and graduated...
Daniel Gruhot
Apr 12, 2014
Daniel Clarence Gruhot, 51, of Ashburn, VA, and a Crookston, MN native, died accidently at his home on Saturday, April 12, 2014, while working on his classic Camaro. Dan was born in Crookston on September 24, 1962, the son of David and Delores (Pokrzywinski) Gruhot. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith and while growing up on the...
Clarence Reitmeier
Apr 11, 2014
Clarence Ervin Reitmeier, 96, of Crookston, MN, died at his rural home on Friday afternoon, April 11, 2014, with his loving wife, Doris, and their children at his side. Clarence was born at Crookston on September 18, 1917, the son of Fred and Katherine (Wigand) Reitmeier. He grew up on the family farm in Fanny Township, was baptized and confirmed...
Denis Taus
Apr 11, 2014
Denis "Denny" Lee Taus, age 51, Crookston, MN, died Friday, April 11, 2014 at the Sanford Medical Center, Bemidji, with his loving family at his side. Denis was born on April 26, 1962 in Crookston, MN, son of George L. and Mary A. (Morlan) Taus. He was named after his uncles, Dennis and Virgil Lee Taus. The family lived in...
Jorene Larson
Apr 10, 2014
Jorene "Jo" Larson, age 75, died Thursday, April 10, 2014 at RiverView Health in Crookston, with her loving family at her side. Jorene Ann Zink was born on December 1, 1938 at Carrington, ND daughter of Harold and Erna (Peterson) Zink. She grew up on the family farm near Carrington. She attended school at Rosehill Country School and graduated from...
Stanley Davis
Apr 9, 2014
Stanley Davis, 84, of Crookston, MN, died at his home Wednesday, April 9, 2014 with his loving family at his side. He had been struggling with cancer for the past several months. Stan was born in Crookston on June 4, 1929, and was the fourth of five children of the union of William "Bill" and Lillian (Flewell) Davis. He grew...
Charles Hoff
Apr 1, 2014
Charles William Hoff, 59, of rural Crookston, MN, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday morning, April 1, 2014, of natural causes while at work in the shop at MNDOT headquarters in Crookston where he had been employed since 1988. Charles was born on December 16, 1954 in Grand Forks, ND, the son of Ernest George Hoff and Eunice (Nieness) Hoff. Following the...
James Mix, Sr
Mar 28, 2014
James E. Mix, Sr., known as Jim, age 55, of Crookston, died Friday, March 28, 2014 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Jim was born on February 9, 1959 at Belle Fourche, SD, son of Hubert and Nomia (Browning) Mix. The family moved around quite a bit from Wyoming to Minnesota, then on to Illinois and Mississippi. After attending Manteno...
Clifford Oftelie
Mar 22, 2014
Clifford Navel "Cliff" Oftelie, 87, of Crookston, MN, died peacefully early Saturday morning, March 22, 2014, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Cliff was born at Fargo, ND on November 13, 1926, the oldest of five sons of the union of Knute and Helen (Classen) Oftelie. He came with his parents to Crookston as an infant, and received his...
Ingman Thoreson, Jr
Mar 17, 2014
Ingman E. Thoreson, Jr., age 86, Crookston, died Monday, March 17, 2014 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Ingman was born on April 17, 1927 at rural Climax, son of Ingman, Sr. and Emma (Eken) Thoreson. He grew up on the family farm and attended country school. He was united in marriage with Patricia "Pat" Ryan on June 12, 1947...
Ronald Solheim
Mar 16, 2014
Ronald M. Solheim, known as Ron, age 80, Crookston, died Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the Villa St. Vincent with his loving family at his side. Ron was born on March 1, 1934 in Crookston, MN, son of Julius and Ida (Skretvedt) Solheim. He attended country school. He worked for area farmers and Elk River Concrete in Crookston from 1953...
Kent Ostgaard
Mar 3, 2014
Kent Wayne Ostgaard, 49, and Natalie Joy Ostgaard, 51, died during the early morning hours of Monday, March 3, 2014, at their rural Crookston, MN residence of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Kent was born in Crookston on November 24, 1964 to the union of Vernon and Deloris (Volker) Ostgaard. He grew up on the family farm near Eldred, MN and...
Jeanne Conneran
Feb 21, 2014
Jeanne Marie Conneran, 65, of Crookston, MN, died Friday, February 21, 2014, at the RiverView Hospital in Crookston surrounded by her family. Jeanne had been diagnosed with MS in 1981, and her positive attitude toward life was a source of constant inspiration to her family and friends. Jeanne was born in Crookston on November 20, 1948, the daughter of Lester...
Norma Ross
Feb 21, 2014
Norma Ross, 81, of Crookston, MN, died Friday, February 21, 2014, at the home of her daughter, Kristin, in East Grand Forks. With great grace and peace, she courageously battled leukemia for the past several weeks. Norma Jean Hovelsrud was born in Crookston on May 23, 1932, the fifth of six children of the union of Lawrence and Anne (Carlson)...
Luverne Hviding
Feb 19, 2014
Luverne E. Hviding, age 79, Crookston, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at the Villa St. Vincent, Crookston, with her family at her side. Luverne Ethel Hviding was born on February 28, 1934 in her home east of Borup, Minnesota, daughter of Anton and Ella Dahl. She grew up and was educated at Golden Rod Country School and Borup High School....
Jan Delage
Feb 19, 2014
Jan L. Delage, age 76, Gentilly, MN, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at RiverView Hospital, Crookston, MN. Jan L. Desautel was born on July 31, 1937 in Crookston, MN, daughter of Leo and Edith (Ebert) Desautel. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith and graduated from Cathedral High School in 1955. She was united in marriage with James...
Kory Stromstad
Feb 15, 2014
Kory Stromstad, age 37, of rural Crookston, MN, died Saturday evening, February 15, 2014, at the RiverView Hospital in Crookston, following a tragic accident at his fish house on Maple Bay, near Mentor, MN. Kory Arnold Stromstad was born to Bruce and Linda (Morkve) Stromstad on July 29, 1976 in Crookston, MN. He was raised on the family farm near...
Linda Mjoen
Feb 11, 2014
Linda M. Mjoen, age 64, Crookston, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at her home in Crookston, with her family at her side. Linda is survived by her loving husband: Scott of Crookston; three sisters and two brothers: Karon (Mark) Cunningham of St. Augusta, Kathy (Bruce) Younkin of Paynesville, Carla (Scott) Kannenberg of Spicer, Randy Winters of Crookston, and Daryl (Lisa)...
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