Obituaries
Mabel Wollin
Oct 26, 2013
Mabel Inger Wollin, age 92, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 26, 2013, at her home in Eldred, Minnesota, of natural causes. Mabel was born on January 6, 1921, in Bagley, Minnesota, to Anton and Emelia (Nelson) Thoreson. She was raised and attended school in Rindal, Minnesota. As a young woman, she moved to the Eldred/Climax area to be near...
Janelle Fortier
Oct 26, 2013
Janelle Fortier, age 59, Moorhead, (formerly Crookston), died Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Vibra Hospital in Fargo. Janelle Therese Fortier was born on June 10, 1954 in Crookston, Minnesota to Maurice (Morrie) and Beatrice (Bea) Fortier. She graduated from Mount Saint Benedict High School in 1972. After high school she moved to Moorhead, Minnesota and graduated from Moorhead Area Vocational...
Betty Hanson
Oct 22, 2013
Betty Lorraine Hanson, 90, of Sacramento, CA, and formerly of Nielsville, MN, died in Sacramento on October 22, 2013. Betty Lorraine Hanson was born in Tolnah, North Dakota on April 14, 1923 to David and Lulu B. Moore. She had one brother and 3 sisters. She married Alfred M. Hanson on July 2, 1943 while he was on medical leave...
Bud Petschen
Oct 15, 2013
Louis John "Bud" Petschen, age 77, Crookston, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine. Bud was born on July 3, 1936 in St. Paul, MN, son of Louis Joseph and Margaret (Maloney) Petschen. He grew up in St. Paul, was educated at St. Vincent's School and the Mechanic Arts High School. Following graduation, he...
Marlene Gray
Oct 12, 2013
Marlene F. Gray, age 66, rural Climax, died Saturday, October 12, 2013 at her home. Marlene F. Przybylski was born on June 4, 1947 in Warren, MN, daughter of Gordon and Eleanor (Borowicz) Przybylski. She spent her early years in Argyle, MN and the family moved to Crookston, where she began grade school. She went to high school at Mount...
Thelma Keen
Oct 10, 2013
Thelma Keen, age 85, of Crookston, MN, and formerly of Kalispell, MT, died Thursday afternoon, October 10, 2013, at RiverView Health in Crookston. Thelma Ruth Flynn was born on June 13, 1928 in Dillon, Montana, daughter of John and Leda (Walker) Flynn. She spent her early years in Dillon, and Cottonwood, Idaho. She attended Central and Linderman Junior High Schools...
Dorothy Rock
Oct 10, 2013
Dorothy Rose Rock, 87, of Bemidji, MN, formerly of Crookston, MN resident, died at her residence, Cedar Cottage, on Thursday evening, October 10, 2013. Dorothy was born at Red Lake Falls, MN on October 22, 1925, the daughter of Joseph and Leah (Roi) Huot. On August 21, 1946 she was united in marriage to Lester Dale Rock at Dorothy, MN....
Margaret Valley
Oct 5, 2013
Margaret Marie Valley, age 72, of Crookston, MN, died Saturday afternoon, October 5, 2013, at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, surrounded by her loving family. Margaret Marie Hamlin was born on April 2, 1941 in White Earth, MN, daughter of Felix and Susan (Kloeppel) Hamlin. She grew up at Fosston, MN and attended country school there. The family moved...
Kevin Baril
Oct 5, 2013
Kevin Virgil Baril, age 55, of Crookston, MN, died very unexpectedly of natural causes at his residence early Saturday evening, October 5, 2013. Kevin was born at Crookston on December 31, 1957, together with his twin brother, Kim, to parents Virgil and Beatrice (Brule) Baril. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith, attended Crookston public schools and graduated...
Marlene Jansen
Oct 3, 2013
Marlene Rae Jansen, age 70, of Crookston, MN, died early Thursday morning, October 3, 2013, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, with her husband, David, and other family members at her side. Marlene was born in Crookston on March 2, 1943, the daughter of Allen and Marion (Scarr) Muir. She was baptized and confirmed at Wesley United Methodist Church...
Fred Gebhardt
Oct 2, 2013
Fred G. "Freddie" Gebhardt, age 96, of Crookston, MN, died early Wednesday morning, October 2, 2013, at RiverView Health in Crookston. Freddie was born in Euclid Township of Polk County, near Euclid, MN, on July 21, 1917, the son of Henry George and Nettie Mary (Kosanda) Gebhardt. After the death of his mother when he was six years old, Fred...
Sylvia Grabanski
Sep 25, 2013
Sylvia Grabanski, age 91, East Grand Forks, (formerly Crookston), died Wednesday at Essentia Health in Fosston, MN. Sylvia Norma Tinnes was born on November 3, 1921 at Oslo, MN, daughter of Julius and Clara (Olson) Tinnes. She grew up and attended school at Oslo. She was united in marriage with Joseph (Joe) Barney Grabanski on September 19, 1939 in Oslo....
Tyler Edwards
Sep 25, 2013
Tyler Jon Edwards, age 30, of Crookston, MN, died unexpectedly in his sleep at Vernon, WI on Wednesday, September 25, 2013. He had been visiting his grandmother, Alicia Gregoire, for the past month. Tyler was born at Grand Forks, ND on May 26, 1983, the son of Gregory Edwards and Roberta Vervalen. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran...
Dolores Montreuil
Sep 21, 2013
Dolores Ann Montreuil, 77, of Crookston peacefully passed away September 21, 2013 at home with her family surrounding her. Dolores was born March 15, 1936 near Dorothy, MN, the daughter of Hubert and Mildred (Schultz) Huot. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Dorothy's Catholic Church. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Lafayette High School in...
David Solberg
Sep 9, 2013
David Alyn "Toby" Solberg, age 73, of Crookston, MN, died unexpectedly of natural causes Monday evening, September 9, 2013, at RiverView Health in Crookston. Toby was born on June 19, 1940, on the rural Erskine, MN farm of his parents, Edward and Mabel (Martin) Solberg. He was baptized at home and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Erskine. Toby received...
Gordon Leguee
Sep 5, 2013
Gordon Dean Leguee, age 88, of Crookston, MN, died Thursday evening, September 5, 2013, at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, with members of his loving family at his side. Gordon was born in Crookston on October 6, 1924, the son of Gordon F. and Grace (Stainbrook) Leguee. He was a lifelong member of Crookston's Cathedral of the Immaculate...
Donald Juvrud
Aug 27, 2013
Donald Wayne Juvrud, age 67, of Crookston, MN, died Tuesday afternoon, August 27, 2013, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, with his loving wife, Marilyn, and several family members at his side. He had been bravely battling cancer for the last several months. Don was born at Crookston on December 26, 1945, one of the three children of the...
Sally Bendickson
Aug 26, 2013
Sally Bendickson, 93, of Rocklin, California, died Sunday August 26, 2013. Sally was born at Union, North Dakota, on December 6, 1919, the daughter of Claus and Marie (Johnson) Brottem. She moved with her family to rural Crookston in the early 1920's and attended country school. Following the death of her father, Sally moved into Crookston where she graduated from...
Marlys Benson
Aug 18, 2013
Marlys Ann Benson, 79, died Sunday, August 18, 2013, surrounded by some of the people she loved the most and people who truly loved her. Never complaining about the hand she was dealt, Marlys's strength, dignity and humor shaped a steadfast foundation that everyone could rely on. Marlys was born in Marshall County on February 12, 1934 to Emil and...
Clarence Sargent
Aug 18, 2013
Clarence H. Sargent, 91, of Osakis, MN and formerly of Crookston, MN, died Sunday, August 18, 2013, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN. Clarence was born on July 5, 1922, the third child of J. Howard and Ethel (Rose) Sargent of Crookston, a farming family in the Red River Valley of northern Minnesota. As a boy he learned...
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