Obituaries
Orella Rustad
Feb 15, 2013
Orella E. Rustad, 93, a lifelong Crookston resident, died Friday afternoon, February 15, 2013 at RiverView Health in Crookston, with her family at her side. Orella Hedberg was born on October 4, 1919 at Gentilly, MN, daughter of Henry and Delia (Patnode) Hedberg. She grew up at Gentilly and Duluth, settling in the Red Lake Falls (MN) area. She was...
Emily Jobe
Feb 5, 2013
Emily Jobe, age 89, of Cambridge, MN, and a longtime Crookston, MN resident, passed away Tuesday afternoon, February 5, 2013, at the Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, with her family at her side. Emily was born near East Grand Forks, MN on February 10, 1923, and was one of eight children of the union of William and Mathilda (Kopecky) Kluzak....
Marjorie Holmes
Feb 3, 2013
Marjorie Ann Holmes, age 68, Winger, formerly Crookston, died Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Marjorie Ann Noah was born on July 26, 1944 in Crookston, daughter of Gabriel (Gib) & Agnes (Hanson) Noah. She grew up and was educated in Crookston, graduating from Cathedral High School. She moved to Minneapolis, where she worked...
Donald Strommen
Feb 2, 2013
Donald James Strommen, age 83, Crookston, died Saturday morning, February 2nd at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Donald was born on February 15, 1929 in Crookston, son of Olaf and Thelma (Ness) Strommen. He was baptized and confirmed at the Sand Hill Lutheran Church at rural Climax. He grew up and was educated at Climax, MN, graduating from high...
Sister Carmella Buckley
Jan 30, 2013
Sister Carmella Buckley, 99, died at Villa Saint Vincent on Wednesday, January 30. Florence Mary Buckley was born in Pine City, MN, the second of nine children in the family of William and Mary Agnes (McPhillips) Buckley. She began grade school at age five in the Pine City Public School. In 1919, the family moved to Bagley, MN where she...
Scott Proulx
Jan 29, 2013
Scott John Proulx, age 31, Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at his residence in Moorhead. Scott was born on November 15, 1981 in Crookston, MN, son of John and Janice (Fetsch) Proulx. He grew up and was educated in the Crookston (MN) area, graduating from Crookston High School in 2000. He then attended St. Cloud State University, where...
Mildred Overgaard
Jan 29, 2013
Mildred Myerchin Overgaard, 95, of Crookston, MN, died peacefully early Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston with family at her bedside. Mildred was born in Grand Forks, ND on November 19, 1917 to Albert and Roseanne (Burton) Jeffrey. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith and grew up on the...
Earl Radi
Jan 26, 2013
Earl Alton Radi, age 91, of Crookston, MN, died Saturday afternoon, January 26, 2013, at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, with several of his family, and his pastor, at his side. Earl was born in Lowell Township of Polk County, near Crookston, on November 7, 1921, and was the son of Emil and Selma (Reitmeier) Radi. He was...
Rosemary Dvorak
Jan 25, 2013
Rosemary "Rosie" Dvorak, age 84, of Crookston, MN, died Friday morning, January 25, 2013, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Rosie was born in Crookston on September 1, 1928, one of five children of the union of Jacob and Anna (Hertweck) Salentine. She grew up in Euclid, MN and was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's Catholic Church. She...
Russell Parkin
Jan 20, 2013
Russell Lee Parkin, age 63, of Crookston, MN, died Sunday, January 20, 2013 at his residence in Crookston. Russell was born on June 29, 1949 in Crookston, MN, son of Loren and Gertrude (Mahla) Parkin. He was baptized and confirmed at the Euclid Presbyterian Church. He grew up and was educated at Euclid, MN and graduated from Crookston Central High...
Larry Overgaard
Jan 18, 2013
Larry A. Overgaard, 66, East Grand Forks, died Friday, Jan 18th at Altru Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Larry was born on Aug. 13, 1946 in Crookston, MN, son of Albert and Belva (Berg) Overgaard. Larry was born and raised in Gentilly, Mn, attended Gentilly grade school and graduated from Central High School in Crookston in 1964. He worked...
William Kurpius-Brock
Jan 18, 2013
Bill Kurpius-Brock, age 70, passed away the morning of January 18, 2013, at his home in Crookston, MN. Bill, the son of John and Bernadette (Stefonik) Brock, was born in Washington, D.C. on June 27th, 1942. At the tender age of seven, Bill's father suddenly passed away due to heart disease. Bernadette then became a single mother to him and...
Margaret Kasprick
Jan 17, 2013
Margaret A. Kasprick, 88, of Tacoma, WA, and formerly of Angus, MN, died peacefully Thursday morning, January 17, 2013, at the Olympia Adult Family Home in Lakewood, WA. Margaret was born in Roseau County, near Badger, Minnesota, on February 3, 1924, one of six children of the union of Max and Mary (Taus) Kasprick. At the age of four she...
John Bollig
Jan 7, 2013
John Ricky "Rick" Bollig, 59, of Crookston, MN, died Saturday morning, January 5, 2013, at the Hope Center of Care and Share in Crookston. He had been struggling with ill health for several months. Rick was born to John D. and Virginia (Harris) Bollig on April 8, 1953 at Brainerd, MN. He attended high school in Brainerd and worked in...
Allen Girodat
Jan 2, 2013
Allen Francis Girodat, age 82, Crookston, died Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 at Riverview Health in Crookston. Allen was born on February 8, 1930 in Mt. Carmel, ND, son of Frank and Loretta (Barnard) Girodat. He grew up and was educated at Mt. Carmel. He was united in marriage with Lorraine Hoffarth on November 18, 1959 at Langdon, ND. They moved...
Donald Braaten
Dec 31, 2012
Donald Lyle Braaten, age 72, LaPorte (formerly Crookston), died Monday, December 31, 2012 at LaPorte, MN. Donald was born on July 31, 1940 in McVille, ND, son of Theodore and Cleo Braaten. He grew up at Tolna, ND and attended schools there and in McVille. He served in the US Army in Maine and in Korea, following the Korean Conflict....
Clifford Vevea
Dec 30, 2012
Clifford L. Vevea, age 93, of Crookston, died Sunday morning, December 30th, 2012 at the Valley Eldercare Center in Grand Forks, ND. Cliff Vevea was born on December 19, 1919 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, son of Louis and Sophia (Haggen) Vevea. He grew up and was educated at Thief River Falls and worked at Oens Appliance in Thief River...
Eva Vevea
Dec 30, 2012
Eva Maria Vevea, age 90, of Crookston, died Sunday evening, December 30th, 2012 at the Valley Eldercare Center in Grand Forks, ND. Eva Larsen was born on November 14, 1922 in Red Lake County, Minnesota on the family farm, daughter of John and Christine Larsen. She grew up and was educated in Red Lake County and graduated from Plummer High...
Aaron Applequist
Dec 29, 2012
Aaron Mark Applequist died on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Mn of natural causes, at age 55. He was born Sept. 4, 1957 to Rudolph A. Applequist and Marjorie [Rustad] Applequist in Crookston, and was baptized and confirmed in the Hafslo Lutheran Church, rural Crookston. His mother was stricken ill in 1959 and...
Harold Peterson
Dec 28, 2012
Harold O. Peterson, 96, of Crookston, died Friday, December 28th at Villa St. Vincent with his loving family by his side. Harold was born on March 15, 1916 in Section 13, Roome Township, Polk County, Minnesota. He was the son of Anton and Lena (Anderson) Peterson. Harold attended country school at Eldred, Minnesota. He worked on the family farm with...
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