Obituaries
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...
Sr. Marie Perreault
Dec 28, 2012
Sister Marie Germaine Perreault, CSJ, 89, of Crookston, Minnesota, member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, entered into eternal life on December 28, 2012 at Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Sister Marie Germaine (Marie Elizabeth Zelia) was born on August 6, 1923 to Napoleon and Amanda (Paradis) Perreault of Terrebonne. Zelia attended grade school in Red Lake County and high...
Lucille Brule
Dec 23, 2012
Lucille Sauve Brule, 98, of Crookston, MN, died peacefully Sunday afternoon, December 23, 2012, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, with her loving family at her side. Lucille was born on February 5, 1914 at Terrebonne, MN, the 3rd of 12 children of the union of Ernest and Annie (Jolly) Sauve. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Anthony's...
Milan Samshal
Dec 19, 2012
Milan Harlow Samshal, 81, of Crookston, MN, died on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at the Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND, with loving family at his side. Milan was born on July 29, 1931, in Fargo, ND, to Oscar and Blenda (Olman) Samshal. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. As a child he lived in West Fargo, ND,...
Mildred Phalen
Dec 19, 2012
Mildred Theoline Phalen, 94, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, December 19, 2012, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston. Mildred was born in Glyndon, MN on August 14, 1918, one of eight children of the union of Conrad and Kristine (Andreason) Bakken. Her first years were spent in Glyndon, attending school there through the 4th...
Eleanor Isaacson
Dec 17, 2012
Eleanor Isaacson, 85, of Crookston, MN, went to be with the Lord Jesus on Monday, December 17, 2012. She passed away at the Riverview Hospital, Crookston. Eleanor Rosell Isaacson was born October 11, 1927 to Arthur and Louise (Demarais) Solie in Crookston, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, in Hafslo Lutheran Church, rural Crookston. She grew...
Lorraine McWaters
Dec 16, 2012
Lorraine McWaters, 95, of Crookston, MN, died early Sunday morning, December 16, 2012, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston. She had just entered the Villa 10 days ago. Lorraine was born in Gentilly, MN on June 15, 1917, one of six children of the union of Arthur and Albertine (Sauve) Mercil. She was baptized and confirmed in...
Walter Keller
Dec 16, 2012
Walter Nicholas "Walt" Keller, 61, a longtime Crookston, MN resident, died unexpectedly late Sunday afternoon, December 16, 2012, in Barnesville, MN after becoming ill while traveling. Walt, his wife, Margee, and their family, were returning home after celebrating early Christmases with their families in Richmond and Paynesville, MN. Walt was born on October 25, 1951 in Richmond, MN, the oldest...
Eleanore Swift
Dec 14, 2012
Eleanore Rose Swift, 92, of Crookston, MN died Friday evening, December 14, 2012, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston. Eleanore was born on May 31, 1920, to Henry and Elsa (Goosemann) Weber on their farm near Vesper, WI. She moved with her family to a farm in Fairfax township, rural Crookston, on April 1, 1929. During the...
Robert Tabatt
Dec 13, 2012
Robert Ray Tabatt, age 75, and a longtime Crookston, MN resident, died at his home early Thursday morning, December 13, 2012, with his loving family at his side. Bob, as he best known, was born at Moorhead, MN on October 5, 1937, and was the son of Louis and Corrine (Ryan) Tabatt. He grew up in the Fargo-Moorhead area and...
Darlene Charron
Dec 10, 2012
Darlene Twilight Charron, 90, a longtime Crookston, Minn. resident, died early Monday morning, December 10, 2012, at the RiverView Care Center in Crookston. Darlene had been making her home with her daughter and son-in-law, Kathleen and Mark Christopherson, at Maple Lake, near Mentor, Minn., for the past 8 years. Her health had been in decline recently and she had become...
Dorothy Tronnes
Dec 9, 2012
Dorothy May Tronnes, age 87, of Crookston, MN, died early Sunday morning, December 9, 2012, at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, with her family at her side. Dorothy was born at Norton, MA on October 11, 1925, the daughter of James Patrick and Olive Garrity. After graduation from Attleboro High School, in Attleboro, MA, she was employed at...
Yvonne Engelstad
Dec 8, 2012
Yvonne Gail Engelstad, age 77, of Nielsville, MN, passed away early Saturday morning, December 8, 2012, at the Halstad (MN) Living Center, with her loving family at her side. Yvonne was born at Fosston, MN on October 25, 1935 to Joseph O. and Hilda (Egeland) Einess. As a young girl she moved with her family to Bingham, UT, returning with...
Kathryn Bakken-Dryden
Dec 4, 2012
After receiving skilled and compassionate care from the Mayo Clinic, the Chopra Center, Altru Health, and Riverview Health, Kathy's two-year journey with cancer came to an end on Tuesday evening, December 4th, 2012 with her loving husband, sister, and friends at her side. Kathy was born May 30, 1952 in Thief River Falls, MN, the daughter of Raymond "Jim" and...
John Corcoran
Nov 21, 2012
John H. Corcoran, 69, of Crookston, MN, died late Wednesday evening, November 21, 2012, at the Hillcrest Senior Living Center in Red Lake Falls, MN. A memorial service will be held at 11:00am, Thursday, November 29, 2012, at the Care and Share Chapel in Crookston with The Rev. Vincent Miller, presiding. The Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home is assisting with funeral arrangements....
Patricia Thoreson
Nov 19, 2012
Patricia Alice Thoreson, age 84, of Crookston, MN, and a former longtime Climax, Minnesota resident, died Monday morning, November 19, 2012, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston, with her family at her side. Pat, as she was best known, was born on December 1, 1927 in Crookston, MN, the daughter of Wilbur and Asta (Cornelius) Ryan. She...
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