Obituaries

Roger Tollefson

May 11, 2025

Roger David Tollefson, age 85, of Fargo, ND, formerly of rural Crookston, MN, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on May 11, 2025, surrounded by family and held in love.

Roger was born on August 19, 1939, in Crookston, MN, to Tinus and Theresa (Pullar) Tollefson. He grew up in the Red River Valley and graduated from the...

Keith Allen Blokzyl

May 10, 2025

Keith Allen Blokzyl, age 64, of Crookston, Minnesota, passed away in his home, with his family by his side, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. He was born to loving parents Charles and Betty (Christianson) Blokzyl on June 29, 1960, in Crookston.

Keith was very caring and had a strong sense of responsibility from a young age, he started working at a...

Craig Flisk

May 8, 2025

Craig A Flisk, 60, of Fargo, ND, passed away on May 8,2025. Craig was born on May 20, 1964 in Chicago, IL, to Norman Radosevic and Joyce Smith Radosevic.

Craig moved to Jud, North Dakota in 1990 where he lived for 7 years before relocating to Fargo. Craig married Karla Patenaude on October 1, 2005 at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception...

Joseph Munoz

May 7, 2025

Joseph Luz Muñoz, of Grafton, ND, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2025, just days after celebrating his 74th birthday. Born on April 26, 1951, in Grafton, Joe spent most of his life working in the mechanical and maintenance field.

Joe enjoyed spending time with family and friends, especially during backyard barbecues filled with jokes, laughter, and storytelling.

He is survived by...

Glenn Carpenter

May 2, 2025

Glenn Thomas Carpenter, 95, Crookston, MN passed away peacefully with family by his side on May 2, 2025, at The Villa in Crookston. He was born on May 10, 1929, to loving parents, Edward and Mabel Carpenter in Drayton, ND.

Glenn attended country school North of Oslo, MN through the 8th grade. He worked various jobs. He met...

Gladys Wagner

Apr 30, 2025

Gladys Ann (Jurchen) Wagner, 90, passed away on Wednesday, April 30th, 2025, in Crookston, MN with her loving family at her side.

Gladys was born in Crookston, MN on June 17th, 1934, to William and Alicia (Hoppe) Jurchen. She grew up in the rural Crookston area. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and graduated from Crookston High School....

Dennis Magsam

Apr 21, 2025

Dennis Gene Magsam, 76, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks surrounded by his loving family on Monday, April 21, 2025. He was born on August 17, 1948, to parents, Merle and Marie (Goosen) Magsam, in Crookston, and was raised in Euclid.

Dennis attended grade school and graduated from high school in Crookston,...

Leigh E. Hammer

Apr 20, 2025

Leigh Hammer, 70, of Crookston, MN passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Sunday April 20th at Essentia Health in Fargo after battling lung cancer. Leigh was born September 22nd, 1954, in Roseau MN to Beatrice (Harms) & Lloyd Hammer and grew up on the family farm outside of Roseau in Stafford Township.

He attended high school in...

Scott G Nelson

Apr 19, 2025

Scott G. Nelson, age 58, of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was born on December 8, 1966, in Moorhead, Minnesota, as one of three sons to Neal and Darlene Nelson.

Scott grew up and attended school in East Grand Forks, where he graduated from East Grand...

Wesley C. Knutson

Apr 17, 2025

Wesley Curtis Knutson, age 76, of Crookston, Minnesota, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2025. He was born to loving parents Orville and Evelyn (Heideman) Knutson on May 1, 1948, in Fosston, Minnesota.

He was raised in McIntosh, Minnesota, graduating from McIntosh High School in 1966. He then went on to attend Northland Junior College in Thief River Falls, and then...

Cristina Arguelles

Apr 11, 2025

Cristina Arguelles, age 55, of Crookston, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family, on Friday, April 11, 2025. She was born to Evaristo and Angelita (Martinez) Arguelles on March 1, 1970 in Brownsville, TX.

Cristina grew up in Brownsville and started a family. As her family grew, they traveled across the country and made their way through Ohio,...

Richard Straus

Apr 8, 2025

Richard "Dick" Straus of East Grand Forks, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2025. He was born on June 18, 1938 to the late Charles and Martha (Wavra) Straus in Grand Forks, ND.

Dick will be laid to rest with military honors at Fargo National Cemetery following cremation.

Karla Marie Flisk

Apr 3, 2025

Karla Marie (Patenaude) Flisk, age 58, died Thursday, April 3, 2025, at Sanford Medical Center as a result of complications from open heart surgery. Karla was born January 18, 1967, to Robert and Ellen (Fortier) Patenaude in Crookston, Minnesota.

Growing up, she attended Carman Elementary School, Highland Middle School, and Central High School, graduating with the class of 1985. Karla then...

Marion Johanna Patenaude

Mar 31, 2025

Marion Johanna (Korvela) Patenaude passed away peacefully at her home in Baxter, MN on March 31, 2025, at the age of 99. In her final weeks, she was lovingly cared for and surrounded by her daughters.

Marion was born in 1925 in Perth, ND, to Alida and Anders Alfred Korvela. In 1931, during the Great Depression, her family moved to Plummer,...

Peter Ramstad

Mar 30, 2025

Peter "Pete" Ramstad, 77, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025, at Riverview Hospital with his family at his side.

Pete was born on June 28, 1947, in Crookston, MN to Chester and Emma (Locken) Ramstad. Pete graduated from Crookston Central High School in 1965. In 1966 he enrolled at the University of Minnesota Technical Institute (now the University of Minnesota, Crookston)...

Dennis Joel Tollerud

Mar 29, 2025

Dennis Joel Tollerud, age 90, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Riverview Hospital in Crookston, Minnesota. He was born June 11, 1934, in rural Gary Minnesota, to Helmer and Mamie (Johnson) Tollerud.

Growing up, he attended rural country schools around Fertile, and Gary High School. Dennis dropped out of high school to work on his family's farm, later earning...

Misty Rae Davis de Salmeron

Mar 25, 2025

Misty Rae, age 44, passed away peacefully in her mother's arms at Sanford Medical Center on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. She was born in Anaheim, California, on May 1, 1980, to loving parents Martin and Judi (Ostenberg) Davis before moving to Austintown, Ohio. Misty grew up in both Southern California and Ohio until making her way and settling in Crookston,...

Orphie Vraa

Mar 24, 2025

Orphie S. Vraa of Crookston, MN, died March 24, 2025 at the age of 97. She was born in Froid, MT on October 26, 1927, the daughter of Gilbert and Alma (Wold) Vraa. The family farmed in Montana on land that was homesteaded by her father shortly after World War I. She attended grade school in Brockton, Montana until 1939...

Jerry Peterson

Mar 21, 2025

Jerry Niles Peterson, 85, passed away on March 20, 2025.

Jerry was born in Crookston, MN to Evelyn L Lindberg and Nels P. Peterson on March 9, 1940. Jerry graduated from Crookston Central High School in 1958 before starting a career that spanned many interests. Jerry worked in various construction jobs throughout northern Minnesota. In the 1960s, he...

Matthew Begin

Mar 17, 2025

Matthew Charles Begin, 50, of Crookston, MN passed away on March 17, 2025.

A funeral service will be held for Matthew on Friday March 28, 2025 at 2:00 pm at Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 1:00 pm.

Services will be livestreamed, the link to which will be available at www.stenshoelhouske.com/obituaries/matthew-begin