Obituaries

Keith Simon

Keith Simon

Jan 9, 2021

Keith Arden Simon, 66, of Erskine, MN, and a former longtime Crookston, MN resident, passed away peacefully Saturday afternoon, January 9, 2021, in the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine with his beloved wife, Alice, at his side.

Keith was born on March 20, 1954 at Lanesboro, MN to Richard and Betty (Paulson) Simon. He attended school...

Patricia "Pat" Stanislowski

Patricia "Pat" Stanislowski

Jan 3, 2021

Patricia Ann “Pat” Stanislowski, age 74, of Erskine, MN, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2021, at the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine, MN.

Pat was born on March 26, 1946, in Grand Forks, ND, the daughter of the late Benjamin and Agnes (Gruhot) Stanislowski.  The family moved between Oslo, Crookston, and...

Loren Seaton

Loren Seaton

Dec 31, 2020

Loren Duane “Butch” Seaton, 70, of Brighton, CO, passed away in the Surprise Health & Rehab in Arizona on December 31, 2020.

Loren was born in Crookston, MN on June 19, 1950, one of three children of the union of Oren and Edna (Butenhoff) Seaton. He grew up in Crookston and graduated from Central High School with...

Laurencio Romero Perez

Laurencio Romero Perez

Dec 30, 2020

Laurencio Guadalupe Romero Perez, age 64, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.

Laurencio was born on November 14, 1956, in Puebla, Mexico, the son of Gabriela Romero Perez.  He was raised in Puebla and worked as a migrant worker and in the autobody industry.  He was...

Gloria Staehnke

Gloria Staehnke

Dec 27, 2020

Gloria Jean Staehnke, age 78, of Erskine, MN, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020, in the Medical City Alliance Hospital in Ft. Worth, TX. She had been in Texas visiting her daughter, Brenda Cole. While in ill-health for several years she never let it defeat her spirit.

Gloria was born in Forest Lake, MN on August 30,...

Ardella Jorgenson

Ardella Jorgenson

Dec 26, 2020

Ardella Mae Jorgenson, age 88, of Park Rapids, MN, passed away early Saturday evening, December 26, 2020, in the home of her daughter and son in law, Scott and Cheryl Rising, Park Rapids, MN.

Ardella was born in Crookston, MN on November 2, 1932 to George and Minnie (Molenaar) Hodgson. She was baptized and confirmed at the...

Wayne Scott

Wayne Scott

Dec 25, 2020

Wayne Steven Scott, 62, of Crookston, MN, passed away unexpectedly at his residence of natural causes on Friday, December 25, 2020.

Wayne was born at White Earth, MN on April 7, 1958, 1 of 8 children of the union of Alvin and Jacqueline (Casey) Scott. He grew up in Bejou, MN and attended school there. As a...

Helen Michaelson

Helen Michaelson

Dec 23, 2020

Helen Mae Michaelson, 91, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Wednesday morning, December 23, 2020, in the Benedictine Living Center Crookston.

Helen was born on February 19, 1929 in Crookston, the daughter of Richard and Hattie (Gibben) Goodyke. She grew up on the family farm and attended a nearby country school. Helen was united in marriage to...

Helen Wavra

Helen Wavra

Dec 21, 2020

Helen Jean Wavra, age 81, of Crookston, MN, passed away Monday afternoon, December 21, 2020, in Altru Hospital at Grand Forks, ND.

On September 20, 1939, Helen was born at Crookston to Jesse Sr. and Evelina (Zhorela) Casavan. She grew up near Red Lake Falls and was baptized and confirmed at St. Dorothy’s Catholic Church, and attended...

Betty Conkins

Betty Conkins

Dec 21, 2020

Betty Charlotte Conkins, age 97, of Crookston, MN, passed away on December 21, 2020, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN, knowing she was loved.

Betty Charlotte Peterson was born on December 15, 1923, in Aireys, MD, the daughter of Axel and Esther (Clauson) Peterson, both Swedish immigrants.  Sadly, her mother died...

James Davis

James Davis

Dec 20, 2020

James Edward Davis, 69, of Crookston, MN, passed away on December 20, 2020, peacefully and with quiet dignity after several months of serious illness with his sister, Betty Anne Chapman, by his side.

Jim was born June 6, 1951 to the late Edward N. Davis and Rachel M. Taylor in Church Hill, Maryland. He attended several schools...

Ashley Caccia

Ashley Caccia

Dec 15, 2020

Ashley Lynn Caccia, age 40, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully into the Lords hands on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at her home.

Ashley was born on July 11, 1980, and at 10 days old became the daughter of James Caccia and Diane Lewis. She was born in New York and raised in...

Robert Wolf

Robert Wolf

Dec 14, 2020

Robert Gene Wolf, 92, of Crookston, MN, passed away Monday afternoon, December 14, 2020, at the Benedictine Living Center, Crookston, with his beloved wife, Sharon, at his side.

Robert was born at Havre, MT on October 21, 1928 and was the son of Henry and Irene (Granger) Wolf. He grew up at Joplin, MT, began his education...

Vivian Arel

Vivian Arel

Dec 12, 2020

Vivian Doris Arel, age 98, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home with family by her side.

Vivian Doris Ogaard was born on July 22, 1922, in Crookston, MN, the daughter of the late Louis and Victoria (Desrosier) Ogaard.  She was raised in...

Joyce Raymond

Joyce Raymond

Dec 12, 2020

Joyce Marie Raymond, age 66, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND.

Joyce was born on July 2, 1954, in Crookston, MN, the daughter of the late Lawrence and Alice (Beauchane) Raymond.  She grew up in Red Lake Falls, MN, and graduated from Red...

Carolyn Schenck

Carolyn Schenck

Dec 11, 2020

Carolyn Jean Schenck, age 70, of Crookston, MN, passed away with her loving family by her side on Friday, December 11, 2020, at Altru Hospital after a courageous 6-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Carolyn Jean Hoppe was born on March 7, 1950, in Crookston, MN, the daughter of Raymond and Jean (Johnson) Hoppe. ...

Susan Swenson

Susan Swenson

Dec 9, 2020

Susan Swenson, age 89, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN.

Susan Prady was born on May 1, 1931, at home in Caribou, MN, the daughter of the late Alex and Rose (Karol) Prady.  She spent her childhood in Caribou and her family...

Veda Olson

Veda Olson

Dec 9, 2020

Veda Myrtle Olson, 94, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at the Benedictine Living Center, Crookston (Villa St. Vincent) with family at her side.

Veda was born at Washington, IA on March 19, 1926, the 10th of 13 children born to the union of Everett and Nellie (Byrn) Taylor. The family later came...

Twyla Hovelsrud

Twyla Hovelsrud

Dec 8, 2020

Twyla Aurora Julianna Hovelsrud, age 90, of Fertile, MN, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Riverview Health in Crookston, MN.

Twyla was born on August 4, 1930, in rural Fertile, MN, the daughter of the late Elmer and Julia (Erlandson) Hanson.   She grew up on the family farm, was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran...

John Shaver

John Shaver

Dec 8, 2020

John Richard Shaver, 69, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at the Benedictine Living Center, Crookston, (Villa St. Vincent.)

John was born on March 15, 1951 in Summit, South Carolina to parents of Richard Shaver and Irene (Ostgarden)Shaver. John was confirmed at Froen Lutheran Church.  John attended school in Fosston, graduating from Fosston...