Obituaries

Sep 14, 2019

Elsie Marie Bateman, 92, of Crookston, MN, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston with her loving family at her side.

Elsie Marie was born to the late Edward R. and Kathleen (Norton) Keefe on December 21, 1926, in Walker, MN. In 1930 the family moved to Larimore, ND...

Sep 14, 2019

Harvey A. Straw, 96, a longtime Crookston MN resident and businessman, passed away early Friday morning, July 5, 2019, at the RiverView Care Center in Crookston, with family at his side.

Harvey was born in Forsyth, Montana, on March 14, 1923, to William Roy and Gertrude Marie (Johnson) Straw. Harvey was raised in Forsyth, MT, along with...

Sep 14, 2019

Scott Kevin Wikstrom, 54, of Crookston, MN, died at his residence on Saturday, November 23, 2019.

Scott was born at St. Paul, MN on April 18, 1965 to Mable Yost. He was raised by Allan and Mable (Yost) Wikstrom Sr. at Emily, MN and received his education in nearby Crosby, MN schools. As a young man he...

Sep 14, 2019

Ada Luverne Bredman, 92, of Ada, MN, passed away peacefully at Bridges Care Center Wednesday morning, October 30, 2019. She had been a resident of Bridges since October 15th.

Luverne, as she was known throughout her life, was born on March 27, 1927 in Fossum Township of Norman County, near Twin Valley, MN, the youngest of 11...

Sep 14, 2019

Lynn Elisabeth (Oliver) Thoen, 83, of Crookston, Minnesota, died Thursday, May 2, 2019 at the Villa St. Vincent with family by her side. As Lynn requested, there will be no service.

Lynn was born on April 13, 1936, in Fargo, North Dakota, the daughter of Loren and Grace (Westenborg) Oliver. She grew up in Fargo, attending public...

Sep 14, 2019

Shirley Arlene Snyder, 64, of Crookston, MN, passed away Thursday morning, January 3, 2019, at the REM Home in Crookston with family by her side.

Shirley was born in Crookston on December 29, 1954, one of 6 children of the union of Sidney Allen and Irene Mildred (Rude) Snyder. She was baptized at the Trinity Lutheran Church...

Sep 14, 2019

Delores Mae Page, age 92, of Crookston, MN passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home.

Delores was born on May 9, 1926 in Red Lake Falls, MN to August and Florence Hinrichs. She attended Country School and graduated from Lafayette High School in 1944.

On May 25,...

Sep 14, 2019

Nancy Augusta Tollefson, of rural Crookston, MN, passed away at her home early Saturday morning, September 21, 2019, with members of her loving family by her side.

Together with Dwain, her husband of 60 years, they raised 8 children: Susan, Sandy, Valerie, Dawn, Mike, Diane, Robert, and Heidi.  Their son, Mike, passed away in 1992, leaving a...

Sep 14, 2019

Delores Mary Nelson, 80, of Crookston, MN, passed away at the Villa St. Vincent on Friday, January 4, 2019, with members of her family at her side.

Delores was born in Crookston on June 9, 1938, the daughter of David and Alice (Thibodeau) Beauchene. She grew up in Crookston where she attended St. Joseph’s Academy and Crookston...

Sep 14, 2019

Ronald Edwin Beggs, 81, of Crookston, MN passed away at the Villa St. Vincent on Monday, December 23, 2019, with his family at his side.

Ron was born on December 30, 1937 at McGregor, MN to Kenneth and Edith (Cohen) Beggs.  Most of his life growing up was spent in Minneapolis and he graduated from Anoka High...

Sep 14, 2019

Carlyle Duane Holen, age 66 of Erskine, MN, departed this life on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN with his loving family by his side.  Carlyle was born on September 30, 1952 in Minneapolis, MN to Ivend and Perrine (Larson) Holen, and grew up in Kimball, MN.  After graduating from high school he continued...

Sep 14, 2019

Herman Melbourne Thompson, 90, of Fertile, MN, died on Thursday, August 1, 2019, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN. He was born on March 13, 1929, to Hans and Mary (Rarick) Thompson at Climax, MN.  They moved to a farm in Woodside Township, near Maple Bay, MN, when Herman was 4 years old.  He attended Hillside Country School...

Sep 13, 2019

Frances L. Chandler, 93, a longtime Euclid, MN resident, passed away Friday, September 13, 2019, at the Riverview Hospital in Crookston, MN with her loving family at her side.

Frances was born January 25, 1926 to James and Louise (Potucek) Vonasek in rural East Grand Forks, Minnesota. She attended school in rural Tabor and graduated with the...

Sep 13, 2019

Lonnie R. Sullivan, 58, of Crookston transitioned into spirit on September 13, 2019 with her family by her side at Villa St. Vincent in Crookston.

A Celebration of life for Lonnie Sullivan will be at 7pm Friday, September 20, 2019 at the Stenshoel – Houske Funeral Home, 615 S. Minnesota St. Crookston, MN 56716 with visitation from...

Sep 10, 2019

Douglas Lloyd Radi, 69, of Crookston, MN, passed away at his residence of natural causes on September 10, 2019.

Douglas was born in Crookston on March 22, 1950, one of 4 sons of the union of Lloyd E. and Rita Dora (Brule) Radi. He grew up in Crookston and attended Crookston schools. He then enrolled at the...

Sep 7, 2019

Margaret Jennifer Houske, 66, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 7, 2019, at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks with her loving family at her side.

Jennifer, as she was best known throughout her life, was born in Crookston, MN on February 13, 1953, the daughter of Clifford and Mona (Estenson) Brevik. She grew...

Sep 7, 2019

Freddie Cisneros, 55, of Crookston, MN, passed away Saturday morning, September 7, 2019, at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND with members of his loving family at his side.

Freddie was born in Immakale, FL on April 4, 1964, the son of Leon and Maria Guadalupe (Garsa) Cisneros. When he was a year old his family...

Sep 7, 2019

Thomas Charles “Tuna” Nimens, 66, of Scottsdale, AZ, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, September 7, 2019, while surrounded by his loving family.

He was born in Crookston on April 13, 1953, one of 6 children of the union of Wilfred “Bill” and Patricia “Pat” (Sullivan) Nimens. He grew up in Crookston, was baptized and...

Aug 26, 2019

Robert Duane “Bob” Carlstrom, 85, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Monday evening, August 26th, 2019, at the Villa St. Vincent with his loving family at his side. Bob had been a very popular resident of the Villa since February of 2015, and was so grateful for the care he received and appreciative of the many kindnesses shown him...

Aug 26, 2019

Vincent Howard “Vinnie” Flynn, 61, of Crookston, MN, passed away unexpectedly at his home of natural causes late Monday evening, August 26th, 2019.

Vinnie was born at Blue Earth, MN on May 4, 1958 to Clement and Betty Lou (Day) Flynn. He was baptized in the Catholic faith and grew up at Blue Earth and later Eagle...