Obituaries
Sonja Helen Bray
Nov 17, 2023
Sonja Bray, 84, of Crookston, MN passed away on Friday, November 17th at McIntosh Senior Living in McIntosh, MN.
Sonja Helen Engen was born on September 16th, 1939 in Crookston, MN, the daughter of Ivar and Mary (Boe) Engen. She was raised in Climax, MN where she graduated from high school in 1957. In 1964 she married Ronald Bray in...
Sheila Mae Hanson
Nov 15, 2023
Sheila Mae (Radi) Hanson, age 72, of Crookston, MN, died Wednesday evening, November 15, 2023, with her husband Randy by her side. Sheila was born in Crookston on May 18, 1951, and was the daughter of Earl and Eleanor (Olson) Radi. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Crookston and was a member of the church...
Mary Eleanor Kujawa
Nov 9, 2023
Mary Eleanor Kujawa, 88, of Crookston, MN passed away peacefully at the Benedictine Living Community in Crookston Thursday morning, November 9, 2023, from Cancer, with some of her family members at her side.
Mary was born in Perham, MN on July 29, 1935, one of three children of the union of John and Ramona Glieden, the family included Brother Jack...
Calman "Cal" Bredman
Nov 8, 2023
Calman L. Bredman, 99, of Ada, MN, passed away in Benedictine Living Community Ada late Wednesday evening, November 8, 2023. He had recently moved to the long-term care facility from Mission Court Assisted Living.
Cal, as he was known throughout his life, was born on October 6, 1924, at Twin Valley, MN, the fifth of six children of the...
Wanda Irene Brekken
Nov 6, 2023
Wanda Irene Brekken, 102, of Crookston, MN, passed away Monday afternoon, November 6, 2023, in RiverView Health, while comforted by many family members who were at her side.
Wanda, the youngest of 6 children of the union of Henry and Elizabeth (Tinnermeier) Pester, was born on November 30, 1920 in Grand Forks, ND. While growing up on the...
Margaret Ann Lanctot
Nov 5, 2023
Margaret Ann Lanctot, 98, of rural Crookston, MN, passed away at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Bonnie and David Paul, on Sunday afternoon, November 5, 2023, with family at her side.
Margaret was born on February 19, 1925, in rural Red Lake Falls, MN to Frank and Angela (Scheifert) Schmidt. She was baptized and confirmed...
Helen Georgian Corbin
Nov 3, 2023
Helen Georgian Corbin, 106, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully Friday afternoon, November 3, 2023, in Benedictine Living Community Crookston. The Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements and an obituary will be released when more information becomes available. Messages of condolence may be offered to the family on Helen’s web page at www.stenshoelhouske.com.
Marlene Dawn Baatz
Oct 30, 2023
Marlene Dawn Baatz, 83, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away in the early morning on October 30, 2023, at the Valley Senior Living Center. She was born in Gully, MN, on April 6, 1940, to loving parents Delvin and Gladys (Walberg) Paulson.
Growing up, Marlene attended school in Fosston, MN, and was a graduate with the class of 1958. Around...
Dale William Van Horn
Oct 29, 2023
Dale William Van Horn, 86, a lifelong Crookston, MN resident, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, October 29th, 2023. Dale was born on September 22, 1937 in Crookston to Frank and Anna (DeBoer) Van Horn. While growing up on the family farm he began his education at the Franklin Elementary School before attending Central High School. He then enlisted in the...
Joan Rousseau
Oct 25, 2023
Joan Karleen Rousseau was born on September 9, 1930 in Argyle, MN to Anton and Ethel (Haugen) Hunstad. She graduated from Argyle High School in 1948. Joan was baptized and confirmed at Alma Lutheren Church. After high school, she attended Interstate Business College in Fargo, North Dakota and became a billing clerk at Fargo Paint and Glass Company.
She married...
Kimberly "Kim" Samuelson
Oct 24, 2023
Kimberly Ann Samuelson, 56, a well-known, lifelong Crookston, MN resident, known affectionately as Kim, passed away late Tuesday evening, October 24, 2023, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. She was born on December 20, 1966, at Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, the daughter of Roger and Gloria (Thompson) Johnson. Kim was baptized at the Walle Lutheran Church...
Lois Jean Ous
Oct 23, 2023
Lois Jean Ous, 91, a longtime Crookston, MN resident, passed away Monday evening, October 23, 2023, in the Benedictine Living Community Crookston with members of her loving family by her side. In failing health Lois had come to Benedictine Living just a few days earlier.
Lois was born to Sidney and Mary (Johnston) Indergaard on October 17, 1932,...
Spencer Lee Olson
Oct 21, 2023
Spencer Lee Olson, 76, of Crookston, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 21, 2023. He was born on April 20, 1947 in Crookston, MN.
Spencer was born the only boy of four children to his loving parents, Reuben and Stella (Brule) Olson. From early on in life Spencer had a strong work ethic, working on the farm alongside his father...
Adeline Maygra
Oct 17, 2023
Adeline Marie Maygra, 93, of Crookston, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo surrounded by her children.
Adeline was born on June 24, 1930, in Crookston to her loving parents, Arthur and Louise (Demarais) Solie. Growing up, she attended rural Crookston school, and was baptized and confirmed at Hafslo Church in rural Crookston. ...
William Mark Tuseth
Oct 13, 2023
William Mark Tuseth, 26, of Crookston, MN, a beloved son and brother, died tragically in a car accident in Crookston on Friday, October 13, 2023.
William was born in San Jose, CA on December 8, 1996, to Mark and Diane (Knudson) Tuseth of Chaska, MN. He also has 2 sisters, Shelby Tuseth of Washington, DC and Natalie Tuseth of...
Charles Ludwig Zammert
Oct 12, 2023
Charles Ludwig Zammert, 86, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully on October 12, 2023, at River View Hospital in Crookston. He was born on January 29, 1937, in the middle of a snow storm on the farm to his loving parents, Henry and Susie (Diedrich) Zammert.
Growing up, Charles attended Euclid School from grades 1-8 before transitioning to...
Judith Jane Roelofs
Oct 11, 2023
Judith Jane Roelofs, 83, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, in the Halstad Living Center, Halstad, MN, with her husband, Del, by her side. Judy was born in Danube, MN on January 16, 1940, to Alfred and Lilah (Anderson) Schroeder. She was baptized and confirmed in the Evangelical United Brethren...
Clarice Jeanette DeBoer
Oct 9, 2023
Clarice Jeanette Sanden DeBoer, 91, of Crookston, Minnesota, passed away Monday, October 9, 2023, in RiverView Health, surrounded by her loving family.
Clarice was born in Fosston, Minnesota on April 9, 1932, the daughter of Roy and Anna (Hillesland) Sanden. While being raised on the Brown farm near Mahnomen, Minnesota, Clarice attended a country grade school...
Daniel Robert Erdman
Oct 9, 2023
Daniel Robert “Dan” Erdman, 75, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully at his home Monday evening, October 9, 2023, with his wife, Connie, and children: Martin, Dan, and Raquel at his side. Dan, with much support and love from his family, had been courageously battling cancer for the past 12 years.
Dan was born to Eva Mae (Pederson) and...
Doris June Volker
Sep 30, 2023
Doris June Volker, 92, a longtime Crookston, MN, resident, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 30, 2023, in the Fair Meadow Nursing Home at Fertile, MN, with family by her side.
Doris was born on June 9, 1931 to Gust Hans and Wilhelmine Henrietta (Horn) Brakob on the family’s farm in Norman County, near Gary, MN. She was...
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