Obituaries
Anita Gayton
Feb 24, 2017
Anita Yanez Gayton, 73, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Friday morning, February 24, 2017, at her granddaughter's residence in Fargo, ND. Anita had been valiantly battling cancer for the past several months. She was born at Palacios, TX on July 11, 1943, one of 6 children of the union of Fabian and Luisa (Rodriguez) Yanez. Anita was baptized and...
Polly Briggs-Worf
Feb 21, 2017
Polly Christine Briggs-Worf, was called home on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at the Riverview Care Center in Crookston, MN. Polly was born on May 5, 1931, in Godfrey Township, Polk County, MN, to Earl and Nettie (Dale) Hennager. She was united in marriage to David LeRoy Briggs on August 29, 1949, in Crookston, MN. Sadly after nearly 25 years of...
Melvin Amundson
Feb 17, 2017
Melvin Lyle Amundson, 80, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully Friday afternoon, February 17, 2017, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Melvin had become a resident of the Villa in early December and was valiantly struggling to overcome recent health problems that had resulted in two separate surgeries. It was his hope to return to his home until learning...
Yvonne Ogaard
Feb 7, 2017
Yvonne Rose "Bunny" Ogaard, 82, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND, with her loving family at her side. Yvonne was born on November 20, 1934 at Minneapolis, MN, the youngest of 6 children born to the union of Martin and Mary (Grones) Ziehl. Bunny, as she came to be affectionately...
Ron Nelson
Feb 5, 2017
Ron James "RJ" Nelson, age 79, of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Aneta Parkview Hospital in Aneta, ND. Ron was born on September 24, 1937 in Grand Forks, ND to Lyle and Doris (Buck) Nelson. He graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1956. He spent his entire life in Grand Forks, ND....
Donna Hamlin
Feb 4, 2017
Donna Marie Hamlin, 68, of Fargo, ND, and a former longtime Crookston, MN resident, died unexpectedly of natural causes at her residence on Saturday, February 4, 2017. Donna was born on February 23, 1948, one of six children of the union of Arnold and Bernice (Ramstad) Hendricks. They lived on the family farm near Fertile, MN and later moved to...
Willard Williams
Jan 25, 2017
Willard Harold "Bill" Williams, 85, of Crookston, MN, died early Wednesday morning, January 25, 2017, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home. Willard was born at Fargo, ND on October 6, 1931 and was the son of Carl and Edythe Hedlund. His father, Carl, died when Willard was 3 years old, and he moved with his mother and siblings to...
Gerald LeBlanc
Jan 24, 2017
Gerald George LeBlanc, age 88, of Crookston, MN passed away with his family by his side on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at Riverview Health in Crookston, MN. Gerald was born on December 12, 1928 in Crookston, MN. He was the son of Delphis and Emma (Caouette) LeBlanc. He lived on the family's farm and attended nearby rural schools. Graduated from...
Lillian Karboviak
Jan 23, 2017
Lillian Therese Karboviak, 96, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully at Villa St Vincent with her loving family at her side early Monday morning, January 23, 2017. Lillian was born on August 16, 1920 at Greenbush, MN, the daughter of Edward and Louise Miksatko. She was raised on the family's farm, baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith at St....
Charles Sampson
Jan 21, 2017
Charles Edward Sampson, 82, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, January 21, 2017, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fargo with his loving wife, Mary, at his side. Charles was born in Chicago, IL on January 14, 1935 to Mr. and Mrs. James Sampson. He graduated from high school there and then served with the US Army...
Jeanne Sawyer
Jan 19, 2017
Jeanne Elayne Sawyer, 91, of Crookston, MN, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2017, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, where she had been a resident since September of 2016. Jeanne was born in Crookston on March 18, 1925, one of 4 children of the union of William G. and Mary (Erickson) Sawyer. Jeanne grew up in Crookston, attended Washington...
Edna Bendickson
Jan 17, 2017
Edna Gladys Bendickson, 95, a lifelong resident of Crookston, MN, died Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at the RiverView Care Center in Crookston, with loving family at her bedside. Edna was born in Crookston on October 30, 1921, one of 4 children of the union of Oscar and Augusta (Ladhoff) Anderson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and...
Pauline Strem
Jan 16, 2017
Pauline Ann "Polly" Strem, 76, of Crookston, MN, passed away Monday morning, January 16, 2017, at her home, with loving family members and friends at her side. Polly was born to William and Anna (Swartz) Jensen at Fertile, MN on October 16, 1940. She grew up at Fertile, was baptized and confirmed at the Concordia Lutheran Church, and while attending...
Mavis LaChance
Jan 16, 2017
Mavis Joy LaChance, 74, of Fargo, ND, and formerly of Dilworth and Crookston, MN, passed away Monday morning, January 16, 2017, at Sanford Health in Fargo. Mavis was born on July 4, 1942, the daughter of Ted and Ione (Raymond) Anderson. Her early years were spent on the family farm in Fisher, MN where she was baptized and confirmed in...
Verleth Oftelie
Jan 14, 2017
Verleth Hattie Oftelie, age 86, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully, with her family by her side on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN. Verleth was born on March 18, 1930 in Rockville, MN, to Hubert and Adeline (Burger) Finneman. She went to Cold Spring Public Schools. On April 12, 1947, Verleth married the...
Patricia King
Jan 12, 2017
Patricia Rose King, 52, of Crookston, MN, died of natural causes at her residence on Thursday, January 12, 2017. Patti, as she was affectionately known by her family and friends, was born at St. Paul, MN on January 9, 1965, to her birth-mother, Ramona "Noni" Paulson. On January 19th she was adopted by her loving parents, Ralph and MaryJane (Delorme)...
Solange Radke
Jan 11, 2017
Solange (Asselin) (Beauchane) Radke, 94 of Crookston, MN passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2016 at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN. Solange was born on April 7, 1922 in Crookston, MN to Fred and Clemence (Gousse) Asselin. She attended St. Joseph's Academy and later Fisher Public School. She graduated from Fisher High School in 1939. At the age...
Kenneth Egeland
Jan 9, 2017
Kenneth Neil Egeland, 64, of Crookston, MN, died unexpectedly from natural causes on Monday, January 9, 2017. Kenny was born on May 7, 1952 in Thief River Falls, MN, one of 10 children of Nels and Philomena (Feist) Egeland. As a young boy he moved with his family to East Grand Forks where he attended school. For many years, Kenny...
Pearl Laines
Dec 29, 2016
Pearl Necola Laines, 97, passed away at the Halstad Living Center in Halstad, MN, on Thursday, December 29, 2016. Pearl was born to Paul and Anna (Hanson) Laines, on August 27, 1919 in Crookston, MN. She attended Crookston Public School. She later attended Paul's Hairdressing Academy in Minneapolis, MN. Pearl and her sister Mildred owned and operated the Laines Beauty...
Linda Hanson
Dec 27, 2016
Linda Antoinette Hanson, 63, of rural Fisher, Minnesota, died December 27, 2016 at her home in Lowell Township. Linda was born December 21, 1953 at Crookston, the daughter of Marvin and Chrisse (Wentzel) Hanson. She attended grade school in Fisher until the fall of 1962 when she moved with her parents to Blaine, Minnesota. Linda was a 1972 graduate of...
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