Obituaries
Yvonne Thelma Hanson
Jun 30, 2023
Yvonne T. Hanson, 87, of Crookston, MN entered her Heavenly home Friday, June 30, 2023, surrounded by family at Riverview Hospital in Crookston.
Yvonne was born on July 4, 1935, in Crookston, MN to Lawrence and Thelma (Bruun) Grove. She grew up and attended school near Climax, MN, graduating with the class of 1953. After High School Yvonne moved...
Yvonne Kathleen Stradinger
Jun 29, 2023
Yvonne Kathleen Stradinger, lovingly known as "Vonnie", passed away from Alzheimer’s on June 29, 2023, at her home in Crookston, Minnesota, peacefully surrounded by her family. Born on April 23, 1938, in Fargo, North Dakota, Yvonne led a remarkable life that touched the hearts of all who knew her.Yvonne was a strong and independent woman who worked diligently throughout her...
Katherine Kameko Kaneshiro-Potter
Jun 28, 2023
Katherine Kameko Kaneshiro-Potter, 87, formerly of Honolulu, Hawaii was called home by The Lord Jesus Christ on Wednesday morning, June 26. Kathy now has her glorified body in Heaven because of her salvation by The Blood of The Lamb. Lamb of the Triune God. 2 Corinthians 5:8. She was a member of Waialae Baptist Church in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kathy...
Adam Thomas Parnow
Jun 27, 2023
Adam Thomas Parnow, 39, of Crookston, MN passed away on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 when his agricultural plane crashed. Adam was the son of Fred and Mary Beth Dagoberg Parnow of Crookston, MN. He is survived by his parents, his brothers, Chris (Tricia) Parnow of Hettinger, ND, their children Brandon, Caden & Gavin, and Matt Parnow of Crookston, and their extended...
Sheila Kay Salentine
Jun 26, 2023
Sheila Kay Salentine, 68, of Euclid, MN, passed away late Monday evening, June 26, 2023, at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, with her family at her side.
Sheila was born in Warren, MN on April 21, 1955, the daughter of Leonard and Eulalie (Nelson) Stallock. While growing up in Stephen, MN she was baptized and confirmed at St. Stephen’s Catholic...
Joseph E. Krenzel
Jun 25, 2023
Joseph Euchachius Krenzel, 86, of Euclid, MN, passed away early Sunday morning, June 25, 2023, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.
Joseph was born near Harvey, ND on May 28, 1937, the oldest of 9 children of the union of Otto and Catherine (Schneider) Krenzel. His Father and Mother were hurrying to the hospital in Harvey as she...
Delores Jean Strommen
Jun 24, 2023
Delores Jean Strommen, 90, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully on June 24, 2023, at the Benedictine Living Community Crookston, where she had been in residence since this past April 15th.
Delores was born on December 15, 1932, in Trail, Minnesota, the fourth of five children of the union of Leonard and Freda (Lee) Eck. She grew up in...
Liz Knox
Jun 17, 2023
Elizabeth Knox, 91, of Park Rapids, MN, and formerly of Cable Lake, near Mentor, MN, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2023, at her residence in Crystal Brook Senior Living with her family at her side.
Mary Elizabeth (Langenberg) Knox was born to Henry W. Langenberg and Marguerite A. (McCauley) Langenberg on October 28, 1931, in Crookston, MN. Liz...
Bonita Rose Kempenich
Jun 15, 2023
Bonita Rose Kempenich, 61, passed away on June 15, 2023, at RiverView Health in Crookston, MN. Bonita was born to Joseph and Gloria (Sobkowich) Hnatiuk on January 22, 1962, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Growing up in Winnipeg, she graduated from J.H. Bruns Collegiate and was employed with Revenue Canada during the 1980s. Later on, she became a travel agent in...
Gladys Cora Lacoursiere
Jun 11, 2023
Gladys LaCoursiere of Crookston passed away on June 11 at 76 years of age.
Gladys was born in Thief River Falls, MN on July 7, 1946 to Omer and Emma (Dondoneau) LaCoursiere. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Red Lake Falls. She continued a life long devotion to her faith. She attended school and...
Allen Wagner
Jun 10, 2023
Allen Leslie Wagner, 76, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2023.
Allen was born the oldest of four children to Elroy and Alyce Wagner in Crookston, MN on November 7, 1946. He graduated from the Northwest School of Agriculture in March of 1964. Allen served in the U.S. Army & Army Reserve for 6 years as an M.P.
Working at...
Wayne Arthur "Wiener" Melbye
Jun 9, 2023
Wayne Arthur Melbye, 69, of Crookston, MN, lovingly known as "Wiener," passed away suddenly and unexpectedly of natural causes at his home on Friday evening, June 9th, 2023.
Wayne was born in Crookston on August 18th, 1953, to Erling “Butch” and Noella (Cardinal) Melbye. When he was two years old, Wayne was given his nickname “Wiener” from...
John Richard Garry
Jun 2, 2023
John Richard Garry, 88, a longtime Euclid, MN farmer, passed away Friday afternoon, June 2, 2023, at Woodside Village, Grand Forks, ND where he had been in residence since April 18th.
John was born on February 10, 1935, in Crookston, MN, the son of John S. Garry and Anne Beller Garry. He grew up in St. Paul, MN and...
Theresa Victoria Salem
May 28, 2023
Theresa “Terry” Salem of Crookston passed away peacefully Sunday evening on May 28, 2023 at the Benedictine Living Community surrounded by her loving family.
Theresa was welcomed into this world on the family farm on December 23, 1937 in Karlsruhe, North Dakota by her parents John and Margaret Klein, and fifteen other siblings at the time. She was baptized...
Margaret Louise Law
May 27, 2023
Margaret Louise Law, 82, died peacefully on Saturday morning, May 27, 2023, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, Minnesota.
Margaret was born in Greenbush, Minnesota on March 16, 1941 to Ernest and Theresa (Kranz) Oistad, and was baptized in the Catholic faith. The family lived in Greenbush and Thief River Falls before settling in Karlstad in 1944....
Bradley Harold Jenkins
May 20, 2023
Bradley Harold Jenkins, 71, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Saturday morning, May 20, 2023, in the Benedictine Living Community Crookston, where he had been a resident since January 13, 2022.
Brad was born on May 16, 1952, in Fargo, ND, one of four sons of the union of Harold and Angela (Erickson) Jenkins. He grew up in...
Nicholas Adrian "Nick" Anderson
May 15, 2023
Nicholas Adrian “Nick” Anderson, 28, of Duluth, MN, and a rural East Grand Forks-Fisher, MN native, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at Essentia St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth early Monday morning, May 15, 2023, as God called him home to heaven.
Nick was born and baptized on July 24, 1994 at Grand Forks, ND, the son...
William "Bill" Joseph Vaudrin
May 12, 2023
William Joseph Vaudrin, 76, of Crookston, MN, passed away Friday morning, May 12, 2023, in RiverView Health, Crookston, after battling health issues for some time. He had become a resident of Benedictine Living Community Crookston on March 14th after living in Oak Court for many years.
Bill, as he was affectionately known throughout his life, was born...
Heather Irene Nelson
May 8, 2023
Heather Irene Nelson passed away unexpectedly at her home on May 8, 2023, in Crookston, at the age of 39.
Heather was born on June 21, 1983, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to her loving mother, Betty (Isum) Fitzpatrick and her father Winston Minor; Heather was also welcomed into the family by her two older siblings at the time, Tanya and...
Robert Ferry Floodeen
Apr 20, 2023
Robert Ferry Floodeen, 92, passed away Thursday morning, April 20, 2023, in the Benedictine Living Community Crookston where he had recently become a resident.
Bob was born in Fargo, ND on May 7, 1930, the son of Ferry and Mary Jane (Taylor) Floodeen. He later grew up in Crookston with his parents and brother, William, and...
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