Obituaries
Wanda Puppe
Apr 24, 2015
Wanda Ann Puppe, 74, of Crookston MN, died peacefully Friday, April 24, 2015, at the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine, MN. She had been a resident of Pioneer since January of 2014. Wanda was born at Minot, ND on June 15, 1940, one of four children of the union of Melvin and Agnes (Olson) Armstrong. She grew up on...
Pearl Goosen
Apr 18, 2015
Pearl Clarise (Okeson) Goosen, 92, of Crookston died on Saturday evening, April 18, 2015, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston with her four children and other family members at her side. The funeral service for Pearl Goosen will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 24, 2015, at the Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home in Crookston with the Rev. Jo Gast,...
Pearl Goosen
Apr 18, 2015
Pearl Clarise (Okeson) Goosen, 92, of Crookston died on Saturday evening, April 18, 2015, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston with her four children and other family members at her side. The funeral service for Pearl Goosen will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 24, 2015, at the Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home in Crookston with the Rev. Jo Gast,...
Sister Florentine Goulet
Apr 7, 2015
Sister Florentine (Cecelia) Goulet died peacefully at Villa Saint Vincent on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015. She was born in Gentilly, Minnesota on October 10, 1916, the youngest of five children born to John J. and Alphonsine (St. Martin) Goulet , second generation French-Canadians. At the age of two, Cecelia's mother died in the flu epidemic following World War I. Her...
Theodore LaFleur
Apr 7, 2015
Theodore T. "Ted" LaFleur, 90, of Crookston, MN, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at RiverView Health in Crookston, with members of his family at his side. Ted was born on the family farm, east of Crookston, on December 3, 1924, and was the son of William and Rica (Gelder) LaFleur. He attended country school and Crookston public schools, and after...
Joan Tierney
Apr 6, 2015
Joan Marie Tierney, 68, of Fertile, MN, and formerly of Crookston, died Monday evening, April 6, 2015, at RiverView Health in Crookston. Joan was born on April 28, 1946 at Grand Forks, ND, the daughter of Elwin and Barbara (Lankas) Fontaine. She grew up in Inkster, ND where she received her education. Joan was united in marriage to Roy Pierson...
Arnold Benson
Apr 6, 2015
Arnold Benson, 91, of Duluth, MN, and formerly of Crookston, MN, died Monday, April 6, 2015, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, with his family at his side. The funeral service for Arnold will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 11, 2015, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Crookston with The Rev. Bill Reck, officiating. Visitation will...
Roger Hinkley
Apr 2, 2015
Roger Leslie Hinkley, 76, of Halstad, MN, died early Thursday evening, April 2, 2015, at Sanford Health in Fargo, with his loving family at his side. Roger was born in Crookston, MN on August 18, 1938, the son of Irie and Rena (Wilkens) Hinkley. He graduated from Crookston Central High School in 1956. Roger enlisted in the U.S. Air Force...
Paul Caillier
Mar 30, 2015
Paul E. Caillier, 89, of Crookston, MN, died unexpectedly Monday, March 30, 2015, at his home. Paul was born on October 11, 1925 at Gentilly, MN, one of thirteen children of the union of Edward and Maria (LaFramboise) Caillier. He grew up on the family farm, was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Gentilly, and attended District...
Marvin Purrier Sr
Mar 28, 2015
Marvin John Purrier Sr., 62, of Crookston, MN, died Saturday morning, March 28, 2015, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Marvin was born at Faribault, MN on July 5, 1952, and was the son of Leroy and Bernice (Luebke) Purrier. He attended Morristown, MN public schools and later worked in maintenance and as a painter in a several state area,...
Lorna Jorgens
Mar 28, 2015
Lorna Kay (Strom) Jorgens, 55, of Euclid, MN, died late Saturday evening, March 28, 2015, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks with her husband, Jeff, and family at her side. Lorna was born at Crookston on November 29, 1959, the daughter of Wallace and Audrey (Pederson) Strom. She attended Crookston public schools and graduated from Central High School in 1978....
Sister Helen Obermiller
Mar 21, 2015
Sister Helen Margaret Obermiller died peacefully at Villa St. Vincent on Saturday, March 21st, 2015. Helen Margaret was born in Faith, Minnesota on November 21, 1918 to Francis and Josephine (Rubash) Obermiller, the youngest of 27 children. Her father had eleven previous children and her mother brought thirteen siblings to the union which concluded with another brother, Stan, and lastly...
Edward Kurpius
Mar 21, 2015
A farmer went home… Edward Richard Kurpius, age 90, died peacefully at his home in Crookston, MN, on March 21, 2015. Ed was born at the family farm outside of Staples, MN, on October 13, 1924. He was the youngest of seven children born to Steve and Clara (Knosalla) Kurpius, first descendants of Polish immigrants to America in the late...
Bernice Samuelson
Mar 20, 2015
Bernice E. Samuelson, 83, passed away March 20, 2015, at Essentia Hospital in Fosston, MN. Bernice was born on September 4, 1931, in Crookston, MN, to Roy and Nora Tinkham of Fisher, MN, where she was raised and educated. She married Lester E. Samuelson on August 20, 1949, at the Fisher Lutheran Church. Throughout their life together they resided in...
Cyril Benoit
Mar 18, 2015
Cyril Joseph "Cy" Benoit, 88, of Gentilly, MN, died Wednesday morning, March 18, 2015, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston with his wife, Darlene, and other family members at his side. Cy was born on the family farm near Gentilly, MN on March 21, 1926, the son of Louis E. and Rose (Chouinard) Benoit. He was baptized and confirmed...
Arturo Rocha
Mar 18, 2015
Arturo "Art" Rocha, 89, of Fisher, MN, died Wednesday morning, March 18, 2015, at the Senior Living Center in McIntosh, MN, with several of his family members at his bedside. Art was born at Maxwell, TX on May 27, 1925, one of six children of the union of Merced and Lorenza (Cordova) Rocha. He grew up in San Marcus, TX...
Eleanor Johnson
Mar 18, 2015
Eleanor Johnson, 99, of Crookston, MN, died peacefully Wednesday morning, March 18, 2015, at the Villa St. Vincent, with her family at her side. Florence Eleanor Ueland was born on November 26, 1915 in Nielsville, MN, the daughter of Kalmer and Selma (Hanson) Ueland. While growing up on the farm near Shelly, MN she attended a nearby country school, and...
William Stromsodt
Mar 7, 2015
William Michael Stromsodt was welcomed into Heaven early Saturday morning, March 7, 2015 and is now watching over his very loving and heart-broken mom and dad, Laura Ann (Reiter) Stromsodt and Nicholas Scott Stromsodt of Fisher, MN. He is also watching over his grandparents: Craig and Cathy Reiter of Elgin, MN and Scott and Teresa Stromsodt of Bismarck, ND; great-grandparents:...
Rodney Spokely
Mar 4, 2015
Rodney Alexander Spokely, 71, of Climax, MN, died Wednesday morning, March 4, 2015, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND with his family by his side. He had been battling ill health for several months. Rodney was born in Crookston, MN on August 20, 1943, one of four children of the union of Francis and Thelma (Bratteli) Spokely. He grew up...
Michael Marschall
Mar 4, 2015
Michael Dean Marschall, 57, of Fisher, MN , died peacefully late Wednesday evening, March 4, 2015, at the Essentia Hospital in Fargo, ND, with family at his side. Michael was born at Minot, ND on July 7, 1957, one of four sons of the union of Elloide and JoAnn (Schmidt) Marschall. He grew up on the family's farm near Max,...
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