Obituaries

Victoria Wilken

Victoria Wilken

Mar 24, 2013

Victoria Marie Wilken, age 96, of Fisher, MN, died peacefully early Sunday morning, March 24, 2013, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Victoria was born on April 27, 1916 at Fisher, and was one of 9 children of the union of August and Lydia (Beiswenger) Ross. She grew up on the family farm, was baptized and confirmed at the...

Edna Sauve

Edna Sauve

Mar 24, 2013

Edna Mae Sauve, age 88 of Osceola died on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at the Comforts of Home in St. Croix Falls. Edna was born on July 16, 1924 at Crookston, Minnesota to parents, Melvin and Edna (Kiefer) Avelsgaard. She attended Crookston Schools through the eighth grade. Edna married Wilfred J. Sauve at Crookston on July 16, 1941. She worked...

David Doda

David Doda

Mar 23, 2013

David Allen Doda, 44, of Bismarck, ND, and a Crookston, MN native, died unexpectedly in Bismarck on Saturday, March 23, 2013. David was born at Crookston on August 29, 1968, and was the son of Donald and Jean (Sweningson) Doda. He grew up on the family farm in Parnell Township, was baptized and confirmed at St. Dorothy's Catholic Church at...

Lilah Tiedeman

Lilah Tiedeman

Mar 21, 2013

Lilah Mae Tiedeman, 85, of Crookston, MN, died in her home Thursday, March 21, 2013. Lilah was born at Crookston on October 20, 1927, the daughter of Albert and Vella (Burkhardt) Menard. She attended grade school at St. Joseph's Academy and graduated from Crookston Central High School in 1945. While in high school, Lilah worked at Eagle Drug. She was...

Robert Winand

Robert Winand

Mar 16, 2013

Robert Louis Winand, age 78, Crookston, MN, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at his home in Crookston, surrounded by his loving family. Robert was born on November 26, 1934 in Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania, son of Walter and Pauline (Fridinger) Winand. He grew up and attended rural schools in Pennsylvania and entered the US Army, serving from 1958-1959 and...

Bob Delaney

Bob Delaney

Mar 13, 2013

THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROBERT DELANEY HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013, AT 2:00 PM, WITH VISITATION FOR ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. Robert "Bob" Delaney, age 83, of Crookston, MN, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Bob was born on February 20, 1930 in Devils Lake, ND, son...

Wayne Strickler

Wayne Strickler

Mar 8, 2013

Wayne L. Strickler, 67, of Red Lake Falls, MN, died March 8th, 2013, at Sanford Health with family by his side, following a battle with cancer. The son of Bennie and Margaret Strickler, Wayne was born July 1st, 1945 in Rochester, MN. He was raised on the family farm near Euclid, MN where he worked as a young adult. As...

Donald Osborne

Donald Osborne

Feb 28, 2013

Donald A. Osborne, age 80, of Crookston, MN, died Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the Villa St Vincent in Crookston. Donald was born on April 2, 1932 in Madelia, MN, son of George and Mae (Rooney) Osborne. He was raised and educated at Madelia, graduating from Madelia High School in 1951. He graduated from the Minnesota School of Business and...

Doris Krause

Doris Krause

Feb 25, 2013

Doris Jean Krause, age 80, of Crookston, MN, died peacefully at her home late Monday evening, February 25, 2013. Members of her loving family had been her faithful caregivers for several months during her final illness. Doris was born at Crookston on September 27, 1932, and was the daughter of Harry and Anna (Kaiser) Herberg. She was raised on the...

Rev. Orlin Ness

Rev. Orlin Ness

Feb 23, 2013

The Rev. Orlin E. Ness, age 87, of Crookston, MN, and a Fisher, MN native, went to be with the Lord on Saturday afternoon, February 23, 2013, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston. Orlin Ness was born on his parents farm near Fisher, MN, on August 19, 1925; the first-born of two sons of the union of...

Eugene Panzer

Eugene Panzer

Feb 21, 2013

Eugene Ralph "Gene" Panzer, age 95, a longtime Crookston, MN resident, died peacefully Thursday afternoon, February 21, 2013, at the Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, MN. Gene was born in Crookston on January 31, 1918, and was the son of Frank and Mabel (Johnson) Panzer. He attended Crookston Public Schools and graduated from Central High School in 1936. Gene...

Charles Holmquist

Charles Holmquist

Feb 20, 2013

Charles P. "Chuck" Holmquist, age 80, of Crookston, MN, died at his home Wednesday afternoon, February 20, 2013, with his wife, Maxine, at his side. Chuck was born at Hallock, MN on December 27, 1932, the youngest of 7 children of the union of Victor and Emma (Olson) Holmquist. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and received...

Dale Watnemo

Dale Watnemo

Feb 18, 2013

Dale Stuart Watnemo, 64, of Crookston, MN, died peacefully Monday afternoon, February 18, 2013, at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, with his family at his side. Dale had been diagnosed with cancer just three weeks ago. He was born at Fosston, MN on April 22, 1948, one of two sons of the union of Vergil and Mavis (Paulson)...

Orella Rustad

Orella Rustad

Feb 15, 2013

Orella E. Rustad, 93, a lifelong Crookston resident, died Friday afternoon, February 15, 2013 at RiverView Health in Crookston, with her family at her side. Orella Hedberg was born on October 4, 1919 at Gentilly, MN, daughter of Henry and Delia (Patnode) Hedberg. She grew up at Gentilly and Duluth, settling in the Red Lake Falls (MN) area. She was...

Emily Jobe

Emily Jobe

Feb 5, 2013

Emily Jobe, age 89, of Cambridge, MN, and a longtime Crookston, MN resident, passed away Tuesday afternoon, February 5, 2013, at the Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, with her family at her side. Emily was born near East Grand Forks, MN on February 10, 1923, and was one of eight children of the union of William and Mathilda (Kopecky) Kluzak....

Marjorie Holmes

Marjorie Holmes

Feb 3, 2013

Marjorie Ann Holmes, age 68, Winger, formerly Crookston, died Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Marjorie Ann Noah was born on July 26, 1944 in Crookston, daughter of Gabriel (Gib) & Agnes (Hanson) Noah. She grew up and was educated in Crookston, graduating from Cathedral High School. She moved to Minneapolis, where she worked...

Donald Strommen

Donald Strommen

Feb 2, 2013

Donald James Strommen, age 83, Crookston, died Saturday morning, February 2nd at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Donald was born on February 15, 1929 in Crookston, son of Olaf and Thelma (Ness) Strommen. He was baptized and confirmed at the Sand Hill Lutheran Church at rural Climax. He grew up and was educated at Climax, MN, graduating from high...

Sister Carmella Buckley

Sister Carmella Buckley

Jan 30, 2013

Sister Carmella Buckley, 99, died at Villa Saint Vincent on Wednesday, January 30. Florence Mary Buckley was born in Pine City, MN, the second of nine children in the family of William and Mary Agnes (McPhillips) Buckley. She began grade school at age five in the Pine City Public School. In 1919, the family moved to Bagley, MN where she...

Scott Proulx

Scott Proulx

Jan 29, 2013

Scott John Proulx, age 31, Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at his residence in Moorhead. Scott was born on November 15, 1981 in Crookston, MN, son of John and Janice (Fetsch) Proulx. He grew up and was educated in the Crookston (MN) area, graduating from Crookston High School in 2000. He then attended St. Cloud State University, where...

Mildred Overgaard

Mildred Overgaard

Jan 29, 2013

Mildred Myerchin Overgaard, 95, of Crookston, MN, died peacefully early Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013, at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston with family at her bedside. Mildred was born in Grand Forks, ND on November 19, 1917 to Albert and Roseanne (Burton) Jeffrey. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith and grew up on the...