Obituaries
Peggy (Yon) Bray
Nov 25, 2022
Peggy (Yon) Bray, 86, Portland, OR passed away on November 25, 2022 with her family by her side.
Peggy worked 31 years as a medical receptionist and retired in 1996. She had worked at the Clinic in Crookston until her and Chico moved to Portland. May God be with Peggy (Yon) Bray.
Peggy is survived by her daughters; Shari Young...
James John "Jim" Lundon
Nov 24, 2022
James John “Jim” Lundon, 92, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Thanksgiving evening, November 24, 2022, with his loving family at his side.
Jim was born on September 10, 1930, on a farm in Hegne township of Norman County, between the towns of Hendrum and Ada, MN. The son of David and Mary (Cahalan) Lundon, Jim grew...
Kenneth Allen Ortiz
Nov 22, 2022
Kenneth Allen Ortiz, 57, of Crookston, MN passed away on November 22, 2022, at Sanford West in Fargo, ND.
Ken was born on November 24, 1964, in San Antonio, TX, to Adelaida “Ann” Ortiz. Ken grew up and attended school in Karnes City, TX. He enlisted in the US Army in 1984 and was honorably discharged in 1989....
Zona Danielita Kaml
Nov 22, 2022
Zona Danielita Kaml (Knox) was called home to rest on November 22, 2022. She passed away peacefully at home at the age of 63.
Zona was born on February 9, 1959, in Kalispell, Montana, to Mary Ann (Dunham) Mushel and Gerald “Jerry” Mushel. She was the third of four daughters. Her father later remarried, and Zona gained a loving...
Ruby Lynn Soft
Nov 13, 2022
On November 13th, 2022, Ruby Lynn Soft of Crookston, MN passed away into God’s grace after a difficult battle with chronic illness.
Ruby was born in Fort Yates, North Dakota, grew up in Mobridge, South Dakota, and spent her final years in Minnesota with her dearest friends. A warrior throughout her many trials and tribulations, she was only 57...
Rita Henriette Plante
Nov 7, 2022
Rita Henriette Plante (Desrosier) died on Nov. 7th 2022, in Fort Myers, FL at the age of 85.
Rita was born in Kertsonville Township, near Crookston, MN, on May 29, 1937, one of 8 children of the union of Albert and Stella (Perreault) Desrosier. The family farmed in the Kertsonville area until the death of Stella in 1955. ...
Sister Adeline Karels
Nov 6, 2022
Sister Adeline Karels, age 92, died on Sunday, November 6, 2022 at Villa Saint Vincent, Crookston.
Sister Adeline Karels was the second of five children of Marcus and Katherine (Kelzer) Karels. Though her parents baptized her Joanne Kathryn, she was called Annie.
Annie attended Saint Joseph’s School in Rosen, where she admired Sister Bernarda, her eighth-grade teacher....
Paul Jeffery Salentiny
Nov 3, 2022
Paul Jeffery Salentiny, 68, of Edinburg, ND, and a Euclid, MN native, passed away unexpectedly at his Edinburg home of natural causes Thursday, November 3, 2022.
Paul was born in Crookston, MN on November 19, 1953, the oldest of 6 children of the union of Peter and Elaine (Stinar) Salentiny. He grew up on the family farm...
Herbert Elmer Swift
Nov 2, 2022
Herb and his mirror image twin brother, Hubert, were born at DeLand, FL on May 4, 1926, to Thurman and Alma (Lunos) Swift. When they were just a few months old the family moved to rural Crookston. The Swift household would eventually grow to embrace 11 children. Herb was baptized and confirmed...
Arlene Lois Bushie
Oct 28, 2022
Arlene Lois Bushie, 83, of Crookston, MN, passed away Friday morning, October 28, 2022, at the Benedictine Living Community Crookston with family at her side. She had been bravely battling bouts of recurring cancer for many years.
Arlene was born in Twin Valley, MN on September 26, 1939, the daughter of Alfred and Ella (Olman) Slette. She...
Delores Vivian Schulz
Oct 15, 2022
Delores V. Schulz, 88, of Euclid, MN, passed away early Saturday morning, October 15, 2022, at home with her family by her side.
Delores Vivian Onsager was born on March 5, 1934, in Lengby, MN, to Ben and Alice (Dunning) Onsager. She attended country school in the Lengby area. She married Martin Schulz on November 11, 1955, at St....
Herman Joseph Prudhomme
Oct 14, 2022
Herman Joseph Prudhomme, 95, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully, on Friday, October 14, 2022, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, MN.
Herman was born on May 20, 1927, to Phillip and Regina (Sauve) Prudhomme in rural Crookston. He attended Country School District 256 through the 8th grade and a member of Church of Christ in Crookston, MN.
In...
Anita Louise Erickson
Oct 14, 2022
Anita Louise Erickson, 76, of Crookston, MN, passed away October 14, 2022, at the Benedictine Living Community Crookston with family members at her side to comfort her.
Anita was born at Hallock, MN on July 28, 1946, one of six children of the union of Morris and Florence (Hill) Sjostrand. She grew up on the family farm near Hallock, and...
Antoinette Olivine Lagasse
Oct 6, 2022
Antoinette Lagasse, Crookston, MN (formerly of Rolla, ND) died on October 6, 2022 at the age of 100. Antoinette, the second daughter of Arthur and Regina (Jalbert) Rivard, was born on March 8, 1922 in their farm home near Fir Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada. One week later, with her mother’s death, Antoinette was placed in the home of...
Elizabeth Ann Overgaard
Oct 5, 2022
Elizabeth “Betty Ann” Overgaard, 71, of Fargo, ND, passed away early Wednesday morning, October 5, 2022, at the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo with family at her side.
Betty was born in Crookston, MN on November 20, 1950. She was the second youngest of 6 children of the union of Orris Odin and Alice Erma (Thompson) Hegge. She grew up...
June Goodyke
Oct 2, 2022
June Goodyke, 98, of Crookston, MN, passed away on October 2, 2022, at the Benedictine Living Community Crookston.
June was born to John and Minnie (Brower) Geerts in Holland, Michigan on August 10, 1924. At only 13, she graduated from the Holland elementary school and began working at a local restaurant, became a neighborhood nanny, was employed at...
Isabel Maxine Tronson
Oct 1, 2022
Isabel Maxine (Gramer) Tronson passed away on October 1, 2022, surrounded by family, at the Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, MN. She was born on June 3, 1929, to Harold and Agnes (Strand) Gramer originally of Crookston. Isabel was raised by her grandparents, Richard and Karoline Strand following the death of her mother in 1930.
Isabel always...
Delores Smith Kurpius
Oct 1, 2022
Delores Smith Kurpius, 93, of Crookston, MN, passed away Saturday morning, October 1, 2022, at the Benedictine Living Community Crookston with family at her side.
Delores Mina Gullekson was born at Fertile, MN on June 23, 1929, 1 of 8 children of the union of Gordon and Mina (Kiltie) Gullekson. While growing up near Fertile she attended the...
Carole Marie Juvrud
Sep 30, 2022
Carole Marie Juvrud, 77, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Friday morning, September 30, 2022, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks.
Carole was born in Crookston on July 6, 1945, the daughter of Oren and Edna (Butenhoff) Seaton. She grew up with her 2 brothers in Crookston and was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Carole...
Sr. Rosella Dentz
Sep 30, 2022
Sister Rosella Dentz, age 98, died on September 30, 2022, at Villa Saint Vincent, Crookston, MN.
Sister Rosella, the first of five children of Albert Julius Dentz and Adelia Clare Laubach Dentz, was born September 5, 1924, into a loving, close, and strict Catholic family. She was baptized Rosella Julianna Dentz, in Saint Michael’s church, in Mahnomen, MN.
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