Karen Longtin
May 28, 2004
Karen Helen Longtin was born on May 30, 1948 to Carl and Mabel (Christenson) Torkelson in Fosston, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plummer, MN. She attended school in Trail, Oklee, and Plummer. Karen was united in marriage to Don Longtin on June 4, 1966 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plummer. The...
Hilda Cleven
May 27, 2004
Hilda Cleven, 95, died Friday, May 21, 2004 at St. Francis Hospital, Broken Arrow, OK. Hilda was born January 3, 1909 Grygla, MN, the daughter of Carl and Anna (Evans) Olson, where she grew up and attended country school. On May 8, 1926 she was united in marriage to Hans Cleven in Grygla, MN. The couple made their home...
Carlyle Askeland
May 27, 2004
Carlyle Askeland, 91, died Sunday, May 23, 2004 at Northwest Medical Center, Thief River Falls, MN. Carlyle Askeland was born July 30, 1912 in Benville Township, Beltrami County, MN, the son of Sivert and Martha (Olson) Askeland. He was baptized and confirmed at Valle Lutheran Church. He grew up and attended Dalos Country School. On October 28, 1949, Carlyle...
Clifford Kalmoereverend
May 26, 2004
The Reverend Clifford Kalmoe, 86, died Sunday, May 23, 2004 at Northwest Medical Center, Thief River Falls, MN. Clifford Leroy Kalmoe was born to Emma (Hilden) and Hjalmar Kalmoe on June 19, 1917 in Milan, MN. He was a graduate of Montevideo High School, St. Olaf College and Luther Seminary. While attending Luther Seminary, Cliff met his wife of...
Leroy Sustad
May 26, 2004
LeRoy W. Sustad, 83, Viking, MN died Friday, May 21, 2004 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Warren, MN. LeRoy William Sustad was born February 2, 1921, son of the late Henry and Tillie (Tangquist) Sustad at the home of his grandparents Olaf and Sarah (Sjostedt) Sustad farm near Viking. He attended the Swedish Mission Church now known as...
Louis Ledoux
May 26, 2004
Louis Nelson LeDoux, 84, Thief River Falls passed away in his sleep, Thursday, May 20, 2004 at his apartment. Nelson was born at Caribou, MN, September 29, 1919, to Alfred and Mary (Kareskevich) LeDoux. In 1928, the family moved to Karlstad, where Nelson attended the Karlstad Public School. Nelson spent some time working in Chicago, IL, Houston, TX, Tioga,...
Douglas Nordby
May 25, 2004
Douglas Nordby, 63, died on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River Falls, MN, after a long battle with cancer. Douglas Allen Nordby was born on November 2, 1940 in Thief River Falls, MN, the son of Curtis A. and Alice (Warne) Nordby. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith and attended school...
Fern Kopecky
May 24, 2004
Fern Kopecky, 73, died on Thursday, May 20, 2004 at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River Falls, MN. Fern Evangeline Kleven was born on July 7, 1930 in Kennedy, Minnesota, the daughter of Lars and Mary (Hedlund) Kleven. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith and attended rural Alvarado area schools, graduating from Alvarado High School in...
Christine Bothum
May 19, 2004
Christine Bothum, 102, died on Friday, May 14, 2004 at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River Falls, MN from complications after surgery.. Christine was born on September 26, 1901 at Beaton in Deerwood Township, Kittson County. She was the last survivor of the pioneer family of Barney and Martha (Langve) Bothum. She attended the Beaton School, and in 1911...
Dennis Erickson
May 19, 2004
Dennis Erickson, 65, died on Thursday, May 13, 2004, near Springfield, MO, as a result of an automobile accident. Dennis Henry Erickson was born on February 13, 1939 in Warren, MN, the son of Edward and Ethel (Thorsell) Erickson. He attended school in Argyle, MN, graduating from Argyle High School. Dennis was united in marriage to Marlys Hall on...
Dorothy Fournier
May 18, 2004
OBITUARY FOR DOROTHY FOURNIER OKLEE, MN JOHNSON FUNERAL SERVICE, OKLEE, MN Dorothy Fournier, 72, died on Thursday, May 13, 2004 at Innovis Hospital in Fargo, ND. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Oklee, MN with Father John Kleinwachter presiding. Burial will be at St....
Elsie Aune
May 17, 2004
Ingrid Elsie Sophia Carlson was born on November 26, 1925 in Warren, MN the daughter of Alfred and Anna (Jonsson) Carlson, immigrants from Sweden. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith at Thief Lake Lutheran Church. Elsie attended Shady Nook School in Como Township and graduated from Middle River High School in 1943 as the Valedictorian. On...
Myrtle Nelson
May 17, 2004
Myrtle Askeland was born on November 12, 1916 at home in Benville Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota, the daughter of Sivert and Martha (Olson) Askeland. She was baptized and confirmed at Valle Lutheran Church and attended Fairview Country School. Myrtle was united in marriage to Vernon LeRoy Nelson on August 29, 1943 at the parsonage in Grygla. The couple farmed...
Nels Hendrickson
May 15, 2004
Nels Peter Hendrickson was born on July 3, 1912 in Spruce Grove Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota, the son of Frank J. and Mary Inga (Blodstrom) Hendrickson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended school in Minnie Township, Beltrami County. He worked at a Floor Covering Company in Minneapolis, MN for 27 years, from 1961 to...
Sebastian Cooley
May 12, 2004
Sebastian James Terrence Cooley was born September 7, 2001, in Grand Forks, ND, the son of James Terrence Cooley Jr. and Renae Ann (Slininger) Cooley. Sebastian lived in Thief River Falls, MN until October 17, 2003 when he was diagnosed with cancer. He has spent the remainder of his life at St. Marys Hospital and at his new home...
Clarice Knott
May 12, 2004
Clarice Ann Schmitz was born August 20, 1932 in Crookston, MN the daughter of John and Anna (Pahlen) Schmitz. She was baptized August 28, 1932 at St. Marys Catholic Church, Red Lake Falls, MN and confirmed June 18, 1944 at St. Marys Catholic Church, Red Lake Falls, MN. Clarice attended 1st through 8th grades at St. Josephs School, Red...
Kyle Myhre
May 11, 2004
Kyle Myhre, 18, died Friday, May 7, 2004 in an automobile accident near Red Lake Falls, MN. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at the Lafayette High School in Red Lake Falls, MN with Rev. Gary Graff officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Red Lake Falls, MN. Visitation will be...
Marjorie Persson
May 10, 2004
Marjorie was born March 28, 1927 in Bagley, MN to A.J. (Kelly) & Molly Moran. She attended school in Red Lake Falls, MN graduating from Lafayette High School in 1946. Her lifes' love was dancing, teaching at Arthur Murray's in Minneapolis until marrying William Persson August 28th, 1951 at Red Lake Falls, MN. Always a devoted and loving wife,...
Evelyn Olson
May 8, 2004
Evelyn Marie Schear was born October 24, 1928 in Browns Creek Township, Red Lake County, MN, the daughter of Adam and Myrtle (Schultz) Schear. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. She grew up and attended rural school near Red Lake Falls. On June 5, 1951, Evelyn was united in marriage to Arthur C. Olson at Red...
Beverly Gustafson
May 7, 2004
Beverly Ann Haugen was born on February 6, 1939 in Pennington County, near Plummer, MN, the daughter of Gerhard Christian and Louisa Geneva Maria (Lennie) Haugen. She was baptized in April of 1939 at Clearwater Lutheran Church by Pastor Dahle and confirmed on May 23, 1954 at Trinity Lutheran Church by Pastor Jacobson. She attended Northrop and Knox Elementary...
