Kenneth Lessard
Jan 17, 2004
Charles Kenneth Lessard was born on October 17, 1934 in Lambert Township, near Oklee, MN, the son of Charles and Rose (Asselin) Lessard. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and attended Rural Country School and Oklee High School in Oklee, MN. Kenny was united in marriage to Louise Linnertz on October 17, 1956 at...
Carol Ellingson
Jan 17, 2004
Carol Jean Ellingson, 67, died on Thursday, January 15, 2004 at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River Falls, MN. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at Oak Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Thief River Falls, MN with Reverend Luther Peterson officiating. Burial will be in Lanstad Cemetery, Sanders Township, Pennington County, MN. Visitation will...
Walter Katschke
Jan 10, 2004
Walter Alexander Katschke was born May 17, 1930 at Denham, IN, the son of Alexander and Bessie (Pelsor) Katschke. He grew up and attended school at Denham. He entered the United States Army on July 17, 1947 and was honorably discharged December 23, 1949. On May 19, 1968, Walter was united in marriage to Willadean Bope at Hobart, IN....
Irving Easthouse
Jan 10, 2004
Irving Sidney Easthouse was born on November 11, 1923 in Duluth, MN, the son of Ole and Anne Johanna (Tollefson) Easthouse. He was baptized on July 30, 1959 at Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, which was affiliated with First Lutheran Church in Goodridge. He attended Goodridge School, graduating from Goodridge High School in 1942. He volunteered to...
Reuben Wordelman
Jan 10, 2004
Reuben Elmer Wordelman was born February 6, 1907, in Amboy, Minnesota, the son of Max and Katherine (Schaeffer) Wordelman. He graduated from the Wells High School and attended North Central College, Naperville, IL. He married Evelyn Miller on June 18, 1930. The couple lived in Spring Valley. He worked at First National Bank, then became a Bank Examiner and...
Wallace Tieman
Jan 6, 2004
Wallace Tieman was born April 2, 1910 at Kratka Township, Pennington County, MN, the son of Barney and Caroline (Golberg) Tieman. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith at Bethany Lutheran Church. He grew up and attended country school, Meadowlark District 41, and attended Hanson Automotive School, where he learned auto mechanics. In the early 1930s he...
Ralph Long
Jan 3, 2004
Ralph Long was born September 13, 1927 in Thief River Falls, the son of William Ward and Melvina Billie (Comstock) Long. He served in the US Navy during WWII, 1944-1946. He attended the University of North Dakota 1946-1948. He married Lucille Minnette in 1946 in Fertile, MN. They divorced in 1953. He married Joyce Mary Schoner in June 1954...
Arne Kvasager
Jan 3, 2004
Arne Lars Kvasager was born March 22, 1932, at Oklee, MN, the son of Olav and Kathrine (Mandt) Kvasager. He was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church. He grew up and attended rural school and graduated from Oklee High School in 1950. He served in the United States Army from July 21, 1953 until his honorable discharge on...
Inga Shetler
Jan 3, 2004
Inga L. Gulseth was born on April 12, 1905 in Poplar Grove Township, Roseau County, Minnesota the daughter of Alex and Marie (Kirkholt) Gulseth. She attended county schools in Roseau, Marshall and Clay Counties and was baptized and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls. On December 12, 1928 she was united in marriage to Ralph Waldo...
Verna Wold
Jan 3, 2004
Verna Dorothy Johnson was born on January 12, 1913 in North Township, Pennington County, MN, the daughter of Renold and Hilda (Storing) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith and attended grade school in Pennington County, graduating from Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls. Following High School Verna attended Aakers Business College in Grand Forks,...
Arnold Bjorgaard
Dec 31, 2003
Arnold Oliver Bjorgaard was born on October 12, 1921 in Argyle, MN, the son of Oscar and Ethel (Jorgenson) Bjorgaard. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith and attended school in Alma Township. Arnold entered the United States Army on August 28, 1942 and was Honorably Discharged on October 9, 1945. He was in the European and...
Louis Zutz, Jr.
Dec 31, 2003
Louis Zutz, Jr. was born on March 28, 1929 in Wylie Township, the son of Louis and Frieda (Busse) Zutz, Sr. He was baptized in April of 1929 and confirmed in April of 1944. He attended Black River School. Louis was in the National Guard from 1945-1951. He served in Korea from February 10, 1951 to January 20, 1953....
Grace Busse
Dec 30, 2003
Grace Ellen Wold was born March 30, 1937 in Thief River Falls, MN, the daughter of Ingvald and Minnie (Efteland) Wold. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith and attended Lincoln High School, Thief River Falls. On February 2, 1974, Grace was united in marriage to George Busse at Thief River Falls, MN. She was employed at...
Raymond Wicks
Dec 27, 2003
Raymond Buster Melvin Wicks was born on December 13, 1914 in Plummer, MN, the son of Paul and Ida (Lundquist) Wicks. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith by Father Patnode and attended Country School near Plummer. He served in the United States Air Force from 1941 to 1944. Raymond was united in marriage to Bernyce Asselin...
June Borgen
Dec 26, 2003
June McCann was born on June 9, 1926 in Thief River Falls, MN, the daughter of Mike and Johana (Thompson) McCann. She attended school in Thief River Falls and Fairbault, MN, for the deaf. On March 17, 1946, June was united in marriage to Floyd Borgen, Sr. in Thief River Falls. The couple moved to Libby, MT for a...
Shirley Austad
Dec 23, 2003
Shirley Tudy Efteland Austad, 60, died Thursday, December 19, 2002 at Northwest Medical Center, Thief River Falls, MN. Funeral service will be 10:30 AM, Monday, December 23, 2002 at Zion Lutheran Church, Thief River Falls, MN, with Reverend Gary Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Thief River Falls, MN. Visitation will be 4 " 8 PM, Sunday,...
Harold Swanson
Dec 23, 2003
Harold Swanson, 77, died on Friday, December 19, 2003 at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River Falls, MN. Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, MN with Reverend Mark Helgeland officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Thief River Falls, MN. Visitation will be from 4:00...
Ruth Nepper
Dec 22, 2003
Ruth Leora (Miller) Nepper, 77, died December 18, 2003 at her home surrounded by the love of her children following a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be 10:00 AM, Monday, December 22, 2003, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Thief River Falls, MN, with Rev. John Wollenzien officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Thief River Falls, MN. Visitation...
Norman Johnson
Dec 20, 2003
Norman Wallace Johnson was born December 21, 1918 at Benwood, MN son of the late John O. and Elsa E. (Puttbrese) Johnson. He was baptized in the Lutheran Faith and confirmed at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Badger. He attended school in Willmar, MN, Benwood, MN, and graduated from Badger High School in 1936. He entered the US Army and...
Jane Anderson
Dec 20, 2003
Charlette Jane Dahle was born December 28, 1944 in Thief River Falls, MN, the daughter of Ervin and Alice (Stigen) Dahle. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church and later confirmed in the Catholic Faith. In 1962, Jane graduated from Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls. In 1962, Jane married Gene Hoglo. Gene passed away on...
