Obituaries
Merle Lundeen
Dec 19, 2003
Merle LuVerne Lundeen was born December 25, 1933, in Deer Park Township, MN, the son of Emil and Luella (Urdahl) Lundeen. He was baptized and confirmed at Oak Park Lutheran Church. He attended Oak Park Country School. He also attended the Crookston Agricultural College. Merle served in the United States Air Force from 1955 until his honorable discharged in...
Genevieve Lane
Dec 17, 2003
Genevieve Ione Peterson was born July 10, 1929 in Grand Forks, ND, the daughter of Ludvig P. and Myrtle L. (Jahr) Peterson. The family moved to Sanders Township, rural Thief River Falls in 1934. On June 9, 1947, Genevieve was united in marriage to Burton Lane at Thief River Falls. The couple lived and farmed in the Thief River...
Tim Breiland
Dec 14, 2003
Tilmer Tim Loren Breiland was born on August 6, 1922 in Kratka Township, the son of Andrew Simon and Mable Christine (Olsen) Breiland. He was baptized and confirmed at Ebenezer Lutheran Church and attended Country School. On October 18, 1944 he was united in marriage to Goldie Finstad at St. Hilaire, MN. Tim farmed with his brother, Kenny, on...
Alice Peterson
Dec 12, 2003
Alice O. Peterson, 92, died on Saturday, December 6, 2003 at Northwest Medical Center, CNC Unit, Thief River Falls, MN. Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. on Friday, December 12, 2003 at Grace Lutheran Church in Grygla, MN with Reverend Mary Ronning officiating. Burial will be in St. Olaf Cemetery, rural Grygla. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to...
Teresa Jensen
Dec 10, 2003
Teresa Jensen, 53, died on Friday, December 5, 2003 at her home in Thief River Falls, MN. Funeral services will be at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at Ekelund Lutheran Church, rural Goodridge, MN with Reverend Bob Dahlen officiating. Burial will be in Highlanding Cemetery, Pennington County, MN. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M....
Wanda Hillyer
Dec 9, 2003
Wanda Jean Hillyer, 47, died on Thursday, December 4, 2003 at Innovis Hospital in Fargo, ND. Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, MN with Reverend Gary Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Thief River Falls, MN. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to...
Norman Hanson
Dec 5, 2003
Norman Hanson was born November 26, 1923 in Star Township, Pennington County, MN, the son of Gilbert and Julia (Kriel) Hanson. He was baptized and confirmed at Nazareth Lutheran Church near Trail, MN. He attended District 167 Country School and also attended school in Goodridge. Norman was united in marriage to MaDonna Lundeen, October 19, 1949 at Oak Park...
Harold Donaldson
Dec 2, 2003
Harold Donaldson was born January 21, 1934 at Strandquist, MN, the son of James and Nicholina (Rust) Donaldson. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith. He grew up and attended school at Strandquist. In 1951, Harold entered and served in the United States Air Force and was honorably discharged on July 31, 1959. On June 29, 1957,...
Donald Appel
Dec 1, 2003
Donald Jerome Appel was born August 29, 1925, near Holt, MN, the son of Peter and Mathilda (Metzler) Appel. He grew up and attended Oak Grove rural school near Thief River Falls and Woodrow Wilson School near Goodridge, MN. On October 5, 1951, Donald was united in marriage to Neva Langworthy in Thief River Falls. He served in the...
Esther Page
Dec 1, 2003
Esther Grandbois was born December 20, 1906 in Red Lake County, MN the daughter of Felix and Elizabeth (Gedde) Grandbois. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Marys Catholic Church, Red Lake Falls, MN. Esther graduated St. Hilaire High School and completed Normal Teachers Training in Red Lake Falls where she taught at the District 4 Delorme School. On...
Clifford Hegge
Nov 29, 2003
Clifford Raymond Hegge was born on December 17, 1914 in Adams, MN, the son of Klemmet and Rachel (Hippe) Hegge. The family moved to Eldred, MN when Clifford was six years old. He was baptized in Adams, MN and confirmed in Eldred, MN. He attended the Rural 1st Consolidated School in Minnesota at Eldred, MN. Clifford worked on large...
Lance Peterson
Nov 26, 2003
Lance Robert Peterson was born on September 4, 1947 in Thief River Falls, MN, the son of Robert and Carla (Rambeck) Peterson. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Bethany Lutheran Church and attended school in Thief River Falls, graduating from Lincoln High School in 1965. Following High School he worked at Arctic Cat. He was...
"Bud" Glass
Nov 22, 2003
Verner Bud Glass was born on February 2, 1934 in Crookston, MN, the son of Verner L. and Elaine (Hellum) Glass. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Dorothys Catholic Church in Dorothy, MN and attended Lafayette High School in Red Lake Falls. He entered the United States Army on January 22, 1953 and served in Korea. He was...
George Dessellier
Nov 18, 2003
George Dessellier was born on November 27, 1931 in Oklee, MN, the son of Andrew and Alexina (Carriere) Dessellier. He was raised and attended school in Oklee. George was baptized and confirmed in St. Frances Xavier Catholic Church. He served his country during the Korean War where he found a life long friend Porter Popple. On November 10, 1954...
Philmore Nilson
Nov 15, 2003
Philmore Nilson was born November 2, 1913, at Strathcona, MN, the son of Gottfrid and Naemi (Fernstrom) Nilson. He was baptized December 3, 1913 at the Lutheran Church in Strathcona and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith at Warroad, MN and graduated from Warroad High School in 1932. Philmore worked as a pipefitter in the shipyard at Seneca, IL, where...
Francis Neys
Nov 13, 2003
Francis Neys, 84, died on Sunday, November 09, 2003 in the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine, MN. Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 AM, on Thursday, November 13, 2003 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Brooks, MN with Father Lawrence Wagner presiding. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery of Brooks, MN. Visitation will be...
Raymond Chaput
Nov 12, 2003
Raymond Chaput was born December 11, 1922 at Olga, ND, the son of Albert and Antoinette (Marcelin) Chaput. He was baptized and confirmed into the Catholic Faith. He grew up and attended country school. On November 27, 1942, Raymond was united in marriage to Lorraine Einerson in North Dakota. He moved to Minnesota in 1948 and settled in Lambert...
Arlen Overbye
Nov 12, 2003
OBITUARY FOR ARLEN OVERBYE LAKEVILLE formerly of THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA JOHNSON-GREEN FUNERAL SERVICE, THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN Arlen Overbye, 53, died on Saturday, November 8, 2003 in rural Goodridge while deer hunting. Funeral Services will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at Zion Lutheran Church, Thief River Falls, MN with Rev. Gary Johnson officiating. Burial will be...
Darlene Freyholtz
Nov 12, 2003
Darlene Freyholtz, 68, died Saturday, November 8, 2003 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Plummer, MN, with Reverend Frank Ehling officiating. Burial will be at Emardville Cemetery, Emardville Township, Red Lake County, MN. Visitation will be 5 " 8 PM, Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at...
Duane Holland
Nov 12, 2003
Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, MN with Reverend Dennis Raymond officiating. There will be a 7:00 P.M. prayer service at Zion Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Thief River Falls on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 and visitation at the church for one hour prior to...
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