Lelend Alvin Mikkelsen

Lelend Alvin Mikkelsen, age 13, of Dilworth, MN, passed away on Friday, March 14, 2025.

Lelend was born on April 26, 2011, in Fargo, ND, to Melissa Meier and Gene Mikkelsen. Lelend attended elementary school first at S.G. Reinertsen in Moorhead and then Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton where he discovered his love for playing basketball. He was currently attending Horizon Middle School in Moorhead where he enjoyed playing basketball for the Moorhead Basketball Association.

Lelend found great joy in his two favorite activities: playing basketball and fishing. He had an enormous love for his family and enjoyed many activities with them including ice fishing, camping, making s’mores around the campfire with his brother, Cayden, fishing off the dock in the summer, and cooking with his mom. He also enjoyed playing baseball on the Cal Ripken Baseball League for the Moorhead Baseball Association. He was a member of Cub Scout Pack 644 in Moorhead, was in the process of rejoining Pack 637 and had recently attended his first merit badge. Lelend enjoyed fun times with his best neighborhood friend, Aiden. His very best friend was his English springer spaniel, Milah. She was a faithful companion and comforting friend to Lelend.

Lelend will forever be missed by his loving family: his parents, Gene Mikkelsen and Melissa Meier; his siblings, Cayden Mikkelsen, Rylan Mikkelsen and Emma Mikkelsen; his grandparents, Brent and Sandee Mikkelsen and Clarence and Millie Meier; his bonus grandmother, Jayne Amoth; his great-grandparents, Floyd and Betty Mikkelsen; his aunts, Lexi (Jeff) Spiros and Mindy (Jamie) Brandenburg; his uncles, Gumpy Mikkelsen (Leanne), Mark (Sydney) Meier and Mathew Meier; several cousins, and his beloved dog, Milah.

He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Bobby and Margaret Greeno, Bertha and Julius Meier and Alvin Amoth and Amelia Bergley.

Visitation will be Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 9:30 to 11:00 A.M., followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 A.M. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Moorhead, MN. Burial will be at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.