Obituaries

Aug 17, 2017

Wayne “Stumpy” Richard Mortenson, 73, of Lake Park, MN, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2017, at Sunnyside Care Center in Lake Park, MN. Wayne was born on December 31, 1943, to Fred and Gladys Larson Mortenson in Detroit Lakes, MN. Wayne grew up and attended schools in Ogema and Glyndon, MN. He moved to Lake Park with his parents...

Aug 15, 2017

June 28, 1928 - August 15, 2017

Age 89, Bettie peacefully passed on at Augustana Care - Emerald Crest in Minnetonka, MN. A previous resident of Moorhead, MN where she was the youngest daughter to Walter and Olga Fuller. Her three sisters Mary Henry, Edna Pierce and Ruth Egge preceded her in death. She married her high-school sweetheart Ralph Withnell...

Aug 15, 2017

Dona Hitterdal Olson Hadland, of Owatonna, formerly of Redwood Falls, passed away on August 15, 2017 at the age of 79 at Birchwood Cottage. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at Salem Lutheran Church in Hitterdal, MN. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 2:00. Interment will be at the...

Aug 15, 2017

Aug 15, 2017

Aug 14, 2017

Annette L. Winans Marty, 49 of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2017, at home under the care of family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Annette was born February 25, 1968, in Anoka, MN. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School. Following high school, she continued her education at Moorhead...

Aug 13, 2017

Aug 12, 2017

Aug 10, 2017

Gilberto Flores Castorena Jr., 64, of Moorhead, Minnesota, formerly of Eloy, Arizona and Twin Falls, Idaho died Thursday, August 10, 2017, at Sanford Health Medical Center, Fargo, North Dakota.

Gilberto Flores Castorena Jr. was born on July 22nd, 1953 in Moorhead, Minnesota to Gilberto and Maria Castorena. He lived in Arizona, Iowa, and Idaho most of his life, but...

Aug 10, 2017

Aug 7, 2017

Leigh Johnson, 53, of Hawley, MN, died Monday, August 7, 2017, at Sanford Health in Fargo.

Leigh Anthony Johnson was born June 22, 1964, in Moorhead, MN, to Ronald and Colleen Fabre Johnson. He grew up and graduated from high school in Hawley, MN. Leigh attended two years of college at Moorhead State University in the criminal justice program....

Aug 4, 2017

Duane Clayton Nelson was born on February 22, 1931, in Barnesville, MN, to Hartvig and Mabel Solum Nelson. He grew up on the family farm, attended country school until 8th grade and was a member of the Rollag Lutheran Church. He completed his high school education at Barnesville High School and the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston. Duane married...

Aug 3, 2017

Aug 1, 2017

Milton R. Opatril, 78, of Dilworth, MN, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017, at Lilac Homes, Moorhead, MN. Milton was born June 1, 1939, on his grandparent’s farm near Downer, MN, to Rudolph and Marie Kluck Opatril. He grew up on the family farm north of Hawley and graduated from Hawley High School in 1957. Following high school he farmed...

Aug 1, 2017

Mr. Jerome Thompson, 83, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore and Julia Nelson Thompson on November 27, 1933, the second of seven children.

Jerome was raised on a farm south-east of Rollag, MN, and at the age of twelve, his family moved to a farm south of Hawley. He worked on the Kasin farm and Jetvig farm. He also...

Jul 29, 2017

Jul 28, 2017

Jul 28, 2017

Dennis James McDonald, 50, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2017 in his home in Detroit Lakes. Dennis was born on December 12, 1966 to Lee and Thelma Hardy McDonald, in Orange County, CA.

No services are being held at this time.

Jul 27, 2017

Grace E. Nelson, 85, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Eventide in Moorhead.

Grace Elaine Johnson was born November 11, 1931, in Lisbon, ND, to Joseph and Olga Johnson. Grace loved to tell the story of how they celebrated the day she was born by shooting off a cannon at the Veteran’s Home in Lisbon-it was...

Jul 26, 2017

Betty Jean Holman, 88, of Marmarth, ND, died Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at Evergreens of Moorhead.

Betty Jean Austin was born August 2, 1928, in Bowman County, ND, to John and Edith Craig Austin. She grew up and attended school in Marmarth, ND. She was married to Ron Stuart and they had 6 sons together. On April 24, 1963, she...