Obituaries

Jul 24, 2010

Nevada I. Softing, age 81, of Hawley, MN, died Saturday, July 24, 2010, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Nevada Iona Bratlien was born on March 23, 1929, to Oscar and Sophie Larson Bratlien in Parke Township. She attended rural school District #109 along with her two sisters and brother. On May 14, 1947, she married Orvis Softing at the Hawley...

Jul 23, 2010

Private family services to be held.

Jul 19, 2010

Grace was born October 15, 1915, to Louis and Marie Osborne in Mahtowa, MN, where she grew up and attended school. On June 19, 1936, she married Robert Erickson in Duluth, MN. Together they lived in numerous places before settling in Moorhead. Grace worked at Concordia College for several years. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the...

Jul 17, 2010

Mae was born May 30, 1927, to Elmer and Alma Jellum Ellingson in Hamden Township, Becker County, MN. She attended rural schools and grew up in the Lake Park area. Mae worked at various jobs in Detroit Lakes before her marriage to Lyle Johnson on June 10, 1950, in Lake Park. Together they farmed north of Lake Park. Lyle died...

Jul 16, 2010

Joseph Michael Prosby, Jr., formerly of Felton, MN, died Friday, July 16, 2010, after a long illness. he was surrounded by his loving family. Joe was born May 27, 1928, on the family farm to Joseph Sr. and Isbelle Prosby. He attended school at Morken Township 22 West, graduated from Moorhead High School, and studied mechanics at Dunwoody Institute in...

Jul 16, 2010

Eula D. Davis, age 90, of Moorhead, MN, died Friday, July 16, 2010, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN.Eula Delena Rea was born on October 20, 1919, to Everett and Hattie Tucker Rea in Glyndon, MN. She grew up and attended school in Glyndon, graduating from Glyndon High School in 1937. On November 1, 1945, she married Roy Davis in...

Jul 15, 2010

Kevin G. Bowser, age 55, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, MN. Kevin Grant Bowser was born on January 29, 1955, to Lawrence Sr. and Ferne Francis Bowser in Fullerton, CA. He grew up and attended school in California and Idaho. In 1982, he was married in Dilworth, MN, to the mother of...

Jul 2, 2010

Ronn was born March 18, 1957, in Moorhead, MN, to Roy and Aileen Meyer Malakowsky. He grew up on the family farm north of Hawley and attended school in Hitterdal and later in Hawley where he graduated from high school. After high school in continued his education and graduated from North Dakota State University. After college Ronn was offered a...

Jun 29, 2010

Magnus Alvin "Al" Bjornson, 82 of Barnesville, MN died on June 29, 2010. Al was born in Grand Forks, ND on October 11, 1927 to Sig and Freda Bjornson. He had an older brother, Fred; a younger brother, Darrell; and a younger sister, Lois. He attended school in Grand Forks, ND and graduated from high school in Moorhead in 1945...

Jun 28, 2010

Isabell A. Remore, age 79, of Moorhead, MN, died June 28, 2010, in MeritCare Hospital, Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Isabell Antionette Olson was born December 9, 1930, in Ward County, ND, to Edward Sr. and Gladys Putney Olson. The family moved to Roseau, MN, and later Moorhead, MN, where Isabell has since resided. She received her GED in 1981,...

Jun 28, 2010

Ed was born on November 19, 1917, on a farm near Sabin, MN, to Erick Amatus and Elise Marie Erickson. He was baptized on December 17, 1917, at Bethesda Lutheran Church, Moorhead, MN. At the age of 6, he started school at Clearview School unable to speak much English since his father came from Sweden and his mother came from...

Jun 26, 2010

Jun 21, 2010

Orval M. Hurner, 79, Moorhead, MN, died on Monday, June 21, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Orval was born on March 4, 1931, in Moorhead, MN, to Fred and Crystal Mart Hurner. He grew up on the family farm northwest of Glyndon, MN. He attended school in a one room schoolhouse in Morken Township, District 22 West, and then attended...

Jun 21, 2010

Charles E. "Chuck" Johnson, 61, Fargo, ND, died on Monday, June 21, 2010, in Omaha, Nebraska.Charles Earl Johnson was born on September 30, 1948, in Fargo, ND, to Earl and Lillian Krabbenhoft Johnson. He grew up and attended school in Hickson and Kindred, ND, graduating from Kindred High School in 1966. He served in the U.S. Navy, working in secure...

Jun 17, 2010

Dorothy was born November 15, 1931, in Lake Park, Minnesota to Ernest and Minnie Olson Nelson. She grew up and attended school in Lake Park, graduating from Lake Park High School. Dorothy moved to Virginia where she married Harvey Olson on June 20, 1952, at Camp Pickett, Virginia. They moved back to Lake Park in 1954 where they made their...

Jun 15, 2010

Irene was born October 10, 1923, to Stanley and Inga Pederson Jellum. The third of seven children, she was raised in Hamden Township and attended school in District 34 and Lake Park, MN. She married Wallace Nichols on September 10, 1942. They farmed north of Lake Park until purchasing a farm south of Audubon on Marshall Lake in 1949. Irene...

Jun 14, 2010

The family of Norris Pettersen wishes you to know that Norris passed away peacefully June 14, 2010 in Fargo, North Dakota. Norris was born April 11, 1915 in Superior, Wisconsin. He was married to June Doran Pettersen and lived for many years in Hawley, MN. Prior to June's death, June and Norris celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary. Norris is survived...

Jun 13, 2010

Allen was born February 17, 1944, to Roy and Alice Anderson Sellers in Detroit Lakes, MN. He grew up and attended school in Lake Park, MN. Allen then worked various jobs before he began his career in sales. He found his niche in selling siding. On May 10, 1963, he married Joyce Happel. Together they lived in Moorhead and Detroit...

Jun 11, 2010

Irene Beatrice Setran was born on June 22, 1917, in Badger, MN, to I.B. and Bertina Broten Setran. She grew up in Badger, graduating High School as an honor student. Irene married Justin Swenson on June 15, 1936 in Badger, MN. They lived in various cities in southern Minnesota, before moving to Moorhead, MN, where Justin was the Superintendent of...

Jun 11, 2010

Bernice J. Gorden, 92, of Moorhead, MN formerly Glyndon, MN, died on Friday, June 11, 2010, at Eventide Lutheran Home.Bernice Berg was born on November 29, 1917 on the Litchville, ND farm home of her parents, John and Karen Brodskift Berg. Her formal education went through 8th grade at the Litchville Township Country School, but her 'living education' stretched out...