John Donald Christensen was born on August 29th, 1928 in Dawson, MN, to Carl and Nina (Gunlogson) Christensen. He attended country school through 8th grade and then graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1946. After high school, John received training as an auto mechanic. He enlisted in the Army and took his basic training in Georgia. He was sent to Korea during the war there and served as a mechanic. There he would become life-long friends with his “army buddy,” Glen...

Johnie Sturgeon, age 95, of Clarkfield, MN passed away on Friday, November 19th, 2021 at the Clarkfield Care Center. A Celebration of Life with military honors will be held on Saturday, June 18th, 2022 at 2 PM at Augustana Lutheran Church in Clarkfield, with visitation beginning at 1 PM. Interment will be in Fridhem Cemetery, rural Clarkfield. Johnie Leroy Sturgeon was born on January 20th, 1926 in Montevideo, MN to John and Rachel (Ogilvie) Sturgeon. His early years were spent on a farm...

Darlyne Elizabeth Breyfogle was born to Delbert and Elizabeth (Van De Veire) Breyfogle on November 24, 1941, the oldest of 10 children. She married Earl Berg and to this union five children were born: Natalie, Brenda, Richard, Timothy, and Scott. First John 4:16 states, “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” Darlyne stepped into eternity at 2:41 am on March 26, 2022 with...

Merle Hahn of Evansville, MN, formerly of Boyd, MN, passed away at the Evansville Care Center on Wednesday, May 25th, 2022, at the age of 95. Waiting to greet him was his wife of nearly 75 years, Arlene, who recently passed away on January 2nd of this year, and their son, Jerry, who passed away in 2018. Merle Henry Hahn was born on February 20, 1927, at Jamestown, ND. He was one of five children born to William and Dorothy (Kanzelman) Hahn. Merle was baptized into the Christian faith on...

Marcella “Marcy” (Friberg) Mikelson, age 101, of St. Peter, MN, originally of Clarkfield, MN, passed away on Tuesday, May 24th, 2022. A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 15th, 2022 at 11 AM at Augustana Lutheran Church in Clarkfield, with visitation starting at 10 AM. Interment to follow in Fridhem Cemetery. Please check back for full obituary.

Alice Lukken, age 97, passed away on Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 at Nelson Gables Assisted Living in Alexandria, Minnesota. Alice was born on April 17th, 1924 in Riverside Township to Andrew and Hilma (Lee) Westgaard.  She was the youngest of nine children. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Dawson, and attended school in the Dawson area. On December 1st, 1946 she was united in marriage to Donald Lukken and together they had two children, Barbara and...

Tamera “Tammy” Lynn (Johnson) Berg, 55, of Clarkfield, Minnesota passed away peacefully at the St. Cloud Hospital on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, after a brain hemorrhage took her much too soon. She was surrounded by her husband, daughters, parents, sister, nieces, and grandson, as well as the hopes and prayers of so many who loved her. Tammy was born on December 28th, 1966, at the Peterson Airforce Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Ronald Johnson and Mary (Schmidt) Johnson....

Ariel Christine Sakry was born on February 10th, 1997, in Alexandria, MN, and brought much joy to her parents, Nichole (Toft) and Josh Sakry. She was baptized at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Alexandria and confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. Ariel graduated from Yellow Medicine East High School in Granite Falls in 2015 before attending Fergus Falls Community College for her generals. She had just recently been accepted to SMSU in Marshall to start her journey towards becoming a teacher....

Kenneth “Ken” Pehrson, Jr. was born on June 8, 1934 in Minneapolis, MN to Ken and Eunice (Slough) Pehrson. He grew up the oldest of six children on a farm outside of Marshall and graduated from Cottonwood High School in 1952 before enlisting in the United States Army where he was stationed overseas in Stuttgart, Germany. After his discharge from the service, Ken was united in marriage to Connie Lovsness on November 8, 1958 at St. Lucas Lutheran Church in rural Cottonwood and the...

Myra Ford, age 90, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 at her home at Johnson Memorial Care Center, Dawson, MN from complications with cancer. After several difficult hospitalizations, she decided to waive chemotherapy or radiation treatment and was wonderfully cared for by the Dawson Area Hospice staff and the very outstanding doctors and loving nursing staff at Johnson Memorial Care Center. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, April 29th, 2022 at 11 AM at the...