Ruth Doris (Velde) Hanson
Jan 25, 2015
Doris Hanson, 98, of Granite Falls, formerly of the Hazel Run area entered into eternity on Sunday, January 25, 2015, at Riverside Assisted Living in Granite Falls. Ruth Doris Velde was born on July 30, 1916, in Granite Falls to Faltin Torger (FT) and Ellen (Foien) Velde; she was the eighth of twelve children. She was baptized and confirmed...
Doris Bernice (Hegna) Aakvik
Jan 20, 2015
Doris Bernice Aakvik, age 93, of Clarkfield died on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Funeral services will be held at the Clarkfield Care Center at a later date. Burial will be at the Clarkfield Lutheran Cemetery. Doris Bernice Aakvik was born on May 4, 1921, in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, to George and Vivian Hegna and...
Wayne Eugene "Gene" Oftedahl
Jan 19, 2015
Wayne Eugene "Gene" Oftedahl was born November 25, 1927, on the Carlson farm in Sandnes Township to Sidney and Emma (Austin) Oftedahl. He passed away January 19, 2015, at the Clarkfield Care Center at the age of 87. Gene graduated from Hanley Falls High School in 1945. He enlisted in the Merchant Marines, but before he served, the war...
Dorothy Louise Weber
Dec 24, 2014
Dorothy Louise Weber June 25, 1919 ~ December 24, 2014 Dorothy Louise Weber passed away Wednesday morning, December 24th, 2014, at the Hospital in Granite Falls at the age of 95. Dorothy was born on June 25, 1919, to her parents William and Janette (Wenz) Weber. She was confirmed at Swedlanda Church in Hector, Minnesota. She moved to Minneapolis...
Ethel Lorraine (Wilson) Lynne
Dec 19, 2014
Ethel L. (Wilson) Lynne September 24, 1933 ~ December 19, 2014 Ethel Lorraine (Wilson) Lynne passed away on Friday, December 19, 2014, at the Granite Falls Hospital at the age of 81. Ethel was born on September 24, 1933, to Earl and Letha (Risk) Wilson of Hazel Run, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at...
Donald Oscar Lukken
Dec 15, 2014
Donald O. Lukken Donald O. Lukken passed away at his residence on Monday, December 15, 2014 at the age of 92. Donald was born July 9, 1922, in Boyd, Minnesota. He was the son of Oscar and Mattie (Johnson) Lukken. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd. He graduated from Boyd High School in 1940....
Vernel Jerome Hermanson
Nov 23, 2014
Vernel Jerome Hermanson April 10, 1936 ~ November 23, 2014 Vernel Jerome Hermanson, age 78, of Boyd, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2014. Vernel was born on April 10, 1936, to Durven and Minnie (Refseth) Hermanson in Clarkfield, Minnesota. He graduated from Boyd High School in 1955 and from the School of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, St....
John Kvistad
Nov 14, 2014
John Kvistad April 23, 1914 ~ November 14, 2014 John Kvistad, passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014, at the age of 100, in the loving presence of his family at Riverside Assisted Living in Granite Falls, Minnesota. John Kvistad was born April 23, 1914, in Echo, Minnesota, the son of Sivert and Olina (Nydahl) Kvistad. John served his...
Helen Shirley (Steffenson) Johnson
Oct 19, 2014
Helen S. Johnson May 27, 1929 ~ October 19, 2014 Helen Shirley (Steffenson) Johnson was born on May 27, 1929, (if you asked her, she was ALMOST 59 1/2!) to Steffen and Hazel (Nelson) Steffenson in rural Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at the Watson Lutheran Church. She spent her childhood years on the...
Charlotte Lillian (Kirkeby) Vik
Sep 12, 2014
Charlotte Vik January 19, 1913 - September 12, 2014 Charlotte Vik, age 101, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, September 12, 2014, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, IA. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at the Clarkfield Cemetery, Clarkfield, MN, with Rev. Allen Vik presiding. Memorials may be given in...
Bonnie Mae (Lancaster) Shaw
Sep 8, 2014
Bonnie Mae (Lancaster) Shaw March 5, 1926~September 8, 2014 Bonnie Mae (Lancaster) Shaw was born March 5, 1926, at Le Mars, Iowa Community Hospital, the fifth of seven children to Middleton John "Mit" Lancaster and Leah Rosabel (Beattie) Lancaster. She passed away September 8, 2014, at her apartment in Brookside Manor, Montevideo, Minnesota at the age of 88 years,...
Carmen Louise Rolighed
Aug 12, 2014
Carmen L. Rolighed July 22, 1959 ~ August 12, 2014 Carmen Louise Rolighed, 55, passed away at the Intermediate Care Facility in Dawson, Minnesota, on Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Carmen was born July 22, 1959, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Alton and Earlene (Maursetter) Rolighed. She was baptized at her maternal grandparents' home. She is survived by her mother, Earlene...
Ardell Marion (Cole) Redetzke
Aug 4, 2014
Ardell Marion (Cole) Redetzke was born January 4, 1917, the fourth child of Albert and Johanna (Loe) Cole, in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County. She was baptized and confirmed at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, Minnesota. She graduated from Hanley Falls High School with the Class of 1934 and then attended the Minnesota School of Business. She...
Lavern K. Johnson
Jul 21, 2014
LaVern K. Johnson was born on October 6, 1951, son of Vernon and Gloria Siemers Johnson in Montevideo, Minnesota. He passed away on Monday July 21, 2014, at the age of 62 from ALS also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at St. Lucas Lutheran Church in rural Cottonwood, Minnesota. He...
Eugene David Werner
Jul 2, 2014
Eugene David Werner was born July 11, 1930, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Edward and Clara (Lachelt) Werner. He was baptized July, 1930 and confirmed in 1944 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Omro Township. He attended rural school through the 8th grade and farmed with his father until he served three years in the Minnesota...
Joan Lois (Hanson) Oftedahl
Jun 11, 2014
Joan L. (Hanson) Oftedahl December 28, 1928 ~ June 11, 2014 Joan Lois Oftedahl was born December 28, 1928, in Hanley Falls, Minnesota to Oscar and Ebba (Rude) Hanson. She passed away June 11, 2014 at the Clarkfield Care Center at the age of 85. Joan graduated from Hanley Falls High School in 1946 and went on to college...
Diana Nina (Nelson) Hanson
Jun 2, 2014
Diana Nina (Nelson) Hanson September 19, 1924 ~ June 2, 2014 Diana Nina (Nelson) Hanson was born in Clarkfield on September 19, 1924, to Adolph (Shorty) Melvin and Mabel Josephine (Cliffgard) Nelson. She was baptized at home on November 7th, 1924, confirmed at Augustana Lutheran Church on June 4th, 1939, and graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1942. She...
Richard Dewey Heald
May 30, 2014
Richard Dewey Heald January 5, 1936 ~ May 30, 2014 Richard Dewey Heald was born January 5, 1936, in Browns Valley, Minnesota, to parents Dewey and Beatrice (Sykora) Heald. He was baptized in February 1936 and confirmed in May 1948. Richard graduated from the Morris Ag. School in 1953. He was in the trucking business as an owner/operator for...
Joseph M. "Joe" Nygaard
May 23, 2014
Joseph (Joe) Magnus Nygaard, 91, formerly of Indianapolis, Indiana, died May 23, 2014, in Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was born to Magnus and Irene (Krantz) Nygaard on September 13, 1922, in Bruce, Wisconsin, and raised in northwestern Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, after serving three years in the U.S. Army during World War II. While at...
Larry E. Strand
May 22, 2014
Larry Elliot Strand December 19, 1947 ~ May 22, 2014 Larry Elliot Strand was born December 19, 1947, in Montevideo, Minnesota, to Elliot and Thelma (Spande) Strand. He was baptized and confirmed at Baxter Lutheran Church and graduated from Boyd High School in 1966. Larry was a member of Dawson-Boyd School Board for 25 years, and was a very...
