obituaries

Oct 20, 2022

Robert August Hansen was born on June 23, 1934, in Lac Qui Parle County, MN, to parents Arthur and Alice (Giese) Hansen. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Bellingham, MN. He attended grade school in Louisburg, MN and graduated from the Appleton High School in 1952. In 1955 he married Janice Forsberg of Appleton,...

Oct 3, 2022

Pearl Jeanette Sundquist was born to parents Herman and Cora (Olson) Sundquist on November 5, 1918, in Sacred Heart Township.  She was baptized and confirmed at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Sacred Heart, MN.  She attended country school and graduated from Sacred Heart High School in 1936 and St. Cloud State Teacher's College in 1938. Pearl taught at Renville County...

Sep 23, 2022

Dianne Carlotta Moen was born on February 6, 1947, in Montevideo, MN, to Milo and Marvell (Estling) Moen. She and her three siblings were raised in the Boyd area and she was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd. Dianne graduated from Boyd High School in 1965 before attending Mankato State University where she obtained her degree...

Sep 15, 2022

Daryl Hermanson, age 62, passed away at his home in Boyd on Thursday, September 15th, 2022 as a result of cancer. He was born on April 12th, 1960, in Montevideo, MN to Vernel and Janice (Moen) Hermanson. Daryl was united in marriage to Melissa Schmitz on April 4th, 1992 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd, MN and the couple...

Aug 11, 2022

Kathern Ann (Mayer) Bellicot of Clarkfield, MN was born August 17, 1954 in Hastings, MN to Paul and Verna (Hone) Mayer and died while holding hands in prayer August 11, 2022 in Granite Falls, MN just a week before her 68th birthday.

Services will be Wednesday August 17, 2022 at Clarkfield Lutheran Church, with visitation starting at...

Aug 11, 2022

Donald "Pork" Duane Schmitz, Jr. was born on May 3, 1980, to Donald Sr. and Susan (Kiehn) Schmitz in the parking lot of Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson, MN. A person can say he came into the world fast and has never slowed down. Donald liked to do any auto mechanical work; it didn't matter if it was a...

Aug 7, 2022

Karen Grace Johnson was born on February 23, 1940, at the Montevideo-Chippewa County Hospital to Ervin and Grace (Schroeder) Sulflow. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church of Havelock Township.

Karen attended eight years of country school and four years at Morris Ag School, graduating in 1957. She worked at Northwestern State Bank for 6...

Aug 3, 2022

Robert Marvin Rachie was born on November 5th, 1933, in Clarkfield, MN to Roy and Susanna (Anderson) Rachie. He was confirmed at Bergen Lutheran Church in 1948 and attended country school District #22 through the 8th grade before dedicating the rest of his life to farming. Robert worked on a farm for Wally and Clifford Anderson, whom he credits...

Jul 11, 2022

Joan Marie Longhenry was born on May 16th, 1970, in Ortonville, MN to Jerry and Anne (Ninneman) Longhenry. She was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Nassau, MN and confirmed at Hazel Run Lutheran Church in Hazel Run, MN. She graduated from Clarkfield High School and went on to earn her bachelor's degree from Minnesota State University—Mankato under...

Jun 30, 2022

Wilma Mae (Jenkins) Schmitz was born on June 14th, 1937 in Org, MN to Garold and Marjorie (Killen) Jenkins. As a young girl, Wilma had a special affinity for horses, especially her black and white pony, Midnight. She attended school in Worthington, before eventually meeting and marrying Leo John Schmitz on April 10th, 1954. The couple were blessed with...

Jun 24, 2022

Dorothy Elise Brusven was born on March 9, 1925, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Elmer and Martha (Hatlen) Aakvik. She was baptized and confirmed in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church. She graduated from the Clarkfield High School in 1943 and went on to school and graduated from the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dorothy worked three years as a...

Jun 16, 2022

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...

May 25, 2022

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.

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May 24, 2022

Marcella Rosalind (Friberg) Mikelson, age 101, much-loved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully the morning of May 24, 2022, at her home in Rochester, MN. Marcella was born March 26, 1921, to Swen and Amanda (Willander) Friberg in Clarkfield, Minnesota.

Marcella was the 8th of nine living children born to Swen and Amanda, noted by her...

May 4, 2022

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.

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Apr 29, 2022

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...

Apr 27, 2022

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...

Apr 19, 2022

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...

Apr 12, 2022

Norma "Stina" Anderson, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully in the presence of her family on Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 at the age of 93. A native of Clarkfield, MN, she was born on March 15, 1929 to Heimer and Alice (Anderson) Johnson. She graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1947 and Minneapolis Beauty School in...

Apr 7, 2022

Lila Senora (Olson) Mauland was born on February 15th, 1926, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, to Lars G. & Serine Louise (Martinson) Olson. She was baptized at Israel Lutheran Church, also of Swede Prairie Township. She grew up near Clarkfield and graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1943. On May 29, 1948, she was united in marriage...