Obituaries

Nov 2, 2007

Olivia Bentfield, age 95 of Osakis, formerly of rural West Union, passed away early Friday morning on All Souls Day, November 2, 2007 at the Community Memorial Home in Osakis, MN. Olivia Hortsch was born on March 6, 1912 in Genola, MN to Frank and Margaret (Terhaar) Hortsch. She was raised in the Genola and Buckman, MN area. On...

Oct 18, 2007

LIFE HISTORY FOR ELEANORE JULIG Eleanore Julig, age 91 of Long Prairie, passed away on Thursday evening after over twenty-three years at the Long Prairie Memorial Nursing Home. Eleanore Ernestine Froemming was born on August 28, 1916 in Leaf Valley Township, Douglas County, MN to Robert and Pauline (Linser) Froemming. She was a graduate of Alexandria High School with...

Oct 8, 2007

LIFE HISTORY FOR HARVEY JOHNSON Harvey Johnson, age 92 of Osakis died on Monday, October 8, 2007 at the Community Memorial Home in Osakis after a brave battle with bone cancer. Harvey Glenn Johnson was born August 13, 1915 in Greene, ND to John L. and Roberta Johnson. He attended school in Greene through the eighth grade. His family...

Oct 8, 2007

Rosella was born on May 27, 1918 and passed away on Monday, October 8, 2007.

Rosella was a resident of Osakis, Minnesota.

Sep 25, 2007

Our dear mother, Marian Victoria Fraser went to her heavenly rest on September 25, 2007. She passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN. Marian Victoria Solem was born to Carl and Signe (Anderson) Solem on September 7, 1919 on the family farm in Kensington, MN. She and her sister,...

Sep 21, 2007

Minrad was born on December 21, 1921 and passed away on Friday, September 21, 2007.

Minrad was a resident of Osakis, Minnesota.

Sep 21, 2007

Clarence Santer, age 85 of Waite Park, formerly of Osakis, passed away on Friday, September 21, 2007 at the Sterling Park Health Care Center in Waite Park, MN. Clarence John Santer was born on April 3, 1922 in Sauk Centre, MN to George and Annie (Kaleszar) Santer. As a boy of eleven years, Clarence moved with his family to...

Sep 19, 2007

Dale Trende, age 65, Osakis died Thurs., Sept 19 in Rochester. Funeral services are Monday, Sept. 24 at 11 am at the Waconia Moravian Church. Burial at the Zoar Cemetery in Waconia with full military honors. Visitation will be from 9 -11 am on Saturday at the church. Survived by wife, Kathy; 2 sons, Jeff (Gigi) and Greg (Jody)...

Sep 4, 2007

Agnes Peterson, age 90 of Osakis passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007 at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN. Agnes Mary Fuchs was born on July 19, 1917 in Stevens County, MN to Louis and Mary (Kasmaker) Fuchs. She moved to the Osakis area as a child and grew up on a farm north of Osakis. On...

Aug 27, 2007

Milo was born on February 4, 1916 in Round Lake, MN to Osmund and Bessie (Ausham) Holm. On September 13, 1938 Mike was united in marriage to Helen Hartle in Emmetsburg, Iowa. They farmed near Round Lake and Sioux Valley until moving to a farm near Long Prairie. When Mike retired from farming in 1962, he went to work...

Aug 20, 2007

LIFE HISTORY for THELMA OMACHT Thelma Andrea Omacht, age 101 of Osakis went to her final home with the Lord on August 20, 2007 at the Galeon - Community Memorial Home in Osakis where she had been a resident for almost nine years. Thelma was born October 28, 1905 in Long Prairie, MN to George and Gertrude (Shaw) Peterson....

Aug 19, 2007

LaVonne "Bonnie" Rathke, age 79 of Alexandria, formerly of Osakis passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Knute-Nelson Memorial Home in Alexandria, MN. LaVonne "Bonnie" was born on Feb. 23, 1928 in Mpls, MN to Henry & Rose (Lussenhop) O'Neil. She lived 8 years in the "Stone House" (Lower Sioux Agency) which is now owned by the...

Aug 10, 2007

Desmond was born on December 18, 1915 in Belle River Township, Douglas Co., MN to William and Katherine (Hagan) Quinn. He attended school in Morris and then returned to work on the family farrm. On October 1, 1946 Des was united in holy matrimony to Agnes Zehnle. They farmed in Belle River and retired in the early 1980's. He...

Jul 7, 2007

LIFE HISTORY FOR SHARON MARY EUERLE Sharon Euerle, age 66 of Villard passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Sharon Mary Weitzel was born at home on September 15, 1940 in St. Paul Park, MN to David and Mae (Marty) Weitzel. She was a graduate of Par-Ki School. After school, Sharon...

Jul 4, 2007

LIFE HISTORY for LENA VANGSTAD Lena Vangstad, age 105 of Osakis passed away on July 4, 2007 at the Community Memorial Home in Osakis, MN. Lena was born on July 29, 1901 in Gordon Township, Todd County, MN five minutes after her twin sister, Thilda to Mikal and Oline (Langdahl) Vangstad. She was a graduate of Osakis High School...

Jun 14, 2007

Adam Loxtercamp, age 22 of Osakis died suddenly in an automobile accident early Thursday morning, June 14, 2007 in Gordon Township, Todd Co, MN. Adam was born in Alexandria, MN on April 20, 1985 to proud parents, Rick Loxtercamp and Mary Pohlmann. He was welcomed home by his big brother, Andy and attended school in Osakis. He graduated from...

Jun 13, 2007

Iris Hill, age 89 of Osakis, formerly of Albuquerque, New Mexico died on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN. Iris was born on September 9, 1917, in Waskeda, Manitoba, to Thomas and Louisa (Mutter) Jones. She was united in marriage to George Hill of Bottineau, ND, on December 6, 1944 in the cathedral...

Jun 4, 2007

Mervel Reed, age 95 of Osakis died early Monday morning, June 4, 2007 at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN. Mervel was born on October 27, 1911 in Newell, Iowa to Fred and Ida (Taft) Reed. He was married to Wava Akin on April 2, 1941 in at the parsonage of the Reynolds Baptist church in rural Long...

May 19, 2007

Elaine Hawkins, age 86 of Osakis passed away on Saturday, May 19 at the West View Apartments in Osakis, MN. Elaine Lola Cooper was born on July 11, 1920 in Carlos Township, Douglas Co., MN to Charles & Della (Yohnke) Cooper. In November of 1937, Elaine married Maynard Ahlbrecht in Washington. They moved to Iowa when Maynard found work...

May 18, 2007

Elvin E. Fezler, age 94 and longtime resident of Osakis died early Friday, May 18, 2007 at the Community Memorial Home in Osakis, MN where he lived for the last four years. Elvin was born on March 29, 1913 in Blue Earth, MN. His parents were Trask and Sarah (Nash) Fezler. He attended school in Osakis and was very...