Obituaries

Aug 24, 2013

Dorothy Oddan, of Minneapolis and formerly of Dawson, died Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Mount Olivet Home in Minneapolis. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, August 27at 11:00 AM at St. James Catholic Church with Father Brian Oestreich as celebrant.  Interment will be in the Appleton Municipal Cemetery.  Visitation will be held for one hour before...

Aug 23, 2013

Evelyn Minnie (Folkestad) Ostlie was born on January 12, 1929 in Blue Grass in Wadena Co., MN to Dewey and Minnie (Espelind) Folkestad. She moved with her family to Montevideo, MN, where she grew up, was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church and graduated from Montevideo High School in 1946.  She attended Augsburg College in Minneapolis for two years, obtained...

Aug 21, 2013

Shirley Cope, of Dawson, and formerly of Artesian, SD, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Johnson Memorial Home in Dawson at the age of 78. Visitation and Memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 3:00 PM at the Johnson Memorial Home Chapel. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 26 at 10:00 AM at...

Aug 20, 2013

Charles “Chuck” Skordahl, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at the Johnson Memorial Home in Dawson at the age of 81. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 24, at 10:30 A.M. at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson  with Pastor Kendall Stelter officiating.  Interment will be in Grace Lutheran  Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday from 5-7:00 P.M....

Aug 19, 2013

Patricia Myhre, of Montevideo, died on Monday, August 19, 2013 at the Chippewa County-Montevideo Hospital at the age of 71. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, August 23, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Donald S. Mckee officiating.  Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday afternoon and...

Aug 18, 2013

Alta Janet (Holte) Roesch, age79, died on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson following a brief illness.  She is lovingly remembered by her family as a nurturing wife and mother who taught her children that there was no limit to the good they could do in life and that they would never be alone...

Aug 18, 2013

Iona Gordon, of Montevideo, died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Clarkfield Care Center at the age of 100.  Funeral services will be held Monday, August 26, 2013 at 10:30 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Chris Lieske officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery.  Visitation will be Sunday from 5-7:00 PM at the...

Aug 14, 2013

Jane Lynette Folkestad was born on April 30, 1957 in Montevideo, MN to Stanley and Doris (Ostlie) Folkestad. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Montevideo and attended Montevideo High School. She lived at the Clara Doerr Residence in Minneapolis for over twenty years and worked at Opportunity Workshop.  She lived at the Young House in...

Aug 12, 2013

Delwyn Thompson, of Montevideo, died on Monday, August 12, 2013 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, MN at the age of 76.  Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, August 16, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at the Anderson-TeBeest Funeral Chapel in Montevideo.  Interment will be in Sunset memorial Cemetery.  Visitation will be for 1 hour prior to services...

Jul 31, 2013

Dolores Rudolf, of Montevideo, died peacefully and with grace on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at the Clara City Care Center at the age of 85. Memorial services will be conducted on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at the Anderson-TeBeest Funeral Home Chapel in Montevideo. Dolores Regina (Morseth) Rudolf was born on September 24, 1927 in Milan, MN...

Jul 28, 2013

Marlene Berends of Montevideo and formerly of Maynard, died Sunday, July 28, 2013 at the Chippewa - County Montevideo Hospital at the age of 78. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at 1:30 PM at Maynard Lutheran Church.  Pastor Kathy Skoglund will officiate and burial will be at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Montevideo. Visitation will...

Jul 16, 2013

Lillian Ness, of Dawson, died Tuesday afternoon, July 16, 2013, at the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson at the age of 90. Memorial service was held on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at 11:00 AM, at the Dawson Covenant Church in rural Dawson with Pastor Erik Carlson officiating: scripture lessons were Psalm 121, and Romans 8; a personal...

Jul 14, 2013

Kermit Thorsland, of Appleton, died Sunday, July 14, 2013 at Appleton Nursing Home at the age of 89.  Memorial services will be held Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 1:30 PM at Big Bend Lutheran Church with Rev. Keith Long officiating.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be held for one hour before services at the church...

Jul 13, 2013

Polly Triggs, of Montevideo, died on July 13, 2013 at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital at the age of 96.  Memorial services will be conducted on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 2:30 PM at the Anderson-TeBeest Funeral Home in Montevideo with Pastor Marie Eckberg officiating.

Polly (Torgerson) Triggs was born on August 14, 1916 in Big Bend...

Jul 1, 2013

Michael Clausen, of Watson, died Monday evening, July 1, 2013, at his home in Watson, MN at the age of 56. Funeral service was at 10:00 AM, Saturday, July 6, 2013, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd, MN with Pastor Lori Wold officiating; scripture lessons were Ecclesiastes 3:1-7, Revelation 21:1-7 and John 3:16-17; organist, Ardyce Thompson accompanied...

Jun 26, 2013

Dorothy Jorgenson, of Montevideo, died on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at the Chippewa Co - Montevideo Hospital at the age of 93.  Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, July 1, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Donald S. McKee and Rev. Scott Jorgenson officiating.  Interment will be in Sunset...

Jun 11, 2013

Esther Hanson, of Montevideo, died on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at the Chippewa County-Montevideo Hospital in Montevideo, MN at the age of 80.  Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, June 14, 2013 at 1:30 P.M.  at  Trinity Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Chris Zuraff officiating.  Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery.  Visitation will be Thursday afternoon...

Jun 8, 2013

Marguerite (Wisner) Cushman Strommer was born on September 28, 1915 in Montevideo, MN to Roy and Genevieve (Happy) Wisner.  She grew up in Montevideo and graduated from Montevideo High School in 1933.  She was a spirited woman of many talents, which she continued to pursue all her life. In 1949 she was united in marriage to Roger Cushman, a...

Jun 8, 2013

Everette Septon of Anoka, MN died on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Camilia Rose Care Center in Coon Rapids at the age of 97.  Services will be conducted on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. at Meadow Creek Church, 3037 Bunker Lake Boulevard Northwest, in Andover, Minnesota with Pastor Tim Anderson, Pastor Don Alexander and Pastor Jim...

Jun 3, 2013

Ronald Koopman, of Montevideo, died on Monday, June 3, 2013 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, MN at the age of 88.  Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in rural Montevideo with Pastor Ronald Hobbie officiating.   Interment will be in Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation...