Obituaries

Dec 30, 2021

Arnold Henry Golkowski was born January 21, 1920 on the family farm in Silver Leaf Township, Becker County, Minnesota, the son of Carl and Dora (Steffen) Golkowski. He passed away Thursday December 30, 2021 at Sunnyside Care Center in Lake Park at the age of 101 years old.

He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran...

Dec 29, 2021

April Joy Bellanger, 50 of Detroit Lakes, MN passed away on December 29, 2021 at Perham Health.

April was born on April 23, 1971 in Minneapolis, MN to Roxanne (Bunker) Bellanger and Timothy St.John. She attended school at Heart of the Earth Survival School until she started her family. In 1995 she moved her family to Detroit...

Dec 25, 2021

Edwin Loren Mastin, of Detroit Lakes, MN passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 25th, 2021.

Born, April 6th, 1938, to Virgil and Elsie (Eckenrode) Mastin in Frazee, MN.

Edwin is survived by his children; Loren (Trish) Mastin of Mound, MN, David (Tana) Mastin of Cambridge, MN, Marie (Sam Frost) Skoblik of Bluffton, MN, Lynn (Ron)...

Dec 23, 2021

Forever exuding positivity and light, our beloved Kathy Holland passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and under Hospice care, on December 23, 2021 at the age of 78. Born with only one functioning kidney, her body was no longer able to sustain dialysis treatments, which she had undergone for 3 years, after a recent sepsis infection and fall which...

Dec 22, 2021

Elaine Hoban, 86, of Ogema, MN, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, December 30, 2021 at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Ogema, MN at 10:30AM. Visitation will be on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church from...

Dec 22, 2021

Wesley Ray Stalboerger was born on August 5, 1974 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Robert and Gretchen (Lundgren) Stalboerger. He graduated from Detroit Lakes High School with the class of 1992. After high school, he worked in Fargo, ND for a few years doing drywall. He later returned to the Detroit Lakes, MN area and started his own companies...

Dec 20, 2021

Brandon Dakota, age 35, of White Earth, MN passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021, at Essentia Health Hospital in Fargo, ND.

Brandon Leroy Dakota was born on August 21, 1986, to Debra Weaver (Brad Weaver Sr) and Leroy Hanks in Detroit Lakes, MN.  Brandon attended school in Callaway, Detroit Lakes and Waubun.  He graduated as a...

Dec 17, 2021

Melvin Clarence Thompson, age 61 of Waubun, MN passed away on December 17, 2021 at his    residence.

Melvin, also known as “Uncle Ole” was born on January 18, 1960 to Maurice Jackson and Myrtle (Boswell) Thompson in Minneapolis, MN.  Melvin attended school up to 12th grade but decided working was more important.

Melvin was an...

Dec 14, 2021

George E. Tweten Jr., 98, of Lake Park, MN, formerly of Moorhead, MN, died December 14, 2021, at Sanford Hospice House in Fargo, ND.  Celebration of Life will be 2:00 - 4:00 pm with prayer service at 4:00 pm, Saturday, July 9 at David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes.  Family interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Glyndon,...

Dec 13, 2021

Anne Marie Wilson, 79 of Bremen-Grohn, Germany passed away the morning of Monday, December 13, 2021 peacefully at home. Anne was born Annemarie Jorgensen on November 28,1942.

Although she was born during a time and place of unthinkable chaos and destruction, she considered her childhood to be idyllic. If food, clothing, or toys were not readily available,...

Dec 13, 2021

Donald E. Jackson, 62 passed away on Monday, December 13, 2021 at Essentia Health – St Mary’s, Detroit Lakes, MN.

Donald was born on April 17,1959 to Franklin and Doris Jackson in White Earth, MN.  He grew up in White Earth and attended school there.  Donald had four wonderful children,   Tyrone, Jessica, Pete, and Keith.  They spent a lot of...

Dec 11, 2021

Mayonne Francis Ackman, 84 passed away on Saturday. December 11,2021 at the Sandford Hospice House in Fargo, North Dakota.

Mayonne was born on October 31, 1937 to Joe & Edna Slechta. She was one out of four children and grew up in Waterville, MN. After graduating college in 1956 she went to the Technical College for two...

Dec 8, 2021

Lorna (Johnson) Braget, 94, formerly of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away peacefully at Bigfork Communities with her daughters at her side on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at 12:08am.

Lorna was born November 18,1927 in Holmesville Township, rural Rochert, MN to Ole and Christina (Momb) Johnson.  She was baptized and confirmed at Egelund Lutheran Church and attended grade...

Dec 7, 2021

Dixie Rachel Johnson, 87 passed away December 7, 2021

Dixie was born January 4, 1934 to Clarence and Ruth Lacey in Lawrence Township, Minnesota.  She lived and worked on the family farm with her sister and 4 brothers until marrying Don Johnson on August 16,1952. Raising her three children in Bemidji, MN while Don worked for Northwestern Bell...

Dec 7, 2021

Eli Rodriguez was born on November 5, 2021 to Jasmine Clark & Maurice Rodriquez, he passed on the evening of December 7,2021

Nov 30, 2021

Larry Hoff, 81, of Audubon, MN passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at Ecumen- Emmanuel Nursing Center in Detroit Lakes, MN.

Laurence “Larry” John Hoff was born on December 12, 1939, in Fargo, ND to Alvin Sr and Frieda (Ystebo) Hoff. The family resided in Gardner, ND in his early years. The family later moved across...

Nov 30, 2021

Reagan Marie Dimple Gerving, 28 of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota passed away on November 30, 2021 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.

Reagan was born on July 5, 1993 to Jamie Gerving and Tresa Hays. She grew up in Detroit Lakes and Frazee, MN and went to Frazee High School. After getting her GED she went to...

Nov 28, 2021

Dorothy Mae Vogt was born November 22, 1945, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota the daughter of John and Evangeline (Olson) Anderson. She passed away November 28, 2021 at her home in Rochert, Minnesota.

She grew up in the Detroit Lakes area and moved to Texas at age 14 to help care for her brother Jim’s children. On March...

Nov 24, 2021

Jo Ellen Anywaush, 76, from White Earth, MN passed away on November 24, 2021 at Essentia Health St Mary's Detroit Lakes.

Jo Ellen Anywaush was born October 24, 1945 in White Earth, MN to Hazel and Charles Anywaush. She graduated from Waubun High School, Waubun, MN in 1963. After graduation, Jo Ellen attended Northwest School for lab...

Nov 22, 2021

Eugene “Spud” John Janke, 56 of Dalhart, TX passed away November 22, 2021 at his Parents’ house in Frazee, MN. Eugene was born November 8, 1965 to Julian and Connie Janke in Grand Forks, ND. He grew up there with his brother and graduated from Park Rapids High School.

Eugene moved to Texas in 1990 and five...