Obituaries
Alfred Fagerlie
Apr 4, 2017
Alfred E. Fagerlie, 91, Detroit Lakes, MN died Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. Graveside services for Alfred will be held Friday, April 7 at 3pm in Lake Eunice Evangelical Cemetery, rural Detroit Lakes. Visitation will take place Friday at David Donehower Funeral Home from 2PM-2:30PM. Alfred was born in Fargo, ND to Edward and Eline...
Verlie Barnhart
Apr 3, 2017
Verlie Irene "Lee" Barnhart, 86, a longtime resident of Detroit Lakes, MN, died on Monday, April 3, 2017 at Essentia-Oak Crossing. Visitation will be held at the David-Donehower Funeral Home on Friday, April 14 from 5 to 7 pm, with a prayer service that evening at 5:30 pm. Services for Lee will be held at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in...
Jacob Schumacher
Apr 2, 2017
Jacob Schumacher, 28, beloved son, brother and friend to many, passed from this earth on April 2, 2017. Jake had just completed 3 years of teaching English to elementary through high school students in Sangju, South Korea. He was taking an extended tour of Southeast Asia before returning home when he died unexpectedly in Laos. Jake loved to travel and...
Kirk Boll
Mar 30, 2017
Kirk Boll, 55, Detroit Lakes, died Thursday, March 30 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo. A Private Memorial Service will be held. Kirk was born May 4, 1961 to Bill and Elaine (Gullickson) Boll. He grew up in Wahpeton, ND and attended St. John's grade school graduating from Wahpeton High School in 1980. He lived most of his adult life in...
Rita Wicker
Mar 22, 2017
Rita A. Wicker, 75, resident of Detroit Lakes, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the AMC Hospital in Cabo San Lucas, MX. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, April 1 at 2:30pm at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held Friday, March 31 at David-Donehower Funeral Home from 6pm-8pm with a 7:30pm Prayer Service. Visitation...
Duane Fineday Sr
Mar 21, 2017
Duane "Beets" Patrick Fineday Jr., age 52, of Ponsford, died March 21, 2017 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND. Duane was born on May 19, 1964 to Patricia "Pat" (Rock) Fineday and the late Duane Lawrence Fineday Sr. Duane Loved being with his family, friends and his sons. He raised his two sons and was always there for them....
Lyle Donley
Mar 17, 2017
Lyle E. Donley, 95, resident of rural Ogema, died Friday, March 17 at Essentia Health in Fargo from injuries sustained in a farming accident. Funeral Services for Lyle will be held Friday, March 24 at 12 noon in Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Callaway. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 23 at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church from 5pm-7pm with a Prayer...
Ronald Samuelson
Mar 17, 2017
Ronald "Sam" Fred Samuelson, age 80, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017, at Essentia Health in Fargo. A memorial service will be at 11:00 am on Friday, March 24, 2017, at St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes; a time of gathering will begin an hour prior. Sam...
Irene Johnson
Mar 17, 2017
Irene Leona Johnson, age 87, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017, at Ecumen-Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Irene was born on December 18, 1929, to Aloysius and Anna (Cash) Kunz, in Madelia, MN. She attended school in Madelia. The family moved to Callaway, MN, when she was a teenager. She was united in marriage...
Peggy Korell
Mar 14, 2017
Peggy Lynette Korell, 61, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 14 at her home in Perham after a brief illness. Peggy was born April 5, 1955 in Emmett, ID. She was the 13th of 15 children born to John and Helen (Deines) Korell. The family moved to Lake Park, MN in 1964. Peggy attended school in Detroit Lakes and was...
James Magee
Mar 7, 2017
James William Magee, age 87, died March 7, 2017, at the Twin Valley Living Center in Twin Valley Minnesota. James was born November 4, 1929, in Sugar Creek, Missouri to John and Bessie (Mullins) Magee. After graduating from High School Jim enlisted in the United States Navy. He served from 1946 to 1950 and was honorably discharged. Jim and his...
Joseph Goodman Jr
Mar 6, 2017
Joseph "Joey" Franklin Goodman Junior, age 62, of White Earth, MN, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2017, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Joseph was born on December 13, 1954, to Joseph and Esther (Ahbedaush) Goodman in White Earth. Joey spent his early life living in many places throughout Northern Minnesota and California, where he worked as a logger...
Carl Knutson
Feb 26, 2017
Services are set for longtime local resident Carl Jens Knutson of Detroit Lakes, who died on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the age of 100 years old. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 4th, 2017 at David-Donehower Funeral Home Detroit Lakes. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery following the funeral. Visitation will be on...
Caroline Goodman
Feb 26, 2017
Caroline Sophia Goodman, age 67, of White Earth, MN, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in White Earth, with a time of gathering beginning at 10:00 am. A visitation will begin at 4:00 pm on Tuesday,...
Jerry Mann
Feb 24, 2017
Jerry Charles Mann, age 58, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully on February 24, 2017. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 1 p.m., Monday, March 6, 2017, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes, MN. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m., Sunday, March 5, 2017, at David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes with a prayer service to...
Kathryn Drewes
Feb 23, 2017
Kathryn "Kay" Faye Drewes, age 76, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Diamond Willow Assisted Living in Detroit Lakes, under the care of the Hospice of the Red River Valley. A memorial service will be at 1:00 pm on Friday, March 3, 2017, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes. A time of gathering...
Joan Watland
Feb 18, 2017
Joan Alice Watland, 82, Detroit Lakes, MN passed away peacefully on February 18, 2017 at Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. Joan was born on June 25, 1934 to Frederick and Rosetta Wicks in Reading, Berks, England. She attended Alfred Sutton Primary School in Reading where bible studies were an area of focus. Joan also studied and mastered the French method...
Dean Pederson
Feb 15, 2017
Dean Malvin Pederson was born October 11, 1956 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Malvin and Isabel (Borah) Pederson. Dean spent his childhood on a dairy and beef farm in Ogema, MN and attended Ogema Elementary and Waubun High School (Class of 1975). He attended the Detroit Lakes Vocational Technical College for Total Energy and later after the Swift Plant closed...
Lois Lundmark
Feb 15, 2017
Lois Carolyn Lundmark, 76, resident of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Ecumen-Emmanuel Nursing Home after spending a beautiful afternoon and evening with her children, singing, swaying to music, smiling and whispering to each how much she loved them. Funeral Services for Lois will be held Monday, February 20 at 11AM in First Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes....
Robert Swan
Feb 11, 2017
Robert Alan "Skip" Swan, age 91, of Moorhead, MN, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017, at Bethany Nursing Home in Fargo, ND. Memorial service will be held 11 a.m., Friday, February 17, 2017, at David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes, MN. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Friday. David-Donehower Funeral Home, Detroit...
