Obituaries

Mavis Nelson

Oct 16, 2016

Mavis L. Nelson, 68, rural Waubun, MN, died Sunday, October 16 at her residence under Hospice of the Red River Valley. Memorial Services for Mavis will be held Tuesday, October 25 at 2PM in Community Alliance Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held Monday, October 24 at David Donehower Funeral Home from 5pm-7pm with a 7pm Prayer Service. Mavis Linda...

Howard Halvorsen

Oct 15, 2016

Howard Thomas Halvorsen of Rochester, Minnesota, died on October 15th, 2016. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 21st, 2016 at Community Alliance Church in Detroit Lakes, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service. A reception will be held at the church following the service. Interment will be made in Oak Grove Cemetery,...

Betty McGuire

Oct 15, 2016

Funeral Home: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN US 56501 Previous Events Visitation Friday, October 28, 2016 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lakes Area Vineyard Church

950 Longview Drive Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Service Friday, October 28, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:35 PM Lakes Area Vineyard Church

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June LeCount

Oct 14, 2016

June C. LeCount, 91, Detroit Lakes, died Friday, October 14 at Diamond Willow in Detroit Lakes. A private funeral service will be held. June was born in the old Park Rapids hospital on June 5 1925 to Charles and Juditta (Bjelland) Gustafson. She was the youngest of ten children. June attended District 59 grade school and Menahga High School. She...

Eldred Scherer

Oct 11, 2016

Eldred "Al" Scherer, 87, Detroit Lakes, MN, died peacefully surrounded by his children October 11 at Essentia Health- Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. A Private Mass of Christian Burial will be held. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery. Eldred Albert Scherer, known to all as "Al" was born September 8, 1929 in St. Cloud, MN. He grew up...

Deloris Novotny

Oct 9, 2016

Deloris (Peterson)Novotny was born on August 16, 1928, to Peter and Susie (Amundson) Peterson, in Roseau, MN. She grew up and received her education in Roseau County. She married Robert P. Novotny on July 20, 1947, in Roseau. They lived in Roseau, Wadena, Red Lake Falls, Clearbrook, and Detroit Lakes. They shared 46 years of marriage before Robert passed away...

Carol Collins

Oct 9, 2016

Carol Ann Collins, age 74, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016, at Ecumen-Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. A memorial service will be held 2 pm, Friday, October 14, 2016, at David-Donehower Funeral Home. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. Carol was born December 20, 1941, in Corliss Township, MN, to Lester and...

Elizabeth Teiken

Oct 6, 2016

Elizabeth "Betty" Theresa Teiken, age 94, of Ogema, MN, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at Essentia Health-Oak Crossing Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Betty was born on July, 5, 1922, to Henry and Catherine (Brixius) Schreiner in Erie Township. She attended country school at District 26-1, where she attended through the eighth grade. After school, she went to...

Roger Olson

Oct 6, 2016

Roger "The Rabbit" Olson, 72, Lake Park, MN left for Valhalla on October 6, 2016. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, October 13 at 11AM in Strandvik Lutheran Church, rural Lake Park, rural Lake Park, MN. Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 12 at David Donehower Funeral Home from 6pm-8pm. Visitation will also continue one hour prior to services on...

Shirley Ryan

Oct 4, 2016

Shirley M. Ryan, 85, Detroit Lakes, MN, was called home to Jesus on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at Essentia Health-Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, October 8 at 10AM in Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held Friday, October 7 at David Donehower Funeral Home from 5PM-7PM with a 6:30PM...

Sharon Dietz

Oct 4, 2016

Sharon I. Dietz, 71, Detroit Lakes, died Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at her residence in Detroit Lakes. Memorial Service will be held Monday, October 10 at 1PM in David Donehower Funeral Home of Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Sharon Ione Bartnes was born January 14, 1945 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Russell and Agnes (Simington)...

Duane Erickson

Sep 28, 2016

Duane L. Erickson, 86, lifelong resident of Cormorant, MN, died Wednesday, September 28 at Sunnyside Care Center near Lake Park. Funeral Services for Duane will be held Monday, October 3 at 11AM in Cormorant Lutheran Church, rural Lake Park. Officiating will be Reverend Wade Dutton. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 2 at Cormorant Lutheran Church from 4pm-7pm with a...

LuAnne Clair

Sep 28, 2016

LuAnne Marie St. Clair, age 53, of Ogema, MN, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at her home under the care of Red River Valley Hospice. LuAnne was born February 11, 1963, in Minneapolis, MN, to Peter "Denny" and Joyce St. Clair. She grew up in Minneapolis where she attended school. She eventually moved to White Earth, MN, with her...

David Hagen

Sep 26, 2016

David Melvin "Trapper Dave" Hagen, age 80, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, passed away on Monday, September 26, 2016, at Diamond Willow Assisted Living in Detroit Lakes. A funeral service will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, September 29, 2016, at David Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes. The visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. The interment will...

Joan Wilson

Sep 25, 2016

Joan E. Wilson, age 69, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 25, 2016, at Essentia Health St. Mary's in Detroit Lakes with her family by her side. A memorial service will be held 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 1, 2016, at the Detroit Lakes United Methodist Church. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service...

Douglas Miller

Sep 19, 2016

Douglas "Dougie" Miller, age 31, of Detroit Lakes, MN, formerly of Ada, MN, passed away tragically on Monday, September 19, 2016. Memorial service for Doug will be held 9:30 a.m., Saturday, September 24, 2016, at Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes. A gathering time will be held from 6-8 p.m., Friday, September 23, 2016, at Lakes Area Vineyard Church...

Helen Williams

Sep 18, 2016

Helen Mae Williams, 88, of Detroit Lakes, died September 18, 2016 Helen Mae Pfeilsticker was born to Charles and Ethel (Holm) Pfeilsticker on July 22, 1928 on a farm south of Clitherall Minnesota, moving to Fargo, ND in 1931. She graduated from Fargo Central in 1945, attended Concordia College in Moorhead, transferred to MSTC (now MSU-M) graduating with a Bachelor's...

Kay Fulp

Sep 12, 2016

Kay Ann Fulp, 72, Detroit Lakes, died September 12, 2016 at Sanford Health in Fargo from complications of cardiac disease and diabetes. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, September 16 at 6PM in Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held one hour prior to Mass. Kay Ann Schultz was born April 10, 1944 in Detroit...

Charles Beaupre

Sep 6, 2016

Charles A. Beaupre, 63, resident of Bemidji, died Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Sanford Health in Bemidji. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, September 12 at 11AM in St. Benedict's Catholic Church in White Earth. Visitation will be held Sunday, September 11 at the White Earth Community Center starting at 4pm. Interment will be held in Calvary Cemetery,...

June Wood

Sep 6, 2016

June Elizabeth Pederson Wood was born October 20, 1930, to Rose and Frank Sandberg in Spring Prairie, MN. In the 1930's, their family moved to Vergas, MN and lived on a farm where she attended school. On October 25, 1946, she married Walter Pederson. They lived in Pelican Rapids, Wilmar, Fergus Falls, and then moved to Detroit Lakes in 1955,...