Obituaries
Anthony Brugman
Dec 14, 2013
Anthony "Tony" D. Brugman, 57, resident of Detroit Lakes, died Saturday, December 14 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, December 19 at 2PM in David Donehower Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Interment will be held in the spring at Oak Grove Cemetery. Tony was born July 5, 1956 in Moorhead, MN...
Charles Brown
Dec 9, 2013
Charles was born March 27, 1928 in Detroit Lakes to Eddie and Ellen (Antilla) Brown. He was raised in the area along with his 10 siblings. On February 7, 1948 he married the love of his life, Sylvia Bjorlo in Moorhead, MN. Over the years he worked as a truck driver, farmer and Armour employee until his retirement. At that...
Darcy Villebrun
Dec 9, 2013
Darcy Sue Villebrun was born January 27, 1965 to Beryl Marie Bloom and Raymond Arthur Villebrun. She was raised with her four brothers and three sisters by her mother in South Minneapolis. She attended Phillips Jr. High and graduated soon after. Darcy enjoyed traveling to Pow-Wows and dancing "fancy shawl" in contests. She often placed 1st or 2nd. Her favorite...
David Jepson
Dec 8, 2013
David Allen Jepson was born August 27, 1931 at the family home in Evergreen Township, rural Frazee the 8th of 11 children of Raymond and Floretta (Seger) Jepson. He grew up and attended District 84 rural school in Evergreen Township. David worked numerous jobs in Grand Forks, ND, Fargo, ND and Grand Rapids, MN prior to moving to Oregon in...
Patrick Gaffney
Dec 7, 2013
Patrick J. Gaffney, 67, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Patrick James Gaffney was born December 3, 1946 in Hawley, MN to Donald and Lucille (Sauer) Gaffney. His family lived in Rollag and later moved to Fargo, ND where he attended area schools. Patrick was united in marriage to Rosalie Alm January...
Maurice Eder
Dec 4, 2013
Maurice Joseph Eder was born July 4, 1928 in Breckenridge, MN to Joseph and Mary (Portner) Eder. He was united in marriage to Catherine Schmit, June 20, 1951. They made their home in Breckenridge, Doran, Hoffman and Detroit Lakes where Maurice worked as a manager for numerous lumber companies. Catherine died in 2010. Maurice loved music, dancing, bowling, fishing and...
Stephen Caye
Dec 4, 2013
Stephen G. Caye was born July 20, 1949 in Detroit Lakes, MN to George and Verona (Stadatherr) Caye. He was raised and educated in Detroit Lakes and is a 1967 graduate of Detroit Lakes High School. He moved to Alexandria where he completed the Law Enforcement Training Program at the Alexandria Vo-Tech. He worked in St. Cloud and Jackson County,...
Todd Gray
Dec 3, 2013
Todd T. Gray, 48, resident of Bloomington, MN, formerly of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN. Memorial services will be held Saturday, December 14 at 2PM in David Donehower Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Interment will be held in the spring at Holy Rosary Catholic...
Florence Fritz
Nov 23, 2013
Florence Fritz, age 94, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, November 23, 2013, at The Cottages in Detroit Lakes. Funeral mass will take place 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m., Monday, November 25, 2013, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church....
Florence Goodman
Nov 22, 2013
Florence C. Goodman, 66, Ponsford, MN, died Friday, November 22 at her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, November 27 at the Old Pine Point School in Ponsford. Interment will be in the Breck Memorial Episcopal Cemetery. Friends may call from 4:30 PM on Tuesday until the time...
Donald Briese
Nov 21, 2013
Donald Arthur Briese was born to Arthur H. and Bernice (Kever) Briese on the 28th of August, 1930 in Wells, MN. He attended school in Fairmont, MN and served with the Fifth Army Quarter Master Corps at Ft. Sheridan, IL. He completed his military service as a mess sergeant with K-Company, 135th Infantry, 47th Division at Camp Rucker, AL. Donald...
Iva Molacek
Nov 20, 2013
Iva Arlene Molacek was born July 23, 1922 in Spring Creek Township, rural Ogema, MN to Rudolph and Ester (Fredricks) Korinta. She was raised and educated in rural Ogema. Iva was united in marriage to Leonard Molacek September 14, 1943 in Detroit Lakes, MN. They farmed in rural Callaway until moving to Fargo, ND in 1952. They returned to the...
Mildred Garoutte
Nov 18, 2013
Mildred A. Garoutte, 82, a resident of the Frazee Care Center, formerly of Detroit Lakes and Oceanside, CA, died Monday in the Frazee Care Center. Funeral services will be in Oceanside, CA at a later date. Funeral Home: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN US 56501 Service: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Funeral Services will be...
Bessie Nustad
Nov 12, 2013
Bessie Katherine, daughter of Herbert and Bertha (Brown) Lewis, was born November 24, 1922 in Candor Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota. She attended school District 149, a rural country school across the field from where she grew up. After school she assisted on the family farm and worked for other area farmers doing household chores of cleaning, cooking and watching the...
Anna Schlauderaff
Nov 11, 2013
Anna T. Schlauderaff, 86, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Monday, November 11, 2013 at Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Saturday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes, Msgr. Timothy McGee, officiating. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery. Friends may call 4:00 – 7:00 PM Friday with a Christian Mothers Rosary at...
Gerald Pesicka
Nov 9, 2013
Gerald "Jerry" Lee Pesicka, 63, resident of rural Frazee, MN, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Frazee Care Center, Frazee, MN. Memorial Services will be held at Lakes Area Vineyard Church on Friday, November 15 at 2PM. Visitation will be held at David Donehower Funeral Home on Thursday, November 14 from 5PM-7PM. Visitation will also continue one hour prior...
Jack Lillis
Nov 5, 2013
Jack Lillis, 77, resident of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Tuesday, November 5 at his residence in Detroit Lakes. Memorial services will be held at David Donehower Funeral Home on Monday, November 11 at 11AM. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Jack was born September 19, 1936 in Richville, MN to Ned and Pauline (Schmidt) Lillis. He attended...
James Grandboise
Nov 4, 2013
James L. Grandboise died November 4, 2013 at his home in White Earth, MN. Services are on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 11:00 am from the White Earth Community Center in White Earth. Mike Dahl will be Officiating. Visitation is Friday, November 7 starting at 4:30 from the White Earth Community Center in White Earth. James Lynus Grandboise was born...
Richard Kyte
Nov 4, 2013
Dick was born to James Emmett Kyte and Mable "Mae" H. (Engle) Kyte on March 29, 1933 in Carrington, ND. He moved to Detroit Lakes, MN as a young boy with his parents. He attended school and graduated from the Holmes School in 1951. He attended college in Fargo, ND. Dick followed in his father's footsteps and took over Kyte...
Brandon Boswell
Nov 1, 2013
Brandon M. Boswell, 24, resident of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Friday, November 1, 2013 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Brandon Michael Boswell was born August 15, 1989 in Minneapolis, MN to Roger Boswell and Lori Korte. In 1993 he moved to White Earth and attended Circle of Life school and graduated from Red Wing High School. After...
