Obituaries
Douglas Johnson
Aug 6, 2013
Douglas Lee Johnson was born November 13, 1955 in Detroit Lakes to Donald E. and Carol E (Omundson) Johnson. He was raised and educated in Detroit Lakes graduating from Detroit Lakes High School in 1974. On August 16, 1975, Doug was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart, Vikki Jo Johnson in Trinity Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes. After school,...
C. Greene
Aug 4, 2013
Charles "John" Greene was born May 23, 1948 in White Earth, Minnesota to Charles I. and Dorothy (Jackson) Greene. He was raised and educated in Detroit Lakes and is a 1966 graduate of Detroit Lakes High School. Following graduation, John joined the U. S. Army where he became the Sergeant for the 173 Airborne serving 14 months in Viet Nam....
Charlotte McConn
Aug 4, 2013
Funeral Home: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN US 56501 Previous Events Service Wednesday, August 7, 2013 3:00 PM United Methodist Memorial Garden
885 Pembina Trail Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Virginia Stitzer
Aug 3, 2013
Virginia A. Stitzer, 87 formerly of Detroit Lakes/Jamestown, ND area, passed away on Aug. 3rd, 2013 in Raleigh, NC. Graveside services will be held on August 24th, 2013 at 11:30 at Oak Grove Cemetery in Detroit Lakes, Mn. Virginia was born on September 9th, 1925 to Carl and Alice (Dahlin) Freeberg in Omaha, Ne. She met and married Horace "Bob"...
Joan Liebler
Aug 2, 2013
Joan Elizabeth Liebler was born June 18, 1939 near West Concord, Minnesota to Warren and Helga Johnson. She was raised and educated near West Concord and is a 1957 graduate of West Concord High School. Joan was united in marriage to Dale Krukow in West Concord. They made their home in West Concord until his death in 1963. Following his...
Jennie Boswell
Jul 27, 2013
Funeral Home: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN US 56501 Previous Events Visitation Tuesday, July 30, 2013 4:00 PM White Earth Commnity Center
White Earth, MN 56591
Visitation will start at 4PM and continue until the time of services on Wednesday.
Service Wednesday, July 31, 2013 11:00...
Silvia Radke
Jul 26, 2013
Silvia Evangelina Toledo was born February 21, 1928 in Antofagasta, Chile, South America to Carmen and Guillermo Toledo. In 1948, she met Eddie Radke in Chile. After two years of long distance romance, Eddie and Silvia were united in marriage in Antofagasta, Chile. Not knowing any English, Silvia bravely moved away from her family to Tracy, MN. While adjusting to...
Catherine Peters
Jul 24, 2013
Catherine "Taffy" Peters of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died in the early morning hours on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A native of Redfield, South Dakota, Taffy and her husband, the late KJ Peters, brought their family to Detroit Lakes in 1966 and made their home together on East Shore Drive until KJ's death in 1995. Taffy remained in the family home...
Audrey Rodewald
Jul 15, 2013
Audrey K. Rodewald, 78, Detroit Lakes, MN, died Monday, July 15 at Ecumen-Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Audrey Kathryn Rodewald was born March 17, 1935 in Ludington, MI to H. Elmer and Sigrud (Larson)Hansen. Following the death of her mother, she moved to Detroit Lakes, MN with her father and step-mother, Edna Hansen in 1938. In 1950, they moved...
Laurie Hvzeda
Jul 7, 2013
Laurie Ann Hvzeda, 48, rural Ogema, MN, died Sunday, July 7 at Essentia-St. Mary's Health in Detroit Lakes. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Thursday at her home, 34770 County Road 143, Ogema. Friends may call from 4:00 PM Wednesday until the time of the service on Thursday at the Hvzeda Residence. Laurie Ann Hvzeda was born August 5, 1964...
Patrick Reem
Jul 5, 2013
Patrick was born on November 23, 1964, in Canby, MN to the late Ben Reem and Martha (Lee) Reem. He spent most of his childhood in Mandan, ND, graduating from Mandan Senior High School in 1983. Some of his happiest years were spent in college where he received a BS in Business Administration from Dickinson State University in 1987. He...
Raymond Engstrand
Jul 2, 2013
Raymond Arthur Engstrand was born August 2, 1925 to Albert and Anna Marie (Hedlund) Engstrand in Spruce Hill Township in Douglas County. He was raised on the family farm attending a one room school house a half mile from home. At a young age, Ray's father was blinded in an accident. Ray took on the responsibility of being his father's...
Dennis Kropuenske
Jul 2, 2013
Dennis Lee Kropuenske was born October 27, 1952 in Rapid City, SD to Leonard and Elaine (Terrell) Kropuenske. He graduated from Brainerd High School. He enlisted into the United States Army on August 8, 1972 in Minneapolis, MN and started what became a fulfilling career in the military. He performed his basic training in Ft. Lewis, WA and received additional...
Jeffrey Aarness
Jul 1, 2013
Jeffrey Scott Aarness, 51, Hastings, MN, died in his home of natural causes. Jeff was born on June 15, 1962, and grew up in Barnesville, MN. He attended and graduated from the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf in 1981. While there he was an outstanding athlete and was voted homecoming king his senior year. Following his graduation, he worked...
Richard Kunz
Jun 25, 2013
Richard "Dick" Jacob Kunz, 85 resident of Callaway, MN, was reunited with his Heavenly Father and the love of his life, Lois, on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Born February 20, 1928 to Martin Kunz and Agnes (Kahnke) Kunz, he spent his life on the family farm in Callaway. On May 14, 1953, he married his sweetheart, Lois Dalve, at Assumption...
Iona Cooper-Berg
Jun 20, 2013
Iona Cooper Berg, 93. Of Detroit Lakes, MN died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, June 20 at Emmanuel Community. Iona was born December 29, 1919 to Walter and Gladys (Sather) Forney in Egeland, ND. She attended school in Egeland and graduated as salutatorian in 1937. After graduating she attended Minot State Teacher's College, where she received her teaching certification....
Beulah Syverson
Jun 18, 2013
Beulah M Syverson, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at St. Mary's Essentia in Detroit Lakes, MN. at the age of 99 years. Beulah Marie Syverson was born December 6, 1913 in Princeton, Ill. She was raised and educated in Princeton and graduated from Princeton High School in 1931. She was united in marriage to Charles Syverson on June 17, 1945,...
Lillian Shay
Jun 17, 2013
Lillian Bernice Shay, beloved mother and grandmother, formerly of Excelsior, Minn, passed away of natural causes on Monday, June 17, in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Lillian was preceded in death by her loved ones: husband, John Merritt Shay, her son, David Wesley Shay and her sister, Marit Birkeland. She is survived by daughters: Lynn Harrod and Carol Granger, son-in-law: James Granger,...
Kenneth Conroy
Jun 16, 2013
Kenneth Steven Conroy was born June 17, 1936 in Moorhead, MN to E. P. and Vera (Christensen) Conroy. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Detroit Lakes where he graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1954. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from NDAC (now North Dakota State University) in 1958 and...
LeRoy Squires
Jun 14, 2013
August 29, 1938 – June 14, 2013 LeRoy Jerald 'Bud' Squires died Friday June 14, 2013 at the U of M Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. Services for LeRoy are scheduled for 11 AM, Monday June 24th at the Lund Lutheran Church in rural Detroit Lakes, Pastor Jim Osvold officiating. Visitation will be held from 4-7 PM, Sunday June 23rd...
