Obituaries
Mark A Thompson
Jun 27, 2023
Mark Thompson, age 62, a resident of Blaine, Minnesota, formerly of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota died on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at Southern Oaks Place, in Blaine, Minnesota.
Mark Allan was born on November 18, 1960, in Pelican Rapids, the 6th son of Marvin A. and Olive C. (Erickson) Thompson. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Pelican...
Allen Alfred Kuvaas
Jun 12, 2023
Allen Alfred Kuvaas passed away at his home, June 12, 2023, after a long battle with multiple illnesses.
Born in Moorhead, MN, on August 20th, 1943, Allen was the youngest of seven children, raised on a farmstead outside Perley, MN to Alfred and Annie (Klusmann) Kuvaas. He attended Mayville State Teacher’s College, (AKA “Little Harvard on the Prairie”) majoring...
Gaylen Michael Haugrud
Jun 1, 2023
Gaylen Haugrud, age 70, a resident of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, formerly of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at Lakes Homes, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
Gaylen Michael Haugrud was born May 31, 1953, in Pelican Rapids, MN, the son of Mike and Patricia Haugrud. At 9 months of age Gaylen had pneumonia and lost his speech...
Randolph "Randy" Erickson
May 22, 2023
Randolph Eugene Erickson, 90, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota died Monday, May 22, 2023 at 3:00 a.m. while living at the Riverfront on Main Senior Living Center, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota.
Randy was born on July 23, 1932. The son of Albert P and Clara (Peterson) Erickson in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. He was raised and educated in Pelican Rapids, graduating from High...
Fran (Fannie) Anderson
May 13, 2023
Fran (Fannie) VanderPlaats Anderson, 86, a resident of Prairie Lake, Pelican Rapids passed away at her home on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
Fran was born June 30, 1936, daughter of George and Fannie VanderPlaats in Bejou, Minnesota. She attended school in Bejou and graduated from Mahnomen High School in 1954. She began working for L.H.H.S. (now Banner Health System)...
Charles "Chuck" Berg
May 4, 2023
Charles Berg, 73, passed away on May 4, 2023, at his home in Detroit Lakes under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley with his loving family by his side.
Charles “Chuck” Byron Berg was born December 26, 1949 in Pelican Rapids, MN the son of Norman and Inez (Randklev) Berg. He graduated from Pelican Rapids High School...
Paul Brian Bakken
May 3, 2023
Paul Bakken, age 65, of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota died on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.
Paul was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota on September 23, 1957 to Erwin and Marian (Johnson) Bakken. Paul graduated from Pelican Rapids High School.
Paul was united in marriage to Tammy Dillon on June 23, 1979 in Pelican Rapids, MN. They had a family dairy...
Arlis Berdine Ellingson
Apr 12, 2023
Arlis Ellingson, 84, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at her home with her loving family by her side.
Arlis Berdine Olson was born March 3, 1939, at her parents’ home in Maplewood Township, near Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Ernest M. and Marian (Toso) Olson. Arlis was baptized at South Immanuel Lutheran Church,...
Chester Willard Trites
Mar 18, 2023
Chester Willard Trites, 93, Fergus Falls, formerly of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at Minnesota Veterans Home, Fergus Falls, Minnesota.Chester was born on July 12, 1929, at home in Maine Township, Minnesota, to Van and Gladys (Shepley) Trites. He grew up in rural Battle Lake and later Erhard, graduating from Underwood High School in 1947. ...
Karen Tingelstad
Mar 11, 2023
Karen Tingelstad, 72, of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota died on March 11, 2023, at the Pelican Valley Senior Living surrounded by her loving family.
Karen Marie was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 16, 1951, to Francis and Elizabeth (Zweck) Paszek. In 1968 Karen graduated from South Division High School in Milwaukee. Karen moved to the Browerville/Long Prairie area in 1973....
Jon Robert McGregor
Mar 2, 2023
Jon Robert McGregor, age 82, of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died Thursday, March 2, 2023, at Pelican Valley Senior Living, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, with his family by his side.
Jon was born in Moorhead, Minnesota, on June 24, 1940, to Robert and Aline (Swanson) McGregor. In 1958 Jon graduated from Sheldon High School in Iowa. Following graduation, he served in the...
Arnold "Arnie" Lewis Cox Sr.
Feb 18, 2023
Arnold “Arnie” Lewis Cox Sr, age 91, passed away peacefully at his home in rural Pelican Rapids, “His Heaven on Earth” with his family by his side, on February 18, 2023. Arnie was born on February 17, 1932 to Lloyd & Constance Cox. Arnie grew up on a farm in rural Anoka. He graduated from Anoka High School in...
Duane Matthew Valley
Feb 15, 2023
Duane Valley, age 80, of Pelican Rapids, MN, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at his residence with his family by his side.
Duane Matthew was born in Crookston, MN, to Delphis and Bernice (LaCoursiere) Valley. When Duane started school at Bugalow country school in Terrebonne, he only spoke French not English. Duane later graduated from Northwest School...
Judy King
Feb 9, 2023
Judy Ann (Klein) King, age 72, of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota was welcomed home to heaven on February 9, 2023, surrounded by her loving family.
Judy was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota on March 10, 1950 to Elaine (Dolezal) Solee and Reuben Klein. In 1968 she graduated from Breckenridge Senior High School. On March 16, 1968, Judy met her soulmate at a...
Michael James Scholl
Feb 5, 2023
Michael Scholl, 80, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2023, at the Pelican Valley Senior Living in Pelican Rapids surrounded by his family.
Michael James was born June 19, 1942, in Minneapolis, MN, son of Ruben and Sarah (Murphy) Scholl. He grew up in North Minneapolis. He worked construction with his uncle in Minneapolis. On February 12, 1966, he was...
James "Jim" Michels
Jan 20, 2023
James “Jim” Michels, 66, passed peacefully on Friday, January 20, 2023, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, MN, surrounded by his family.
James Marlin was born September 14, 1956, in Osage, Iowa, the son of Jerald and Adeline (Smolik)Michels. In 1962 his family moved to Faribault, MN and in summer of 1966 the family moved to Pelican Rapids, MN. ...
Pr. David Lysaker
Jan 10, 2023
Pr. David Lysaker, 74, changed his address from Pelican Rapids to heaven on Tuesday, January 10th. He was on hospice care at his home on the Pelican River.
Visitation time of sharing and prayer will be on Friday, Jan 27th 5-8 pm at Calvary Evangelical Free Church in Pelican Rapids. A celebration of life will be the following day, Saturday,...
Carolyn Ardis Borgen Heintz
Dec 29, 2022
Carolyn Borgen Heintz, 100, of Audubon, MN, formerly of Pelican Rapids, died peacefully at her home on Thursday, December 29, 2022.
Carolyn Ardis Hill was born on August 16, 1922, to Marvin and Louise (Tjostem) Hill in Veblen, South Dakota. After graduating from Veblen High School in 1940, she went on to earn her teaching certificate from Aberdeen Normal...
Marvin LeRoy Martinson
Dec 7, 2022
Marvin Martinson, age 80, of Pelican Rapids, MN, died Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at Riverfront on Main surrounded by family with the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.
Marvin LeRoy was born on March 20, 1942, in Fergus Falls, MN to Herman and Dorothy (Barringer) Martinson. His family resided in Rothsay until Marvin was five, when they moved...
LaVerne Ione Colness
Nov 23, 2022
LaVerne Ione (Thompson) Colness, age 93, of Sedona, Arizona, died Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at Pioneer Care Center, Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
LaVerne was born November 29, 1928, in Fargo, ND, to Lester and Ellen (Pearson) Thompson. She grew up and attended schools in the Campbell-Tintah area. In 1946 she graduated from Tintah High School as Valedictorian. In the...
