Obituaries

Genevieve Maxine Bruley, 92, passed away on Wednesday evening, November 24, 2021, in her longtime Crookston, MN home, while comforted by her son, Gary, who was at her side. Genevieve was born at Warren, MN on February 25, 1929, the 12th of 13 children of the union of Everett and Nellie (Byrn) Taylor…

Sandra “Sandy” Marie Waxvik, formerly of Crookston and Pengilly, MN, and more recently wherever her husband parked the RV, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 4, 2022. Sandy was born to parents Dale and Harriet (Nicholson) Torrance in Grand Forks, ND on September 15, 1957. Sandy grew up the you…

David “Dave” Anthony Benson died peacefully at Villa St. Vincent on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at the age of 82. David Benson was born in Thief River Falls, MN on July 5, 1939 to Sylvia (Jokela) and Alfred Benson, and grew up near Fourtown, MN. Dave developed a unique empathy and strength due to a [&h…

Nancy C. (Olson) Lee, 86, Honolulu HI, formerly of Fertile, MN, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, January 15, 2022. Nancy was born in Fargo, North Dakota on June 18, 1935. Her parents, George and Frances Olson moved to Fertile, Minnesota after WWII where they operated Fertile Hardware for …

Steven Kenneth “Steve” Briggs, 59, of Crookston, Minnesota passed away Sunday, June 5th, 2022, at Altru in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Steve was born in Crookston, Minnesota on July 9th, 1962, to Kenneth and Muriel (Michaels) Briggs. As a child, Steve lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Minneapolis, M…

Vincent “Vince” Maurice Blokzyl, 58, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Saturday afternoon, June 4, 2022, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Vince was born in Crookston on June 14, 1963, the son of Charles Roger and Betty Ann (Christianson) Blokzyl. He attended Crookston schools, including Central …

Fred Landman, Jr. 75 of Red Lake Falls, MN, passed away on Friday, June 3, 2022, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, June 13, 2022, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Red Lake Falls, MN with Reverend Jeffrey Lytle officiating. Burial will be held at Oak Grove Cemeter…

Mabel Lillian (Zak) Sirek of Red Lake Falls passed away on Thursday, February 24 th, 2022 at the age of 87. She resided at Hillcrest Senior Living Inc. (RLF)and was also under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Mabel was born on January 28th, 1935, to Louis and Agnes (Machal) Zak near [&he…

Linda Tvedt of Crookston, MN formerly of Red Lake Falls, MN passed away on Thursday, June 2, 2022 surrounded by her loving family at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Mass of Christian burial will be held 11:00 AM June 10, 2022 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Red Lake Falls, MN with Father MSGR […

Joye Marie Thompson, 79, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Wednesday morning, January 19, 2022, in RiverView Health with her loving husband, Arvid, at her side. Joye was born in Crookston on June 1, 1942, the daughter of Albert and Florence (Lend) Stengrim. She grew up on the family’s farm near St…