Obituaries

Marian Ann Devos, age 98, of Crookston, Minnesota, passed away on Monday, October 18, 2021, at the Villa-St. Vincent Nursing Home in Crookston. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 am on Friday, October 22, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Crookston. Visi…

Loren Duane “Butch” Seaton, 70, of Brighton, CO, passed away in the Surprise Health & Rehab in Arizona on December 31, 2020. Loren was born in Crookston, MN on June 19, 1950, one of three children of the union of Oren and Edna (Butenhoff) Seaton. He grew up in Crookston and graduated from Centra…

Chad “Chadwick” Horton, 42, Fertile, MN, passed away sadly and unexpectedly on Monday, October 11, 2021, at his home in Fertile. Chad Everette Horton was born on March 24, 1979, to Stephen Horton and Debra Heyen in Granbury, Texas. The family moved to Willard, Missouri, where they lived for 5 years.…

Juan Manuel Garcia, age 33, of Crookston, Minnesota, passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2021, at his home in Crookston.  A memorial service will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, October 21, 2021, at Stenshoel Houske Funeral Home in Crookston, with a time of gathering an hour prior.  

Gene Morland Erlandson, 92, of Mentor, Minnesota was born to Arthur and Hilda (Skanson) Erlandson on August 10, 1929, in St. Paul, Minnesota. While still a small child the family moved back to their farm in Woodside Township. During WWII they moved to Portland, Oregon where his father worked in a sh…

Richard Alton “Dick” Widseth, 89, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Friday morning, October 15, 2021, with family at his side. Dick was born in Gonvick, MN, on August 10, 1932, the son of Albert and Emily (Peterson) Widseth.  He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, and grew up in Gonv…

Doris I. Barkve, 92, Ada, MN, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 11, 2021, at Benedictine Care Community in Ada. Doris Irene (Jacobson) Barkve was born on May 31, 1929, to Clarence and Nettie (Bell) Jacobson in rural Hendrum Township. Doris married Howard Barkve on July 28, 1951, and together…

Irene Margaret Ross, 100, of Crookston, MN, and a former longtime Fisher area resident, passed away in the Benedictine Living Community of Crookston on Wednesday morning, October 13, 2021, with her daughter and son-in-law, Gayle and Jerry Wardner at her side. Irene was born on January 10, 1921, on t…

James “Jim” L. Larson, Fertile, MN, passed away on Monday, October 11, 2021, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile surrounded by family. James Leroy Larson was born September 08, 1930, at Bethesda Hospital in Crookston, MN, to Alfred and Ella Larson of Beltrami, MN. He attended Scandia Country Scho…

James L. Simon, age 85 of Hibbing, MN, passed away on October 6, 2021, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Jim was born in Menomonie, WI on March 15, 1936, to Leonard and Frances (Gerbich) Simon.  He graduated from Buhl High School in 1954 and went on to serve his country in the United States Army […]