Obituaries

LaVone “Vonie” Peterson, age 85, of Mentor, MN, passed away on Monday, February 11th, at Thief River Care Center in Thief River Falls, MN. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 16th, at Faith Lutheran Church in Mentor with the Rev. Michael Sletto and Rev. Timothy Lundeen o…

Michael “Mike” Ray Peterson, 71, of Halstad, MN, passed away quietly on February 5, 2019, in the Halstad Living Center in Halstad, MN.  Mike was born in Fargo, ND, to Albert and Imogene (Reno) Peterson on January 20, 1948. He attended school in Halstad. He joined the Job Corps and traveled for a bit…

Julius E. “JIB” Shimpa was born July 2, 1943 to Joseph and Marie Louise Moser Shimpa in Roseau, MN. When Jib was an infant, the family moved to Brooks, MN. He attended school in Plummer, MN. At the age of 15 the family moved to Crookston where he began working.  Jib met and eventually married Ramona…

Marlene Carol Monson, 73, died on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at her home in Fertile, MN. Marlene was born on May 21, 1946, in Fertile. She attended Willow Creek School District #37 until the 6th grade when the school closed, after which she attended Fertile-Beltrami School until the age of 16. She li…

Sister Catherine Merck (76) died February 5, 2019 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Catherine Louise Merck was born in Ada, MN on June 1, 1942, the youngest of seven children of Anthony J. and Margaret (Jerome) Merck. She attended Saint Rose of Lima school in Argyle, MN from first to eighth grad…

Virginia Helen Sheridan, 89, of the RiverView Care Center, Crookston, MN, passed from this life and went to be with her Savior the evening of February 5, 2019, with her loving family by her side. Virginia was born on January 15, 1930 to Samuel and Selma (Moen) Shipstead in Crookston, where she lived…

Kelly Troy Scholl, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Halstad, MN, on January 31, 2019 at the age of 50.  He is survived by his parents Harley and Bonnie (Lindstrom) Scholl of Grandin, ND, sister Nicole Scholl and Annette Acuff of New York, significant other Marsha Spokely, of Halstad, as well …

Delores Mae Page, age 92, of Crookston, MN passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at the Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home. Delores was born on May 9, 1926 in Red Lake Falls, MN to August and Florence Hinrichs. She attended Country School and graduated from Lafayette High School in 1944. …

Florence Lucille Rood, 93, passed away in Stacy, MN, Wednesday, January 30th, 2019, with her loving family at her side. Florence was born February 4th, 1925 in Brandt Township, Euclid, MN, to Charles and Bessie (Ball) Steer.  She grew up on the farm and attended rural school and Warren High School. …

After a long and difficult illness, Edward George Gasper passed away on January 25, 2019, with his loving family by his side at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN, where he had lived for the past 4 1/2 years. He was 89 years old. Ed was born in Minneapolis on August 17, 1929, to […]