Obituaries

JoAnn Adelaide Anderson Thorp, 92, passed away on June 27, 2025 surrounded by her family. JoAnn was born on August 26, 1932 in Twin Valley, MN to Charles Alfred Anderson and Hannah Constance Hanson Anderson. JoAnn attended Twin Valley Elementary School until she was 9 years when her family moved to …

Ryan Lee Bakken, a beloved husband, father, brother, and friend, passed away on June 28, 2025, at Sanford Hospice House, surrounded by the love of his family. Born on September 19, 1951, in Fosston, Minnesota, Ryan was the son of Lowell and Ruby (Olson) Bakken. Growing up in Crookston, he attended M…

Sheldon Trandem, age 89, of Erskine, MN, passed away on Saturday, June 28th, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 7th, at Rodnes Lutheran Church, rural Erskine, with the Rev. Andrew Virkus officiating. Interment will be in the church…

Warren Allen Bakken, 61 of Crookston Mn, formerly of Mentor MN, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday June 26, 2025  Warren Allen Bakken was born on November 17, 1963, in Crookston, MN, to Allen and Linda (Lenhart) Bakken. Warren grew up in Mentor, MN. During his teenage years, he worked for a farmer…

Ardell M. Erstad, 94, Ada, MN, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at Benedictine Care Community in Ada, MN. Ardell Mae Woltjer was born May 7, 1931, near Borup MN. She was the youngest daughter of Jacob and Anna (Giinther) Woltjer’s six children. The family lived south of Borup during her childho…

Marian Lee Gullekson died peacefully on June 23, 2025, at the Benedictine Care Center in Ada. Marian Lee Gullekson, daughter of Robert Lee and Isabel Askew Lee, was born July 9, 1922 in Renwick, Iowa. She was raised on a farm southeast of Beltrami, attended one year of high school at Casselton, ND a…

Tana Sue Hagen-Merwin, 81, passed away peacefully at her home, in Aitkin, MN, on Monday June 9, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Tana was born October 4, 1943, to Thomas and Anna Virginia (Garberg) Hagen, in Pittsburgh, PA. Tana was the beloved eldest sister to six sisters and one brother. The…

Robert (Bob) William Young, 77, passed away peacefully the morning of Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the RiverView Hospital in Crookston with his wife and daughters at his side. Bob was born in Willmar, MN, on July 30, 1947, to loving parents Donald and Wilma Young. Although born in Willmar, MN, B…

Earl Lewis James Reese (Jim) formally of Crookston died June 22nd , 2025 at his home in Lakewood Colorado. Jim was the son of Earl and Eileen Reese, he graduated from Central High, his art teacher Leroy Krause encouraged Jim to follow his passion to become a sculptor. In 1971 he moved to Colorado an…

Paul Michael Pinsonneault was born on April 28, 1944, at Villa St. Vincent Hospital in Crookston, MN. He grew up and attended school in Red Lake Falls, MN. In 1966, he married Marlene Payment and worked for many years building homes at Detroiter Mobile Homes in Red Lake Falls. In 1974, Paul married …