Obituaries

Ellen’s life will be celebrated at a Memorial Service to be held at Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home on her birthday, Thursday, August 1, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. Visitation with the family will be for one hour prior. The service will be livestreamed by going to Ellen’s obituary age at www.stenshoelhouske.co…

Julie Syverson, age 79, of Ulen, MN, died Sunday, July 28, 2024, in her home, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 1, 2024, at 2:00pm, with a visitation 1 hour before, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ulen. Interment will be at Bethlehem We…

Dorothy “Bonnie” Heng of Red Lake Falls, MN, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at Valley Senior Living in Grand Forks, ND. Funeral service for Bonnie will be held 11:00 AM on Saturday, August 10, 2024 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Red Lake Falls, MN with Reve…

Eric Jon Ambuehl, 53, a longtime Crookston, MN resident, passed away unexpectedly on July 3, 2024, at Tampa Hospital in Tampa Bay, FL, where he had currently been living. Eric was born in Ada, MN on September 13, 1970, the son of Arlin Mark and Laurel Jean (Swenson) Ambuehl. While Arlin, better know…

Charles Louis Brouillard, 84, of Crookston, MN, passed away Sunday morning, July 21, 2024, in the Benedictine Living Community Crookston, where he had been a resident since this past May 29th. Charles was born in Crookston on February 7, 1940, the 5th of 13 children of the union of Vital J. and Flor…

Thor “Art” Arlen Gilbertson, 77, of Ada, MN, died July 18, 2024 under the care of Benedictine Care Community and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Art was born on March 19, 1947, in Ada, MN, the son of Allen “Dutch” and Margaret (Johnson) Gilbertson. He graduated from Ada High School in 1965. He then…

Helen Louise (Schiefer) Holland, age 90 of Fargo, North Dakota passed away peacefully on July 20, 2024. Helen was born on June 3, 1934 in Kenmare, North Dakota, where she grew up and graduated from high school before attending Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Helen graduated from Concordia …

Dora Hjordis Moses (Oien), 93, passed away peacefully in the afternoon on Monday, July 15, 2024, at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston with her children present. She was born in Detroit Lakes, MN, on November 20, 1930, to loving parents John and Dedrikka (Olson) Oien. Dora spent the early years of h…

Catherine “Kate” Simonson, age 93, of Mentor, MN, passed away on Monday, July 15, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, MN with her family by her side. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 20th, at Faith Lutheran Church in Mentor with the Rev. Michael Sletto officiating. I…

Lois Mavis Bagley died peacefully on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile. Lois was born Lois Mavis Hovelsrud on January 22, 1928 in Crookston to Lawrence and Anne Hovelsrud.  Lois spent her childhood and attended school in Crookston.   After graduating from high school in…