Obituaries

Mike “Smitty” Schmidt, 73 of Red Lake Falls, MN passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Essentia Health in Fargo with his loving daughters by his side. The Service of the Word to celebrate Smitty’s life will be 11:00 AM on Friday, May 31, 2024 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Red Lake […

David A. Fuglseth, 82, Fertile, MN, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at the Fargo VA Hospital in Fargo, ND.   Funeral Service: 11:00 Monday, June 3, 2024, at Hope Evangelical free Church, Fertile, MN. Visitation: One hour before the funeral on Monday at the church. Interment with full mil…

*UPDATED SERVICE TIME* Memorial Service: 1:00 PM, Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Erikson-Vik-Ganje Funeral Home, Fertile, MN.  Visitation: One hour before the memorial service at the funeral home. Inurnment with full military rites: Concordia Lutheran South Cemetery, Fertile, MN. Donald George Dale, lovi…

Cameron “Butch” Valor Gray, 81, of Climax, MN, passed away Thursday afternoon, May 16, 2024, in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, surrounded by his loving family. On Saturday, May 11th, Butch experienced a farm accident and suffered a traumatic neck and brain injury. He was at Altru in ICU fighting hard …

Sheldon Ellsworth Bolstad (74) Grand Forks, ND passed away April 1, 2024 at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND with loving family by his side. Sheldon was born Thursday, April 28, 1949 at Bethesda Hospital Crookston MN to parents Alvin E Bolstad and Evelyn M (Skiple) Bolstad, Fertile, MN during a Partial …

Robert Harold “Bob” Ross, 79, of Crookston, MN, passed away in Fisher, MN on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Bob was born in Crookston on April 27, 1945, the son of Harold and Luverne (Buckman) Ross. Together with his sisters, Jan and Marilee, they were raised in a loving home on Locken Blvd. He was baptize…

Gail Lynn Carlson, 74, of Fertile, MN, passed away early Friday morning, May 17, 2024, in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND, with her beloved family by her side just as they had been throughout her illness. Gail was born in Crookston on August 8, 1949, one of 6 children of the union of Gerard “Minnie”…

Milo Jerome Aanenson, 86, of Fertile, MN died May 15, 2024 at Essentia Hospital, Ada MN, surrounded by family. Milo was born April 6, 1938, the youngest of nine children, to Elias and Christina (Aamodt) Aanenson on the family farm south of Fertile. He made the farm his lifelong home. On September 23…

Lyle D. Reitmeier, 81, of Battle Creek, MI, passed away in a hospital there on Monday, March 18, 2024. Lyle was born in Bethesda Hospital, Crookston, on March 31, 1942, the son of Leonard William and Amelia “Amy” (Drumheller) Reitmeier. His early years were spent growing up on a farm north of Crooks…

Delsie Darlene Foreman, 87, passed away March 28, 2024, at Eternal Spring Senior Living in Gilbert, AZ. Delsie was born on May 21, 1936 in Crookston, MN, the daughter of Clarence and Lelia (Steiner) Charais. She was baptized and confirmed at First English Church, Eldred, MN, and graduated from Crook…