Obituaries

Debora Ann (Smith) Strande, age 66, of Crookston, MN, passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2022, after a long and courageous battle with cancer, at her home with her family by her side. Debbie was born on September 26, 1955, in Bagley, MN, the daughter of the late Ralph and Mary (Kincaid) Smith. She gr…

Joy Ann Goulet, 60, of Crookston, MN, passed away at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND early Sunday morning after battling health issues for several years. Joy was born in Crookston on June 25, 1962, to Betty Lou Peterson. She grew up in Euclid and was educated in Crookston schools, graduating fro…

Margaret “Peggy” Jane Proulx, 92, of rural Crookston, MN, passed away at her home Saturday evening, August 20, 2022, surrounded in love by many of her family. Peggy was born at St. Michael’s Hospital in Grand Forks on August 13, 1930, to Emmet and Mary (Quirk) Kane.  She grew up in East Grand Forks,…

Verona “Nonie” Skalsky, 96, Ada, MN, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at Benedictine Care Community in Ada. She was born to Claris and Olive (Loobey) Miller at their farm southeast of Ada. She received her early education at country school and graduated from Ada High School in 1944.…

Ruth Herringer, age 79, of Ada, MN, passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND, surrounded by her loved ones. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 19, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., with a visitation beginning at 12:00 p.m., at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Twin Val…

Rolland Joseph Corbin, 83, of Hermitage, Tennessee passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022 after a long battle with Lung Cancer. He was born on November 19, 1938 in Crookston, Minnesota. He was the son of Helen G. Casavan Corbin and the late Clifford Corbin. Rolland was married to Sandra McMurtry Corbi…

Joe French, 82, a former Crookston resident passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, with his loving family gathered at his bedside. Joseph Victor  French was born in Drayton, North Dakota on February 19, 1940.  He was the fifth of nine children. He attended and graduated from school in Oakwood, Nort…

Verna M. Wegge, 108, Halstad, MN, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at the Halstad Living Center in Halstad. This is Verna’s history in her own words: I, Verna Mildred Aalgaard, was born in Norman County to Rudolph and Selma Holm Aalgaard on December 27, 1913. I was born on the ol…

Henrietta Jeannette Beiswenger, 94, a lifelong Eldred and Crookston, MN resident, passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 10, 2022, at the Benedictine Living Community Crookston (Villa St. Vincent). Hank, as she was affectionately known throughout her life, was born on June 30, 1928, in Andover Town…

Steven John “Steve” Matzke, 71, of Crookston, MN, died at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND on Monday, August 8, 2022, after a brief illness. Steve was born in Crookston on April 24, 1951, the son of Bill and Doris (Amundson) Matzke, who themselves had settled in Crookston from the Twi…