Obituaries

On September 16th, 2022 God opened His arms and welcomed home His good and faithful servant, Rodney Wendell Oistad, 89, Fertile, MN. He was surrounded by family. Rodney came into the world with a bang, born on the 4th of July, 1933 in rural Shelly, Minnesota to Selmer and Clara (Holm) Oistad. He was…

Eugene Wavra of Red Lake Falls, MN passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022, surrounded by his loving family at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Red Lake Falls, MN with Father Bob Sch…

Sister Paschal Martin, OSB, age 99, died on September 15, 2022, at Villa Saint Vincent, Crookston, MN. Lyda Martin was born in Oslo, Minnesota, on June 27, 1923. Her father, John J. Martin, of German descent, came from Canada; her mother, Laura Iverson, was of Norwegian descent. Lyda, the youngest o…

Debra Lynn (Common) Kopecky, 65, of rural Euclid, MN, passed away Friday evening, September 16, 2022, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND surrounded by family. Deb was born in Grand Forks, ND on July 21, 1957, the youngest of 4 children of the union of Duane and Dolores (Armentrout) Common. After g…

Thomas “Tom” James McWaters, 42, of Fisher, MN, died Tuesday morning, September 13, 2022, in a traffic accident on Grand Forks County Road 7 while en route to work at Interstate Power in Grand Forks, ND. Tom was born in Crookston on April 26, 1980, the son of William and Barbara (Gebhardt) McWaters.…

Bernice Katherine Sherry, 92, of Crookston, died early Wednesday morning at the Riverview Memory Care unit, where she had moved to just over a month ago. Bernice’s faith-filled life began on May 27, 1930, when she was born to Werner and Minnie (Behlke) Schulz, in the home that her father built…

Dennis L. Woltjer, 81, of Borup, MN passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at his residence in Borup under the care of his family. Dennis was a graduate of Borup High School in 1959, soon after on November 15, 1961, he married his one and only love. Shirley and Dennis had a wonderful and [&hel…

Larry Jerome Skalsky, age 90, Dilworth, MN, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 11, 2022, at the Fargo Sanford Medical Center. Larry was born on May 7, 1932, in Ada, MN, where he grew up with his parents, John and Emma Skalsky, brother, Roy and sister, Shirley. In 1950 Larry joined the U.S. …

Vaunda Lea (Beach) Schutt, 83, of Ada Minnesota, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of September 10, 2022, at the Benedictine Care Community in Ada. Vaunda Lea was born January 14, 1939, in Carrington, North Dakota to Elmer and Evelyn (Graham) Beach.  She grew up in Carri…

Harriet E. Olson, 96, Chaska, MN, formerly of Fertile, MN passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. Harriet Evangeline Aune Olson was born August 20, 1926, in Sundal Township, Norman County, Minnesota to Oscar Samuel Aune and Mina Otilia Larson A…