Obituaries

Ralph L. Chandler, 98, Shelly, MN passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, MN. Ralph Linden Chandler was born on a farm in rural Caledonia, North Dakota on August 9, 1923. He was one of five sons of Arthur and Mary Chandler who also had one daughter. […

JoAnne Stainbrook Schroeder, 59, of Jamestown, ND, and a Crookston, MN native, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo with family at her side to comfort her. She had fought illness so hard for the last year and a half and literally to her very last breath. JoAnne …

Clyde Pedersen, 78, died Friday, July 22, 2022, at Frazee Care Center, Frazee, MN. He was born July 29, 1943, in Ada, Minnesota to August and Sylvia (Oakland) Pedersen. He grew up in Plummer, MN, and graduated from high school in 1966. He attended and graduated from Bemidji State University. Clyde t…

Sister Lorraine Kraft died on July 22, 2022, at Villa Saint Vincent, Crookston. Sister Lorraine was born on May 10, 1933, near Fisher, MN, the third of 15 children and the oldest daughter of Elizabeth (Wald) and Joseph Kraft. When she was a young child, the family moved to Pontiac, MI, where she sta…

Jerold Jerome Monson, 92, of Crookston, MN, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, July 19, 2022, at the Benedictine Living Community Crookston, with family at his side. Jerold was born on the family farm of his parents, Carl B. and Myrtle (Bartz) Monson, near Fertile, MN, on August 24, 1929. He wa…

Daniel (Dan) Jon Romuld, 72, of Grand Forks ND, passed away on February 9, 2022, at the Grand Forks Altru Hospital.  He was in the presence of his wife, Linda, and daughter, Cassandra. In Crookston MN, on the 11th day of July 1949, Dan, the first of four children was born to John (Jack) and [&hellip…

The Family will host a Funeral Mass celebrating Danny’s life at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 28, 2022, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston, MN with Msgr. David Baumgartner, presiding. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service. To view a live stream go to www.crookstonc…

Ella Marie (Hanson) Peterson, 90, of Watkins, MN, and formerly of Crookston, MN, passed away Sunday afternoon, July 3, 2022, surrounded by family at the Hilltop Health Care Center in Watkins. Ella was born September 8, 1931, on the family farm near Brooks, MN to Charles and Dorilda (Carriveau) Davis…

Curtis Ray Hoppe, age 76 of Crookston, Minnesota, passed away on May 24, 2022, surrounded by family in his home. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Norma Jean (Ricard); siblings: Loren (Blas Valero), David (Ida), and Linda (Jim) Erickson; brother-in-law, Wayne Schenck; children: Laura (D…

Robert L. “Bob” Mjoen, 78, of Donna, TX, passed aw ay at the Valley Grand Care Center in nearby Weslaco, TX, on September 18, 2020.  Bob was born in Fosston, MN on September 26, 1941 to Lloyd and Ann Mjoen. The family later moved to Crookston where he graduated from Central High School with the [&he…