Obituaries

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…

Lawrence “Larry” Douglas Hanson, 71, passed away early Monday morning, September 12, 2022, at the Villa St. Vincent Memory Care Unit in Crookston with his loving wife, Nancy, by his side. He had been battling Parkinson’s disease for many years. Larry was born on August 7, 1951, in Fargo, ND to Arthu…

Santiago A. Ramirez, 45, of Crookston, MN passed away Saturday, September 3, 2022, in Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Santiago Arturo Ramirez was born on January 15, 1977, in Sequin, TX, the son of Isaias and Frances (Estrada) Ramirez.   He was raised in Sequin, TX, and San Antonio, TX.  He moved…