Obituaries

Chester Silas Rasmusson August 1933 ~ March 2022 Chester was born and raised in Westby, Montana. He graduated from Montana State University with an Engineering degree. Chester moved to California in 1960 and lived there until 1986, when he and his wife Jean moved to Columbia, Maryland before settlin…

Betty Marlene Dormady of St. Hilaire, MN, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the age of 80. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, June 24, 2022, at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Thief River Falls, MN, with Father Rick Lambert presiding.  Interment will be held at 11:00…

Lawrence Boutain, Thief River Falls, MN, 83, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Funeral Service will be 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Johnson Funeral Service in Thief River Falls, MN with Reverend Kristin Ostercamp Officiating. Burial will be held a…

The graveside service for Carol “Cookie” Evenson will be held at 1:00 pm, Monday, June 20, 2022, at the Calvary Cemetery in Crookston. Cookie passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022, and her Mass of Christian Burial was held at the Cathedral on February 25th.

Raymond Sidney “Ray” Neil, 86, of Grand Forks, ND, and formerly of Mentor, MN, moved to Wheatland Assisted Living in Grand Forks, in January of this year.  He loved the staff and they loved and cared for him.  He passed away at the age of 86, on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Wheatland, in his […]

Doyle Robert Nordby,72, beloved father, brother, uncle and grandfather, was called to the skies for his final flight west into the sunset to his eternal resting place on June 4, 2022. He peacefully passed away while under hospice care in his lake home with his son Jason, niece Lori, and brother Roge…

LaVonne C. (Jobe) Hinkley, 85, of Batesville, Arkansas, and an Eldred, MN native, passed away January 7, 2022, at the Woodlawn Heights Nursing Center in Batesville. LaVonne was born on July 29, 1936, in Eldred, Minnesota to Henry and Irene (Wachter) Jobe. LaVonne was a loving and caring person with …

Shirley J. Soderlund, 83, Fertile, MN, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2022, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile. Shirley was born on March 3, 1939, to Theodore (Ted) and Alice Johnson in Crookston, MN, and lived with her family in Maple Bay, MN, and Concord, CA. Shirley graduated from Mentor …

Janice Medona Bakken, 84, died peacefully at home on Sunday, June 5, 2022, surrounded by her family who loved her so much. She was born on May 22, 1938, to Theodore & Eva (Blackstad) Knutson in Crookston, MN. Jan was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church. In 1957, the day before Jan was to atten…

Lorraine Gredvig, 93, Fertile MN, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2022, at RiverView Hospital in Crookston, MN surrounded by her family. Lorraine was born April 2, 1929, to Fred and Gladys (Lunden) Madson in Little Falls, MN. In 1933 she moved with her family to a farm near Mizpah, MN. She was bap…