Obituaries

Heather Irene Nelson passed away unexpectedly at her home on May 8, 2023, in Crookston, at the age of 39. Heather was born on June 21, 1983, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to her loving mother, Betty (Isum) Fitzpatrick and her father Winston Minor; Heather was also welcomed into the family by her two old…

Conrad Kvamme, 88, of Arlington, MN died Saturday, May 13, 2023. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at 10:00 am, with visitation 1 hour prior, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Twin Valley, MN.   Arrangements entrusted to Anderson Family Funeral Home in Twin Valley, MN www.anders…

Henry ‘Hank’ Aaby Jr., 90, of Twin Valley, MN, passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, MN. Funeral Services will be held Friday, June 2, 2023, at 2:00 pm, with visitation 1 hour prior, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Twin Valley. Interment will be…

Sr. Mary Ellen Proulx, age 80, of Wichita, KS passed away on Saturday, March 4th at Mount St. Mary. A Memorial Mass will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 26th, at St. Peters Catholic Church in Gentilly, MN with Monsignor David Baumgartner presiding. The interment will be in the parish cemetery. T…

Arlo Lampton, 74, of Twin Valley, MN, died unexpectedly on Saturday, May 13, 2023, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral Services will be held Monday, June 5, 2023, at 2:00 pm, with visitation 2 hours prior, at the Gary Lutheran Church in Gary, MN Arrangements are entrusted to A…

Ann M. Tucker, 79, Fertile, MN, died peacefully on Friday, May 12, 2023, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, surrounded by her family. Ann Tucker was born to Paul & Ruby Rasmussen in Fertile, MN. She lived on a farm with her 6 brothers and sisters. She attended Fertile-Beltrami school until …

Nicholas Adrian ‘Nick’ Anderson, 28, of Duluth, MN, and a rural East Grand Forks-Fisher, MN native, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at Essentia St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth early Monday morning, May 15, 2023, as God called him home to heaven. Nick was born and bap…

Rita Henriette Plante (Desrosier) died on Nov. 7th, 2022 in Fort Myers, FL at the age of 85. Rita was born in Kertsonville Township, near Crookston, MN, on May 29, 1937, one of 8 children of the union of Albert and Stella (Perreault) Desrosier.  The family farmed in the Kertsonville area until the d…

Karen Roningen, 83, of Nielsville died on Sunday, May 14, 2023 at Essentia Health in Fargo. Karen Patricia Ode was born December 8, 1939, to P. Norman and Esther (Olson) Ode at St. Marys Hospital in Detroit Lakes, MN. She graduated from Audubon High School in 1957. She continued her education at Moo…

William Joseph Vaudrin, 76, of Crookston, MN, passed away Friday morning, May 12, 2023, in RiverView Health, Crookston, after battling health issues for some time. He had become a resident of Benedictine Living Community Crookston on March 14th after living in Oak Court for many years. Bill, as he w…