Darcy Lea Barnes was born July 9, 1959 the daughter of David and Marylynn (Pierce) Hudson in Moorhead, Minnesota. She graduated from Fargo South High School. On December 1, 1980 Darcy was united in marriage with Duane Barnes at the Assembly of God Church in Fargo. Darcy worked as a homemaker rais...

Kenneth Werner Backstrom, age 90, a resident of Pelican Rapids, formerly of Minneapolis, MN, died on Monday, October 7, 2013, at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls.Kenneth Backstrom was born on July 17, 1923 in his home in Erhards Grove Township, son of Walter and Ruth (Johnson) Backstrom. Ke...

Shirley Aaser, age 82, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, passed away Friday, October 4, 2013 under the care of Red River Valley Hospice at Bethany on University in Fargo, ND Shirley D. (Bakke) Aaser, daughter of Samuel and Denella (Urvand) Bakke, was born at home in Nelson County, North Da...

Mary Bayne, age 64, a resident Minneapolis, formerly of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Mary Louise Bayne was born July 3, 1949 in Pelican Rapids, daughter of Earl Gobel and Jeanette (Nettestad) Gobel. In May of 1967 Mary graduated ...

Shirley Fay (Baker) Maahs, age 77, of Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids with her husband by her side. Shirley was the daughter of Wyeth "Bud" and Fay (Robinson) Baker. She was born January 9, 1936 in Sisseton, SD, and on Sa...

Curtis Lahlum, age 74, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at his residence. Curtis LeRoy Lahlum was born on January 7, 1939 in Rothsay, MN, to Peder and Miranda (Evenson) Lahlum. He graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1958. For a few years Curtis...

FUNERAL HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 11:00 a.m.Margaret Engebretson, age 96, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on August 25, 2013 at Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls.Margaret Dorothy Gilberts was born on December 9, 1916 near Lily, South Dakota, the daughter of Olaf and Carrie (Siggerud) G...

Bess Marie Hagen, age 91, a resident of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, died on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at the Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids.Bess Marie was born December 29, 1921 in the Pelican Rapids Hospital, the daughter of Martin and Tessie (Nettestad) Skow. She attended country ...

Louise Rostad, age 85, peacefully passed away August 19 at Augustana Care in Minneapolis, a Lutheran nursing home near the Metrodome where she had been an Alzheimer's patient for a number of years. She initially lived in Augustana's assisted living apartments after her move to Minneapolis in 1999...

Linda Haugen, age 74 a resident of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Pelican Rapids, MN, died on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, ND after a courageous battle with cancer. Linda Ann Guntzburger was born on November 13, 1938 in Larimore, North Dakota, the daughter of Howard and Elsie ...