Area Obituaries

Muriel Dellamae (Swanson) Younggren, of Hallock, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at the Kittson Memorial Nursing Home. Muriel was born May 20, 1932, to John and Delia (Rydberg) Swanson at the Drayton, N.D., hospital. Muriel spent her youth in Teien Township, Svea Township and finally Jupiter Township west of Halma. She attended…

Martha R. (Budde) Olson, 73, lifelong resident of Pembina, N.D., died Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz., near her winter home, due to complications of Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Martha Rose Budde was born Nov. 13, 1950, in Grafton, N.D., the daughter of Frank and Rosabel (O’Hara) Budde. She grew up on the…

Craig Willard Pearson, my big brother, my Rock, and my hero, was welcomed home May 1, 2024, at the age of 73. I don’t know his whole life story, as I was the youngest, and he took care of me. But I do know that whatever job he held and whatever he did in life,…

Sandra (Sandee) Arlene Zack passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Sandee is survived by her three children, Steve (Jill) Zack, Mary (Jay) Thelen, and Julie (Jeff) Fuller; sisters-in-law, Wendy Hennum, Beth Zakrzewski; grandchildren – Sally (Brett Thomsen) Thelen, Megan (Joey) Marinello, Max, Zack and Justin Fuller, Anne and Katie Zack; great-grandchild, Grayson Thelen…

Berdine Swanson, 49, of Lake Bronson, Minn., passed away at her home on Friday, May 3, 2024. She is fondly remembered for her generous heart, welcoming nature and her witty sense of humor, which usually included some amazing one-liners. Berdine was born on Jan. 25, 1975, in Hallock, Minn., to Noelle (Rundquist) and Richard Swanson…

Donald “Don” Nordine, 87, of Coon Rapids, Minn., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. He had many medical problems and called them “bumps in the road” and it was a very bumpy one. He finally found the Highway to Heaven and is at peace with his Lord and Savior. While he was passing, he…

Darrel L. Steien, 79, a lifelong farmer of Lancaster, Minn., passed away at his home on Monday, April 29, 2024. Darrel was born in Hallock, Minn., on May 15, 1944, to Loyd and Hazel (Dahlgren) Steien. He was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in rural Lancaster and was a 1962 graduate of Lancaster…

Ronald Louis Kalinowski left us Friday morning, April 26, 2024, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D., with family by his side, following a short bout with cancer. Ron was born on April 11, 1962, in Grafton, N.D., to Ralph and Sharon (Rud) Kalinowski. He spent his first four years teasing his sisters Tammy and…

Lois Pankratz, 83, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2024. She was born on Feb. 24, 1941, in Hallock, Minn., to Willard and Helen Elfstrom. She grew up in McKinley Township in rural Lancaster and attended the Lancaster Public School. After graduating from high school, she attended and graduated from North Central Bible College, where…

Rita Wilwant, of Lancaster, Minn., passed away in her home on Friday, April 12, 2024. Rita (Peterson) Wilwant was born July 6, 1946, to Evelyn and Maitland Peterson of Lancaster. She graduated from Lancaster School in 1964. She married James Wilwant in February 1965. They lived in Lancaster, Hallock and near Hallock until they bought…