Area Obituaries

Marcella (Marcy) Amy Sundberg, 85, of Ottertail, Minn., died Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, at The Thomas House, in Perham, Minn., with both of her sons at her side. She was born in Underwood, Minn., on Feb. 27, 1935, to Christian (Hardy) and Lillian (Johnsen) Johansen. She was raised on a farm near Underwood, along with…

Judy M. (Jevning) Anderson, 84, of Blaine, Minn., entered heaven on Jan. 28, 2021. She was born in Lake Bronson, Minn., to Sigurd and Selma (Olson) Jevning. She married Gerald L. Anderson of Hallock, Minn., in 1955. They had four daughters and raised them in Mandan, N.D., and later, Blaine. Judy worked in a library…

Melanie (Hennum) Banasiuk, 77, Shakopee, Minn., formerly of Kennedy, Minn., died Jan. 18, 2021, in Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., from complications of COVID-19. Melanie grew up in Kennedy and following her high school graduation attended college in Fergus Falls, Minn., studying accounting and secretarial work. She later served as a border agent in Pembina, N.D.…

John Edward Money was born on Dec. 28, 1954, in Fargo, N.D., to John F. and Betty Money and passed away on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, at his home in Hallock, Minn. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead, Minn., and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Hallock. John grew up in Hallock…

Berneil “Bonnie” Carrie Nelson, 95, of Crookston, Minn., passed away Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, at the home of her niece, Becky Rickert and husband, Ted, in Brownton, Minn., where she had been being cared for since Sept. 1. Berneil Carrie Nelson was born on Jan. 8, 1925, in Hallock, Minn., to Victor and Edith (Nelson)…

Harlan Tilford Charon, 94, of Walker, Minn., passed away on Dec. 18, 2020, surrounded by his family. Harlan was born on March 12, 1926, on a farm near Park River, N.D., the third of six children born to Thomas and Hattie Charon. He had an adventurous boyhood and his brothers nicknamed him Buck. After high…

Catherine Martha (Layhon) Klegstad, 93, was born on Sept. 30, 1927, and passed away on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. She was the third of 12 children born to Alex and Lena (Krishka) Layhon of Pembina, N.D. She attended Pembina school where she learned the English language as a kindergartener and graduated valedictorian of her eighth…

Richard Allan Gatheridge, 76, of Humboldt, Minn., passed away at Karlstad Senior Living on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Richard was born in Hallock, Minn., on March 7, 1944. It was a dark and stormy night—literally—as it was storming so bad a snow plow had to come and get his mother to take her to the…

Reuben Lind, 86, a lifelong Lake Bronson area farmer, passed away in Lake Bronson on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. Reuben was born March 26, 1934, to Fred and Tilda (Johnson) Lind in Hazelton Township of Kittson County, Minn. He grew up on the family farm east of Lake Bronson and attended country school. After completing…

Shirley E. Farbo, 94, of Hallock, Minn., passed away Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at Kittson Memorial Nursing Home in Hallock. Shirley Farbo, the daughter of Laura and Herbert Clinton, was born Sept. 11, 1926, in St. Vincent Township. Shirley attended the Lindquist country school in McKinley Township. Shirley married Herman Farbo and they had three…