Area Obituaries

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…

Harriet Docken, 92, of Hallock, Minn., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at the Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center Nursing Home. Harriet Eileen Carlson was born on Sept. 8, 1928, in St Paul, Minn. She was raised by her Great-Uncle and Aunt Ole and Betsy Carlson. Harriet lived four miles west of Hallock until age…

Charles Dean Younggren, “Chuck,” was born March 16, 1957, to Dean Lowell Younggren and Muriel Dellamae Swanson Younggren at Kittson Memorial Hospital, in Hallock. Chuck was baptized at the Northcote Presbyterian Church, and confirmed at First Presbyterian Church in Hallock. Chuck lived his early years on the banks of the Red River on the Clifford…

Marlys Thorson, 94, of Lancaster, Minn., passed away at Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center on Dec. 10, 2020. She was born Marlys Melvin in Sidney, Mont., on March 10, 1926, to John and Isolde (Meril) Melvin.  Marlys was a graduate of Westby High School in Westby, Mont., and went on to attend teachers college in Havre,…

Eileen Totleben, 85, of Hallock, Minn., passed away at Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center in Hallock on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Eileen Grzywinski was born on March 22, 1935, to Harry and Irene Grzywinski in Chicago, Ill. Eileen attended St. Francis De Sales High School in Chicago. On Feb. 24, 1962, Eileen was married to Rennie…