Area Obituaries

Marie Erlandson, 102, of Stephen, Minn., passed away at Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center in Hallock, Minn., on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Marie Sandberg was born Jan. 9, 1918, on the family farm near Kennedy, Minn., the daughter of Victor and Emma (Anderson) Sandberg. Marie grew up near Kennedy and graduated from Kennedy High School in…

Arden Merle Christopherson, 86, of Lancaster, Minn., passed away at Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center in Hallock, Minn., on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. Arden Merle Christopherson was born Sept. 6, 1934, in Hallock to Carl and Frida (Nordberg) Christopherson. He attended school in Lancaster, graduating in 1952. Arden and Lois (Dexter) were married Oct. 2, 1952.…

Anna Stromgren, 99, of Lake Bronson, Minn., passed away at Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center in Hallock on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Anna Kristina Grahn was born Oct. 27, 1921, in Spruce Township of Roseau County, Minn., the daughter of Frans and Alphilda (Mellstrom) Grahn. Anna attended school in Spruce Township and was confirmed in First…

Elaine Olson, 91, of Stephen, Minn., passed away at Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Lois Elaine Hogberg was born at Warren, Minn., on April 7, 1929, the daughter of Robert and Frieda Hogberg. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Elaine grew up on the family farm east of…

James Von Schriltz, 86, died in Hallock, Minn., at Kittson Memorial Nursing Home on Nov. 12, 2020, surrounded by his family and their love. James, the son of Forrest and Martha Von Schriltz, was born in Newark, Ohio, on May 6, 1934. James grew up in Newark until his senior year of high school when…

Leona Chalaturnyk, 88, of Lancaster, Minn., passed away at Sanford Hospital in Fargo on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Leona Olsonawski Masloski Chalaturnyk, the daughter of Joseph and Julia (W) Olsonawski, was born March 16, 1932, in Hill Township of Kittson County, Minn. She was the third youngest of 15 children.  Leona was baptized and confirmed…

Darryl Younggren, a lifelong Hallock area farmer, passed away on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at home surrounded by family. Darryl was born to Larry and Rose (Layhon) Younggren on Aug. 1, 1961, in Grand Forks, N.D. He graduated from Hallock High School in 1979 and attended NDSU before coming home to farm with his father,…

MaryAnn Agnes Schmiedeberg, 73, of Lancaster, Minn., passed away at home on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. MaryAnn was born May 14, 1947, in Hallock, Minn. She was the daughter of Steven and Helen (Potrament) Uscensky. She grew up in St. Joseph Township. The oldest of five children, she loved helping with chores and farm work…

William David Thomson, born Sept. 16, 1940, to Mabel Thomson and David Thomson, passed away on Nov. 6, 2020, at Southwest Hospital in Vancouver, Wash. Billy Thomson attended and graduated from Lancaster schools, and grew up on a sheep farm near Hallock. On Aug. 8, 1964, he married Judith Thomson from Mountain, N.D., at the…