Area Obituaries

Stanley John Kraska, 91, Lancaster, Minn. passed away Monday, May 16, 2016 at Kittson Memorial Health-care Center, Hallock, Minn.   Stanley was born on the family farm near Orleans, Minn., October 16, 1924 the son of John and Josie (Charneski) Kraska.  He attended country school and farmed in Richardville Township.   On September 29, 1951…

Jean Eldora Potrament, 86 passed away Sunday, May 15, 2016 at the Kittson Memorial Nursing Home,  Hallock, Minn. Jean was born to Albin and Mabel Sjostrand on April 5, 1930. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She attended Riverside School in Hazelton Township through 8th grade. Then continued her education at Lake…

Tom Mortenson, Lewes, Del. and Kennedy,  Minn., beloved husband, adored father and fun grandfather, charming friend to all, jokester, honest hard worker, lover of God and Jesus, and international medical device marketer, inventor, and salesman, was called home to rest October 23, 2015. Tom was born December 18, 1934 in Hallock, Minn., and grew up…

Grace Rosten, 95,  Warren, Minn., passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016, in the Good Samaritan Center, Warren. Grace Linnea was born May 6, 1921, in Lancaster, Minn., to Alex and Elvira (Borgeson) Norland. She was raised in Lancaster and graduated from high school. She went on to study Practical Nursing in Minneapolis and completed…

Evelyn Eunice Berg passed away December 24, 2015. Evelyn was born May 22, 1926. Beloved wife of 62 years to Kenneth D. Berg, Evelyn passed peacefully while surrounded by family at Cherrywood Advanced Living, Richmond, Minn. Growing up in Lancaster, Minn., and the eldest of three daughters born to August and Edith (Nelson) Lindquist, she…

Matthew Thomas “Matto” Traynor, 25,  Fargo, N.D., passed away June 4, 2016, at Grace Lake in Bemidji, Minn., his favorite place on earth. Matthew was born Aug. 24, 1990, to Dr. Michael Donovan Traynor Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Traynor in Rochester, Minn. He lived in Grand Forks from 1991 to 1998. In 1998, he moved…

Lela Deloris Spilde, 88, passed away Sunday, May 29, 2016 at the  Karlstad Health-care Center, Karlstad, Minn. Lela Deloris Spilde, the daughter of the late Peder and Caroline “Lena” (Satterlund) Pederson, was born October 13, 1927, at Halma, Minn.  She attended school and grew to womanhood at Halma and graduated from Karlstad High School in…

Lloyd A. Farbo, 96, a lifelong Lancaster, Minn., farmer passed away at Karlstad Healthcare Center, Karlstad, Minn., Friday, April 29, 2016. Lloyd was born December 18, 1919 to Andrew and Anna (Lorentsen) Farbo on the family farm in Caribou Township of Kittson County.  He was the last of 12 children born to Andrew and Anna…

Lucille E. Gustafson, 91 Hallock, Minn. passed away at Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center, Hallock, Monday, April 25, 2016. Elizabeth Lucille Thielen was born February 22, 1925 at Langdon, N.D.  The daughter of Mae Hagan and Nicholas Thielen, she attended St. Alphonsus Catholic  School, Langdon, through the 8th Grade, then attended one year at Langdon Public…