Obituaries

Zelda "Jackie" Lachowitzer

Mar 30, 2020

Zelda “Jackie” Mae (Grover) Lachowitzer, age 88 of Perham, MN passed into eternal life at Perham Living on March 30, 2020. Jackie was born at home on September 22, 1931 in Otter Tail County, Perham, MN to Earl and Letha (Wells) Grover.

Jackie graduated from Perham High School in 1948. She met and married the love of...

Ruth Steuber

Mar 30, 2020

Ruth Doris (Harms) Steuber, age 95 of Perham, Minnesota died March 30, 2020. Ruth was born August 28, 1924 at Gettysburg, South Dakota to Peter and Grace (Sites) Harms, the sixth of nine children. The family moved to Pine Lake Township near Perham in 1935. In 1940, Ruth was involved in a car/train accident where her brother, Arthur died...

Grace Baumgart

Mar 23, 2020

Grace V. Baumgart, 87, of Willmar, formerly of Perham, died Monday, March 23rd at Carris Health Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar.

Grace was born June 25, 1932, on a farm near Perham, MN, in Otter Tail County, the daughter of Joseph and Frances (Waldorf) Bucholz.  She grew up on the farm and graduated from Perham High School...

John Lawrenz

Mar 17, 2020

John Alfred “Lavy” Lawrenz, 86, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at his home on Devils Lake near Perham, Minnesota where he resided since 1980. John was born February 23, 1934 to Alfred and Florence (Mueller) Lawrenz in New Ulm, Minnesota, the oldest of two children. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1952 and then received his B.S....

Patrick Prunty

Mar 4, 2020

Patrick “Pat” Prunty passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Sanford Health in Fargo after battling an aggressive stage IV lung cancer. He was surrounded by his family and closest friends.

Pat was born February 7, 1952 in Aberdeen, South Dakota to Ed and Bette Prunty and was the oldest of eight siblings. A typical farm...

Carl Hallock

Mar 3, 2020

Carl E. Hallock, age 57 of Perham, Minnesota died on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at his home.  No services are planned at this time.

Schoeneberger Funeral & Cremation Service, Perham, MN (218) 346-5175 www.schoenebergerfh.com

Claudia Melander

Feb 27, 2020

Claudia Ann (Jahn) Melander passed away on February 27, 2020 in Perham, Minnesota. She was born in Duluth, Minnesota on May 4, 1934 to Walter and Mae (Smith) Jahn.  She is survived by her son Tim (Karen) Melander and grandson Logan Melander; her daughter Tracie Dury and grandchildren Catherine and Walker Dury; and her sister Judy (Jerome) Kunza.  She...

Michelle Trautman

Feb 26, 2020

Michelle Olivia Trautman, age 54 of Perham, MN went home to be with our heavenly father Wednesday, February 26, 2020 after a courageous battle with ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease. She was born September 8, 1965 to Mickey Cipolla and Sharron Thornton in Fresno, CA. She grew up in Madera, CA where she attended Sierra High School until her senior...

Joseph "Bob" Carlson

Feb 17, 2020

Joseph L. “Bob" Carlson, age 87, joined his beloved wife of 60 years in heaven on February 17, 2020.

Joe was born on May 30, 1932, to Adolf and Ethel (Engberg) Carlson in Crosby, ND. In 1950, Joe graduated from Crosby High School and enlisted in the United States Air Force. Upon completing basic training and technical...

Bruce Hendrickx

Feb 16, 2020

Bruce Edward Hendrickx, age 62, died on February 16 after a short battle with cancer with his family by his side. Bruce was born to Roger and LaVerne (Honer) Hendrickx on May 14, 1957 in Perham, MN. He grew up on a dairy farm in the Butler, MN area, graduated from New York Mills High School in 1975 and...

Lori Ard

Feb 7, 2020

Lori Ann Ard, age 61, of Dent, Minnesota died at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota, Friday, February.7, 2020.

Lori was born January 15, 1959, the daughter of Arnold and Marie (McCann) Rollag, in Santa Rosa, California. She grew up in Dent and attended Perham/Dent Schools. Lori married Johnson Ard. They had two children, Jacob and Justin...

Robert Sim

Feb 5, 2020

Robert Albert Sim, age 60 of Perham, Minnesota died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday February 5, 2020 at Perham Living.

Robert “Bob” Sim was born on April 10, 1959 in Fargo, North Dakota to Ross and Betty (Teaters) Sim. He graduated from high school in Charleston, Illinois and continued his education in Bottineau, North Dakota for...

Kim Swanson

Jan 19, 2020

Kim Allan Swanson “Swanee” age 64, of Dent, MN died Sunday, January 19, 2020 in Perham, MN.  Born February 24, 1955 in DeKalb IL to Gordon O. and Olga M. “Dolly” (Dalen) Swanson.

Surviving are two sisters, Becky J. (and Joe) Kroll of Minneapolis and Susan A. (and Mark) Sommars of Peoria, IL. Also survived by a...

Deloris Lachowitzer

Jan 16, 2020

Deloris Darlene (Hanebuth) Lachowitzer, age 89 of Ottertail, MN died Thursday, January 16, 2020 in Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Deloris was born at home on November 8, 1930 in Rush Lake Township, rural Ottertail, to Leo and Ruby (Hein) Hanebuth.

Deloris graduated from Perham, MN in 1949. She met and married the love of her life,...

Carolyn Alberts

Jan 9, 2020

Carolyn Joan (Strand) Alberts, age 88, peacefully ascended to her eternal rest on January 9, 2020, at her home with her family by her side. She was born to Axel and Hazel (Johnson) Strand on March 10, 1931, in Western Springs, Illinois, and married Alfred "Sonny" Alberts on January 18, 1949, in Perham. Together, they raised their three children...

Joyce Van Eps

Jan 9, 2020

Joyce Diane Van Eps, age 73, of Ottertail MN died on Thursday January 9, 2020 at Perham Health.  Joyce was born Friday July 19, 1946 to Walter and Mabel Mandelkow of Vesta, MN where she spent most of her childhood and graduated from Belview, Minnesota High School.

Joyce met and married Richard Van Eps while living in...