Obituaries

Mar 25, 2015

Devoted wife, mother, grandma and great-grandmother, Doris Helen Krueger, age 93, of Perham, MN passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Emmanuel Transitions, Detroit Lakes, MN. Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 28 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. followed by the funeral mass at 11:00 a.m. at St. Henry's Catholic Church in Perham. Burial will be held in St. Stanislaus...

Mar 21, 2015

Nicholas Bernard Poss, 76, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Perham Living Center. Born and raised in Wyndmere, ND, the son of Bernard and Anastasia (Novotny) Poss, he was a long time resident of East Grand Forks, MN. In his early years, Nick worked on the family farm in Wyndmere, ND. An active member of the Future Farmers of...

Mar 21, 2015

Robert E. Eyestone, age 94, of Perham, MN, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 in Perham. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 26 beginning at 10:30 AM, followed by the memorial mass at 11:30 AM at St. Henry's Catholic Church in Perham. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Robert was born August 14, 1920 in Fergus Falls, MN, the...

Mar 18, 2015

Vernalee "Butch" Riewer, age 74 of Perham, MN died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Perham Living. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 21 beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the Perham Living chapel. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Vernalee was born in Hibbing, MN on May 5, 1940 the daughter of Vernon and...

Mar 13, 2015

Jean A. Lillis, age 76 of Perham, MN died Friday, March 13, 2015 in Perham Living. A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 20 beginning at 11:00 AM at Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham with Pastor Greg Leslie officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be held in...

Feb 28, 2015

Vera Bernhardine Eid passed away at Perham Living in Perham, MN on February 28, 2015. Vera was born to Carl Edward and Katherine Jacobs Johnson in New York City on Nov. 10, 1921, and was joined in 1924 by sister Anna and brother Raymond. The following year the family moved to Providence, RI, where Vera grew up, completed her schooling,...

Feb 21, 2015

Kenneth "Kenny" Eugene Femling Kenneth Eugene Femling, 59, of Dent, MN passed away Saturday, February 21, 2015. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 26 from 5:00-8:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 at Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham, MN. Visitation will resume Friday, February 27 beginning at 10:00 AM followed by the memorial service at 11:00 at the...

Feb 21, 2015

Paul Randall Hoar Rose, age 48 of Dickinson, North Dakota died Saturday, February 21, 2015 in Perham, Minnesota. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 26 beginning at 10:00 AM followed by the memorial mass at 11:00 AM at St. Lawrence Catholic Church – Rush Lake, near Perham. Lunch will follow the mass at the church. Father Matthew Kuhn will...

Feb 17, 2015

Julie was born on February 12, 1958 at Bemidji Hospital, Bemidji, MN to Lucille (Kinsella) and Roderick Matheson, and was the youngest of six children. She was baptized in Northome, MN at Hope Lutheran Church, by Pastor Hans Nelson. Julie attended Northome schools and graduated in 1976, and later moved to Perham, MN where she worked at the Perham Nursing...

Feb 16, 2015

Harold Locken, age 82 of Perham, MN died Monday, February 16, 2015 in Perham Living. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham. Deacon Randy Altstadt will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be held in St....

Feb 8, 2015

Denis Martin Hemmelgarn, age 70, was born August 24, 1944 at St. James Hospital in Perham, Minnesota to Martin J. and Frances (Siebels) Hemmelgarn. He died Sunday, February 8, 2015 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota. Though afflicted with Down syndrome, Denis knit caps and scarves, loved drawing, coloring, doing jigsaw puzzles and picture books. He loved music...

Feb 6, 2015

Feb 5, 2015

Jeremiah Jay Fiedler was born on August 19, 1981 to David and Diane (Wacker) Fiedler in Perham, Minnesota where he attended high school and currently resided. Jeremiah was fatally injured in a single vehicle rollover on Thursday, February 5, 2015. Growing up on the farm as a kid, Jeremiah developed extraordinary mechanical abilities. He loved to tinker which led him...

Jan 28, 2015

John A. Merkins, age 50 of Perham, MN passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. Visitation will be held on Monday, February 2 from 4:00-8:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 PM at Calvary Lutheran Church in Perham. Visitation will resume on Tuesday, February 3 beginning at 10:00 AM followed by the funeral service at...

Jan 18, 2015

Alice Lena (Jacklitch) Nichols passed away on January 18, 2015 in the home of her son, Robert, in Fountain Inn, SC at the age of 91. Alice was born on December 8, 1923 to Ernest and Verna (Nowak) Jacklitch. She grew up on the family farms near Campbell and Tenney Minnesota, attended high school in Campbell, MN and college in...

Jan 17, 2015

Elenore Mary (Grismer) Adamczyk was born May 9th, 1924, in Perham, MN to John and Olga (Butler) Grismer into a family of twelve. She attended St. Joe's Country School and graduated from Perham High School in 1942. After high school she moved to California with friends. During World War II, she began working in a factory as a Rosie the...

Jan 15, 2015

Dayton Jacobson passed away at Perham Health Hospital on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at the age of 91. He will be dearly missed by his family and friends. Dayton was born at home in rural Pelican Rapids, MN on March 31, 1923 to Ernest and Christine (Gronseth) Jacobson. He graduated from high school at the Crookston Ag School in 1941....

Jan 12, 2015

Ricky Alan Tobkin was born July 15, 1961, in Perham, MN to Mac and Dorothy (Grismer) Tobkin. He graduated from Perham High School in 1980 and went to work on the family farm. Rick was passionate about farming, but the real love of his life was his wife, Lynn (Western). Rick and Lynn were married August 5, 1983 at St....

Jan 9, 2015

Peter Paul Ziolkowski was born December 25, 1948 to Rose (Honer) and Arthur Ziolkowski in Perham, MN. He died Friday, January 9, 2015 in Lee Memorial Health System, Ft. Myers, FL at the age of 66. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 15 from 5:00-8:00 PM with parish prayers at 6:30 PM at Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham. Visitation...

Jan 5, 2015

Karla M. Hofmann, age 57 of Richville, MN died Monday, January 5, 2015 in Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Karla was born on May 8, 1957 in Breckenridge, MN to Leroy and Mercedes (Merrick) Jacklitch. She went to school in Campbell, MN where she was an All-American in basketball. She went on to attend Fergus Falls Community College. After college,...