Obituaries

Velma Karvonen

Velma Karvonen

May 14, 2014

Velma Meyer Karvonen, age 92 of Perham, MN passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 in Perham Living. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:30 Sunday at Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham. Visitation will continue from 12:00-1:00 PM followed by the funeral service at 1:00 PM Monday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Perham. Burial will...

Wilbur Still

Wilbur Still

May 11, 2014

Wilbur E. Still of Perham was the son of Wilbert and Grace Still born on October 4, 1925. Wilbur passed away peacefully on May 11, 2014 at the Good Samaritan in Battle Lake. Wilbur grew up in Page, ND and graduated from the Page High School in 1942. He worked with his father on the family farm and took over...

Douglas Rudolph

Douglas Rudolph

Apr 12, 2014

Douglas C. Rudolph, age 79 of Perham, MN died Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Perham Living. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 14 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:30 at Schoeneberger Funeral Home. Visitation will resume on Tuesday, April 15 beginning at 10:00 AM at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Perham followed by the...

Edwin Lenius

Edwin Lenius

Apr 10, 2014

Edwin Albert Lenius, age 97, of Perham died Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Perham Living. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 21, 2014 beginning at 11:00 AM in St Paul's Lutheran Church, Perham with Pastor Carl Noble officiating. Visitation will be held on Sunday, April 20 at Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham from 4:00 - 8:00 PM with prayer...

Ronald Larsen

Ronald Larsen

Mar 30, 2014

Ronald G. "Pete" Larsen, age 71, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, March 30, 2014. Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 10 at the Richville United Methodist Church beginning at 9:30 AM followed by the memorial service at 11:00 AM. Pete was born February 8, 1943 in Sioux Falls, SD and was raised on the family farm in Richville, MN...

John Hammers

John Hammers

Mar 27, 2014

John Donald "Don" Hammers left his home in Union, IA for that great fishing hole in the sky on March 27, 2014. He was born January 31, 1930 in Dent, MN, the third of six sons and three daughters of Henry and Lora Hammers. Starting his career with the J.C. Penney Company in Fergus Falls, MN, he met and married...

Ardis Nelson

Ardis Nelson

Mar 23, 2014

Ardis M. Nelson, age 90 of Perham, MN died on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at the Harmony Home in Motley, MN. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2014 beginning at 10:30 AM at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Perham with Pastor Carl Noble officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral at the...

Marlys Schmelz

Marlys Schmelz

Mar 22, 2014

Marlys Evonne (Wilke) Schmelz, age 76, passed away in the comfort of her home in Perham, Minnesota, on Saturday, March 22, 2014; her faithful cat and dog by her side. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. She will be greatly missed. Marlys was born on June 3, 1937, in Detroit Lakes, MN, to Milton and Evelyn (Hanson)...

Marie Wokasch

Marie Wokasch

Mar 20, 2014

Marie A. Wokasch, age 75 of Ottertail, MN passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014 in Sanford Health Palliative Care Unit surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 24 from 5:00-8:00 PM with Parish Prayers at 7:00 PM at Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham, MN. Visitation will resume on Tuesday, March 25 beginning at 9:30 AM...

Walfred Nickelson

Walfred Nickelson

Mar 16, 2014

Walfred M. Nickelson, age 81 of Perham, MN died Sunday, March 16, 2014 at Perham Health. Visitation will begin at 9:30 AM on Thursday, March 20 followed by the memorial mass at 10:30 AM at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, rural Perham. Burial will be held in the church cemetery. Walfred was born on January 19, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN to...

George Borgerding

George Borgerding

Mar 11, 2014

George Borgerding, 91, of Dent, died on March 11. Born in Melrose, MN, he and his wife Rosie raised their 11 children in Prior Lake MN. He enjoyed being part of his kids' life, joining in family softball games and traveling extensively to see his children in their adult lives. A carpenter by trade, he worked alongside his brother Dave...

Lynne Wanderi

Lynne Wanderi

Mar 10, 2014

Lynne Joy Wanderi, age 65 of Perham, MN died on Monday, March 10, 2014 at Seventh Heaven Assisted Living in Perham. A funeral service will be held on Friday, March 14, 2014 beginning at 11:00 AM at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Perham. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 13, 2014 from 4:00-7:00 PM at Schoeneberger Funeral Home and...

Paul Kunza

Paul Kunza

Mar 5, 2014

Paul Kunza, age 65 of Erhard, MN formerly of Perham, MN passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. A memorial mass will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2014 beginning at 11:00 AM at St. Henry's Catholic Church in Perham. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the mass at the church on...

Susan Lundgren

Susan Lundgren

Feb 24, 2014

Susan Emma (Ulschmid) Lundgren, 57, of Perham, MN passed away on Monday, February 24, 2014 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. She was born in Perham, MN on December 10, 1956 to Ramona (Blauert) Ulschmid and the late George Ulschmid Jr. of Frazee, MN. She grew up on her father's farm in Frazee, MN, the third of seven children. She...

Lila Lubitz

Lila Lubitz

Feb 21, 2014

Lila Lubitz, age 82 of Perham, Minnesota died on Friday, February 21, 2014 at Perham Living. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 beginning at 11:00 AM at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Perham. Visitation will be held on Monday, February 24, 2014 from 4:00-7:00 PM at Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham and will resume one...

Marvin Walk

Marvin Walk

Feb 11, 2014

Marvin Robert Herman Walk, 79, of Ottertail, MN, passed away on Tuesday, February 11th at Perham Health. Marvin died in the community where he was born, raised and spent his entire life. Marvin married his wife Marie in 1964 and settled in rural Ottertail where they raised their four children. Marvin worked as both a bookkeeper and a car salesman...

Mary Thompson

Mary Thompson

Feb 9, 2014

Mary Elizabeth Thompson (Griffith) was born on October 13, 1931, at Salmon, Idaho. She went home to be with her Lord and Savior on February 9, 2014, while residing at Lakeland Apartments in Perham, MN, which was her home for the last 16 years. Mary attended Western Montana College after graduating from high school in 1949 from Beaverhead County High...

Lawrence Boedigheimer

Lawrence Boedigheimer

Feb 5, 2014

Lawrence "Larry" Boedigheimer, age 57 was born February 16, 1956 in Clarkfield, MN to Carl and Helen (Belka) Boedigheimer, leaving this earth on February 5th after a short fight with cancer. Larry moved with the family to Perham in 1962 and graduated from Perham High School in 1974. Larry worked in a variety of construction jobs over the years including...

Betty Torgerson

Betty Torgerson

Jan 30, 2014

Betty Torgerson passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Perham Living at the age of 82. Betty had been a resident of Perham Living for a short time, but quickly became friends with her other housemates and staff and we appreciate all their kindness. Betty was born on May 31, 1931 to Berger and Marie (Nygaard) Aasen in...

L Lillis

L Lillis

Jan 26, 2014

In loving memory of Lillian "Audrey" Lillis, 90, who passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Perham Living, Perham, MN. Audrey was born on May 20, 1923 in Dead Lake Township, MN, the daughter of John Bernard Gladback and Lillian Grace (Babcock) Gladback. On February 2, 1942, she married John Ernest Lillis in Perham,...