Albert Gray

Albert M. “Red” Gray, 93, of Trimont, died on Monday morning, August 30, 2010 at Oak Crossing Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 at the Kramer Family Funeral Home in Trimont, continuing for one hour prior to services Friday at the church. A celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 3 in First Lutheran Church, Trimont, with full military honors provided by the Foster Bernhardt American Legion Post 373 of Trimont.

June Erickson

June C. Erickson, 86, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died Sunday, August 29, 2010 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3 at West-Kjos Funeral Home, with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes, with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Detroit Lakes.

• June Erickson

Neil Berger

Former Frazee and Erskine resident Neil A. Berger, 51, of Grant Village, Wyo., died Saturday, August 28, 2010 in Yellowstone National Park near Grant Village. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3 at David-Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes; there will be a Rosary at 6:30 p.m. and Parish Vigil at 7 p.m. The visitation will continue at the church one hour prior to services on Saturday. A mass of Christian burial is set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Frazee, with Father Xavier Ilango officiating. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

• Neil Berger

Krystle Jones

Krystle Jones, 36, of Detroit Lakes, died Thursday, August 26, 2010 at St. Mary’s Innovis Health in Detroit Lakes. Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31 in David-Donehower Funeral Home, Detroit Lakes. Interment will be at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Mildred Erickson

Helen Mildred (Lundberg) Erickson, 92, of Detroit Lakes, died Saturday, August 28, 2010 at her daughters home in Pendleton, Ore. A celebration of Mildred’s life will be held at her home in Detroit Lakes on Saturday, Sept. 25.

Norton Gaard

Norton J. Gaard, 93, of Algonac, Mich., died Monday, August 30, 2010 in his home. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3 at the Gilbert Funeral Home in Algonac, with visitation from 10 a.m. until the start of services.

• Norton Gaard

Mary Simon

Mary K. Simon, 53, of Detroit Lakes, died Monday, August 30, 2010 at her home under the care of hospice of the Red River Valley. A memorial service is set for 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 5 at West-Kjos Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes, with visitation for one hour prior to services.

• Mary Simon

Genevieve Trinka

Former Lidgerwood, N.D., resident Genevieve M. Trinka, 86, of Detroit Lakes, passed away Sunday, August 29, 2010 at the Cottages at Emmanuel Community in Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, with a 7 p.m. prayer service, at the Frank Family Funeral Home in Lidgerwood, and for one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 in Bergen Lutheran Church, Lidgerwood, with burial in the Bohemian National Cemetery in Lidgerwood.

• Genevieve Trinka

William Bedford III

William Henry “Will” Bedford, III, 54, of Park Rapids died suddenly at his home in rural Park Rapids, Tuesday, August 24, 2010. A memorial service was held Monday, Aug. 30 at 11 a.m. at Cease Family Funeral Home Chapel in Park Rapids, with visitation for one hour prior to services.

• William Bedford III

Wilma Robertson

Wilma Joyce Robertson, 68, a longtime Park Rapids area resident, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Area Health Services in Park Rapids. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, at Jones-Pearson Funeral Home in Park Rapids, with the Rosary service at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1 at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Park Rapids, with interment in St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Cemetery, Park Rapids. A luncheon will be hosted by St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church after the service.

• Wilma Robertson

Harold Johnson

Harold S. Johnson, 97, of Detroit Lakes died Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, under the care of hospice. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 at the West-Kjos Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes, with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 3 at First Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes. Interment will take place at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Greenbush, Minn.

• Harold Johnson

Ernest Olson

Ernest F. Olson, 91, of Detroit Lakes, died Friday, August 27, 2010 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30 in Emmanuel Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes, with visitation for one hour prior to services.

• Ernest Olson

Pastor Alfred Theim

With great sorrow but with joy in the certain hope of the resurrection and eternal life in Christ Jesus, the family of Pastor Alfred E. Thiem announces his death on Thursday, August 26, 2010. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30, in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Fargo, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will also be Monday at Riverside Cemetery, Fargo.

• Pastor Alfred Thiem

Dewey memorial slated for Monday

There will be a Public Memorial Service for Deputy Christopher Dewey at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30 in Mahnomen, at the Mahnomen Public School Gymnasium.

Kent Nelson

Kent R. Nelson, 21, of Detroit Lakes died Monday, August 23, 2010 in Bozeman, Mont. Funeral services are set for 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27 at West-Kjos Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes, with a 7 p.m. prayer service.

• Kent Nelson