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Norman Nelson

Norman Nelson

Norman E. Nelson, 86, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 12, with a 6 p.m. prayer service, at Wright Funeral Home, Lake Park. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday, March 13 at Strandvik Lutheran Church, rural Lake Park, with interment in Strandvik Lutheran Church Cemetery.

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Pauline Anderson

Pauline Anderson

Former Wadena resident Pauline M. Anderson, 66, of Detroit Lakes, died Monday, March 8, 2010 at her residence in Detroit Lakes. Funeral services for Pauline will be held 10 a.m. Friday, March 12 at United Methodist Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held at David-Donehower Funeral Home, Detroit Lakes on Thursday, March 11 from 5 to 8 p.m. Visitation will also continue one hour prior to services on Friday. Interment will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery, Clarissa, Minn.

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Paul Chapman

Paul Chapman

Paul C. “Curt” Chapman, 66, of Detroit Lakes, died Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes surrounded by family and friends, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. A memorial mass will take place at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11 in Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Detroit Lakes. There will be visitation for one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery, Detroit Lakes.

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Mavis Swapp

Mavis Swapp

Mavis A. Swapp, 84, of Detroit Lakes, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at St. Mary’s Innovis Heath, Oak Crossing in Detroit Lakes. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday, March 13 at First Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes, with visitation for one hour beforehand. Interment will be in Aspelund Lutheran Church Cemetery, Flom.

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Patricia Andrews

Detroit Lakes native Patricia Billie Bunnell Andrews, 89, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Funeral services will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 10 in Woodlawn Baptist Church, with interment in Newman Swamp Cemetery in Lamar, S.C., following the service at 3 p.m.

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John Sime

Detroit Lakes summer resident John E. Sime, 92, died Sunday, March 7, 2010 in St. Paul.

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Eleanor Bigger

Former Frazee resident Eleanor E. “Elly” Bigger, 84, of Alexandria, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Friday, March 12 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Frazee, with Rev. William Aufdenkamp officiating. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11 at the Furey Funeral Home in Frazee and one hour prior to services at the church on Friday. Interment will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Frazee.

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Adeline Seifert

Adeline Seifert

Adeline “Addy” Seifert, 89, of Detroit Lakes, died on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at Emmanuel Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes. A mass of Christian burial is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, March 12 in Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Detroit Lakes. Visitation will be held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 11, with a 6:30 p.m. rosary followed by a 7 p.m. prayer service. Visitation will continue on Friday one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery.

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Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person

Lawrence E. “Larry Person, 89 retired Detroit Lakes chief of police, died Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Innovis Health in Fargo. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 at David-Donehower Funeral Home, Detroit Lakes; there will be a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Thursday, March 11 at Zion Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes; there will be visitation for one hour preceding the service.

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Shirley McCarty

Shirley McCarty

Detroit Lakes native Shirley Ann McCarty, 74, of Sammamish, Wash., passed away Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Evergreen Hospice in Kirkland, Wash. A celebration of Shirley’s life will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, March 12, 2010 in Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home, 540 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah, Wash.

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Donald Hewitt

Donald Hewitt

Donald Thomas Hewitt, 52, of Frazee, passed away peacefully at his Rose Lake home on Friday, March 5, 2010 after a courageous two year battle with cancer. Family greeting will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, followed by a 7 p.m. prayer service, at Amundson Funeral Home, 2975 S. 42nd St., Grand Forks. A memorial service for friends and family is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 at First Presbyterian Church, 5555 S. Washington St., Grand Forks. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks.

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Tabitha Janssen

Tabitha Janssen

Tabitha T. Janssen, 25, of Ottertail, Minn., passed away Friday, March 5, 2010 from injuries suffered in a car accident in rural Detroit Lakes. A service of remembrance will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in West-Kjos Funeral Home, Detroit Lakes, with visitation for two hours prior to the service.

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June Mursu

Former Wolf Lake area resident June Mursu, 85, of Detroit Lakes, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Friends may call at Christ Lutheran Church, Wolf Lake, from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, and at the church for one hour prior to Wednesday's services. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 10 at Christ Lutheran Church in Wolf Lakem with interment services at the Spruce Grove-Union Cemetery.

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Victor Osten

Victor Osten

Victor Osten, 95, of Pelican Rapids, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at Pelican Valley Nursing Home in Pelican Rapids. Visitation will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 5 at Larson Funeral Home, Pelican Rapids, resuming for one hour prior to Saturday's services at the church. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday, March 6, at North Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Pelican Rapids, with burial in West North Immanuel Cemetery, rural Pelican Rapids.

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Jeanette Carlson

Former Detroit Lakes resident Jeanette Ann Tobkin Carlson, 70, of Rochester, Minn., died Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at her home in Rochester. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 25 at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rochester.

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