1933-2019 John (Little John) Axel Backholm, age 86 of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at Oak Crossing Nursing Home. John was born April 22, 1933, the youngest of three boys to John Gustaf and Ida (Hiltunen) Backholm in Huntersville Township, Wadena County. Delivered by a Midwife (Amanda Seikkula) on the family…

1930-2019 Norman Clyde Demmon, age 89, a lifetime Nevis area resident, peacefully passed into eternal glory on Monday evening, September 30, 2019, at the Heritage Living Center in Park Rapids, Minnesota. Norman was born on April 21, 1930, in Bertha, to Roland and Leora (Brown) Demmon. When he was one year of age, his family…

1922-2019 Ansel Cecil Blaine Olson died at the Green Pine Acres Nursing Home in Menahga on September 11, 2019, at the age of 96, after several months of declining health. Ansel was born on November 4, 1922 in Lakefield, Minnesota to Sybil (Johnson) and Albin Olson. In 1925, at the age of three (3), the…

Nathan John Wierimaa, age 33, formerly of Sebeka, Minnesota passed away unexpectedly Saturday, September 21, 2019 in Detroit Lakes. Nathan was born to Waino and Joyce (Linden) Wierimaa at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena, on July 23, 1986. He was baptized into the Christian Faith. Nathan attended Sebeka Public School and graduated in 2004. He was…

Donna Hietala, 79, of Neosho, Missouri, formerly of Sebeka Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 1, 2019, at Spring River Christian Village in Joplin, Missouri. Donna was born on February 23, 1940 in Wadena County, one of thirteen children to Merle and Lucille (Riest) Manselle. In 1947 she was adopted by Charles and Margaret…

1945-2019 Mary Ann (Koski) Lusti passed away peacefully on September 2, 2019 at the age of 74, at her home in Duluth, Minnesota. She was born to Arthur and Hilma Koski on March 12, 1945, in Cando, North Dakota. Mary Ann married Milton Lusti on December 1, 1962. They have a daughter, Karen (Doug) Peterson,…

1961-2019 Shari Lee (Torma) Croskrey of Park Rapids, Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at Essentia Health in Fargo, North Dakota. Shari was born January 12, 1961 to Ronald and MaryAnn Torma. She graduated from Menahga High School with the class of 1979. After high school she worked various jobs for multiple…

1931-2019 Earl Edward Keskey, 88, of Sebeka Minnesota, passed away on September 1, 2019 in Marquette, Michigan. Earl was born in Wakefield, Michigan on April 16, 1931 to Ernest and Mamie (Bajari) Keskey. At the age of six, his family moved to the family homestead farm on Cokato Lake in Cokato, Minnesota. He attended Temperance…

1948-2019 Terry William Petersen was born on August 23, 1948 in Wadena, Minnesota and died on May 4, 2019 at his home in Spring, Texas at 10:30 a.m. Terry’s parents, William F. Petersen and Mary Lou DeLapp Petersen, preceded him in death. Terry is survived by his wife of 41 years, Audrey Erickson Johns Petersen,…