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Richard L. “Dick” Bellows
Feb. 25, 1932 - Aug. 31, 2000
Richard L. “Dick” Bellows, 68, a former Detroit Lakes resident, died at Augustana Home in Minneapolis on Thursday, Aug. 31.
The funeral was at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2, from the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Minneapolis.
Interment will be at Holy Rosary Cemetery in Detroit Lakes, with a graveside service set for 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 4.
The David - Donehower Funeral Home has charge of local arrangements. Arrangements in Minneapolis were by the Gearty - Delmore Funeral Home.
Richard L. Bellows was born in Minneapolis on Feb. 25, 1932, and lived in Detroit Lakes from 1959 - 71.
Surviving are seven children - Rick (Marilyn), Gainsville, Ga.; Linda (Greg Olson), Minneapolis; Lee (Marc) Weinberger, Madison, Wis.; Wendy (Brian) Erdmann, Rice; Steve, St. Cloud; Kim (Brad) Mueller, Lakeville, and Dan (Lynn), Brooklyn Park; a sister - Margaret Pace, Osseo; his former wife - Jackie, Detroit Lakes, and a special friend - Shelia Harrigan, Golden Valley. There are eight grandchildren.
Mr. Bellows was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous for 25 years.
Preceding him in death were a son (Tony, who died in infancy) and a sister (Lorraine).
Richard B. Ratzlaff
Aug. 30, 1916 - May 28, 2000
Richard B. Ratzlaff, 83, died Sunday, May 28, at the Aberdeen (S. D.) Living Center.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, from Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Aberdeen, with the Rev. Ronald Jensen officiating.
Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Aberdeen, with the Miller - Huebl Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Richard B. Ratzlaff, son of Johnny and Ethel McKenzie Ratzlaff, was born Aug. 30, 1916, in Jamestown, N. D.
He moved with his family to a number of towns in North Dakota and Montana as a child and graduated from Ellendale (N. D.) High School (Class of 1934).
Mr. Ratzlaff earned a bachelor of science degree at North Dakota State College in Ellendale in 1941 and served with the U. S. Coast Guard during World War II.
He and Lorene Zinter were married at Ellendale on June 8, 1941.
In 1951, he earned a master of science degree at the University of North Dakota and he continued his education at the University of Wyoming, Northern State College, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Dakota State College.
Mr. Ratzlaff taught at the Aliceton Consolidated School in Lisbon, N. D., and at public schools in Ryder, N. D., St. Ignace, Mich., and Monango, N. D., before moving to Aberdeen, S. D., in 1957, where he taught at Monroe and Holgate Junior High for 22 years.
His wife died April 17, 1965, and he married Naomi Locken at Aberdeen on Nov. 26, 1965.They continued to live in Aberdeen.
Mr. Ratzlaff retired in 1979 after 38 years of teaching. He also worked in the summer with the North Dakota ASCS committee, the Pete Bradbury Construction Co. and at Old Faithful Lodge in Yellowstone National Park.
A member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, he taught Sunday School there. He also belonged to the North Dakota Education Association, the National Education Association, PDK, the Aberdeen Teachers Association, Cosmopolitans, Sons of Norway, McKenzie Clans of America, the Aberdeen Area Retired Teachers Association and the American Heart Association.
He had traveled in all 50 states, as well as in Mexico, the Scandinavian countries and Canada and enjoyed biking, reading, gardening, collecting poems, bird watching and athletics.
Surviving are his wife - Naomi, Aberdeen; three daughters - Jackie (Larry) Jones, Detroit Lakes; Lynette (Robert) Rombs, Mandan, N. D., and Robin (Rob) Sandquist, Aberdeen, and a sister - Ethel Thiele, Park River, N. D. There are four grandchildren and two great - grandchildren.
In addition to his first wife, Mr. Ratzlaff also was preceded in death by his parents and a son (Richard).
Betty J. Bergstrom
Sept. 12, 1933 - May 26, 2000
Betty J. Bergstrom, 66, died Friday, May 26, at her home at Rochert.
The funeral was at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, from the West - Kjos Chapel in Detroit Lakes, with the Rev. Bill Meyer officiating. Harriet Davis was the soloist.
Interment was at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Shell Lake Township of Becker County, with the West - Kjos Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Serving as the pallbearers were Cecil Adams, James Wilson, Allen Knopf, Loren Danielson, Melvin Wilson and Laurel McKenzie.
Betty Cartwright, daughter of Earl and Arvilla Johnson Cartwright, was born Sept. 12, 1933, in Detroit Lakes.
She grew up in Shell Lake Township and, as a young woman, worked with her brothers in peeling pulp from trees for use in making paper products.
On May 25, 1954, she and Gustave Bergstrom were married in Detroit Lakes.
Following their marriage, she worked at the Swift & Co. Processing Plant in Frazee for 16 years and, after leaving the Swift firm, she worked for the RDO Potato Harvesting firm in Park Rapids. She retired in 1994.
A member of Wolf Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary No. 8165, she enjoyed raising chickens and turkeys and also baby - sitting neighbor children.
Surviving are her husband - Gustave "Billy" Bergstrom, Rochert; a daughter - Linda (Mark) Nord, Rochert, and a brother - Joseph Cartwright, Portland, Ore. There are two grandchildren.
Preceding Mrs. Cartwright in death were her parents, two brothers and a sister.
Edna Laverne Grindberg
July 25, 1915 - May 28, 2000
There will be a memorial service at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, from St. John’s Lutheran Church at Height of Land for Edna Laverne Grindberg.
Mrs. Grindberg, 84, a resident of Fargo, died at Dakota Heartland Hospital in Fargo on Sunday, May 28.
Interment will be at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, with the Boulger Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Edna Jahnke, daughter of Erick and Lucy Senkbeil Jahnke, was born July 25, 1915, in Belfield, N. D.
She moved to Minnesota at the age of three, attended rural school near Frazee and married Eddie Grindberg at Frazee in 1936.
She worked for a telephone company, for Lutheran Social Services and Bethany Homes in Fargo until retiring in 1986.
Mrs. Grindberg enjoyed her flower garden and making quilts.
Surviving are four sons - Ralph (Belva), Rochert; Arnold (Jane) and Wayne (Pat), both of Fargo, and Conrad (Valira), Mapleton, N. D.; two daughters - Janice Grindberg, Fargo, and Alice Heille, Detroit Lakes, and a brother - Erick Jahnke, Newton, Ia. There are 12 grandchildren and 10 great - grandchildren.
Visitation: Wednesday, May 31, 4 - 7 p.m., Boulger Funeral Home in Fargo, with prayer service at 7 p.m.
Glenn S. Christofferson
Jan. 19, 1914 - May 25, 2000
Glenn S. Christofferson, 86, died Thursday, May 25, at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes.
The funeral was at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30, from Lake Grove Lutheran Church, rural Waubun.
Rev. Melody Kirkpatrick officiated at the funeral, Sue Heisler was the organist and special music was by Lloyd Benson.
Interment was at the church Cemetery, with the Mattson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Serving as the pallbearers were Bud Heisler, Tom Fritz, Al Stangle, Allen Hanson, Don Peterson and Pete Christofferson.
Grandchildren served as the honorary pallbearers.
Military rites were by Isaacson - Bjorge American Legion Post No. 31 of Mahnomen.
Glenn Christofferson, son of Gunder and Clara Sorenson Christofferson, was born Jan. 19, 1914, at Esplie and moved as a child with his family to the Waubun area..
He grew up and attended school there, graduated from Waubun High School (Class of 1932) and then farmed with his father near Waubun. He also served with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as foreman of an overhaul and repair shop at Park Rapids.
Mr. Christofferson served with the U. S. Army from 1942 - 45 and then returned to Waubun and became an electrician journeyman.
On June 20, 1952, he and Jeanette Heisler were married in Waubun, where they made their home.
Mr. Christofferson worked in Moorhead, then at Lee Electric in Mahnomen and then attained a master electrician’s license after which he became an electrical inspector for the State of Minnesota in the early 1970’s and continued in that position until the time of his death.
A member of Lake Grove Lutheran Church, he also belonged to the International Association of Electrical Inspectors, Isaacson - Bjorge American Legion Post No. 31 of Mahnomen and the Trailblazers Snowmobile Club.
Surviving are three sons - William "Bill" (Renee), Hawley; Peter (Sue), Navarre, Fla., and John (Dayna), Napa, Calif.; two daughters - Stella (Len Beil) Ley, Bainbridge Island, Wash., and Joanne (Greg Gilbert) Mittet, Lisbon, N. D., and four sisters - Florence Fritz, Detroit Lakes; Verna Peterjohn and Verona Gordon, both of Minnetonka, and Joy (Bob) Agrimson, St. Paul. There are six grandchildren.
Preceding Mr. Christofferson in death were his parents, his wife (who died in 1998) and a brother (Dick).
Sheila M. England
Dec. 2, 1950 - May 25, 2000
Sheila M. England, 49, the former Sheila Dodds of Detroit Lakes, died at Meritcare Hospital in Fargo on Thursday, May 25.
The funeral was at 12 noon on Monday, May 29, from St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fargo.
Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fargo, with the Boulger Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Sheila Mary Dodds, daughter of William Clark and Mary Ann Hage Dodds, was born at Detroit Lakes on Dec. 2, 1950.
She grew up in Detroit Lakes, graduated from Detroit Lakes High School (Class of 1969), attended Moorhead State and St. Cloud State and married Michael England at Detroit Lakes in 1973.
They lived in Moorhead a few years before moving to Fargo, where Mrs. England operated a daycare service in her home.
Surviving are her husband - Michael; two sons - Nicholas, Fargo, and Jacob, Longley, Tex.; her father - Dr. William C. Dodds, Detroit Lakes, and four sisters - Martha (Bob) Sumada, Minneapolis; Barbara (Carroll) Rasch, St. Louis Park; Kathy Lynch, Bozeman, Mont., and Betsy (Terry) Taves, Detroit Lakes.
