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Hugo Allen Hendrickson
Feb. 14, 1929 - April 30 - , 2000
Hugo Allen Hendrickson, 71, a resident of Milwaukie, Ore., and formerly of this area, died Sunday, April 30.
There was a memorial service on Sunday, May 7, from the Milwaukie Center, with the Rev. Seppo Heikkila officiating.
Interment was at Greenwood Cemetery in Park Rapids.
Hugo Allen Hendrickson, son of Allen and Mary Haanpaa Hendrickson, was born at Butte, Mont., on Feb. 14, 1929.
He graduated from Detroit Lakes High School (Class of 1947) and served with the U. S. armed forces during the Korean War.
He earned a doctorate in education and worked for 35 years in public school systems as a teacher, counselor, principal and superintendent.
Mr. Hendrickson taught at Waubun and Baudette and also in Rialto, Calif., was a counselor in Rialto and in Grand Rapids, served as superintendent of schools at Sundance, Wyo., at Round Mountain, Calif., and at Albany, Ore., and served as principal at Chisholm and at Portland, Ore.
He was a longtime member of the Finnish Lutheran Church, as well as the Finnish Brotherhood.
Surviving are a son - Todd, Milwaukie; a daughter - Cheryl, Milwaukie; a brother - Melvin, Arizona, and three sisters - Vivian, Chisholm; Viola, Billings, Mont., and Mabel, Colorado. There are three grandchildren and four great - grandchildren.
Preceding Mr. Hendrickson in death were his parents and a son (Steven).
Memorials: Preferred to the American Cancer Society.
William O. "Bill" Rolstad
Sept. 14, 1908 - May 23, 2000
William O. "Bill" Rolstad, 91, a former Detroit Lakes resident, died Tuesday, May 23, at his home in Pendleton, Ore.
The funeral was from the Burns Chapel in Pendleton on Tuesday, May 30.
William O. Rolstad, son of John and Randi Aspen Rolstad, was born at Audubon on Sept. 14, 1908, and married Evelyn Erickson at Detroit Lakes on March 30, 1932.
Mr. Rolstad enjoyed playing the fiddle and belonged to the Old Time Fiddlers Association of Richland, Wash., and of the Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers of Eastern Oregon. He was a member of the Seventh - day Adventist Church.
Surviving are his wife - Evelyn; a son - Edward Rolstad, Pendleton; three daughters - Betty Reynolds, Walla Walla, Wash.; Grace Crosson, Sacramento, Calif., and Joyce Dickonson, Chicago, Calif.; three brothers - Calvin Rolstad, Hugo; Robert Rolstad, Milaca, and Stanley Rolstad, Mora, and two sisters - Agnes Telander, Mankato, and Esther Thompson, Yuciapa, Calif. There are 15 grandchildren and nine great - grandchildren.
Marie Holl
Sept. 27, 1908 - April 20, 2000
Marie Holl, 91, a longtime Waubun area resident, died Thursday, April 20, at St. Mary’s Nursing Center in Detroit Lakes.
The funeral was at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25, from St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Waubun.
Fr. Mietek Bejek, O. M. I., officiated at the funeral, while special music was by Lea Stech.
Interment was at the church Cemetery, with the Mattson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Serving as the pallbearers were Edwin Scherping, Raymond Bisek, Albin Scherping, John Rassel, Bill Stalboerger and Victor Eiynck.
Marie Weihs, daughter of John and Anna Wenker Weihs, was born Sept. 27, 1908, at St. Cloud.
She attended school at St. Cloud and Brainerd and - following the death of her father when she was eight years of age - lived with her grandparents in Freeport.
Upon completing her schooling, Marie lived in St. Paul and was employed as a cook at a girls’ college.
On April 28, 1928, she and Anthony "Tony" Holl were married in St. Paul.
They made their home and farmed in Popple Grove Township of Mahnomen County (near Waubun).
Mrs. Holl cared for their handicapped daughter (Carolyn) for 28 years until her death in 1976. The Holls moved into Waubun in 1981 and Mr. Holl died in 1986.
Mrs. Holl was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church and its Ladies Aid.
Surviving are three sons - Ted, John (Marge) and Bob (Kathy), all of Waubun,. and two half - sisters - Katy Eide, Brainerd, and Lorraine Bradley, New Braunfels, Tex. There are seven grandchildrn and six great - grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and her daughter, Mrs. Holl also was preceded in death by her parents, another daughter (Elaine) and a granddaughter.
Elmer W. Nickolauson
May 20, 1931 - April 22, 2000
Elmer W. Nickolauson, 68, a retired construction firm co - owner, died at his home at Detroit Lakes on Saturday, April 22.
The funeral was at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 26, from the David - Donehower Funeral Home in Detroit Lakes, with the Rev. Donald Nickolauson and the Rev. Bill Meyer officiating.
Interment was at Oak Grove Cemetery, with the David - Donehower Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Serving as the pallbearers were Walt Lenius, Ken Post, Russell Post, Herb Wallace, Jim O’Sullivan, Kevin Nickolauson, Wayne Nickolauson and Eric Nickolauson.
The honorary pallbearers included Kelly Carlson, Jeremy O’Sullivan and Craig Jariz.
Elmer Nickolauson, son of Gustaf and Hazel Clark Nickolauson, was born May 20, 1931, in Sisseton, S. D.
He moved to the Detroit Lakes area with his family as a child, attended country school near Height of Land Lake and served with the U. S. Army during the Korean War.
Mr. Nickolauson and Myrna Hastings were married at Larimore, N. D., on Jan. 19, 1957, and lived in the Frazee - Detroit Lakes area.
He was a heavy equipment operator for various road construction firms and, in 1975, he and Walt Lenius purchased the McCarty Construction Co. of Frazee and operated it as Lenius - Nickolauson Construction Co. until Mr. Nickolauson retried in 1993.
Surviving are his wife - Myrna, Detroit Lakes; three daughters - Vicki O’Sullivan, St. Joseph; Cheri (Marc) Jariz, Eden Prairie, and Jill Ziegler, Hinckley, and three brothers - Arvin (Gladys), Frazee; Verlin (Sandy), Detroit Lakes, and Donald (Carol), Osage. There are three grandchildren.
Theresa Shaide
May 23, 1923 - April 22, 2000
Theresa Shaide, 76, died Saturday, April 22, at Sunnyside Nursing Home east of Lake Park, where she had been a resident since 1997.
There was a memorial service at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25, from the White Earth Assembly of God Church, with Rev. Tim Brown officiating.
Serving as honorary pallbearers were Custer Wilt, Dale Neumann, Galen Olson, Kirk Field, Nathan Millage and Kyle Olson.
The David - Donehower Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
Theresa Weaver, daughter of Wallace and Eloise Johnson Weaver, was born May 23, 1923, in White Earth.
She was raised and attended school in White Earth and married Gerald Rogers in White Earth in 1940.
Following the death of Mr. Rogers, she married Termaine Shaide in Callaway on Dec. 21, 1946. They moved to Borup in 1946 and he died in 1963.
Mrs. Shaide moved to Waubun in 1964 and lived there until entering Sunnyside.
Surviving are a son - Dale (Lynda) Rogers, Park Rapids; two daughters - Margaret Rogers (Custer Wilt), Waubun, and Geraldine "Gerry" Rogers, Lake Park, and a brother - Jimmy (Judy Gonzolas) Weaver, Waubun. There are 10 grandchildren and 26 great - grandchildren.
In addition to her husbands, Mrs. Shaide also was preceded in death by a son (Robert Shaide).
Myrtle Benson
March 28, 1915 - April 24, 2000
Myrtle Benson, 85, a longtime resident of the Otter Tail Nursing Home in Battle Lake, died there on Monday, April 24.
The funeral was at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, 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 Roger Benson, Verlyn Skersick, Jerome Benson, Wayne Benson, Lenny Swanson and William Gomall.
Myrtle Benson, daughter of Ben and Hannah Pederson Benson, was born March 28, 1915, near Waubun.
She attended the Adams School near Waubun and lived on the family farm for many years before becoming a resident of the nursing home.
Miss Benson was a member of Lake Grove Lutheran Church.
Surviving are two brothers - Walter (Cecelia) and Vernon (Edna), both Waubun, and a sister - Lillian (Vernon) Holo, Madison, Wis.
Myrtle Benson was preceded in death by her parents and a sister (Nelly).
