Obituaries in Fertile, MN

Thomas C. Keeney age 84 of Shelly Minnesota passed away unexpectedly on Monday January 26 2026 at his residence. Tom was preceded in death by his beloved wife Laurel Ann Keeney Aarestad his parents Cecil Croll Keeney and Rose Marie Keeney Pozorski his daughter Denise Laurel Keeney his granddaughter ...

John Paul Melting 63 died Tuesday November 11 2025 at the Sanford Hospital in Fargo ND. He is survived by his uncle Scott Warner brother Jeremy Melting sisterinlaw Kristi Melting nieces Nora Gabriel Rodriguez and Hanna Brandon Rademacher nephew John Samuel Melting loving cousins and many friendships...

Kathleen Rae Menge Johnson a woman whose life was defined by compassion dedication and quiet strength passed away peacefully December 19 2025 at her assisted living apartment in Gilbert Ariz. Kathy was born on October 26 1944 in Fertile Minn. and grew up on a local farm. Those early years shaped her...

Twilla A. Hilde 92 Ada MN formerly of Borup MN died on Friday January 2 2026 at the Benedictine Care Community in Ada. Twilla was born on February 7 1933 in Winchester Township north of Borup the only child of Arthur and Tena nee Hoven Monson. She was baptized and confirmed at Winchester Lutheran Ch...

Arthur Art Leroy Gredvig age 101 passed away on Monday January 12 2026 at Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile MN. Art was born on April 6 1924 to Gerhard and Clara Morvig Gredvig in Fertile MN the youngest of twelve children. He was baptized and confirmed in his Christian faith at Concordia Lutheran...

Beatrice A. Swenson 90 Shelly MN passed away on Wednesday December 10 2025 at the Sanford Hillsboro Medical Center in Hillsboro ND. Copyright 2010 26 FredriksonGanje Funeral Homes EriksonVikGanje Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved. Funeral Home Website by

Bruce Allen Jallo 69 of Rural Fertile MN unexpectedly passed away at his residence on January 19 2026. He was born in Waco Texas on November 28 1956 to Alden and LaVonne Strem Jallo. A lifelong resident of the Fertile area Bruce graduated from FertileBeltrami High School and while attending he was a...

Geraldine Geri Patricia Kesselberg passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday January 1 2026 at the age of 70. Geri was born on December 20 1955 to Paul and Patricia Rust in Alaska. Geri met Kenneth Kesselberg in 1980 and joined together their families raising two sons. Geri leaves behind her hu...

Linda L. Carnegie 68 Borup MN died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Friday December 19 2025 at her home in Borup MN. Linda Louise Olich was born on April 24 1957 to Allan and Marguerite Miller Olich at St. Johns Hospital in Fargo ND. She attended Borup school graduating with the class 1975. While a...

Jody W. Gudvangen 54 Fertile MN passed away on Sunday November 30 2025 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks ND surrounded by his family. He was born on September 12 1971 to Wilbur and Frances Larson Gudvangen in Crookston MN. He attended FertileBeltrami until he graduated in 1990. On July 20 2002 Jody w...

Phyllis Hanson 97 Pelican Rapids joined her departed loved ones on November 28 2025. Born at home on May 121928 in Lockhart Township Norman County MN. Her parents were Robert and Isabel Askew Lee. Phyllis was the third child of four. Growing up during the depression on the farm where she was born sh...

Sheila J. Lien 72 of Ada MN passed away unexpectedly on Friday January 9 2026 at her residence. Sheila was born on July 17 1953 in Moorhead Minnesota to Denver W. and Betty A. Halvorson Lien. She grew up in Hitterdal Minnesota and later made her home in Ada where she lived for most of her adult life...