Obituaries in Fertile, MN

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...

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...

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...

Mark Allen Cokley age 69 of Ada Minnesota formerly of Shoreview Minnesota died on Tuesday November 25 2025 at the Halstad Living Center in Halstad Minnesota. Mark grew up in the Twin Cities area and graduated from KelloggRoseville High School with the Class of 1974. From a young age he developed a s...

Leslie Les Raymond Welch Jr. Ada MN 74 passed away on Saturday January 10 2026 at Essentia Hospital in Fargo ND. Les was born on March 29 1951 in Rugby North Dakota to Leslie Sr. and Ella Rohrer Welch. Over the years Les and his wife Mary Jo Aas built a loving home together and raised four children....

74 a cherished family man dedicated public servant and lifelong pillar of his community passed away peacefully on November 28 2025 after a life welllived. Richard was born in Crookston MN to Arnold and Helen Larson Evenson. He graduated from Climax High School in 1969 and was joined in marriage to L...

James Jimmy Bruce Duckstad age 77 of Fertile MN passed away on Monday December 1 2025 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks ND surrounded by his loving family. James was born on January 12 1948 in St. Vincent MN to Clifford and Agnes Geddes Duckstad. As a young child he moved with his family to Fertile w...

Janet Viola Nelson 88 of Ada MN formerly of Hendrum MN passed away on Friday December 12 2025 at HIA Heathers House in Fargo ND from complications following colon cancer surgery. Janet was born at home on September 20 1937 in rural Gary MN to Olaf and Cora Hagy Dahl. After graduating from Gary High ...