Detroit Lakes Tribune

Arlene E. Hilmer, 68, of Fortville, IN, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2022. She was born on December 21, 1953, in Detroit Lake, MN, to Donald and Esther (Tovson) Jasch. Arlene worked as an accountant for DFAS. She was an avid painter and belonged to Country Painting. She adored her family and her grandchildren. Arlene is survived by her husband of 52 years Ricky Hilmer. She is also survived by her children Shon (Kim) Hilmer of Fort Worth, Texas, and Tammy (Claude) Dodds or Fortville, IN; her grandchildren Michael, Karissa, Keely, Payton, and Tristan; great-grandchildren Leah, Evelyn, Alanna, Maverick, and Claire; and her brother Johnny Jasch. She is preceded in death by her parents;...

Mary Ann Ruehling, age 62, of New Prague, died peacefully with her husband at her side, on Christmas Day 2021 at Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital in Rochester. Mary Ann was born on July 20, 1959 in Detroit Lakes to Arthur and Mary Jane (Lundeen) Kiehl. Born and raised in Detroit Lakes, she graduated from Detroit Lakes High School. She met the man who would become her soul mate and life partner, John B. Ruehling, three years before they married on August 13, 1988 at Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lanesburgh. On that day, John's father said he gained a daughter, not a daughter-in-law! Mary Ann was the right hand throughout life on the farm and the family, truly walking hand in...

Rosalie Louise Thorson of Pine City, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2021 at The Estates at Rush City at the age of 80. Rosie was born September 28, 1941 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to Donald and Helen Danielson. She was raised on the family farm in Lake Park. Rosie was the oldest of 3 sisters and one brother. She was baptized and confirmed at Lake Park Lutheran Church. Rosie attended country school near the family farm through the sixth grade. She then began school at Lake Park High School, from which she graduated in 1959. After high school Rosie moved to Minneapolis where she took classes for nursing as well as business classes. She then got her start working in the...

David William Chadwell, Jr., 81, of Fuquay-Varina transitioned into eternal rest on Monday, November 15, 2021, at Transitions Lifecare in Raleigh, NC. David, native to Omaha, Nebraska, was born October 13, 1940, to the late David W. Chadwell, Sr, and Eva (Reis) Chadwell. David was a graduate of Westside High School, where he played football and baseball and fostered life-long friendships. From high school, David joined the Carpenter's Union in Omaha; his second career was Investigator, Douglas County Public Defender's Office. After retirement, David resided in Detroit Lakes, MN, before moving to Raleigh, North Carolina. David is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Sheila Kay (Waters),...

Coralyn Sue Olson Smith, known as Sue to her friends and family, was born in Hinsdale, Illinois on July 29, 1934, to parents Harold and Aletha Evans Olson. She died on November 5, 2021, at the age of 87 in Maryville, Tennessee. Sue spent her childhood at Riverside Place Resort on Lake Melissa in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. She graduated in the class of 1956 from Loma Linda University School of Nursing. In 1958 she married Millard Smith, MD, in Redlands, California, and later moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, and Plainfield, New Jersey. In 1971 the family moved to Madison, Tennessee. In 2001, Sue and Millard retired to Colorado Springs, Colorado. After Millard's death in 2015, Sue moved to...

Samuel C. Jones, 81 of Katy, Texas and Dent, Minnesota, passed on April 20, 2020 in Katy, Texas from heart complications (non COVID-19 related.) He was born on June 29, 1938 in Elmwood, Illinois. Sam is survived by his loving spouse, Marti (Martha Graack Conrad) Jones; children, Laura Jones, Curtis (Kate Hintz) Jones, and Craig (Molly Candy) Jones; step-children, Kris (Scott) Petersen, Jackie (George) Sacks, and Craig (Jan Gloden) Conrad; granddaughters, Katie Jones, Olivia Jones, Morgan Jones, Lilly Sacks and Macie Sacks; sister, Marilyn Williamson; brother, Dwight Jones; nephews, nieces, step-relatives and his Gordon Setter, Willie Nelson Jones. Sam was preceded in death by his parents...

74, of Spring Hill, passed away on September 20, 2019 at Oak Hill Hospital. She was born in Kansas City, MO on February 22, 1945. Pam was married for several years and had a son, Sean Patrick Palmer, who died in 1971. She later married David Cox. After retiring, the couple moved to Detroit Lakes, MN where they owned and operated a family resort for about 10 years. Following that, a 5 year full time RV lifestyle was enjoyed until taking up residence in Spring Hill, FL. She is survived by her husband, David of Spring Hill; a brother, Paul of Darrango, Co.

Lois Olson Trost passed away on July 10, 2018 at the age of 94. Born Lois Eleanor Olson on April 10, 1924 on the family farm in Atwater, MN, where her grandparents, the Olsons and the Ericksons, had settled when they immigrated from Sweden in 1870. Born to Harry and Lillie Olson, Lois was the third of four daughters. Lois was baptized and confirmed in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Atwater, baptized by Reverend LeVander, whose son Harold later became governor of MN. Lois graduated from Atwater High School in 1942 and attended Business College in Minneapolis. Lois was employed at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis and at the University of MN Dental School, where she met her husband, James...