Services for Teresa Kappedal
Teresa Kappedal, age 58, of Fosston, MN, passed away on Monday, September 2nd, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND, following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. A celebration of Teresa’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 16th, at the Lengby Baptist Church with Pastor Mark Erickson officiating. Family will greet friends for one hour prior to the service on Monday (16th) at the church. Arrangements are with Carlin Family Funeral Service of Fosston and messages of condolence may be shared at www.carlinfuneral.com.
Teresa Lynn Anderson was born on November 10, 1965, in Battle Creek, Michigan to parents Maynard and Linda (Aspen) Anderson. She began her life in Michigan while her father was in the military. The family moved while Teresa was a young girl to Fosston and then to Clearbrook and graduated from Clearbrook High School in 1984. After high school, she attended the University of Minnesota Crookston, focusing on Equestrian Studies. Teresa’s plans to return to UMC were cut short when she welcomed her first child, Jason. She was married to Brian Beckstrand and three more children were born, Amber, Jenna, and Andrew.
Fate has a way of working out as she married the love of her life, Ricky Kappedal, on April 30, 2005. Teresa worked at the Bagley School as a paraprofessional and then for several years at Digi-Key in Thief River Falls.
Teresa had a deep love for serving and helping people. Through the current time, she has been working for White Earth Human Services in Naytahwaush. She was fiercely dedicated and passionate about helping underserved individuals and families.
Teresa had many interests. Anyone that knew Theresa, knows that another passion of hers was quilting. She made and gave away her quilts to many of her family and friends. She and Ricky were truly partners in their farm, raising beef cattle and pigs and horses. She also had many fond memories of road trips with Ricky and taking the children camping at Lake Bronson. Most of all, Teresa cherished time spent with family and friends. Time with important people in her life were much more important to her than any material things. She will be dearly missed.
Following a brief but courageous battle with cancer, Teresa passed away peacefully on Monday, September 2, 2024, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo at the age of 58 years.
Survivors include her husband, Ricky Kappedal of Fosston; her parents, Maynard and Ellen Anderson of Shevlin, MN and Linda and Carol Melbo of Fosston; children, Jason Beckstrand of Moose Lake, MN, Amber (Derrick) Beckstrand of Clearbrook, MN, Jenna (Nolan) Beckstrand of Gully, MN, and Andrew (Brittany) Beckstrand of Clearbrook, MN; and bonus daughter, Krystle (Paul) Munter of Fosston; seven grandchildren, Morgan, Tristan, Khaleesie, Kendra, Kaitlynn, Hunter, and Cooper.
Also surviving are siblings, Sheila (Jon) Wilson of Trail, MN, Pamela (Tom) Jackson of Farmington, MN, Christine (William) Lafontaine of Shevlin, MN, Rene Madsen of Bemidji, MN, Ardelle (Scott) Gustafson of Bemidji, MN, Claire Strong of Tempe, AZ, and Michael Anderson of Fargo, ND.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Sophia and Ralph Anderson, Edith Sherer, and Lorentz Aspen; great uncle, Hubert Anderson; Annie and Ed Voelker; niece, Heather Sorenson; nephew, Joshua Lafontaine; and several aunts and uncles.