Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

Ole Sonsteng sat in his chair in Apartment 118 at Oakcrest Senior Housing in Roseau, frequently smiling as he talked about his life and times with Lorraine, who was down the hall getting her hair all fixed up pretty like she was going out on a date.

Mr. Sonsteng wasn't alone.

He had an audience that late October morning just a little over a week before his 95th birthday.

Looking on was his daughter, Diane Bennett, and her daughter, Melissa Fosdick, both from California.

"I went to the fifth grade. At that time, I had to stay home because my younger sister, Ruthie Ann, had polio, and my mother...