Merrill “Mike” Allen Heggestuen, born December 28, 1930, in Fordville, ND, to Myron and Alma (Olson) Heggestuen, passed away peacefully on November 28, 2022, in Detroit Lakes, MN. Mike was raised in Oslo, MN, and married his wife of 71 years, Dolores (Larson), of Manvel, ND, in 1951.