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Dejuan L. Bankhead

Dejuan L. Bankhead

Mar 5, 2025

Dejuan L. Bankhead, 33, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Dejuan was born November 3, 1991, to Rolanda White and Tommy Lee Bankhead. He grew up and attended school in East St. Louis, IL. Over the years, Dejuan followed his passion for clothing design and took pride in his work....

Delores Marie Hagene

Delores Marie Hagene

Mar 27, 2025

Due to anticipated weather conditions, the funeral has been rescheduled to Saturday, April 5th. 

Delores Marie Hagene, age 92, passed away on Thursday, March 27th, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo.

Delores was born near Wendell, MN to Ervin and Edna (Rood) Muth on December 17th, 1932. She grew up on the family farm in Nashua. Following High School graduation from the Tintah...

Laurence C. Aakre

Laurence C. Aakre

Mar 26, 2025

Laurence C. Aakre, 94, Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, March 26, at Hospice House, Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND.

Laurence was born at Rollag, MN, to Carl Aakre and Mabel (Nelson) Aakre, on April 12,1930, the youngest of nine children. His mother died when Laurence was only a year and a half old. His sister, Charlotte, who was then ten years old,...

Stephen "Steve" Morgan

Stephen "Steve" Morgan

Mar 21, 2025

Stephen “Steve” W. Morgan, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, March 21, 2025.

Steve was born on January 20, 1970, in Aberdeen, SD, to Ronald and Sandra (Pulling) Weishaar. He attended schools in Aberdeen and eventually moved to Fargo and graduated from Fargo South High School in 1989. His whole career was spent working in sales. He met and married Tammy Chesnick...

Larry J. Heilmann

Larry J. Heilmann

Feb 19, 2025

Larry Joseph Heilmann, 75, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at Sanford Hospice House in Fargo.

Larry was born July 31, 1949, in Bismarck, ND, to Edwin and Joyce Heilmann. He spent his early years in Linton, ND, and attended school in Williston and Minot, ND.

Larry graduated from Minot High School in 1967. He attended North Dakota State University...

Frances I. Jenson

Frances I. Jenson

Apr 2, 2025

Frances Irene Proctor Jenson, age 101, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at Sunnyside Nursing Home, Lake Park, MN, under the loving care of her daughter, Dorothy, and the loving care of the Nursing staff, as well as Hospice of the Red River Valley.

Frances was born in Southern Minnesota to Charles and Alma Proctor on March 4, 1924. Her...

Kay Diane Hockett

Kay Diane Hockett

Apr 2, 2025

Kay Hockett, 73, Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, April 2nd at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND.

Kay was born May 26, 1951, in Fargo, ND, to Harold and Audrey Helmeke. Kay lived most of her early life in rural Felton, MN. Growing up as an only child, she enjoyed spending time with her three ponies, Duchess, Lucky and Dude, but...

Ross Mathews

Ross Mathews

Mar 31, 2025

Ross Mathews, 100, lived a long and beautiful life. He was born December 7, 1924 and raised in Moorhead, MN to Evett and Edith (McCloy) Mathews, and died Monday, March 31st, 2025, at the Fargo Veterans Hospital.

Ross attended country school in Oakport Township and graduated from Moorhead High School. Ross later graduated from NDSU majoring in Electrical engineering. In 1943...

Kathleen Kay "Kathie" Wieser

Kathleen Kay "Kathie" Wieser

Mar 28, 2025

Kathleen Kay (Biewer) “Kathie” Wieser was born on October 2, 1953, in Breckenridge, MN. She was the youngest of two born to Magdalena (Harles) and Anton Biewer who lived on a farm in Lidgerwood, ND. She attended a one-room country school until 2nd grade. When it closed she attended St. Boniface Catholic School until 8th grade. She graduated from Lidgerwood...

Peggy J. Baumgart

Peggy J. Baumgart

Mar 27, 2025

Peggy J. Baumgart, 73, of Dilworth, MN, passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND.

A full obituary will be placed here soon.

Kari Leigh Brantner

Kari Leigh Brantner

Mar 26, 2025

Kari Leigh Brantner, age 40, passed away March 26, 2025, at Sanford Hospital following a hard-fought battle with a mysterious infection. Kari, the lover of animals, adventure, and all things sparkly, is leaving behind a lifetime of love, and unwavering loyalty to those she held dear.

Kari’s heart was as big as her love for her four rescue dogs—because saving just...

Wayne M. Zitzow

Wayne M. Zitzow

Mar 24, 2025

Wayne Melvin Zitzow, age 78, died peacefully at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND March 24th, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Wayne was born in Thief River Falls on December 14th, 1946. Wayne was the first-born son of Melvin and Beatrice Zitzow. He went to grade school and then attended college before moving to East Grand Forks for work at a...

Lizette Loera

Lizette Loera

Mar 23, 2025

Lizette Loera, 23, of Fargo, ND, passed away in her home on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

Lizette was born on November 18, 2001, to Rita Gonzalez and Ramiro Loera in Green Bay, WI. She grew up in Appleton, WI, until the age of 5 when she and her family moved to Fargo, ND. She attended and graduated from Fargo North High...

Virginia Smith

Virginia Smith

Mar 21, 2025

Virginia Mae Smith, 87,of Goodrich, MI, passed away on March 21st, 2025, at Lilac Home in Dilworth, Minnesota.

She was born Sept 28, 1937, the second child of Laverne and Loretta Rudd (Kline) in Pontiac, MI. She met her husband Richard in junior high school. They both attended Pontiac Central School and she graduated in 1958. They were married on March...

Mary V. Tangen

Mary V. Tangen

Mar 21, 2025

Mary Tangen, 89, died March 21, 2025 at Eventide Nursing Home in Moorhead, MN. Mary Vivian Tangen was born October 3, 1935, at Jamestown, ND. to Thelma (Morris) Elstad and Alvin O. Elstad. Her family lived in Drayton, Linton, and Mohall, ND, settling in Bismarck, ND, where she graduated from high school. She attended one year of Bismarck Junior College,...

George A. Goeser

George A. Goeser

Mar 19, 2025

George passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at Eagle Ridge Senior Living Center in Osceola, WI.

George Anthony was born September 14, 1937 in Calio, ND, the son of Chrysanth and Rose (Wengeler) Goeser. He graduated from Devils Lake High School and later received his Bachelor of Science degree in both Agricultural Education and Soil Science at North Dakota State...

Kenneth Lyle Crowell

Kenneth Lyle Crowell

Mar 16, 2025

Kenneth Lyle “Ken” Crowell, 81, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at Viking Manor, Ulen, MN.

Ken was born on June 11, 1943, to Kenneth and Alma (Marjama) Crowell at home in Ponsford, MN. His family moved to Detroit Lakes, MN, where he grew up and attended and graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1961. After...

Kerry Jo Larson

Kerry Jo Larson

Mar 15, 2025

Kerry Jo (Klabo) Larson, 48, passed away peacefully in Fargo, North Dakota, at Sanford Medical Center on Saturday, March 15, 2025, surrounded by her family.

Kerry was born in 1976 at Union Hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, to Susan Stende (Klabo) Klassen of Mentor, MN, and Dale Klabo of Winona, MN. She spent her early years attending grade school in Sacred...

James "Jim" R. Schreiner

James "Jim" R. Schreiner

Mar 15, 2025

James R. “Jim” Schreiner, 88, of Moorhead, MN passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Eventide Senior Living, Moorhead, MN.

Jim was born in Graceville, MN on December 15, 1936, to Richard and Frances (Boyle) Schreiner. In 1946, the family moved to Dilworth. Jim excelled in sports throughout high school, graduating in 1954. He attended Moorhead State before joining the...

Lelend Alvin Mikkelsen

Lelend Alvin Mikkelsen

Mar 14, 2025

Lelend Alvin Mikkelsen, age 13, of Dilworth, MN, passed away on Friday, March 14, 2025.

Lelend was born on April 26, 2011, in Fargo, ND, to Melissa Meier and Gene Mikkelsen. Lelend attended elementary school first at S.G. Reinertsen in Moorhead and then Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton where he discovered his love for playing basketball. He was currently attending Horizon Middle School in Moorhead...

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