Obituaries

Mar 24, 2019

Mar 24, 2019

Beverly Rolland, 79, Hawley, MN, died Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Sanford Health Medical Center in Fargo, after a long, courageous battle with COPD.

Beverly Ann Harms was born June 12, 1939, in Grand Forks, ND, to Ervin and Ella (Bjorge) Harms.  She graduated from Mahnomen High School in 1958.  On October 10, 1959, she married Lonney Rolland in Mahnomen...

Mar 23, 2019

Lewis M. Metcalf, 84, of Caldwell, Idaho, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2019.

Lewis was born July 6, 1934 to Banker & Louise Metcalf in Glyndon, Minnesota, at home.  He grew up with three brothers and one sister in rural Glyndon.

Lewis graduated from Glyndon High School in 1953.  Following high school, he was drafted in the Army and...

Mar 22, 2019

Minnie Elvina (Olson) Kjos, 100, died Friday, March 22, at Eventide Nursing Home in Moorhead. She was born October 1, 1918 in Boyd, Minnesota. She graduated from Boyd High School in 1936. In 1940 she married Byron Kjos. After his service in the military, the couple lived in Milwaukee, Lac Qui Parle Village, and Bemidji before finally settling in Moorhead...

Mar 20, 2019

On the morning of March 20, 2019, Master Chief (retired) Dixi Putnam Jacobs passed away in his sleep.  A navy veteran of nearly 25 years, he served his country, family and community his entire life.  Born 7 September 1937 in Everett, MA to George and Carolyn Jacobs, he grew up in Maine, having worked fishing from a small skiff and...

Mar 20, 2019

Amanda Lea Perkins, 31, of Dilworth, MN, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in her home due to heart complications.

Amanda was born on February 18, 1988, in Fargo, ND, to Dwight and Marlene (Vetter) Perkins. Amanda attended D-G-F High School and graduated in 2006. She also attended MSUM, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in social work, graduating...

Mar 19, 2019

Clyde M. Addison, 84, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Eventide Senior Living, Moorhead, MN.

Funeral services are pending.

Mar 18, 2019

Gary Aksel Sorensen, 71, of Bagley, MN, died March 18, 2019, at the Fargo VA Hospital.

A private family service will be held.

Mar 16, 2019

Leona Swan, age 61, passed away on March 16, 2019 at Essentia Health, Fargo.

Mar 16, 2019

Marlyn N. Langerud died March 16, 2019 at Viking Manor in Ulen, MN.

Marlyn was born on September 10, 1926 in rural Sentinel Butte, ND, to Taylor and Evelyn Cook.  She attended grade school at Westerheim School and graduated from Sentinel Butte High School in 1944.  After high school, Marlyn attended summer school at Dickinson State College, then taught at...

Mar 14, 2019

Sarah R. Megran, 39, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019.

Sarah Rebekah Megran was born on December 22, 1979 in Colorado Springs, CO, to Jim and Kathleen (Rubow) Megran.  She grew up in Hawley, MN, and attended Hawley High School and later received her diploma from an Anchorage, Alaska, area high school.

As a child, Sarah...

Mar 14, 2019

Eugene A. Wright, 69, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 in his home.

Eugene Albion Wright was born in Yankton, SD, to Gerald and Hazel (Lux) Wright.  He grew up in Gayville, SD, and graduated from Gayville-Volin High School.  He went on to attend the University of South Dakota in Vermillion and received a degree in...

Mar 14, 2019

Virgil Hans Rodenborg, 92, of Hawley, MN, passed away March 14, 2019, at home.

Virgil was born on August 28, 1926, to Johannes Hans and Martha (Tellinghuisen) Rodenborg. He was born in a farm house near Manchester, Kingsburg County, South Dakota, near “The Little House on the Prairie”. During the drought, the family moved to a farm near Lake Benton,...

Mar 13, 2019

Darrel K. Grande, 76, of Moorhead, MN, passed away at home on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, under the care of family and Hospice of the Red Valley. Darrel was born in Fargo, ND, on October 20, 1942, to Everett and Eva (Burud) Grande. He grew up and attended school in Ulen, MN, until moving to Moorhead when he was in...

Mar 13, 2019

Jean died on March 13, 2019 in Phoenix, AZ. She is survived by her son Michael and her daughter B.J.

Mar 12, 2019

Helene Joan Naglestad was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the Reverend Carl and Helene Naglestad. She grew up in Ellsworth, Iowa, where her father was pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church. In 1952 she graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, with bachelor degrees in English and music. Chosen by her classmates to teach at the Martin Luther Schule in...

Mar 12, 2019

Beverly “Bunny” Bartness, 92, of Dilworth, MN, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in Eventide Senior Living, Moorhead, MN.

Bunny was born to Francis and Mary (Meader) Magloughlin in Moorhead on March 2, 1927.  She grew up in Dilworth, MN, and graduated from Dilworth Public School.

On October 1, Bunny was united in marriage to Tilman Bartness and together...

Mar 10, 2019

Morris Cossette, 95, Moorhead MN, died on Sunday, March 10, 2019 in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo ND.

Morris Cossette was born on August 7, 1923 on the family farm in Horace, ND.  Morris was one of eight children born to Marion and Gedeon Cossette.  Morris attended school at St. Benedict, Wild Rice, ND and Horace, ND.  After attending school, Morris...

Mar 9, 2019

Betty D. (Herlick) Grier, 95 years old, was born on November 21, 1923 in Moorhead, Minnesota and died peacefully on March 9, 2019 in Eventide on 8th in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Betty is preceded in death by the love of her life and husband of 52 years, Duane M. Grier and infant daughter Elizabeth Grier; her parents: Frank Alouis Herlick and Alma...

Mar 8, 2019

Dr. Dhavalasri Shelton Abeywickreme Gunaratne, 79, of Moorhead, MN passed away Friday, March 8, 2019. Memorial services for Shelton will be held on Friday, March 15, at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Comstock Memorial Union Room 205 at 6 p.m. Shelton taught at Minnesota State University Moorhead for 22 years as a professor of mass communication, retiring in 2007. He is...