Obituaries

Sep 27, 2015

Delbert “Jack” Allen Boyle Jr., 88, Mesa Arizona, got on his horse, Dan, for the last time on this earth, and rode peacefully toward the sunset and into the arms of his Lord, on September 27, 2015.

Jack was born on October 31, 1926 in Wetonka, South Dakota, to Delbert and Isabella Boyle. He married Gloria Ann Moon on...

Sep 25, 2015

Sep 24, 2015

Oris Jetvig, 96, Hawley, MN, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Hawley Senior Living.

Oris Manford Jetvig was born October 28, 1918, on the family farm in Hawley, to Norman and Hilda Kjos Jetvig. He attended the Solum country school in rural Hawley and was a member of Hegland Lutheran Church. On September 13, 1941 he married Minnie “Dolly” Luthi...

Sep 21, 2015

Jack Dennis Neale was born November 14, 1927, in Bearwood in the West Midlands of England to Dorie May Oakley Neale and Samuel Neale, and stepped into light in the wee hours of the morning Sept 21, 2015 at home in Fargo, North Dakota. He was 87, but very much wanted to live to 100.

As a child he attended...

Sep 17, 2015

Susan M. Hamlin Penn, 62, of Moorhead, MN, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Susan was born in Neptune, NJ, on April 29, 1953, the daughter of Ralph Isadore Hamlin and Marion Bircher Hamlin. The family later moved to Minnesota where she met Ray Thorson. They were married in 1971, and made their home in...

Sep 11, 2015

Sep 11, 2015

Dale Edward Thornton, “Makwa Oshkinin”, joined the world of his ancestors on Friday, September 11, 2015 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Dale was 70 years old.

Dale was born on August 7, 1945, in Union City, Pennsylvania, to Forrest and Lorraine Thornton. His parents, brother David and he lived in...

Sep 10, 2015

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Sep 6, 2015

Audre Houglum Rusness, 102, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, September 6, 2015, in Eventide Senior Living, Moorhead, MN. Audre Houglum was born to Andrew Houglum and Sophia Ebeltoft Houglum on the Fourth of July, 1913. She lived at 310 4th St. S, Moorhead, the original Houglum residence for 100 of her 102 years and was a lifetime member of Trinity...

Sep 1, 2015

Fred Wieck, 94, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

Fred’s Celebration of Life and Love will be held at Bethesda Lutheran Church 401 40th Ave. So. Moorhead, MN. Friday, September 11th at 11:00 am.

Interment will be conducted at nearby Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, 700 South 34th Ave. Moorhead, immediately following the Bethesda service.

Sep 1, 2015

Aug 29, 2015

Timothy Crowe, 55, of Iowa, died Saturday, August 29, 2015, in Onawa, IA.

Services are pending.

Aug 25, 2015

Carl E. Hoime, 84, Comstock, MN, died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Essential Health in Fargo.

Carl Edwin Hoime was born September 2, 1930, on the family farm at Comstock, MN, to Edwin and Clarice Taasaas Hoime. He was baptized at Comstock Lutheran Church on October 5, 1930 and confirmed at the church in 1943. In 1949 he graduated from...

Aug 23, 2015

Aug 23, 2015

Aug 23, 2015

Shirley A. Germain, 67, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, August 23, 2015, in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND.

Shirley Ann Skrien was born on August 9, 1948, in Hawley, MN, to Oscar and Evelyn Jorgenson Skrien. She grew up in Ulen, MN, where she graduated from Ulen High School in 1966. Shirley then attended Interstate Business College in Fargo,...

Aug 21, 2015

Mrs. Myrtle Olivia Handegaard Bredeson 100, a long-time resident of Hawley, Minnesota, died peacefully on August 21, 2015 at Manor Care in Fargo, North Dakota.

Myrtle was born on January 24, 1915, near Lake Park, Minnesota to the late Martin and Edith Backman Handegaard. She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Maurice Bredeson 1995 of Hawley, Minnesota; her...

Aug 19, 2015

Donna Ashbaugh, 79, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, August 16, 2015, in Sanford Health’s Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND.

Donna Mae Ashbaugh was born October, 17th 1935 to Marion and Paul Jehs in Woverton, MN. The family moved to rural Pelican Rapids, MN when she was 6. She attended Country District 12 School through the 10th grade.

Donna was united...