Obituaries

Oct 26, 2012

Alden C. Knatterud, 92, died on October 26, 2012, in Fargo, ND.He was born to Christian and Ella Stenehjem Knatterud on March 23, 1920, in Lanesboro, MN, and baptized at what is now Bethlehem Lutheran Church there on April 25 by Pastor P. J. Nestande. His father, a 1913 University of Minnesota graduate, was a pharmacist. The family left Lanesboro...

Oct 23, 2012

Todd H. Singer, age 47, of Andover, MN, formerly, Glyndon, MN, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in his home.Todd Henry Singer was born on January 3, 1965, to Henry and Mable Boeshans Singer in Moorhead, MN. He was baptized at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fargo. He grew up and attended school in Glyndon, graduating from Glyndon High School...

Oct 21, 2012

Husband of one, father of four, grandfather to eight, Gerhard Gerry Haukebo died on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at home. Born in Underwood, MN, September 1, 1928, he attended elementary school there and high school in Roseau, MN, living with his sister and husband Clarice and Charles Christianson. He enlisted in the Marine Corps spending one year with occupational forces...

Oct 20, 2012

Dorothy Goos, age 74, entered the kingdom of heaven on Saturday evening, October 20, 2012, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.Dorothy was born April 10, 1938 in Warroad, Minnesota, the daughter of Haakon and Mamie Pellet Brekke. She attended elementary classes in a one-room country schoolhouse near Roosevelt, Minnesota. Dorothy graduated from Williams High School in 1956, as the...

Oct 19, 2012

Shirley Catherine Hansen Thompson, age 82, of Lake Park, MN, formerly of Fargo, ND, Lake Havasu City, AZ, and Odessa, TX, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 19, 2012, in Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, MN. Shirley was born in Fargo, ND, where she grew up and graduated from Fargo Central High School. Shirley later married Roy Thompson and together...

Oct 14, 2012

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Oct 14, 2012

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Oct 13, 2012

Elmer Blakeway, 90, Hawley, MN, died on Saturday, October 13, 2012, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Elmer J. Blakeway was born on May 12, 1922, near Hawley, MN, to Joseph and Eleanor Perkins Blakeway, where he grew up and attended school. He married Alfreda Anderson on June 14, 1947 in Lysne Lutheran Church...

Oct 11, 2012

Lyle Elden Olson, 91, Detroit Lakes, MN, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2012 at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. He went to be with "the guy upstairs". Lyle was born January 16, 1921 to Ingbert and Dusean Raaum Olson in Fargo, ND. Lyle attended Central High School where he played on the hockey team, which during that time won the state...

Oct 10, 2012

Marian Hillrud, 82, Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, in Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Marian was born October 26, 1929 in Fargo, ND, to Willard and Matilda Opsal Holt. She grew up and graduated from high school in Barnesville and then attended Interstate Business College. She worked for the phone company and the Moorhead Public School System....

Oct 8, 2012

Marcia R. Lewis, 75, Villa Maria Nursing Home, Fargo, ND, died on Monday, October 8, 2012, in Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Marcia was born on February 14, 1937 in Sioux Falls, SD, to Ingvar and Mable Downham Wisnaes. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead, MN. Marcia had worked at Manor Care Nursing Home in Fargo for many...

Oct 7, 2012

Jason E. Foard, age 43, of Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, October 7, 2012, in his home due to cardiac health issues.Jason Edmurl Foard was born on February 9, 1969 to Merlin and Laureen Narveson Foard in Fargo, ND. He grew up and attended school in Fargo and in Forest Lake, MN, graduating from Forest Lake High School. Jason then...

Oct 6, 2012

Mary K. Workman, age 92, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, October 6, 2012, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.Mary K. Workman was born on June 7, 1920 in Illinois. On December 29, 1939 she married Byron G. Workman in Moweaqua, Illinois. They lived in Loami, Illinois until moving to Minnesota in 1951 where they lived on a farm north of Moorhead...

Oct 5, 2012

Ordell R. Pederson Sr., age 85, of Mayville, ND, died on Friday, October 5, 2012, in Emmanuel Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes, MN, after an extended illness. Ordell Robert Pederson Sr. was born on June 23, 1927, to Robert and Josie Hanson Pederson in Mayville, ND. He grew up and attended country school in rural Mayville, graduating from Mayville High School...

Oct 1, 2012

Charlotte E. Graves Monson, age 72, of West Fargo, ND, died on Monday, October 1, 2012, in Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, ND, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Charlotte Ellen Graves was born on August 4, 1940, to Claude and Irma Lane Graves in Detroit Lakes, MN. She grew up and attended school in Detroit Lakes,...

Sep 28, 2012

Janice “Jan” Margaret Kittilstved, 74, of Fargo, ND died September 28, 2012, peacefully in her home, surrounded by family after a short, but courageous battle with brain cancer, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.

Janice was born on June 23, 1938, to Edward and Hulda Brandt Fitzgerald. She grew up in Sabin, MN, and graduated from Moorhead...

Sep 25, 2012

Valdemar Erik Hagene, age 80, of rural Glyndon, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 in Eventide, Moorhead, MN. Valdemar was born on December 1, 1931 in Moorhead, MN to Erik Hagene and Venla Snartland. He grew up and attended school in Riverside Country School. Early memories of growing up on a farm include driving a team of horses...

Sep 25, 2012

Kay Anita Schindler of Moorhead, Minnesota passed away peacefully at her home September 25, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 62. Kay was born in Jamestown, ND, May 3, 1950 to Harold and Dorothy Kobler. She grew up in Edgeley, ND and graduated from Edgeley High School in 1968. Kay attended UND and graduated in...

Sep 24, 2012

Sep 23, 2012

Elroy F. "Bob" Kiefert, 83, Fargo, ND, died on Sunday, September 23, 2012, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. Bob was born on July 19, 1929, in Lisbon, ND, to Ezra and Anna Wall Kiefert. He grew up in the Lisbon area. He married Clara Gallagher on September 23, 1955, in the Plymouth Congregational Church, Fargo, ND. They made their home...