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Helmut E.O. ’Hallie’ Behrens

Helmut E.O. ’Hallie’ Behrens

Feb 20, 2012

Helmut Hallie Behrens went home to the Lord on Monday, February 20, 2012 at Eventide Nursing Home, Moorhead, MN.He was born in Glyndon, MN on June 17, 1919 to John and Erna Beaman Behrens, the youngest of four children. He attended school in Glyndon, graduating from Glyndon High School. He served four years in the US Army during WWII. He...

Frank E. Longtine

Frank E. Longtine

Feb 13, 2012

Frank E. Longtine, 74, of Lake Park, MN died February 13, 2012 at the Veteran's Medical Center in Fargo, ND. Frank was born on February 18, 1937 in Lake Park, MN to Walter and Margaret Proctor Longtine and grew up on a farm in rural Lake Park. He joined the Navy in 1954 and married Rochelle Gold on March 21,...

Florence Peterson

Florence Peterson

Feb 12, 2012

Florence Peterson, 91, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, February 12, 2012, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Florence Kirchmeier was born on May 12, 1920, to George and Anna Pagel Kirchmeier in rural Ada, MN. Growing up on the family farm, she attended a rural school in Green Meadow Township, Norman County, MN. Florence married Glenn Peterson on July 20, 1946,...

Lance F. Krabbenhoft

Lance F. Krabbenhoft

Feb 12, 2012

Lance Fredric Krabbenhoft was born on August 23, 1945 in Fargo, ND to Leonard and Dorothy Krabbenhoft Krabbenhoft. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sabin, MN. Lance grew up in Glyndon, MN where he graduated from Glyndon High School. He then graduated from Dakota Business College. Lance married Judy Ronningen; during their marriage they lived in Fargo-Moorhead...

Billy F. Murphy

Billy F. Murphy

Feb 10, 2012

Billy Forest Murphy was born in Wapanucka, Oklahoma on August 2nd, 1931 to Amelia and Forrest Murphy. Billy died peacefully on Friday, February 10, 2012, surrounded by his family and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Bill enlisted in the United States Army on September 21, 1946 and successfully completed Medical Field Service School at Fort Sam...

Jay E. Malakowsky

Jay E. Malakowsky

Feb 9, 2012

Jay was born on December 24, 1919, in Denaud, Florida, to Otto and Christina Eppler Malakowsky. He was the eleventh child in his family. At the age of nine they moved to Hawley, MN, where he attended District 107 country school, and later graduated from Hitterdal High School in 1938. He then attended NDSU, farmed with his father and even...

Joseph T. ’Joe’ Bolger

Joseph T. ’Joe’ Bolger

Feb 9, 2012

Joseph Thomas Bolger, 45, of Lexington, Kentucky, passed away on Thursday, February 9th, 2012, at Sanford Health in Fargo, after a short but valiant fight with cancer. Joe was born on August 24th, 1966, to Lowell and Priscilla Bolger. He grew up in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1985. He attended Minnesota State University in Moorhead where he...

Marylou Pender

Marylou Pender

Feb 9, 2012

MaryLou was born March 15, 1927 to Arthur and Betty Stender Ernst in rural Sabin, MN. Growing up, MaryLou worked on her family farm remembering the long hours of weeding in the onion fields and pulling weeds mustard from the fields with her many brothers and sisters. She picked potatoes in the fall and cut potatoes in the spring for...

Merlin L. Church

Merlin L. Church

Feb 5, 2012

Merlin L. Church, 56, of Glyndon, MN, died Sunday, February 5, 2012 in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. Merlin was born on February 16, 1955 in Breckenridge, MN to Elmer and Joann Neubauer Church. They later moved to the Glyndon, MN area, where he attended school. In 1981 he married Julie Moore. Merlin and Julie lived in Moorhead, Hillsboro, West Fargo...

Sigrid Fox

Sigrid Fox

Feb 5, 2012

Sigrid A. Fox, 77, wife of John R. Fox of Moorhead, MN, died February 5, 2012 at Touchmark Home, Fargo, ND. Private memorial service will be held at a later date in Fergus Falls, MN. Sigrid was preceded in death by her brother, Rev. E. Duane Tollefson. She is survived by her son, Richard Fox, Hastings, MN, daughter, Molly Daniel...

Ingeborg Adeline ’Ing’ Asleson

Ingeborg Adeline ’Ing’ Asleson

Feb 4, 2012

Ingeborg Ing Adeline Asleson, 87, of Moorhead, MN, passed away February 4, 2012, at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, ND, surrounded by her family. Ingeborg Adeline Raun was born on May 27, 1924, near Ulen, MN, to Burton and Agnes Lunde Raun. Ing was confirmed at Swan Valley Lutheran Congregation in 1938. She graduated from Ulen High School in 1942. On May...

Willis E. ’Bill’ Raethz

Willis E. ’Bill’ Raethz

Feb 3, 2012

Willis E. "Bill" Raethz, 82, Moorhead, MN, died on Friday, February 03, 2012, in Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Bill was born on May 15, 1929, to Karl and Ada Rueter Raethz of Cresbard, SD, on the family farm that he loved, where he grew up and attended school. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He loved music and...

Keith A. Brendemuhl

Keith A. Brendemuhl

Feb 2, 2012

Keith Allen Brendemuhl, 64, of Moorhead, MN passed away on February 2nd, 2012, at his home.Keith Butch was born on January 4th, 1948, to Roy and Adeline Andre Brendemuhl. He grew up on and made his forever home on the Brendemuhl family farm in rural Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1966. After graduation from high school, Keith...

Helen I. Foss

Helen I. Foss

Feb 1, 2012

Helen I. Foss, 86, Fargo, ND, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at the Waterford, Fargo, ND.

Helen Irene Snedigar was born on April 22, 1925, in DeSmet, SD, to Arthur and Florence Mullen Snedigar. She graduated from high school at Huron, SD, and then attended Valley City State Teacher's College in Valley City, ND, graduating with a teaching degree....

Donna B. Anderson

Donna B. Anderson

Feb 1, 2012

Donna B. Anderson, 81, of Moorhead, MN passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in her home surrounded by family and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Donna Belle Simon was born on November 18, 1930 in Fargo, ND to Earl and Julia Heisler Simon. She grew up in the Linton/LaMoure, ND area, where she graduated...

Ebba Stensgaard

Ebba Stensgaard

Jan 31, 2012

Ebba L. Stensgaard, 83, Oak Crossing at Essentia Health, Detroit Lakes, MN, died on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, in Oak Crossing.Ebba Wangen was born on February 26, 1928, in Twin Valley, MN to Louis and Ebba Wangen. Her mother died in childbirth and she was raised by her aunt and uncle Thora and Theodore Thompson. She attended the Cheerful Nook...

Judith K. ’Judy’ Vigen

Judith K. ’Judy’ Vigen

Jan 31, 2012

Judith "Judy" K. Vigen, age 68, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, January 31, 2012, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Judith Kay Belshan was born on September 15, 1943, in Mahnomen, MN, to Howard and Josephine Pergl Belshan and was the niece of Joe Belshan who lived with the family. She...

Marilyn J. Selseth

Marilyn J. Selseth

Jan 30, 2012

Marilyn J. Selseth, 80, of Moorhead, MN died Monday, January 30, 2012 in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. Marilyn Joyce Holte was born on May 24, 1931 in Keene Township, near Hitterdal, MN, to Peter and Esther Hanson Holte. She grew up in the Hitterdal area where she attended school. On March 25, 1961 she married Norman Selseth in Ulen, MN....

Douglas W. Faus

Douglas W. Faus

Jan 29, 2012

Douglas "Doug" Wayne Faus began his journey in life in Detroit Lakes on November 14, 1927 and passed away quietly at his daughter's home in Moorhead on Sunday morning, January 29, 2012 at the age of 84 with his family by his side. Son of Leslie Faus and Alice Johnson Jegtvig, Doug was raised on his grandparent's farm south of...

Laurence “Frenchy” Leblanc

Laurence “Frenchy” Leblanc

Jan 28, 2012

Our beloved Larry was called home by our heavenly Father on January 28, 2012, surrounded by his family.Laurence Franklin LeBlanc was born January 30, 1941, in Hartford, Conn, to Jeanne Derouin and Amie LeBlanc. They later moved to Grand Forks, ND, where he attended and graduated from St. James Catholic School. Larry entered the military at the age of 18...

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