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Fred Okke
Mar 25, 2012
Fred was born November 23, 1928, in Moorhead, MN, to Anthony and Anna Gutzmer Okke. He grew up on the family farm outside Glyndon, MN, where they had dairy cattle and raised produce. Fred later worked at Ames Sand and Gravel until he married Charlene Olsen on June 7, 1953, in Hawley. Together they started a family and a business....
Alice Thurn-Paulsen
Mar 21, 2012
Alice was born in Sapucay, Paraguay on December 26, 1906, to William Kerr and Sarah Claridge. Her dad had migrated from Australia in the late 1800's. At a young age, Alice moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she became a nurse at the British Hospital. It was there that she met the "love of her life" Christian Thurn-Paulsen of Levanger,...
Robert “Bob” Olson
Mar 21, 2012
Robert "Bob" Olson, age 89, died on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Robert was born in 1923 in Moorhead, MN. He graduated from Moorhead High School and served in the United States Army during World War II. Bob was a longtime employee of Fargo Glass and Paint Company. On June 1, 1947, he married Dolores...
Lorraine O. Anderson
Mar 20, 2012
Lorraine O. Anderson, age 92, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Lorraine Orvilla Anderson was born March 27, 1919, in Nielsville, MN to Charles Rambol and Martha Olson Rambol. Lorraine was baptized and confirmed at St. Petri Lutheran Church in Nielsville. She attended school at Nielsville and graduated from high school there. In...
Mildred E. Noreen
Mar 18, 2012
Mildred was born March 11, 1913, at her parent's farm north of Hawley, Minnesota, to Ed and Eliza Alberts. She graduated from Hawley High School in 1930. Mildred married Roy Noreen on April 26, 1939 at her mother's home in Hawley. They lived and farmed in Eglon Township for 52 years, then moved to Hawley in 1991. Roy died in...
Grace C. Larkin
Mar 15, 2012
Grace Larkin, 93, Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN, died on Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Grace C. Hoppe was born on November 10, 1918, in Sabin, MN, to August and Charlotte Ernst Hoppe. She grew up and attended school there. Grace married Francis W. Larkin on March 15, 1938, in Moorhead where they made...
Marilyn O. Klemetson
Mar 14, 2012
Marilyn O. Sather Klemetson, 78, passed away on March 14, 2012 in her home near Moorhead, MN after a short battle with extensive cancer.Marilyn Orpha was born on March 30, 1933 to parents Carl and Bernice Garden Sather on the family farm in Keene Township, Clay County, MN where she grew up and attended country school. She then graduated from...
Robert D. ’Bob’ Pechacek
Mar 12, 2012
Robert "Bob" Pechacek died Monday, March 12, 2012 in his home.Robert was born August 13, 1934 in Goose Prairie Township, MN to Robert and Rose Gerner Pechacek. He attended school and graduated from Hitterdal High School in 1952. He farmed with his dad until he joined the Army in 1955, he served honorably for three years. Upon his return from...
Kathrine Erickson
Mar 11, 2012
Kathrine Erickson was born to Ole and Martha Ofstedal Refling on August 10, 1916, in Garden Township, Polk County near Rindal, MN. She attended rural school in Garden Township near her family farmstead and graduated from Fertile High School in 1934, after which she attended McIntosh Normal Training Department for one year. She taught four years in the rural schools...
Marvin Huls
Mar 8, 2012
Marvin was born August 29, 1923, to John and Meta Huls, in Akron, IA, where he grew up and attended school. Following high school he joined the U.S. Army and served in Iwo Jima during WWII. After returning home, Marvin married Norma Howard on August 29, 1944 in Akron, IA. Together they lived in Denver, CO, while Marvin continued his...
Helen Hanson
Mar 7, 2012
Helen Adelia Lofgren Hanson died March 7, 2012 at Touchmark Residence in Fargo, N.D. She was born on September 22, 1923 in Duluth, MN, the oldest child of Nannie Johnson and Elmer Lofgren. When she was still a baby they moved back to the Lofgren farm on the future site of Moose Lake State Park. Many of her happiest adventures...
Bonnie L. Pieterick
Mar 7, 2012
Bonnie L. Pieterick, age 75, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Bethany on 42nd, Fargo, ND, with her family by her side, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Bonnie L. Pieterick was born on March 19, 1936 to Palmer and Ellen Hanson in Rutland, ND. She grew up and attended school in Rutland, graduating...
Phyllis Leiseth
Mar 6, 2012
Phyllis Leiseth, age 85, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.Phyllis Danielson Leiseth was born on April 1, 1926 in rural Perley, MN to Peter and Borghild Danielson. She attended rural school in Perley and graduated from Borup High School in 1944. Later she graduated from beauty school in Fargo and was employed at...
Joyce L. Benson
Mar 6, 2012
Joyce Lorraine Benson, 87, of Fargo, ND died on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, under palliative care, at Sanford Health. Joyce was born on October 26, 1924, in Harwood, ND to Marie and Olenus Johnson. She grew up in Harwood and graduated from Moorhead State College High School. Joyce married Elvin Benson, Jr. on March 12, 1943 and after Elvin's service...
Kurt M. Wied
Mar 6, 2012
Rev. Kurt Milton Wied died Monday, March 5, 2012 surrounded by his family.Kurt was born on January 15, 1945 to Milton and Florence Wied in Minneapolis, MN. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1967, and Luther Seminary in 1971. Kurt married Mary Knudsvig in 1967. They served parishes in LaPorte, MN 1971-1976; Wadena, MN 1976-1983; Schwäbisch Hall, Germany...
Myron H. Klaudt
Mar 6, 2012
Myron was born August 28, 1929, to Henry and Katherine Reiger Klaudt in Ashley, ND. He attended school in Ashley through elementary. In 1941, the family moved to Bismarck, ND, where Myron graduated from high school. He graduated from the School of Banking, University of Wisconsin, Madison. He married Violet Hochhalter on September 5, 1948. Myron was employed with 1st...
Lisa Miller
Mar 2, 2012
Lisa V. Miller, 49, of Dilworth, MN lost her battle with cancer on Friday, March 2, 2012 in her home, with family by her side and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Lisa Vonne Thoreson was born on March 27, 1962 in Minneapolis, MN to Gene and Beverly Skare Thoreson. She grew up in Minneapolis, MN...
Christopher L. Speer
Mar 1, 2012
Christopher "Chris" L. Speer, 49, of Lake Park, MN, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Golden Living Center, Battle Lake, MN. Chris was born on July 31, 1962, in Moorhead, MN to Bruce Speer and Mary Hilde. He grew up in Lake Park, where he graduated from Lake Park High School. He worked various carpentry jobs, mostly laying carpet. He...
Ronald K. Mcconnell
Feb 28, 2012
Ronald K. McConnell, 43, Moorhead, MN, died on February 28, 2012, in his home in Moorhead.Ronald was born on January 12, 1969, in Hamilton, Ohio, to Roy McConnell and Diana Nelson. He attended grade school in Harvey, ND, and graduated from Job Corps in Ogden, Utah. He joined the U.S. Navy on January 27, 1987, served in the Gulf War...
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