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Thomas Walker Jr.
May 30, 2011
Thomas Walker, Jr., 82, Fargo, ND, died on Monday, May 30, 2011, in his home.Thomas Duane Walker, Jr. was born on August 13, 1928, in Fargo, ND, to Thomas Nitter and Clara Melinda Hexem Walker. He grew up and attended school at Comstock, MN, where he graduated from high school. He married Sylvia Meier on June 19, 1950, and they...
Loren E. Nordholm
May 28, 2011
Loren E. Nordholm, 74, Wolverton, MN, died on Saturday, May 29, 2011, in Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. He showed courage in his last days.Loren was born April 10, 1937, in Moorhead, MN, to Arthur W. and Zana M. Dibley Nordholm. He lived in Wolverton all of his life, graduating from high school there. He was a good athlete,...
Charlotte D. Anderson
May 27, 2011
Charlotte Darling Anderson, age 76, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2011, at Sanford Medical Center. She was a 14 year breast cancer survivor but succumbed to a courageous battle with lung cancer.Charlotte Darling Willits was born on June 18, 1934, in Elmwood, Wisconsin, to Joe and Mabel Delong Willits. She grew up and attended schools in the Fargo-Moorhead area....
Tammy Jones
May 27, 2011
Tammy Jones, 48, Moorhead, MN, died on Friday, May 27, 2011, in her daughters home surrounded by her loving family.Tammy was born on May 20, 1963, in Detroit Lakes, MN, to Manly Nelson and Audrey Gurnoe. She grew up and attended school at Frazee. She worked as a waitress at the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, MN. She loved her...
Deb L. Nelson
May 27, 2011
Deb Nelson, age 53, of Lake Park, MN, died Friday, May 27, 2011, in her home.Deborah Lea Olson was born on August 3, 1957 to Lyle and Lyla Maier Olson in Fargo, ND. She grew up and attended school in Lake Park and graduated from Lake Park High School in 1975. On July 31, 1976 she married Mark Nelson in...
Richard S. ’Dick’ Kvamme
May 27, 2011
Richard S. "Dick" Kvamme, 92, Moorhead, MN, died on Friday, May 27, 2011, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.Richard was born on March 12, 1919, in Gary, MN, to Adolph and Bessie Noss Kvamme. He grew up and attended school there. At the age of seventeen he began his career in construction working with his father. During WWII he went to...
Daniel G. Crawford
May 25, 2011
Daniel G. Crawford, age 65, of Dilworth, MN, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in his home. Daniel Gene Crawford was born on June 26, 1945 in Grafton, ND. He grew up and attended school in Park River, ND, Redland Camp, FL and Dilworth, MN, graduating from Dilworth High School in 1964. He then attended Moorhead Technical College for a year,...
Joseph N. Hasby
May 25, 2011
Joseph Hasby, 74, Thief River Falls, MN, died on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Joe was born on December 8, 1936, in Thief River Falls, MN, to Henry and Martha Mikkelson Hasby. He grew up and attended school there and then served in the U.S. Army. He married Lynnette Lamb on July 4, 1979, in...
Marjorie A. ’Margie’ Leach
May 24, 2011
Margie A. Leach, age 79, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND.Marjorie Anne Engelke was born on February 29, 1932 in Gary, MN to Joe and Mary Wilkens Engelke. She grew up and attended school in Norman County. On October 3, 1952 she married Verle Leach in Hawley, MN. Margie worked numerous jobs in...
Ruthmarie L. Eid
May 23, 2011
Ruthmarie Eid, 91, of Lake Park, Minnesota, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011, in Sunnyside Care Center, surrounded by family, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Ruthmarie Lenora was born November 9, 1919 in Lake Park, Minnesota, to August and Amalia Romare Holmgren. She married Manfred Johnson on October 6, 1946 in Lake Park, MN. Manfred died...
Kathryn Bridwell
May 22, 2011
Kathryn Bridwell, 77, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, May 22, 2011, in Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Kathryn Berens was born on March 15, 1934, in Walker, Kansas, to Herman and Elizabeth Staab Berens, she lived in Burlington, Colorado till she was ten and then came to Fargo, ND, to live with her aunt and uncle, Roy and Marie Dwyer....
William J. ’Bill’ Hagen Sr.
May 21, 2011
He was born in Fargo on August 21, 1922, to Agnes Berg and Charles Hagen, graduating from Fargo Central High School in 1941. Bill joined the North Dakota National Guard and worked at Fargo Standard Oil Company. He was called to active duty on February 10, 1941, with Company B of the 164th Infantry Regiment, taking part in the Guadalcanal...
James L. Kvilvang
May 20, 2011
James Leslie KvilvangJames L. Kvilvang, 73, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota passed away on May 20, 2011 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes.James Kvilvang was born March, 14, 1938 in Lake Park, Minnesota, to Ida and Edwin. Jim was one of seven children who grew up working the family farm. As a child, he also enjoyed spending time with his Grandmother,...
Margaret K. Sahlberg
May 18, 2011
Margaret was born February 29, 1920. The youngest child of Chris and Sina Holst Sorensen, she grew up on the farm near Ulen and attended country school. On July 17, 1940, she married Gordon Sahlberg in Ulen. Together they started a family and farmed in rural Hitterdal. Margaret was very active over the years in the church. After retiring from...
Carol A. Okke
May 16, 2011
Carol A. Okke, age 69, of Hawley, MN, passed away on Monday, May 16, 2011, in her home surrounded by her family, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Carol Ann Folden was born on February 23, 1942 to Adolph and Marcella Koenig Folden. Her very early years were spent in Moorhead, MN. Carol was confirmed and baptized...
Margaret Bjerke Anderson
May 16, 2011
Margaret Bjerke Anderson, 94, died Monday, May 16, 2011 at Manor Care Health Care, Fargo, ND. Margaret was born January 1, 1917 with her twin sister Mary to Carl and Selma Bjerke. She was born and attended school in Lake Park, MN. At 29 she moved to Portland, OR and was a house keep. In Portland, she met Ernest L....
Orriss E. Bye
May 13, 2011
Orriss E. Bye, 96, of Moorhead, MN died Friday, May 13, 2011 in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Orriss Edna Amundson was born on December 8, 1914 near Glyndon, MN to Ole and Elizabeth Jensen Amundson. She grew up and attended school in Comstock, MN. On June 12, 1937 she married Erling Bye in Comstock, MN. They farmed in rural...
Gloria M. Johnson
May 12, 2011
Gloria Mae Johnson was born in Detroit Lakes, MN on August 5, 1927. Gloria grew up and attended school in Lake Park, MN, graduating in 1944. She was confirmed at Lake Park Lutheran Church. She attended Moorhead State Teachers College, Moorhead, MN. She also attended University of Minnesota, University of Colorado, University of Wisconsin, and University of North Dakota. Gloria...
Margaret G. Hatledal
May 2, 2011
Margaret was born September 8, 1920, northeast of Ulen, Minnesota, to Edward and Marie Vandermeer Smith. She grew up and attended rural country school near Ulen, MN, and farmed with her mother until her marriage. Margaret married Raymond Hatledal on September 7, 1949 in Hawley, Minnesota. Following their marriage she helped her husband farm until his death in 1971. Margaret...
Stephan A. Pezalla
May 2, 2011
We are saddened to announce the passing of our husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather Stephan Pezalla on Monday, May 2, 2011. Dad's legacy lives on in his family with his wife, Betty, of 65 years; children Paul Ginny, Jonathan Susan, Margaret Tim; 14 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and faithful dog, Yoko.He is predeceased by his son Stephan Shelly and his daughter...
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