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Theodore J. ’Ted’ Powers
Mar 17, 2011
Theodore James Powers was born in San Francisco, California on August 7, 1944 to Firth and Olga Januaryé Powers. He was blessed to have three great loves in his life, Cheryl DiBene Powers with whom he had a daughter, Gina Marie; Geraldine McGowan Powers whose children Dalia, Michael, Richard and Patrick became like his own children and Carolyn Wood Powers...
Robert Bitzer
Mar 17, 2011
Robert Bitzer, 88, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, March 17, 2011, in his home under the care of family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Robert was born January 22, 1923, to Frank and Myrtle Hoffard Bitzer, in Cincinnati, OH, where he grew up and attended school. He later served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945. Robert...
Dorothy Solheim
Mar 16, 2011
Dorothy Margaret SolheimDorothy Solheim 100, Moorhead, MN died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in Villa Maria Nursing Home, Fargo, ND. Dorothy was born July 10, 1910 in Olney, IL the daughter of Lewis and Emma Hasslinger Yonaka. The family moved to Minot, ND in her early years where she graduated from high school.She married Palmer Polly M. Solheim July 16, 1929....
Gladys H. Buhaug
Mar 13, 2011
Gladys Hazel Berget Buhaug was born March 15, 1922, to George and Stella Faleide Berget on the Ole Berget farm near Grantsburg, WI. In 1924 they moved to Maddock, ND, where her dad helped with the work on the Faleide farm. In 1928, they moved to a farm near Hickson, ND. She attended school in North Pleasant No. 8, at...
James “Jim” Ruziska
Mar 12, 2011
James "Jim" M. Ruziska, age 73, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, March 12, 2011, in his home, surrounded by his family, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.James Martin Ruziska was born on September 10, 1937 to James C. and Deloris Murphy Ruziska in Moorhead, MN. Jim grew up and attended school in Moorhead. In 1955, Jim...
Emil J. ’Jack’ Carlson
Mar 10, 2011
Emil "Jack" Carlson, 82, Moorhead, MN, died on Thursday, March 10, 2011, in his home in Moorhead.Emil or "Jack" was born July 18, 1928 in Hammond, Indiana to Edith and Emil C. Carlson. He was raised in Chicago, IL in a southern community area called Hegewish. He graduated from Thornton Fractional High School in Calumet City, Illinois in 1946. After...
Hamlet N. Olsen
Mar 9, 2011
Hamlet was born November 27, 1918, in Hawley, MN, to James and Anna Celina Kronbeck Olsen. He grew up and attended rural country school. Following his schooling he continued to farm. On December 5, 1946, he married Adeline Haugen in Moorhead, MN. Together they started a family and settled in Hawley where they farmed until moving to Moorhead in 1998....
Olive I. Sivertson
Mar 8, 2011
Olive I. Sivertson, age 93, of Felton, MN, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011 in Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN.Olive Irona Kroshus was born on December 31, 1917 to Oscar and Inga Jacobson Kroshus in Perley, MN. She grew up and attended school in a one-room country school in rural Perley. On September 24, 1937 Olive married Sverre Sivertson in Perley....
David L. Larson
Mar 7, 2011
David Lewis Larson, 61, of Moorhead, MN died at his home Monday, March 7 surrounded by his family.David was born October 24, 1949 in Crookston, MN to Lewis and Hazel Larson. He grew up and graduated from Crookston High School in 1967. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War on the USS Midway. On June 14, 1969...
Phyllis A. Beckett
Mar 7, 2011
Phyllis Arlene Beckett, 81, of Hawley, MN. passed away peacefully with her family beside her on Monday, March 7, 20ll. Phyllis was born on April 20, 1929 to Leonard and Martha Blankenship Howe in Moorhead, MN. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead. In 1942 her family moved to Ogden, Utah to search for jobs. Sister Shirley and her...
Sharon A. ’Sally’ Petermann
Mar 6, 2011
Sharon A. "Sally" Petermann, 74 of Moorhead, MN, passed away peacefully in the company of family, on Sunday, March 6, 2011, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Sally was born April 21, 1936, in Moorhead, to Harry and Georgia Cook Littlefield. She grew up in rural Clay County before moving to Moorhead at the age of nine. Sally graduated from...
Leola Olson
Mar 6, 2011
Leola was born June 1, 1923 in Fairdale, ND, the daughter of George and Anna Nygard Myra. She attended rural elementary school and consolidated secondary school at Fairdale High School. She graduated from NDSU with a Home Economics BS and Family Relations and Childhood Development MS. She completed additional work at MSU, U OF M – Mpls, Syracuse University NY...
Jim G. Megran
Mar 6, 2011
Jim was born February 22, 1942 in Tacoma, Washington, to John and Lois Adams Megran. He served two tours in Vietnam from 1959 until 1965 with the United States Navy as a dental technician. Jim married Kathleen Rubow on December 23, 1972 in Wausau, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he received a Bachelor's...
Pearl J. Gunderson
Mar 4, 2011
Pearl J Gunderson, 86, of Detroit Lakes, MN died Friday, March 4, 2011, peacefully at Emmanuel Nursing Home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Pearl was born April 25, 1924 in rural Hawley, MN to AlmaCederberg and John Norman. Pearl married Clifford Gunderson in Hawley on April 22, 1942. Together they had nine children. Pearl and...
Eugene Alvin Kragnes
Mar 3, 2011
Eugene Alvin Kragnes, rural Kragnes, age 66, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Fargo, surrounded by his family. He was born on October 12, 1944 in Fargo, the son of Alvin O. and Adeline Rosman Kragnes. Gene was baptized and confirmed in the Concordia Lutheran Church. He served in the ND Air National Guard. Gene was educated...
Cameron J. Schlafmann
Mar 3, 2011
Cameron was born September 28, 1989 to the very proud parents Leon and Lori Lelm Schlafmann. Cameron is the youngest of three children, he was baptized, confirmed and a member of Lysne Lutheran Church. He attended Hawley Public Schools and graduated in 2008. After high school he moved to Duluth where he attended Lake Superior College and enrolled in the...
James O'Rourke
Mar 3, 2011
James H. O'Rourke, 77, Moorhead, MN, died on Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.Jim was born on July 20, 1933, in Osnabrock, ND, to Joseph M. and Mildred E. Gustafson Rourke. He grew up and attended school in Osnabrock and graduated from the Langdon, ND, High School. He attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, graduating in 1956...
Irma Gidmark
Mar 2, 2011
Irma Gidmark, Moorhead, Minnesota, rejoiced beautifully in eternity on March 2, two days after 99th birthday, at home with her children and a grandson.Irma was born in 1912 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the second child of Henry and Emilie Witte, devout Christians devoted to their family. She graduated in 1929 from St. Cloud Tech High School and eventually from St....
Ryan D. ’Rocky’ Lau
Mar 1, 2011
Ryan "Rocky" Lau, 49, Ada, MN, died on Tuesday, March 1, at the Veteran's Affairs Regional Medical Center, Fargo, ND.Rocky was born September 6, 1961 in Hennepin County, MN, the son of Lyle E. "Bud" Lau Jr. and Ruth Adair Giese Lau. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead, MN. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served on...
Paul J. Olson
Mar 1, 2011
Paul Jerome was born on April 29, 1923 to John and Emma Lindstrom Olson in Lake Park, MN. Paul grew-up in Lake Park, MN where he graduated from Lake Park High School. After graduation he served in the Army 78th Signal Corp Inf. in Europe. He returned to Lake Park where he farmed. Paul married Lyla Seydel on June 30,...
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