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Carol A. Sowl
Sep 2, 2010
Carol A. Sowl, 68, Moorhead, MN, died on Thursday, September 2, 2010, in her home in Moorhead.Carol Ann Baumiller was born on December 8, 1941, in Parkston, SD, to Reinhold and Gerda Baumiller. She grew up and attended school in Parkston, SD, graduating from Parkston High School. She attended and graduated from Josef's School of Hair Design and then worked...
Maynard Johannes
Sep 2, 2010
Maynard Lyle was born on October 10, 1925, in Underwood, ND to Milton Johannes and Mary Snyder Johannes Cleveland. He grew up and graduated high school in Underwood, ND. Upon graduation, he farmed with his father. On September 15, 1946, he married his high school sweetheart, Joyce Leidholm, at Birka Lutheran Church, Washburn, ND. They lived in the Underwood area...
Neil M. Handlos
Sep 1, 2010
Neil Melton was born on September, 3, 1915, in Sydney, MT to Albert and Flora Pentz Handlos. He attended school in Montana and later joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. He then enlisted in the Navy where he was an Aircraft Navigator and a Flight Engineer. After his time in the Navy, Neil returned to the Midwest where he ranched and...
Gerald D. ’Jerry’ Helgeson
Aug 27, 2010
Gerald D. Helgeson, of Hawley, MN, died peacefully on Friday, August 27, 2010, in his home surrounded by his family and under the care of Hospice of the Red River ValleyGerald Dean Helgeson was born on November 29, 1931, to Gilford and Nettie Erickson Helgeson in Grant County, MN. He grew up and attended school in rural Ashby, MN. Gerald...
Vivian A. Manger
Aug 27, 2010
Vivian was born on her family farm near Comstock, MN, in 1914. She graduated from Comstock High School in 1935. She later married Clifford Manger in 1938 and they made their home in Moorhead where they raised three children. Vivian lived independently in her home until Good Friday, April of 2010. Vivian was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford;...
Hartvick “Shocky” Strand
Aug 25, 2010
Hartvick "Shocky" Kenneth Strand, 87, Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at his home in Moorhead.Shocky was born on September 28, 1922 in Portland, ND, to George and Andrea Strand. He grew up and attended school there, and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Shocky married Evelyn Woessner...
Leona P. Anderson
Aug 25, 2010
Leona P. Anderson, age 90, of Hawley, MN, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010, in Sanford Health, Fargo, North Dakota.Leona was born December 18, 1919, near Hawley, Minnesota to Arthur and Kate Plummer Lewis. She grew up and attended school in Hawley, graduating from Hawley High School in 1938. Leona attended Moorhead State College, graduating in 1942. Following her graduation from...
Norva A. Brueland
Aug 20, 2010
Norva Ann Hanson was born at home on October 31, 1930 in Callender, Iowa to Peter John and Mary Christine Peterson Hanson, and passed away at home August 20, 2010 with her family at her side. She was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Callender, Iowa. She attended all 12 years of school at Callender, graduating in 1948...
Anita J. Olson
Aug 20, 2010
Anita Joyce Olson of Detroit Lakes, died peacefully at home Friday, August 20, 2010, after a brief and gallant battle with pancreatic cancer. Surrounded by family, friends, and the loving care of Hospice, Anita was taken by her Savior to her "mansion over the hilltop". Born at home in Hawley, MN, March 19, 1943, to Agnes Lofgren and Myron Coalwell,...
Anthony D. Michener
Aug 18, 2010
Anthony Darius was born September 11, 1953 in Fargo, ND, to John and Janice Komrosky Michener. He grew up in Hawley, MN, where he graduated with honors from Hawley High School. Tony attended Moorhead State University in Moorhead, MN and later Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. After college he lived in various places throughout the country. Most recently, he...
Shirley O. Nelson
Aug 18, 2010
Shirley Ann Olive Nelson was born July 14, 1934 to Fred & Tillie Hoffman on the family farm home near Durbin, ND. She died August 18, 2010 at her son's home in Woodbury, MN.Shirley attended rural grade school in Durbin, ND and later attended school in Casselton graduating from high school in 1951. After graduating from high school she attended...
Ruth M. Mikkelsen
Aug 18, 2010
Ruth was born September 11, 1915, the seventh child of William and Katharine Krabbenhoft Mikkelsen, of Glyndon, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in Trinity Lutheran Church in Sabin, MN. Ruth attended and graduated from Glyndon Consolidated School in 1932 and in 1935 enrolled at Moorhead State Teachers College. After graduation she taught at Muskoda, MN, for two years, then...
Verna Dahlen
Aug 17, 2010
Verna was born March 5, 1917, in Osakis, MN, to Gust and Dena Sweno Berger. In 1919 the family moved to Dalton. Verna married Sigurd Dahlen on May 10, 1946. He died in 1986. Verna later moved to Moorhead in 1997 where she had resided since.Verna is survived by three grandchildren, Matthew Halverson, Marcus Halverson and Dena Halverson; son-in-law, Galen...
Bessie L. Lord
Aug 17, 2010
Bessie Lorraine was born on February 20, 1918 in Hewitt, MN to Walter and Ida Johnston Stover. She grew-up in the Lake Park, MN area, graduating from country school. On September 1, 1938, she married Lyle Lord at her homestead. They continued to live near Lake Park, where they farmed and raised their family. Bessie was a farm wife who...
Norman E. Griffin
Aug 16, 2010
Norman E. Griffin, 86, of Grandin, ND, died Monday, August 16, 2010 in Innovis Health, Fargo, ND. Norman Eugene was born on September 5, 1924, in Anita, IA, to Earl and Elizabeth Hoover Griffin. He grew up and attended country school in Iowa. He enlisted in the Navy from 1945 to 1946. After the Navy, he returned to Iowa, when...
Charles Benjamin
Aug 12, 2010
From Tuesday, August 17, 2010, Star Tribune:Dr. Chuck Benjamin gave his life to medicine. In death, he donated his brain.Until Alzheimer's disease forced him to retire from practice, Benjamin served for decades as a general practitioner and surgeon in Minnesota and taught as a clinical faculty member at the University of Minnesota medical school, his alma mater. Late in his...
Donald L. Gustafson
Aug 12, 2010
Don was born August 17, 1940, in Rolla, ND, to Leonard and Malvine Delbeke Gustafson. He attended St. John Public School and graduated in 1958. After high school he continued his education at the School of Forestry in Bottineau, ND. He then entered the U.S. Air Force and served from 1959 – 1963. In 1964, he married Sandy Matson in...
Joyce Eileen Elmquist Eidbo
Aug 9, 2010
Joyce Eileen Elmquist Eidbo joined the Church Triumphant on August 9, 2010, at 81 years of age. She was born on April 8, 1929, at Hickson, ND. Her father Carl "Chester" Elmquist was a commercial beekeeper while her mother Louise Oseid Elmquist taught school in Hickson. When Joyce was six years old her Mother passed away and shortly thereafter she...
John E. ’Jack’ Fuhrken
Aug 8, 2010
John "Jack" E. Fuhrken, age 76, died August 8, 2010, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Glyndon, MN. Jack was born, January 4, 1934, in Watertown, NY, to the late Edward J. and Gladys A. Fuhrken. After growing up and attending school in Carthage, NY, Jack enlisted in the United States Navy, serving from 1951-1954....
Bernadine Nicholson Schommer
Aug 7, 2010
Bernadine Nicholson Schommer, 88, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, formerly Dilworth, MN, died there on Saturday, August 07, 2010.Bernadine Michaud was born on September 29, 1921, in St. Paul, MN, to Narcisse and Louise Schwendinger Michaud. She grew up there and attended Sacred Heart School. She worked briefly at Pearson Candy, Grant Department Store and 3M, all in St. Paul. Bernadine...
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