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William Schell
Oct 28, 2010
Bill was born April 29, 1931, to Vincent and Cathleen Schell, in Milbank, SD, where he grew up and attended school. He then worked on the family farm for a short time before enlisting in the U.S. Army. On August 12, 1958, he married Bernadean Mauch in Ortonville, MN, and together they started a family. Bill drove truck for many...
Jewell A. Nelson
Oct 24, 2010
Jewell A. Jensen was born on April 27, 1926, in Clearbrook, MN, to Gilbert and Mae Jensen. She graduated from Clearbrook High School in 1944.Jewell began work at the Fairmont Creamery and later worked as a teller at First National Bank in Moorhead.On September 22, 1948, Jewell married Edmond O. Nelson at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Moorhead. They raised three...
Keith M. Stensgaard
Oct 24, 2010
Keith Stensgaard, 62, of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Sunday, October 24, 2010, at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Keith was born February 2, 1948, in Moorhead, MN, to Selmer and Ebba Wangen Stensgaard. He grew up in Hawley, was confirmed at Hawley Lutheran and graduated from high school in 1966. After high school he continued his education at...
Rita M. Lorenz
Oct 20, 2010
Rita Marie Lorenz, age 63, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, October 20, 2010, in Mendota, IL.Rita Marie Lorenz was born on July 19, 1947, to Homer Lorraine and Margaret Ruth Franklin Adams in Wichita, KS. She grew up in Wichita, graduating from Wichita East High School in 1965. On August 13, 1966, Rita married V. Robert Lorenz in Wichita, KS...
Brian L. Wenner
Oct 18, 2010
Brian L. Wenner, 51, Moorhead, MN, died on Monday, October 18, 2010, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.Brian L. Wenner was born on May 6, 1959, in Fargo, ND, to Arthur and Marie Dauner Wenner. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1977. He graduated from the Moorhead Area Vocational and Technical Institute in...
Jim Metcalf
Oct 15, 2010
Jim Metcalf, 80, Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Barnesville, MN, formerly Glyndon, MN, died on Friday, October 15, 2010, in the nursing home.James M. Metcalf was born on May 18, 1930, at home in Moland Township near Glyndon, MN, to Banker and Louise Gilbery Metcalf. He grew up and attended school there. Jim served in the U.S. Marines and when he...
Renata R. Highness
Oct 14, 2010
Renata R. Highness, 49, Moorhead, lost her battle to breast cancer on Thursday, October 14, 2010, in Sanford Medical Center Palliative Care Unit, with family at her side. Renata Rochell was born on January 11, 1961 in Leonardwood, MO, to Marvin and Ramona Hertel Lang. She attended school at Agassiz and Fargo South High School. After graduation she earned her...
Shirley J. Tweten
Oct 12, 2010
She was born in Williston, ND, on May 6, 1937, the daughter of Albert and Myrtle Olson. Shirley grew up in ChoKio, MN, until moving to Moorhead during her junior year in high school. She attended Moorhead High School and met the love of her life, Milton Tweten. She graduated from Moorhead High School in 1955 and continued her education...
Patty Benson
Oct 11, 2010
Patty Benson, 89, Fargo, ND, died on Monday, October 11, 2010, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.Patricia Lorraine Durbahn was born February 3, 1921, in San Antonio, TX, to Wilbert and Frieda Johnson Durbahn. She was baptized in the Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Methodist church and raised on the family farm near Angus, MN. After finishing at the Northwest School of Agriculture,...
Terrie L. Kujava
Oct 10, 2010
Terrie Lynn Kujava, 52, of Hawley, MN, passed away October 10, 2010, at Triumph Hospital under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and Triumph's caring staff. Terrie was surrounded by family.She was born July 23, 1958, in Detroit Lakes, MN, the daughter of Lyle and Barbs Hansen.Terrie attended Hitterdal Elementary School through the 2nd grade before moving...
Bessie A. Lee
Oct 8, 2010
Bessie A. Lee, age 97, of Moorhead, MN, died Friday, October 8, 2010, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Bessie A. Stempson was born on October 30, 1912, to Harry and Nellie Nash Stempson in Madison, MN. She grew up in Baker/Barnesville. On April 23, 1933, she married Leonard J. Lee, together they had two daughters, Dorothy and Nancy. Bessie was...
Karol Pearson
Oct 4, 2010
Karol Pearson, 86, of Moorhead died October 4, 2010 at Encore nursing home in Ellicott City, Maryland, after having a stroke on July 29, 2010. Karol Gunard Pearson was born November 1, 1923, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, son of Hilma Lundin and Oscar Pearson. He and his four sisters Virginia, Evelyn, Genevieve and Anna attended Detroit Lakes Schools. Karol drove...
Jean Evenson
Oct 3, 2010
Jean Evenson, 79, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, October 3, 2010, at her home in Moorhead, MN.Patricia Jean Wallace was born on March 13, 1931, in Fargo, ND, to George and Mildred Schnelle Wallace. She grew up and attended school in Fargo, graduating from high school there and then obtained a degree at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth,...
Raymond W. Reinke
Oct 1, 2010
Ray was born December 5, 1934, to Elmer and Martha Grothe Reinke, in Rosemount, MN, where he grew up and attended school. Shortly after he graduated from high school Ray was drafted and served in the U.S. Army. He married his wife, Jackie Thorud on July 9, 1960, in St. Paul, MN. Together they made their home in Rosemount where...
Donald A. Brantner Jr.
Sep 29, 2010
Donald A. Brantner Jr, age 70, of Horace, ND, died Wednesday, September, 29, 2010, in Home Sweet Home Elder Care Home in Fargo, ND, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Donald Albert Brantner Jr. was born on August 20, 1940, to Donald Sr. and Ella Engesetter Brantner in Fargo, ND. He grew up in the Glyndon-Felton area....
Opal J. Forness
Sep 28, 2010
Opal J. Forness, 88, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, September 28, 2010, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Opal was born June 24, 1922 in Hitterdal, MN, to Martin and Lena Mattson. She grew up with her 12 siblings on the family farm near Hitterdal. Opal graduated from Hitterdal High School and Minnesota State Teacher's College, Moorhead, MN. She started...
Delores M. Lystrom
Sep 27, 2010
Delores was born January 18, 1931 in Mentor, MN, to Otto and Laura Tice Gustafson. After her high school graduation she attended teachers training. She taught in a one room classroom school, also tutoring veterans after they returned home. That was how she met Walt. Delores and Walt were married on August 25, 1951 in Crookston, MN. They lived in...
Cheryl L. Rucker
Sep 25, 2010
Cheryl was born August 1, 1956, to Thurman and Betty Lucas Crase. She grew up and attended school in Fremont, NE, and later moved to Moorhead, MN, where she had most recently resided.Cheryl is survived by her children, Melissa Christopher Beckner, Timothy Rockford and Sarah Rockford Melissa Westerbuhr; grandchildren, Mena, Sebastian, Jay, Kaden and Donovan ; brother, Tommie Shaw; sisters,...
Marvin J. Ohnstad
Sep 24, 2010
Marvin J. Ohnstad, age 75, of Moorhead, MN, died Friday, September 24, 2010, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.Marvin Julius Ohnstad was born on April 18, 1935, to Orville and Elizabeth Weiss Ohnstad in Argusville, ND. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead. On May 19, 1956, he married Irene Schaffer in Fargo, together they had three children. Marvin worked...
Violet N. Amundson
Sep 24, 2010
Vilolet N. Amundson, age 94, of Moorhead, MN, died Friday, September 24, 2010, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Violet N. Krabbenhoft was born on December 1, 1915, to William and Natalie Buth Krabbenhoft in Sabin, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in Trinity Lutheran Church in Sabin. On June 21, 1941, she married Edwin Amundson in Sabin. Shortly after their...
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