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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...
Harold V. Phillips
Aug 3, 2010
Harold V. Phillips, age 79, of Moorhead, MN, formerly Hallock, MN, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN. Harold Vaughn Phillips was born on April 19, 1931, to Robert and Avis Harper Phillips in Hallock, MN. He grew up and attended school in Lancaster, MN, graduating from Lancaster High School in 1949. On November 26, 1950...
Arthur H. ’Art’ Arett
Aug 3, 2010
Arthur Harry was born on July 4, 1931 in Austin, MN, to Harry and Mildred Peterson Arett. When Arthur was 7 years old, the family moved to Moorhead, MN, after his father's death. He attended school in Moorhead. On July 14, 1950, he married Bernice Pownell, in Fargo, ND. Together they raised five boys. Arthur worked at Farmer's Home Grocery,...
Idella L. Lien
Aug 2, 2010
Idella L Lien, age 95, of Lake Park, MN, died Monday, August 2, 2010, in Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, MN.Idella Lucille Baumgard was born on April 26, 1915, to Herman and Alma Ihrke Baumgard in Brewster, MN. Shortly after Idella was born, the family moved to Audubon, MN, where she grew up and attended school. Idella graduated from Audubon...
Clair O. Haugen
Jul 31, 2010
Clair Oliver Haugen was born April 11, 1935, near Henning, Minn. He graduated from Fergus Falls High School in 1953; earned his Bachelor's from Concordia College, Moorhead and his Master's and Doctorate from University of Wisconsin – Madison. He taught his entire career at Concordia College in the Speech Communications Theater Arts Department, retiring in 1997. In retirement he worked...
Barbara D. Felde
Jul 31, 2010
Barbara Diane Felde was born on April 25, 1930 to Alvin and Helen Bowlby in Minot, ND. She was a graduate of Minot High School, attended Minot State College, and received her Medical Technologist certification from Trinity Hospital in Minot. She specialized in microbiology. Barb met her husband of 58 years, Norm Felde, when he was playing baseball for the...
Margaret Stoll
Jul 31, 2010
Margaret A. Stoll, 82, of Dilworth, died July 31, 2010 in Innovis Health Systems, Fargo, ND. Margaret Adeline was born November 10, 1927 in Ulen, MN to Otto and Ruby Alyea Pagel. She attended school at St. Joseph's. In February 1947, she married Robert Griffin. They raised their children in Dilworth, MN and the surrounding areas. Robert died in 1962....
Walter T. ’Buddy’ Larson
Jul 28, 2010
Walter T. "Buddy" Larson, 82, of Hawley, MN, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Sanford Health Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, North Dakota. Buddy was born September 1, 1927, in Cromwell Township, near Hawley, MN, to Jentoft and Lillian Olson Larson. He grew up and attended school there. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Buddy married EuDell...
Blaine L. Berg
Jul 26, 2010
Blaine was born September 30, 1955, in Moorhead, MN, to Donald and Dolores Boule Berg, where he grew up and attended school. He later moved to Minneapolis, where in 1982, married his wife, Kristie. Together they made their home in Minneapolis before moving to Moorhead for a time, then to Glendive, MT, and finally settling in Bloomfield, NE. Blaine was...
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