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Myrtle M. Olson
Oct 29, 2009
Myrtle M. Olson, 93, died peacefully, surrounded by her family on Thursday, October 29, 2009, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead.Myrtle Margaret Magnuson was born November 15, 1915, at Driscoll, ND, to Oscar and Anna Westin Magnuson. She became part of a loving, Swedish family, and she learned Swedish as her first language. She graduated from Bismarck High School in 1934,...
George D. Schenck
Oct 25, 2009
George Donald Pierson Schenck was born April 21, 1918 in Barnesville, Minnesota. He was the son of Cora Cook and Merle Schenck. He attended school at District #158 and Moorhead high school. He married Bernice Melby on July 14, 1940 at Downer Presbyterian Church. To this union they had ten children. He was a dairy and grain farmer south of...
Delores M. Winjum
Oct 25, 2009
Delores Marie was born September 23, 1929 to Leonard and Alice Renslow Solwold in Hitterdal, MN. She was baptized at home by Reverend C.M. Grimsrud. She was later confirmed in Keene Lutheran Church by Reverend P.C. Oas. Delores attended Keene Dist. 38 Country School, two years at Ulen High School, and graduated from Hitterdal High School in 1947. She worked...
Nanette I. ’Nan’ Danielson
Oct 24, 2009
Nan passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the age of 56 at MeritCare's Palliative Care Unit in Fargo after an eleven-year battle with melanoma. Nanette Irene Palmlund was born March 27th, 1953 to Levi and Alice Bau Palmlund in Huron, SD. She grew up on the family farm west of De Smet and graduated in 1971 from De Smet...
Wesley L. Helm Sr.
Oct 22, 2009
Wesley L. Helm Sr., 75, of Fargo, ND, died at Rosewood on Broadway on October 22, 2009. Wesley was born in Lincoln Valley, ND, to Ludwig and Vehona Kirschenman Helm on August 1, 1934. Wesley's Father owned several local businesses in Lincoln Valley and his is one of the few remaining buildings still standing in what is now a ghost...
Dr. Otto E. Ursin
Oct 21, 2009
Dr. Otto E. Ursin, age 90, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009, in Villa Maria Nursing Home, Fargo, ND. Otto Elliot Ursin was born on April 18, 1919 to Pastor Ove and Marianna Anderson Ursin in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Canada until the age of four, when his family moved to the United States. His...
Elizabeth J. ’Betty’ Juszczak
Oct 20, 2009
Betty was born October 24, 1925, in Chicago, IL, where she grew up and attended school. She later married Walter Juszczak in Chicago and was employed at a catholic school. Betty lived in Lisbon, ND, for a time before moving to Moorhead and had most recently resided at Golden Living Center. She will be dearly missed.
Ralph J. Blakeway
Oct 20, 2009
Ralph James Blakeway died October 20, 2009, at the age of 79 of brain cancer. Ralph was born May 6, 1930 to Thomas P. and Antonge Blakeway in Moorhead, MN. He married Ardis Isaacson on February 18, 1951, and they had two children. Ralph lived in the Fargo-Moorhead area his entire life. He worked as a Pressman for various printing...
Marjorie L. Johnson
Oct 14, 2009
Marjorie L. Johnson, 85, Lake Park, MN, died on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, in Emmanuel Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes, MN.Marjorie L. Nelson was born on December 6, 1923, near Rollag, MN, to Maynard and Tilla Teigen Nelson. She graduated from Lake Park High School in 1942 and then worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" in a defense plant in Michigan....
Mavis Goodwill
Oct 12, 2009
Mavis Goodwill died peacefully Monday, October 12, 2009, in her home, Riverview Place, Fargo, ND.Mavis Hakanson was born on June 2, 1920, in Maddock, ND to Hjalmer and Mabel Nelson Hakanson. She grew up in Maddock, graduating from Benson County Agriculture Training School. She went on to attend Dakota Business College. On March 19, 1944, she married Maurice Goodwill in...
Lila R. Ordal
Oct 9, 2009
Lila Ruth Drenkow Ordal died on Friday, October 9, 2009 at Eventide Lutheran Home. She was born in 1924 in Hull, Iowa, to Ernest and Wilhemina Drenkow. Lila graduated from high school in 1942 in Mitchell, South Dakota where she was active in music and journalism. She graduated from Augustana College in 1946 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where she...
Louise M. Miller
Oct 8, 2009
Louise M. Miller, age 65, of Moorhead, MN died Thursday, October 8, 2009, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND, with her family by her side.Louise Marie Manock was born as Moira Elizabeth Manock on August 7, 1944 to Nathan and Agnes Cromie Manock in Port Delone, Ireland. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Tom Miller of Moorhead, MN;...
Arlene C. Larson
Oct 6, 2009
Arlene Carol Norman, was born to Oscar and Clara Norman in Hawley, MN. She graduated from Hawley High School in 1956. Arlene married Victor H. Larson, Jr. on August 25, 1956 in Hawley. In 1958 they moved to Lake Park. She worked at the Hilltop Lounge and later at the Lake Park Liquor Store for 28 years, where she was...
Elenore A. Smith
Oct 5, 2009
Elenore was born July 26, 1919, to Ole and Manda Nelson Vidden. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School. After high school she attended North Dakota Agricultural College, now North Dakota State University. In October of 1942, she married Arthur Smith in Moorhead, MN. Together they made their home in Moorhead. Elenore worked at...
Bessie Anderson
Oct 4, 2009
Bessie Irene Anderson was born October 31, 1909 to Carl J. and Mary V. Anderson in Hawley, MN. Bessie was baptized and confirmed in Highland Grove Lutheran Church, Hitterdal, MN. She grew up on the family farm and attended country school Dist. 107 and Hawley High School. She enjoyed music lessons, sewing and handwork. When her parents built a new...
Elizabeth Bergford
Oct 2, 2009
Elizabeth J. Bergford, age 99, died October 2, 2009 in Mesa, Arizona.Elizabeth Jeannette Brown was born December 5, 1909 in Grant County, Minnesota to Eli Webster and Mary Susan Godward Brown. She married Harold Bergford in Fergus Falls on December 24, 1935.She received a B.S. degree from Moorhead State Teachers College and a M.S. degree from North Dakota State University....
Daryle D. Wasfaret
Sep 29, 2009
Daryle Dennis Wasfaret, 64, died September 29, 2009, at his home after a long battle with cancer.Daryle was born November 26, 1944 to Gilman and Myrtle Wasfaret in Ada, MN. He grew up, attended school and graduated in Felton, MN. He joined the U.S Air Force and served his duties as an aircraft mechanic during Vietnam at Okinawa and returned...
Jean F. Stienstra
Sep 27, 2009
Jean Fulton Frame Scheede Blakeway StienstraJean Fulton Frame was born May 27th, 1921, in Big Sandy, Montana to Maude Marion Pearson and Archibald Templeton Frame. She and her sister Dorothy grew up on the Frame Ranch north of Big Sandy.Jean graduated High School at Big Sandy in 1940. She attained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Nutrition from the...
Roland G. ’Rollie’ Holsen
Sep 26, 2009
Roland Rollie Holsen, 92, died September 26, 2009 in the Palliative Care Unit at MeritCare. The son of Rasmus and Magnild Holsen, Rollie was born December 6, 1916 in Moorhead. He graduated from Moorhead High School and the Interstate Business College. On July 4, 1941 Rollie married Helen Dills in LaMoure, ND. Helen passed away July 14, 1977. On August...
Keith A. Burley
Sep 25, 2009
Keith Arthur Burley, 67, of Okeechobee, FL passed away on September 25, 2009 at the Hospice Unit at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, FL. Keith was born February 14, 1942 and was raised on the family farm in Gardner, ND. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur W. and Thelma Lillian Burley. He is survived by...
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