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Martha K. Kind

Martha K. Kind

Aug 31, 2009

Martha K. Kind, 96, of Moorhead, MN, died in Rosewood on Broadway on Monday, August 31, 2009. Martha Kristiana Anderson was born on June 20, 1913 in Norwegian Grove Township, MN to Ole and Elise Braaten Anderson. She attended school in Pelican Rapids. On November 12, 1938 she married Julian Kind in South Emmanuel Church near Pelican Rapids. They lived...

Lennie E. Henslin

Lennie E. Henslin

Aug 29, 2009

Lennie Olsen Henslin, age 94, of Lake Park, MN, died Saturday, August 29, 2009, in Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, MN, surrounded by her family. Lennie Esther Olsen was born on December 28, 1914 to Thor and Mary Meyer Olsen in Truman, MN. Lennie's family included two brother and two sisters, three step brothers and three step sisters. Lennie was...

Robert C. ’Bob’ Anderson

Robert C. ’Bob’ Anderson

Aug 29, 2009

Robert C. "Bob" AndersonBob died peacefully on August 29, 2009 at Golden Living Nursing Home, Moorhead, MN.Robert C. "Bob" Anderson was born on November 1, 1928 in Fargo, ND, to Axel T. and Olga S. Howe Anderson. He grew up in the Horace Mann area of north Fargo, graduating from Fargo Central High School in 1946. Bob toured the central...

Marguerite M. Lamblez

Marguerite M. Lamblez

Aug 28, 2009

Our dear aunt passed away peacefully on Friday, August 28, 2009, at MeritCare's Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. She had most recently been a resident at Eventide Nursing Home in Moorhead, MN. Marguerite Marie Lamblez was born on August 9, 1906, to Francois Xavier Lamblez and Marie Grandadam on the farm three miles south of Lisbon, ND. She was preceded in...

Rachel T. Frederickson

Rachel T. Frederickson

Aug 27, 2009

Rachel was born February 16, 1918, in Hatton, ND, to Rev. Tobias and Carrie Tjornhom. She grew up in Hatton and later Fergus Falls, MN, where her father was minister at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. The youngest of twelve, she followed the rest of her family with a great gift of music. As early as seventh grade she was accompanying the...

Clinton L. Stacy

Clinton L. Stacy

Aug 25, 2009

Clinton was born December 7, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN. He was the son of Edwin P. and Miriam T. Stacy of Minneapolis, MN and Carefree, AZ.Clinton grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault, MN, in 1942. Upon his graduation, he served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was honorably...

Wilma E. Wagner

Wilma E. Wagner

Aug 24, 2009

Wilma Elizabeth Jordan was born July 10, 1920, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, to Harry and Hannah Bohlin Jordan. She grew up and attended school in Detroit Lakes, graduating from Detroit Lakes High School in 1938. Wilma was united in marriage to Albert Wagner on March 1, 1940 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Following their marriage they lived in Arizona for three...

Marcella M. Folden

Marcella M. Folden

Aug 15, 2009

Marcella M. Folden, age 86, of Hawley, MN, died Saturday, August 15, 2009, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Marcella Mary Koenig was born on October 3, 1922 to Frank and Emma Liberty Koenig on the family farm in Moorhead, MN. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead. On July 12, 1941 she married Adolph Folden in Moorhead, together they had...

Mae Weaver

Mae Weaver

Aug 14, 2009

Mae Weaver, 90, died Friday, August 14, 2009 in the Palliative Care Unit of MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Elise Mae Hansen was born May 20, 1919 in Hawley Township, MN to Soren and Anne Mickleson Hansen. She was raised there and attended country school through the 8th grade. She enjoyed playing guitar and piano, and singing for amateur night for Peterson...

Donald E. Schneeweis

Donald E. Schneeweis

Aug 11, 2009

Donald "Don" E. Schneeweis, age 66, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, August 11, 2009, in MeritCare's Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND.Donald Eugene Schneeweis was born on January 8, 1943 to Victor and Joyce Hoff Schneeweis in Grand Forks, ND. He grew up and attended school in Grand Forks, graduation from Grand Forks Central High School in 1961. On September 1,...

Eleanor Riley

Eleanor Riley

Aug 6, 2009

Eleanor was born on January 4, 1919 in Park Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of William & Blanche Parks. She was raised in Park Rapids and Motley, graduated from Motley High School in Motley, Minnesota. She married Harry Riley in 1935 and they went on to have two children, Kenneth and Sandy. Eleanor was a great homemaker, lovely baker, and enjoyed...

Elmer W. Barwin

Elmer W. Barwin

Aug 6, 2009

Elmer was born May 14, 1928, to Fred and Pauline Wallman Barwin in Ortonville, MN. He grew up and attended school in Ortonville, graduating from high school in 1947. After high school Elmer enlisted in the National Guard and was activated in January of 1951. He served until November of 1952 when he moved back to Ortonville and later to...

Betty A. Storbakken-Smith

Betty A. Storbakken-Smith

Aug 6, 2009

Betty A. Storbakken-Smith, 73, Fargo, ND, died on Thursday, August 6, 2009, in her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Betty Ann Ekren was born on August 13, 1935, in Thompson, ND, to Oscar and Tillie Sannes Ekren. She grew up and attended school in Grand Forks, ND. She married Eugene M. Storbakken on October 9,...

Stanley R. Glawe

Stanley R. Glawe

Aug 5, 2009

Stanley was born October 13, 1930, to Walter and Margaret McKenzie Glawe on the family farm near Vergas, MN. He grew up there, helping on the farm, attending rural country school and later Frazee High School. After high school he continued farming until enlisting in the U.S. Army in November of 1953. He served until 1955 when he returned to...

Madelyn C. Christianson

Madelyn C. Christianson

Aug 3, 2009

Madelyn Christianson, 85, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Monday, August 3rd, 2009 at her home in Fargo surrounded by her loving children. Madelyn was born October 6, 1923, to William and Lucille Daley on the family farm south of Cogswell, North Dakota where she grew up with three sisters and two brothers all whom remained close throughout the years....

Ruth B. Peterson

Ruth B. Peterson

Jul 31, 2009

Ruth Peterson, age 88, of Fargo, ND, died Friday July 31, 2009, in Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND.Ruth B. Burks was born on September 18, 1920 in Warrensburg, MO to Talitha Browning and James Burks. She married William Carey in 1938 and moved to Washington state. Together they had three children. She later moved to Fargo. She married Clifford Peterson...

Richard “Wencho” Martinez

Richard “Wencho” Martinez

Jul 30, 2009

Richard, also known by many as Ricardo, Rick or Wencho, came to the Fargo-Moorhead area in the summer of 1965, with his family to work in the sugar beet fields. He continued to do so every summer, staying in the area permanently in 1973. He worked for Burlington Northern Railroad and constructions jobs, most recently with Opatril Concrete Construction of...

Bruce H. Carlson

Bruce H. Carlson

Jul 27, 2009

Bruce H. Carlson, 55, Fargo, ND, died on July 27, 2009, in his lake home on Little Pine Lake near Perham, MN.Bruce Hilding Carlson was born on September 26, 1953, in Fargo, ND, to Hilding and Grace Hillbrand Carlson. He grew up and attended school in Comstock and Barnesville, MN, graduating from Barnesville High School in 1971. He attended and...

Ryan D. Leister

Ryan D. Leister

Jul 26, 2009

Ryan Daniel Leister, 32, of Fargo, North Dakota, died on Sunday, July 26, 2009, in St. Mary's Regional Health Center, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Ryan was born October 12, 1976 in, Detroit Lakes, MN, to Daniel and Diane Hagen Leister. He grew up, attending school in Hawley and graduating in 1995. Following high school, Ryan attended the University of North Dakota...

James A. ’Jim’ Stein

James A. ’Jim’ Stein

Jul 25, 2009

James A. Stein, age 69, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2009, in Manor Care Health Systems, Fargo, ND.James Arnold Stein was born on October 9, 1939 in Fargo, ND to Jacob and Anna Loe Stein. He graduated from Moorhead High School in 1958. He served in the North Dakota Air National Guard in Fargo for six...