Obituaries

Dec 20, 2008

Brian W. Foss, age 48, of 1025 Lincoln SW, died Saturday, December 20, 2008, peacefully at home under hospice care after a six month battle with cancer. His funeral service will be at 2:30 PM Monday, December 22, 2008 at the Huron Christian Church with Rev. Alan Wager officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 PM Monday at the...

Dec 18, 2008

Adeline Seljevold passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, December 18, 2008. Adeline Bekkerus was born in 1925 to Gilbert and Selina Bekkerus on the family farm in rural Glyndon, MN. She spent her youth in Glyndon, graduating from Glyndon High School in 1943. After graduating she spent a summer working in New York City and returned to...

Dec 14, 2008

Jemima H. Osheim Rasmussen was born on December 18, 1905 "on a moonlit night after a beautiful snowfall," according to her mother, Julia Osheim. "Jimmy" died December 14th at the Evergreens of Moorhead at the age of 102. She was preceded in death by her mother, Julia, her father Olaus, her sisters, Gertrude, Helen, Ione and Wilma.She graduated as a...

Dec 14, 2008

Lee Kolle, 78, Felton, MN, died on December 14, 2008, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Lee, daughter of Ovean J. and Hazel Bradford Hite, was born on December 1, 1930, in Felton, MN. She grew up and attended school there, graduating from Glyndon High School. Lee married Walter Kolle on April 6, 1956, in Concordia Lutheran Church, near Glyndon, MN. They...

Dec 13, 2008

Reeva Leone Adams was born October 24, 1917, to Urban and Irene Wiltse in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. She passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, MN.Reeva was united in marriage to Lloyd Nathan Adams in October of 1937, in Moorhead, MN. She was an active member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Moorhead...

Dec 12, 2008

Fern Zutz, 89, Golden Living Center, Moorhead, died there on Friday, December 12, 2008.Fern was born on April 9, 1919 to Gustave and Maude Noon Bartholomay and grew up on a farm in Sheldon, ND with enough brothers and sisters to field a baseball team at any given time. She graduated from high school in 1937 and moved to Detroit...

Dec 10, 2008

No services are planned.

Dec 10, 2008

George was born November 21, 1918, in Hitterdal, MN, to John and Martha Sahlberg. He grew up and attended school in Hitterdal, MN, graduating from Hitterdal High School. During the Depression, George worked for the CCC Camps in Washington State. George married Clara Viola Skjerva Zachariason on October 17, 1947 at Hegland Lutheran Church, in rural Hawley, MN. Following their...

Dec 10, 2008

Bob Lower, 63, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, in the nursing home.Robert A. Lower was born on January 31, 1945, in Fargo, ND, to Robert and Anna Offerdahl Lower. He grew up in Baker, MN, and graduated from high school in Barnesville, MN. He attended Moorhead State College. Bob went to work for Consolidated...

Dec 10, 2008

Dec 9, 2008

Henry E. Skolness, 89, Villa Maria Nursing Home, Fargo, ND, died there on Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Henry was born on January 31, 1919, near Averill, MN, to Ole and Charlotte Boe Skolness. He grew up and attended school there. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, from 1942 until 1943. He returned to Averill and was a partner...

Dec 9, 2008

Lyla was born April 8, 1931 in Crookston, Minnesota to Jacob and Lydia Traster Maier. She grew up and attended school in Northwood, ND. Lyla married Lyle Olson in 1950 at Moorhead, Minnesota. Following their marriage, they resided in West Fargo, ND, and in 1966 they moved to Lake Park, MN. Lyle died in 1977. Lyla worked for fifteen years...

Dec 9, 2008

Betty Marie was born January 28, 1937 at Underwood, MN, daughter of Joe Thompson and Monica Boespflug Thompson. She attended school in Underwood, Elizabeth, and Breckenridge, graduating from Hawley High School in 1955. Following graduation she attended North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Betty was married to John Young, Jr. on May 4, 1956. They lived...

Dec 6, 2008

Steve was born on March 8, 1929, in Antigo, WI, to Frank and Avis Andrews Johnson. He grew up in Antigo and later married Dolores Kerling in Fargo, ND, on April 3, 1959. They lived in Moorhead the entire time. He worked as a breakfast cook at different places in the F/M area over the years. Steve's love was music,...

Dec 5, 2008

Melpha was born February 13, 1920 in Cromwell Township, Clay County, Minnesota to Alfred T. and Anna Tangen Anderson. She grew up and attended District #44 and #93 country schools. She worked at Fargo Laundry and Manchester Biscuit Company, Hawley Bakery and Hanson's Food Market in Hawley. Melpha married Roy Mattson on February 13, 1947 in Lysne Lutheran Church, near...

Dec 3, 2008

Orpha Laverne Bjerke was born September 20, 1938, to Nile and Olga Bjerke in rural Ulen, MN. She grew up there, attending country school for three years before attending Ulen Public School. She graduated in 1956 from Ulen High School. On December 17, 1959, she married Lynne Stumbo. Together they raised six children. They moved to Moorhead and she worked...

Dec 2, 2008

Evelyn G. Olson, age 80, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN.Evelyn Gertrude Goddard was born on August 17, 1928 to Harold William and Jennie Elizabeth Wassink Goddard in Wadena, MN. She grew up and attended school in Verndale, MN. She moved to Westbook, MN, and later married George Olson on November 16,...

Dec 2, 2008

Charles was born March 8, 1924 in Lake Park, Minnesota to Herman and Mattie Christensen Odegaard. He grew up near Lake Park and attended rural country school. Following his education he began working on the family farm and the Children's Home in Lake Park. Charles was married to Patricia Bryngelson on April 29, 1951 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Charles drove...

Nov 28, 2008

Vivian L. M. Skjerva, 88, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Hawley, MN, died Thursday, November 28, 2008, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN. Vivian was born March 7, 1920 in Ulen, Minnesota to Hans and Inga Hanson Romer. She attended school in Hawley, Minnesota. Vivian married Bernard Skjerva on June 28, 1949 in Hawley, Minnesota. They owned and operated Ben-Lee...

Nov 28, 2008

Jeannette M. Johnk Fridgen, 92, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died there on Friday, November 28, 2008.Jeannette Johnk was born on December 9, 1915, in Sabin, MN. She attended elementary school in Sabin and graduated from Moorhead High School in June of 1932. She then attended and graduated from Minette Beauty School in Fargo, ND, in 1934. Jeannette married Isadore...