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Norma O. Beck Thompson
Jun 30, 2008
Norma Beck was born January 17, 1915 to Stengrim and Anna Hovelsrud Stensgaard in Hardin County, South Dakota. She grew up and attended school there. Norma was baptized and confirmed in the Ludlow Lutheran Church, in Ludlow, South Dakota. In April of 1935, Norma enrolled at the Kristie Beauty School in Bismarck, North Dakota. After earning her cosmetology license she...
Lois M. Novacek
Jun 29, 2008
Lois M. Novacek, age 77, of Georgetown, MN, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, in Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND.Lois Margaret Novacek was born on December 2, 1930, in Grand Forks, ND, to Edward and Irene Jeffery Cariveau. She grew up and attended school in Sacred Heart Catholic School in East Grand Forks, MN. Lois married D. Arthur "Art" Novacek on June...
Thomas J. Curran
Jun 28, 2008
Thomas J. Curran, 79, Fargo, ND, died on Saturday, June 28, 2008, in Bethany Homes, Fargo, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Tom was born on July 16, 1928, in Moorhead, MN, to William and Myrtle Dargan Curran. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from the Moorhead Campus School and then attended Moorhead State...
Alice Madson
Jun 27, 2008
Alice Madson, 85, of Lake Park, MN, died peacefully on Friday, June 27, 2008, with her family at her side, in Innovis Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Alice was born October 4, 1922, in Cormorant Township, near Lake Park, Minnesota, to Jentoft and Lillian Olson Larson. She grew up and attended school there. She lived with her family for a brief...
Dorothy L. Sandvik
Jun 26, 2008
Dorothy L. Sandvik, 81, Moorhead, MN, died on Thursday, June 26, 2008, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Dorothy L. Parks was born on January 30, 1927, in Fargo, ND, to Sam and Maude Thompson Parks. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1944. She...
Dennis L. Erickson
Jun 23, 2008
Dennis was born May 14, 1928, to John & Hilda Olson Erickson, at Cormorant Township where he grew up and attended school. He farmed with his family there. Dennis married Merl Strand June 25, 1950. Following their marriage they lived on a farm south of Lake Park, and in 1954, they moved in to Lake Park. Merl died March 16,...
Marie M. Opatril
Jun 19, 2008
Marie was born August 7, 1919, in a farm house near Downer, Minnesota, to John and Caroline Moklebust Kluck. She grew up on a farm near Downer, Minnesota and worked for area families until her marriage to Rudy Opatril in Moorhead, Minnesota on June 27, 1938. Following their marriage they farmed for thirty years, retiring in September of 1968. Rudy...
Cora A. Fosse
Jun 18, 2008
Cora Lillevold Fosse was born to Ole and Anna Lillevold on August 28, 1913 near Rothsay, MN. She grew up in the Rothsay area, being baptized and confirmed at Hamar Lutheran Church in Rothsay. She would often help area neighbors in the summer with children on harvest. On March 28, 1937, she was united in marriage to Fred Fosse and...
Carroll J. ’Kelly’ Nasset
Jun 15, 2008
Carroll "Kelly" John Nasset, age 63, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, in the Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Fargo, ND.Kelly was born on July 9, 1944 to John and Mabel Nordgulen Nasset in Detroit Lakes, MN. He grew up and attended school in Detroit Lakes and later graduated from Crookston Ag School. On August 20, 1966 he married...
Laverne A. ’Vernie’ Olson
Jun 14, 2008
LaVerne A. "Vernie" Olson, 78, Moorhead, died Saturday, June 14, 2008 in MeritCare Hospital Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND.Vernie was born August 22, 1929 to Albert and Martha Sorum of Cummings, ND. She was one of 11 Sorum children. Vernie grew up near Cummings and attended Buxton and Cummings schools. On December 17, 1947 she married Wallace E. Wentworth in...
Erna E. Brandt
Jun 10, 2008
Erna was born March 1, 1912, to Charles and Margaretha Kuehl Evert in rural Clay County. She grew up there, attending Koester School in rural Sabin, MN. On November 14, 1928 she married Fred Brandt in Sabin, MN. Together they started a family and farmed in rural Comstock. Erna and Fred retired in 1965 and moved to Moorhead. Fred passed...
Gerald M. ’Jerry’ Bolger
Jun 10, 2008
Gerald M. "Jerry" Bolger, 76, Moorhead, MN, died suddenly on June 10, 2008.Jerry was born on January 21, 1932, in Fargo, ND, to Thomas and Anna Roesch Bolger. He attended St. Joseph's Catholic Elementary School in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1950. Jerry served in the Army in Korea with the National Guard for two years. Following...
Virginia M. ’Jackie’ Torkildson
Jun 7, 2008
Jackie was born Virginia Margaret to Lars and Bertha Imm Sahlberg in rural Hawley, MN on January 10th, 1930. She died June 7th, 2008. She had been fighting an ongoing battle with severe back pain that had been thought to be the cause of her rapidly debilitating condition. On Tuesday, June 3rd, the doctors finally found and diagnosed cancer that...
Doris M. Alwin
Jun 3, 2008
Doris Marlene Alwin, 68, passed away at her home in Fargo unexpectedly Tuesday June 3, 2008. The daughter of Clara and Edward Meyer was born June 26, 1939 in Devils Lake , ND. Doris attended school in Devils Lake graduating from St. Mary's High School in 1957. Doris, married and eventually moved to West Fargo where she worked for 13...
Gerald Hanson
Jun 3, 2008
Gerald "Jerry" Hanson was born March 22, 1947 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Floyd and Thelma Clark Hanson. He grew up and attended school in Glenwood, IA. He served in the U.S. Navy and was discharged October of 1970. Jerry married Marilee Bryant on June 28, 1982 in Treynor, Iowa. Together they enjoyed their summers on Little Man Trap Lake...
Melissa Jo Robertson
Jun 2, 2008
Melissa went to be with the Lord on June 2, 2008. Melissa was born April 28, 1975 to Joseph and Christy Erickson Robertson. She graduated from Hawley High School in 1993. Following high school, she attended Fergus Falls Community College and then Moorhead State University, Moorhead. Taking a short break in her studies, she worked in customer service for K-Mart...
Ian Patrick Walker Revie
Jun 1, 2008
Ian Patrick Walker Revie, 37, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, June 1, 2008, in his home in Moorhead.Ian was born on March 8, 1971 in Old Windsor, England. He had lived in Moorhead with his family since 1980.He is survived by, and will be sadly missed by his parents, Cheryl and Ian Revie, Moorhead; four sisters, Alexandra John Sutter, Minneapolis,...
Follard E. ’Swede’ Thurn
Jun 1, 2008
Follard E. "Swede" Thurn, 78, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, June 01, 2008, at Villa Maria Nursing Home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Follard was born on December 29, 1929, in Bemidji, MN, to Karl and Myrtle Peterson Thurn. He graduated from Crookston High School in 1948. He worked for various contractors in Crookston, MN...
Ernest V. Aasen
May 30, 2008
Ernest Aasen, 86, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died there on Friday, May 30, 2008, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Ernest Aasen was born on August 9, 1921, in Velva, ND, to Anton and Anna Aasen. He grew up and attended school there. He served in the U.S. Army, 947th Air Engineers, the army's first special...
Inger M. Robertson
May 28, 2008
Inger M. Hansen was born on April 26, 1914, near Hawley, MN, to Soren and Anna Michaelson Hansen. She grew up and attended school in Hawley and then graduated from Beauty School in Fargo. She opened Hawley's first beauty shop, "Our Own Beauty" in Hawley. Inger married Raymond J. Robertson on October 11, 1941, in the Hawley Methodist Church and...
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