Obituaries

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...

Nov 27, 2008

Henry C. Kooren, 80, Hawley, MN, died on Thursday, November 27, 2008, in MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Henry was born on February 20, 1928, near South Heart, ND, to Carl and Elizabeth Metz Kooren. He grew up and attended school there. He served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1946 until 1949 and then returned to Dickinson,...

Nov 27, 2008

Dorla Bernu, age 76, of Moorhead, MN died Thursday, November 27, 2008, at her daughter's home in Fargo. She died with her daughters at her side under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Dorla Mercedes Hendrickson, daughter of William and Ida Hentila Hendrickson, was born on January 26, 1932 in New Yorks Mills, MN. She grew up and...

Nov 25, 2008

Hayden Andrew Nelson, 3 month old son of Rick and Stephanie Nelson, rural Hawley, MN, died on Tuesday, November 25, 2008, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Hayden was born on August 23, 2008, in Fargo, ND, to Rick and Steph Aakre Nelson. He was baptized on October 26, 2008, in Rollag Lutheran Church, Rollag, MN. Hayden's three and one half year...

Nov 24, 2008

Violet C. Nielsen, 98, Moorhead, MN, died on Monday, November 24, 2008, in MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Violet C. Nielsen was born on October 13, 1910, in Dawson, MN, to Carl and Henrietta Larson Nielsen. She grew up in various communities and graduated from Moorhead High School. She graduated from Interstate Business College and lived in Fargo, ND, where she...

Nov 23, 2008

Norris was born August 6, 1922, in Hawley, Minnesota to Gustav and Martina Bratlien Grefsrud. He grew up and attended rural country school near Hawley. He entered the U.S. Army during World War II and was stationed in the Philippines and Japan. Norris married Muriel Nelson on April 14, 1951 in Hawley, MN. Following their marriage they farmed near Hawley,...

Nov 23, 2008

Ione was born September 29, 1927, to Elmer and Evelyn Loe Hagen in Northwood, ND, where she grew up and attended rural country school. On June 20, 1954, she married Lloyd Larson in Northwood. Together, they farmed and raised their six children in rural Lake Park. In 1977, they retired from farming and moved in to Lake Park. She then...