Obituaries

Nov 23, 2008

James was born October 24, 1942 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to Kenneth and Shirley Hanks Johnson. He grew up and attended school in Detroit Lakes. He was employed as a well driller for LTP Enterprises until 1985. He then worked for Lesmeister Flying Service, retiring in 2006. Jim enjoyed hunting and fishing and was looking forward to the ice fishing...

Nov 20, 2008

James F. Winkler, Fargo, ND, passed away on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo.James Frederick Winkler was born in White Bear Lake, MN on June 17, 1931 to Leo and Florence Camitsch Winkler. He moved with his parents to Fargo, North Dakota when he was three years old. Jim attended school in Fargo and graduated from Fargo...

Nov 19, 2008

Winnifred E. Peck was born in Hawley, Minnesota on August 6, 1913 to Ira & Lois Peck. She grew up in Hawley and attended the United Methodist Church and graduated from Hawley High School. Winnie later moved to Washougal, Washington where she married Richard Minor, the love of her life. They made their home there until 1983 when Dick passed...

Nov 18, 2008

Alan R. Johnson M.D., age 74, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008, in his home after a long battle with leukemia. He died with his family by his side and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Alan Richard Johnson was born on August 5th, 1934 in Isanti, MN. He has one brother, Paul. He...

Nov 18, 2008

John R. Quall, age 50, of Dilworth, MN, died Tuesday, November 18th, 2008, in his home in Dilworth, MN.John Raymond Quall was born on July 12, 1958 to Evan and Adeline Wobig Quall in Red Wing, MN. He grew up and attended school in Pine Island, MN. His father died when John was 24 years old and his mother died...

Nov 16, 2008

Raymond Ray Arthur Carlson, 70, was born to Alfred and Alice Taasaas Carlson at the family farm at Wolverton, MN, on March 26, 1938. Ray was being cared for at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN for leukemia when he passed away on November 16, 2008.Ray grew up in Wolverton, MN and attended school there, graduating in 1956. Ray served...

Nov 13, 2008

Mae Poehls, 96, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died there on Thursday, November 13, 2008. Mae Holmgrem was born on May 9, 1912, at Atwater, MN, to Frank and Ada Hanson Holmgrem. She grew up and attended school there, and then worked for a time in the Atwater area. She met Argain Poehls and they were married on June 24,...

Nov 12, 2008

Herb was born December 13, 1915 to Carl and Mabel Nelson Aakre. He attended country school at Woodland District #3. He worked on area farms, was a self-employed trucker and spent a short time working in Kent, Washington. He returned to Minnesota, entered the Army, and served 3 ½ years in the South Pacific, during World War II. After his...

Nov 11, 2008

Allen was born February 26, 1929 in Ulen, Minnesota to Henry C. and Selma Orwold Tollefsrud. He grew up and attended rural country school and graduated from Ulen High School in 1948. Following high school he entered the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Japan for 4 ½ years. Allen was married to Sonja Rylander on June 26, 1955...

Nov 10, 2008

Clarice M. Backlund, age 77, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, November 10, 2008, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Clarice Mae Hatlestad was born in Hickson, ND on May 22, 1931 to Clarence and Myrtle Mattson Hatlestad. She grew up and attended grade school in Hickson and later attended school in...

Nov 4, 2008

Lorna J. "Miss Kitty" Malhiot, age 46 of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Lorna was born on May 18, 1962 in East Los Angeles, CA. Lorna worked as a over-the-road truck driver for several years. She lived in numerous states including, Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri and most recently North Dakota. She moved to Fargo in...

Oct 30, 2008

Daryl Lee Olson, 57, of Lake Park, MN, formerly of Hawley, MN, died Thursday, October 30, 2008, in Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, MN. Daryl was born December 10, 1950 to Lawrence and Fernette Sandeen Olson at Detroit Lakes, MN. Daryl grew up and attended Hawley Elementary School and Worthington Crippled Children's School. He was baptized at Solem Lutheran Church...

Oct 28, 2008

Darrell D. Anderson, age 80 of West Fargo, ND, died peacefully Tuesday, October 28, 2008, in Villa Maria Nursing Home. He was a former resident at Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, ND.Darrell was born March 6, 1928, in Edgeley, ND, to Merle and Emma Messine Anderson. He grew up and attended school in Edgeley until the family moved to Fargo in...

Oct 26, 2008

Dorothy Stearns, 73, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, October 26, 2008 in Eventide Lutheran Home, following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.Dorothy Ann Lee was born on January 11, 1935, in Fargo, ND, to Leonard and Bessie Stempson Lee. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1952. In 1956 Dorothy graduated from Concordia...

Oct 24, 2008

Matthias Joseph "Matt" Enderle joined his heavenly Father on October 24, 2008 with his family by his side under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Matthias Joseph Enderle was born to Matt D. and Anna Schuster Enderle on August 11, 1933, at St. Luke's Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm north of Nashua,...

Oct 18, 2008

Lydia Neumiller Morlock, age 95, of Moorhead, MN, formerly Carrington, ND, died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Eventide, Moorhead, MN. Lydia was born June 21, 1913, the second of seventeen children, to John A. and Elizabeth Neumiller, in Wells County North Dakota. She received her elementary education at a rural one-room school in the Sykeston, ND area. As a young...

Oct 17, 2008

Sharon Schock, 65, Moorhead, MN, died on Friday, October 17, 2008, in Innovis Health, Fargo, ND.Sharon Lewis was born on May 6, 1943, in Moorhead, MN, to Harry and Violet Larson Lewis. She grew up and attended school in Dilworth, MN, graduating from Dilworth High School in 1961. Sharon married Ed Schock on September 28, 1963, and they lived in...

Oct 12, 2008

Norman Carl Herseth Roos

Childhood

Born June 18, 1918 to Nels and Nora Roos on the family farm west of Hitterdal where his grandparents homesteaded in the 1870’s Father was a very successful farmer: one of the few in the township that did not go bankrupt during the great depression Mother was educated for teaching and was gifted as a...

Oct 12, 2008

Elizabeth Lobitz was born on August 14, 1917, in Baker, MN, to Lewis G. and Marie Burke Lobitz. She grew up and attended school in Sabin and one year in Barnesville. During her schooling in Barnesville she traveled by train back and forth to Barnesville as her father was the Depot Agent for Great Northern. She graduated from Moorhead High...

Oct 11, 2008