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Marjorie L. Foss
Aug 2, 2008
Marjorie Lillian Bussey was born on April 2, 1922 in Augusta, Georgia, the daughter of Lillian and Emerson Bussey. She was the youngest of five children, the others all brothers. She was united in marriage with Magnus Oliver Foss, Jr. on April 1, 1945 and moved to Minnesota with her southern accent intact. Together they raised five children and many...
Dorothy I. Collins
Aug 2, 2008
Dorothy was born June 29, 1916, to Wallace and Mathilde Engeland Castonia in Grandin, ND. She later graduated from Wheaton, MN, High School. After graduating high school, she worked, and later continued her education in journalism, graduating from the University of Washington, in Seattle. During WWII she served with the United States Coast Guard. In 1954 she moved back to...
Alpha O. Wenthin
Jul 28, 2008
Alpha was born August 15, 1907 to George and Marie Johanson Jacobson, in Lake Park, MN, where she grew up and attended school. Alpha married Adolph Wenthin on December 16, 1930 in Lake Park, MN. Together they raise d three children. In 1942, they moved to Moorhead, MN, and remained there until Adolph passed in 1980. Alpha then moved back...
Elsie M. Berge
Jul 24, 2008
Elsie Marie Berge, 85, of Moorhead, died Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Eventide Lutheran Home. She was born October 14, 1922 in Estherville, IA, to Rev. Selmer A. E. and Ida Hatlestad Berge. Her father’s parish work took the family to Fort Dodge, IA in 1925 and Fargo, ND in 1931. She graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1940....
Bernice B. Ward
Jul 18, 2008
Bernice B. Ward was born on October 21, 1945 to Bernard and Beatrice Lindstrom Glatzel in Halma, MN. She grew up and attended school in Kennedy, Lake Bronson and Karlstad graduating from Karlstad High School in 1964. On April 25, 1964 she married David Ward in Karlstad, MN. Bernice enjoyed reading, knitting, watching movies and TV, playing hand-held video games...
Perry A. Coughlin
Jul 18, 2008
Perry was born November 5, 1954, to Marvin and Rose Ellingson Coughlin, in Fargo, ND. He grew up and attended school in West Fargo. After high school he moved to the twin cities and operated a tree removal service for a few years before moving back to the area. He had most recently made his home in Moorhead, MN.He will...
Morgan A. Gunderson
Jul 18, 2008
Morgan Allan Gunderson was born September 21, 1922 in Pelican Rapids, MN, to Edwin and Petra Mathilda Anderson Gunderson. Morgan's mother died six weeks after he was born and Morgan was then raised by his grandmother, Thea. Morgan spent his younger years working on his farm and later working on a threshing team with his brothers and Dad. In 1944,...
Ignatius “Iggy” Rick
Jul 17, 2008
Iggy was born August 10, 1930 in Breckenridge, MN, where he attended school and worked on his parent's farm near Brushvale, MN. He served with the U.S. Army in Korea from 1951 – 1953. On January 16, 1955 he married Bertha Anna Hensch. They made their home on a small dairy farm near Everdell, MN. Later they moved to Breckenridge,...
Jeffrey R. Waurio
Jul 13, 2008
Jeffrey R. Waurio, age 44, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, July 13, 2008, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Jeffery Reino Waurio was born on September 5, 1963 to Reino and Kathy Thorpe Waurio in Minneapolis, MN. He grew up and attended school in Elk River, MN. Jeff served in the United States Army and the United States Marines. He was a...
Elvina Paranto
Jul 11, 2008
Elvina Paranto, 88, Rosewood on Broadway nursing home, Fargo, ND, died there on Friday, July 11, 2008. Elvina Timm was born on March 14, 1920, in LaMoure, ND, to Charles and Melvina Handke Timm. She grew up and attended school there. Elvina married Albert Paranto on April 22, 1967, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Moorhead, MN, where...
Karen G. Hendrickson
Jul 8, 2008
Karen was born August 19, 1941 to Carl and Freida Nupdal Johnson in Princeton, IL. She grew up in Grand Forks, ND, graduating in 1959. Following high school she attended Aakers Business College. On February, 12, 1960 she married Ronald Hendrickson in Grand Forks. Together they lived in California, Minneapolis, Brownton and Hawley, MN, before settling in Hitterdal. She was...
Eleanor M. Sorby
Jul 7, 2008
Eleanor M. Sorby, age 89, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, July 7, 2008, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Eleanor Mae Boulton was born July 28, 1918 to George and Annie Boulton near Kragnes, MN, where she grew up. She attended Oak Mound School. She married Ernest Sorby September 7, 1939 at Moorhead. They farmed near Felton, MN, retiring to Moorhead...
Patricia K. ’Pat’ Passon
Jul 3, 2008
Patricia "Pat" Passon, age 55, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, in her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, with her family by her side.Patricia Kaye Nienaber was born on March 30, 1953 to Donald and Pearl Peterson Nienaber in Fargo, ND. She grew up and attended school in Fargo. Pat married Anthony...
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...
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