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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...
Doris A. Pesola
May 21, 2008
Doris Ann Anderson was born, together with her twin sister Dorothy, on September 30, 1915, to James Anderson and Sarah Hamre Anderson in Littlefork, Minnesota. She attended school in Littlefork, graduating from Littlefork High School. After two years at Bemidji Teacher's College, she began teaching in a rural school in Silverdale, MN, where she met Reino Pesola. Doris and Ray...
Lowell A. Lysaker
May 20, 2008
Lowell A. Lysaker, 82, Moorhead, MN, died on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at his lake cabin near Park Rapids, MN.Lowell Lysaker was born on September 14, 1925, in Hitterdal, MN, to Almer and Lena Nelson Lysaker. He grew up and attended school at Twin Valley, where he was active in sports, including basketball, football, baseball and track. He graduated from...
Grace A. Kourofsky
May 19, 2008
Grace A. Koursofsky, 51, Moorhead, MN, died on Monday, May 19, 2008, in her home in Moorhead.Grace Ann Diede was born on March 7, 1957, in Moorhead, MN, to Christ and Olive Dockter Diede. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School. She married Mike Kourofsky on July 10, 1993, in Moorhead, where they made...
Ruby E. Strom
May 15, 2008
Ruby E. Strom, 84, Moorhead, MN, died peacefully at her home on Thursday, May 15, 2008. Ruby Nelson was born on December 1, 1923, at Plummer, MN, to Andrew and Rose Thompson Nelson. She grew up and attended school at Plummer and Erskine, MN. She held various jobs in the East Grand Forks area before her marriage to Glenn H....
Joann Foss
May 15, 2008
JoAnn Foss passed away in her home on Pelican Lake on May 15, 2008 with God, her family and Hospice by her side. JoAnn was born on April 21, 1940 in Crookston, MN to Ina Mae and Magnus Richard Letnes. She grew up in Climax, MN and moved to Moorhead, MN in the 8th grade.In the 9th grade she met...
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