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Norman M. Selseth

Norman M. Selseth

Sep 8, 2007

Norman Selseth, 85, Moorhead, MN, died on Saturday, September 8, 2007, in his home in Moorhead.Norman M. Selseth was born on June 24, 1922, near Hitterdal, MN, to Andrew and Anna Thomasgaard Selseth. He grew up and attended school there. Norman married Marilyn Holte in 1961 and they made their home in Moorhead, where he worked for several area businesses...

Beatrice M. Littlefield

Beatrice M. Littlefield

Sep 4, 2007

Beatrice M. Littlefield, 92, Moorhead, MN, died on Tuesday, September 4, 2007, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Beatrice M. Buhaug was born on February 2, 1915, in Hitterdal, MN, to Jorgen and Julia Moen Buhaug. She grew up and attended school there, graduating from Hitterdal High School in 1933. She attended Interstate Business College in Fargo, ND. Beatrice married Kendall M....

Lyle C. Grinaker

Lyle C. Grinaker

Sep 4, 2007

Lyle C. Grinaker, age 85, of Glyndon, MN, died Tuesday, September 4, 2007, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN.Lyle Clayton Grinaker was born on October 12, 1921 to Henry and Cristine Grinaker. Lyle attended Kindred School and lived there for 17 years. When Lyle was 12 years of age he left his family to work at a meat market to...

Verna E. Eppler

Verna E. Eppler

Aug 31, 2007

Verna E. Just Eppler was born March 22, 1923 in Turtle Lake, ND to Walter and Janet Nordquist Renfrow. She grew up and attended school in the Turtle Lake area. She married Theophil "Ted" Just of Mercer, ND, on February 17, 1940, in Turtle Lake, ND. After living on the home farm south of Mercer for eight years, they moved...

Donald E. Erickson

Donald E. Erickson

Aug 28, 2007

Donny was born September 3, 1937 to Emil and Thora Zachariason Erickson in Eglon Township. He grew up and attended country school in Eglon Township.At the age of 12 he began hauling can milk for area farmers. In 1955 he joined the U.S. Navy, serving as a jet mechanic on the aircraft carrier, Intrepid. He was honorable discharged in 1959....

Bonnie F. Kracke

Bonnie F. Kracke

Aug 27, 2007

Bonnie was born to Phyllis Sayler and William E. Huber on May 9, 1956. After graduating from Wishek High School she was employed at the Wishek Retirement Home where she was endeared by all who came in contact with her. She married Larry Kracke in 1976. In 1999 she moved to Fargo and found employment in the Fargo School system....

Doris E. Anderson

Doris E. Anderson

Aug 26, 2007

Doris was born October 22, 1931, in Dickenson, North Dakota, to Clarence and Dorothy Vasey Rawn. She grew up in Mott, ND, where she graduated from high school. Dorothy married Ralph Anderson on December 16, 1950, at Hawley, MN. Following their marriage they resided in Highland Grove Township. Doris worked for Clay County Housing as a painter until her retirement...

Mabel L. Stromberg

Mabel L. Stromberg

Aug 26, 2007

Mabel L. Stromberg, 83, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, August 26, 2007, in Innovis Health, Fargo, ND.Mabel Louise Stromberg was born on January 2, 1924, near Dilworth, MN, to George and Mary Fleming Ward. She grew up and graduated from high school in Glyndon, MN. Mabel married Clarence Stromberg on December 17, 1944, in Trinity Lutheran Church, in Moorhead, MN....

Patricia M. Odegaard

Patricia M. Odegaard

Aug 26, 2007

Patricia "Pat" M. Odegaard, age 76, of Lake Park, MN, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Patricia M. Bryngelson was born on July 6, 1931 to Clifford and Vera Lemon Bryngelson in Richwood, MN. Pat grew up and attended school in Richwood, MN. On April 29, 1951 she married Charles B. Odegaard at First Lutheran Church in...

Courtney E. Carlson

Courtney E. Carlson

Aug 24, 2007

Courtney was born to Carl and Ellen Swenson Carlson on December 28, 1922, on the family farm in Manitoba Junction, Hawley, Minnesota. He grew up, attended school and graduated from Hawley High School. From a little boy to manhood, he lived and farmed the land which his great-grandfather homesteaded in 1890. For most of his adult life, he slept in...

Florence C. Nellermoe

Florence C. Nellermoe

Aug 23, 2007

Florence Calista Nellermoe, 101, died peacefully at Bethany Homes on Thursday, August 23, 2007. Florence was born July 31, 1906, the thirteenth of fourteen children, in Dwight, ND where she attended school.She attended Moorhead State Teachers College and Mayville State College becoming a teacher and taught for several years in rural Richland County and Northwood, and Christine, ND.She married Arthur...

Harrietta T. Reinke

Harrietta T. Reinke

Aug 21, 2007

Harrietta was born December 18, 1913, in Richland County, North Dakota, to Robert and Mary Hermes Boelke. She attended school, graduating from St. John's Academy in Wahpeton, N.D. Harrietta married Raymond V. Reinke on September 25, 1934 in Hankinson. Throughout their marriage they resided in several cities in the Midwest. They owned and operated a business in Park Rapids for...

Leo M. Witthoeft

Leo M. Witthoeft

Aug 20, 2007

Leo M. Witthoeft, 85, Moorhead, MN, died on Monday, August 20, 2007, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Leo M. Witthoeft was born on October 15, 1921, in Burleene Township, Todd County, MN, to Frank William and Anna Schlie Witthoeft. He grew up and attended school there. He was inducted into the Army on November 15, 1942, and served in the European...

Lina Adelaida Arpero

Lina Adelaida Arpero

Aug 17, 2007

Lina Adelaida Arpero, infant daughter of Juan Arpero and Rosa Garza-Arpero became an angel on August 17, 2007, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Along with her parents, she is survived by four siblings, Maria Soledad, age 9, Rosa Esperanza, age 7, Natania Cresencia, age 4 and Juan de Dios, age 2, all of Moorhead, MN; grandparents, Jose and Maria Garza of...

Edith Miller

Edith Miller

Aug 16, 2007

Edith was born to George W. and Ida Koepp Maron on August 19, 1911, in Englewood, Colorado. After school she moved to Aurora, Illinois. On November 29, 1933, Edith married Carl W. Miller, and following their marriage they lived on a farm near Woodstock, Illinois for three years, then moved to a farm near North Aurora, IL. In 1969, she...

Roland V. Olson

Roland V. Olson

Aug 14, 2007

Roland V. Olson, 89 of Hawley, MN, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007, at Hawley Senior Living, Hawley, MN.Roland Vincent Olson was born on January 9, 1918 to Edwin and Caroline Doran Olson on the family farm in Eglon Township near Hawley, MN. He grew up on the family farm and attended rural school District 15. In January 1940 he married...

Thomas E. Mickelson

Thomas E. Mickelson

Aug 14, 2007

Thomas Everett Mickelson, 85, Hawley, MN, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Thomas Everett Mickelson was born to Henry and Sarah Lund Mickelson on November 24, 1921. He was baptized December 28, 1921 by the Rev. Erling Tungseth, and was confirmed July 11, 1937 by the Rev. Jonas Helland. He was a life long member of Grong...

Lovetta Wilkie Kearney

Lovetta Wilkie Kearney

Aug 14, 2007

Age 60 of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007, in Innovis Health Systems, Fargo, ND. Lovetta was born November 7, 1946 in Belcourt, ND, to David and Florestine Wilkie. She grew up and attended school in Fargo, ND and later started her family there. She loved spending time with her family and friends, she enjoyed the outdoors, and was...

Vivian B. Anderson

Vivian B. Anderson

Aug 13, 2007

Vivian Roen Anderson, 73, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Lake Park, MN, died Monday, August 13, 2007, in Villa Maria Nursing Home, Fargo, ND.Vivian Bernice Drewes was born November 15, 1933, in Frazee, MN, to Albert and Elsie Glander Drewes. She grew up and attended school in Frazee. Vivian married Theron Roen on December 2, 1955, in Sisseton, South Dakota....

Dorothy Hazel Mathre

Dorothy Hazel Mathre

Aug 12, 2007

Dorothy Hazel Mathre, age 92, passed away at the Eventide Nursing Home, Moorhead, MN, on August 12, 2007. She was born May 14, 1915 in Kendall County, Illinois, to the late Hans and Dorothea Matteson. She was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church, rural Morris, IL. She graduated from Bushnell Country School, and from Morris Community High School in...

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