Obituaries

Apr 2, 2007

Esther A. Fatland, 93, of 3111 N. Broadway, Fargo, ND, died Monday, April 2, 2007 at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Esther A. Jensen was born November 21, 1913 in Kindred, ND the daughter of Edward and Marie Engh Jensen. She grew up and attended school in Kindred, ND graduating from Kindred High School. She attended Mayville State Teachers College and...

Mar 29, 2007

Alice E. Anderson, age 95, of Ulen, MN, died Saturday, July 4, 2009, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Alice E. Anderson was born on January 24, 1914 to Charles and Johanna Cederberg in Highland Grove Township. She was baptized at Highland Grove Lutheran Church and confirmed at Hawley Lutheran Church. Alice went to country school in Winnipeg Junction which required her...

Mar 28, 2007

Charles was born June 10, 1937 to Raymond and Rose Davenport Crowe in Pickerville, ND. He grew up and attended school in Valley City, ND before enlisting in the Army. Charles dedicated 20 years of his life to the military before retiring. Charles is survived by his wife, Mary; children, Charles Deborah of Fargo, ND, Daniel Cori of Sydney, MT,...

Mar 25, 2007

Inez L. OrtnerInez L. Ortner, 87, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, March 25, 2007, in her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Inez Leona Raff was born on July 20, 1919 to Leslie and Clara Moland Raff near Fertile, MN. She grew up and attended school in Fertile, graduating from Fertile High School in 1936. She...

Mar 23, 2007

Clarence F. Clary, 84, Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND, died Friday, March 23, 2007, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Clarence F. Clary was born on August 29, 1922, in Moorhead, MN, to Mary Lorentz. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead. He served in the U.S. Army from July of 1943 until December 1945, serving in the Pacific theatre of WWII....

Mar 20, 2007

Gertrude C. Highness, 93, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died there on Tuesday, March 20, 2007.Gertrude Caroline Johnson was born on July 24, 1913, to Herman and Rodi Weum Johnson, in Flom, MN, where she grew up and attended school. She married Selmer B. Highness on January 13, 1935, in Flom. They lived in Montana for a short time where...

Mar 16, 2007

Mar 14, 2007

Chris was born July 30, 1962 in Moorhead, MN. He attended school in Moorhead and graduated from Ada High School in 1980. After serving in the US Army, Chris completed Auto Body schooling at Detroit Lakes Technical College. Following graduation Chris worked as a body repair man in ND and SD before a 13 plus year career with Fargo Freightliner....

Mar 12, 2007

Myrtle Doran, 89, Hawley, died Monday March 12, 2007 in Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen, Minnesota.Myrtle Evelyn Jacobson was born February 21, 1918 at the family farm in Ulen, Minnesota. She was the 9th child of Soren and Anna Larson Jacobson. Myrtle had 12 brothers and sisters and attended school in Ulen, Minnesota. She married Earl Doran on November 1,...

Mar 12, 2007

Grace Olsgaard Onan was, at her core, a teacher. She taught her first class in 1941 and her last in 2006. She taught formally in high school and informally in everything she did whether as a volunteer at Church or in civic organizations.Grace was raised in Rustad and was a member of Hoff Lutheran Church. In 1947 she married Cedric...

Mar 11, 2007

Darrel D. Peterson, 48, of Lake Park, MN, died Sunday, March 11, 2007 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Darrel Peterson was born to Ernest and Mamie Grefsrud Peterson on April 5, 1958 in Moorhead, MN. He grew up and graduated from Ulen/Hitterdal High School in 1976. He lived and worked on the family farm until 1968 when they moved into Hitterdal....

Mar 11, 2007

Mable was born April 17, 1915, to Samuel and Josephine Leverson on the family farm north of Hawley. She was raised on the farm, attending Wide Awake Country School for her first 8 years and then attending Hawley High School for her last four years, graduating in 1933. Following graduation, she continued schooling, attending post graduate school in Hawley. After...

Mar 10, 2007

David was born in Lake Park on December 17, 1926 to Herman and Mattie Christiansen Odegaard. He grew up and attended school, graduating from Lake Park High School. After high school he continued to farm with his family. On November 18, 1951 he married Sarah Barry in Detroit Lakes, MN. They settled in Lake Park together and started a family....

Mar 7, 2007

Philip Matthews, 81, was born Philip Matthew Penas on November 2, 1925, on the Willow Grove Farm south and east of Pisek, in Rushford Township of Walsh County in North Dakota. His parents were Jay Thomas Penas and Mary Alice Schufletowski Penas.The family had farmed near Pisek and then farmed later near Park River, North Dakota. In the fall of...

Mar 7, 2007

Duane was born in Detroit Lakes, MN, June 23, 1945, to Stanton and Doris Sanstad Fjeld. He graduated from Lake Park High School in 1963. After attending North Dakota State University for two years, he returned to Lake Park to farm with his father and brother on the family farm. On September 3, 1977, he married Sandra Gienger in Gackle,...

Mar 5, 2007

Everett W. Harr, 77, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, February 5, 2007, in Eventide Fairmont Assisted Living Center, Moorhead, MN.Everett William Harr was born on January 10, 1930 in North Dakota, to John and Brite Obenchain Harr. He grew up and attended school in Stutsman County, ND. Everett worked for the railroad for a few years. After working for the...

Mar 4, 2007

Cliff M. Quam, 63, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, March 4, 2007, with his family by his side and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley in Innovis Health Systems, Fargo, ND.Clifford M. Quam was born on October 26, 1943 to Edgar and Shirley Kluge Quam in Hankinson, ND. He grew up and attended school in Lidgerwood,...

Mar 3, 2007

Bonnie Ellefson was born in Duluth, MN on March 19, 1927 and attended school in Proctor, MN. Following graduation she worked in the Medical Arts Building until her marriage to Howard C. Ramstad who was a pilot in the Air National Guard. Following his tour in Korea, they lived in a number of Air Force installations including Denver, CO and...

Mar 2, 2007

Janice H. Myhre, 63, of Lake Park, MN, died Saturday, March 2, 2007, in St. Mary's Regional Health Center, Detroit Lakes, MN.Janice Myhra was born on October 20, 1943 to Eddie and Hazel Hovelson Myhra in Hawley, MN. She grew up and attended rural elementary school southwest of Lake Park, MN. She graduated from Hawley High School. On August 24,...

Mar 1, 2007

Reuben B. Richter, 79, of Moorhead, MN, and recently of Fargo, ND, passed away at his home on March 1, 2007. Reuben Richter was born on March 25, 1927 to Emma Schimke and Benjamin Richter in Hazen, ND. He was raised in Hazen, and married Norma Miller on January 21, 1946. Reuben and Norma spent the early years of their...