Obituaries

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...

Feb 28, 2007

Sharon was born March 15, 1938 to Ferdinand and Lela Tabatt Kuehl in Sabin, MN. She grew up in rural Glyndon, attended school in Glyndon and graduated in 1956. On March 15, 1959 she married Jack Stubstad and together they settled in Sabin. Sharon worked for the Moorhead Public School system from 1969-1972 and then owned and operated the Independent...

Feb 25, 2007

Vernon J.A. Peterson, 87, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, February 25, 2007, in the Palliative Care Unit at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Vernon was born on April 11, 1919, in Moorhead, MN, to Louis and August Langner Peterson. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1937. He graduated from North Dakota State University in...

Feb 23, 2007

James was born February 17, 1955 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to John and Leona Seydel Koenig. He grew up and attended school in Audubon, Minnesota, graduating from Audubon High School in 1973. He enlisted in the Armed Forces and was stationed for two years at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Following his military discharge he farmed near Audubon, Minnesota. In 1981,...

Feb 23, 2007

Rudolph Elsmer Olson "Rudy"Rudolph Olson, 91, Moorhead, MN, died on February 23, 2007, in the Golden Living Center on Ottertail Lake, MN.Rudy was born on December 1st 1915, to Swan and Gerda Sundquist Olson at Strandquist, MN, where he grew up and attended school. When he was 18 years old he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, and was stationed at...

Feb 22, 2007

Carla Rae Solarski, 47, passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2007, in her home in Moorhead, MN.Carla was born on February 23, 1959, in Miles City, MT. The daughter of Pat and Leona Serquina, Carla grew up in Miles City and in Moorhead, where she graduated from Moorhead High School. Carla was united in marriage to Richard Solarski, on July...