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Mary Erickson
Mar 11, 2006
Mary was born January 1, 1917 at her home farm south of Lake Park, to Carl and Selma Bengtson Bjerke. She attended rural school near Lake Park. She married Melvin Erickson November 12, 1938 at Lake Park. Following their marriage they farmed until the early 1950's when they moved to Lake Park. Mary was employed at the lefse factory and...
Doris Gold
Mar 10, 2006
Doris Gold Nee Weisenbach passed away on March 10, 2006, at Elim Nursing Home following a brief illness. She was born in Cleveland, OH on December 9, 1922, to Paul and Suzanna Weisenbach. Her mother introduced her to the piano at an early age, igniting a life-long passion for music. Doris earned a Bachelor's degree in music from the Cleveland...
Lloyd E. Lidbeck
Mar 8, 2006
Lloyd Lidbeck of Moorhead, MN died March 8, 2006 while surrounded by family. He fought a courageous battle with lung cancer. Lloyd was born in Bird Island, MN, May 11, 1926 to Hugo and Mary Johnson Lidbeck. Lloyd married Dorothy Forsyth in 1945. Lloyd served in the Army in 1946 and went to Korea. He was honorably discharged in 1947....
Lawrence A. ’Larry’ Schneekloth
Mar 8, 2006
Lawrence "Larry" A. Schneekloth, 53, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006 in his home.Larry Schneekloth was born on February 12, 1953 to Arthur and Marie Yanish Schneekloth in Fargo, ND. He grew up and attended school in Buffalo, graduating from Buffalo High School in 1971 Buffalo, ND.He is survived by one son, Cory Schneekloth; one daughter, Jessica Schneekloth;...
Alice L. Nelson
Mar 4, 2006
Alice L. Nelson, age 87, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2006 in Merit Care Hospital, Fargo, ND. She was born December 2, 1918 to parents Michael and Oleah Jorgenson in Wolverton, MN. She was raised and graduated from Wolverton High School in 1936. After high school she worked at the café in Wolverton where she met her husband, Hugh, who...
Verna A. Westberg
Mar 3, 2006
Verna Westberg, 87, of Hawley, MN, died Friday, March 3, 2006, at the Hawley Senior Living, Hawley, MN.Verna Westberg was born on January 1, 1919 to Adolph and Anna Carlson Westberg on the family farm in rural Hawley, MN. She grew up and attended school in Hawley, graduating from Hawley High School. Verna was confirmed at the Hawley Lutheran Church...
Mabel C. Johnson
Mar 2, 2006
Mabel was born to Carl J. and Mary Peterson Anderson on February 19, 1913 in Highland Grove Township, rural Hawley, MN, where she grew up and attended school. She was married to Richard Johnson on June 17, 1938 at Lake Park, Minnesota. They farmed near Dale until his death in 1960, she then sold her farm and made her home...
Margaret E. ’Peg’ Hall
Mar 1, 2006
Margaret E. Hall, 95, Oxbow, ND, died on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Mrgaret Elizabeth Sherby was born on July 15, 1910, in Ganonoque, Leeds, Ontario, Canada, to Alfred and Mary Ann Muchmore Sherby. She grew up and attended St. Frederick's school in Pontiac, MI. After completing the ninth grade, it was necessary for her to...
Eleanor L. Clifton
Mar 1, 2006
Eleanor Clifton, 90, of Moorhead, died Wednesday, March 1, 2006, in Moorhead Health Care Center, Moorhead, MN.Eleanor Lucille Sanders was born on December 14, 1915 to Floyd and Edna Morris Sanders in Rocky Ford, CO. She grew up and attended school in Rocky Ford, CO, graduating high school in 1934. In March 1938 she married Orrin Clifton in Castle Rock,...
Garner M. Pederson
Mar 1, 2006
Garner M. Pederson, 85, died on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at his home in Springbrook Township, Kittson County, Minnesota, near Karlstad.
Garner Milford Pederson was born on September 13, 1920, the son of Christian A. and Esther Stahlberg Pederson in Springbrook Township. He attended school at LaFayette No. 27 in Springbrook Township through the eighth grade, then went to work...
Greg E. Eckman
Feb 28, 2006
Gregory E. Eckman, 52 of Moorhead, died Tuesday, February 28, 2006, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Greg was born on June 18, 1953 to Leon and Verna Eckman in Moorhead, MN. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead, MN, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1971. Shortly after graduation, Greg began working for American Crystal Sugar, he has worked there...
Harry Littlefield Jr.
Feb 26, 2006
Harry Littlefield, Jr., loving family man and respected former President and General Manager of Branick Manufacturing Company in Fargo, ND, died on Sunday, February 26, 2006. He was 84. Harry died a few days after being admitted to Merit Care Hospital in Fargo, from the effects of congestive heart failure and complications from dementia. He and his wife of 60...
Gladys S. Ray
Feb 24, 2006
Gladys S. RayBiidwewidamookweHear the Thunder Coming WomanGladys S. Ray, 73, Fargo, ND, died on Friday, February 24, 2006, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Gladys Shingobe was born on January 3, 1933, near Mahnomen, MN, to Thomas and Mary Hutchinson Shingobe. She was a member of the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe Nation in Minnesota. She grew up near Mahnomen and...
Ronald M. ’Ron’ Anderson
Feb 23, 2006
Ron Anderson, 70, of West Fargo, formally, Moorhead, died Thursday, February 23, 2006, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Ronald Martin Anderson was born on July 2, 1935 to Martin and Frances Zekus Anderson in Cleveland, OH. He grew up and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from high school in 1953. After graduating high school, Ron joined the United States Marines....
Gudrun D. Knutson
Feb 21, 2006
Gudrun D. Knutson, 90, of Hawley, MN, died Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Gudrun was born September 10, 1915, in Cromwell Township, near Hawley, Minnesota to Albert and Tillie Hillestad Johnson. She grew up and attended rural school in Cromwell Township, then graduated from Hawley High School. She worked at the Hawley Bakery and the...
Florence G. Alm
Feb 18, 2006
Florence was born November 3, 1911 in Scribner, Nebraska. She lived there until she was about the age of 6. The family then moved to Minnesota. They first moved to the Ulen area and then to Lake Park where they lived for some time before moving to Hawley. She met her husband Albert there and they married January 23th of...
Cornelius M. ’Connie’ Driscoll
Feb 15, 2006
Cornelius M. "Connie" Driscoll, 82, of Moorhead, died Wednesday, February 15, 2006, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Connie was born on July 16, 1923 to Charley and Barbara Malone Driscoll in Glyndon, MN. He grew up and attended school in Glyndon. He served in WWII and earned two Purple Hearts and two Bronze...
Elizabeth E. Okerlund
Feb 15, 2006
Elizabeth E. Okerlund, 86, died Wednesday, February 15, 2006, at Meritcare, Fargo, ND. She was born November 4, 1919 in Banks, ND, daughter of Jerry and Mary Jarbo. She was raised on a farm outside Oslo, ND and was the youngest of their 4 daughters. Elizabeth moved to Grand Forks, ND in the late 30's. She met her husband Tony...
Harvey Edwin Moothart
Feb 12, 2006
Eddie was born September 7, 1917, in Opheim, Montana, son of Harvey and Harvene Cookson Moothart who homesteaded in Eastern Montana in the early 1900's. Eddie was the youngest of their 4 children. His father, Harvey, died in the flu epidemic of 1918. Eddie also had a younger half-brother and half-sister. In 1935, he was in the first class graduating...
Ada Fick
Feb 12, 2006
Ada Fick, 90, Moorhead, died Sunday, February 12, 2006, in Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead.Ada Irene Sylvia Nelson was born January 11, 1916, near Pelican Rapids, MN, to Carl John and Elvira Nelson. She attended schools in Maplewood Township and graduated from high school in Pelican Rapids in 1933. She obtained a teacher's certificate from Moorhead Teachers College in 1934,...
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