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Lawrence L. Quam

Lawrence L. Quam

Sep 8, 2005

Larry was born August 16, 1924, in rural Glyndon to Andrew and Jennie Louise Larson Quam. He lived in Glyndon and Spring Prairie Township until 1935, and attended rural schools through the 6th grade. In 1935 the family moved to Hawley where his father began a hide, fur and scrap metal business. While attending Hawley High School, he worked with...

Mabel Mikkelson

Mabel Mikkelson

Sep 6, 2005

Mabel Mikkelson was born February 27, 1917 at Hawley Minnesota to John and Minnie Sinkler Luthi. She attended school in Hawley. Mabel was married to Ludvig Mikkelson on October 26, 1938 in Hawley. Mabel and Ludvig farmed with his brother for two years before moving to a farm in Mentor, Minnesota. In 1943, they returned to Hawley and took over...

Donald H. Straight

Donald H. Straight

Sep 5, 2005

Donald H. Straight, 77, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died on Monday, September 5, 2005, in the nursing home.Donald was born on August 13, 1928, in Scambler Township, Ottertail County, MN. He grew up and attended school in Pelican Rapids, MN. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 until 1953, when he attended Molar Barber College in Minneapolis, MN....

Mark Victor Larson

Mark Victor Larson

Sep 4, 2005

Mark Victor Larson was born August 1, 1958 in Detroit Lakes, MN, to Victor and Vera Hanson Larson of Hawley, Minnesota. Mark graduated from Hawley High School in 1977. He worked different jobs in the area until May 1987 when he graduated from Moorhead Technical School in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning. He was presently employed at Marsh Heating and Air...

Margaret Selland

Margaret Selland

Sep 2, 2005

Margaret Selland, 97, Fargo, ND, died on Friday, September 02, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Margaret Opperud was born on July 18, 1908, at Tamarac Lake, in Becker County, MN, to Haldor and Mary Elstad Opperud. She grew up and attended school in Litchville, ND, graduating from Litchville High School. She then attended and graduated from Valley City State Teacher's...

Junior F. Seydel

Junior F. Seydel

Sep 2, 2005

Junior Seydel of Detroit Lakes, MN died September 2, 2005 at Sunnyside Care Center in Lake Park, MN. He was 80.Junior Frederick Seydel was born September 21, 1924 on his parent's farm near the village of Dale in rural Becker Country, MN. He was the forth of twelve children of Frederick and Louise Schneider Seydel.After graduating from rural school District...

Gladys E. Krabbenhoft

Gladys E. Krabbenhoft

Sep 1, 2005

Gladys E. Krabbenhoft, 88, of Fargo, died Thursday, September 1, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo.Gladys E. Krabbenhoft was born on July 15, 1917 to Herbert and Maria Johnk Krabbenhoft in Sabin, MN. She grew up and attended school in Page, ND. The family then moved to Sabin, later she moved to Fargo where she has been ever since. Gladys worked...

Bette J. Eberhardt

Bette J. Eberhardt

Sep 1, 2005

Bette J. Hendrickson was born June 15, 1920 in Fargo, ND to Edwin and Anna Lindquist Hendrickson. She grew up and graduated from high school in Fargo, ND. On June 25, 1940 she married Russell A. Eberhardt in Fargo ND, this is where they also made their home. Her husband, Russell preceded her in death on March 2, 1991. Bette...

Archie Maier

Archie Maier

Aug 30, 2005

Archie was born on December 9, 1915 in Moorhead to Fred and Rose Maier. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead.He married to Daisy Beth Moore and she passed away in 1937.In November of 1938, he married Dorothy Milner in Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead, MN, and they made their home in Moorhead. They moved to California in 1940,...

Thomas A. Mikkelsen

Thomas A. Mikkelsen

Aug 25, 2005

Thomas A. Mikkelsen, 58, Fargo, ND, died on Thursday, August 25, 2005, in his home in Fargo.Tom was born on May 30, 1947, in Fargo, ND, to Clarence and Irene Safgren Mikkelsen. He grew up and attended school in Glyndon, MN, and graduated from the Wahpeton State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND. He spent most of his life in...

Cynthia E. Anderson

Cynthia E. Anderson

Aug 23, 2005

Cynthia E. Anderson, 88, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at the Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, Minnesota. Cynthia Eleanor Blakeway was born December 26, 1916 at her parent's home in Clay County, Minnesota to Joseph and Eleanor Perkins Blakeway. She married Ingvald H. Anderson on November 11, 1939 at Moorhead, Minnesota. Following their marriage they farmed...

Orlow P. Nokken

Orlow P. Nokken

Aug 21, 2005

Orlow P. Nokken, 74, of Moorhead, died Sunday, August 21, 2005, in ManorCare Health Systems, Fargo, ND.Orlow Peter Nokken was born on March 7, 1931, to O.G. "Gilly" and Agnes Wangsness Nokken in Fargo, ND. Orlow attended school at the Moorhead State College Campus School. He graduated from Moorhead State College. During college, Orlow's Army National Guard Unit was activated...

Lawrence J. Knauf

Lawrence J. Knauf

Aug 19, 2005

Lawrence John Knauf, 66, of Perham, MN died on August 19, 2005 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fargo, ND.Lawrence was born on October 26, 1938 in Duluth, MN to Mathias and Grace Knauf. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead, MN. After graduating from Moorhead High School, Larry spent three years in the US Navy as a hospital...

Lyle I. Strand

Lyle I. Strand

Aug 16, 2005

Lyle Ingmar Strand was born on Friday, October 12, 1934 at his parents' home in Richland County, rural Abercrombie, North Dakota. His parents were Ingmar and Ruth Gunness Strand. He was the youngest of six children. His two sisters were Rachel, who married Glenn Fixen and Naomi, who married Arley Lyseng. His brothers were Percy Judy, Donald Betty Lou and...

Edna W. Torkelson

Edna W. Torkelson

Aug 15, 2005

Edna W. Torkelson, 86, of Fargo, died Monday, August 15, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo.Edna was born on September 24, 1918. Albert and Agnes Richardson Torkelson adopted her at the age of four in Vancouver, British Columbia. She grew up and attended school in Huron, SD. After graduating from Huron High School she attended Business School in Huron. Edna worked...

Eileen J. Grund

Eileen J. Grund

Aug 14, 2005

Eileen June Grund, 76, of Fargo, died Sunday, August 14, 2005, in her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, surrounded by her loving family.Eileen June Grund was born in Casselton, ND, on June 22, 1929 to Max and Louise Franke. They moved to Fargo in 1935. She graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1947....

Ronald Mandsager

Ronald Mandsager

Aug 10, 2005

Ronald Mandsager, 75, of Felton, MN, died at Manor Care Health Systems, Fargo, ND, on Wednesday, August 10, 2005.Ronald was born in Fargo on February 18, 1930, to Eli and Elsie Mandsager. Ronald graduated from Moorhead High School in 1948 and attended Moorhead State University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956 and returned to Felton to...

Marcelle G. Anderson

Marcelle G. Anderson

Aug 6, 2005

Marcelle G. Anderson, 85, of Moorhead, died Saturday, August 6, 2005, in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, surrounded by her loving family.Marcelle Genevieve Haarsager was born on October 31, 1919 in rural Litchville, ND, to Alfred A. and Emma M. Haarsager Haarsager. She grew up and attended country school in rural Litchville. On March 29, 1947 she married Bernard Anderson in...

Lois G. Mallick

Lois G. Mallick

Aug 6, 2005

Lois Mallick died August 6, 2005 in Moorhead after a courageous battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Ray and Charles Cunningham and sister Eunice Moore.Lois Cunningham Mallick was born on March 25, 1930 in Brocket, ND to Guy and Letha Flynn Cunningham. She attended the Neubre Township school and graduated from Brocket High School...

Freda “Ann” Hungate

Freda “Ann” Hungate

Aug 6, 2005

Freda "Ann" Hungate, 92, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, August 06, 2005, in Moorhead Health Care Center under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Ann was born January 2, 1913 in Emerson, Manitoba, Canada, to William and Karolina Drewitz Langnaese. She grew up and attended school in Emerson. On October 5, 1938 Ann married Charles Hungate in Cavalier,...

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