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Daniel P. Michelsen

Daniel P. Michelsen

Apr 19, 2005

Daniel P. Michelsen, 45, Torrence, CA, died Tuesday, April 19, 2005 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in California. Daniel Michelsen was born January 3, 1960 in Bismarck, ND to Ernest and Maretta Michelsen. The family moved to Wahpeton in 1969 where Daniel graduated from high school in 1978. He worked in the family Cable TV business while attending...

Bernel O. Nelson

Bernel O. Nelson

Apr 19, 2005

Bernel Ole Nelson passed away suddenly on April 19th, 2005 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND.Bernel was born on January 29th, 1930 to Wilhelm and Bergliot Nelson at home in Kindred, ND. He graduated from high school then entered the Air Force where he served for 4 years. He learned his trade while in the Air Force working as a...

Anna Florence Stenerson

Anna Florence Stenerson

Apr 16, 2005

Anna Florence Stenerson was born to Nels and Anna Tall on March 24, 1916, in Hawley, MN. In 1926, they moved to Moorhead, and Florence graduated from Moorhead High School in 1934. She attended American School of Banking, and for 17 years, she worked at 1st National Bank in Moorhead. Florence married Leland Stenerson on May 31, 1953, at Bethesda...

Kris P. Pietrzak

Kris P. Pietrzak

Apr 15, 2005

Kris Pietrzak was born on December 11, 1969, in Hillsboro, ND, to Henry and Kathryn Mozinski Pietrzak. The family moved to Moorhead in 1974 where he grew up, attending Lincoln Elementary and St. Joseph's Catholic School, in Moorhead, Shanley High School in Fargo, and graduating from Moorhead High School in 1988. He attended MSUM. Kris worked in construction, trenching, plumbing...

Helen M. Holtan

Helen M. Holtan

Apr 15, 2005

Helen M. Holtan, 91, of Moorhead, died Friday, April 15, 2005 in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead.Helen Muriel Maanum was born February 2, 1914 near Benson, MN where she grew up and graduated from Benson High School. On August 2, 1940 she married Milton S. Holtan in Milbank, SD. They lived in Jamestown, ND where they raised their 4 children until...

Beverly J. Paulson

Beverly J. Paulson

Apr 13, 2005

Beverly J. Paulson, 68, Fargo, ND, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2005, in Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND.Beverly J. Solien was born on June 21, 1936, in Moorhead, MN, where she grew up and attended school, graduating from Moorhead High School. Beverly married Charles A. Paulson on August 4, 1953, and they made their home in Moorhead. She worked for Fargo's...

William L. Markey Sr.

William L. Markey Sr.

Apr 13, 2005

Bill was born on November 6, 1930 in Moorhead, MN to Wilfred and Bertha Markey. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead. He was married February 24, 1951 in Comstock, MN to Donna Jean Lorentz. Bill worked several jobs as a mechanic and in construction. They made their home in numerous Minnesota cities but lived in Moorhead for the...

August L. Nelson Jr.

August L. Nelson Jr.

Apr 13, 2005

August L. Nelson, age 83, of Lake Park, Minnesota, passed away on April 13, 2005, at his home on Cormorant Lake with his family surrounding him with song and prayer. August was born October 29, 1921, on the Nelson family farm in rural Lake Park, to August and Mabel H. Klenck Nelson. He grew up there and graduated from Lake...

Lydia M. Swanson

Lydia M. Swanson

Apr 13, 2005

Lydia M. Swanson, 95, of Moorhead, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at Moorhead Healthcare Center, Moorhead, MN.Lydia was born on December 29, 1909 in Baudette, MN to Henrik and Emma Nelson. She grew up and attended school in Alvarado, MN.Lydia managed the Rex Hotel for 14 years until her retirement in 1961.Lydia married Ben Swanson on November 1, 1961...

Luis M. Valadez

Luis M. Valadez

Apr 8, 2005

Luis M. Valadez, 49, of Moorhead, died Friday, April 8, 2005 in his home.Luis was born on January 24, 1956 in Eagle Pass, TX to Luis and Petra Valadez. He grew up and attended school in Eagle Pass. Luis was a police officer in Texas.Luis is survived by his wife Maria Valadez, Moorhead, MN; one step son, Juan Antonio Lopez,...

Viola J. Barrett

Viola J. Barrett

Apr 8, 2005

Viola Barrett, 78, Fargo, ND, died on Friday, April 8, 2005, in Elim Nursing Home, Fargo, ND.Viola Jeanette Barrett was born in rural Rutland, ND, on October 15, 1926, to Henning and Agnes Wold Hawkinson. She attended rural grade school, three years of high school at Rutland, ND, and one year of high school at Havana, ND. Vi married John...

Harry G. Olson

Harry G. Olson

Apr 7, 2005

Harry Gerhard Olson, 89, of Lake Park, Minnesota, formerly of Hawley, Minnesota, died Thursday, April 7, 2005, at Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, Minnesota. Harry G. Olson was born October 23, 1915 to Henry T. and Gurine Jetvig Olson at Hawley where he grew up and attended school. He was baptized and confirmed at Hegland Lutheran Church. Harry married Vivian...

Charles “Chuck” Petermann

Charles “Chuck” Petermann

Apr 7, 2005

Charles Chuck Petermann died peacefully at home on Thursday, April 7th, under the care of Hospice, and surrounded by family. He is missed. Chuck was second to the youngest of 11 children born to Helen Riedberger and Emil Petermann, on the 5th of June, 1926. Chuck lived north of Hawley all of his life. He attended Hawley District 104 school,...

Curtis O. Larson

Curtis O. Larson

Apr 5, 2005

Curtis O. Larson, 86, Moorhead, MN, died on April 5, 2005, under hospice care surrounded by family and special friends, in Moorhead Health Care Center.Curtis was born on April 24, 1918, in Benson, MN, where he grew up and attended school, graduating from high school there. He married Amber Hilleren in 1939 in Benson, MN. He served in the U.S....

Nancy Johnson

Nancy Johnson

Apr 4, 2005

Nancy Johnson, 60, of Lake Park, Minnesota, died Monday, April 4, 2005, at Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, Minnesota.Nancy was born February 19, 1945 at Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to Leonard and Ruth Ellickson Johnson. She grew up and attended country school, then graduated from Lake Park High School. She then attended and graduated from Interstate Business College in Fargo, North...

Mary E. Keller

Mary E. Keller

Apr 3, 2005

Mary Ellen Keller, 85, of Hawley, Minnesota, died April 3, 2005, at the Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen, Minnesota.Mary Ellen was born October 16, 1919 at Waynesville, Ohio to Charles and Edith Marie Sherwood Edwards. She moved to Dayton, Ohio with her family when she was in the second grade. She graduated from Dayton, Ohio and then attended Miami-Jacobs Business...

Lucye Nell Buchanan

Lucye Nell Buchanan

Apr 2, 2005

Lucye Nell Buchanan, 90, Glyndon, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, in Manor Care Health Systems, Fargo.Lucye Nell Buchanan was born October 2, 1914, in Forney, TX to Arthur and Nell Drake Yates where she grew up and attended school. She attended John Tarleton JR. College and later graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Speech and Drama in...

William “Sonny” Dauner

William “Sonny” Dauner

Apr 2, 2005

Sonny was born on February 1, 1923 in Keene Township to William and Lucy Luthi Dauner. He grew up and attended school in Cromwell Township. Sonny farmed with his father for a brief time before entering the Army in 1945. He served during WWII in the Philippines before being honorably discharged in 1946. He continued to farm and work as...

Leila H. Baumann

Leila H. Baumann

Mar 31, 2005

Leila was born on July 11, 1929 to John and Adolfina Kitzman in Elgin, IL. She grew up and attended school in the Fessenden, ND area, where her parents farmed. As a young girl, Leila and her sister "Kitty" often sang together, including a live performance on WLS radio in Chicago in 1942.Leila was married to Harold Baumann on December...

Albert E. Eidem

Albert E. Eidem

Mar 31, 2005

Albert E. Eidem, 96, Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, March 31, 2005 at Innovis Hospital, Fargo, ND. Albert Eidem was born February 14, 1909 to Casper and Annette Wang Eidem in Twin Valley, MN. He grew up and attended school in Twin Valley, MN. In 1945 he married Frances Jacobson. Albert worked as a mechanic in the Fargo Moorhead area. He...

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