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William “Bill” Johnson
Mar 30, 2005
William Bill Johnson, 67 years old, Moorhead, MN, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit. Bill was born March 9, 1938 in Ironwood, MI to Hjalmer and Ethel Johnson. He moved to Moorhead in 1971 to work with his brother, Bud, at Palace Clothiers. Bill married Charlene Enrico on February 15, 1958 in Ironwood, MI.Bill is...
Bernard B. Kragnes
Mar 29, 2005
Bernard Burton Kragnes, 83, of rural Glyndon, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Bernard was born on January 23, 1922 to Bernhard and Bertha Espeland Kragnes in rural Kragnes, MN. He grew up and attended country schools in the Kragnes area. He graduated from Crookston Ag School in 1940 where he also played football. He served in...
Ila L. Reierson
Mar 28, 2005
Ila L. Reierson, 88, of Moorhead, died Monday, March 22, 2005, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Ila Lokken Reierson was born July 27, 1916, to Iver and Verna Lokken at Newfolden, MN. Her father died when she was four years old and her brother Lynn, was two years old. They spent the next few years with relatives while their...
Ludwig A. Radeck
Mar 26, 2005
Ludwig Radeck, 89, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Saturday, March 26, 2005, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota.Ludwig Adolph Radeck was born June 12, 1915, north of Hawley, Minnesota, to Charles and Mary Dersien Radeck. He grew up and attended school in Hawley. Ludwig was married to Agnes Larson June 14, 1941 at Hawley, Minnesota. They resided in Hawley from 1941...
Aurlette M. Maattala
Mar 25, 2005
Aurlette Maattala's appointed date to be with the Lord came on March 25, 2005. She passed away at her home in Moorhead, MN. Aurlette was born to Melvin and Clara Axness of Pelican Rapids, MN. She completed high school at Pelican High School. Aurlette pursued becoming a nurse and graduated from St. Luke's School of Nursing in Fargo, ND. After...
Claude F. Christianson
Mar 22, 2005
Claude Francis Christianson, a magnificent husband, wonderful father, and great friend to many, journeyed to his new life, on March 22, 2005, at the age of 81.Claude was born to Emil and Mayme Masse Christianson, on November 12, 1923, in Britton, South Dakota. He attended schools in the area, graduating from high school in 1941, at Cogswell, North Dakota, where...
Joann Heimsness
Mar 21, 2005
Joann Heimsness, 57, died March 21st, 2005 after a long battle with diabetes. Joann was born in Austin, MN on October 15, 1947 to Frances and Doris Larsen Herzog. She attended Queen of Angels School and graduated from Pacelli High School in 1965. She attended Mankato State University, graduating with Biology and teaching degrees. In 1970, she married Jon Heimsness...
Ilah L. Wibe
Mar 21, 2005
Ilah Wibe of Moorhead, MN passed away at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit, in Fargo, after a short battle with cancer on March 21, 2005.Ilah Lucille Wibe was born to Anton and Nora Anderson Wibe on July 2, 1926 in the Rollag area. She was baptized at Rollag Lutheran Church and confirmed in 1941 at Highland Grove Church. She attended country...
Raymond V. Krabbenhoft
Mar 21, 2005
Raymond was born on July 15, 1924 in Sabin, MN to Carl and Esther Johnson Krabbenhoft. He grew up and attended local schools. Following high school, in 1945, he entered in to the army. In the army he was a technician on the world's largest radar station in the South Pacific. Following his discharge from the army in 1946, he...
Gordon F. Johnson
Mar 16, 2005
Gordon F. Johnson, age 94, died quietly, in his chair, with his daughter present, on March 16, 2005 at Pioneer Care Center in Erskine, MN. Gordon was born on January 6, 1911 to Fred and Margaret Johnson in Bertha, MN. He grew up in the rural Felton-Averill area. During the depression years he worked in the CC camp in Northern...
Vivian L. Wiegert
Mar 14, 2005
Vivian Wiegert , 90, of Lake Park, Minnesota, died Monday, March 14, 2005, at Sunnyside Care Center in Lake Park.Vivian Hill was born August 31, 1914 to Alfred and Helma Hill at the family farm in Alvarado, Minnesota. She was the youngest of six children. Vivian married Harold Wiegert on February 24, 1940. They spent the first five years of...
Ronald J. Tangen
Mar 14, 2005
Ronald Joseph Tangen, 43, of Fargo, died Monday, March 14, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Ron was born on May 5, 1961 to Oberlin and Florence Roche-Tangen Bauer in Fargo, ND. He grew up and attended school in Georgetown and Moorhead, MN. Ron was married to Mary Schiele in 1985; together they had two children, Joey and Matthew. Ron was...
Bernice A. Binford
Mar 13, 2005
Bernice A. Binford, age 79, died peacefully in her sleep at home on March 13, 2005.Bernice was born on March 21, 1925 to Bernard and Ragna Larson Gunderson. She grew up in the rural Kragnes and Georgetown area. She graduated from Moorhead High School in 1943. Bernice went on to graduate from Moorhead State Teacher's College where she met Howard...
Donald E. Ellefson
Mar 12, 2005
Donald Eugene Ellefson was born on April 2, 1923, in Fargo, ND, to O.E. and Adeline Engelhorn Ellefson. He grew up and attended school in Minnewauken, ND, graduating from high school there in 1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in England, Germany and France. He was discharged in 1946 and returned to Minnewauken and then attended the...
Carla M. Hanesalo
Mar 10, 2005
Carla May Hanesalo, 97, of Moorhead, died Wednesday, March 9, 2005, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead.Carla was born on May 15, 1907 to John and Hannah Melbye Oss in Hitterdal. She grew up and attended school in Hitterdal. She married Elmer Hanesalo in Moorhead. The majority of her working years were spent as a linotype operator for many print shops...
Dr. Gerhard H.R. Reisig
Mar 9, 2005
Dr. Gerhard H. R. Reisig passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at the home of his daughter, in Moorhead, MN.Born in Leipzig, Germany, in 1910, Dr. Reisig attended the Nikolaischule there through high school. He received his engineering degree from the Technical University in Dresden, Germany, and later earned his doctorate in engineering from the University of Braunschweig, Germany.After working...
Fred O. Stoltz
Mar 9, 2005
Fred Oliver Stoltz, 65, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo.Fred was born on June 14, 1939 to George and Nola Cross Stoltz in Austin, KY. His mother passed away when Fred was three years of age. Fred was placed in the care of his maternal aunt and uncle Martha and Theodore Janke who legally adopted Fred...
Irene M. Anderson
Mar 7, 2005
Irene M. Anderson, 77, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Monday, March 7, 2005, at Innovis Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Irene Ramstad was born February 2, 1928 at Moorhead, Minnesota to Hellick and Anna Akesson Ramstad. She grew up and attended school in Hawley. Irene married H. Clifford Anderson on December 1, 1945. Following their marriage they resided on area farms...
Clarence J. Davis
Feb 28, 2005
Clarence J. Davis, born to Ole William and Jorgina Davis in rural Lake Park, MN, November 8, 1906, died on February 28, 2005 at Johnson Eldercare, Fargo, ND, at the age of 98. While at home, Clarence helped his parents on their family farm, north of Lake Park, milking cows, caring for animals, and helping with field work. He attended...
Helen I. Bjornson
Feb 26, 2005
Helen I. Bjornson, 65, of Hawley, Minnesota, died under Hospice Care, Saturday, February 26, 2005, in Barnesville, Minnesota.Helen Irene Krebs was born December 11, 1939, in Barnesville, Minnesota, to Anton and Elisabeth Stock Krebs. She attended school at District #46, and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1957.On September 14, 1957, she was united in marriage to Kermit Bjornson at...
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