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Rodney Ellis Tibbetts
Jun 23, 2021
Rod Tibbetts, 75, Hawley, MN, passed away on June 23, 2021, surrounded by loving family.
Rod was born August 8, 1945 in Bagley, MN to Alvah and Evelyn (Sauer) Tibbetts. He was raised on a farm near Bagley and graduated from Bagley High in 1964. Upon graduation he left for Great Falls, MT. He enlisted in the Navy in...
Kent Edward Nord
Jun 23, 2021
Kent Edward Nord, age 90, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo.
Kent was born March 1, 1931, to Alfred and Isabel (Walsh) Nord. He grew up on a farm near Enderlin, ND, and started out with jobs delivering oil and working for the railroad, before going on to earn degrees...
Michael Griffin
Jun 19, 2021
Michael “Mike” “Griff” J. Griffin, age 81, of Hawley, MN passed away on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.
Michael James Griffin was born on March 6, 1940 in La Crosse, WI to Lloyd and Gladys (Nohelty) Griffin. Mike grew up in the greater Chicago area...
Cynthia L. Schwindt
Jun 19, 2021
Cynthia L. Schwindt, age 62, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Saturday, June 19, 2021 at Pelican Valley Health Center, Pelican Rapids, MN.
No services will be held at this time.
Duane R. Gravalin
Jun 16, 2021
Duane R. Gravalin, 82, formerly of Dilworth, MN, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at Bethany on University, Fargo, ND.
Duane Roger Gravalin was born on April 8, 1939 in Moorhead, MN, to Viles and Lydia (Meyer) Gravalin. He grew up in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1957. Following high school, he enlisted in the Air...
Adrienne V. Luthi
Jun 15, 2021
Adrienne Luthi, 85, Hitterdal, MN, died Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at Essentia Health-Oak Crossing, Detroit Lakes, MN.
Adrienne Veloris Eide was born to Emil and Olga (Melbye) Eide on May 9, 1936, in Hitterdal, MN, and she was baptized at Salem Lutheran where she was a lifetime member. She graduated from Hitterdal High School in 1954 and attended Moorhead State...
Elva J. Bergseid
Jun 13, 2021
Elva Bergseid, 85, of Rollag, MN, died peacefully Sunday June 13, 2021
Elva was born to Lewis O. and Anna J. (Lotten) Anderson on September 28, 1935, in Long Prairie, Minnesota. Elva grew up on the family farm in rural Todd County, where she attended country school, (District 29) through the 8th grade. She spent three years in Osakis High...
Dorothy Jean Erickson
Jun 12, 2021
Dorothy Jean Erickson, 87, Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Essentia Hospital in Fargo, ND, surrounded by her loving family.
Dorothy Jean Hartfiel was born January 7, 1934, to Lenz Hartfiel and Bertha (Hoffseader) Hartfiel in Mercer Island, WA. She grew up and attended school in Seattle, WA. In 1946, Dorothy and family moved to Devils Lake, ND.
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Phyllis Jeanne Sinkler
Jun 10, 2021
Phyllis J. (Gilderhus; Aaker) Sinkler, 92, of West Fargo ND, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2021. The youngest of Carl and Eina Aaker’s nine children, she was born December 10, 1928, at the family farm near Hatton, ND. She spent her school years in Arvilla and Larimore, ND, graduated from Larimore High School, and attended Concordia College in Moorhead,...
Gayel Marie Saude
Jun 9, 2021
Gayel Saude, 74, Moorhead, MN, passed away June 9, 2021 at Lilac Homes in Moorhead. Gayel Marie Fogel was born May 5, 1947, in Moorhead, to William and Irene (Cummings) Fogel. She graduated from Hawley High School in 1965 and attended Joseph’s School of Hair in Fargo. Gayel began her established career as a beautician in a salon in Ada,...
Tony Ralph Huck
Jun 6, 2021
Tony “Anton” Huck passed away on June 6, 2021, unexpectedly while he was fishing in Port Washington, Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan. Tony was born March 4, 1942, to Philip and Elizabeth (Dukart) Huck on the family farm south of Belfield, North Dakota.
Tony grew up on the family farm until he married Anna Mary Stockert on October 27, 1962. Tony...
Dane D. Sayers
Jun 5, 2021
Dane Donovan Sayers, 33, passed away due to accidental drowning on June 5th, 2021 in Fargo, ND. Dane was born at home on March 5th, 1988 in Moorhead, MN to Dale and Bonnie (Lamb) Sayers. His family moved to Devil’s Lake, ND, Albuquerque, NM, and settled in West Fargo, ND where he attended K-12 and graduated from WFHS in 2006....
Kristofer E. Gulsvig
Jun 4, 2021
Kristofer Edwin Gulsvig, 65, of Moorhead, Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 4, 2021. Kris was born on July 4,1955, in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, to Edwin (“Sonny”) and Marcella (nee Summers) Gulsvig. The family moved to Moorhead when Kris was six weeks old when his father became a coach at Concordia College. Kris was a well-known “gym rat” at...
Karen Odell
Jun 3, 2021
Karen Odell, age 65, of Detroit Lakes, MN, formerly of Grand Forks, ND, passed away on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND.
No services are being held at this time.
Bonita Louise Lilly
Jun 1, 2021
Bonita Louise (Swanson) Lilly, 79, of Phoenix, AZ, was born November 23, 1941, to Gunder and Alice Swanson of Moorhead, Minnesota. She graduated from Concordia College in 1964.
She married Bud Lilly in 1967. Bonita was employed by the state of Minnesota as a social worker in Murray and Hennepin counties in Minnesota until 1980. They moved to Phoenix, AZ,...
Darrel T. Sandvig
May 30, 2021
Darrel T. Sandvig, age 87, of Moorhead, MN died peacefully on Sunday, May 30, 2021, at his home surrounded by his loved ones.
Darrel Thomas Sandvig was born on September 25, 1933, at his family farm in Ranson County, ND to Andrew and Clara (Anderson) Sandvig. He graduated from Sheldon High School with the class of 1951. He went on...
Wayne Alvern Solheim
May 30, 2021
Wayne Alvern Solheim, 88, of Erksine, MN, passed away on Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Sanford Health Hospital, Fargo, ND.
Nolan R. Young
May 29, 2021
Nolan Young, 79, Rollag, Minn., died on May 29, 2021, at home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley after a short battle with cancer.
Nolan was born April 25, 1942, to John and Alma (Nelson) Young. He was baptized, confirmed and a lifetime member of Rollag Lutheran Church, rural Hawley, where he served on various committees....
Larry Dean Tanem
May 27, 2021
Larry Dean Tanem, 74, of Warroad, MN, passed away on Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Essentia Health Hopsital, Fargo, ND. Larry was born on September 12, 1946, to Ingmar and Evelyn (Holterson) Tanem in Grygla, MN.
Larry began working on the family farm near Grygla at a young age and later picked rock. He met Linda Walker in the 60’s...
Robert Frederick Lewis
May 27, 2021
Robert F. Lewis, 87, of Hawley, MN, died May 27, 2021, at Sanford Health Medical Center in Fargo, ND.
Robert Frederick Lewis was born May 18, 1934 to Fred and Esther (Anderson) Lewis in Moorhead. He grew up in Dilworth where he was an All Star basketball and baseball player. Bob graduated from Dilworth High School in 1952. He pitched...
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