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Ashley “Sterling Bird” Tellinghuisen
Sep 28, 2020
Ashley “Sterling Bird” Tellinghuisen, 33, of Moorhead, MN, passed away unexpectedly on September 28, 2020.
Ashley was born June 23, 1987, in Pipestone, MN, to Connie Jackson and Todd Tellinghuisen. She attended elementary school in Pipestone and the family later moved to Moorhead where she attended 6th through 11th grade. Ashley loved cooking and baking for family and friends. She...
Sylvia E. Bjornson
Sep 27, 2020
Sylvia E. Bjornson, 86, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020 in Eventide Senior Living, Moorhead, MN.
Sylvia Eileen Bjornson was born January 18, 1934 to Alvin and Selma (Alm) Bjornson near Hawley, MN. She attended rural school and later earned her GED from Hawley High School. She was baptized, confirmed and was a lifelong member of...
Darrel Ruud
Sep 26, 2020
Darrel Ruud, 81, died on September 26, 2020 at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead.
Darrel was born December 8, 1938, in Pelican Rapids, MN and lived there until after graduating high school in 1956. Darrel served in the U.S. Army Reserve for six years and then attended MSU in Moorhead earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 1963....
Norris M. Maple
Sep 25, 2020
Norris M. Maple, 88, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Friday, September 25, 2020, at home under the care of family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Norris was born November 27, 1931, to Martin and Nora (Narveson) Maple, in Clearbrook, MN, where he grew up and attended school. Following high school, Norris enlisted in the U.S. Army. He...
Betty Lou Willits
Sep 23, 2020
Betty Willits, 80, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, September 23, 2020, in Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND.
Betty Lou Verbout was born on December 19, 1939, in Grygla, MN, to Hip and Hazel Verbout. She grew up in Grygla, MN, until she moved to Moorhead, MN, where she attended high school.
On February 1, 1958, Betty married the love of...
Richard “Rick” Guptill
Sep 22, 2020
Richard “Rick” Guptill, age 65, of Moorhead, MN passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND, after a long 4-year battle with cancer and complications from pneumonia.
Richard D. Guptill was born on November 11, 1954 at Fort Riley, Kansas to Harold Jr. and Gloria (Hanson) Guptill. Rick lived in several places while growing up including...
Thomas James Clary
Sep 21, 2020
Thomas J. Clary, 70, of Fargo, ND, passed away unexpectedly on September 21, 2020.
Tom was born June 29, 1950 in Moorhead, MN, to Clarence and Grace (LaDoucer) Clary. He graduated from Moorhead High School in 1968 and went on to attend Moorhead Technical College in the auto mechanic program. Tom married Sharon Jorgensen on August 23, 1975 at Peace...
John George Kondos
Sep 20, 2020
John George Kondos, 88, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020, in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND.
John was born on March 1, 1932 to George and Melvina “Susie” (Sigfoose) Kondos in Moorhead, MN. John grew up in Moorhead where he attended Moorhead High School. He was very active in sports such as wrestling and fast pitch...
Glenn A. Nokken
Sep 20, 2020
Glenn Allen Nokken, 81, resident of Lewisburg, TN, died on Sunday, September 20, 2020 at Maury Regional Medical Center.
Born on September 25, 1938 in Fargo, North Dakota, Glenn was the son of O.G. “Gilly” and Agnes Wangsness Nokken. He grew up on the family farm south of Moorhead, MN.He graduated from Moorhead State Teacher’s College High School and North...
Gerald Manley Folstrom
Sep 19, 2020
Gerald Manley Folstrom, 80, of Moorhead, MN, passed away after a three-year battle with cancer on Saturday, September 19, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family.
Gerald was born July 8, 1940, to Manley and Gladys (Larson) Folstrom in Cass Lake, MN. He grew up in Mahnomen and later moved to Moorhead where he graduated from Moorhead High School...
Daniel G. “Danny” Guttormson
Sep 18, 2020
Daniel G. “Danny” Guttormson, 67, of Georgetown, MN, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2020 in Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND.
No services are scheduled at this time.
Terry A. Parks
Sep 17, 2020
Terry A. Parks, 56, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, September 17, at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND.
A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, September 29, at 3:00 p.m., at Hawley Cemetery, Hawley, MN.
Howard Leroy Nelson
Sep 15, 2020
Howard Leroy Nelson, 90, of Moorhead, MN, passed away September 15, 2020, at Linden Tree Circle, under care of Ethos Hospice.
Howard was born January 3, 1930, in Valley City, ND, the youngest of 8 children of Norman and Hulda (Spicer) Nelson. He graduated from Valley City Junior High School and attended Wahpeton State School of Science for a degree...
Dorothy Bork
Sep 15, 2020
Dorothy Zinter Bork died peacefully on September 15, 2020, at the Sheyenne Crossing Care Center in West Fargo.
Dorothy was born March 9, 1920 in Albian Township, Dickey County, North Dakota to Gustaf Zinter and Rose Warner Zinter. Dorothy was the third child born into the Zinter family. Her siblings were Ernest Zinter, Frances Zinter Musland, Florence Zinter Oster, and...
Lyn D. Birkeland
Sep 14, 2020
Lyn D. Birkeland, 72, of Dilworth, MN, passed away on Monday, September 14, 2020, at the VA Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Lyn was born April 1, 1948, to Merlyn Ecklund and Audrey (Birkeland) Heiraas in Mahnomen, MN. He grew up and attended school in Ada, MN, graduating in 1966. Shortly after high school, Lyn enlisted in the U.S. Army. After...
Stanley Dejong
Sep 14, 2020
Stanley DeJong, age 78, of Moorhead, MN passed away into his Heavenly resting place on Monday, September 14, 2020 at Sanford Hospice House, Fargo, ND.
Stanley John DeJong was born on January 29, 1942 in Iowa to Frank and Earleene (Rosenboom) DeJong. Stanley joined the National Guard when he was 17 and served for 4 years. He then began working...
Donald Jensen
Sep 12, 2020
Donald (Don) Jensen, age 81, family man, music lover, chess player, cook, traveler and dad joke teller, died peacefully at home on September 12th, 2020. Preceded in death by his parents and two siblings.
He was born November 17th, 1938 in Duluth Minnesota.
Loving husband to wife, Joyce.
Outstanding and dedicated father to Shelley, Jaclyn, Andrea, and Rudy K.
Proud...
Robert S. “Bob” Scheidecker
Sep 10, 2020
Robert S. “Bob” Scheidecker, 89, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020 in his home surrounded by family.
Bob was born June 11, 1931 at Rush Lake Township, MN, to Robert and Gertrude (Weis) Scheidecker. He attended school at District 121 and St. Henry’s Catholic School, Perham, MN.
Bob was united in marriage to Jeanette Walz on...
David Henry
Sep 10, 2020
David Henry, age 72, of Pelican Rapids, formerly of Moorhead, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at the Fargo VA Medical Center.
David Lamont Henry was born on November 4, 1947 in Moorhead, MN, to Lamont and Esther (Humphries) Henry. David attended school in Moorhead before being drafted into the Marines. David married Diane Wamre on June 14, 1965....
Helen Pfeifer
Sep 9, 2020
Helen Elizabeth (Wehage) Pfeifer passed away at her home with her children by her side on September 9, 2020. She had been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) on March 23, 2020. Helen was born to Pauline (Gessner) and Herman Wehage in Marysburg, Saskatchewan, Canada on November 9, 1930. When Helen was 1, the family, with older sister, Dorothy, immigrated...
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