Obituaries

Feb 15, 2020

Man Bahadur Tamang, 53, of Coon Rapids, MN, died Saturday, February 15, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN.

Services were held Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at Wright Funeral Home in Moorhead.

Feb 13, 2020

George Richard Honek, 92, passed away on February 13, 2020, at River Pointe, Moorhead, MN. Prior to moving to River Pointe in late 2019, he had lived in the family home where he and Ellen raised their children for 61 years.

George was born on February 2, 1928, in Mahnomen to Anton Honek and Thressa Ondrush. His parents farmed outside...

Feb 12, 2020

Helen Jeanette (Seljevold) Seim, 98, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, in Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, ND.

Helen was born to Lars and Josephine (Hegdahl) Seljevold in Belview, MN, on November 11, 1921.  Helen grew up in Tyler, Florence, and Averill, MN, and graduated from high school in Felton, MN, in 1939.  The family moved to...

Feb 9, 2020

Feb 6, 2020

Marian A. Lunde, 85, of Lake Park, MN, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2020, at Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen, MN. Marian was born in Lake Park, MN, on October 13, 1934, to Severt and Teresa (Moran) Roen. She grew up on the family farm, attended country school, and graduated from Lake Park High School. On November 19, 1955,...

Feb 5, 2020

Marlene Lilleby, 72, Moorhead, MN, died February 5, 2020, at River Pointe in Moorhead under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.

Marlene Carol Lilleby was born on August 24, 1947, in Fargo, ND, to Leo and Lucille (Rabanus) Riegel. She grew up and attended school in West Fargo, graduating from West Fargo High School in 1965. She...

Feb 3, 2020

Doris B. Blakeway, age 100, of rural Hawley, MN passed away on Monday, February 3, 2020 at Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen.

Doris Beatrice West was born on March 14, 1919 in Lucca, ND to August and Julianna (Menge) West. Doris attended school in Dilworth before her family moved to a farm in the country when Doris began helping on...

Feb 3, 2020

Ryan Johnson, 48, of Moorhead, MN, passed away February 3, 2020, at Sanford Health Medical Center in Fargo, ND.

Ryan Ordahl Johnson was born March 27, 1971 in Fargo, ND to Dennis and Rachel (Hendrickson) Johnson.  Ryan grew up in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1989.  He attended Moorhead State University and Ford Motor School at Hennepin...

Feb 3, 2020

Shirley D. Karns, age 79, of Davenport, IA passed away on Monday, February 3, 2020 at her son’s home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.

Services will be held in Iowa at a later date.

Feb 2, 2020

Herbert “Herb” H. Teitgen, age 77, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Sunday February 2, 2020 at his home.

Herbert “Herb” Teitgen was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1942. He attended the University of Wisconsin and received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He attended Ambassador College in Big Sandy, Texas in 1966. There he met and married Anne Robinson...

Feb 1, 2020

Lila J. Hoyme, 87, of Dilworth, MN, died Saturday, February 1, 2020, at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Lila was born May 6, 1932, at home in rural Clay County to Emil and Mary (Thorsvig) Hanson. She grew up attending country school and later graduated from Twin Valley High School. After graduating, Lila moved to Fargo and worked at St....

Jan 31, 2020

Marlene Verdell (Haslerud) Berg, 83, of Hawley, MN, passed away on Friday, January 31, 2020, in Hawley Senior Living, Hawley, MN, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.

Marlene was born on March 25, 1936, in Hawley, MN, to Theodore and Alma (Larson) Haslerud. She grew up on the family farm in Hawley and attended Hawley High...

Jan 30, 2020

Carol Rae (Thompson) Pfeifer, 63, of Lake Park, MN, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020, in Sanford on Broadway, Fargo, ND.

Jan 29, 2020

John Peter Tomaszewski, Army veteran, retired educator, husband and father passed away on January 29, 2020 at the age of 74.  Visitation will be held at Wright Funeral Home Moorhead, MN, on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 from 5:00-7:00 pm with a prayer service beginning at 6:30 pm. The visitation will continue at 10:00 am followed by the Mass of Christian...

Jan 26, 2020

Jan 26, 2020

Roger Helland, 72, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, January 26, at Eventide Senior Living, Moorhead.

Services will be held at a later date.

Jan 24, 2020

Gary David Steinke

March  29, 1960 – January 24, 2020

Gary was born to Marilyn And Arthur Steinke, Hope, ND. He later moved to Page with his family where he graduated from high school. He worked various jobs throughout his life and ended up settling in Moorhead, MN.

Gary was preceded in death by his parents, and step-father George Jess. ...

Jan 24, 2020

Lois Shirley (Adams) Muhle, 93, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2020, in Eventide Nursing Home, Moorhead, MN.

Lois was born near Twin Valley, MN, on September 29, 1926, to Milton and Florence (Garner) Adams. She grew up in Felton, MN, and graduated from Felton High School. She was baptized and confirmed and continued her faith in...

Jan 23, 2020

Nelda Jane Kinnaman, 79, of Moorhead, MN, passed away peacefully at home under care of Hospice of the Red River Valley on Thursday, January 23, 2020.

Nelda Jane Markham was born January 16, 1941 in Oklahoma to Duane and Margaret (Hill) Markham.  She moved to California where she met and married Rueben Kinnaman and they had four children together. Rueben...

Jan 22, 2020

Lilah J. Rehder passed on to be with her loving husband of 71 years on Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

Lilah June Johnson was born June 8, 1924 to John A. and Pauline (Paulseth) Johnson on the family Farm near Hickson, ND.  This is where she grew up and graduated from Comstock High School.

She married Ralph Rehder August 22, 1942. ...