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James Rutherford

James Rutherford

Sep 9, 2011

James M. Rutherford of Fargo, ND, finished the race September 9, 2011 at the age of 89. He passed peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family, after a year-long battle with cancer. Jim was born on September 6, 1922, in Grafton, ND to Johannah and John Rutherford, the tenth of eleven children. He was raised on the family farm...

Romona Roder

Romona Roder

Sep 4, 2011

Romona Anne Roder, 72, of Dickey, ND, died at Golden Living Center nursing home in Moorhead, MN, on September 4, 2011. Romona Anne Roder was born in Edgeley, ND, on May 27, 1939, to George Lewis and Jessie (Waldie) Lewis. She was of German, Scotch, Irish, and English descent. She was raised on a farm near Adrian, ND, and went...

Jeffrey Morken

Jeffrey Morken

Sep 3, 2011

Jeffrey Edward Morken, age 57, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2011 in Ada, Minnesota. Jeffrey was born April 17, 1954, the son of Harding "Ed" Morken and Marian E. Morken, in Grand Forks, ND. He graduated from Fargo North High School and attended Moorhead State University (MSU). Jeff primarily worked as an over-the-road trucker. He was a voracious reader...

James "Jim" Lee

James "Jim" Lee

Sep 1, 2011

James D. “Jim” Lee, 77, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2011, at ManorCare Health Services, Fargo, ND. James was born in 1934 in Jamestown, North Dakota, son of Arnold and Alice (Peterson) Lee. He graduated from Jamestown High School and attended Jamestown College before entering the US Army. After a tour of duty with the Signal...

Donald Larson

Donald Larson

Aug 30, 2011

Don Larson 74, of Fargo, ND, died, in his home, Tuesday Aug, 30, 2011 after a very brave and courageous battle with cancer. He was under the care of Hospice, with his sister Lois by his side, when he went home to be with the Lord. Don was born Feb. 10, 1937 to Roland and Ethel (Schroeder) Larson of Fargo....

J. David Ames

J. David Ames

Aug 29, 2011

J. David Ames, 77, of Fargo, ND, went home to be with the Lord on August 29, 2011, at Saint Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, MN, after a short, courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Judson David Ames was born July 1, 1934, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Andrew Judson and Marie Louise (Corbett) Ames. He graduated from Fargo Central High School...

Ann Promersberger

Ann Promersberger

Aug 27, 2011

Ann K. Promersberger died Saturday, August 27, 2011 at the Sanford Palliative Care Hospital in Fargo, ND at the age of 96. The daughter of Erick and Signe Wick, Ann was born June 23, 1915 in Mizpah, MN. She attended grade school in Mizpah, and high school in Northome, MN. Upon graduation in 1932, she worked for a year in...

Eathen Miller

Eathen Miller

Aug 26, 2011

Eathen Emil Miller, 87, of Moorhead, MN went to be with the Lord, Friday, August 26, 2011 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Eathen was born on a farm in Rolla, ND, August 2, 1924 to Glen Eathen & Hilda Josefina (Nelson) Miller. After graduating from Williston High School in 1942 he attended UND and in June of 1943 enlisted...

Marguerite Schaffner

Marguerite Schaffner

Aug 25, 2011

Marguerite Dorothy Phelan, best known as Marge, was born August 17, 1923 in Fargo, North Dakota, where she lived the greater part of her life. She attended Emerson Smith Elementary School for two years and then transferred to St. Anthony’s Parochial School through the eighth grade. She attended ninth grade at Agassiz Public Junior High School and graduated from Fargo...

Robert Bucher

Robert Bucher

Aug 20, 2011

Robert Bucher, 67, of Fargo, died Saturday, August 20, 2011 at his home in Fargo. Robert Michael Bucher, Jr. was born April 19, 1944 in Hershey, PA to Robert and Marjorie (Gemmill) Bucher. He graduated from Hershey High School in 1962. Robert was in the Air Force from 1964-1984 including a tour of duty in Vietnam from 1966-1967. He was...

Richard Arman

Richard Arman

Aug 19, 2011

Richard (Dick) Arman was born to John Arman, from Grafton, ND (d. 1970), and Lucille (Dalseth) Arman, from Clinton, MN (d. 1996), on February 16, 1941. He passed away peacefully in the Palliative Care Unit at the Fargo VA, Friday, August 19, 2011, after a long struggle with esophageal cancer, surrounded by family and friends and a very supportive staff....

Lloyd Johnson

Lloyd Johnson

Aug 17, 2011

Lloyd K. Johnson, 72, of Fargo, ND, (formerly of Crookston, MN) died Wednesday, August 17, 2011, at his home in Fargo. A full obituary and service information will be posted at a later time.

Joyce Morris

Joyce Morris

Aug 16, 2011

Joyce Morris, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Joyce Meta Artamenko was born January 3, 1924, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Michael and Meta (Lemke) Artamenko. She grew up and attended school in Fargo. Joyce married Jesse Morris April 22, 1943, in Fargo, ND. He passed away in...

John Nygaard

John Nygaard

Aug 13, 2011

John D. Nygaard, resident of Gilbert, AZ, passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at The Lund Family Hospice Home in Gilbert, AZ, surrounded by his four children. John was born, August 01, 1935, in Stutsman County, ND to G.W. (Bill) and Rose Nygaard. He was raised with ten siblings in the Jamestown/Oakes area and later moved to Moorhead, MN...

Virginia Schielke

Virginia Schielke

Aug 12, 2011

Virginia E. Schielke, 80, died Friday, August 12, 2011 at Elim Nursing Home, Fargo, ND, after a long battle with diabetes and kidney failure. Virginia E. Schielke was born February 22, 1931, in Jamestown, ND to Alfred and Rose Gehlert. She was one of three children and graduated from Jamestown High School in 1949. In September 1949, she married Walter...

Marcella Amundson

Marcella Amundson

Aug 11, 2011

Marcella Amundson, 96, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, August 11, 2011, at Sheyenne Crossing, West Fargo, ND. Marcella Ziner, daughter of Eugene and Theolina (Williams) Ziner, was born April 9, 1915, near Taylor, North Dakota, on the family farm. She attended schools in Taylor until she was 16 and then went to school in Vivian, South Dakota. After high school,...

Verona Farol

Verona Farol

Aug 3, 2011

Verona A. Farol, 93, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 3, 2011. Verona was born April 28, 1918 to Otto and Augusta Timian in Dresden, ND. She grew up on the family farm near Crystal, ND. In 1939, she married Martin Farol and moved to Grand Forks, ND to live and raise their family. They moved...

Alice Larkin

Alice Larkin

Jul 30, 2011

Alice Larkin died peacefully at home the evening of July 30, 2011, after a long life well lived. She was 98. She began life in Fargo on November 15, 1912, the daughter of Per and Amalia Husfloen and grew up at the family farm across the river from the Osterdahlen Lutheran Church in Cass County and later in Argusville. Throughout...

Fred Scheel

Fred Scheel

Jul 30, 2011

Frederick B. Scheel, 90, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, July 30, 2011, at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Frederick Benedict Scheel, son of Frederick and Mable (Benedict) Scheel, was born January 20, 1921 in Moorhead, MN. He lived in Sabin, MN, his first five years in a house across the street from a general store his father had an interest in....

Elmer Hogy

Elmer Hogy

Jul 29, 2011

On October 28, 1933, Elmer Julian Hogy was born to Joe and Helen Hogy in Farwell, MN. His brother, Waldo, left this earth on December 11, 2005 and his baby brother died on his birth day of June 13, 1936. He grew up in the Glenwood, MN area, except for the time when the family moved to Orchard Heights, WA....

James Rutherford

James Rutherford

Sep 9, 2011

James M. Rutherford of Fargo, ND, finished the race September 9, 2011 at the age of 89. He passed peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family, after a year-long battle with cancer. Jim was born on September 6, 1922, in Grafton, ND to Johannah and John Rutherford, the tenth of eleven children. He was raised on the family farm...

Romona Roder

Romona Roder

Sep 4, 2011

Romona Anne Roder, 72, of Dickey, ND, died at Golden Living Center nursing home in Moorhead, MN, on September 4, 2011. Romona Anne Roder was born in Edgeley, ND, on May 27, 1939, to George Lewis and Jessie (Waldie) Lewis. She was of German, Scotch, Irish, and English descent. She was raised on a farm near Adrian, ND, and went...

Jeffrey Morken

Jeffrey Morken

Sep 3, 2011

Jeffrey Edward Morken, age 57, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2011 in Ada, Minnesota. Jeffrey was born April 17, 1954, the son of Harding "Ed" Morken and Marian E. Morken, in Grand Forks, ND. He graduated from Fargo North High School and attended Moorhead State University (MSU). Jeff primarily worked as an over-the-road trucker. He was a voracious reader...

James "Jim" Lee

James "Jim" Lee

Sep 1, 2011

James D. “Jim” Lee, 77, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2011, at ManorCare Health Services, Fargo, ND. James was born in 1934 in Jamestown, North Dakota, son of Arnold and Alice (Peterson) Lee. He graduated from Jamestown High School and attended Jamestown College before entering the US Army. After a tour of duty with the Signal...

Donald Larson

Donald Larson

Aug 30, 2011

Don Larson 74, of Fargo, ND, died, in his home, Tuesday Aug, 30, 2011 after a very brave and courageous battle with cancer. He was under the care of Hospice, with his sister Lois by his side, when he went home to be with the Lord. Don was born Feb. 10, 1937 to Roland and Ethel (Schroeder) Larson of Fargo....

J. David Ames

J. David Ames

Aug 29, 2011

J. David Ames, 77, of Fargo, ND, went home to be with the Lord on August 29, 2011, at Saint Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, MN, after a short, courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Judson David Ames was born July 1, 1934, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of Andrew Judson and Marie Louise (Corbett) Ames. He graduated from Fargo Central High School...

Ann Promersberger

Ann Promersberger

Aug 27, 2011

Ann K. Promersberger died Saturday, August 27, 2011 at the Sanford Palliative Care Hospital in Fargo, ND at the age of 96. The daughter of Erick and Signe Wick, Ann was born June 23, 1915 in Mizpah, MN. She attended grade school in Mizpah, and high school in Northome, MN. Upon graduation in 1932, she worked for a year in...

Eathen Miller

Eathen Miller

Aug 26, 2011

Eathen Emil Miller, 87, of Moorhead, MN went to be with the Lord, Friday, August 26, 2011 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Eathen was born on a farm in Rolla, ND, August 2, 1924 to Glen Eathen & Hilda Josefina (Nelson) Miller. After graduating from Williston High School in 1942 he attended UND and in June of 1943 enlisted...

Marguerite Schaffner

Marguerite Schaffner

Aug 25, 2011

Marguerite Dorothy Phelan, best known as Marge, was born August 17, 1923 in Fargo, North Dakota, where she lived the greater part of her life. She attended Emerson Smith Elementary School for two years and then transferred to St. Anthony’s Parochial School through the eighth grade. She attended ninth grade at Agassiz Public Junior High School and graduated from Fargo...

Robert Bucher

Robert Bucher

Aug 20, 2011

Robert Bucher, 67, of Fargo, died Saturday, August 20, 2011 at his home in Fargo. Robert Michael Bucher, Jr. was born April 19, 1944 in Hershey, PA to Robert and Marjorie (Gemmill) Bucher. He graduated from Hershey High School in 1962. Robert was in the Air Force from 1964-1984 including a tour of duty in Vietnam from 1966-1967. He was...

Richard Arman

Richard Arman

Aug 19, 2011

Richard (Dick) Arman was born to John Arman, from Grafton, ND (d. 1970), and Lucille (Dalseth) Arman, from Clinton, MN (d. 1996), on February 16, 1941. He passed away peacefully in the Palliative Care Unit at the Fargo VA, Friday, August 19, 2011, after a long struggle with esophageal cancer, surrounded by family and friends and a very supportive staff....

Lloyd Johnson

Lloyd Johnson

Aug 17, 2011

Lloyd K. Johnson, 72, of Fargo, ND, (formerly of Crookston, MN) died Wednesday, August 17, 2011, at his home in Fargo. A full obituary and service information will be posted at a later time.

Joyce Morris

Joyce Morris

Aug 16, 2011

Joyce Morris, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Joyce Meta Artamenko was born January 3, 1924, in Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Michael and Meta (Lemke) Artamenko. She grew up and attended school in Fargo. Joyce married Jesse Morris April 22, 1943, in Fargo, ND. He passed away in...

John Nygaard

John Nygaard

Aug 13, 2011

John D. Nygaard, resident of Gilbert, AZ, passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at The Lund Family Hospice Home in Gilbert, AZ, surrounded by his four children. John was born, August 01, 1935, in Stutsman County, ND to G.W. (Bill) and Rose Nygaard. He was raised with ten siblings in the Jamestown/Oakes area and later moved to Moorhead, MN...

Virginia Schielke

Virginia Schielke

Aug 12, 2011

Virginia E. Schielke, 80, died Friday, August 12, 2011 at Elim Nursing Home, Fargo, ND, after a long battle with diabetes and kidney failure. Virginia E. Schielke was born February 22, 1931, in Jamestown, ND to Alfred and Rose Gehlert. She was one of three children and graduated from Jamestown High School in 1949. In September 1949, she married Walter...

Marcella Amundson

Marcella Amundson

Aug 11, 2011

Marcella Amundson, 96, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, August 11, 2011, at Sheyenne Crossing, West Fargo, ND. Marcella Ziner, daughter of Eugene and Theolina (Williams) Ziner, was born April 9, 1915, near Taylor, North Dakota, on the family farm. She attended schools in Taylor until she was 16 and then went to school in Vivian, South Dakota. After high school,...

Verona Farol

Verona Farol

Aug 3, 2011

Verona A. Farol, 93, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 3, 2011. Verona was born April 28, 1918 to Otto and Augusta Timian in Dresden, ND. She grew up on the family farm near Crystal, ND. In 1939, she married Martin Farol and moved to Grand Forks, ND to live and raise their family. They moved...

Alice Larkin

Alice Larkin

Jul 30, 2011

Alice Larkin died peacefully at home the evening of July 30, 2011, after a long life well lived. She was 98. She began life in Fargo on November 15, 1912, the daughter of Per and Amalia Husfloen and grew up at the family farm across the river from the Osterdahlen Lutheran Church in Cass County and later in Argusville. Throughout...

Fred Scheel

Fred Scheel

Jul 30, 2011

Frederick B. Scheel, 90, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, July 30, 2011, at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Frederick Benedict Scheel, son of Frederick and Mable (Benedict) Scheel, was born January 20, 1921 in Moorhead, MN. He lived in Sabin, MN, his first five years in a house across the street from a general store his father had an interest in....

Elmer Hogy

Elmer Hogy

Jul 29, 2011

On October 28, 1933, Elmer Julian Hogy was born to Joe and Helen Hogy in Farwell, MN. His brother, Waldo, left this earth on December 11, 2005 and his baby brother died on his birth day of June 13, 1936. He grew up in the Glenwood, MN area, except for the time when the family moved to Orchard Heights, WA....

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