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August Nielsen

August Nielsen

May 6, 2008

August N. Nielsen, age 91, died on May 6, 2008. He was born on August 30, 1916, to Peter and Mary (Mattson) Nielsen outside of Oberon, North Dakota. After graduation in 1934, Augie came to Fargo and graduated from the Dakota Business College and went to work for Pacific Gamble Robinson Company. He married Eleanore Anderson September 5, 1942, in...

Parnell Thue

Parnell Thue

May 5, 2008

Parnell Thue, 79, of Beulah, ND, died Monday, May 5, 2008, at Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen, ND. Parnell Gerald Donard Thue was born June 4, 1928, in Kindred, North Dakota, son of Donald and Inez (Matson) Thue. He grew up in Walcott and graduated from Walcott High School. Parnell entered the United States Marine Corps, after high school. Parnell then...

Laura Mccrory

Laura Mccrory

May 5, 2008

Laura McCrory, 101, Fargo, ND; died Monday, May 5, 2008 at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Laura Kyes McCrory was born February 1, 1907, at Linton, North Dakota, to Wallice and Maria (Lee) Kyes. She married Ted McCrory in June 1930. She held a Ph.B. degree from the University of Chicago (1929) and taught Home Economics at Linton and Halliday,...

Reinhold Middlestead

Reinhold Middlestead

May 3, 2008

Reinhold Henry Middlestead was born April 4, 1919 in rural Kulm, North Dakota to Jacob and Pauline (Schnerk) Middlestead. He attended a country school and grew up working on the family farm. He married Edna Kassman on March 28, 1943 in Kulm, North Dakota. They lived and farmed near Fullerton, North Dakota and later moved near LaMoure for eleven years....

Nora Rogers

Nora Rogers

May 2, 2008

Nora May Schwatka was born March 17, 1907, to John and Susan (Batton) Schwatka in Prescott, Iowa. The family moved to Pequot Lakes, MN, where Nora attended school and worked at the resort. She married Claude Rogers on October 17, 1925, in Pillager, MN, where they farmed until moving to Fargo, ND, in 1942. Nora was an avid member of...

Irene Alfstad

Irene Alfstad

May 2, 2008

Irene M. Alfstad, 94, of Fargo, North Dakota passed away peacefully on May 2, 2008 in Bethany Homes in Fargo. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 3:00pm at First Lutheran Church in Fargo. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Irene Margaret Ellingson was born September 18, 1913 in Maddock,...

Lavon Lammer

Lavon Lammer

Apr 30, 2008

Lavon “Vonnie” Lammer, 71, Moorhead, MN, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Lavon Anadell Peterson, the daughter of Lawrence and Theodora (Larson) Peterson, was born on June 23, 1936, in Fossum Township, near Faith, MN. She grew up on the family farm at Lockhart, MN, and graduated from Ada High School in 1954. On September 7,...

Margaret Johnson

Margaret Johnson

Apr 24, 2008

Marge was born in Fargo on August 9, 1920. She was the only child born to Karl Ivar and Anna Nelson, who had immigrated from Sweden and Hungary in their early years. She attended and graduated from Central High in Fargo. She then attended Fargo Business College, and went on to work at North Dakota Agricultural College in the agronomy...

Kenneth Zawicki

Kenneth Zawicki

Apr 21, 2008

Kenneth Zawicki, 64, of Moorhead, died April 21, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Memorial Service will be Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Grace Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND.

Grace Anderson

Grace Anderson

Apr 19, 2008

Grace A. Anderson, 80 of Fargo died Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Grace Erickson was born January 21, 1928 to Adolph and Clarice (Nelson) Erickson in Moorhead, MN. She graduated from Moorhead High School in 1945. She married Warren Anderson on August 10, 1946 in Moorhead, MN. She was a member of First Lutheran Church of...

Shirley Sinclair

Shirley Sinclair

Apr 19, 2008

Shirley Sinclair, 72, Fargo, ND, died Saturday, April 19, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND, from complications of Primary Lateral Sclerosis she developed 20 years ago. Shirley Ann Paupst was born November 29, 1935, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, daughter of Arthur and Blanche (Winslow) Paupst. After graduation from Larimore High School, she attended Colorado Woman’s College and graduated with...

Donna Mclaughlin

Donna Mclaughlin

Apr 18, 2008

Donna McLaughlin, 84, of Fargo, died April 18, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Donna M. McLaughlin was born September 16, 1923 in Mahnomen, MN, the daughter of Lloyd and Elizabeth Holland. She attended Marshal High School and Moorhead State. On December 26, 1947, Donna married Kenneth McLaughlin at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead, MN. Donna was a vibrant, compassionate,...

Mark Abraham

Mark Abraham

Apr 17, 2008

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -Ephesians 2:8 Mark Walter Abraham was born on August 8, 1954 to Loren and Norma (Yess) Abraham. He was baptized on September 5, 1954. The Lord joined Mark Abraham and Wanda Linde in holy matrimony on November 11, 1978....

William Promersberger

William Promersberger

Apr 10, 2008

William J. Promersberger died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at the MeritCare Palliative Care Hospital in Fargo, ND at the age of 95. The son of John and Elizabeth (Hauner) Promersberger, Bill was born May 28, 1912 in a 3-room log home his father built from lumber cleared to homestead in the thick, northern woods outside of Littlefork, Minnesota. He attended...

Darrow Beaton

Darrow Beaton

Apr 10, 2008

Arrangements pending. A full obituary will be posted at a later date.

Corinne Roy

Corinne Roy

Apr 8, 2008

Beverly Corinne Roy of Fargo, North Dakota, died Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the age of 80, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Corrine was born April 24, 1927, in Wilton, North Dakota. She was the oldest of three daughters born to Gottlieb and Nana Hochhalter. Following graduation from high school in Wilton, she attended Jamestown College where she graduated...

Ella Dahlbom

Ella Dahlbom

Apr 6, 2008

Ella Dahlbom, 102, of Cooperstown, and recently Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Manor Care Nursing Home. Ella Olson was born on February 18, 1906, in Mount Nebo, Saskatchewan. She was the daughter of Olaus B. and Alice Theresa (Goldhawke) Olson. Ella moved to Blabon, ND, when she was 12, with her family. She attended Blabon School...

John Fiddler

John Fiddler

Apr 6, 2008

John W. Fiddler passed away April 6, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. John “Jack” Fiddler was born June 12, 1920, at home on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation near Belcourt, North Dakota. He was the eldest son of Moses Fiddler and Florence Azure Fiddler. He attended several schools in the state and graduated high school in Park...

Alfred Hektner

Alfred Hektner

Apr 5, 2008

Alfred G. Hektner passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008, at Triumph Hospital in Fargo, ND. Alfred Gordon Hektner was born February 23, 1923, at Wahpeton, North Dakota, to Gustav and Alma (Huss) Hektner. His mother died when he was three months old. As a boy, he lived with his aunt, Nora Huss, on the Huss family farm at Mooreton, ND....

Hulda Moeckel

Hulda Moeckel

Apr 4, 2008

Hulda “Holly” Moeckel, 91, Fargo, ND, died peacefully Friday, April 4, 2008, in the MeritCare Hospital, Palliative Unit, Fargo. Hulda was born September 3, 1916, to Gottlieb and Martha Siewert in Logan County, near Wishek, ND. She married Hugo Moeckel, Sr. in 1936, and they lived in Wishek, ND. They moved to Napoleon, ND, in 1938, where the family resided...

August Nielsen

August Nielsen

May 6, 2008

August N. Nielsen, age 91, died on May 6, 2008. He was born on August 30, 1916, to Peter and Mary (Mattson) Nielsen outside of Oberon, North Dakota. After graduation in 1934, Augie came to Fargo and graduated from the Dakota Business College and went to work for Pacific Gamble Robinson Company. He married Eleanore Anderson September 5, 1942, in...

Parnell Thue

Parnell Thue

May 5, 2008

Parnell Thue, 79, of Beulah, ND, died Monday, May 5, 2008, at Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen, ND. Parnell Gerald Donard Thue was born June 4, 1928, in Kindred, North Dakota, son of Donald and Inez (Matson) Thue. He grew up in Walcott and graduated from Walcott High School. Parnell entered the United States Marine Corps, after high school. Parnell then...

Laura Mccrory

Laura Mccrory

May 5, 2008

Laura McCrory, 101, Fargo, ND; died Monday, May 5, 2008 at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Laura Kyes McCrory was born February 1, 1907, at Linton, North Dakota, to Wallice and Maria (Lee) Kyes. She married Ted McCrory in June 1930. She held a Ph.B. degree from the University of Chicago (1929) and taught Home Economics at Linton and Halliday,...

Reinhold Middlestead

Reinhold Middlestead

May 3, 2008

Reinhold Henry Middlestead was born April 4, 1919 in rural Kulm, North Dakota to Jacob and Pauline (Schnerk) Middlestead. He attended a country school and grew up working on the family farm. He married Edna Kassman on March 28, 1943 in Kulm, North Dakota. They lived and farmed near Fullerton, North Dakota and later moved near LaMoure for eleven years....

Nora Rogers

Nora Rogers

May 2, 2008

Nora May Schwatka was born March 17, 1907, to John and Susan (Batton) Schwatka in Prescott, Iowa. The family moved to Pequot Lakes, MN, where Nora attended school and worked at the resort. She married Claude Rogers on October 17, 1925, in Pillager, MN, where they farmed until moving to Fargo, ND, in 1942. Nora was an avid member of...

Irene Alfstad

Irene Alfstad

May 2, 2008

Irene M. Alfstad, 94, of Fargo, North Dakota passed away peacefully on May 2, 2008 in Bethany Homes in Fargo. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 3:00pm at First Lutheran Church in Fargo. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Irene Margaret Ellingson was born September 18, 1913 in Maddock,...

Lavon Lammer

Lavon Lammer

Apr 30, 2008

Lavon “Vonnie” Lammer, 71, Moorhead, MN, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Lavon Anadell Peterson, the daughter of Lawrence and Theodora (Larson) Peterson, was born on June 23, 1936, in Fossum Township, near Faith, MN. She grew up on the family farm at Lockhart, MN, and graduated from Ada High School in 1954. On September 7,...

Margaret Johnson

Margaret Johnson

Apr 24, 2008

Marge was born in Fargo on August 9, 1920. She was the only child born to Karl Ivar and Anna Nelson, who had immigrated from Sweden and Hungary in their early years. She attended and graduated from Central High in Fargo. She then attended Fargo Business College, and went on to work at North Dakota Agricultural College in the agronomy...

Kenneth Zawicki

Kenneth Zawicki

Apr 21, 2008

Kenneth Zawicki, 64, of Moorhead, died April 21, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Memorial Service will be Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Grace Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND.

Grace Anderson

Grace Anderson

Apr 19, 2008

Grace A. Anderson, 80 of Fargo died Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Grace Erickson was born January 21, 1928 to Adolph and Clarice (Nelson) Erickson in Moorhead, MN. She graduated from Moorhead High School in 1945. She married Warren Anderson on August 10, 1946 in Moorhead, MN. She was a member of First Lutheran Church of...

Shirley Sinclair

Shirley Sinclair

Apr 19, 2008

Shirley Sinclair, 72, Fargo, ND, died Saturday, April 19, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND, from complications of Primary Lateral Sclerosis she developed 20 years ago. Shirley Ann Paupst was born November 29, 1935, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, daughter of Arthur and Blanche (Winslow) Paupst. After graduation from Larimore High School, she attended Colorado Woman’s College and graduated with...

Donna Mclaughlin

Donna Mclaughlin

Apr 18, 2008

Donna McLaughlin, 84, of Fargo, died April 18, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Donna M. McLaughlin was born September 16, 1923 in Mahnomen, MN, the daughter of Lloyd and Elizabeth Holland. She attended Marshal High School and Moorhead State. On December 26, 1947, Donna married Kenneth McLaughlin at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead, MN. Donna was a vibrant, compassionate,...

Mark Abraham

Mark Abraham

Apr 17, 2008

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -Ephesians 2:8 Mark Walter Abraham was born on August 8, 1954 to Loren and Norma (Yess) Abraham. He was baptized on September 5, 1954. The Lord joined Mark Abraham and Wanda Linde in holy matrimony on November 11, 1978....

William Promersberger

William Promersberger

Apr 10, 2008

William J. Promersberger died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at the MeritCare Palliative Care Hospital in Fargo, ND at the age of 95. The son of John and Elizabeth (Hauner) Promersberger, Bill was born May 28, 1912 in a 3-room log home his father built from lumber cleared to homestead in the thick, northern woods outside of Littlefork, Minnesota. He attended...

Darrow Beaton

Darrow Beaton

Apr 10, 2008

Arrangements pending. A full obituary will be posted at a later date.

Corinne Roy

Corinne Roy

Apr 8, 2008

Beverly Corinne Roy of Fargo, North Dakota, died Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the age of 80, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Corrine was born April 24, 1927, in Wilton, North Dakota. She was the oldest of three daughters born to Gottlieb and Nana Hochhalter. Following graduation from high school in Wilton, she attended Jamestown College where she graduated...

Ella Dahlbom

Ella Dahlbom

Apr 6, 2008

Ella Dahlbom, 102, of Cooperstown, and recently Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Manor Care Nursing Home. Ella Olson was born on February 18, 1906, in Mount Nebo, Saskatchewan. She was the daughter of Olaus B. and Alice Theresa (Goldhawke) Olson. Ella moved to Blabon, ND, when she was 12, with her family. She attended Blabon School...

John Fiddler

John Fiddler

Apr 6, 2008

John W. Fiddler passed away April 6, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. John “Jack” Fiddler was born June 12, 1920, at home on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation near Belcourt, North Dakota. He was the eldest son of Moses Fiddler and Florence Azure Fiddler. He attended several schools in the state and graduated high school in Park...

Alfred Hektner

Alfred Hektner

Apr 5, 2008

Alfred G. Hektner passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008, at Triumph Hospital in Fargo, ND. Alfred Gordon Hektner was born February 23, 1923, at Wahpeton, North Dakota, to Gustav and Alma (Huss) Hektner. His mother died when he was three months old. As a boy, he lived with his aunt, Nora Huss, on the Huss family farm at Mooreton, ND....

Hulda Moeckel

Hulda Moeckel

Apr 4, 2008

Hulda “Holly” Moeckel, 91, Fargo, ND, died peacefully Friday, April 4, 2008, in the MeritCare Hospital, Palliative Unit, Fargo. Hulda was born September 3, 1916, to Gottlieb and Martha Siewert in Logan County, near Wishek, ND. She married Hugo Moeckel, Sr. in 1936, and they lived in Wishek, ND. They moved to Napoleon, ND, in 1938, where the family resided...

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