Obituaries

Jun 29, 2010

Magnus Alvin "Al" Bjornson, 82 of Barnesville, MN died on June 29, 2010. Al was born in Grand Forks, ND on October 11, 1927 to Sig and Freda Bjornson. He had an older brother, Fred; a younger brother, Darrell; and a younger sister, Lois. He attended school in Grand Forks, ND and graduated from high school in Moorhead in 1945...

Jun 28, 2010

Isabell A. Remore, age 79, of Moorhead, MN, died June 28, 2010, in MeritCare Hospital, Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Isabell Antionette Olson was born December 9, 1930, in Ward County, ND, to Edward Sr. and Gladys Putney Olson. The family moved to Roseau, MN, and later Moorhead, MN, where Isabell has since resided. She received her GED in 1981,...

Jun 28, 2010

Ed was born on November 19, 1917, on a farm near Sabin, MN, to Erick Amatus and Elise Marie Erickson. He was baptized on December 17, 1917, at Bethesda Lutheran Church, Moorhead, MN. At the age of 6, he started school at Clearview School unable to speak much English since his father came from Sweden and his mother came from...

Jun 26, 2010

Jun 21, 2010

Orval M. Hurner, 79, Moorhead, MN, died on Monday, June 21, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Orval was born on March 4, 1931, in Moorhead, MN, to Fred and Crystal Mart Hurner. He grew up on the family farm northwest of Glyndon, MN. He attended school in a one room schoolhouse in Morken Township, District 22 West, and then attended...

Jun 21, 2010

Charles E. "Chuck" Johnson, 61, Fargo, ND, died on Monday, June 21, 2010, in Omaha, Nebraska.Charles Earl Johnson was born on September 30, 1948, in Fargo, ND, to Earl and Lillian Krabbenhoft Johnson. He grew up and attended school in Hickson and Kindred, ND, graduating from Kindred High School in 1966. He served in the U.S. Navy, working in secure...

Jun 17, 2010

Dorothy was born November 15, 1931, in Lake Park, Minnesota to Ernest and Minnie Olson Nelson. She grew up and attended school in Lake Park, graduating from Lake Park High School. Dorothy moved to Virginia where she married Harvey Olson on June 20, 1952, at Camp Pickett, Virginia. They moved back to Lake Park in 1954 where they made their...

Jun 15, 2010

Irene was born October 10, 1923, to Stanley and Inga Pederson Jellum. The third of seven children, she was raised in Hamden Township and attended school in District 34 and Lake Park, MN. She married Wallace Nichols on September 10, 1942. They farmed north of Lake Park until purchasing a farm south of Audubon on Marshall Lake in 1949. Irene...

Jun 14, 2010

The family of Norris Pettersen wishes you to know that Norris passed away peacefully June 14, 2010 in Fargo, North Dakota. Norris was born April 11, 1915 in Superior, Wisconsin. He was married to June Doran Pettersen and lived for many years in Hawley, MN. Prior to June's death, June and Norris celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary. Norris is survived...

Jun 13, 2010

Allen was born February 17, 1944, to Roy and Alice Anderson Sellers in Detroit Lakes, MN. He grew up and attended school in Lake Park, MN. Allen then worked various jobs before he began his career in sales. He found his niche in selling siding. On May 10, 1963, he married Joyce Happel. Together they lived in Moorhead and Detroit...

Jun 11, 2010

Irene Beatrice Setran was born on June 22, 1917, in Badger, MN, to I.B. and Bertina Broten Setran. She grew up in Badger, graduating High School as an honor student. Irene married Justin Swenson on June 15, 1936 in Badger, MN. They lived in various cities in southern Minnesota, before moving to Moorhead, MN, where Justin was the Superintendent of...

Jun 11, 2010

Bernice J. Gorden, 92, of Moorhead, MN formerly Glyndon, MN, died on Friday, June 11, 2010, at Eventide Lutheran Home.Bernice Berg was born on November 29, 1917 on the Litchville, ND farm home of her parents, John and Karen Brodskift Berg. Her formal education went through 8th grade at the Litchville Township Country School, but her 'living education' stretched out...

Jun 9, 2010

Emma J. Olson, age 84, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Emma Janet Sandal was born on July 4, 1925 in Spring Prairie Township to Bendick and Martha Jensen Sandal. She grew up and attended country school in Spring Prairie Township. On August 24, 1943, she married Lester R. Jenson. Together she and...

Jun 9, 2010

Pamela M. Jolicoeur, the 10th president of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., died June 9, 2010, in MeritCare Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, N.D.She was 65.Jolicoeur was born October. 21, 1944, in Denver and raised in California's San Fernando Valley where she attended Catholic schools and a Catholic girls' summer camp. These experiences inspired her to enter the Sisters of Social Service...

Jun 8, 2010

Brent B. Emmel, age 40, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, of natural causes in his home.Brent Boyd Emmel was born on January 19, 1970, in Duluth, MN and became the son of Karen and Bruce Emmel. Karen died in 1981 and he became the son of Bruce and Phyllis Emmel. He grew up and attended school in...

Jun 8, 2010

Norma L. Huls, 83, Lake Park, MN, formerly Moorhead, MN, died on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park.Norma Lorraine Howard was born on January 20, 1927, in Akron, IA, to Chandos D. and Bertha Barr Howard. She grew up and attended school in Mitchell, SD, graduating from the Mitchell High School. Norma married Marvin Huls on...

Jun 6, 2010

Bud was born October 5, 1928, in Moland Township, to Fred and Hilda Anstadt. He grew up in Glyndon and graduated from Glyndon High School in 1946. On December 7, 1949, he married Beverly J. Sandland at Glyndon Lutheran Church and together they started a family. Bud was the United States Postmaster in Glyndon for 26 years. He had a...

Jun 6, 2010

Howard Terry Jones Jr., 40, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, June 6, 2010 in Innovis Hospital, Fargo, ND. He is survived by his daughters, Brandi, Nicole and Teri Jones; mother, Alice Ross; father, Howard Jones Sr.; brother, Ryan Bates; sister, Katherine Bates; uncles, Michael Fulton, Mark Ross and Joseph Jones; aunts, Theresa Ross, Francis Jones and Susan Jones; and special...

Jun 5, 2010

Melvina was born March 27, 1922, in Hawley, MN, to Albert and Inga Hanson. She married Ivan Villiard in 1946 and they farmed near Hawley until Ivan died in 1981. She then moved into Hawley where she had resided since.Melvina is survived by her son, Robert Nancy Villiard of Hawley, MN; daughter, Darlene Jim Dauner of Bemidji, MN; four grandchildren;...

Jun 4, 2010

Anna M. Turing Lein was born on August 15, 1921, in Moorhead, MN, to Emil and Olga Olson Turing. She graduated from Halstad High School and St. Luke's School of Nursing in 1944. On September 26, 1947, she married Marlyn O. Lein. They lived in the Fargo-Moorhead area. She enjoyed her career as a nurse/nurse practitioner at Fargo Clinic and...