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Melvin J. Briks
Jan 30, 2010
Melvin was born February 28, 1936 at Breckenridge, MN, the son of Joseph and Maude Maier Briks. He attended a country school outside of Rothsay, MN. Melvin took over the family farm upon the death of his father. On February 2, 1957, he married Janice Helgeson in Kent, MN. Melvin continued to farm until the early 1970's when he went...
Floyd O. Hansen
Jan 30, 2010
Floyd O. Hansen, age 87, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, January 30, 2010, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Floyd O. Hansen was born on December 2, 1922, to Soren and Annie Mickelsen Hansen in Hawley Township. He grew up and attended country school in rural Hawley. Floyd began farming in his pre-teen years and continued to farm into his seventies. He...
Sandra L. Essert
Jan 26, 2010
Sandra "Sandy" L. Essert, age 64, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, January 26, 2010, in ManorCare Health Systems, Fargo, ND, with her family by her side, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Sandra Lee Heier was born on December 17, 1945 to Samuel and Lydia Heine Heier in Jamestown, ND. She grew up and attended school...
Boyd C. Anderson
Jan 21, 2010
Boyd was born July 12, 1955 in Fargo, ND, to Cy and Doris Anderson. He grew up in the Fargo-Moorhead area and completed his GED through West Fargo Adult Education. On January 25, 1983, he married Valerie Hertel-Pronovost in Moorhead, MN. Together they shared 3 children. He enjoyed life to its fullest and explored many career opportunities, the last being...
Myrtle C. Olson
Jan 18, 2010
Myrtle C. Olson died on January 18, 2010 at St. Mary's Oak Crossing Cedar Ridge, Detroit Lakes, MN. Myrtle Christina Grefsrud was born October 11, 1915 to Gustav and Martina Bratlien at home in rural Hawley, MN. She attended country school in Parke Township, Clay County, MN. Myrtle married Oscar T. Olson on December 30, 1936. They lived on a...
Vincent J. Pulicicchio
Jan 18, 2010
Vincent Pulicicchio, 82, of Shakopee, formerly of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, January. 18, 2010 at Castle Ridge Care Center in Eden Prairie.He was born in International Falls, MN, April 10, 1927 to Pasquale and Margaret Bernardini Pulicicchio. Vincent graduated from International Falls High School while serving in the United States Navy. Following his separation from the Navy, he attended the...
Elaine L. Peterson
Jan 17, 2010
Elaine L. Peterson, 85, West Fargo, ND, died in her home on Sunday, January 17, 2010 under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Elaine Lucille Lere was born on December 1, 1924, in Minneapolis, MN, to Emil and Thora Larson Lere. She graduated as Valedictorian at Dilworth High School. Elaine married Runyon Peterson on September 1, 1944, in...
Morris S. Nelson
Jan 14, 2010
Morris was born February 29, 1920, to Alice and Swan Nelson, in Fargo, ND. On July 16, 1944, he married Marjorie Langager in Moorhead. Until moving to Moorhead in 2002, he spent his entire life on the family farm in Oakport Township. Morris is survived by his wife of 65 years, Marjorie; daughter, Audrey Wesley Bruxvoort, Woodbury, MN and Nipomo,...
Walt Lystrom
Jan 10, 2010
Walter Louis was born April 21, 1928 to George and Clara Paul Lystrom in Ada, MN where he grew up and attended school. He joined the Navy in November, 1946 and served on the USS Valley Forge. When he was discharged in 1949, he returned to Crookston, MN and graduated high school. In 1950 he attended Mohler Barber College in...
John Borland
Jan 9, 2010
John Borland, 67, Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, January 9, 2010, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.John was born on March 5, 1942, in Fargo, ND. His parents were Verl and Muriel Ehrenberg Borland. He grew up and attended school in Fargo, graduating from Fargo Central High School in 1960. He graduated from Jamestown College in Jamestown, ND, with a degree in...
Keith E. Beach
Jan 4, 2010
Keith was born on October 9th, 1957 to Bernard and Birdella Sampson Beach in Valley City, ND. Keith was 3rd of 8 children; 6 brothers and 2 sisters. He grew up in Juanita and attended school in McHenry, ND. In April 1975 he joined the U.S. Navy and served until December 1977. In 1982 he married Kathy Schober and later...
Laura A. Iverson
Jan 3, 2010
Laura Iverson, 57, Hitterdal, MN, died on Sunday, January 3, 2010, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Laura Ann Lackman was born on March 2, 1952, in Breckenridge, MN, to Paul and Anna Albin Lackman. She grew up and attended school there, graduating from Breckenridge High School. She attended Moorhead Technical College in Moorhead and then worked in Wahpeton, ND. She...
Roger L. Hegland
Jan 1, 2010
Roger Leonard Hegland, age 75, of Moorhead, MN and Scottsdale, AZ, died Friday, January 1, 2010.Roger was born on November 16, 1934 to Myrtle and Leonard Hegland and grew up on the farm north of Moorhead. He graduated from Moorhead State Teachers College Campus High School. On September 5, 1953 he married Shirley Melby. Together they spent their lives farming....
Mildred A. Hvinden
Jan 1, 2010
Mildred Adeline Engen Hvinden"Over All Obstacles and On to Success" was the senior class motto for Mildred Hvinden. She lived by the motto waking each morning and swinging her legs from her bed, placing her feet firmly on the floor, and starting each day with a positive attitude. Mildred died January 1, 2010, at Oak Crossing, Harbour Springs, in Detroit...
Gary M. Miller
Jan 1, 2010
Gary M. Miller, age 53, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, January 1, 2010, at his home, Fargo, ND.Gary Merlin Miller was born on October 26, 1956 to Merlin "Smokey" and Dorothy Erbstoesser Miller in Moorhead, MN. He grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1974. On August 12, 1978 he married Rita Silbernagel in...
Marlys G. Crowe
Dec 31, 2009
Marlys G. Feltus Crowe, Ada, MN, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Home in Barnesville, MN. Marlys was born to Edwin and Nora Feltus on February 22, 1935 in Fargo, ND. She married Harold Crowe on July 3, 1952. Marlys is survived by her husband, Harold Crowe, Ada, MN and their children, Stephen Laurie Crowe,...
Elaine M. Johnson
Dec 28, 2009
Elaine M. Johnson, 77, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, December 28, 2009, in Innovis Health Systems, Fargo, ND.Elaine Marie Konze was born on October 25, 1932 in Mt. Carmel, ND. She attended a one room school in Mt. Carmel until moving to Langdon, ND at age 15. She worked as a waitress at the local café. She married Harold Johnson...
L. Mercedes Roos
Dec 28, 2009
Lillian Mercedes Mickelson RoosMercedes was born January 15, 1919, the oldest of three siblings, to Olga and Malkin Mickelson in Callaway. She is a 1937 graduate of Waubun High School where she was valedictorian and of Concordia College in 1941, with a double major in music and English. She was the Cobber homecoming queen in 1940 and a member of...
Eldora G. Koehler
Dec 24, 2009
Eldora Grace Koehler died Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at the age of 103, in Villa Maria Nursing Home, Fargo, ND.She was born on August 31, 1906, to Frank and Mary Grest Koehler in Sheldon, ND. In 1908 she moved with her parents to Canada to an area later known as Watrous, Saskatchewan where she grew up and obtained her high...
Richard Koester
Dec 23, 2009
Richard was born October 13, 1934 to Ray and Frieda Brandt Koester in Moorhead, MN. He attended Koester School in Sabin, and graduated from Comstock High School in 1952. He went from high school into farming full time with his father, Ray. On November 21, 1987 he married Patsy "Pat" Lantz Whittaker at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sabin, MN. They lived...
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