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Norma E. Richter

Norma E. Richter

Nov 8, 2009

Norma E. Richter, 82, Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND, died there on Sunday, November 8, 2009. Norma Elizabeth Miller was born on March 10, 1927, at Krum, ND, to Albert and Emma Miller. She grew up there and graduated from Hazen High School. Norma married Reuben B. Richter in January of 1946. They spent the early years of their marriage...

Lillian A. Lovaasen

Lillian A. Lovaasen

Nov 8, 2009

Lillian A. Lovaasen, 93, of Moorhead, died Sunday, November 8, 2009, in Innovis Health Systems, Fargo, ND.Lillian Rud was born on December 26, 1915 in Williams County, ND to Nils and Josephine Seim Rud. When Lillian was 3, Josephine died, and she was raised by her grandparents, Kristian and Anna Seim. She grew up in Walsh County, ND, where she...

Valborg C. Krogstad

Valborg C. Krogstad

Nov 6, 2009

Valborg Krogstad, age 80, of Perley, MN, died Friday, November 6, 2009, in the Halstad Senior Living Center, Halstad, MN, with her family by her side. Vallie was born on December 6, 1928 to Reverend Thomas and Anna Bergee Anderson in Petersburg, ND. She grew up and attended school in Borup and Hendrum, graduating from Hendrum High School in 1946....

David P. Bloom

David P. Bloom

Nov 5, 2009

Dave was born to parents Bill and Thelma on October. 5, 1934, and was raised in Lake Park, Minn. After graduating high school, he entered the U.S. Army and served two years at Ladd Air Base in Alaska.Upon leaving the military, he married his high school sweetheart, Darlene Berland, and they moved to North Dakota where he pursued his engineering...

Margaret J. Durr

Margaret J. Durr

Nov 4, 2009

Margaret J. Durr, age 63, of Fargo, ND, died of heart failure, Wednesday, November 4, 2009, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Margaret Jane Sivertson was born on January 10, 1946 to Sverre "Swartz" and Olive Kroshus Sivertson in Perley, MN. She grew up and attended school in Perley, graduating from Hendrum High School. In December, 1967 she married Vern Cleveland...

Roy Mattson

Roy Mattson

Nov 3, 2009

Roy was born September 6, 1922 in Stanley Township, Cass County, North Dakota. He grew up in the Mapleton, North Dakota area and attended District #9 rural country school in Cass County, North Dakota. Roy married Melpha Anderson on February 13, 1947 at Lysne Lutheran Church, in rural Hawley, Minnesota. Following their marriage they lived north of Hawley where they...

Derrick D. Yates

Derrick D. Yates

Nov 3, 2009

Derrick Yates, 23, Fargo, ND, died at his home on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.Derrick was born on March 30, 1986, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, to David and Jill Fischer Yates. He and his mother moved to Fargo in 1989. She married Jeffrey H. Lund on July 13, 1991, and they made their home in Fargo. Derrick attended...

Diana T. Puhr

Diana T. Puhr

Nov 3, 2009

Diana Thorun McArthur was born January 8, 1948, in Fargo, North Dakota. She was the second child and first daughter of mother, Thorun Thorwaldson McArthur and father, Donald Sundell McArthur. She was adopted as an infant and was the delight of everyone who knew her from birth to death. Diana was born with cerebral palsy and minor developmental disability. She...

Hunter David Mertens

Hunter David Mertens

Nov 2, 2009

Hunter David Mertens, son of Jeremy and Tammy Mertens, Audubon, Minn., was born and went to heaven on Monday, November 2, 2009 in Innovis Health, Fargo. Hunter is survived by his parents; two brothers, Kayden and Logan Mertens; grandparents, David and Kathy Mattson, John and Brenda Christianson, Mike Becky Rau Illg, and Mike Brenda Lemon Mertens; uncles, Josh Stephanie Mertens,...

Oris E. ’Super’ Wenner

Oris E. ’Super’ Wenner

Nov 2, 2009

Oris E. "Super" Wenner, 89, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Monday, November 2, 2009, in MeritCare's Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, North Dakota.Oris was born April 28, 1920, at Hitterdal, Minnesota, to Albin and Olga Hitterdal Wenner. He was the sixth child of a family of eight. Oris grew up near Hitterdal, MN and graduated from Hitterdal High School. He was very...

Edith M. Remington

Edith M. Remington

Oct 31, 2009

Private family services to be held.

Lurae M. ’Susie’ Dahl

Lurae M. ’Susie’ Dahl

Oct 30, 2009

LuRae M. "Susie" Dahl, 58, Fargo, died Friday, October 30, 2009, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. LuRae was born on May 19, 1951 in Fargo to Alvin and Ethel Turing Dahl. She grew up in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1971. She lived at home until 1990, when she then moved to Villa Maria. She enjoyed listening to...

Wesley A. ’Wes’ Guetzkow

Wesley A. ’Wes’ Guetzkow

Oct 30, 2009

Wesley A. "Wes" Guetzkow, 61, Moorhead, MN, died on Friday, October 30, 2009, in MeritCare Hospital Palliative Care, Fargo, ND.Wesley was born on December 4, 1947, in Fargo, ND, to Wesley and Delia Swapp Guetzkow. He lived with his family in Massachusetts, Chicago and Iowa. Wes was an over the road truck driver, driving for various companies before buying his...

Myrtle M. Olson

Myrtle M. Olson

Oct 29, 2009

Myrtle M. Olson, 93, died peacefully, surrounded by her family on Thursday, October 29, 2009, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead.Myrtle Margaret Magnuson was born November 15, 1915, at Driscoll, ND, to Oscar and Anna Westin Magnuson. She became part of a loving, Swedish family, and she learned Swedish as her first language. She graduated from Bismarck High School in 1934,...

George D. Schenck

George D. Schenck

Oct 25, 2009

George Donald Pierson Schenck was born April 21, 1918 in Barnesville, Minnesota. He was the son of Cora Cook and Merle Schenck. He attended school at District #158 and Moorhead high school. He married Bernice Melby on July 14, 1940 at Downer Presbyterian Church. To this union they had ten children. He was a dairy and grain farmer south of...

Delores M. Winjum

Delores M. Winjum

Oct 25, 2009

Delores Marie was born September 23, 1929 to Leonard and Alice Renslow Solwold in Hitterdal, MN. She was baptized at home by Reverend C.M. Grimsrud. She was later confirmed in Keene Lutheran Church by Reverend P.C. Oas. Delores attended Keene Dist. 38 Country School, two years at Ulen High School, and graduated from Hitterdal High School in 1947. She worked...

Nanette I. ’Nan’ Danielson

Nanette I. ’Nan’ Danielson

Oct 24, 2009

Nan passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the age of 56 at MeritCare's Palliative Care Unit in Fargo after an eleven-year battle with melanoma. Nanette Irene Palmlund was born March 27th, 1953 to Levi and Alice Bau Palmlund in Huron, SD. She grew up on the family farm west of De Smet and graduated in 1971 from De Smet...

Wesley L. Helm Sr.

Wesley L. Helm Sr.

Oct 22, 2009

Wesley L. Helm Sr., 75, of Fargo, ND, died at Rosewood on Broadway on October 22, 2009. Wesley was born in Lincoln Valley, ND, to Ludwig and Vehona Kirschenman Helm on August 1, 1934. Wesley's Father owned several local businesses in Lincoln Valley and his is one of the few remaining buildings still standing in what is now a ghost...

Dr. Otto E. Ursin

Dr. Otto E. Ursin

Oct 21, 2009

Dr. Otto E. Ursin, age 90, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009, in Villa Maria Nursing Home, Fargo, ND. Otto Elliot Ursin was born on April 18, 1919 to Pastor Ove and Marianna Anderson Ursin in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Canada until the age of four, when his family moved to the United States. His...

Elizabeth J. ’Betty’ Juszczak

Elizabeth J. ’Betty’ Juszczak

Oct 20, 2009

Betty was born October 24, 1925, in Chicago, IL, where she grew up and attended school. She later married Walter Juszczak in Chicago and was employed at a catholic school. Betty lived in Lisbon, ND, for a time before moving to Moorhead and had most recently resided at Golden Living Center. She will be dearly missed.