Obituaries

Dec 21, 2004

Arlin "Ben" Dale Benson, 66, Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, December. 21, 2004, at the Fargo V.A. Medical Center. He was born July 26, 1938, to Arthur and Odell Benson in Twin Valley, MN. After graduation, Arlin served in the military and then returned to Twin Valley, MN. He married Helen Ritter Feb. 3, 1962, and made their home in Fargo,...

Dec 20, 2004

Alpha L. Goranson, 82, of Lake Park, Minnesota, died Monday, December 20, 2004, at her home.Alpha L. Goranson was born January 11, 1922 to Hans and Thea Bakke. She attended rural country school north of Lake Park until the 8th grade. During World War II she worked for the New Brighton Defense Plant in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was married to...

Dec 19, 2004

Eunice Moberg Scheidler, age 94, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2004. Eunice Moberg was born October 22, 1910 to John and Clara Lee Moberg in Vergas, MN. She grew up in the Pelican Rapids Area. Eunice graduated from Concordia College in 1931, majoring in Home Economics and from Interstate Business College, Fargo, ND in 1936.Following college, Eunice taught school in...

Dec 19, 2004

Roger Orrin Pitsenbarger died Sunday, December 19, 2004.Roger was born in Ulen, Minnesota, on December 3, 1921, to John and Nettie Asleson Pitsenbarger. The family later moved to Moorhead where Roger grew up and graduated from Moorhead High School. Roger married Elsie Ryan of Fargo on September 12, 1944. He graduated from North Dakota State University in 1943 and from...

Dec 18, 2004

George K. Grant, 87, Moorhead, MN, died on Saturday, December 18, 2004, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.George Kinsley Grant was born on December 8, 1917, in East Stanwood, WA, to Kinsley George and Rose Ann McCabe Grant. He grew up and attended school in Everett, WA, and then graduated from high school in Minot, ND. George married Louise F. Bong...

Dec 18, 2004

Judith Cecelia Nord, 96, died Saturday, December 18, 2004 at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Judith was born November 21, 1908, in Wolverton, MN. She was one of fourteen children of Charles and Julia Eklo Nord, Swedish and Norwegian immigrants who were pioneer farmers in the Red River Valley. Raised on the family farm, Judith was active in 4-H and...

Dec 15, 2004

Maxine L. Rogers, 81, Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, in Meritcare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Maxine L. Weum was born on May 21, 1923, in Georgetown, MN, to Randolph and Catherine Wambach Weum. She grew up and attended school there. She was the assistant postmaster in Georgetown from 1941 until 1944. Maxine married Harry Rogers on August 30, 1944...

Dec 14, 2004

Dec 12, 2004

LeRoy B. Krogen, 67, beloved husband and father, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, December 12, 2004 at his Mesa Arizona home. LeRoy was born October 28, 1937 in Hawley, MN. LeRoy graduated from Moorhead High School and attended Fargo Business School. In 1958 he married Shirley Henjum from Breckenridge, MN at Breckenridge Lutheran Church. LeRoy and Shirley lived in Bismarck where...

Dec 12, 2004

Duane R. Swenson, 74, died December 12, 2004, in his home, with his family at his side. Duane was born in Fargo, North Dakota on September 13, 1930. He attended rural school in Eglon Township and graduated from High School in 1948 from the N.W. School of Agriculture in Crookston, Minnesota. On June 17, 1951, Duane married Mavis Jensen, and...

Dec 9, 2004

Robert Lynn Crowe, 71, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2004 at home after a lengthy battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Robert was born on September 11, 1933 in Fargo, ND the son of the late Raymond and Rose Davenport Crowe. He attended schools in Fargo and Valley City. Following his education he joined the Marine Corps in...

Dec 2, 2004

Mary I. Mikkelsen, 56, of Hawley, Minnesota, died December 2, 2004, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.Mary Irene Buck was born June 12, 1948, at Hitterdal, Minnesota, to Lorenzo and Esther Nasset Buck. She grew up in Hitterdal and graduated in 1966 from Hitterdal High School. Mary was married to Michael Mikkelsen on June 24, 1967 at Hitterdal, MN....

Dec 2, 2004

Gudrun S. Halvorson, of Hawley, Minnesota, passed away in her home at the age of 92, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and her loving son, Lloyd.She went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, December 2, 2004, surrounded by her family.Gudrun Synova Folden was born April 13, 1912, at Grygla, Minnesota, to Martin and Marie...

Dec 1, 2004

Louise Metcalf, 94, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, December 01, 2004, in the nursing home.Mary Louise Metcalf was born on June 1, 1910, near Kragnes, MN, to Charles and Edith "Annie" Boulton Gilbery. She grew up and attended Oak Mound school near Kragnes. Louise married Banker Metcalf on October 23, 1929, in Moorhead, MN, and they made...

Nov 30, 2004

Ruth Herdis Berge, 84, of Moorhead, died Tuesday, November 30, 2004, at Eventide Lutheran Home. She was born May 22, 1920 in Estherville, IA, to Rev. Selmer A. E. and Ida Hatlestad Berge. Her father’s parish work took the family to Fort Dodge, IA in 1925 and Fargo in 1931. Music–and church music in particular–was her passion through a lifetime,...

Nov 27, 2004

Myrtle Ode Askelson, 95, passed away at Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, Minnesota on Saturday, November 27, 2004. Myrtle was born April 6, 1909 to Thomas and Clara Thrope Kohler, in Audubon, Minnesota. After her schooling she worked at home and for other extended families. She married Eivind W. Ode on March 30, 1933. They farmed at Audubon and Lake...

Nov 25, 2004

Connie K. Raasch, 63, of Fargo, died Thursday, November 25, 2004 in MeritCare's Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND.Connie was born to Deloss Dutch and Muriel Hexum Mortenson on August 4, 1941 in Madison, MN. She grew up and attended school in Madison, MN until the 7th grade. After that Connie and her family moved multiple times throughout the upper Midwest...

Nov 24, 2004

Walter Holler, 92 of Hawley, MN died Wednesday, November 24, 2004 in Sunnyside Nursing Home, Lake Park, MN.Walter was born to Peter and Amelia Rhinehardt Holler on November 5, 1912 in Erie, ND. He grew up and attended school in Erie, ND. On January 4, 1938 he married Velva Leach. Walter worked at Thysell Brothers as a mechanic and farmed...

Nov 23, 2004

Bernadean Maxine Schell, 65, of Glyndon, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, November 23, 2004, in the Palliative Care Unit at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.Bernadean was born December 3, 1938 to Antone and Bernice Mauch. She grew up and attended school in Beardsley, Minnesota. She was married to Bill Schell on August 12, 1958 in Ortonville, Minnesota. They made...

Nov 22, 2004

Robert Gene Burnside, 70, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Monday, November 22, 2004, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota.Robert was born May 6, 1934 in Hawley, Minnesota to Robert and Julia Mortenson Burnside. He grew up and attended school in Hawley. Following his schooling he worked for several farms in the area. He worked for Industrial Builders for 2 years, then...