Obituaries

Search Obituaries

Willard A. Hicks

Willard A. Hicks

Dec 14, 2005

Willard A. Hicks, 87, Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, December 14, 2005, in Innovis Health, Fargo, ND.Willard A. Hicks was born on August 17, 1918, in Comstock, MN, to August and Mary Stern Hicks. He grew up and attended school there. He served in the C.C.C. and did farm work in the area before going to work for the Railroad....

Glennys V. Larson

Glennys V. Larson

Dec 13, 2005

Glennys V. Larson, 78, Elim Home, Fargo, ND, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, in the nursing home.Glennys Kuehl was born on September 29, 1927, in Moorhead, MN, where she grew up and attended school, graduating from Glyndon High School. She went to work for National Food in Moorhead, MN, where she worked for 24 years as a cashier and...

Mildred Kragnes

Mildred Kragnes

Dec 13, 2005

Mildred Kragnes, 82, Kragnes, MN, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, in the Halstad Living Center, Halstad, MN.Mildred Frosaker was born on August 30, 1923, near Sheyenne, ND. She grew up and attended rural school in the Rock Township School in Benson County, ND. She then went to work for various farmers in the area. Mildred later moved to Fargo,...

Thelma Knutson

Thelma Knutson

Dec 13, 2005

Thelma Knutson of Fargo, passed away on December 13, 2005, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Thelma was born in Buxton on January 3, 1920. She grew up and attended school in Buxton. On November 9, 1938 she married Boyd J. Knutson of Hillsboro. They made their home in Buxton and Hillsboro. They also farmed from 1943 – 1960 in the Blanchard...

John M. Legler

John M. Legler

Dec 10, 2005

John was born February 14, 1984 in Fargo, North Dakota. He grew up in Hawley, MN, where he attended school, then moved to Aurora, Colorado where he lived and went to school for a few years. He moved from Aurora to Barnesville, MN, where he lived for a short time before moving back to Hawley.J.J. was full of life and...

Esther V. Schmidt

Esther V. Schmidt

Dec 9, 2005

Esther V. Schmidt, 85, of Moorhead, formally Sabin, died Friday, December 09, 2005, in MeritCare's Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND.Esther Violet Lobitz was born on August 9, 1920 to Louis and Marie Burke Lobitz, in rural Sabin, MN. She grew up and attended school in Sabin and one year in Barnesville. During her schooling in Barnesville she traveled by train...

Leonette M. Koeplin

Leonette M. Koeplin

Dec 9, 2005

The Mass of Christian Burial for Leonette Koeplin, Moorhead, Minnesota, will be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Moorhead. Visitation will be for two hours before Mass at the Church on Tuesday. She passed into glory on December 9, 2005, at the age of 87, in the loving, compassionate...

Alvin B. Kuball

Alvin B. Kuball

Dec 7, 2005

Alvin B. Kuball passed away peacefully at Manor Care in Fargo, ND, December 7, 2005. Alvin was born February 12, 1922 at the farm home of his parents, Henry and Caroline Berg Kuball, formerly Wales, ND and Borup, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Dresden, ND. He attended Minto Consolidated School in Cavalier County. He farmed...

Ellen Olson

Ellen Olson

Dec 2, 2005

Ellen was born November 23, 1909 at Lake Park, Minnesota to Henry and Ingeborg Carlson of Appelbo, Sweden. She grew up in rural Lake Park and attended school there. Ellen was married to Harry Olson in November of 1932. They farmed near Rollag, MN, where they raised their family. Ellen resided at Parkview Terrace in Moorhead for twenty-three years following...

Avis M. Wollitz

Avis M. Wollitz

Nov 30, 2005

Avis M. Wollitz, 81, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, November 30, 2005, in the nursing home.Avis M. Braun was born on June 23, 2005, in Belmond, IA, where she grew up and graduated from high school. She attended business college in Mason City, Iowa. She went to work for Shell Oil, in Mason City and then Minneapolis,...

Lawrence F. Arndt

Lawrence F. Arndt

Nov 29, 2005

Lawrence was born on March 22, 1930 at Hubbard Saskatchewan, Canada to Fredrick and Gisella Langenburger Arndt and passed away at his home on November 29, 2005. He attended school in Canada and moved with the family to Michigan in 1947. In 1949 they moved to Felton, Minnesota. He farmed with his dad and also worked at Keifer Chevrolet for...

Jerome Allery

Jerome Allery

Nov 29, 2005

Jerome was born June 7, 1932 at Ft. Belknap, Montana to Jerome and Virginia Marcet Allery. He attended grade school at Malta, Montana. He grew up in Whitewater, Montana, graduating from Flandeau Indian School. Jerome married Edna Agard in St. Paul, MN, in 1952. Jerome served in the U.S. Army in the early 1950's. He lived in Newport, Minnesota from...

Raymond O. Ristad

Raymond O. Ristad

Nov 27, 2005

Raymond O. Ristad, 65, Moorhead, MN, was found dead in his home on Sunday, November 27, 2005.Raymond was born on November 10, 1940 in Grand Forks, ND. He grew up and attended school in Grand Forks and then moved to Portland, Oregon, where he lived for 25 years. He married Beverly Thompson in 1970 at Portland, and they had a...

Kenneth E. Halvorson

Kenneth E. Halvorson

Nov 27, 2005

Kenneth E. Halverson, 75, Frazee Care Center, Frazee, MN, formerly Hawley, MN, died on Sunday, November 27, 2005, in the nursing home.Kenneth was born on June 25, 1930, in Glyndon, MN, to Earl and Ruth Halverson. He grew up and attended school there. Kenneth served in the U.S. Army from 1948 until 1951, and then returned to Glyndon. He married...

Luell E. ’Bud’ Lilly

Luell E. ’Bud’ Lilly

Nov 27, 2005

Luell "Bud" Edward Lilly, 67, of Phoenix, AZ, passed away on November 27, 2005 in Thunderbird Banner Hospital, Phoenix, AZ.Bud was born on June 8, 1938 to Earl and Emma Legler Lilly in Storm Lake, IA. He grew up in Minnesota and graduated from Slayton High School in 1956. He married Bonita Swanson in 1967. Bud was employed by Honeywell...

Pauli G. Worth

Pauli G. Worth

Nov 26, 2005

Worth, Pauli Gold, age 52, of Moorhead, Minnesota passed away peacefully on November 26, 2005 at Bethany Homes in Fargo, North Dakota. Pauli was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 19, 1953 to Doris Weisenbach Gold and Harold Gold, both of Cleveland. Pauli grew up in Cleveland and displayed exceptional ability in music and art at an early age. She...

Marian E. Anderson

Marian E. Anderson

Nov 24, 2005

Marian E. Anderson, 90, of Nevis, MN, died Thursday, November 24, 2005, in her home in Nevis, MN under the care of St. Joseph's Hospice of Park Rapids, MN, surrounded by her loving family.Marian Evelyn Roberts was born on December 11, 1914 to Charles and Nellie Browne Roberts in Leonard, ND. She grew up and graduated from high school in...

Joyce I. Rude

Joyce I. Rude

Nov 23, 2005

Joyce was born on September 21, 1924 to Christian and Ella Kjos Sander in rural Hawley, where she grew up and attended District 11 School through the 8th grade. She worked for area farmers until moving to Fargo, where she worked for Loomis and Loomis Cleaners, Fairmont Creamery, and Fargo Foundry, where she made bomb parts during WWII.Joyce was married...

David W. Krenelka

David W. Krenelka

Nov 19, 2005

David Ward Krenelka, 66, of Blaine, Minnesota, peacefully passed away on November 19, 2005, in Unity Hospital, Fridley, Minnesota. David was born April 17, 1939, in Hitterdal, Minnesota. He worked as a computer technician. He was preceded in death by his parents Dennis and Nellie Krenelka. David will be greatly missed by his wife, Carolyn Krenelka; two daughters, Judy and...

Archie E. Seydel

Archie E. Seydel

Nov 17, 2005

Archie Edwin Seydel, the tenth child of Frederick and Louise Schneider Seydel's 12 children, was born July 10, 1934 on his parent's farm near the village of Dale, in rural Becker Country, MN. Archie suffered from epileptic seizures that caused mental retardation, although he did complete 3 years of rural school at District 41. Archie attended Minnesota institutions for the...