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Rudolph A. Softing

Rudolph A. Softing

Jun 14, 2005

Rudolph A. Softing, 99, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Tuesday, June 14, 2005 under hospice care, at the Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen, Minnesota. Rudolph was born November 2, 1905, at Hawley, Minnesota, to Anton and Barbro Huseby Softing. They lived on a farm in Parke Township in Clay County, Minnesota. He attended country school at Clay County District #11. Rudolph...

Alma M. Nyhus

Alma M. Nyhus

Jun 11, 2005

Alma Mathilda Nyhus nee Sandberg of Moorhead, age 88, died on June 11, 2005, at St. John's Hospital while on a visit to St. Paul.Alma was born to Olaf and Ingeborg Halvorson Sandberg on November 14, 1916, in Hitterdal, MN. She graduated from high school there and married Clifford Nyhus on October 12, 1940. They lived primarily in Hitterdal where...

Arnold F. Miller

Arnold F. Miller

Jun 10, 2005

Arnold F. Miller, 92, of Fargo, died on Friday, June 10, 2005 at Rosewood On Broadway, Fargo, ND.Arnold was born on July 18, 1912 in Des Moines, IA to John and Mary Miller. He attended school in Des Moines graduating in 1930. In 1933 he married Anna Belle Rosen. After working several years for produce companies, he started working for...

Darlene Y. Karlin

Darlene Y. Karlin

Jun 3, 2005

Darlene Yvonne Walker-Torkelson Karlin passed away peacefully on June 3, 2005, surrounded by family at the Viking Manor Nursing Home.Darlene was born on April 19, 1941 to Orran and Aurellia Walker at Swift, MN. She moved to Hawley at the age of 13 and graduated in 1959 from Hawley High School. She married Dennis Torkelson, Sr. in December of 1960...

Kermit H. Engebretson

Kermit H. Engebretson

Jun 1, 2005

Kermit H. Engebretson, 82, Fargo, ND died on Wednesday, June 1, 2005, in Manor Care, Fargo, ND.Kermit Hilman Engebretson was born August 17, 1922 in Pelican Rapids, MN. He was the son of Carl and Helga Hersrud Engebretson. He moved with his family to Fargo, ND in 1927 where he attended Fargo Public Schools, graduating from Fargo Central High School...

Jerold A. Sundet

Jerold A. Sundet

Jun 1, 2005

Jerold A. Sundet Jerry, 82, died June 1 at Rosewood Nursing Home, Fargo. Jerry was born September. 5, 1922, to John and Marie Sundet, Crookston, Minn., where he grew up. He graduated from high school there in 1940.Jerry studied music at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., for one year before entering the U.S. Navy, where he served for nearly four...

Thelma I. Peterson

Thelma I. Peterson

May 28, 2005

Thelma Peterson passed away peacefully on May 28, 2005, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND, surrounded by loved ones.Thelma was born near Hawley, MN on September 27, 1924. She was one of 13 children born to Gust and Martina Grefsrud. While working at Fargo's Gardiner Hotel in 1947, she met and married Norman Leroy Peterson of Arnegard, ND.Thelma and Norman...

Dorothy W. Fabian

Dorothy W. Fabian

May 27, 2005

Dorothy W. Fabian, 94, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, May 27, 2005, at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND.Dorothy W. Fabian was the oldest of eight children. She was born to Richard and Martha Gerber Fabian on April 21, 1911, in Everest, ND. She was confirmed on June 7, 1925 at Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Casselton, ND. In 1926 the family...

Andrew M. Suedel

Andrew M. Suedel

May 23, 2005

Andrew Milton Suedel 82, Sabin, MN died at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit Sunday, May 23, 2005. Andrew was born May 12, 1922 to John and Minnie Krabbenhoft Suedel near Sabin, MN. He attended rural Onan School.He entered the U.S. Army May 1945 and was discharged August 1946. He became Postmaster in Sabin in 1947, transferred to Rural Mail Carrier in...

Rodney V. Lindstrom

Rodney V. Lindstrom

May 17, 2005

Rodney Vincent Lindstrom, 92, was born at Lake Park, MN to Victor and Amanda Selberg Lindstrom. Rodney attended country school in District 42, Becker County through the 8th grade. He attended the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston, MN. Following graduation, Rodney was employed by his uncle, G. W. Larson in the landscape service. On November 6, 1937 he married...

Cynthia Trautman

Cynthia Trautman

May 17, 2005

Cynthia Roebuck was born on July 16, 1959, to Robert and Gloria Chartier Roebuck in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Her family traveled with the U.S. Air Force and she grew up in West Fargo, Jamestown, Grand Forks, and Fargo, ND, where she graduated from Fargo North High School in 1977. She moved to Ephrata, WA, where she lived until 1982 when...

Alvin E. Kronbeck

Alvin E. Kronbeck

May 15, 2005

Alvin E. Kronbeck, 79, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Sunday, May 15, 2005, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, Minnesota.Alvin Edward Kronbeck was born December 27, 1925, on a farm near Hawley, Minnesota to Aaron and Ethel Dougherty Kronbeck. He grew up and attended rural country school near Hawley. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1943...

Harold W. ’Hap’ Broich

Harold W. ’Hap’ Broich

May 14, 2005

Harold "Hap" W. Broich, 83, of Lake Park, MN died on Saturday, May 14, 2005 at St. Mary's Regional Health Center, Detroit Lakes, MN under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Hap was born on October 27, 1921 in Big Stone City, SD. He grew up around the McGregor, MN area. In 1943 he married M. Joyce Lisk...

Margaret H. ’Margie’ Thompson

Margaret H. ’Margie’ Thompson

May 14, 2005

Margaret Helen Thompson, 79, Baker, MN, died Saturday, May 14, 2005 in Innovis Health System, Fargo, ND.Margaret was born June 7, 1925 in Clay County to William and Marie Evert Edwards of Wolverton, MN. She attended school at Koester School in rural Sabin, MN. On November 17, 1943 she married Steven Thompson, Jr. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sabin, MN. Together...

Helen J. Benson

Helen J. Benson

May 11, 2005

Helen J. Benson, 79, Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, May 11, 2005 in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. She was born November 24, 1925, to Emil and Pauline Zielke Ritter in Dunn County, ND. After graduating from Dunn Center high school she attended Dakota Business College. She married Arlin Benson on February 3, 1962, and made their home in Fargo, ND. Arlin...

Ragna “Red” Evenson

Ragna “Red” Evenson

May 7, 2005

Ragna "Red" Evenson, 84, formerly of 414 Elmwood Ave. S., Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 7, 2005, at Elim Care Center, surrounded by her family. Ragna Melvor was born on October 1, 1920, on the Grondahl farm in rural Maddock, Benson County, ND, to Alf and Mari Sagrusten Melvor. She grew up on the farm, attending area schools and graduating...

Allen Wastvedt

Allen Wastvedt

May 6, 2005

Allen Wastvedt was born on March 12, 1928 at Hawley, Minnesota to George and Hilda Amundsgaard Wastvedt. He grew up in Hawley graduating from High School in 1946. Allen was united in marriage to Phyllis Rustad on December 22, 1950 at Seatle, Washington. Allen served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Following his military discharge they lived in...

Arthur N. Nelson

Arthur N. Nelson

May 6, 2005

Arthur N. Nelson, 81, Moorhead, MN, died on Friday, May 6, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Arthur was born on December 10, 1923, in Ayre, ND, to Oscar and Ida Hovland Nelson. He graduated from High School in Borup, MN, in 1943. He worked as a farm hand before entering the service in 1945. Art served in the U.S. Army...

Gladys L. Samuelson

Gladys L. Samuelson

May 5, 2005

Gladys Samuelson, 91, Lake Park, MN died Thursday, May 5, 2005 at Sunnyside Nursing Home.Gladys L. Oftelie was born August 19, 1913 in Lake Park to Gullick and Liv Thompson Oftelie, where she grew up and attended school. On October 12, 1935, she was united in marriage to Albert Samuelson at the parsonage in Lake Park. They farmed south of...

Elline G. Noben

Elline G. Noben

May 5, 2005

Elline Noben, 73, died Thursday, May 5, 2005, at her home in rural Lake Park, Minnesota.Elline Glenda Seydel was born October 4, 1931 in rural Becker County, MN near the village of Dale. She was the ninth of twelve children of Fredrick and Louise Schneider Seydel. Elline was raised on her parents' farm and attended rural school District 41 and...