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Barbara Ann Olson
Dec 23, 2022
Once upon a time in the town of Des Moines Iowa, Betty Anderson gave birth to a baby girl and named her Barbara Ann. Barbara was born on July 21, 1954. At the age of 3 she moved to Omaha, Nebraska with her family. In her younger years, she spent time visiting her grandpa and grandma in Creston, Iowa. In...
Dennis “Denny” Anderson
Dec 22, 2022
Dennis “Denny” L. Anderson, 86, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Eventide on 8th in Moorhead. Denny was born August 25, 1936, to Casper and Myrtle (Johnson) Anderson in Bowden, ND. He grew up on the family farm north of Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead State Campus High School. He continued his education at Moorhead...
Joan Marie Grefsrud
Dec 21, 2022
Joan Grefsrud, 93, of Hawley, MN, died Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at Mahnomen Health Center, Mahnomen, MN.
Joan Marie Meyer was born January 20, 1929, to John and Adeline (Nelson) Meyer. She grew up on the family farm near Hitterdal, MN and graduated from Hitterdal High School in 1947. After high school she attended business school in Detroit Lakes, MN...
Esther H. Allen
Dec 18, 2022
Esther Helen Allen, age 88, passed away on December 18, 2022, at Lilac Homes in Moorhead, MN after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Esther was born May 18, 1934, to Edwin and Helmina (Hendrickson) Gronhovd in Langdon, ND. She grew up on a farm near Nekoma, ND amidst a close knit immediate and extended family. Esther graduated from Nekoma High...
Doris Jane Krogstad
Dec 12, 2022
Doris Jane (Van Winkle) Krogstad was born to Martin and Mabel (Gjelsness) Van Winkle on Sept. 6, 1923. Her father worked for the BIA, so she and her five siblings grew up primarily at Fort Thompson in central South Dakota. They moved to Cass Lake, MN, in 1940 where her father later retired.
Doris became a student at Bemidji State...
Darrel D. Jensen
Dec 12, 2022
Darrel D. Jensen felt privileged to have shared this planet with all of you from October 21, 1936, his first day of life until December 12, 2022, when he entered his eternal rest.
He was the seventh of nine children born to Peter and Louise (Eppler) Jensen on the Eppler homestead in Spring Prairie Township, Clay County, Minnesota. Each of...
Derek Russell Umstead Sr.
Dec 9, 2022
Derek Russell Umstead Sr., 66, of Lake Park, MN, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2022, at Viking Manor, Ulen, MN.
Derek was born on February 6, 1956, to Donald and Doris (Knight) Umstead in Syracuse, New York. He grew up in Syracuse, where he attended and graduated from Corcoran High School. He began his career as a machinist for...
Robert Bruce “Bob” Collins Sr.
Dec 7, 2022
Robert Bruce “Bob” Collins, Sr., 72, of Glyndon, MN, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, in his home surrounded by his loving family.
Bob was born on May 10, 1950, to Carl and Dorothy (Storbeck) Collins in Minot, ND. He grew up in Minot where he graduated from Minot High School. He joined the Army, serving his country during...
Gloria M. Halgunseth
Dec 7, 2022
Gloria M. Halgunseth, 90, of Moorhead, MN and Sun City, AZ passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at Eventide Senior Living, Moorhead.
Gloria May Simonson was born February 26, 1932, to Andrew and Cecil (Anderson) Simonson in Breckenridge, MN. She grew up in Wahpeton, ND and graduated from Wahpeton High School.
On November 21, 1949, she married Robert “Bob”...
Richard “Rick” Doran
Dec 6, 2022
Richard “Rick” Doran, 73, Lake Park, MN, died December 6, 2022, at Sunnyside Care Center in Lake Park.
Rick was born September 27, 1949, to Vernon and Rhoda (Grani) Doran. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Ray; Ray’s wife, Mary and their son, Jim. He is survived by his sister, Kathy (Richard) Legvold, and her children,...
Geneva L. Bennett
Dec 4, 2022
Geneva L. Bennett, 88, of Lake Park, MN, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2022, at Hawley Senior Living, Hawley, MN. Geneva was born February 12, 1934, to Oscar and Anna (Ness) Braseth. She grew up in Lake Park, MN, where she graduated from high school. She met and married Gordon Bennett on August 3, 1952. Together they made their...
Bertha J. “Bert” Thompson
Dec 2, 2022
Bertha “Bert” Thompson, 79, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2022, at home under the care of family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Bert was born November 25, 1943, in Esmond, ND, to Isidor and Walburga (Schneider) Krenzel. She grew up and attended school in Fargo, ND. On January 20, 1962, Bert married Ronald Thompson. Together...
Thomas Gehring
Dec 2, 2022
Thomas Jay Gehring, age 70, of Fargo, ND, died December 2, 2022, at his home.
Thomas was born January 6, 1952 in Camp Rucker, Alabama, to Virgil and Arlene (Lind) Gehring. He lived at Life Skills and Transition Center in Grafton, ND from March 1959 to October 1974. Since 1974, Tom has received residential services with CHI Friendship in Fargo. ...
Adelle Marie Schenck
Dec 2, 2022
Adelle M. Schenck, 81, of Hawley MN, peacefully left us for her eternal resting place on Friday, December 2nd, 2022. She was surrounded by her family, under the Care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, after a courageous, 7-year battle with Alzheimer’s. The family is grateful for the care of River Pointe of Moorhead.
Adelle Marie Schenck (Kasin) was...
Roger Dale Coley
Dec 2, 2022
Roger Dale Coley, 74, of Fargo, ND, died December 2, 2022, at the Fargo VA Medical Center.
Roger was born June 4, 1948, in Logan, West Virginia, to Robert and Mabel (Murphy) Coley. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp. in 1967 and served in Vietnam. After his discharge, he came home and married Rose Wilson. They made their home...
William E. Cobb
Dec 1, 2022
William Edward Cobb
2/22/1934 – 12/1/2022
Bill Cobb was born in Rio Hondo in South Texas. His career history started in construction, building an outdoor play house for his sister, Janie. He also worked in his grandfather’s grocery store doing anything that was needed there. Early in 1951 he and his two best friends Eugene Sommerlatte and John Brady, joined...
Eleanor R. Miller
Nov 30, 2022
Eleanor R. Miller, 89, of Hawley, MN, passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at Lilac Homes in Dilworth, MN. Eleanor was born November 26, 1933, to Raymond and Emily (Alm) Wamre. She grew up and attended school in Hawley, MN. On October 24, 1953 she married Stanley Miller and they farmed together near Baker, MN, and later bought a...
Judy Franke Sorby
Nov 30, 2022
Judy Rae (Franke) Sorby, 79, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, surrounded by family and listening to some of her favorite Elvis songs, at Sanford Health Hospital, Fargo, ND.
Judy was born on October 10, 1943, to Ray and Echo (Sorum) Franke in Erie, ND. She grew up in Felton, MN, where she graduated from Felton...
Sandra O. Paulsen
Nov 29, 2022
Sandra O. Paulsen, 80, Fargo, ND, passed away November 29, 2022, at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND.
Sandra Paulsen began her life in Northern Georgia. She met LeRoy Paulsen in 1958 and they were married until his death in 2014. Over the years they lived in North Dakota, Minnesota, Georgia, and Arizona.
She is survived by her children, Gregory Paulsen,...
Jeanette Arlene Hagen
Nov 29, 2022
Jeanette Arlene Hagen (Helgaas) and her beloved husband, Monroe Lawrence Hagen passed away within four months of each other, Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 and Monday, March 13th, 2023, respectively. They were married for 66 years. Theirs was a love story.
Mom and Dad are already missed by so many friends and family who loved them dearly.
Mom was born in...
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