Obituaries

Patricia Ann Bazal

Feb 28, 2021

Patricia A. Bazal, age 75, resident of Moses Lake, WA, died Sunday, February 28, 2021 at her home in Moses Lake.

Patricia Ann Richards was born August 4, 1945 in Denver, CO, the daughter of Joseph and Lucille (Peters) Richards.  She attended elementary school in Denver and Grand Junction, CO, high school at St. Joseph and Central...

Gladys Odegaard

Feb 24, 2021

Gladys J. Odegaard, age 90, resident of Cooperstown, ND passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at the Griggs County Care Center in Cooperstown.

Gladys June Lorch was born July 17, 1930.  She was the youngest of five children born to Albert and Henrietta (Stern) Lorch at their rural Hillsboro, ND farm home.

Gladys grew up...

Mildred L. Hanson

Feb 21, 2021

Mildred L. Hanson, age 93, resident of Michigan, ND, died Sunday, February 21, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota, ND.

Mildred Laurine Sparks was born November 15, 1927 on the family farm in Williams Township of Nelson County, ND, the daughter of George and Mabel (Stubbs) Sparks.  She attended Williams Consolidated School through the 8th...

Alton Hegvik

Feb 15, 2021

Alton Hegvik, 98, of Glenfield ND died February 15, 2021 in Apache Junction, AZ.

He was born to Ole and Alette (Winther) Hegvik on a farm near McHenry, ND on November 4, 1922.  After graduating high school, Alton followed his brothers into military service and entered the Army during WW2 serving in the 66th Armored Infantry Battalion...

Jerry B. Arndt

Feb 13, 2021

Jerry Bruce Arndt, age 82, resident of Cooperstown, ND, formerly Brooklyn Center, MN passed away Saturday, February 13, 2021 in rural Cooperstown, ND.

Services are pending.

Marilyn J. Johnson

Feb 8, 2021

Marilyn J. Johnson, age 84, resident of Mesa, AZ, died Monday, February 8, 2021.

Marilyn Joyce McIntyre was born February 17, 1936 in Rolette, ND, the daughter of Gordon and Beatrice (Boucher) McIntyre.  She was raised on a farm with her two brothers in Churchs Ferry, ND.  She was a graduate of UND and began her career...

Victoria Haabak

Feb 6, 2021

Victoria Haabak, age 92 passed away Saturday February 6, 2021 at the Nelson County Health System Care Center in McVille, ND.

Victoria May Bergstrand was born on May 16, 1928 to parents John and Clara (Sandvik) Bergstrand of McVille, ND.  She was baptized and confirmed in the McVille Lutheran Church.

Victoria attended school in McVille...

Gale I. Stahl

Feb 5, 2021

Gale Irene (Olsgaard) Stahl passed away on February 5, 2021 in Grand Forks, ND.  She was born on June 20, 1940 to Oren & Elizabeth Olsgaard in Billings, MT.  With the passing of her father in 1946, she was raised in Binford, ND, graduating high school there as Salutatorian.  She continued her education, graduating from the University of North...

Robert "Bob" Loften

Feb 3, 2021

Robert ‘Bob’ Loften, age 78, of Osakis, MN and McAllen, TX, passed away early February 3, 2021 at the McAllen Medical Center in McAllen, TX.

Robert Allen was born August 11, 1942 in Lakota, ND to Chester and Katherine (Dougherty) Loften.  He graduated from Lakota High School with the Class of 1961, having enjoyed participating in several...

Elmer Sateren

Feb 3, 2021

Elmer Dale Sateren passed away peacefully at Sanford Hospital in Fargo on February 3rd, 2021 surrounded by his family.  He was 83.

Elmer Dale was born August 23, 1937 in McVille, ND to Elmer Milton and Irene Sateren.  Elmer Dale started working on the family farm at an early age before joining the US Army in 1958. ...

Arlene F. Scott

Feb 3, 2021

Arlene F. Scott, age 89, resident of McVille, ND, formerly of Devils Lake, ND, died Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at the NCHS Care Center in McVille.

Arlene Fae Bragg was born September 12, 1931 in Devils Lake, ND, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Lichtenberger) Bragg.  She was raised and educated in Devils Lake.  Arlene married Ernest...

Ione Ringdahl

Jan 30, 2021

Ione Constance Ringdahl, 97, of McVille, ND, passed away January 30, 2021 at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo, ND.

Ione was born on August 30, 1923 at Kloten, N.D. Her parents were Charles and Ida (Naas) Peterson.  They lived on a farm the first 6 years of her life and later moved to McVille where she attended...

Gary Nelson

Jan 27, 2021

Gary Martin Nelson, aged 87, most recently from Petersburg, ND, took his last breath at 4:50 pm on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Altru Hospital with the love of his life lying by his side. Gary was born on August 17, 1933 in Kevin, Montana, the son of Martin Johannes Nelson and Muriel (Harbaugh) Nelson.  When his mother decided...

Brian K. Hendrickson

Jan 5, 2021

Brian K. Hendrickson was born December 29, 1949 in Grafton, ND.  He was the second of 6 children born to Theodore and Muriel (Skavhaug) Hendrickson of Adams, ND.  He was confirmed at Mountain Lutheran Church in Adams.  Brian’s early years were spent in Adams, where he lived until 1964 when the family moved to Minot, ND.  He continued to...

Iris Westman

Jan 3, 2021

Iris Westman, age 115, resident of Northwood, ND died Sunday, January 3, 2021 at Northwood Deaconess Health Center.

Iris was born August 28, 1905, the daughter of Nicholas and Mathilda (Erickson) Westman. On Dec 25, 1905, she was baptized at New Luther Valley Lutheran Church, rural McVille and confirmed at Sundahl Lutheran Church, Aneta, on Nov 9,...

Richard Balek

Jan 1, 2021

Richard A. Balek, age 79, of Lawton, ND, died Friday, January 1, 2021 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. On December 3, 1941, Richard Anton Balek was born to Anton and Emily (Herda) Balek on a farm in rural Lawton, ND. At age 3, the family moved the long distance of 1½ miles to the Balek homestead where he...

Jerod L. Mattern

Dec 30, 2020

Jerod Lee Mattern was taken from us Wednesday, December 30, 2020 while surrounded by family.

Jerod was born October 30, 1990 to Rodney and Sheila (Brunner) Mattern in Langdon, ND.  He was baptized in the Catholic faith.  He received his formal education from Lakota school district, where he was involved in FFA, Raiders golf, and baseball.  He...

Melvin T. Skjerseth

Dec 25, 2020

Melvin T. Skjerseth, age 88, resident of Lakota, ND, died Friday, December 25, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.

Melvin was born November 20, 1932 near Brocket, ND, in the farm home of his parents, Torvald and Marie (Stokke) Skjerseth.  He was baptized and confirmed at Hoff Lutheran Church.  He attended the Newbre Township School...

Ronald Dahl

Dec 5, 2020

Ronald Gene Dahl, 67, passed away at his home on December 5, 2020 from natural causes with his loyal black lab companion Indy by his side.

Ron was born on June 23, 1953 at the Cooperstown Hospital, the son of Clinton and Evelyn (Flick) Dahl. Ron attended school in Cooperstown and a VoTech school in Fargo. He...

Lou Sampson

Dec 2, 2020

Lou Sampson, age 81, resident of Edmore, ND, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Eventide Heartland Care Center in Devils Lake, ND.  Elanda Lou Howes was born October 3, 1939 in Lawton Township near Edmore, ND, the daughter of Russell and Alma (Fossum) Howes.  She grew up on a farm in Prospect Township where she attended grade school.  She...