Remembering Loved Ones
Gail C. Ritteman
Jul 17, 2021
Gail C. Ritteman, age 89, resident of Lakota, ND, died Saturday, July 17, 2021 surrounded by family at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.
Gail Carrene Walden was born on August 24, 1931 in Edmore, ND to parents Olvin and Inga (Olson) Walden, and was the third of 5 daughters. Gail was raised and educated in Edmore,...
Willard Olson
Jul 14, 2021
Willard Francis Olson, 90, of McVille, ND, died peacefully on July 14, 2021 surrounded by family. Willard was born on April 2, 1931 on a farm south of Pekin, ND to Bendick and Ida (Arlien) Olson. He was the second youngest of 12 children and graduated from Pekin High School in 1949. Willard married his high school sweetheart, Vernita...
Gordon Twedt
Jul 12, 2021
Gordon Twedt, 88, of McHenry, ND died on July 12, 2021, at Nelson County Health System in McVille, ND and under the care of Hospice.
Gordon Knut Twedt was born on September 3, 1932 to Knut and Thelma (Hogie) Twedt in McHenry, ND. Gordon grew up on the family farm near McHenry and Tolna, ND with his...
Merle L. Steinmann
Jul 4, 2021
Merle L. Steinmann, age 77, resident of Lakota, ND, died Sunday, July 4, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.
Merle Lee Steinmann was born in Devils Lake, ND on November 4, 1943 to Jean and Leland Steinmann of Lakota, ND. He and his sister Erma attended the McHugh country school and then Lakota schools. Merle...
Marian A. Miller
Jun 29, 2021
Marian A. Miller, age 96, formerly of Brocket, ND, passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at CHI St. Alexius Health in Devils Lake, ND.
Marian Alvina Pederson was born December 19, 1924, the daughter of John and Anna (Mikkelson) Pederson. She was born and raised on the family farm, north of Lakota, ND. She graduated from...
Barbara Dalburg
Jun 26, 2021
Barbara Dalburg, age 85, of Page, ND died Saturday, June 26, 2021 at the VA Medical Center in Fargo, ND.
Services will be private.
Rose B. Hooey
May 18, 2021
Rose B. Hooey, age 92, resident of Lakota, ND, died Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.
Rose Blanche Krom was born January 17, 1929 near Langdon, ND, the daughter of John and Rose (Biseck) Krom. At the age of 12 she moved to Fargo, where she graduated from high school. She then...
Amelia J. Kjelaas
May 17, 2021
Amelia J. Kjelaas, age 93, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of Fairdale, ND, died Monday, May 17, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.
Amelia was born November 3, 1927 in the Spirit Lake Nation, the daughter of George Two Bear and Margaret Ross. She was united in marriage to Earl Kjelaas on June 5, 1970...
Patricia "Patty" L. Sanderson
May 15, 2021
Patricia L. Sanderson, age 62, resident of Edmore, ND, died Saturday, May 15, 2021 at home with her family by her side.
Patricia Lea Burk was born January 12, 1959 in Falls City, NE, the daughter of Burton and Ann (Struck) Burk. Because of her father’s career, Patty lived many different places; even in Okinawa, Japan and...
Gretta Fahey
Apr 16, 2021
Gretta Stene Fahey, age 63, resident of Lakota, ND, passed away Friday, April 16, 2021 in her home with her loving family by her side. Gretta “fought the good fight” in her battle with cancer.
She was born to Obert and Mildred Stene on February 19, 1958 in Long Beach, California. Gretta married Dennis Fahey on August...
Kenneth Walde
Apr 15, 2021
Kenny Walde, age 70, resident of McVille, ND died Thursday, April 15, 2021 at Nelson County Health System Care Center in McVille.
Kenny was born November 18, 1950 in New York state, the son of Fridoline and Signe Walde.
Jean Kiefat
Apr 14, 2021
Jean Kiefat, our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away April 14, 2021 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND at the age of 92.
Jean Thelma Haabak was born to Oliver Haabak and Agnes Johnson Haabak on July 16, 1928 in rural Hampden, ND. She grew up in rural Kloten, ND graduating high school in 1946....
Robert "Bob" Robinson
Apr 14, 2021
Robert “Bob” Robinson, age 64, resident of Anchorage, AK, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, AK from pancreatic cancer.
Robert Clayton Robinson was born January 18, 1957 in Michigan, ND, the son of Maurice and Mary Lou (Anderson) Robinson. He grew up in Michigan and graduated from Michigan High School...
Patricia "Pat" A. Anderson
Apr 14, 2021
Patricia A. Anderson, age 77, resident of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND.
Patricia “Pat” Ann Kleven was born May 26, 1943, the daughter of Elmer and Madelyn (Peterson) Kleven and grew up in Lakota, ND. She was confirmed at the Lakota Lutheran Church and graduated from Lakota...
Frances Kilen
Apr 11, 2021
Fran Kilen, 75, Cooperstown, ND passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021 peacefully at Griggs County Care Center in Cooperstown.
Fran was born April 2, 1946 in Sharon, ND to Clarence and Clara (Sletten) Kilen. She worked for the Mandan School system and as an electrician’s helper at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX. The highlight of her life...
Ila Halverson
Apr 9, 2021
Ila L. (Broste) Halverson, 97, of Tolna, ND passed away, Friday, April 9, 2021, at the NCHS Care Center with her family by her side. Ila lived a long, amazing life because of her motto that age is just a number. She was tough and let nothing get in her way, surviving both Polio and COVID-19.
Funeral...
Carole A. Rysavy
Apr 9, 2021
Carole Ann Rysavy, 80, of Lawton, ND, died Friday, April 9, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Society Lakota with family present.
Carole Ann (Karna) Rysavy was born January 10, 1941 in Michigan, ND. Carole was one of 14 children born to Oscar and Eleanora Karna. The family shortly thereafter moved to Lakota, ND where Carole lived until...
George C. Mayer
Apr 4, 2021
George C. Mayer, age 88, resident of Whitman, ND, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Sheyenne Care Center in Valley City, ND.
George was born February 22, 1933 to Stanley and Alice Mayer. He served in the US Army from 1953 to 1955. He loved to tinker with anything, nothing was ever broken to him. ...
M. Kermit Ueland
Apr 2, 2021
Merton Kermit Ueland was born in his parent’s home by the Sheyenne River in Riverside Township in Steele County, ND September 3, 1925. He was the only son of Knute and Inga Loge Ueland and had an older sister, Shirley. He grew up and attended grade school in Riverside Township and four years of high school in Cooperstown.
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Erma Lindvall
Mar 31, 2021
Erma (Goter) Lindvall passed away peacefully March 31, 2021 at the Nelson County Health Care Center in McVille, ND.
Erma was born April 20, 1925 near Woodworth, ND in Conklin Township to Ernst and Elsie (Reiman) Goter. She attended country school for her early years and later Woodworth High School. She graduated from Chicago School of Nursing...
