Obituaries

Mar 19, 2019

Doyal A. Diseth, age 67, resident of Edmore, ND, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at his home in Edmore.

Doyal Arvil Diseth was born January 10, 1952 in Devils Lake, ND, the son of Luvern and Darlene (Braaten) Diseth.  He was raised and educated at Edmore, graduating from Edmore High School in 1970.  While in high school,...

Mar 3, 2019

Loraine A. Larson, 86, resident of McVille, ND passed away Sunday March 3, 2019 at Sanford Palliative Care Hospital in Fargo, ND.

Loraine A. Larson was born March 19, 1932 at McHenry, ND, the daughter of Ludvik and Selma (Skjoiten) Gronaas.  She graduated from Pekin High School in 1950. She married Floyd K. Larson on October 29,...

Feb 26, 2019

Davis L. Rainsberry, age 87, resident of Michigan, ND, formerly of Lakota, ND, died Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.

Davis Leland Rainsberry, the youngest son of John and Effie (Hem) Rainsberry, was born September 8, 1931 on a farm near Brocket, ND.  He started his education at the Cleveland Consolidated School...

Feb 19, 2019

Charlotte “Peggy” Amelia Jackson, age 95, resident of Jamestown, ND, formerly Sutton, ND passed away Tuesday February 19, 2019 at the Eventide Senior Living Center in Jamestown, ND.

Peggy was born March 21, 1923 in London, England to Benjamin and Sarah (Haddon) Morris.  It was typical during those years to enter the work force at an early...

Feb 16, 2019

Hubert “Hubie” Spanier, age 83, resident of Lakota, ND, died Saturday February 16, 2019 at his home in Lakota with his beloved puppy Jazmin by his side.

Hubert M. Spanier was born September 12, 1935 in Lake Henry Township, MN to John and Helena (Meyer) Spanier.  Hubert married Sharon A. Mathison in 1972 and together they raised...

Feb 14, 2019

Douglas Alfred Anderson, Age 73, resident of Glenfield, ND passed away Thursday, Feb 14, 2019 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Doug was born September 30, 1945 in Jamestown, ND the son of Alfred and Joan (Morris) Anderson. He grew up and attended country school near Glenfield/Sutton, before graduating from Cooperstown High School. Doug farmed in...

Feb 6, 2019

James E. Sloan, age 68, resident of Lakota, ND, died Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND.

James Edward Sloan was born February 8, 1950 in Huntington, WV, the son of Donald and Mary (Cartwright) Sloan.  He was raised and educated in Lakota, graduating from Lakota High School with the class of 1969.  Lakota...

Feb 6, 2019

Gladys G. (Hoyt) Walen, age 93, resident of Cooperstown, ND passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at the Golden Acres Manor in Carrington, ND.

Gladys was born near McHenry, ND on August 28, 1925 to Fred and Agnes (Hoggarth) Hoyt.  She attended her first eight grades of school at Paradise #4, Eddy County and graduated from McHenry...

Feb 4, 2019

Deloris “Angie” Halvorson, age 93, resident of Tolna, ND, formerly of McVille and Lakota, died Monday, February 4, 2019 at CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake Hospital.

Deloris Angeline Johnson was born June 22, 1925 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Ole and Clara (Nelson) Johnson.  She graduated from McVille High School.  She was employed at the...

Feb 3, 2019

Jerry O. Smaaladen, Age 79, resident of Aneta, ND passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019 at the Northwood Deaconess Health Center in Northwood, ND.

Jerry was born August 13, 1939 the son of Orphy and Ruth (Johnson) Smaaladen in Aneta, ND. He was baptized at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Kloten, ND on January 14th, 1940.  After...

Jan 31, 2019

Thomas J. Vasichek died unexpectedly on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at his home in Lakota, ND.  He was born May 11, 1937 to James and Rose (Bina) Vasichek at Lakota.  Growing up on a farm, he attended school at country school Perth #99, and at Whitman, ND, graduating from Michigan High School in 1955.  After graduation, he served in...

Jan 27, 2019

Roger J. Kovarik, age 81, resident of rural Lankin, ND, died Sunday, January 27, 2019, surrounded by his family at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND.

Roger was born May 26, 1937 on the family farm in Perth Township of Walsh County, ND, the son of Rudolph and Mildred (Balek) Kovarik.  He was raised on the farm...

Jan 16, 2019

Dale Quam, age 69, of rural Pekin, ND died peacefully Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at his home.

Dale was born February 3, 1949 in Cooperstown, ND the son of Irvin and Hazel (French) Quam.  He grew up on the family farm south of Pekin.  He attended school at Pekin through 8th grade and graduated from Tolna High...

Jan 16, 2019

Michael Joseph Heinz, age 66, resident of Ellendale, ND, formerly Cooperstown passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Sanford on Broadway in Fargo, ND.

Michael was born on February 1, 1952 in the Cooperstown Hospital to Frank and Arlene (Pfeifer) Heinz.  He grew up and graduated high school in Cooperstown.  He attended Moorhead State and North Dakota...

Jan 6, 2019

Robert Messner, age 84, of Binford, ND died Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Good Samaritan Society in Lakota, ND under the care of Altru Hospice.

Robert was born September 6, 1934 in Binford, ND the son of Paul and Olga (Standal) Messner.  He grew up in the area and graduated from Binford High School.  He worked for...

Dec 29, 2018

Clayton H. Nelson, 81, passed away at his home in Windsor, CO, on December 29, 2018 surrounded by his family. Clayton was born November 30, 1937 in Lakota, ND, the son of Lionel and Hilda (Larson) Nelson. He attended school in Whitman and Michigan, ND, and then transferred to Lakota, ND for his last two years of high school...

Dec 23, 2018

Pearl (Taylor) Maessel, 81, of Aneta, ND passed away December 23, 2018 at her home.  The youngest of nine children, she was born September 13, 1937 to Edith Swindler and George Taylor in Arkansas where she spent her childhood.  In the 1950s, she moved to Sacramento, CA.  She attended college in Los Angeles where she received her Licensed Vocational...

Dec 20, 2018

Robert Rude, age 71 of Tolna, ND passed away Thursday, December 20, 2018 at the Nelson County Health System Hospital in McVille, ND.

He was born Nov 27, 1947 in McVille, ND to Norman and Hazel (Blakis) Rude.  He graduated High School from Tolna Public and then went on to get his degree in Farm Mechanics at...

Dec 18, 2018

Dale C. Kleven, Aneta, ND, died Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at Northwood Deaconess Health Center in Northwood, ND. He was 93 years of age.

Dale C. Kleven was born in Crookston, MN on Sept 8, 1925, the only son of Alice (Berg) and Johannes Kleven.  As a child he lived in Minnesota, south of Lakota, ND, and...

Dec 17, 2018

Richard “Dick” Hamel, age 66, resident of Lakota, ND, died Monday, December 17, 2018 at his home, surrounded by his family and friends.

Richard Louis Hamel was born April 22, 1952 at Minot, ND, the son of Louis and Theresa (Stroh) Hamel.  As an infant, his family moved to Lakota.  Dick was raised on the family farm...