Remembering Loved Ones
Lillian May Paulson
Oct 18, 2013
Lillian May Paulson, age 96, resident of McVille , ND passed away Friday, October 18, 2013 at the Nelson County Health System - Care Center in McVille.
Lillian was born May 10, 1917 on the family farm to Guy O. and Maria (Lundsten) Trostad. She grew up and attended the Olson country school in Griggs...
Warren Westensee
Oct 6, 2013
Warren W. Westensee, age 91, resident of Lakota, ND, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.
Warren was born August 31, 1922 in Ramsey County, ND, the son of Herbert and Laura (Johnson) Westensee. He was raised on his parents farm and attended school in Bartlett, ND. He enlisted in the U.S. Army...
Karen Sundeen
Oct 5, 2013
Karen Sundeen, age 73, resident of Phoenix, AZ, formerly of Lakota, ND, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at John C. Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix .
Karen Kleven was born March 25, 1940 at Lakota, the daughter of Elmer and Madelyn (Peterson) Kleven. She was raised and educated there, attending the Lakota Public School. She worked at the American Legion...
Mildred F. Smaaland
Oct 4, 2013
Mildred F. Smaaland, age 82, resident of Aneta, ND, died peacefully at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, on Friday, October 4, 2013 under the care of Altru Hospice.
Mildred Frances Olson was born May 29, 1931 at the McVille Hospital to Oscar and Thelma (Trostad) Olson of Kloten. She grew up on a farm near Kloten....
Vernice Schothorst
Sep 29, 2013
Vernice Schothorst, age 91, of McVille , ND passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Nelson County Health System - Care Center in McVille.
Vernice was born July3, 1922 at Michigan, ND, the daughter of Verner and Olga (Ruud) Olson. She grew up on a farm in Center Township, and attended school in McVille. She attended Aakers...
Mary Jane Sears
Sep 28, 2013
Mary Jane Sears, age 89, resident of Aneta, ND passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at the Aneta Parkview Health Center in Aneta, ND.
Mary Jane was born on July 8, 1924 to Joseph & Anna (Fiebiger) Zimprich on the family farm 6 miles southwest of Aneta. She was baptized & confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church...
Janice Lorentzson
Sep 23, 2013
Janice 'Jan' Lorentzson of Fort Collins passed away September 23, 2013 at Lemay Avenue Health and Rehabilitation.
Jan was born December 4, 1933 in Martell, Wisconsin to Manley and Myrtle Griffey. She moved to Binford, North Dakota, in 1944, to live with her Aunt and Uncle where she later graduated from Binford High School in 1951. She...
Beverly Nelson
Sep 21, 2013
Beverly J. Nelson, age 78, of Brocket, ND, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks ND.
Bev, born June 13, 1935, was the daughter of Alvin Anderson and Hazel (Mennie) Anderson Bragg. She graduated from Devils Lake Central High School in 1953. In 1957, she married Rudolph (Rudy) Nelson, and they farmed for...
Duane Schindele
Sep 18, 2013
Duane Eugene Schindele, 89, life long resident of rural Tolna, ND, died September 18, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Devils Lake, ND.
Duane was the only child born to Peter and Elsie (Pederson) Schindele on August 27, 1924 on the home farmstead north of Tolna. He attended early schooling in the Leval Township school house, graduating from Tolna High...
Sylvia Rude
Sep 10, 2013
Sylvia Rude, age 87, of McVille, ND, formerly Tolna, ND, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at the Nelson County Health System Care Center in McVille, ND.
Sylvia was born September 13, 1925 at home near Devils Lake, ND to Matt and Signe (Elgin) Moen. She was baptized at Norway Lutheran Church near Devils Lake on November 25,...
Sven Gjesdal
Sep 10, 2013
Sven Orlando Gjesdal, a.k.a. Dad, George, Dump-Dump, and Grandpa O, lived every day with gusto, following his mantra: "always try to better yourself". He died Tuesday, September 10 with his family by his side.
Orlando was born October 6, 1928, in Highland Township near Nekoma, ND, to Norwegian immigrants Sven Ole and Kristi (Rystad) Gjesdal. He was very...
Evelyn Fougner
Sep 8, 2013
Evelyn Fougner, 91, of Aneta, ND died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at Aneta Parkview Health Center in Aneta.
Evelyn was born June 5, 1922 in Grand Forks County to Conrad and Caroline (Lee) Jacobson. She was baptized and confirmed at Logan Church, rural Aneta. Evelyn married Milferd Fougner June 27, 1946 at Sundahl Lutheran Church in Aneta....
Ruth & Gene Trautman Service
Aug 31, 2013
Ruth Trautman, age 92, of Cooperstown, ND passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at the Griggs County Care Center in Cooperstown. Eugene Trautman, age 92, of Cooperstown, ND passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at the Griggs County Care Center in Cooperstown.
Ruth was born January 25, 1920 the daughter of Herbert A. and Effie (Briggs) Norton....
Lillian Woldt
Aug 29, 2013
Lillian Woldt, age 94, resident of McVille, ND passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 at the Nelson County Health System Care Center in McVille, ND.
Lillian was born October 25, 1918 in Raub, ND the daughter of Oscar and Josephine (Christenson) Woldt. She grew up and attended country school near McVille and received her high school equivalent...
Howard L. Parac.
Aug 27, 2013
Howard L. Paré, age 87, resident of Devils Lake, ND, formerly of Tolna, ND, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at Heartland Care Center in Devils Lake, ND.
Howard Leroy Paré was born to Alphonse and Gertrude (Thelan) Paré on August 4, 1926 in Mercy Hospital of Devils Lake. He attended grade school at Minco School #1 and graduated...
Helga Retzlaff
Aug 25, 2013
Helga Ovidia Sotvik Retzlaff, 95, Aneta, ND died Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Aneta Parkview Health Center in Aneta.
Helga was born February 19, 1918 in Rugh Township near Aneta, ND to Sigurd and Marie (Norjord) Sotvik. She was baptized at Logan Lutheran Church and was educated in Rugh Township in a one-room school. She worked at...
Donald Pogatshnik
Aug 20, 2013
Donald M. Pogatshnik, age 89, resident of Lakota, ND, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.
Donald was born March 30, 1924 on his parent's farm in Dodds Township of Nelson County, ND, the son of Peter A. and Elizabeth (Schuh) Pogatshnik. He was raised on the family farm and attended the Dodds Township...
Silas Engebretson
Aug 16, 2013
Silas (Si) Engebretson, 88, of McVille, ND died Friday, August 16, 2013 in Wheatridge, CO. He suffered a stroke while visiting family and spent his last days in the loving care of Collier Hospice.
Silas was born July 9, 1925 in McVille, ND. He married Harriet Gullickson December 28, 1947. During their 65 years of marriage, he...
Mary Schindele
Aug 14, 2013
Mary Lynn Schindele, age 60, of Dubuque, IA, formerly of Tolna, ND, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at her home in Dubuque, IA.
Mary was born August 25, 1952 to Duane Schindele and Ruth (Eisner) Bechard. She was raised on the family farm NE of Tolna, and graduated from Tolna High School. She attended Aaker’s Business...
Arthur Knudson
Aug 9, 2013
Arthur Knudson, age 91, resident of Grand Forks, ND, formerly of McVille, ND, died Friday, August 9, 2013 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.
Arthur was born September 13, 1921 in Field Township, ND to John and Anna Knudson. He graduated from Kloten High School and attended UND. He married Olga Jerstad January 16, 1948 in...
