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Corella Baker

Corella Baker

Jul 31, 2013

Corella G. Baker, age 96, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of Michigan, ND, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.

Corella Gladys Moe was born March 28, 1917 on her parent's farm near Whitman, ND, the daughter of Carl and Gurina (Loken) Moe. She was educated in the Whitman school and earned...

Roland Opsahl

Roland Opsahl

Jul 30, 2013

Roland C. Opsahl, venerated father, grandfather and friend passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in Fishers, Indiana. He was 92.

Roland proudly served in the U.S. Air Force for over 30 years. He began his career during WW II, where he was an assistant engineer aboard a B-24 bomber. After successfully completing 20 missions over...

Verneil G. Orvik

Verneil G. Orvik

Jul 26, 2013

Verneil G. Orvik, age 76, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of Michigan, ND, died Friday, July 26, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.

Verneil Genevieve Orvik was born April 30, 1937 in Melvin Township of Nelson County, ND, the daughter of Goodwin and Vilda (Masters) Orvik. She was raised on her parent's farm and attended...

Bill Beatty

Bill Beatty

Jul 10, 2013

Bill B. Beatty, age 84, left this world on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota, ND, after living through the depression years of the 1930's and 40's to enjoy a good but challenging life.

Bill was born August 15, 1928, the son of Cecil and Jessie (Langton) Beatty, on a dairy farm west of...

Eugene Trautman

Eugene Trautman

Jul 9, 2013

Eugene P. Trautman, age 92, resident of Cooperstown, ND passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at the Griggs County Care Center in Cooperstown.

Gene was born to Jacob and Christine (Fisher) Trautman on March 1, 1921 on the family homestead near Goldwyn and Woodworth, ND. He was the youngest of ten children. He graduated from Medina High...

Howard Pearson

Howard Pearson

Jul 8, 2013

Howard L. Pearson, 82, of Binford, ND passed away Monday, July 8, 2013 at the Aneta Parkview Health Center in Aneta, ND, following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Howard Lawrence Pearson was born on December 30, 1930 near McVille, ND to Hobart and Anna (Pella) Pearson. He grew up and attended school in Binford, graduating in...

Wayne A. Luehring

Wayne A. Luehring

Jul 2, 2013

Wayne A. Luehring, age 76, resident of Lakota, ND, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at the Kindred Hospital in Fargo, ND.

Wayne Allen Luehring was born May 26, 1937 in Bottineau, ND, the son of Fred and Alma (Klipp) Luehring. He was raised there until the age of 7 when his family moved to Tolna, ND, where...

William Schultz

William Schultz

Jun 23, 2013

William "Bill" Schultz, age 63, resident of Lakota, ND, died Sunday, June 23, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.

William Harold Schultz was born October 1, 1949 at Devils Lake, ND , the son of Ellis and Hannah (Dahl) Schultz. He was raised and educated in Michigan, ND, graduating from Michigan High School in 1967. Bill worked...

James Herda

James Herda

Jun 6, 2013

James J. Herda, age 92, resident of Lakota, ND, died Thursday, June 6, 2013 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.

James Joseph Herda was born September 26, 1920 in Sauter Township of Walsh County, ND, the son of Albert and Anna (Klug) Herda. He was raised on his parent's farm and educated in the area, graduating...

Kathleen Tufte

Kathleen Tufte

May 28, 2013

Kathleen Ovedia Tufte, age 90, resident of Cooperstown, ND, formerly McHenry, ND died Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at the Griggs County Care Center in Cooperstown surrounded by her loving family.

Kathleen was born January 22, 1923 in Glenfield, ND the daughter of David and Olga (Erickson) Engstrom. She grew up and attended school in Glenfield and graduated...

Keith Ueland

Keith Ueland

May 23, 2013

Keith M. Ueland, age 60, resident of West Fargo, ND, died Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Pioneer House Assisted Living, Fargo, ND.

Keith Merton Ueland was born May 21, 1953, in Cooperstown, North Dakota, to Kermit and Lois (Johnson) Ueland. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1971. He attended Trinity Western Junior College in British Columbia...

James "Buzz" Liska

James "Buzz" Liska

May 23, 2013

James S. "Buzz" Liska, age 69, of Doyon, ND, died Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Sanford Kindred Care in Fargo, ND.

James was born February 14, 1944 in Lakota, ND, the son of James J. and Selma (Halvorson) Liska. He grew up and attended school in Warwick, ND. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1960 -...

Theodore Fossen

Theodore Fossen

May 19, 2013

Theodore "Ted" Fossen, age 91, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of Edmore, ND, died Sunday, May 19, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota, ND.

Theodore was born March 2, 1922 on his parent's farm in Newland Township, Ramsey County, near Edmore, ND, the son of Gjermund and Inga (Holenbakken) Fossen. He attended country school near...

Virginia Staver

Virginia Staver

May 15, 2013

Virginia M. Leino Staver, 85, of Lawton, ND, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the Denver Sunset Home in Denver, IA.

Virginia was born May 16, 1927 near Brocket, ND. She married John Staver on June 1, 1944 in Devils Lake, ND. Together they farmed the Staver family farm near Lawton for many years....

Margaret Skjervem

Margaret Skjervem

May 14, 2013

Margaret Skjervem, age 87, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of Whitman, ND, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota.

Margaret Genieve Anderson was born April 5, 1926 in Michigan, ND, the daughter of Christian and Anna (Gustafson) Anderson. She was raised on her parents' farm. Margaret attended a rural elementary school and...

Arthur Talle

Arthur Talle

May 14, 2013

Arthur LeRoy Talle, age 92, resident of Cooperstown, ND passed away with family by his side on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in Eventide at Hi-Acres, Jamestown, ND.

Arthur was born February 24, 1921 in Sutton, ND the son of Isaac and Susie (Christianson) Talle. He grew up and was educated in Sutton. He entered the United States...

Berniece Alley

Berniece Alley

May 9, 2013

Berniece Elizabeth Alley, age 76 of Cooperstown, ND, formerly Glenfield, ND passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND with family by her side.

Berniece was born in Cooperstown on May 14, 1936 to Oscar and Amanda (Fadness) Hogie. She grew up and attended school in Cooperstown, graduating Cooperstown High School. She was...

Margaret Kubat

Margaret Kubat

Apr 30, 2013

Margaret J. Kubat, age 89, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of rural Lawton, ND, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Lakota, ND.

Margaret Josephine Pich was born March 30, 1924 in Kingsland, Saskatchewan, Canada, the daughter of Louis and Albina (Vasichek) Pich. She was raised and attended school in Canada. She moved...

Lawrence Tweed

Lawrence Tweed

Apr 25, 2013

Lawrence A. Tweed, 89, of Tolna, ND passed away April 25, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. He was surrounded by his loved ones.

Lawrence was born in McVille, ND on April 30, 1923 to Joseph and Marie (Gudmundson) Tweed, and grew up on a farm near Tolna, ND. He attended high school at Oak...

Lillie Marie Gronaas

Lillie Marie Gronaas

Apr 21, 2013

Lillie Marie Askew Gronaas, age 88, McVille, ND, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Nelson County Health System - Hospital in McVille after a brief illness.

Lillie was born in Kenefic, OK on Sept 26, 1924 to William Perry Askew and Anna Kate Askew. She was raised and graduated from high school in Chowchilla, CA. Lillie...

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