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Wayne Johnson

Wayne Johnson

Apr 2, 2011

Wayne O. Johnson, age 72, resident of Lakota, ND, died Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Rosewood on Broadway in Fargo , ND .

Wayne Orville Johnson was born August 5, 1938 in Emo , Ontario , Canada , the son of Orville S. and Evelyn (Daw) Johnson. He moved to the U.S. in 1944 and graduated from...

Marilyn Rockneberg

Marilyn Rockneberg

Mar 31, 2011

Marilyn Rockneberg, age 65, resident of Cooperstown, ND passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011 at the Cooperstown Medical Center – Nursing Home.

Marilyn was born May 23, 1945 in Davenport, Iowa the daughter of William and Fern (Yeager) Ledbury. She moved with her family to Dazey, ND and later graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1964.

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Donald Quanbeck

Donald Quanbeck

Mar 29, 2011

Donald Quanbeck, age 66, resident of McVille , ND passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the Nelson County Health System - Care Center in McVille.

Donald was born September 2, 1944 in McVille , ND the son of Leander and Anne (Collins) Quanbeck. He graduated from Garrison High School in 1962. After graduation he returned to...

Helen I. Aanenson

Helen I. Aanenson

Mar 27, 2011

Helen Ione (Messner) Brekken Aanenson, 82, of Pekin, North Dakota passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 27, 2011 with family by her side.

Helen was born on October 27, 1928 to Martin and Nettie (Hensrud) Messner. She married Kermit Brekken on November 8, 1946 and they farmed on the east shore of Stump Lake. Following Kermit's death...

Kendra Ann Brown

Kendra Ann Brown

Mar 22, 2011

Kendra Ann Brown, age 20, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in Binford, ND.

Kendra was born on March 18, 1991 in Portland, OR to parents Michael and Terri (Byrnes) Brown. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Binford. She attended Midkota Schools and Goodland High School, graduating in 2009. Kendra was a CNA...

Mark D. Young

Mark D. Young

Mar 13, 2011

Mark D. Young, age 50, resident of Michigan, ND, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011 due to cancer at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.

Mark Douglas Young was born July 5, 1960 at McVille, ND, the son of Robert L. and Clara M. (Olson) Young. He was baptized and confirmed at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church...

Myrtle Nygaard

Myrtle Nygaard

Feb 28, 2011

Myrtle Nygaard, age 93, a long-time resident of Devils Lake, ND, formerly of Edmore, ND, died Monday, February 28, 2011 at Heartland Care Center in Devils Lake.

Myrtle was born March 24, 1917 in Adams, ND, to Fredrick and Pernellie Dahlgren. She grew up in the Fairdale/Adams area and married the love of her life,...

Jacqueline Ettl

Jacqueline Ettl

Feb 22, 2011

Jacqueline J. Ettl, age 82, resident of Lakota, ND, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at the Lakota Good Samaritan Center.

Jacqueline Jean Swanke was born February 4, 1929 at Lakota, ND, the daughter of Alvin and Borghild (Bjorge) Swanke. She attended school in Lakota and graduated from Lakota High School in 1947. Jacqueline married Matthew A. Ettl...

Alida Peterson

Alida Peterson

Feb 22, 2011

Alida G. Peterson, age 92, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of Petersburg, ND, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at the Nelson County Health System Hospital in McVille, ND.

Alida Gladys Northagen was born July 29, 1918 in Dahlen Township of Nelson County, ND, the daughter of George and Julia (Olson) Northagen. She was baptized and confirmed at...

Genevieve Ward

Genevieve Ward

Feb 20, 2011

Genevieve "Gen" Ward, 93, of Tolna, ND passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at her home in Tolna.

Genevieve A. Christofferson was born December 28, 1917 in Devils Lake, ND, the daughter of Charles and Anna (Stenseth) Christofferson. She attended grade school in rural Benson County, high school at Hamar High School, and college at...

Solveig Bina

Solveig Bina

Feb 18, 2011

Solveig Bina, 93, of Tolna, ND peacefully passed away Friday, February 18, 2011 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks.

Solveig Bjornstad was born December 13, 1917 in Vesta Township near Adams, ND. She was raised on a farm near Adams and attended the Hoff School. She married Ed Bina, October of 1936 and the couple raised four...

Margaret "Peggy" Ulvog

Margaret "Peggy" Ulvog

Feb 15, 2011

Margaret "Peggy" Ulvog, age 91, resident of Aneta, ND passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at the Northwood Deaconess Health Center in Northwood, ND.

Peggy was born in Southampton , England on December 27, 1919. She came to the United States with her parents Robert and Frances (Messinger) Rupp in 1921. They lived in Mississippi and the...

Inez Solseng

Inez Solseng

Feb 15, 2011

Inez Solseng, age 89, resident of rural Niagara, ND, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at the Larimore Good Samaritan Center in Larimore, ND .

Inez Halstenson was born August 20, 1921 near Niagara on the farm of her parents, Adolph and Hanna (Skibstad) Halstenson. She was raised on the farm and attended country school in the area...

Leslie Ervin Henningsgard

Leslie Ervin Henningsgard

Feb 14, 2011

Leslie "Les" Ervin Henningsgard, age 94, resident of Tolna, ND passed away Monday, February 14, 2011 at the Nelson County Health System - Hospital in McVille.

Les was born January 13, 1917 to Peter and Theresa (Schindele) Henningsgard on their farm in the Dutch Point area around Stump Lake, north of Tolna. He lived there until 1926...

Albert R. Honkola

Albert R. Honkola

Feb 12, 2011

Albert Raymond Honkola passed away on February 12, 2011 in Scottsdale, AZ.

Albert was born in Brocket, ND on June 1, 1923 , the son of Jacob and Mary (Olson) Honkola. He attended school in Brocket, graduating from high school in 1941. He joined the U.S. Army in March 1943, serving in World War II as a...

Muriel Parac.

Muriel Parac.

Feb 11, 2011

Muriel R. ParAC., age 85, resident of Devils Lake, ND, formerly of Tolna, ND, died Friday, February 11, 2011 at her home in Devils Lake.

Muriel Rose Otto was born June 14, 1925 in Nelson County, near Tolna, the daughter of George and Mary Esther (Ward) Otto. She attended grade school in Tolna and also graduated from...

Norman J. Nelson

Norman J. Nelson

Feb 3, 2011

Norman J. Nelson, age 72, resident of rural Pekin, ND, passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.

Norman Jay Nelson was born February 12, 1938 at McVille, ND, the son of Jacob and Martha (Dahl) Nelson. He was raised on the family farm and educated in Wamduska Township of Nelson County....

Kaare Romsaas

Kaare Romsaas

Jan 29, 2011

Kaare Romsaas, age 94, resident of Hannaford and Cooperstown, ND passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Cooperstown Medical Center - Hospital in Cooperstown.

Kaare was born September 20, 1916 in FÃ¥vang, Norway the son of Emil and Bastine (Spangrud) Romsaas. He attended school in Norway and planned to study horticulture until the war began. He...

Kirk Morten

Kirk Morten

Jan 25, 2011

Kirk A. Morten, age 60, resident of Lakota, ND, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Mercy Hospital in Devils Lake, ND.

Kirk Allen Morten was born August 11, 1950 at Kenmare, ND, the son of Don and Eleanor (Pomplin) Morten. He was raised there and graduated from Kenmare High School in 1968. He attended North Dakota State...

Patty Kay Stokka

Patty Kay Stokka

Jan 22, 2011

Patricia Kay Stokka, age 65, resident of Binford, ND passed away Saturday, January 22, 2011 at her home.

Patty was born in Waco, TX on April 15, 1945 to Bill and Vernis (Hoveskeland) Haines. In 1946 they moved to Binford where she graduated High School in 1963. She attended UND for two years and Valley City State...

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