Remembering Loved Ones
Dennis O. Offerdahl
Jan 7, 2009
Dennis O. Offerdahl, age 82, resident of Grafton, ND, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at First Care Health Center in Park River, ND.
Dennis Omer Offerdahl was born August 13, 1926 at Warren, MN, the son of Albert and Olina (Jarstad) Offerdahl. He was raised and attended schools at Newfolden, MN. He served in the U.S. Army during...
Alan W. Kyllonen
Jan 1, 2009
Alan W. Kyllonen, age 71, resident of rural Brocket, ND, died Thursday, January 1, 2009 at Triumph Hospital in Fargo, ND.
Alan Willard Kyllonen was born August 9, 1937 at Lakota, ND, the son of Erick and Sadie (Karna) Kyllonen. He attended school at Pelto, ND. Alan married Shirley Ryba on October 10, 1958. Alan lived on...
James C. Rice
Dec 30, 2008
James C. Rice, age 81, resident of rural Edmore, ND, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008.
James Clifford Rice was born October 12, 1927 at Devils Lake, ND, the son of Cole and Nora (Hove) Rice. He was raised in the Edmore, ND area and was a 1945 graduate of Edmore High School. Jim married Dolores Elaine Stoa...
Gordon Raaen
Dec 29, 2008
Gordon Raaen, age 83, resident of McVille , ND passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 at the Nelson County Health System - Care Center in McVille.
Gordon was born February 7, 1925 in Osago Township the son of Ole and Anna (Clauson) Raaen. He grew up and attended country school at Bergen #1 and graduated from Pekin...
Larry Christenson
Dec 27, 2008
Larry Christenson, age 67, resident of McVille , ND passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008 at the Nelson County Health System - Care Center in McVille.
Larry was born May 22, 1941 in McVille the son of George and Florence (Magnuson) Christenson. He grew up and attended country school in the McVille area. Larry spent his entire...
Allen Osmundson
Dec 24, 2008
Allen G. Osmundson, age 82, resident of Binford, ND passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at the Cooperstown Medical Center - Hospital in Cooperstown.
Allen was born on December 15, 1926 at McVille, ND to parents Aslak H. Osmundson & Gurine Larson. He was baptized and confirmed at West Prairie Lutheran Church of rural Jessie, ND where...
Orlin A. Bondy
Dec 20, 2008
Orlin A. Bondy, age 73, resident of Petersburg, ND died Saturday, December 20, 2008 at the Aneta Parkview Health Center in Aneta, ND.
Orlin was born to Arne and Josephine Bondy on September 18, 1935, on the family farm. Orlin grew up on the farm and attended Dahlen Public School, graduating from Dahlen High School in 1953....
Barbara J. Swenson
Dec 1, 2008
Barbara J. Swenson, 61, Eden Prairie, MN, formerly of Finley, ND, died at her home on Monday, December 1, 2008.
Barb was born on November 7, 1947 in Spencer, Iowa, the daughter of Irma (DeKoster) and Robert Parks of West Lake Okoboji, Wahpeton, Iowa. She attended school in Spencer and graduated from Milford High School in May...
Rufus A. Woods
Nov 26, 2008
Rufus A. Woods, age 96, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of Michigan, ND, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at the Lakota Good Samaritan Center.
Rufus was born May 23, 1912 at Sigourney, IA, the son of Watzik and Essie (Evans) Woods. At an early age he moved with his family to Montana, where he was raised and educated. He...
Marvin E. Arlien
Nov 26, 2008
Marvin E. Arlien, age 67, resident of Wannaska, MN, formerly of Pekin, ND, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND.
Marvin Edward Arlien was born August 7, 1941 at McVille, ND, the son of Edward and Margit (Hegvick) Arlien. He grew up on the family farm outside of Pekin and attended...
Barbara Westensee
Nov 20, 2008
Barbara J. Westensee, age 60, resident of Grand Forks, ND, passed away peacefully and without pain on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks.
Barbara Jo Anderson was born April 28, 1948 in Lakota, ND, the daughter of Ervin and Lydia (Sitar) Anderson. She graduated from Lakota High School in 1966 and married Wayne Westensee...
Wayne Swendseid
Nov 13, 2008
Wayne "Sonny" Swendseid, age 85, resident of Devils Lake, ND, formerly Dahlen, ND passed away Thursday, November 13, 2008 at Lake Country Manor in Devils Lake.
Wayne was born the son of Gibb and Maud (Anton) Swendseid on November 2, 1923 at his grandfathers home in Dahlen. He grew up and attended school in Dahlen, graduating from...
Esther Hovick
Nov 11, 2008
Esther Hovick, age 93 resident of Lakota, ND passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at the Lakota Good Samaritan Center. Esther was born on July 20, 1915 in Grand Forks, ND the daughter of Ole and Ella (Hendrikson) Hovick.
Private burial will be in the Lakota Cemetery.
Thelma J. Martinson
Nov 7, 2008
Thelma Jeanette Martinson, 98, died on Friday, November 7, 2008 at the Nelson County Health System - Care Center, McVille, ND. Thelma Jeanette Martinson was born January 20, 1910 on the family farm near Pekin , ND to Tobias and Anna (Quam) Ensrud. She graduated from Pekin High School in 1928 and from Trinity School of Nursing in Minot...
Darrell T. Matejcek
Nov 6, 2008
Darrell T. Matejcek, age 56, resident of Lakota, ND, died Thursday, November 6, 2008 , at the family farm.
Darrell Theodore Matejcek was born September 1, 1952 , to Theodore and Hazel (Evenson) Matejcek. He attended school at Sauter and in Lakota. After graduating from Lakota High School in 1970, he attended Valley City State...
Gemia L. Monge
Oct 31, 2008
Gemia L. Monge, age 69, resident of Lakota, ND, died Friday, October 31, 2008 at the Nelson County Health System Hospital in McVille, ND.
Gemia Louise Sundeen was born February 16, 1939 near Brocket, ND, the daughter of James and Mary (Cole) Sundeen. She was raised on her parents farm and graduated from Brocket High School in 1957. She...
William J. Mcmorran
Oct 27, 2008
William J. "Billy" McMorran, age 91, resident of Devils Lake, ND, formerly of Lawton and Lakota, died Monday, October 27, 2008 at the Devils Lake Good Samaritan Center.
William James McMorran was born March 18, 1917 in Lawton, ND, to Robert and Margaret (Horrocks) McMorran. He graduated from Lawton High School and attended NDSU in Fargo. He...
Alice Sophia Sommerfeld
Oct 16, 2008
Alice Sophia Nelson Sommerfeld entered her heavenly home on October 16, 2008.
Alice was born on October 10, 1912, in rural Walsh County to Knute and Amanda (Schenstad) Nelson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Sarnia Lutheran Church. She attended a rural elementary school in Walsh County and was graduated from Walsh County...
Ardelle M. Ivesdal
Oct 16, 2008
Ardelle M. Ivesdal, age 80, resident of Edmore, ND, went to be with her loving Savior on Thursday, October 16, 2008, at the home of her son in Binford, ND.
Ardelle Mae Anderson was born May 30, 1928 in Silvesta Township, near Fairdale, ND, the daughter of Edwin and Amanda (Stensland) Anderson. In 1931 she moved with...
Inga M. Peterson
Oct 7, 2008
Inga M. Peterson, age 97, resident of Binford, ND, passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at the Cooperstown Medical Center - Nursing Home in Cooperstown, ND. Inga was born May 13, 1911 in Kindred, ND, the daughter of Peter S. and Lena (Larson) Johnson. She grew up and attended school in Kindred before moving with her family to Binford...
