In Our Care
Julia Sims Maudal
Feb 13, 2014
Julia Mae Saeger was born November 10, 1932, in Willmar, MN. She was raised in Wahpeton, ND, where she received her education. She made her home in Wheaton, MN, and Wahpeton, where she worked many years as the activities director at Leach Home. Julia died Thursday, February 13, 2014, at Elim Rehab and Care Center, Fargo, at eighty-one years of...
Elaine Maxine Fish
Feb 9, 2014
Maxine Fish, 96, Moorhead, MN, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014, in Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead. Elaine Maxine Nickerson was born on August 26, 1917, to Clarence and Edva (Erickson) Nickerson, in Superior, NE. The family moved several times in Maxine's youth, finally moving to Ulen, MN. Maxine was married to Norman Syverson, in 1935, in Ulen, and raised their...
Alfred J. Rieniets
Feb 9, 2014
Alfred John Rieniets was born at Fulda, MN, to Frederick and Ella (Behr) Rieniets, on July 27, 1917, the oldest of eleven children. Alfred spent his early years in North Dakota and joined the US Army on October 21, 1943. He served overseas during WWII. Alfred married Vivian Ryder on September 26, 1946, at Detroit Lakes, MN. He worked as...
Beverly A. Eide
Feb 6, 2014
Beverly A. Eide, 87, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, February 6, 2014, at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead. Beverly Ann Boen, the daughter of Melvin and Edith (Schustrum) Boen, was born March 8, 1926, in Fergus Falls, MN. She attended school in Fergus Falls graduating in the Class of 1944. While in school she played the clarinet. After high school...
Dwight Lordemann
Feb 6, 2014
Dwight Alan Lordemann, the son of Joseph "Hank" and Evelyn (Coughlin) Lordemann, was born in Glendive, Montana, on November 5, 1961. He grew up and spent much of his life in Montana. In 2010, Dwight came to the Fargo-Moorhead area. He died at his home in Moorhead on Thursday, February 6, 2014, at the age of 52. He is survived...
Clayton "Tuffy" Ambuehl
Feb 3, 2014
Clayton Howard Ambuehl was born December 25, 1922, in Ada, MN, to Anton and Magdelena (Wolle) Ambuehl. "Tuffy," as he was affectionately known, was raised in Borup, MN, where he graduated from high school. He worked at the Ada Dairy for four years and later ran the Downer (MN) Elevator for three years. Tuffy married Wilma Moe on November 14,...
Lois E. Lovas
Feb 1, 2014
Lois Lovas, 87, Fargo, ND, crossed over into her heavenly life on Saturday, February 1, 2014, in Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo. Lois Elva Harrington was born on December 19, 1926, to Garfield and Edna (Evan) Harrington, in Erie, ND. Lois graduated from high school and attended North Dakota State University, graduating in 1947 with a degree in Home Economics....
Vivian C. Svobodny
Jan 31, 2014
Vivian (Holson) Svobodny, age 93, a life-long Moorhead resident, died Friday, January 31, 2014, in Eventide on Eighth, in Moorhead, MN. Vivian Corinne Holson, was born June 3, 1920, in Moorhead, to Ole and Mea (Sutter) Holsen. She grew up and received her education in Moorhead where she attended Park Elementary School and graduated from Moorhead High School on June...
David A. Barnard
Jan 30, 2014
David A. Barnard was born September 13, 1954, in Fargo, ND, to Donald and Leona (Koval) Barnard. David was raised in the Moorhead, MN, area where he attended school. David had a career in food service in a number of establishments; most importantly were the Galaxy Sports Bar and Supper Club in Barnesville, MN, and the Speak Easy Restaurant and...
Lester D. Johnson
Jan 27, 2014
Lester D. Johnson, 79, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, January 27, 2014, in Rosewood on Broadway in Fargo, ND. Lester Dean Johnson was born the son of William and Otelia (Coltom) Johnson, June 8, 1934, in Minneapolis, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at Gustav Adolph Lutheran Church in Strathcona, MN, where he grew up. He attended school in rural...
Carl Morlock
Jan 27, 2014
Carl Morlock, age 79, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, January 27, 2014, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Carl was born April 9, 1934, in Gackle, ND, to Peter and Katherine (Veil) Morlock. He graduated from Gackle High School and then taught country school for two years. In 1955, he married Della Mae Fischer, and they where married for 58 years....
Eugene E. McManus
Jan 26, 2014
Eugene E. McManus, 84, of rural Detroit Lakes, MN, died January 26, 2014, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River and his family. Gene was born in Fargo, ND, to Margaret and Phillip McManus, July 24, 1929. He attended high school in Dilworth, MN, and upon graduation began working for Burlington Northern Railroad. Gene married...
Ann V. Sannes
Jan 26, 2014
Ann V. Sannes, 101, Moorhead, MN, died on Sunday, January 26, 2014, in Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead. She passed to be with Jesus peacefully, and in comfort, having family close by and in the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and the wonderful Eventide support staff. Ann Viola Herreid was born on November 14, 1912, to Oscar and...
Lova Shilleto Dyer
Jan 19, 2014
Lova S. Dyer, 87, died Sunday, January 19, 2014, under Hospice care at Touchmark, Fargo, ND. Born August 3, 1926 in Calgary, Alberta, Lova loved her family first and foremost. She loved daisies and tulips, Gull Lake, Alberta, dogs and horses, a sunset, a painting, a good game of Scrabble or charades and everything Canada. She enjoyed a thought-provoking book,...
Harvey A. Johnson
Jan 10, 2014
Harvey Johnson was born March 21, 1928, in Hibbing, MN, the youngest child of Carl and Evelyn Karlstrom Johnson. His Depression-era youth was spent exploring the ore mounds and balsam and tamarack forests of the Iron Range. To his widowed mother's credit, Harv never knew his family was poor. After graduating Hibbing High School in 1946, Harvey spent two years...
Erlis Otto
Jan 10, 2014
Erlis M. Otto, age 88, died Friday, January 10, 2014, in Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead, MN, where she had been a resident since 2006. Erlis Marie Tripp, the daughter of Zell and Stella (Johnson) Tripp, was born on May 20, 1925, in Lake Williams, ND. She grew up and received her education in Lake Williams and in Pettibone, ND. On...
Vernon Wigtil
Jan 9, 2014
J. Vernon Wigtil, 98, Moorhead, MN, died January 9, 2014, in Meriter Hospital, Madison, WI, while returning home from a family trip. James Vernon Wigtil was born to Joseph and Anna (Moen) Wigtil on September 27, 1915, in Christine, ND. He attended school in Kathryn, ND, Litchville, ND, and Wolf Point, MT. Vernon graduated from Fargo (ND) Central High School...
Darold E. Larson
Jan 8, 2014
Darold E. Larson, 71, Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, January 8, 2014, in Essentia Health, Fargo. Darold Edward Larson was born in Hope, ND, to Henry and Clara Larson on June 26, 1942. He went to high school at Hope High School and graduated in 1960. He worked various sales positions before accepting a position as Development Director with The Old...
Wayne Kent Anderson
Jan 8, 2014
Wayne K. Anderson, 61, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Arthur, ND, died Tuesday, January 8, 2014, in Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo. Wayne Kent Anderson was born in Fargo on January 7, 1953, to Arvid and Janet Anderson, when the family lived at Hillsboro, ND. In March, 1953, his family moved to a farm at Arthur, ND, where he...
Gerald Knutson
Jan 7, 2014
Gerald L. Knutson, 75, of Fargo, ND, died, Tuesday, January 7, 2014, in Sanford Health in Fargo. Gerald Leroy "Jerry" Knutson was born on July 24, 1938, to Oscar and Elnor Knutson, in Jamestown, ND. He was raised on a farm in Pingree, ND, and even farmed there early in his life. He entered the US Armed Forces for a...