In Our Care
John Barsgard
Mar 19, 2013
Click to view the Video Tribute for John John S. Barsgard, age 73, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in his home. John Sanford Barsgard was born May 1, 1939, in Moorhead, the son of Sanford and Edith (Bloom) Barsgard. He was raised in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1957. After graduation he served in...
Joe Himle
Mar 19, 2013
Joe Himle was born on February 27, 1930, the seventh and youngest son of Nils and Anna Himle in Wolford, ND. He grew up on the family farm and attended school in York, ND. Joe was united in marriage to Stella Henrikson on August 5, 1956, in Leeds, ND. They made their home in Leeds and he worked on the...
Misty Thompson
Mar 15, 2013
Misty Ann Thompson, 38, 'Cokata Inajin Win' (Stands in the Center Woman), of Hankinson, ND, left this earth for a better place on March 15, 2013. She fought a courageous battle against cancer, surrounded by her loving family in Breckenridge, MN. Misty was born on March 19, 1974, in Graceville, MN. She was raised by her father, Michael Thompson, and...
Marie Bedore
Mar 14, 2013
Marie Agnes Bedore, age 86, Dilworth, MN, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND, of congestive heart failure. Marie Agnes Verde was born Dec. 23, 1926, to Michael and Christine (Totta) Verde of Dilworth. She grew up in Dilworth's "Little Italy" and attended Dilworth Elementary and graduated from Dilworth High School. She worked several jobs during...
Wallace McDonald
Mar 13, 2013
Wallace "Wally" H. McDonald, 85, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Clayco Care Center in Barnesville, MN. Wallace Harris McDonald, the son of Lindsay and Gladys (Harris) McDonald, was born January 6, 1928, in Moorhead, where he graduated from Moorhead High School. From 1946 to 1958 he served his country in the US Army (Airborne Infantry) during...
Dale O. Nystul
Mar 8, 2013
Dale Orville Nystul was born August 10, 1939, in Fargo, ND, to Orville and Ruth (Sundblad) Nystul. Dale was raised in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School. Dale worked for Star Oil Company, Fargo, until he entered the US Navy. Following his discharge, he returned to Fargo and worked in a family business, Fargo Panel and Awning. Dale...
Harvey Erickson
Mar 8, 2013
Harvey Erickson, 88, Moorhead, MN, died Friday, March 8, 2013, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead. Harvey Gordon Erickson, the son of Henry and Marie (Halmrast) Erickson, was born in Moorhead on November 22, 1924. He grew up and received his education in the DeLamere, ND, area. On February 12, 1953, Harvey married Ila Brown. They first lived near DeLamere, and...
Lyndon Hovland
Mar 6, 2013
Click to view the Video Tribute for Lyndon Lyndon Delbert Hovland, 81, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at River Pointe of Moorhead Assisted Living. Lyndon was born March 13, 1931, the son of Lloyd and Lydia (Zimmerman) Hovland in Rothsay, MN, where he grew up and graduated from high school. On July 13, 1952, Lyndon...
Verna Gebert
Mar 4, 2013
Verna Gebert, age 88, of Audubon, MN, entered the presence of the Lord on March 4, 2013, in Pioneer House in Fargo, ND. Verna Anna Nelson, the daughter of Carl and Anna Nelson, was born on October 1, 1924, in Cushing, MN. She grew up on the farm her parents homesteaded, graduated from Pillager High School and from the St....
Roy C. Erickson
Mar 4, 2013
Roy C. Erickson was peacefully called home on Monday, March 4, 2013, at the age of eighty-nine. He will be remembered for his kind, gentle nature, his quick-witted humor, inventive and creative mechanical abilities, strong work ethic, and love and loyalty for his family. Roy was born in Velva, ND, on February 15, 1924, to Martin and Minnie Erickson. He...
Dorothy Ecklund
Mar 2, 2013
Dorothy "Dort" Ecklund, 76, Moorhead, MN, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND, with her husband at her side. Dorothy Emeline Niehaus was born May 18, 1936, in New Vienna, Iowa, to Bernard and Martha (Freking) Niehaus. In 1941, the family moved to a farmstead just outside of Sauk Centre, MN, where Dort grew up and...
Bernie Lindrud
Mar 1, 2013
Bernie Oral Lindrud was born August 18, 1919, in Almora, MN, to Jon and Emma Lindrud. He was the youngest of five siblings. Bernie and his siblings owned and operated Lindrud's variety stores in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. In 1946, Bernie was united in marriage to Beverly Markel. They resided in Madison, MN, until 1966, when they moved...
Roy E. Frydenlund
Feb 27, 2013
Click to view the Video Tribute for Roy Roy Erland Frydenlund, the son of Jorgen and Marie (Miller) Frydenlund, was born in Nome, ND, on August 7, 1920. He grew up and received his schooling in Nome. As a young man, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, in the North Dakota Peace Garden, and at Mud Lake Game Refuge,...
Graciela Alcantara
Feb 26, 2013
Graciela "Grace" Alcantara, 83, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Miami, FL, passed into the arm of her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Ecumen Evergreens of Moorhead with her family by her side. Graciela Torres, the daughter of Evengalio and Anna Torres, was born June 13, 1929, in Havana, Cuba, the second oldest of three children. She...
Leslie L. Martin
Feb 25, 2013
Leslie Laverne Martin was born May 11, 1923, on the family farm near Goodrich, ND, to Gustave and Mathilda (Kluck) Martin. Leslie was raised on the family farm and attended rural schools for his education. He quit school in order to help on the family farm, and then worked as an electrician in the area, having learned the trade at...
Lorraine Moen
Feb 24, 2013
Lorraine "Rainie" Eleanor Moen, 88, West Fargo, ND, treasured wife, mother and grandmother, passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior on February 24, 2013, at Bethany on University, Fargo, ND, with her husband by her side. Lorraine Carpenter was born November 19, 1924 in Moorhead, MN. She worked at Concordia College and later in area elementary schools in...
Elmyra Jacobson
Feb 21, 2013
Elmyra Clarice Herringer, daughter of Clarence and Carrie Herringer, was born in Warren, MN, on June 3, 1917. She grew up in Ada, MN, and graduated from Ada High School. She moved with her family to Perley, MN, and attended Moorhead (MN) State Teachers College. After graduation, she taught school in the Hendrum, MN, and the Borup, MN, areas. On...
Don Dawson
Feb 20, 2013
Ralph Donald "Don" Dawson, age 86, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, in his home under the care Hospice of the Red River Valley. Ralph Donald Dawson, the son of Ralph and Gladys (Harson) Dawson, was born November 19, 1926, in Moorhead where he grew up and attended school. The family moved to Dilworth in 1940, where his...
Sybil Barnum
Feb 19, 2013
On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, Sybil "Nana" Nyla Barnum, joined her husband Cyril, son Stanley, granddaughter Lisa Marie, and other departed loved ones in the presence of our Heavenly Father following a hospitalization in Fargo, ND. Sybil Hardie was born on January 5, 1928, in White Rock, SD. Sybil grew up on a farm near Fairmount, ND. As the third...
Bette M. Jess
Feb 17, 2013
Bette Marie Swanson was born February 25, 1931, in Fargo, ND, to Charlotte (Footer) Swanson. She was raised in Fargo and graduated from Central High School in 1949. Bette worked as a telephone operator at The Forum for a time. She was married to John Marks Jess Jr., on December 20, 1952, in Fargo, and they lived in Cooperstown, ND,...