In Our Care
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,...
Catherine Swenson
Feb 17, 2013
Catherine Marie Pardino was born January 20, 1948, in Moorhead, MN, to Dominic and Regina (Hemmerling) Pardino. She was raised in Dilworth, MN, where she graduated from high school in 1966. Catherine continued her education at Crookston (MN) Technical College and Moorhead (MN) Technical College. She has resided in Williston, ND, for the past thirty-three years, where she passed away...
Leona Sorlien
Feb 12, 2013
Leona C. Sorlien, 64, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013, in her home. Leona Hokstad was born February 21, 1948, in Mott, ND, the daughter of Max and Lena (Renskers) Hokstad. She was raised on a farm near Mott and moved with her family to Hettinger, ND, in 1958, where she graduated from high school in 1966. She...
Beverley Dyrendahl
Feb 9, 2013
Beverley Ann Johnson was born on March 21, 1931, at Gwinner, ND, the daughter of Arthur and Beulah Johnson. The family moved to Hendrum, MN, where Beverley graduated from high school in 1949. Bev married Francis Dyrendahl June 11, 1950. They were married forty-nine years when Francis passed away August 9, 1999. Bev worked a variety of jobs over the...
Dwight Brown
Feb 8, 2013
Dwight L. Brown, 78, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Dilworth, MN, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. Dwight L. Brown was born in Ada, MN, on October 16, 1934. He grew up and received his education in the Borup, MN area. As a young man, he enlisted in the US Air Force. After his discharge, he continued...
Mildred Bjerke
Feb 7, 2013
Gladys Mildred Warwick was born October 30, 1918, near Del Rapids, SD, to Ole and Johanna (Brende) Warwick. She attended country school and graduated from the eighth grade. Mildred married Clifford Vernon Bjerke on June 1, 1937, in the Crocker (SD) Lutheran Church parsonage, and they made their home in Milton, WI. They also lived in Janesville, WI, before moving...
Richard Schultz
Feb 7, 2013
Click to view the Video Tribute for Richard Richard Francis Schultz, 76, passed peacefully in his sleep Thursday, February 7, 2013, at his Fargo, ND, home surrounded by family, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Richard was born to Francis and Thelma (Holm) Schultz in St. Paul, MN, September 9, 1936. Dick grew up in St....
Joyce Benson
Feb 4, 2013
Joyce Benson, age 95, Fargo, ND, died Monday, February 4, 2013, in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo. Joyce Carol Benson, the daughter of Hjalmer and Lillian (Widen) Benson, was born in Enderlin, ND, on March 28, 1917. She grew up and received her education in Enderlin, where she graduated as valedictorian of her high school class. She attended and graduated from...
Elda Steinke Lutter
Feb 2, 2013
Click to view the Video Tribute for Elda Elda Steinke Lutter was born to Max and Ida Steinke on August 22, 1917, in Otto, Texas-the eldest of seven children. She was baptized on October 7, 1917, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Riesel, TX. She attended parochial school through seventh grade and graduated from Mart High School in Mart, TX. Following...
Grace E. Krabbenhoft
Jan 30, 2013
Click to view the Video Tribute for Grace Grace Elizabeth was born September 11, 1925, to Harry and Gladys (Smart) Marsden, in Hendrum, MN. She graduated from high school and moved to Fargo where she worked for Northwestern Bell. Grace married Carl R. Krabbenhoft, Jr. on November 27, 1953, and started her career as loving wife and mother in Sabin,...
Marianne Hagen
Jan 24, 2013
Marianne Hagen, 93, Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, January 24, 2013, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Marianne was born June 13, 1919 in Devils Lake, ND, to Ned and Anna Atherton. Her father, Ned, died when Marianne was very young. She was raised by her mother and by her uncle, Cassius, in the Devils Lake area where she attended school...
Mary Arvold
Jan 24, 2013
Mary C. Arvold, 88, Fargo, ND, died Thursday, January 24, 2013, at Bethany Retirement Living on South University in Fargo. Mary Carolyn Arvold was born in Fargo, on January 9, 1925, into the family of Alfred G. and Mildred Tolles Arvold and brother, A. Mason. The children were baptized at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Whitewater, Wisconsin, their father's hometown....
Jacob Lima
Jan 23, 2013
Jacob David Lima was born April 13, 1921, in Hannaford, ND, to Arne and Karoline (Vormedal) Lima. Jacob was raised in the Cooperstown, ND, area. He attended two years of high school at Hillcrest Academy in Fergus Falls, MN, and graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1940. Jacob married Myrtle Helland on August 8, 1942, in Valley City, ND, and...
Robert Thiel
Jan 23, 2013
Robert "Bob" Thiel, 74, of Moorhead, MN, passed on to his reward Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at his son's home under the care of his family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Robert Wayne Thiel was born April 19, 1938, in Barney, ND, the son of Carl and Audrey (Gabriel) Thiel. He was raised in Barney and graduated from...