In Our Care

Leona E. Barnard

Leona E. Barnard

Nov 21, 2012

Leona Barnard passed on to God Wednesday, November 21, 2012, due to complications associated with COPD. Leona was born on November 6, 1930 to Michael and Alvina (Kubitza) Koval on the family farm outside Hillsboro, ND. One of fourteen children, her sister Yvonne, our dear Aunt Vonnie, is the only remaining family member. Leona moved to Fargo, ND, and started...

Lorena G. Bommersbach

Lorena G. Bommersbach

Nov 20, 2012

Lorena Grace Kackman was born March 15, 1924, to Henry and Martha (Kube) Kackman, near Hankinson, ND, where she grew up and attended school. During WWII, Lorena worked for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, WA. She was married to Ralph Bommersbach on December 2, 1947, in Hankinson, and they lived in Chicago, IL, for nine years. They moved to Moorhead, MN,...

John L. Verdi

John L. Verdi

Nov 20, 2012

John Louis Verdi was born April 11, 1927, in Fargo, ND, to Michael and Christine (Totta) Verde. John was raised in Dilworth, MN, where he graduated from high school in 1942. John worked in the car shop for the Northern Pacific Railroad for a time, until he began his own business, Johnny's Shoe Repair, in Fargo. John was married to...

Richard Barnes

Richard Barnes

Nov 18, 2012

Click to view the Video Tribute for Richard Richard "Dick" Barnes, 69, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Casselton, ND, died November 18, 2012, at Essentia Health in Fargo, surrounded by his family. Richard Stanley Barnes was born May 31, 1943, in Casselton the son John and Lucy (Turchin) Barnes. He was raised in Casselton and attended Lincoln High School. He...

John Lokken

John Lokken

Nov 16, 2012

John Stephen Lokken was born March 21, 1947, in Moorhead, MN. He was raised in Moorhead, where he graduated from high school. He joined the US Army and served in Vietnam in 1967-1969. Upon his honorable discharge, he returned to Minnesota, where in invested in the DeRoxe Club, a restaurant/bar on Lake Maude, near Detroit Lakes, MN. John had many...

James L. Nygaard

James L. Nygaard

Nov 8, 2012

James Lowell Nygaard was born on March 27, 1932, in Moorhead, MN. Throughout his junior high, high school, and college years, he was active in plays and band. After graduating from Moorhead High School in 1949, he attended NDSU in Fargo, ND, and UND in Grand Forks, ND, then "settled into" Concordia College in Moorhead, graduating with a B.A. in...

Janice K. Linde

Janice K. Linde

Nov 8, 2012

Janice Linde, Moorhead, MN, passed away peacefully to her eternal home on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, at the age of 90. Janice Kathleen Nelson, known as "Jackie" to her side of the family, was born December 30, 1921, to Edward and Elfreda (Matthieson) Nelson, in Hardwick, MN. She grew up on the family farm, near...

Loretta Carlson

Loretta Carlson

Nov 7, 2012

Loretta Jean Carlson, age 56, died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 7, 2012, under the care of hospice. Loretta, the daughter of Alex and Mary (Dauphanais) Vondal Jr., was born in Walhalla, ND, on February 11, 1956. She grew up and received her education in Grand Forks, ND and Fargo, ND. As a young lady, Loretta lived and worked...

Elizabeth Norris

Elizabeth Norris

Nov 4, 2012

Elizabeth "Bettie" Norris, age 89, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, November 4, 2012, in Villa Maria, Fargo. Our beloved mother, Elizabeth Louise Bedore was born, January 26, 1923 in Donovan, Illinois, the daughter of Edward and Ethel (Laird) Bedore. She was raised in Donovan where she graduated from high school. After high school she moved to California where she assisted...

Arthur Card

Arthur Card

Nov 4, 2012

Arthur David Card, age 77, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, November 4, 2012, in Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead. Arthur David Card was born on March 13, 1935, to Ora and Norma (Towle) Card, in International Falls, MN. Art graduated in 1953 from Greenway High School, Coleraine, MN. He served three years in the US Marines. Arthur married Yvonne Jore...

Jessica D. Seeley

Jessica D. Seeley

Nov 3, 2012

Jessica Danielle Seeley was born November 16, 1982, in Landstuhl, Germany, to Barry and Lori (Barber) Seeley. Jessica was raised in Dilworth, MN, where she received her education. Jessica lived in Fargo, ND, and worked as a bookkeeper for a number of area businesses. Her son, Cole, was her pride and joy. Jessica passed away Saturday, November 3, 2012, at...

Neal Philbrick

Neal Philbrick

Nov 2, 2012

Neal, age 57 of Moorhead, died in his home on Friday, November 2. Thesecond son of LaVerne (Myer) and Glenn Philbrick, Neal was also a son of Moorhead as he lived in the city which he loved throughout his lifetime. After graduating from Moorhead Senior High, he studied finance and accounting at Minnesota State University Moorhead. A supporter of Sierra...

Roger Ball

Roger Ball

Nov 1, 2012

Click to view the Video Tribute for Roger Roger Clyde Ball, age 72, of rural Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in his farm home, surrounded by family, and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Roger, the son of Clyde and Mary (Maruhn) Ball, was born June 12, 1940, in Fargo, ND. He grew up...

George S. Rutter

George S. Rutter

Oct 31, 2012

George S. Rutter, age 93, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at River Pointe of Moorhead. George Stafford Rutter was born March 3, 1919, in Minto, ND, the son of Harvey and Martha Rutter. He was raised in Michigan, ND, and graduated from Michigan High School. George then continued his education at St. John's University in Collegeville, MN....

Cecilia Lugo

Cecilia Lugo

Oct 31, 2012

Cecilia Maria Lopez was born Nov. 22, 1928, in Monterrey, Mexico. On May 15, 1945, she married Antonio Lugo. They lived in Ohio and Iowa, prior to coming to the Glyndon, MN, area, where they lived and worked. Antonio died on August 21, 2003. For the past few years, Cecilia has been a resident of Golden Living Center in Moorhead....

Elizabeth "Bette" Schmidt

Elizabeth "Bette" Schmidt

Oct 29, 2012

Elizabeth Selma Klein was born September 1, 1922, in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Henry and Molly (Dorn) Klein. When Bette was two years of age, the family moved to Englevale, ND, where she was raised and attended school. Bette moved to Fargo, ND, in 1940, where she graduated from cosmetology school. She worked at Dee's Beauty Salon as well as...

Dennis Whitman

Dennis Whitman

Oct 28, 2012

Dennis M. Whitman, 65, of Waterville, MN, formerly of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, October 28, 2012, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Dennis Michael Whitman was born, December 1, 1946, in Aneta, ND, the son of Delos and Mildred (Kulseth) Whitman. He was raised there and graduated from Aneta High School in 1964. He then attended the North Dakota...

V. Jean Rodenkirck

V. Jean Rodenkirck

Oct 28, 2012

Viola Jean Rodenkirck was born August 2, 1918, to Irving and Bertha (Ewald) Marston in Pierpont, SD. She and her family later lived in Howard, SD, where she graduated from school in 1936. After Jean graduated, she studied cosmetology in Omaha, NE. She ran her own beauty shop in Hayti, SD. Jean later became an executive secretary for the Mobil...

Robert Loe

Robert Loe

Oct 26, 2012

Robert "Bob" Loe, 65, completed his Earthly journey on October 26, 2012, surrounded by family and close friends, in his long anticipated and newly finished "man cave." Bob was born on November 20, 1946, in Fargo, ND, to Alfred and Margaret (Finke) Loe. Bob grew up on the Loe Farm near Perley, MN, and graduated from Hendrum (MN) High School...

Kathryn Kennedy

Kathryn Kennedy

Oct 25, 2012

Kathryn Mary Kennedy, 76, of Moorhead, MN, died October 25, 2012, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND, with family and friends by her side. Kathryn was born February 28, 1936, to Edward and Hulda (Brandt) Fitzgerald. She grew up in Sabin, MN, and graduated from Moorhead High School. Kathryn married Fred Wilson Kennedy, Jr., on November 24, 1956, at St....