In Our Care
Bertha M. Hatlen
Oct 24, 2006
Bertha M. Hatlen, age 90, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead. Bertha Mathilda Magnuson, the daughter of John and Sellstine (Olson) Magnuson, was born November 19, 1915 in Moorhead. She was a life-long Moorhead resident and a life-long member of Bethesda Lutheran Church in Moorhead, where she was baptized, confirmed and married....
Gordon R. Thorson
Oct 23, 2006
Gordon R. Thorson, 83, Dilworth, MN, died Monday, October 23, 2006, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Gordon Roy Thorson was born October 16, 1923, in Hawley, MN, to Martin and Julia (Olson) Thorson. He attended Eglan Township country school and worked on area rural farms. Around 1942, he moved to Moorhead where he worked at the Fairmont Creamery. On...
Alyce E. Peterson
Oct 23, 2006
Alyce E. Peterson, age 82, Fort Myers, Florida, formerly of Moorhead, MN, died in Fort Myers on October 23, 2006. A funeral and burial where held in Florida, at the time of her death. Alyce Pederson was born March 30, 1924 in Bejou, MN. She graduated from Gary (MN) High School and Moorhead State University, where she received her teaching...
Ursula B. Brewer
Oct 23, 2006
Ursula Barbara Brewer was born June 29, 1925, to Chester Lee and Lillie (Edenstrom) Brewer in Wolverton, MN, where she grew up and graduated from high school. She then moved to Minneapolis, MN, to attend the University of Minnesota. While there, she worked at the University of Minnesota Hospital as a surgical technician. Ursula then began working for Brown and...
Leo W. Eldred
Oct 22, 2006
Leo W. Eldred, 79, died peacefully on Sunday, October 22, 2006, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND, with his loving family at his side. They shared laughs, hugs and memories before they said good-bye. Leo W. Eldred was born October 17, 1927, in Padua, MN, to Frank and Lillie Eldred. He was raised in Browerville, MN, where his father worked as...
Enid A. Pagliarini
Oct 16, 2006
Enid A. Pagliarini, 87, Moorhead, MN, died Monday, October 16, 2006, in MeritCare Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Enid Ann Soliah was born March 30, 1919, in Mayville, ND, to Anton and Beatrice (Mastrud) Soliah. The family moved to Hatton, ND, where she graduated from Hatton High School. She then graduated from Mayville (ND) State College and taught school in both...
Joyce M. Paulson
Oct 15, 2006
Joyce M. Paulson, 74, Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, October 15, 2006, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Joyce Mae Paulson was born May 1, 1932, on the family farm near Gully, MN, to Bennie and Blanche (Paulson) Tharaldson. Joyce was raised on the family farm and graduated from high school at Gonvik, MN. She graduated from Crookston (MN) School of Nursing...
Eleanora McGregor
Oct 14, 2006
Eleanora Mae Hanson, the daughter of Herman and Clara (Enemark) Hanson, was born May 30, 1920 at Dalton, MN. As a young child she moved with her family to Lamberton, MN, where she grew up and received her education. On December 18, 1941, Eleanora was united in marriage to Orval McGregor at Redwood Falls, MN. Following their marriage, they lived...
Shirley M. Sanders
Oct 6, 2006
Shirley M. Sanders, age 84, of Moorhead, MN, died at her home in Moorhead on Friday, October 6, 2006. Shirley M. Norquist, the daughter of Elbert and Francis (Malmstrom) Norquist was born July 24, 1922 in St. Paul, MN, where she grew up and received her education. She graduated from high school in St. Paul, and attended and graduated from...
Dorothea M. Tenold
Oct 3, 2006
Dorothea M. Tenold, 82, Argusville, ND, died Tuesday, October 3, 2006, in Elim Home, Fargo, ND. Dorothea Marion Tenold was born April 3, 1924, to Anton and Dorothea (Alpert) Bolte, near Regent, ND. She graduated from Regent High School and then taught school in that area. Dorothea attended a Bible college in Los Angeles, CA, and moved to Belle Fourche,...
Vernon R. Gerig Jr.
Oct 2, 2006
Vernon Roy Gerig Jr. was born July 13, 1936, in rural Benson Cty, ND, to Vernon and Hazel (Quammen) Gerig Sr. and he was raised on a farm near Brinsmade, ND. Vernon attended Gallinger rural school and graduated from Leeds (ND) High School. On February 5, 1953, Vernon married Esther Shambach in Brinsmade. They moved to Mayville, ND, where Vernon...
Yvonne Johnson
Sep 28, 2006
Yvonne Johnson, age 84, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Crookston, MN, died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead. Yvonne Arlene Behl, the daughter of George and Alma Behl, was born July 24, 1922, in Grand Forks, ND, where she grew up and received her education. Yvonne married Kenneth R. Johnson, June 14, 1944, in Grand Forks. They lived...
Alvin Geiszler
Sep 26, 2006
Alvin B. Geiszler, age 81, of Moorhead, MN died Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at Moorhead Health Care Center, Moorhead, MN. Alvin Benjamin Geiszler was born in Spring Prairie Township, Clay County, MN to Gottlieb and Marguerita (Somerer) Geiszler. He attended rural school near Glyndon, MN and worked on the family farm. As a young man he enjoyed playing the accordion...
Guadalupe "Lupe" Lopez
Sep 21, 2006
Guadalupe Lopez, known to many as Lupe, was born December 11, 1965, in McAllen, TX, to Pablo and Consuelo Morin. Lupe was raised in McAllen where she received her education. Lupe married Miguel Lopez and they made their home in Crookston, MN. They lived for a time in St. Paul, MN, and then Seattle, WA. Lupe loved music, especially Spanish...
Joyce M. Larson
Sep 19, 2006
Joyce Marion Fossen was born December 6, 1926, to J. Oscar and Mary (Gorthe) Fossen in Hallock, MN. She grew up in Fingal, ND, where she graduated from high school. Joyce then attended the State Teacher's College in Valley City, ND, and she taught in a rural school near Sheldon, ND. On September 26, 1948, Joyce married Gaylan Larson in...
Gladys Voxland
Sep 16, 2006
Gladys M. Voxland, 91, Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, September 16, 2006, in ManorCare Health Services, Fargo, ND. Gladys M. Voxland was born March 6, 1915, in Detroit Lakes, MN, to Charley and Esther (Lee) Livingood. She married Hardy M. Voxland, December 29, 1937, in Detroit Lakes. He died December 11, 1982. Gladys was a homemaker and worked many years as...
Ethel A. Weber
Sep 15, 2006
Ethel A. Weber, daughter of Ole and Ella (Swenson) Edwards, died September 15, 2006. Ethel was born July 8, 1919, in rural Comstock, MN. She grew up and went to school in the Rustad, Comstock and Wolverton, MN area. She worked for various ladies helping with housework, and later as a waitress at the Bluebird Café, Moorhead, MN. In 1943,...
John E. Pearson
Sep 12, 2006
Click here to view John's video tribute John Edward Pearson was born June 7, 1933, to Elmer and Minnie (Severson) Pearson, in Pelican Rapids, MN, and was raised at the Stony Bar Resort in Pelican Rapids. John graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1951, and entered the US Army in June of 1953. He served a tour in France...
Robert "Tommy" Thompson
Sep 10, 2006
Robert John Thompson, Fargo, ND, formerly of Moorhead, MN, known to many as "Tommy", passed away Sunday, September 10, 2006, at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Fargo, at eighty years of age. Tommy was born September 30, 1925, the second son of Erwin and Irene Thompson. He spent the majority of his life in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Tommy married Katherine...
Robert MacLeod
Sep 9, 2006
Robert (Bob) MacLeod, 78, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006. Born to Dan and Hulda MacLeod in Minneapolis, MN, on March 15, 1928, Robert graduated from Isle (MN) High School in 1946. He received his bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees in education from the University of Minnesota. During his teen years, Bob worked as a fireman on the Great Lakes ore...