In Our Care
Jean D. Anderson
Jan 4, 2006
Jean Delores Moen was born July 19, 1926, in Moorhead, MN, the daughter of Carl and Mathilda (Kjorven) Moen. The family lived in a number of areas during the depression years, including Fargo, ND, Fort Ransom, ND, Audubon, MN, and Seattle, WA. Her parents owned and operated a restaurant in Audubon, where Jean graduated from high school. She received a...
A. Donald Nicolson
Jan 1, 2006
Don Nicolson was born on August 10, 1921 in Birtle, Manitoba, Canada and grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, serving as a WWII fighter pilot in North Africa. It was there he met and married his wife of 53 years, Norma Stowe, on April 14, 1944. The couple returned to Winnipeg and Don...
Ethel G. Anderson
Dec 27, 2005
Ethel Anderson, 90, Dilworth, MN, died Tuesday, December 27, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Ethel Gertrude Anderson was born January 13, 1915, at Brainerd, MN, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Liners) Lyonais. She attended St. Francis Catholic grade school and graduated from Brainerd High School in 1932. She married Donald E. Anderson September 7, 1935, in Brainerd,...
George M. Sebestl
Dec 27, 2005
George Mark Sebestl was born April 25, 1922, in North Dakota, near Georgetown, MN, to Rudolph and Mary (Stasch) Sebestl. He was the youngest of six children. George attended grade school in Georgetown and graduated from high school in Hendrum, MN. After graduation, George continued his life of farming on the family farm near Argusville, ND. He farmed with his...
Inez Eppler
Dec 22, 2005
Inez Eppler, age 85, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, at Elim Care Center in Fargo Inez G. Sandeen was born Oct. 27, 1920 near Hawley, MN, where she grew up and attended school. On Feb. 5, 1946, she married Alvin Eppler, and they had three children, Gary, Cheryl and Ronald. They lived in Moorhead, MN, where she...
Roger W. Greeley
Dec 22, 2005
Video Tribute Roger W. Greeley, age 56, Moorhead, MN died December 22, 2005, at his home in Moorhead, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, after a difficult battle with cancer. Roger W. Greeley was born July 2, 1949, in Omaha, NE, to Warren and Elaine Greeley. He and his brother, Mark, attended school there until in...
Maggie Bossart
Dec 21, 2005
Maggie Bossart, 91, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, Minnesota, died Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at Eventide. Maggie Bossart was born May 20, 1914, in Danzig, ND, to Jakob and Marie (Neuhardt) Klein. She was raised in the Ashley, ND, area where she received her education. Maggie was married to Fred Martin Bossart, in April of 1938, in Fargo, ND, where they...
Helen M. Arnseth
Dec 19, 2005
Helen M. Arnseth, age 87, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2005, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead. Helen Mirion Geiger was born on January 11, 1918 in Fargo, North Dakota. She grew up and received her education in Fargo, and in Moorhead, where she graduated from high school. On June 4, 1938, Helen married Norman Arnseth. They lived...
LeRoy M. Norling
Dec 19, 2005
LeRoy M. Norling, 65, Georgetown, MN, died Monday, December 19, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. LeRoy Merlin Norling was born August 11, 1940, in Grantsburg, WI, to Wilbur and Beverly (Nelson) Norling. LeRoy was raised and received his education in Grantsburg. LeRoy farmed in the Grantsburg area and then owned and operated his own cabinetry business. LeRoy moved to...
John L. Fernholz
Dec 17, 2005
John L. Fernholz, 48, Fargo, ND, died Saturday, December 17, 2005, in his home. John Louis Fernholz, son of William and Eunice (Matter) Fernholz, was born September 16, 1957, in Minneapolis, MN. He grew up and graduated from high school in Detroit Lakes, MN, and later from Moorhead State University (MN) with a degree in business administration. John was united...
Arlene I. Haberle
Dec 17, 2005
Arlene I. Haberle, 82, Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, December 17, 2005, at Johnson Elder Care House, Fargo, ND. Arlene I. Haberle was born January 3, 1923, to Ingvald and Effie (Haarstad) Grefsrud, near Pelican Rapids, MN. Arlene was raised in Pelican Rapids where she graduated from high school. Arlene attended Lee's Beauty College in St. Paul, MN, and worked in...
Thomas H. Novak
Dec 16, 2005
Thomas H. Novak died on Friday, December 16, 2005, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, at the age of 54. The son of Sylvester "Bud" and Janet (Brodina) Novak, he was born in Fargo, ND, on June 12, 1951. Tom grew up and received his education in Fargo, where he graduated from Shanley High School in 1969 and NDSU in 1974....
Lois J. Bergeson
Dec 15, 2005
Video Tribute Lois Jean Shelley was born December 2, 1925, in Willmar, MN, to George and Irene (Hoard) Shelley. Lois grew up in Willmar where she graduated from high school. After high school, Lois worked in a bakery where she met her future husband, Lloyd Bergeson. Lloyd often recalled "I met my Sweetie in a sweet shop." On April 10,...
Myrtle C. Johnson
Dec 14, 2005
Myrtle C. Johnson, 89, of Glyndon, died Wednesday, December 14, 2005, at Sunnyside Care Center, rural Lake Park, MN. Myrtle Christine Versdahl, daughter of Herman and Anna (Ekre) Versdahl, was born August 28, 1916, in rural Wyndmere, ND, where she grew up and received her education. After working for a few years at the Sears and Robuck Store in Fargo,...
Dorothy Carey
Dec 13, 2005
Dorothy Carey, age 86, Moorhead, MN, died early Tuesday, December 13, 2004 at her home in Moorhead, the result of a house fire. Dorothy Bertha Grettum was born February 12, 1919 in Ulen, MN, the daughter of Henry and Bessie Grettum. She attended several different schools in the area and graduated from Dilworth (MN) High School in 1936. After graduating...
Delwyn Saarinen
Dec 11, 2005
Delwyn G. Saarinen, age 61, died at his home in Dilworth, MN, under the care of his wife, Cheryl, on Sunday, December 11, 2005. Delwyn George Saarinen was born December 20, 1943, in the Chicago, Illinois area. As a child, he moved with his family to Osage, MN, where he grew up and received his education. Del served his country...
Leonardo R. Orona
Dec 10, 2005
Leonardo R. Orona, 84, Dilworth, MN, died Saturday, December 10, 2005 in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Leonardo Rojus Orona was born November 6, 1921, in Crystal City, TX, where he grew up and received his education. On November 6, 1946, he married Lucia Rodriquez in Crystal City. They made their home in Crystal City in the winters and worked as...
Winifred "Winnie" J. Borgen
Dec 10, 2005
Winifred Janet Borgen passed away peacefully in her Felton, MN, home on Saturday evening, December 10, 2005, at the age of eighty-seven. Winifred was born to Julia (Krostad) and Walter Winfred Wegner in Perley, MN, on February 24, 1918. They moved to Cavalier, ND, in 1928. In 1935, they moved to Bottineau, ND, where Winnie graduated from high school. In...
Katherine E. Swanson
Dec 8, 2005
Katherine "Katie" E. Swanson was born August 25, 1926, in Fargo, ND, to Lorentz and Ellen (Wold) Hegland. She lived in Fargo and attended Fargo schools, until age 16, when they moved to Omaha, NE, where she graduated from Omaha Technical High School. Katie worked as a comtometer operator at the Fairmont Creamery main office for a year and at...
Frances M. Martin
Dec 8, 2005
Frances Marie Martin, age 87, Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, December 8, 2005, at Moorhead Healthcare Center. Frances Marie Buffington was born March 9, 1918 in Newton, Kansas. She grew up and received her education in Kansas. On September 10, 1935, she was united in marriage to George H. Martin at Burlington, Kansas. Following their marriage, they lived in Kansas, from...