In Our Care
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...
Lawrence "Peanuts" Koenig
Dec 7, 2005
Lawrence "Peanuts" Koenig was born October 4, 1906, in Canby, MN, to Frank and Emma Koenig and was raised in that area. The family moved to a farm south of Moorhead, MN, in 1918. Peanuts was married to Louise Biewer October 10, 1939, in Moorhead. They moved into Moorhead in 1943 and he began working for the Northern Pacific Railway....
Geraldine G. Weber
Dec 6, 2005
Geraldine "Jerry" Geneva Hilde was born April 8th, 1924 to Carl and Helma Hilde of Felton, MN. Jerry grew up near Felton and graduated from high school there as well. She was fun loving and very much doted on by her father, Carl. In 1947 Jerry went on a blind date with a handsome soldier who had recently come home...
Ralph Carlson
Nov 28, 2005
Ralph L. Carlson, the son of Fredrick and Betty (Erickson) Carlson, was born in Moorhead, MN, on May 28, 1922. Ralph grew up in Moorhead, where he graduated from high school. During WW II, Ralph served his country in the US Navy, aboard ship in the Pacific Theatre of War. After his discharge, he returned to Moorhead. On August 27,...
Patricia Hagen
Nov 27, 2005
Patricia Ione Folken was born March 4, 1935, to Waldemar and Ione (Rugroden) Folken, in Elbow Lake, MN, where she grew up and received her education. On January 18, 1955, Pat married Roger F. Hagen, in Elbow Lake and they made their home in St. Paul, MN, before moving to Moorhead, MN, in 1967. Pat worked for 35 years for...
Estelle M. Sorenson
Nov 26, 2005
Estelle Marion McMaster was born November 11, 1919, near Grandin, ND, to Elmer and Matilda (Aasen) McMaster. Estelle was raised in that area and confirmed at Bethania Lutheran Church in 1934. She graduated from high school in Hendrum, MN, in the class of 1938. Soon after graduation, Estelle began working at a retail store in Hendrum and then Perley, MN....