In Our Care
Raymond C. Erickson
May 19, 2004
Raymond C. Erickson, 77, Dilworth, MN, died Wednesday, May 19, 2004, in Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fargo, ND, surrounded by his loved ones. He has found peace after a long struggle with emphysema. Ray was born September 22, 1926, to Conrad and Mabel (Sather) Erickson, in Clearbrook, MN, where he grew up and attended school. He served in the army...
Arnold O. Mjones
May 18, 2004
Arnold Ordean Mjones was born December 14, 1923, to Ole and Anna (Kragnes) Mjones, on a farm near Hendrum, MN, where he was raised and attended school. In the summer of 1944, he entered the military service and served as an infantryman in General George Pattons 3rd Army in WW II. Arnold was discharged from the service in 1946 and...
Diane L. Schaffer
May 18, 2004
Diane Lynn Olson was born December 14, 1954, in Fargo, ND, to Wallace and Darlene (Svare) Olson. She was raised in Fargo and graduated from Fargo South High School in 1973. Diane was married to Glenn Schaffer, June 16, 1973, in Fargo, and they made their home in Colorado Springs, CO. While there, Diane worked in a healthcare recovery center....
Noretta K. Roche
May 17, 2004
Noretta K. Roche, 94, Fargo, ND, died Monday, May 17, 2004, in Innovis Health, Fargo. Noretta Katherine Block was born February 6, 1910, near Nicollet, MN, to Louis and Margaret (Latour) Block. Noretta was raised on the family farm near Cleveland, MN, where she graduated from high school. Noretta was married to Ernest Levi Roche, November 18, 1931, in Milwaukee,...
Theodora McDonough
May 16, 2004
Theodora "Teddy" McDonough, 66, Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 2:45 AM in the Intensive Care Unit of Innovis Health, Fargo, ND, of complications arising from a long bout with emphysema. Teddy was born September 6, 1937, in Niagara Falls, NY. She was the only daughter of Fred and Muriel Hellwig. She attended Niagara Falls High School and...
Richard Olson
May 15, 2004
Richard L. Olson, 64, West Fargo, ND, died Saturday, May 15, 2004, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND, surrounded by his family. Richard LeRoy Olson, son of Thorson and Alma B. (Edstrom) Olson, was born January 8, 1940, at St. Luke's Hospital, Fargo. The youngest of six children, Richard was baptized and confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in West Fargo. He...
Rita Wagner
May 13, 2004
Rita L. Wagner, age 79, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, May 13, 2004, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead. Rita Lucy Zins was born May 29, 1924, in Red Lake Falls, MN, to loving Christian parents, Joseph and Mary (Weinhandl) Zins. She grew up and received her education in Red Lake Falls. She was joined in marriage to Donavon Joseph...
Irene Cook
May 13, 2004
Irene R. Cook, 90, of Moorhead, Minnesota, died Thursday, May 13, 2004, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Irene, daughter of Ewald and Dorothea Klug, was born August 28, 1913, in Leaf Valley, MN. She was baptized at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, moving with her parents to Sabin, MN, at the age of six. She was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sabin,...
Beatrice Bruckner
May 11, 2004
Beatrice Clarice Ulland was born April 26, 1919, to Edward and Julia (Fiskum) Ulland, in Mayville, ND. She grew up in Fargo, ND, and graduated from Fargo Central High School. On March 30, 1940, she married Adolph J. Bruckner in Moorhead, MN, where they made their home. Beatrice worked as a nursing assistant at Dakota Hospital, Fargo. Adolph died on...
Loraine Monson
May 11, 2004
Loraine Vendella Redding was born on November 8, 1901, to Leonard and Minnie Redding of Lamberton, MN, the second of their four children. She died peacefully on Monday, May 11, 2004, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, MN, at the age of 102. Loraine grew up in Lamberton, MN, and graduated as class valedictorian from Lamberton High School in 1919....
Marsha Melroe
May 10, 2004
Marsha M. Melroe, 50, Phoenix, AZ, formerly Fargo, ND, died May 10, 2004, in her home. Marsha Marie (Miller) Melroe, the daughter of Glenn and Rosie (Lemke) Miller, was born on October 29, 1953, in Moorhead, MN. She grew up on a farm near Baker, MN. Marsha was baptized June 29, 1954, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Barnesville, MN, by...
Arthur Brown
May 2, 2004
Arthur Robert Brown was born March 21, 1922, in Wenatchee, WA, to Arthur Rudolph Brown and Elsie (Mead) Brown. In school, he ran track and was involved in caddying for his father. He joined the Army shortly after Pearl Harbor and missed graduating from high school by five months. He was wounded while serving with the 90th Infantry in Czechoslovakia....
Reo Olsen
May 2, 2004
Reo W. Olsen, age 90, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, May 2, 2004, at Elim Care Center in Fargo. Reo Wilton Olsen was born at Rutland, ND, on Dec. 18, 1913. He grew up and received his education in the Rutland area, where he graduated from high school. In the late 1930s he graduated from UND in Grand Forks, ND....
Lillian Kerlin
May 1, 2004
Lillian Kerlin, age 94, of Mayville, ND, formerly of Moorhead, MN, and Dilworth, MN, died Saturday, May 1, 2004, at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville. Lillian Sophia Corneliussen, the daughter of John and Marie (Peterson) Corneliussen, was born on Dec. 22, 1909, at rural Rustad, MN, where she grew up and received her education. When she was 16, the family moved...
John Hager
May 1, 2004
John R. Hager, 56, died Saturday, May 1, 2004, in his Moorhead home. John "Babe" Roy Hager, son of John and Emma (Grossman) Hager, was born November 19, 1947, in Devils Lake, ND. He grew up and received his education in Minnewaukan, ND. John worked several years as a steel worker at Marvel Steel Factory, Jamestown, ND, as a logger...
Sophie Vesta
Apr 30, 2004
Sophie Irene Ryan was born at Antler, ND, on November 13, 1918. The family moved to Grand Forks, ND, where she grew up. She graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1936 and received her nurse's training at Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks. Sophie served in the US Army Nurse Corps during WW II. She was stationed overseas in...
Elizabeth Lund
Apr 30, 2004
Elizabeth T. Lund, 95, died Friday, April 30, 2004, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Elizabeth Theresa Henkenius, daughter of Albert and Hedwig (Veit) Henkenius, was born in rural Antelope township, ND, on March 18, 1909. She grew up and received her education in rural Mooreton, ND. She worked several years for the Bagg Bonanza Farm, rural Mooreton, as a...
Marlys E. Tollefson
Apr 24, 2004
Marlys Elaine Tollefson was born October 25, 1935, in Moorhead, MN, to Clarence and Nelda Olson. Marlys was raised in Fargo where she attended school, including business college. Marlys married Willard Louis Tollefson September 13, 1952, in Fargo, and they made their home in Casselton, ND. They moved back to Fargo where she worked for Herbst Department Store, Fargo. She...
Adeline D. Erickson
Apr 23, 2004
Adeline D. Erickson, age 82, of Fargo, ND, died on Friday, April 23, 2004 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo. Adeline Dorothy Hoeper was born on June 3, 1921 at Shelly, MN. She grew up and received her education in Stephen, MN. On October 17, 1942, Adeline was united in marriage to Arthur O. Erickson. Following their marriage they lived in...
Arthur L. Ruud
Apr 19, 2004
Arthur Leroy Ruud was born June 6, 1916, to Gustav and Ellen (Anderson) Ruud, in Christine, ND, where he was raised and graduated from high school in 1934. Arthur worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps for the Minnesota State Department of Forestry at Itasca State Park and then served three years in the Army Air Corps, during WW II, as...