In Our Care
Margaret Larson
Dec 2, 2003
Margaret I. Larson, age 92, died on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003, at Bethany Homes in Fargo, ND. Margaret Irene Larson was born at Perley, MN, on June 14, 1911. She grew up and received her education in the Perley-Hendrum, MN, area. She later attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. Margaret taught school for two years in Lancaster, MN. She lived...
Mary Weber
Nov 27, 2003
Mary Cecelita Brennan was born January 5, 1912, to Richard and Anna (Baldwin) Brennan, in Chatsworth, IL. The family moved to Moorhead, MN, in 1920, where Mary attended St Joseph's Catholic School and graduated from Moorhead High School. On July 17, 1939, Mary married Loren Johnson in Fergus Falls, MN. They made their home in Moorhead. Mary worked as a...
Viola Lampela
Nov 24, 2003
Viola Alvina Lampela (nee Efraimson), 85, Moorhead, MN, went to her heavenly home on her baptismal birthday, November 24. She was born in Perth, North Dakota, on September 21, 1918. She went to high school in Rolla, North Dakota, where she graduated valedictorian from Rolla High School. After high school she was a beauty operator in Rolla, spent time in...
Gladys Wicklund
Nov 17, 2003
Gladys Sylvia Amundson was born June 4, 1906, to Lewis and Gina (Erickson) Amundson, in Christine, ND, where she grew up and graduated from high school. In 1931, Gladys graduated from St. Lukes School of Nursing, Fargo, ND, and she worked as a RN at St. Lukes Hospital. On July 20, 1934, Gladys married Ernest Wicklund in Fargo and they...
Janet Murdock
Nov 13, 2003
Janet Barbara Poverud, the daughter of Irvin and Edna (Miller) Poverud, was born April 20, 1944, at Appleton, MN. She grew up and received her education in Holloway, MN, where she graduated from high school in 1962. In January of 1963, Janet married Joe Christopherson. They lived in Minneapolis, MN, and in Stockton, CA, before they made their home in...
Lester Edmunds
Nov 13, 2003
Lester V. Edmunds, age 83, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Hendrum, MN, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, at MeritCare Hospital, South University, Fargo, ND. Lester Vernon Edmunds, the son of Ed and Myrtle (Mathison) Edmunds was born at Gardner, Illinois, on January 5, 1920. As a very young child he moved with his family to the Hendrum area, where he...
Felicia Pullar
Nov 12, 2003
Felicia Nicole Pullar was born March 29, 1983, in International Falls, MN, to Michael and Karen (Loeffert) Pullar. The family moved to Moorhead, MN, in 1989, where she was raised and attended school. Felicia died Wednesday, November 12, 2003, in her home in Moorhead, at twenty years of age. Felicia is survived by her mother, Karen, Moorhead; grandparents, James Loeffert,...
Joel Prudhomme
Nov 11, 2003
Joel Bernard Prudhomme was born December 2, 1960, to Dale and Thelma (Tate) Prudhomme in Crookston, MN, where he was raised. He graduated from Central High School, Crookston, and entered the Navy in 1979. Joel served on the USS John F. Kennedy and the USS Jason. Upon his discharge from the military in 1991, Joel returned to Crookston and attended...
Vilgard Sorgen
Nov 4, 2003
Vilgard Irene Daehlin was born in Hunan Province, China, December 15, 1908, to Ingvald and Emma (Hasle) Daehlin. Vilgard spent her early years in China and returned to the United States when she was eighteen years of age. She graduated from Concordia College, Moorhead, and taught english and music in Watford City, ND. On January 1, 1935, Vilgard married Rev....
Deanne Johnson
Oct 31, 2003
Deanne Jean Bassingthwaite was born October 6, 1959, in Sioux City, Iowa, to David and Jeanne (Wall) Bassingthwaite. She was raised in Sarles, ND, and attended Border Central High School in Sarles. She graduated from North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, in 1985 with a bachelor of science in Agronomy. On July 24, 1982, Deanne married David G. Johnson, son...
Bobby Spivey
Oct 25, 2003
Bobby E. Spivey, 48, Sabin, MN, passed away October 25, 2003, at his home, under the care of hospice. Bobby Eugene Spivey Sr. was born September 16, 1955, to Ruby (Alverson) and Thomas Spivey in Huntsville, AL, where he grew up and received his education. He worked as an over-the road trucker. He married Cheryl Heier on August 21, 1987,...
Gladys Madson
Oct 23, 2003
Gladys Evelyn Schafer, the daughter of Joseph and Laura (Cleveland) Schafer, was born on the family farm at Gardner, ND, on May 21, 1916. She grew up and received her education at Gardner, where she graduated from high school in 1934. On Dec. 2, 1935, Gladys was united in marriage to Milton Madson, at Moorhead, MN. Following their marriage they...
Alberta "Bertie" Asplin
Oct 21, 2003
Alberta 'Bertie' Asplin, 82, of Dilworth, MN, formerly Georgetown, MN, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at MeritCare, Fargo, ND, after a short illness, surrounded by her husband and family. Alberta Mae Frantz was born in LuVerne Township, IA, April 20, 1921, to George W. and Ursula (Kubly) Frantz. She received her education in Iowa. On March 30, 1942,...
Calin Tudor
Oct 17, 2003
Calin Tudor, age 80, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, October 17, 2003, at Bethany Homes in Fargo. Calin was born in Romania, on Dec. 10, 1922. He grew up and received his education in Romania. On October 23, 1971, Calin was married to Lidia Carcona, at Bucharest, Romania. They lived in Bucharest, where he worked as an economist in a...
BenVern "Ben" Klug
Oct 15, 2003
BenVern Eugene Klug was born February 6, 1931, to Ewald and Dorothea (Kuehl) Klug, in Barnesville, MN. Ben was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sabin, MN. He graduated from Barnesville High School and from Interstate Business College, Fargo, ND, and was employed with Super Valu Stores, Inc. for thirty-four years. Ben held several different positions during his...
Harold Fowler
Oct 15, 2003
Harold Burton Fowler was born October 17, 1909, in Ryan, Iowa, to William and Jennie (Burkholder) Fowler, where he was raised until moving to Crosby-Ironton, MN, at a young age. On September 3, 1929, he married Gunella Gilmer in Minneapolis, MN, where they made their home. Harold worked as a private chauffeur and then as a Greyhound bus driver for...
Howard Rinehardt
Oct 13, 2003
Howard J. Rinehardt, 87, Fargo, ND, died Monday, October 13, 2003, at The Evergreens, Fargo, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Howard Jack Rinehardt was born July 5, 1916, in the township of Atlanta near Ulen and Lake Park, MN, to Oscar and Martha (Aase) Rinehardt. At an early age the family moved to Fargo. Howard...
J. Paul Gunkelman
Oct 12, 2003
J. Paul Gunkelman, 81, died Sunday, October 12, 2003, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. James Paul Gunkelman was born on March 2, 1922, to Ada (Lockhart) and Ralph Frank Gunkelman, in Fargo. He grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1940. He attended the University of Minnesota for two years. When the war started, he...
Jocelyn Meier
Oct 10, 2003
Jocelyn Trummer Meier, 83, Fargo, ND, died Friday, October 10, 2003, under hospice care, at her daughter's home in Coon Rapids, MN. Jocelyn Elizabeth Collins was born November 6, 1919, in Osakis, MN, to John and Millie Collins. She married Dwayne H. Trummer, January 20, 1943, in Big Springs, TX. He preceded her in death May 19, 1980. On October...
John Altobell
Oct 8, 2003
John "Johnny" Altobell was born December 20, 1917, in Dilworth, MN, to Antonio and Letizia (DiBrita) Altobelli. His mother died at an early age, and John was raised with his siblings at St. John's Orphanage, Fargo, ND, until returning at the age of 13 to his family in Dilworth. John graduated from Dilworth High School in 1936, then attended Moorhead...