In Our Care
Clara Geiszler
Sep 7, 2003
Clara Geiszler, 70, Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, September 7, 2003, in MeritCare, Fargo, ND. Clara Joan Geiszler was born July 8, 1933, in Moorhead, MN, to John and Esther (Hahn) Leonhardt. Clara graduated from Glyndon (MN) High School. On June 9, 1956, she married Alvin B. Geiszler on her parents farm in Glyndon. Clara and Alvin made their home in...
James Sitta
Sep 7, 2003
James A. Sitta, 94, Dilworth, Minnesota, died Sunday, September 7, 2003, in Villa Maria, Fargo, ND. James Anton Sitta was born October 9, 1908, to James and Barbara (Bidar) Sitta in Veseleyville, ND, where he was raised. Jim worked on area farms in his younger years and then worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas. He came to Fargo,...
Alfred Holweger
Sep 6, 2003
Alfred L. Holweger, 72, of Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, September 6, 2003, at his home, surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's. Alfred Lyle Holweger, the son of Fred and Lena Holweger, was born November 24, 1930, in Emerado, ND, where he grew up and attended school. For years, Alfred was a diesel mechanic employed by...
Stanley Barnum
Sep 4, 2003
Stanley Richard Barnum was born January 26, 1954, in Fargo, ND, to Cyril and Sybil (Hardie) Barnum. Stan attended Grace Lutheran School, Fargo, and the Moorhead schools. He graduated from Moorhead High School in 1973. Stan was Moorhead High's first State Wrestling Champion in 1973. He later wrestled for NDSU. He married Peggy Schwartz of Fargo in December of 1990....
Vinton Floberg
Sep 3, 2003
Vinton Floberg, 73, Hawley, MN, died Wednesday, September 3, 2003, in Moorhead (MN) Healthcare Center. Vinton Herbrand Ragnor Floberg was born January 12, 1930, in Skree Township, near Hawley, on the H.H. Engen farm, to Oluf and Tilda (Engen) Floberg. Vinton was raised in Hawley where he attended school. Vinton was a lifetime member of Hegland Lutheran Church, where he...
Helen Ellenson
Sep 3, 2003
Helen E. Ellenson, 81, Arthur, ND, died Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Helen Elida Ellenson was born May 14, 1922, at Climax, MN, the daughter of Edward and Pauline (Aasen) Ellenson. Helen grew up in the Gardner, ND, area and was a life long member of Nora Lutheran Church, rural Gardner. In 1971, Helen moved to...
Hazel Wagar
Aug 28, 2003
Hazel R. Wagar, age 85, of Fargo, ND, died on Thursday, August 28, 2003, at Bethany Homes in Fargo. Hazel Rena Johnson, the daughter of Archie and Rena (Oldfield) Johnson, was born at Clark, SD, on Nov. 30, 1917. The family lived in Klamath Falls, Oregon, for a short time and then returned to the Clark area, where Hazel grew...
Phyllis Twohig
Aug 26, 2003
Phyllis V. Twohig, 84, Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, August 26, 2003, in Moorhead HealthCare Center, Moorhead. Phyllis Victoria Olson was born November 2, 1918, in Halstad Village, MN. She grew up and received her education in the area. On December 1, 1956, Phyllis married James Twohig in Breckenridge, MN, where they made their home. She worked as a certified nursing...
Kathy Swenson
Aug 26, 2003
Kathy Swenson was born in Tower City, ND, to Chester Laney and Lorraine Kretchmer on March 24, 1944. She died at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, after a short battle with thyroid cancer. Kathy attended school in Glyndon, MN. She graduated in 1962. Kathy married Clifford Swenson on Oct. 19, 1963. They lived in Felton, MN....
Billiette Scherling
Aug 22, 2003
Billiette M. Scherling, 81, died Friday, August 22, 2003 at the ManorCare Nursing Home, Fargo. Billiette was born November 19, 1921, in Fargo North Dakota, to Albert and Amanda Skjonsby. She received her education in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1939 and from North Dakota State University in 1974 with a BS degree in counseling. She...
Antonio Lugo
Aug 21, 2003
Antonio Lugo was born March 9, 1928, to Antonio and Anastacia (Enriques) Lugo, in Edinburg, TX. Antonio was raised in Mexico and met Cecilia Lopez when he was sixteen years of age. They were married May 15, 1945, in Donna, TX. Antonio and Cecilia worked as farmhands in a number of states including Ohio and Iowa. They worked for George...
Hjalmer Houglum
Aug 17, 2003
Hjalmer Clarence "Chub" Houglum was born June 25, 1921, in Perley, MN, to Bendick and Clara Houglum. He graduated from Borup (MN) High School in 1940. He farmed with his brother, Bennett, at Perley. Hjalmer married Joyce Kathleen Gravalin at Bethania Lutheran Church in Perley, December 30, 1950. They lived in Perley until 1952 when they moved to Moorhead, MN,...
Marie Hammerud
Aug 14, 2003
Marie H. Hammerud, 79, Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, August 14, 2003, in her home. Marie H. Hasskamp was born July 15, 1924, in Crosby, MN, to William and Hannah (Wiger) Hasskamp. The family moved to the Ulen, MN, area where she graduated from high school. Marie graduated from college in Moorhead, and she taught in the Comstock, MN, school district...
Tim Bennett
Aug 14, 2003
Timothy Richard Bennett, the son of Richard and Faith (Efteland) Bennett, was born on September 17, 1962, at Crosby, MN. When he was about six years old, the family moved to Moorhead, MN, where Tim grew up and received his education. As a young man he had lived in a number of states including California and Colorado. He currently lived...
Louis Oliver
Aug 13, 2003
Louis C. Oliver was born August 18, 1915, in Cumberland, WI, the third of eight children to Frank and Domenica Oliver. After a few years in St. Paul, MN, the family settled in Dilworth, MN, where Louis grew up and attended school. Louis proudly served stateside in the US Army infantry during WW II. On June 30, 1947, Louis married...
Marjorie McIntyre
Aug 12, 2003
Marjorie A. McIntyre, 62, Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, August 12, 2003, in SCCI Hospital, Fargo. Marjorie Ann McIntyre was born March 7, 1941, in Spring Creek Township, Norman County, near Fertile, MN, to Floyd and Sylvia (Bak) Olson. Marjorie graduated from Fertile-Beltrami High School in 1959. She married Emil Hitner in Ada, MN, and they made their home in Hoyt...
Olga Gettel
Aug 10, 2003
Mrs. Olga Gettel died at her home in Fargo, ND, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, on Sunday, August 10, 2003, at the age of 86. Olga Rohrbach was born on July 30, 1917 in Streeter, ND. She was the daughter of John and Katharine (Hauk) Rohrbach. While Olga was a young girl, the family moved...
Leland Brendemuhl
Aug 8, 2003
Leland "Bud" C. Brendemuhl, Moorhead, MN, died August 7, 2003, at Innovis Health, Fargo, ND, at the age of 79. Leland Christian Julius Fredrick Brendemuhl, son of Christian H. and Agnes B,. (Krabbenhoft) Brendemuhl was born July 9, 1924, in Sabin, MN. Leland attended grade school in Sabin and graduated from Moorhead State Campus High School, Moorhead, in 1942. After...
Timothy Tweten
Aug 8, 2003
Timothy S. Tweten, 45, Moorhead, MN, died Friday, August 8, 2003, in Innovis Health, Fargo, ND. Timothy Scott Tweten was born July 13, 1958, in Fargo. The family lived in Moorhead where Tim graduated from Moorhead High School. On January 19, 1979, Tim married Debbie K. Lovold in Moorhead where they made their home. Tim worked construction in the Fargo-Moorhead...
Gladys Ross
Aug 7, 2003
Gladys Ross, 92, Fargo, ND, died on Thursday, August 7, 2003, at Innovis Health in Fargo. Gladys Joy Amelia Gordon, the daughter of Clarence A. and Minnie (Vang) Gordon, was born September 10, 1910, at Hillsboro, ND. She grew up and received her education in Hillsboro. Gladys attended and graduated from Mayville (ND) State Teacher's College, after which she taught...