In Our Care
Judith "Judy" Mehl
Feb 3, 2018
Judy Mehl, 75, Fargo, ND, went peacefully home to her beloved Savior, Jesus Christ, on February 3, 2018, surrounded by her family. Judith Ann Gaffaney was born to Robert and Georgia (Cormack) Gaffaney on October 6, 1942. Judy was the oldest of six children and grew up in Fargo, graduating from Shanley High School in 1960. In 1961, Judy married...
Norman E. Johnson
Feb 1, 2018
Norman E. Johnson, 86, formerly of West Fargo, ND, died Thursday, February 1, 2018, at home in Eagan, MN, under the care of Allina Hospice. Norman Eldred Johnson, the son of Walter and Myrtle (Earley) Johnson, was born on July 28, 1931, in Watford City, ND. He graduated from Barnesville (MN) High School in 1950. He served in Korea with...
John T. Flohrs
Jan 30, 2018
John T. Flohrs, 75, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Minneapolis, MN, died on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, in VA Medical Center, Fargo, ND. John Theodore Flohrs was born November 11, 1942, in Fargo, the son of Theodore and Amanda (Muchow) Flohrs. He was raised in Moorhead and graduated from Barnesville (MN) High School in 1961. He then joined the Minnesota...
Mabel Burkhardt
Jan 30, 2018
Mabel M. Burkhardt, 89, of Moorhead, MN, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, in Bethany on University, Fargo, ND. Mabel was born December 5, 1928, to Alfred and Mildred (Brummer) Benson in Richwood Township, MN. The family later settled in Hamden Township, northwest of Audubon, where Mabel attended rural school and graduated from District 34 in Becker County...
Lyle O. Usgaard
Jan 26, 2018
Lyle Odell Usgaard, 84, Moorhead, MN, died peacefully on Friday, January 26, 2018, at the VA Medical Center in Fargo, ND. Lyle was born September 4, 1933, the son of Henry and Jennet (Johnson) Usgaard in McVille, ND. Lyle, raised in Pekin, ND, moved to Gary, MN, where he attended high school. He studied at Gale Institute, Minneapolis, MN, and...
Donna M. Hoff
Jan 24, 2018
Donna M. Hoff, 88, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of rural Felton, MN, died on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, in Essentia Health. Fargo, ND. Donna Mae Drake was born March 22, 1929, in Fargo, the daughter of Ray and Clarissa (Montagne) Drake. She was raised in rural Moorhead, until moving with her family to rural Ada, MN. Donna graduated from Ada...
William "Bill" Eskildsen
Jan 23, 2018
William "Bill" M. Eskildsen, 82, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND. Born in Pekin, ND, April 27, 1935, to Walter and Mabel (Simonson) Eskildsen, Bill grew up in Pekin where he attended school and graduated valedictorian of his class in 1953. He participated in many activities, theater, band, choir, basketball and baseball. He later received...
Mary Ann Evenson PhD
Jan 21, 2018
Mary Ann Graven was born to Gerald and Annabelle (Weisser) Graven on August 31, 1951, at Trinity Hospital in Jamestown, ND. She lived on the family farm near Spiritwood, ND, where she attended grade school. Mary graduated from Jamestown High School in 1969, and then Valley City State College, where she graduated in 1973 with a BS teaching degree and...
Dr. Warren Smerud
Jan 20, 2018
Warren Douglas Smerud, 89, of Moorhead, MN, died peacefully in his sleep on January 20, 2018 at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead. Warren was born December 5, 1928, in Fargo, ND, the son of Melvin and Ella Smerud. He was raised in Milnor, ND, graduating high school in 1946. His parents owned and operated the Smerud General Store of Milnor,...
Lyle D. Severson
Jan 18, 2018
Lyle D. Severson died peacefully January 18, 2018, in Eventide, Fargo, ND, where he resided since August 2017. Lyle was born on March 23, 1928, in Malung, MN, to Jewel and Hazel Severson. After eight years, the family moved to Newfolden, MN. Lyle finished his high school years in Park River, ND. From there he attended pharmacy school at NDSU,...
Doris L. Mjolsness
Jan 17, 2018
Doris L. Mjolsness, 89, Rochert, MN, formerly of Perley, MN, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Oak Crossing, Detroit Lakes, MN. Doris Lorraine Jacobson, the daughter of William and Margaret (Reierson) Jacobson, was born in Perley, on Jan. 16, 1929. She grew up in the Perley area where she attended school, graduated from Hendrum (MN) High School and attended Moorhead...
Paul J. Larson
Jan 17, 2018
Paul Joseph Larson was born on September 23, 1987, in Fargo, ND, to Mary Grimstad and Doug Larson. He graduated from Oak Grove Lutheran High School in 2006. He attended NDSU. Paul was an avid sales person and was proud to have obtained his real estate license in 2017. Through this role in life he touched many lives in the...
Mary A. Taylor
Jan 15, 2018
Mary Taylor, 75, Fargo, ND, died Monday, January 15, 2018, in Elim Rehab and Care Center, Fargo. Mary Ann Kuntz was born May 17, 1942, in Billings, MT, where she grew up. She attended Billings Senior High School and graduated in 1960. She furthered her education at Billings Business College and Eastern Montana College and eventually landed a job working...
Margaret A. Breneman
Jan 14, 2018
Margaret A. Breneman, 86, Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, January 14, 2018, in Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead. Margaret Ann Waxweiler was born June 10, 1931, in St. Paul, MN, to George and Mathilda Waxweiler. She grew up in St. Michael, MN, and graduated from high school in Little Falls, MN. On June 28, 1952, Margaret married Jack Breneman in St. Paul....
Donald Jensen
Jan 9, 2018
Donald M. Jensen, 93, of Moorhead, MN, died on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, in the VA Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Donald Maynard Jensen was born December 9, 1924, in Rothsay, MN, to John and Katie (Shea) Jensen. He was a graduate of Rothsay High School in 1942; then traveled to California to work in an Oakland shipyard after the outbreak...
Phyllis H. Meissner
Jan 9, 2018
Phyllis H. Meissner, 87, passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at Sunnyside Care Center, Lake Park, MN. Phyllis Hope Erickson was born on March 7, 1930, in rural Pelican Rapids, MN, to Hans and Ina (Johnson) Erickson, the fourth of fifteen children. Her early years were spent on several different farms in the Pelican Rapids area where her father...
Vernon James Keeping
Jan 5, 2018
Vernon J. Keeping, 95, of Moorhead, MN, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, in Bethany on University in Fargo, ND. Vernon James Keeping, the son of Charles and Minnie (Wenthin) Keeping, was born in rural Hawley, MN, on November 30, 1922. He grew up and received his education in the Hawley area, where he graduated from high school in 1942. During...
Elsie L. Schulz
Jan 5, 2018
Elsie Louise (Zitzow) Schulz, 98, entered into eternal rest on Friday, January 5, 2018, at her home in Glencoe, OK, with her family by her side. Elsie was born in Perham, MN, on May 20, 1919, to William and Frieda (Thom) Zitzow. She was the second oldest of eight children. She attended school through the eighth grade and then went...
Eleanor I. Bargloff
Jan 4, 2018
Eleanor Bargloff, 95, Fargo, ND, formerly of Litchfield, MN, and Forman, ND, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Elim Rehab and Care Center, Fargo. Eleanor I. Larson was born March 5, 1922, near Litchfield. She was married to Arthur Bargloff in 1969, and he died ini 1997. She is survived by her stepson, Arden (Mary) Barglof, Fargo; step grandchildren, Scott...
Earldamae "Mame" Jones
Dec 31, 2017
Earldamae Kathryn 'Mame' Jones died December 31, 2017 at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead. The second of Charles and Lucille (Rapp) Gallagher's four children, Mame was born in Forbes, ND on September 2, 1922. She graduated from high school in Aberdeen, SD. Mame married her love Robert Jones on August 3, 1944, and together the couple lived in Moorhead. While...