In Our Care
Gene Nicholsen
Apr 10, 2016
Gene R. Nicholsen of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND, surrounded by his family and friends. Gene Raymond Nicholsen was born June 14, 1938, on the farm in Bottineau County, ND, to Neivus and Frances (Watson) Nicholsen. He grew up in the Maxbass, ND, area and graduated from Maxbass High School in 1956. Gene...
Vyolette Diede
Apr 7, 2016
Vyolette Diede, 97, of Fargo, ND, passed away quietly on April 7, 2016 at Elim Rehab and Care Center in Fargo. Vyolette Pauline Strobel was born March 28, 1919, to parents Gust and Pauline Strobel. She, along with seven siblings, grew up on a farm near Venturia, ND. After going through school and working various jobs, she was united in...
Carl E. Koste
Apr 6, 2016
Carl E. Koste, 75, Perley, MN, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fargo, ND, after a battle with cancer. Carl was born July 7, 1940, in Duluth, MN, to Carl A. and Mary (Kampsula) Koste. He grew up in New York Mills, MN, where he graduated from high school in 1958. In 1957, Carl married...
Oscar H. Kostad
Apr 5, 2016
Oscar Kostad, 94, Fargo, ND, passed away April 5, 2016, at Essentia Health, Fargo. Oscar was born on the home farm, rural Flaxton, ND, September 25, 1921, the son of Frederick and Guri (Haugen) Kostad. He was baptized and confirmed in First Lutheran Church, Lignite, ND, and attended rural school in Dale Township. Oscar enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps...
Richard Berg
Apr 5, 2016
Richard A. Berg, 57, Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo. Richard Arlen Berg, the son of Alvin and Glo (Grosfield) Berg, was born in Fargo, on January 14, 1959. He was a life-long Fargo resident. He graduated from Fargo North High in 1977. As a young man he worked at Shakey's Pizza and American...
Peter H. Jesten
Apr 3, 2016
Peter Hans Jesten, husband, father, son, and brother, died at the age of 61, on Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Pete was born to George Jesten and Gloria Larson on March 22, 1955, in Moorhead, MN. When he graduated from Fargo North High, he enlisted in the Navy where he proudly served until his medical discharge....
Milton Madson
Apr 3, 2016
Milton Leroy Madson, 79, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Sanford Health, Fargo. Milton Leroy Madson, the son of Milton O. and Gladys (Schafer) Madson was born on the family farm near Gardner, ND, on August 8, 1936. He attended school in Noble Township, and in Hendrum, MN, where he graduated from high school in 1954. Leroy...
Steven Rendon
Apr 3, 2016
Steven Alan Rendon was born October 17, 1987, in Fargo, ND, to Alex and Alice (Flores) Rendon. Steven was raised in Moorhead, MN, where he graduated from high school. He attended Rasmussen College, Moorhead, for business management. As a young man, Steven worked at the Moorhead Salvation Army Thrift Store. He later worked for Bruce Offutt on his farm, and...
Sam "Swede" Frisco
Apr 3, 2016
Sam "Swede" Frisco Jr., 85, of Dilworth, MN, passed away surrounded by his loving family on April 3, 2016, at Serentiy Assisted Living, under the care of Hospice. Swede was born in Moorhead, MN, September 19, 1930, to Sam and Lena (Oliver) Frisco. He grew up and attended school in Dilworth. After serving in the United States Navy, he returned...
Breanna Oliver
Apr 1, 2016
Breanna J. Oliver, 26, of Grand Forks, ND, died Friday, April 1, 2016, in Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City, IA, as a result of an auto accident on I-29. Breanna was born April 12, 1989, in Fargo. On October 24, 2014, she was married to Steffan S. Oliver, formerly of Shawnee, OK, in Grand Forks.. They lived in Grand Forks...
Gary Hinschberger
Apr 1, 2016
Gary Hinschberger, 69, of Park River, ND, formerly of Moorhead MN, died Friday, April 1, 2016, in Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Gary was born in Fargo, ND, March 2, 1947, to Kermit and Evelyn (Denenny) Hinschberger. He grew up in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School. Right after graduating, he entered the US Army, served in Viet...
Herman E. Holland
Mar 25, 2016
Herman E. Holland, 78, of Moorhead, MN, died Friday, March 25, 2016, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Herman Edgar Holland, the son of Herman W. and Marie (Narveson) Holland was born in Mayville, ND, on September 10, 1937. He grew up in Mayville. At the age of 13, he moved with his family to a farm near Moorhead, where he...
Iris J. Barta
Mar 21, 2016
.Iris Barta, 83, Fargo, ND, was granted her angel's wings Monday, March 21, 2016. Iris was born January 20, 1933, in Lisbon ND, to Clarence and Grace (Hopkins) Nelson. She graduated from Milnor (ND) High School in May 1950. She attended Minneapolis (MN) Business College for a secretarial course and later returned to Milnor to work with her mother at...
Roselyn J. Stai
Mar 14, 2016
Roselyn "Rose" Stai, age 101, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, March 14, 2016, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead. Roselyn Josephine Puhalla was the fifth child born to John and Anna (Andre) Puhalla on December 15, 1914, in Arcadia, WI. The family moved to Minnesota and later to Blanchard, ND, where she graduated from Blanchard High School. She was united in...
Laura Johnson
Mar 11, 2016
Laura B. Johnson, 54, of Moorhead, MN, died Friday, March 11, 2016, in her CCRI group home. Laura Beth Johnson was born June 22, 1961, the daughter of Victor and LaVerne (Buckle) Johnson, in Fargo, ND. She was raised in Moorhead and began her education at the Opportunity School in Fargo at the age of six. The following year, she...
Glenn Carter
Mar 10, 2016
Glenn R. Carter, 71, of Georgetown, MN, died Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Glenn Russell Carter, the son of Russell and Leone (Peterson) Carter, was born November 6, 1944, in Fargo, ND. He was raised on the family farm, north of Georgetown. He was baptized at home on the farm, and confirmed in Kirkbo Lutheran...
Faye Collins Faust
Mar 4, 2016
Visitation for Faye will be Monday, March 7, from 5 - 6 PM, with a prayer service at 6 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead. Faye passed away Friday, March 4, 2016, at Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead, at seventy-five years of age, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by her husband, John Faust; mother, Rozell Lockett;...
Hazel Wilson
Mar 3, 2016
Hazel Arvilla Sundby Wilson, age 95, Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, March 3, 2016, at Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead. She was born to Carl and Hannah (Moen) Sundby on August 21, 1920, at home in Sverdrup Township near Underwood, MN. Hazel attended country school in Sverdrup Township and graduated from Underwood (MN) High School in 1937. She attended Business School in...
Loren Geiszler
Mar 2, 2016
.Loren Melvin Geiszler was born September 13, 1922, at rural Glyndon, MN, the eleventh of fourteen children, to Gottlieb and Marguerita (Schmerer) Geiszler. Loren was raised in that area, worked on the family farm, and attended country school until the eighth grade. He was baptized in a rural church and confirmed at Glyndon Lutheran Church. Loren married Helen Tinjum on...
Bernice Knutson
Mar 2, 2016
Bernice L. Knutson, 86, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016, in Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead. Bernice Lucille Standfield was born April 10, 1929, the daughter of Fred and Josie (Landon) Standfield, in Amenia, ND. She was raised there and attended school through the eighth grade. She then moved with her family to a farm near Arthur, ND,...