In Our Care
Florence Bauer
Aug 11, 2013
Florence Bauer, 77, Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully in her home on August 11, 2013. She was born September 23, 1935, in North Java, NY, to Charles and Alice (Schier) Roche. On February 18, 1956, Florence married Oberlin Tangen in Buffalo, NY. They made their home near Georgetown, MN, where they farmed and raised five children. On May 20, 1983,...
Robert "Bob" Blaukat
Aug 6, 2013
Robert "Bob" Blaukat, 74, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead. Robert Karl Blaukat, the son of Karl and Laura (Keehn) Blaukat, was born August 9, 1938 in Moorhead. He was raised in Glyndon, MN, and graduated from Glyndon High School in 1956. After graduation he began working for Alloway Manufacturing in Fargo,...
Catherine C. Dokken
Aug 3, 2013
Catherine Dokken, 88, Moorhead, MN, passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at ManorCare Health Services in Fargo, ND. Catherine Charlotte Dokken was born on September 29, 1924, to Norwegian immigrant parents, Joe and Caroline (Didrikson) Olson, on a farm near Beltrami, MN. She attended school in Beltrami and graduated as valedictorian of the class in 1942. She went to...
Kathleen McEvers
Jul 30, 2013
Kathleen McEvers, age 87, Moorhead, MN, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in the home of her daughter in McDonough, GA, surrounded by loving family. Kathleen Helen Ferris, daughter of William and Florence (Singer) Ferris, was born July 14, 1926, in Fargo, ND. She graduated in 1944 from Moorhead State Campus School, Moorhead. Kathleen enjoyed spending time with friends and...
Lois M. Schuler
Jul 29, 2013
Lois Maxine Schuler, 82, West Fargo, ND, was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on Monday, July 29, 2013, at Villa Maria, Fargo, ND. Lois Maxine (Simmons) Schuler was born December 22, 1930, near Ashbysburg, in McLean County, Kentucky, the daughter of Ora Mae (Brown) and Earl Simmons. She grew up and attended school in Evansville, IN. Lois graduated from...
Richard Lundon
Jul 24, 2013
Richard John Lundon was born November 17, 1925, in Ada MN. He was the son of William and Eleanor (Zenner) Lundon. Richard served in the armed forces during WWII. At seventeen years of age, he was a runner for his mortar crew, a highly dangerous job. He was also part of the third wave of the Normandy invasion. He served...
Robert Jenkins
Jul 20, 2013
Robert Allan Jenkins, the son of Clarence and Marcella (Lenius) Jenkins was born in Conrad, MT, on June 20, 1961. Bob grew up in Montana, Alexandria, MN, and in Audubon, MN. Bob served in the MN National Guard. Bob worked as a stone mason prior to a traumatic head injury in 1986. He was hospitalized in Fargo, ND, for an...
Maureen Fischer
Jul 15, 2013
Maureen E. (McCawley) Fischer, 71, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2013, in Pelican Rapids, MN, at the home of her longtime friend, Ernest Seidel, surrounded by family, under Hospice care, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Maureen was born July 1, 1942, at St. John's Hospital in Fargo, ND. After a short stay at St....
Mauriana Pavola
Jul 14, 2013
Mauriana Grace Pavola, infant daughter of Steve Pavola and Miranda Hanson, was born and died Sunday, July 14, 2013, at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Though her life was short, she touched the hearts of so many and we miss her so much already. We whispered in her ear to hug her brother, Grayson, and to tell him it was...
Paul O. Thompson
Jul 12, 2013
Paul Oliver Thompson was born December 16, 1923, in Louisville, KY. His parents were Milton and Lillian Thompson. Paul spent his childhood in Florida. He enlisted in the Army in 1942, and served as a parachute trooper in World War II. In 1944, he was discharged in Los Angeles, CA. Paul spent time in Texas, Alaska and Oklahoma, where he...
Adam Snyder
Jul 8, 2013
Adam J. Snyder, 30, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, July 8, 2013, at 4:45 am, in Sanford Health in Fargo. He was hospitalized on June 21 after having a stroke, at which time they found he had a heart infection and his aortic valve was leaking. On July 1, he had heart surgery and was recovering so well all of...
Opal Cameron
Jul 6, 2013
Opal I. Cameron, 87, Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Essentia Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Opal Irene Sletten, the daughter of Joseph and Josephine (Tastad) Sletten, was born December 14, 1925, in Pierpont, SD, where she grew up and received her education. She was united in marriage in Pierpont on November 23, 1944, to Dean Cameron. The couple...
Eunice S. Johnson
Jul 2, 2013
The video tribute for Eunice will be available in the near future. Please check back, thank you. Eunice S. (Stennes) Johnson, 92, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Bethany on University, Fargo. Eunice was born at home on the farm on February 23, 1921, in Hegne Township, near Hendrum, MN. Her parents were Severin and Ellen (Ulvan)...
Wendell Stephenson
Jun 29, 2013
Wendell V. Stephenson, 47, Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. Wendell Vernel Stephenson was born August 31, 1965, the son of Wendell and Cecilia (Henry) Stephenson, in Grand Forks ND. He graduated from Glyndon High School in Glyndon, MN, and then settled in Fargo where he worked at Hornbacher's. On November 11, 1990, he...
Audrey Krauth
Jun 28, 2013
Audrey Jean Krauth, 81, Moorhead MN, died at home, on Friday, June 28, 2013, surrounded by family caregivers, under Hospice care, after a long battle with cancer. Audrey was born on a farm near Baker, MN, to Gerald and Elizabeth (Quiggle) Griffin. After attending country school, then Assumption Catholic School and High School in Barnesville, MN, she married Richard W....
Cathy Holowell
Jun 25, 2013
Cathy Holowell, 50, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully from A.R.D.S., surrounded by family and friends, at Sanford Health, Fargo, on Tuesday morning, June 25, 2013. Cathy was born in Moorhead, MN, on Feb. 15, 1963, to Gerald and Sandra (Myer) Mullins. She lived in the Fargo-Moorhead area and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School before moving to Alaska in...
Michael Oberg
Jun 25, 2013
Michael Leroy Oberg, 64, Dilworth, MN, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN. Michael was born March 4, 1949, in Fargo, ND, the son of James L. and Norma Jean (Fischer) Oberg. He attended school in Arizona, the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston, MN, and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1968. That same year,...
Jane Heckert
Jun 21, 2013
Jane Collins Heckert was born May 19, 1915, in Wellsville, OH, to Edward and Margaret (Carey) Collins. She grew up in Wellsville and attended Immaculate Conception Church. Jane graduated from Wellsville High School in 1933, and earned her registered nurse degree from Youngstown Hospital School of Nursing in 1937. Jane worked in general surgery and eye surgery for five years....
James Clayton Tinjum
Jun 21, 2013
James Clayton Tinjum, of Moorhead, MN, died peacefully Friday, June 21, 2013, in Sanford Palliative Care in Fargo, ND, at the age of 84. James Clayton Tinjum was born December 21, 1928, at Ulen, MN, the son of Theodore and Signe (Bergseng) Tinjum. He was baptized in Ulen and confirmed at Atlanta Lutheran Church in Ulen. James was raised in...
Henry Volochenko
Jun 19, 2013
Henry A. "Hank" Volochenko, 87, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in his home in Moorhead. Henry Andrew Volochenko was born March 7, 1926, the son of Anton and Pauline (Dassenko) Volochenko, on the family farm south of Kief, ND. He was raised there and started farming at a young age with his family. During WWII, he served...