In Our Care

Geri L. Bartness

Geri L. Bartness

Jul 3, 2011

Geri L. Bartness, 76, Fargo, ND, formerly of Dilworth, MN, died Sunday, July 3, 2011, at the Villa Maria, Fargo. Geri L. Lewis was born July 8, 1934, in Moorhead, MN, to Richard and Doris (Rae) Lewis. She was raised in Dilworth and graduated from Dilworth High School in 1952. On June 17, 1953, Geri married Donald "Bart" Bartness in...

Mary Jane Pfau

Mary Jane Pfau

Jul 3, 2011

Mary Jane Pfau, age 84, Fargo, ND, died Sunday, July 3, 2011 in Sanford Hospital, Fargo. Mary Jane Lee, the daughter of Clarence and Ellen (Weatherhead) Lee, was born in Fargo, on July 23, 1926. She grew up and received her education in Fargo-Moorhead area. In September of 1947, Mary Jane married Andrew Pfau. They made their home in the...

Christine J. Wald

Christine J. Wald

Jul 2, 2011

Christine J. Wald, age 97, Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, July 2, 2011, in Golden Living Center in Moorhead. Christine Josephine Klein, daughter of John and Margaret (Lemer) Klein, was born at Karlsruhe, ND, on September 19, 1913. She grew up and received her education in the Karlsruhe area. Christine was married to Joseph Wald on November 21, 1934. They farmed...

Capt. Eric "Dirk" Ziegler

Capt. Eric "Dirk" Ziegler

Jun 28, 2011

Eric "Dirk" Layne Ziegler was born December 4, 1980, in Minot, ND, to Lynn and Valorie Ziegler. He died while flying a training mission near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, on June 28, 2011. Eric grew up in West Fargo, ND. As a boy, he loved scouting, camping, and fishing with his grandpa. Eric was an avid sports enthusiast...

Gerald "Jerry" Peterson

Gerald "Jerry" Peterson

Jun 24, 2011

Gerald R. Peterson, also known as Jerry, Pete, or Black Pete, 65, Moorhead, MN, died Friday, June 24, 2011. Jerry was born July 12, 1945, to Peter and Hannah (Hellikson) Peterson in Moorhead, where he lived all of his life and attended school. Jerry was self-employed in basement repair and painting. Jerry married Betty Larson in 1968 in Moorhead. He...

Mavis L. Holmberg

Mavis L. Holmberg

Jun 15, 2011

Mavis L. Holmberg, 88, Hillsboro, ND, formerly of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in the Hillsboro Nursing Home under the care of Hospice. Mavis Lenore Melhus was born May 5, 1923, in Minneapolis, MN, to Louis and Helen (Borgen) Melhus. She grew up in rural Blanchard, ND, and graduated from high school in Mayville, ND. Mavis married Donald...

John M. Jess Jr.

John M. Jess Jr.

Jun 9, 2011

John Marks Jess was born February 15, 1929, in Fargo, ND, to John and Meta (Oelfke) Jess. John was raised in Fargo where he graduated from high school in 1947. John attended NDSU, Fargo, for one year before entering the US Navy in 1948. He served as an aerial photographer while in the Navy until his discharge in 1952. He...

Leo J. "Joe" Baker

Leo J. "Joe" Baker

Jun 2, 2011

Leo J. "Joe" Baker, 75, Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, June 2, 2011, in Triumph Hospital, Fargo, ND. Leo Joseph "Joe" Baker was born April 29, 1936, in Moorhead to Leo F. and Margaret (Kilcoin) Baker. A lifelong resident of Moorhead, Joe attended St. Joseph's Catholic School and Moorhead High School, graduating in 1954. Joe enlisted in the US Army in...

Annie M. Urman

Annie M. Urman

Jun 1, 2011

Annie M. Urman, 92, Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at the Golden Living Center, Moorhead, MN. Annie was born September 27, 1918, on the Johnson family farmstead in Lucca, ND, to Godhart and Laura (Boye) Johnson. She graduated from high school in 1938 and moved to Fargo where she attended Interstate Business College. Annie then worked...

Margaret Anderson

Margaret Anderson

May 31, 2011

Margaret Anderson, 96, Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo. Margaret Eddress Anderson, daughter of Martin and Edna (Erickson) Anderson, was born at rural Wing, ND, on November 14, 1914. In 1919, the family moved to Becker County, MN, and later to rural Borup, MN, where Margaret grew up and graduated from high school. During...

Fern Voxland

Fern Voxland

May 31, 2011

Click to view the Video Tribute for Fern Fern (Lundberg) Voxland, 86, Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011, surrounded by her family in the Palliative Care unit of Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, June 4, 2011, at 10:30 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead. Fern Adele Lundberg was born June 26, 1924, to...

Gordon L. Swang

Gordon L. Swang

May 31, 2011

Gordon L. Swang, 79, Moorhead, MN, died in his home Tuesday, May 31, 2011, with his family at his side. Gordon was born on March 16, 1932, to Harry and Manda (Theige) Swang. He grew up, graduated and farmed in Harvey, ND. Gordon served in the Korean Conflict and upon returning, attended Wahpeton School of Science. Gordon married the love...

Signe C. Anderson

Signe C. Anderson

May 30, 2011

Click to view the Video Tribute for Signe Signe C. Anderson, 84, Fargo, ND, died Monday, May 30, 2011, in Sanford Health, Fargo. Signe Clara Larson was born October 14, 1926, in Wadena, MN, the daughter of Myrtle (Ousley) and Carl Frederick Larson. She graduated from Bertha (MN) High School, and attended the Minnesota School of Business, from which she...

Norma Jo Fiechtner

Norma Jo Fiechtner

May 30, 2011

Click to view the Video Tribute for Norma Norma Jo Rasmussen was born August 30, 1935 in Olympia, WA to Norman and Wilma (Claughton) Rasmussen. One of her grandfathers came from Denmark where he lived as a small child on the same block as the elderly, famous Hans Christian Anderson who would tell the neighborhood children stories. In 1955 she...

Jazlynn Marie Lovin

Jazlynn Marie Lovin

May 26, 2011

Jazlynn Marie Lovin, the two year old daughter of Christopher Lovin and Sheyann Ducheneaux, died at her home in Moorhead, MN, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Jazlynn was born in a Fargo, ND, hospital on August 20, 2008. She lived her entire life in Moorhead. Jazlynn is survived by her parents; a sister, Milli Lovin; grandmother, Tricia Lovin; great-grandparents, Debbie...

Gretchen M. Olsgard

Gretchen M. Olsgard

May 25, 2011

Gretchen Marie Connelly Olsgard was born May 1, 1942, to Lawrence and Ruth (Thompson) Connelly, in Sabin, MN, where she grew up. Gretchen was married to Lloyd Olsgard for twenty-eight years, and they made their home on a farm in rural Walcott, ND. Gretchen and Lloyd worked side-by-side on their farm, growing corn and wheat and raising cattle. They had...

Lyle D. Peterson

Lyle D. Peterson

May 20, 2011

Lyle David Peterson was born June 30, 1937, in Ada, MN, to Henry Peterson and Sophie (Benesh) Peterson. He attended school in Hendrum, MN and lived on the family farm. Following his education, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and later received an honorable discharge. On April 23, 1960, he married Alice Loe of Perley, MN, at Kirkebo Lutheran Church,...

Lanier "Lanny" Oxton

Lanier "Lanny" Oxton

May 18, 2011

Lanier "Lanny" Oxton, 67, formerly of St. Paul, MN, died peacefully at home in Moorhead, MN, on May 18, 2011. Preceded in death by his mother, Leikny, Lanny is survived by his father John "Neil"; brothers, Dwight (Mary Jo), and Jay (Marilyn); children, Sara, and Barry (Jami); and grandsons, Spencer and Camden; along with numerous nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts and...

Melda M. LaRoque

Melda M. LaRoque

May 15, 2011

Melda Martell was born March 31, 1919 in Culbertson, MT. She lived in Underwood, Iowa, and in the Fargo-Moorhead area from 1990 to about 2005. She moved to Atchison, Kansas, where she had lived since. She died in a hospital in Atchison, on Sunday May 15, 2011, at the age of 92. Melda was married on October 27, 2937 to...

Clara A. Jellum

Clara A. Jellum

May 15, 2011

Click here to view the Video Tribute for Clara. Loving mother and grandmother, Clara A. Jellum, died Sunday, May 15, 2011, at Sanford Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND, at the age of eighty-one. Clara Ann Stumpf was born October 29, 1929, at Mandan, ND, the daughter of Joseph and Rose (Knoll) Stumpf. She married Marvin Curry on September 8, 1953,...