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Gordon R. Thorson

Gordon R. Thorson

Oct 23, 2006

Gordon R. Thorson, 83, Dilworth, MN, died Monday, October 23, 2006, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Gordon Roy Thorson was born October 16, 1923, in Hawley, MN, to Martin and Julia (Olson) Thorson. He attended Eglan Township country school and worked on area rural farms. Around 1942, he moved to Moorhead where he worked at the Fairmont Creamery. On...

Alyce E. Peterson

Alyce E. Peterson

Oct 23, 2006

Alyce E. Peterson, age 82, Fort Myers, Florida, formerly of Moorhead, MN, died in Fort Myers on October 23, 2006. A funeral and burial where held in Florida, at the time of her death. Alyce Pederson was born March 30, 1924 in Bejou, MN. She graduated from Gary (MN) High School and Moorhead State University, where she received her teaching...

Ursula B. Brewer

Ursula B. Brewer

Oct 23, 2006

Ursula Barbara Brewer was born June 29, 1925, to Chester Lee and Lillie (Edenstrom) Brewer in Wolverton, MN, where she grew up and graduated from high school. She then moved to Minneapolis, MN, to attend the University of Minnesota. While there, she worked at the University of Minnesota Hospital as a surgical technician. Ursula then began working for Brown and...

Leo W. Eldred

Leo W. Eldred

Oct 22, 2006

Leo W. Eldred, 79, died peacefully on Sunday, October 22, 2006, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND, with his loving family at his side. They shared laughs, hugs and memories before they said good-bye. Leo W. Eldred was born October 17, 1927, in Padua, MN, to Frank and Lillie Eldred. He was raised in Browerville, MN, where his father worked as...

Enid A. Pagliarini

Enid A. Pagliarini

Oct 16, 2006

Enid A. Pagliarini, 87, Moorhead, MN, died Monday, October 16, 2006, in MeritCare Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Enid Ann Soliah was born March 30, 1919, in Mayville, ND, to Anton and Beatrice (Mastrud) Soliah. The family moved to Hatton, ND, where she graduated from Hatton High School. She then graduated from Mayville (ND) State College and taught school in both...

Joyce M. Paulson

Joyce M. Paulson

Oct 15, 2006

Joyce M. Paulson, 74, Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, October 15, 2006, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Joyce Mae Paulson was born May 1, 1932, on the family farm near Gully, MN, to Bennie and Blanche (Paulson) Tharaldson. Joyce was raised on the family farm and graduated from high school at Gonvik, MN. She graduated from Crookston (MN) School of Nursing...

Eleanora McGregor

Eleanora McGregor

Oct 14, 2006

Eleanora Mae Hanson, the daughter of Herman and Clara (Enemark) Hanson, was born May 30, 1920 at Dalton, MN. As a young child she moved with her family to Lamberton, MN, where she grew up and received her education. On December 18, 1941, Eleanora was united in marriage to Orval McGregor at Redwood Falls, MN. Following their marriage, they lived...

Shirley M. Sanders

Shirley M. Sanders

Oct 6, 2006

Shirley M. Sanders, age 84, of Moorhead, MN, died at her home in Moorhead on Friday, October 6, 2006. Shirley M. Norquist, the daughter of Elbert and Francis (Malmstrom) Norquist was born July 24, 1922 in St. Paul, MN, where she grew up and received her education. She graduated from high school in St. Paul, and attended and graduated from...

Dorothea M. Tenold

Dorothea M. Tenold

Oct 3, 2006

Dorothea M. Tenold, 82, Argusville, ND, died Tuesday, October 3, 2006, in Elim Home, Fargo, ND. Dorothea Marion Tenold was born April 3, 1924, to Anton and Dorothea (Alpert) Bolte, near Regent, ND. She graduated from Regent High School and then taught school in that area. Dorothea attended a Bible college in Los Angeles, CA, and moved to Belle Fourche,...

Vernon R. Gerig Jr.

Vernon R. Gerig Jr.

Oct 2, 2006

Vernon Roy Gerig Jr. was born July 13, 1936, in rural Benson Cty, ND, to Vernon and Hazel (Quammen) Gerig Sr. and he was raised on a farm near Brinsmade, ND. Vernon attended Gallinger rural school and graduated from Leeds (ND) High School. On February 5, 1953, Vernon married Esther Shambach in Brinsmade. They moved to Mayville, ND, where Vernon...

Yvonne Johnson

Yvonne Johnson

Sep 28, 2006

Yvonne Johnson, age 84, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Crookston, MN, died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead. Yvonne Arlene Behl, the daughter of George and Alma Behl, was born July 24, 1922, in Grand Forks, ND, where she grew up and received her education. Yvonne married Kenneth R. Johnson, June 14, 1944, in Grand Forks. They lived...

Alvin Geiszler

Alvin Geiszler

Sep 26, 2006

Alvin B. Geiszler, age 81, of Moorhead, MN died Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at Moorhead Health Care Center, Moorhead, MN. Alvin Benjamin Geiszler was born in Spring Prairie Township, Clay County, MN to Gottlieb and Marguerita (Somerer) Geiszler. He attended rural school near Glyndon, MN and worked on the family farm. As a young man he enjoyed playing the accordion...

Guadalupe "Lupe" Lopez

Guadalupe "Lupe" Lopez

Sep 21, 2006

Guadalupe Lopez, known to many as Lupe, was born December 11, 1965, in McAllen, TX, to Pablo and Consuelo Morin. Lupe was raised in McAllen where she received her education. Lupe married Miguel Lopez and they made their home in Crookston, MN. They lived for a time in St. Paul, MN, and then Seattle, WA. Lupe loved music, especially Spanish...

Joyce M. Larson

Joyce M. Larson

Sep 19, 2006

Joyce Marion Fossen was born December 6, 1926, to J. Oscar and Mary (Gorthe) Fossen in Hallock, MN. She grew up in Fingal, ND, where she graduated from high school. Joyce then attended the State Teacher's College in Valley City, ND, and she taught in a rural school near Sheldon, ND. On September 26, 1948, Joyce married Gaylan Larson in...

Gladys Voxland

Gladys Voxland

Sep 16, 2006

Gladys M. Voxland, 91, Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, September 16, 2006, in ManorCare Health Services, Fargo, ND. Gladys M. Voxland was born March 6, 1915, in Detroit Lakes, MN, to Charley and Esther (Lee) Livingood. She married Hardy M. Voxland, December 29, 1937, in Detroit Lakes. He died December 11, 1982. Gladys was a homemaker and worked many years as...

Ethel A. Weber

Ethel A. Weber

Sep 15, 2006

Ethel A. Weber, daughter of Ole and Ella (Swenson) Edwards, died September 15, 2006. Ethel was born July 8, 1919, in rural Comstock, MN. She grew up and went to school in the Rustad, Comstock and Wolverton, MN area. She worked for various ladies helping with housework, and later as a waitress at the Bluebird Café, Moorhead, MN. In 1943,...

John E. Pearson

John E. Pearson

Sep 12, 2006

Click here to view John's video tribute John Edward Pearson was born June 7, 1933, to Elmer and Minnie (Severson) Pearson, in Pelican Rapids, MN, and was raised at the Stony Bar Resort in Pelican Rapids. John graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1951, and entered the US Army in June of 1953. He served a tour in France...

Robert "Tommy" Thompson

Robert "Tommy" Thompson

Sep 10, 2006

Robert John Thompson, Fargo, ND, formerly of Moorhead, MN, known to many as "Tommy", passed away Sunday, September 10, 2006, at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Fargo, at eighty years of age. Tommy was born September 30, 1925, the second son of Erwin and Irene Thompson. He spent the majority of his life in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Tommy married Katherine...

Robert MacLeod

Robert MacLeod

Sep 9, 2006

Robert (Bob) MacLeod, 78, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006. Born to Dan and Hulda MacLeod in Minneapolis, MN, on March 15, 1928, Robert graduated from Isle (MN) High School in 1946. He received his bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees in education from the University of Minnesota. During his teen years, Bob worked as a fireman on the Great Lakes ore...

John Jess III

John Jess III

Sep 8, 2006

John Marks Jess III, age 47, of Fargo, ND, died of cancer of Sept. 8, 2006, in Palliative Care Unit at MeritCare South University Hospital in Fargo surrounded by his family and friends. John was born in Cooperstown, ND on Oct. 19, 1958. He moved with his family to Goodridge, MN, and later to Moorhead, MN, where his father was...

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