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Roger W. Greeley

Roger W. Greeley

Dec 22, 2005

Video Tribute Roger W. Greeley, age 56, Moorhead, MN died December 22, 2005, at his home in Moorhead, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, after a difficult battle with cancer. Roger W. Greeley was born July 2, 1949, in Omaha, NE, to Warren and Elaine Greeley. He and his brother, Mark, attended school there until in...

Maggie Bossart

Maggie Bossart

Dec 21, 2005

Maggie Bossart, 91, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, Minnesota, died Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at Eventide. Maggie Bossart was born May 20, 1914, in Danzig, ND, to Jakob and Marie (Neuhardt) Klein. She was raised in the Ashley, ND, area where she received her education. Maggie was married to Fred Martin Bossart, in April of 1938, in Fargo, ND, where they...

Helen M. Arnseth

Helen M. Arnseth

Dec 19, 2005

Helen M. Arnseth, age 87, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2005, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead. Helen Mirion Geiger was born on January 11, 1918 in Fargo, North Dakota. She grew up and received her education in Fargo, and in Moorhead, where she graduated from high school. On June 4, 1938, Helen married Norman Arnseth. They lived...

LeRoy M. Norling

LeRoy M. Norling

Dec 19, 2005

LeRoy M. Norling, 65, Georgetown, MN, died Monday, December 19, 2005, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. LeRoy Merlin Norling was born August 11, 1940, in Grantsburg, WI, to Wilbur and Beverly (Nelson) Norling. LeRoy was raised and received his education in Grantsburg. LeRoy farmed in the Grantsburg area and then owned and operated his own cabinetry business. LeRoy moved to...

John L. Fernholz

John L. Fernholz

Dec 17, 2005

John L. Fernholz, 48, Fargo, ND, died Saturday, December 17, 2005, in his home. John Louis Fernholz, son of William and Eunice (Matter) Fernholz, was born September 16, 1957, in Minneapolis, MN. He grew up and graduated from high school in Detroit Lakes, MN, and later from Moorhead State University (MN) with a degree in business administration. John was united...

Arlene I. Haberle

Arlene I. Haberle

Dec 17, 2005

Arlene I. Haberle, 82, Moorhead, MN, died Saturday, December 17, 2005, at Johnson Elder Care House, Fargo, ND. Arlene I. Haberle was born January 3, 1923, to Ingvald and Effie (Haarstad) Grefsrud, near Pelican Rapids, MN. Arlene was raised in Pelican Rapids where she graduated from high school. Arlene attended Lee's Beauty College in St. Paul, MN, and worked in...

Thomas H. Novak

Thomas H. Novak

Dec 16, 2005

Thomas H. Novak died on Friday, December 16, 2005, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, at the age of 54. The son of Sylvester "Bud" and Janet (Brodina) Novak, he was born in Fargo, ND, on June 12, 1951. Tom grew up and received his education in Fargo, where he graduated from Shanley High School in 1969 and NDSU in 1974....

Lois J. Bergeson

Lois J. Bergeson

Dec 15, 2005

Video Tribute Lois Jean Shelley was born December 2, 1925, in Willmar, MN, to George and Irene (Hoard) Shelley. Lois grew up in Willmar where she graduated from high school. After high school, Lois worked in a bakery where she met her future husband, Lloyd Bergeson. Lloyd often recalled "I met my Sweetie in a sweet shop." On April 10,...

Myrtle C. Johnson

Myrtle C. Johnson

Dec 14, 2005

Myrtle C. Johnson, 89, of Glyndon, died Wednesday, December 14, 2005, at Sunnyside Care Center, rural Lake Park, MN. Myrtle Christine Versdahl, daughter of Herman and Anna (Ekre) Versdahl, was born August 28, 1916, in rural Wyndmere, ND, where she grew up and received her education. After working for a few years at the Sears and Robuck Store in Fargo,...

Dorothy Carey

Dorothy Carey

Dec 13, 2005

Dorothy Carey, age 86, Moorhead, MN, died early Tuesday, December 13, 2004 at her home in Moorhead, the result of a house fire. Dorothy Bertha Grettum was born February 12, 1919 in Ulen, MN, the daughter of Henry and Bessie Grettum. She attended several different schools in the area and graduated from Dilworth (MN) High School in 1936. After graduating...

Delwyn Saarinen

Delwyn Saarinen

Dec 11, 2005

Delwyn G. Saarinen, age 61, died at his home in Dilworth, MN, under the care of his wife, Cheryl, on Sunday, December 11, 2005. Delwyn George Saarinen was born December 20, 1943, in the Chicago, Illinois area. As a child, he moved with his family to Osage, MN, where he grew up and received his education. Del served his country...

Leonardo R. Orona

Leonardo R. Orona

Dec 10, 2005

Leonardo R. Orona, 84, Dilworth, MN, died Saturday, December 10, 2005 in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Leonardo Rojus Orona was born November 6, 1921, in Crystal City, TX, where he grew up and received his education. On November 6, 1946, he married Lucia Rodriquez in Crystal City. They made their home in Crystal City in the winters and worked as...

Winifred "Winnie" J. Borgen

Winifred "Winnie" J. Borgen

Dec 10, 2005

Winifred Janet Borgen passed away peacefully in her Felton, MN, home on Saturday evening, December 10, 2005, at the age of eighty-seven. Winifred was born to Julia (Krostad) and Walter Winfred Wegner in Perley, MN, on February 24, 1918. They moved to Cavalier, ND, in 1928. In 1935, they moved to Bottineau, ND, where Winnie graduated from high school. In...

Katherine E. Swanson

Katherine E. Swanson

Dec 8, 2005

Katherine "Katie" E. Swanson was born August 25, 1926, in Fargo, ND, to Lorentz and Ellen (Wold) Hegland. She lived in Fargo and attended Fargo schools, until age 16, when they moved to Omaha, NE, where she graduated from Omaha Technical High School. Katie worked as a comtometer operator at the Fairmont Creamery main office for a year and at...

Frances M. Martin

Frances M. Martin

Dec 8, 2005

Frances Marie Martin, age 87, Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, December 8, 2005, at Moorhead Healthcare Center. Frances Marie Buffington was born March 9, 1918 in Newton, Kansas. She grew up and received her education in Kansas. On September 10, 1935, she was united in marriage to George H. Martin at Burlington, Kansas. Following their marriage, they lived in Kansas, from...

Lawrence "Peanuts" Koenig

Lawrence "Peanuts" Koenig

Dec 7, 2005

Lawrence "Peanuts" Koenig was born October 4, 1906, in Canby, MN, to Frank and Emma Koenig and was raised in that area. The family moved to a farm south of Moorhead, MN, in 1918. Peanuts was married to Louise Biewer October 10, 1939, in Moorhead. They moved into Moorhead in 1943 and he began working for the Northern Pacific Railway....

Geraldine G. Weber

Geraldine G. Weber

Dec 6, 2005

Geraldine "Jerry" Geneva Hilde was born April 8th, 1924 to Carl and Helma Hilde of Felton, MN. Jerry grew up near Felton and graduated from high school there as well. She was fun loving and very much doted on by her father, Carl. In 1947 Jerry went on a blind date with a handsome soldier who had recently come home...

Ralph Carlson

Ralph Carlson

Nov 28, 2005

Ralph L. Carlson, the son of Fredrick and Betty (Erickson) Carlson, was born in Moorhead, MN, on May 28, 1922. Ralph grew up in Moorhead, where he graduated from high school. During WW II, Ralph served his country in the US Navy, aboard ship in the Pacific Theatre of War. After his discharge, he returned to Moorhead. On August 27,...

Patricia Hagen

Patricia Hagen

Nov 27, 2005

Patricia Ione Folken was born March 4, 1935, to Waldemar and Ione (Rugroden) Folken, in Elbow Lake, MN, where she grew up and received her education. On January 18, 1955, Pat married Roger F. Hagen, in Elbow Lake and they made their home in St. Paul, MN, before moving to Moorhead, MN, in 1967. Pat worked for 35 years for...

Estelle M. Sorenson

Estelle M. Sorenson

Nov 26, 2005

Estelle Marion McMaster was born November 11, 1919, near Grandin, ND, to Elmer and Matilda (Aasen) McMaster. Estelle was raised in that area and confirmed at Bethania Lutheran Church in 1934. She graduated from high school in Hendrum, MN, in the class of 1938. Soon after graduation, Estelle began working at a retail store in Hendrum and then Perley, MN....

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