In Our Care
Alice Eldred
Jul 2, 2017
Alice Mary Eldred, 89, died peacefully on July 2, 2017, surrounded by her family. Alice Mary Holler was born on April 1, 1928, in Browerville, MN, the beloved daughter and little sister to her parents and three older brothers. She attended Browerville High School where she fell in love with Leo Eldred. They were married in 1948. Alice and Leo...
Virginia Stohle Markey
Jun 30, 2017
Virginia Stohle Markey, 89, of Moorhead, MN, died on Friday, June 30, 2017, in Linden Tree Circle at Eventide, Moorhead, MN. Virginia Elizabeth Hazard was born February 2, 1928, the daughter of Lucius and Elizabeth (Dorman) Hazard, in Cooperstown, ND. She was raised there and graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1945. After graduating she moved to Fargo, ND, where...
Deloris Severtson
Jun 29, 2017
Deloris (Heimark) Severtson passed away in Essentia Hospital, Fargo, ND, on June 29, 2017, due to heart failure, surrounded by family. Deloris was born July 7, 1940, in Pelican Rapids, MN, and was the daughter of Morgan and Adeline Heimark, Sr. After graduating from Pelican Rapids High School in 1959, she went on to graduate from Dakota Business College in...
Stella Emery
Jun 28, 2017
Stella N. Emery, 100, of Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Elim Rehab and Care Center, Fargo, ND. Stella Nelda Dietz was born January 16, 1917, the daughter of Christian and Barbara (Heil) Dietz, in Elgin, ND. She was raised on a farm near Elgin where she attended school. As a young adult she moved to Bismarck,...
Harold E. Graff
Jun 27, 2017
Harold E. Graff, 96, Fargo, North Dakota, died Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at Sanford Palliative Care Unit, Fargo. Harold was born June 5, 1921, to Clyde and Julia Graff in Menomonie, Wisconsin. He graduated from Prairie Farm, Wisconsin, High School in 1939. Harold served in the U.S. Army Signal Corp from 1942-1945. He was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone....
Diane Swanson
Jun 26, 2017
Diane E. Swanson, 81, of Kragnes, MN, died on Monday, June 26, 2017, in Eventide, Fargo, ND. Diane Eloise Gray was born July 22, 1935, the daughter of Lyle and Mildred (Lidstrom) Gray, in Bismarck, ND. As a young girl, she moved with her family to St. Paul, MN, and at the age of thirteen her family moved to Moorhead....
Marles H. Frank
Jun 25, 2017
Marles Helen Frank, 84, of Dilworth, MN, died June 25, 2017, with her family by her side. She was born April 22, 1933, in Dilworth, to Magnus and Helen Hanson. Marles married Norman Frank July 9, 1964. Marles loved her family and spending time with them. She enjoyed cooking for others and coffee time with her friends. She is survived...
Julian A. Thompson
Jun 23, 2017
Julian A. Thompson, 94, Moorhead, MN, died Friday, June 23, 2017, in Eventide on Eighth, in Moorhead. Julian Arthur Thompson, the son of S.T. and Julia (Stordahl) Thompson, was born in Big Sandy, MT, on May 10, 1923. His family moved to Staples, MN, where Julian graduated from high school. During WWII, he served his country in the US Army...
Effie Mae Weik
Jun 23, 2017
Remembering the life of Effie Mae Weik, 91, Fargo, ND, who died Friday, June 23, 2017, in Sanford Health Palliative Care Unit, Fargo. Effie was born May 25, 1926, in Ottertail, MN, to Otto W. and Irene (Wells) Lange. She attended school in Bertha, MN, Mizpah, MN, and Pelican Rapids, MN. Effie was employed at the creamery in Pelican Rapids...
James O. Grondahl
Jun 23, 2017
Jim Grondahl, 83, of Dilworth, MN, died Friday, June 23, 2017, in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND, where he had been a resident since February of 2017. James Orland Grondahl, son of Otto and Jessie (Blilie) Grondahl, was born in Moorhead, MN, on January 25, 1934. He grew up in Moorhead and graduated from high school in 1951. In the...
Nancy Lee Tetteh
Jun 22, 2017
Nancy Lee Killoran was born January 8, 1958, to Thomas and Luann (Floto) Killoran, in Minneapolis, MN. She grew up in Bloomington, MN, and moved to Watertown, SD, with her family at twelve years of age. Nancy graduated from Watertown High School in 1976, and from Moorhead (MN) State University in 1993. She went on to get her Master's degree...
Audrey Joy Johnson
Jun 16, 2017
Audrey Joy Johnson, 80, Moorhead, MN, passed away Friday morning, June 16, 2017, at Elim Rehab and Care Center in Fargo, ND. She was under the care of Elim staff and Hospice of the Red River Valley, with her loving children by her side. Audrey was born May 1, 1937, at home in Averill, MN, to Kenneth and Cora (Sorenson)...
Beverly Johnson
Jun 16, 2017
Beverly A. Johnson, 83, formerly of West Fargo, ND, died Friday, June 16, 2017, at home in Inver Grove Heights, MN, under the care of Allina Hospice. Beverly Ann Kilde, the daughter of Olaf and Annie (Thompson) Kilde, was born on October 28, 1933, in Dalton, MN. She graduated from Barnesville (MN) High School in 1951. She received her training...
Omer Tweten
Jun 15, 2017
Omer N. Tweten, 89, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Perham Living, Perham, MN. Omer Nels Tweten was born May 23, 1928, the son of Otto and Anna (Odemo) Tweten, in Brocket, ND. He graduated from Brocket High School. After high school, Omer served in the U.S. Marines. He returned home and began working at Northwestern Bell...
Gary Hermanson
Jun 14, 2017
Gary Raymond Hermanson was born June 21, 1953, in Minneapolis, MN, to Raymond and Aune Hermanson. Gary lived in Hawley, MN, for the past forty years. Gary was one of the first eight residents at the CCRI, Hawley site, beginning in 1977. Gary died Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at sixty-three years of age, at his home in Hawley. He was...
Ardell Helgeson
Jun 10, 2017
Ardell J. Helgeson, 82, of Moorhead, MN, died on Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND. Ardell was born December 15, 1934 to Halvor and Ethel Helgeson in Colfax, ND. On December 18, 1954, he married June Bjorke in Abercrombie, ND, and they made their home in Moorhead. Ardell worked at Swift & Co. in Fargo, from...
Ellen Mortenson
Jun 7, 2017
Ellen M. (Schenck) Mortenson, 93, of Moorhead, MN, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead. Ellen was born on July 31, 1923, to Merle and Cora (Cook) Schenck of Baker, MN. She married Mr. Carroll Mortenson on April 4, 1942. Carroll and Ellen were charter members of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Moorhead. Ellen...
Warren E. Brown
Jun 7, 2017
Warren Ellis Brown was born June 19, 1942, in Fargo, ND, to James and Mary (Holmquist) Brown. The family moved to Ulen, MN, where Warren graduated from high school. They also lived for a time in Pelican Rapids, MN. Warren married Juneal Bluhm, November 20, 1960, in Fergus Falls, MN, and he entered the US Air Force shortly after they...
Pastor Arne Carlson
May 30, 2017
Arne Richard Carlson, age 93, died peacefully in his home at Eventide in Moorhead on May 30, 2017 with family at his bedside. He was born July 27, 1923 in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar to American missionary parents Olaf Christian Carlson and Ragna Hansine Lauvold Carlson, who emigrated originally from Gaasvar, Norway and Tonsvik, Norway. At the age of 13, his...
Daryl "GG" Vivian Liljequist
May 29, 2017
It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Daryl "GG" Vivian Liljequist, 82, of Fargo, ND, on Monday, May 29, 2017. Daryl Perkins was born in Hawley, MN, on October 14, 1934, to Fred and Nina (Quam) Perkins. Daryl married her best friend, Robert Liljequist, on June 19, 1954, and together they had four children. She...