In Our Care
Nyla Mogard
Nov 18, 2016
Nyla Jean Mogard, 85, of Moorhead, MN, passed away Friday, November 18, 2016, in McIntosh Senior Living, McIntosh, MN. Nyla was born November 28, 1930, in Britton, SD, one of Clarence and Emma Smith's twelve children. She attended school and graduated at Kidder, SD. While waitressing at the Pheasant Inn Café, Nyla met the love of her life, Clayton Mogard....
Joan Zervas
Nov 17, 2016
Joan Marie Zervas, 79, of Minneapolis, MN, formerly of Moorhead, MN, died peacefully in home on Thursday, November 17, 2016. Joan was born on February 22, 1937 in Moorhead, MN, to Hubert and Cecilia (Noonan) Zervas, the third of four children. She attended St. Joseph's grade school and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1955. Joan resided in Minneapolis for...
LuAnn Janssen
Nov 15, 2016
LuAnn R. Janssen, 61, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, November 15, 2016, in her home surrounded by her loving family, under the care of Hospice of Red River Valley. LuAnn Rae Giere was born June 25, 1955, the daughter of Maurice and Beatrice (Johnson) Giere, in Moorhead. She was raised in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School. After high...
Dolores "Dee" Sundet
Nov 15, 2016
Dolores "Dee" Sundet, 85, Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday evening, November 15, 2016, in a Fargo hospital with family members beside her. Dee was born April 1, 1931, at St. Ansgar Hospital in Moorhead, the first daughter of Henry and Viola (Smith) Strock. She grew up on a farm near Ada, MN., with three sisters and a brother. The family was...
A. Christine Fletcher
Nov 14, 2016
A. Christine Fletcher, age 68, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at Essentia Health, Fargo, after a courageous, 18-year battle with cancer. Christine was born in Osnabrock, ND, on Nov. 10, 1948. She grew up in Fargo, and graduated from Fargo Central High School. She then attended Memphis State University (TN). Christine spent most of her life in...
Evelyn M. Radke
Nov 12, 2016
Evelyn Radke, 93, Fargo, ND, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2016, in Essentia Health, Fargo. Evelyn was born March 18, 1923, in Polk County, MN, to Gilbert and Tillie Tofsly. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in McIntosh, MN. Evelyn graduated from high school in 1941. She moved to Fargo and worked at Welu Dental Laboratory, Fargo...
Martha C. Thompson
Nov 11, 2016
Martha Cornelia Sliper was born Dec. 18, 1917, in Mayville, ND, to Lawrence and Thonethe (Anderson) Sliper, the third of three children. She grew up and attended schools in the upper Midwest. On Feb. 14, 1936, she married Noble Thompson, in Kidder, SD. They farmed in the Rutland, ND, area until 1958, when they moved to Moorhead. She worked for...
Dorothy Myhra
Nov 10, 2016
Dorothy Myhra, 95, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, November 10, 2016, in Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead. Dorothy Elizabeth Green was born November 17, 1920, one of five children of Alfred and Louetta (Bauscher) Green, in Sabin, MN. She was raised there attending elementary school in Sabin and graduating from Moorhead State College Campus High School. She met and married Phil...
Larry Potter
Nov 5, 2016
This is not our father's life story. It's almost nothing, in fact- just a few words about him from somebody who loved him. I will never be able to tell it the way it really was. Seen through my eyes, it can only be the perspective of one person- one person out of the hundred thousand other beings whose paths...
Norma Jensen
Nov 4, 2016
Norma R.J. Jensen, 93, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Ulen, MN, passed away Friday, November 4, 2016, at Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead. Norma was born December 30, 1922, in Ulen, to Nellie Hellem, and was raised by her Norwegian grandparents. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ulen. Although Norma did not learn to speak English until she...
Carol Lynn Rehder
Nov 3, 2016
Carol Rehder, 69, Dilworth, MN, passed away peacefully at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND, on Thursday, November 3, 2016, surrounded by her family and friends. Carol Lynn Hilde was born October 9, 1947, in Fargo, to Melvin and Alice (Syverson) Hilde. She grew up on a farm in Hagen Township and graduated from Felton (MN) High School in 1965,...
Wayne Tursso
Nov 2, 2016
Wayne Charles Tursso, the son of John and Thais (Ash) Tursso, was born in St. Paul, MN, on September 18, 1939. He grew up and received his education in South St. Paul, MN, and later attended Brown Institute, in Minneapolis, MN. From May of 1962 until February of 1965, Wayne served in the US Army. After his discharge, he lived...
Jeanette "Jean" Nelson
Nov 2, 2016
Jeanette "Jean" C. Nelson, 84, of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at Bethany on 42nd, Fargo, ND. She was born on November 5, 1931, in Crookston, MN, to Vivian A. Lavely and Leona (Wheatley) Lavely. Education was highly valued in her family and she attended Minnesota State University Moorhead along with three of her four siblings:...
Marlene Johnson
Oct 31, 2016
Marlene L. Johnson, 81, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, October 31, 2016, in Sanford Health, Fargo. Marlene Lavonne Tostenson was born December 19, 1934, the daughter of Martin and Lucille (Scramstad) Tostenson, in Underwood, MN. She was raised on the family farm near Underwood and graduated from Underwood High School in 1952. After graduation she moved to Norman, OK, to...
Margaret D. Koranda
Oct 28, 2016
Margaret Delvina Alich was born April 22, 1936, in Border, MN, to John and Delvina (St. Lawrence) Alich. She was raised on the family farm south of Baudette, MN, where she attended school. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Koranda on October 21, 1952, in International Falls, MN, and they made their home at Pitt, MN, where they farmed...
Cathaleen M. Koenig
Oct 26, 2016
Cathaleen Marion Jacobsen was born February 19, 1920, in Fargo, ND, to Carius and Nora (Hoover) Jacobsen. She was raised in Moorhead, MN, and attended District 23 country school. She graduated from Moorhead High School in 1936. Cathaleen married Paul Koenig on November 19, 1941, in Moorhead, and they were married sixty-two years, until Paul passed away on February 6,...
Beverly Hoss
Oct 21, 2016
Beverly I. Hoss, 82, of Antioch, IL, formerly of Fargo, ND, died Friday, October 21, 2016, in Mundelein, IL. Beverly I. Fuller was born March 21, 1934, the daughter of Edwin and Edna (Sullivan) Fuller, in Fargo. After attending West Fargo (ND) High School, she lived in Colorado Springs, CO; Mahnomen, MN, Little Falls, MN, and then back to Fargo....
Raymond Bray
Oct 15, 2016
Raymond Peter "Bud" Bray, 90, of Cottage Grove, OR, formerly of Moorhead, MN, died October 15, 2016, in his home, under hospice care. Bud was born on December 26, 1925, in Staples, MN, to parents Raymond C. and Mary (Magnon) Bray. He graduated from high school in Dilworth, MN. He served with the US Navy Air Corps during WWII as...
Richard Hawkins Jr.
Oct 13, 2016
Richard Blake Hawkins Jr, 60, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, October 13, 2016, at his home in Casselton, ND, with his loving wife, Liz, by his side. Richard was born October 4, 1956, to Richard Sr. and Ida (Topp) Hawkins in Alexandria, MN. He attended Osakis (MN) High School where he excelled in wrestling and football. After graduating in 1975, he...
Marian Bozovsky
Oct 12, 2016
Marian A. Bozovsky, 97, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Hankinson, ND, died Wednesday, October 12, 2016, in Eventide on Eighth, Moorhead. Marian A. Helgeson was born July 7, 1919, the daughter of Alfred and Minne (Egge) Helgeson, near Kindred, ND. She was raised on the family farm and attended country school. After finishing school she worked for nearby neighbors and...