In Our Care
Lyle Sather
May 1, 2016
Lyle Sather, 80, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, May 1, 2016, in his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, surrounded by his family. Lyle Sather was born October 22, 1935, the son of Burton and Florence (Aspengren) Sather in Hawley, MN. He was raised in Ulen where he attended school. As a young teenager, Lyle...
Lowell Holland
May 1, 2016
Lowell Holland, 88, of Dilworth, MN, died peacefully, Sunday, May 1, 2016, in his family home. Lowell Holland was born December 22, 1927, the son of Ludvig and Norah (Enger) Holland, in Bracken, Saskatchewan, Canada. The family moved to the Halstad, MN area, where he attended rural country school and Halstad Public High School, graduating in 1946. After graduation he...
Elaine Oland
Apr 30, 2016
Elaine Marie Oland, 82, of Dilworth, MN, passed away at Serenity Assisted Living on April 30, 2016. Elaine Marie Barke was born August 16, 1933, in Chisholm, MN, the only daughter of Albert and Lina (Wirtanen) Barke. She attended schools at Shenango Location, Roosevelt School and Chisholm High School. On September 13, 1952, Elaine was united in marriage to Sigmund...
Gloria Olson
Apr 28, 2016
Gloria Vivian Presler was born June 27, 1926, in Fort Worth, TX, to Charles Byron and Minnie Lee (Alford) Presler. The family moved to Branson, MO, when she was young. They later moved to Big Lake, MN, where the family farmed. During World War II, she worked as a "Rosie the Riveter", putting together balancing weights for B52 Bombers. Gloria...
Dylan Sean Williams
Apr 27, 2016
Dylan Sean Williams, 23, Moorhead, MN, died April 27, 2016, after a hard-fought battle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He passed away peacefully in his family home. Dylan was born October 1, 1992, in Anchorage, AK. He moved to Moorhead at the age of 1 where he lived the rest of his life. As a young boy he enjoyed the lakes,...
Craig Thompson
Apr 26, 2016
Craig E. Thompson, 64, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN. Craig Ernest Thompson was born March 30, 1952, the son of Ernest and Donna (Biersdorff) Thompson, in Jamestown, ND. He was raised in Pettibone, ND, and graduated from Pettibone High School in 1971. He then attended Interstate Business College for...
James A. Fobes
Apr 26, 2016
James Arthur Fobes was born February 8, 1934, in Moorhead, MN, to Joseph and Florence (Peterson) Fobes. Florence died shortly after Jim was born and Joe married Helen Langseth. Together, they raised their family in the Glyndon, MN, area where Jim received his education. Jim married Joanne Peterson on April 28, 1956, in Glyndon, where they made their home. He...
Helen Connors
Apr 21, 2016
Helen Connors, 72, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Helen Frantesl was born June 8, 1943, the daughter of Anton "Tony" and Anastasia (Pokorny) Frantesl, in Mahnomen, MN. She was raised on a farm near Mahnomen and graduated from Mahnomen High School in 1961. After high school, she move to St. Cloud...
Marcella J. MacLeod
Apr 19, 2016
Marcella Jean Soeby was born October 10, 1922, in Walhalla, ND, to Carl and Martha (Metelmann) Soeby. She was raised in Walhalla where she graduated from high school in 1940. She then received a degree from Wahpeton (ND) State School of Science in 1942. Marcella worked as a secretary for the US State Department in Washington, DC, until the end...
Donald Knickerbocker
Apr 19, 2016
Donald Cushing Knickerbocker of Fargo, ND, formerly of Cortland, NY, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2016, at Riverview Place in Fargo, ND. He was 86. Don was born in Cincinnatus, NY, on April 14, 1930, to the late Edwin and Helen (Murray) Knickerbocker and grew up on the family dairy farm. Don graduated from Cincinnatus High School, Duke University,...
Lon "Lonnie" Green
Apr 17, 2016
Lon "Lonnie" Green, 64, of Moorhead, MN, died April 17, 2016, in his home, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, due to complications from lung cancer. Lonnie was born February 14, 1952, (Valentine's Day), the son of Donald and Virginia (Scharrer) Emmons. He was later adopted by his stepfather, Bud Green, and grew up in Englewood,...
Karen Cooper
Apr 14, 2016
Karen Cooper passed away peacefully on April 14, 2016 in Moorhead, Minnesota surrounded by her family and under the care of Hospice, following a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. Karen Lee Kath, daughter of Richard and Lydia (Hasse) Kath, was born in Graceville, MN, on August 10th, 1943. She grew up on a farm near Nashua, MN, and she graduated...
Micah Eisenbeis
Apr 13, 2016
Micah Jerry Eisenbeis, son of Brandon and Maria Eisenbeis, Fargo, ND, was born and died Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Private family services were held. He is survived by his parents; brother, Kaden Seibold Leverington, at home in Fargo; grandparents, Jerry and Maxine Seibold, New Rockford, ND, Brad Eisenbeis, Moorhead, MN, and Sherry Kaip, Fargo; and great-grandparents,...
Roland Ferris
Apr 11, 2016
Roland W. Ferris, 88, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Sabin, MN, passed into eternity on April 11, 2016, in Ecumen Evergreens, Moorhead. Roland William Ferris was born November 8, 1927, to William and Florence (Singer) Ferris, in Fargo, ND. He lived in Sabin and on the family farm near Sabin. He attended school in Sabin and in Moorhead. On May...
Gene Nicholsen
Apr 10, 2016
Gene R. Nicholsen of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND, surrounded by his family and friends. Gene Raymond Nicholsen was born June 14, 1938, on the farm in Bottineau County, ND, to Neivus and Frances (Watson) Nicholsen. He grew up in the Maxbass, ND, area and graduated from Maxbass High School in 1956. Gene...
Vyolette Diede
Apr 7, 2016
Vyolette Diede, 97, of Fargo, ND, passed away quietly on April 7, 2016 at Elim Rehab and Care Center in Fargo. Vyolette Pauline Strobel was born March 28, 1919, to parents Gust and Pauline Strobel. She, along with seven siblings, grew up on a farm near Venturia, ND. After going through school and working various jobs, she was united in...
Carl E. Koste
Apr 6, 2016
Carl E. Koste, 75, Perley, MN, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fargo, ND, after a battle with cancer. Carl was born July 7, 1940, in Duluth, MN, to Carl A. and Mary (Kampsula) Koste. He grew up in New York Mills, MN, where he graduated from high school in 1958. In 1957, Carl married...
Oscar H. Kostad
Apr 5, 2016
Oscar Kostad, 94, Fargo, ND, passed away April 5, 2016, at Essentia Health, Fargo. Oscar was born on the home farm, rural Flaxton, ND, September 25, 1921, the son of Frederick and Guri (Haugen) Kostad. He was baptized and confirmed in First Lutheran Church, Lignite, ND, and attended rural school in Dale Township. Oscar enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps...
Richard Berg
Apr 5, 2016
Richard A. Berg, 57, Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo. Richard Arlen Berg, the son of Alvin and Glo (Grosfield) Berg, was born in Fargo, on January 14, 1959. He was a life-long Fargo resident. He graduated from Fargo North High in 1977. As a young man he worked at Shakey's Pizza and American...
Peter H. Jesten
Apr 3, 2016
Peter Hans Jesten, husband, father, son, and brother, died at the age of 61, on Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Pete was born to George Jesten and Gloria Larson on March 22, 1955, in Moorhead, MN. When he graduated from Fargo North High, he enlisted in the Navy where he proudly served until his medical discharge....
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