Obituaries
William Weitzel
Mar 9, 2025
I died today, Sunday, March 9, 2025, and I find it a bit unsettling to be dead. I think I will adjust to this in no time, and time is not likely to be an issue. I have lived a long and interesting life, and will dearly miss my family and our everchanging world. I have asked others to do...
Merle D Rubish
Mar 5, 2025
Merle Rubish, 85, of Wahpeton, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Fargo, ND. A Memorial Service in his honor will be held Monday, April 7, 2025, at Evergreen United Methodist Church (Wahpeton) at 11 AM. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. Military honors and burial will take place at Fairview Cemetery (Wahpeton). Pastor Kori Lehrkamp will...
Paul A. Muehler
Mar 3, 2025
Paul A. Muehler, 90, of Hankinson, ND, passed away on March 3, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.
Paul was born on November 14, 1934, in Richland County, North Dakota, the eldest son of Albert and Laura Muehler. He graduated from Hankinson Public School in 1952 before proudly serving in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956, continuing in the...
Fern (Quam) Foyt
Feb 28, 2025
Fern (Syverson, Quam) Foyt passed away Friday, February 28, 2025, at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo, ND. Her funeral will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at Wyndmere Lutheran Church, Wyndmere, ND at 10:30 AM. Visitation will take place one hour prior. Arrangements have been entrusted to Vertin Munson Funeral Home. Pastor Brian Hanson will officiate.
Fern Syverson was born...
Kermit Rosendahl
Feb 24, 2025
Kermit Rosendahl, Jr. a devoted musician, businessman, family man and notable figure in the history of the Fairmount community, passed away peacefully at his home in Fairmount, North Dakota, at 4:33am on February 24, 2025, at the age of 98. Born in Hamberg, North Dakota on May 16, 1926, Kermit lived a life marked by resilience, service, and a love...
Mary Busta
Feb 19, 2025
Mary Busta, 71 of Wahpeton, passed away on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. Her Funeral Mass will be on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 2 pm, with visitation one hour before the service, at St. John's Catholic Church in Wahpeton. The burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Wahpeton.
Mary Jo “Bugsie” Busta was born on April 17, 1953, to Walt and...
Lorna Pistorius
Feb 18, 2025
Lorna Louise (Krone) Pistorius, a beloved mother, grandmother, and great (great) grandmother passed away on February 18, 2025, at Kinder Care in West Fargo, ND at the age of 95. Born on May 27, 1929, in Rural Grant Township, SD, Lorna exemplified a work ethic that few could match, having developed her determination from a young age while helping on...
Rick Kotzer
Feb 17, 2025
Rick Kotzer, 65 of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Monday, February 17, 2025, under the care of CHI Health at Home Hospice.
No services will be held.
Gertrude "Gertie" Strege
Feb 14, 2025
Gertrude “Gertie” Pauline Strege, 97, of Wahpeton, passed away Friday, February 14, 2025, at the Leach Home. Her funeral service will take place Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton, beginning at 10 AM. Visitation will take place at 9:15 up until the time of the service. She will be laid to rest at Fairview Cemetery, Wahpeton. The...
Harold Ness
Feb 13, 2025
Harold W. Ness, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at CHI St. Francis Hospital in Breckenridge, MN, at the age of 88.
Harold was born on January 14, 1937. He attended country grade school and graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1955. He then attended North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton for one semester, after which he enlisted...
Mavis Enochson
Feb 13, 2025
Mavis J. Enochson-Hamann, 92, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at the Leach Home in Wahpeton. Her funeral service will be held on Friday, February 21, 2025, at 2:00 pm, with a visitation one hour before the service at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home in Wahpeton. Pastor Tim Geitz will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at...
Phyllis Gylland
Feb 4, 2025
Phyllis Gylland, 101, of Colfax, passed away, on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at St. Catherine's Living Center in Wahpeton. Visitation will take place at Vertin Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, on Friday, February 14, 2025, from 4 PM - 6 PM with a Prayer Service beginning at 6 PM. The family invites friends and family to stay after the Prayer Service...
Teresa Sticka
Feb 4, 2025
Teresa Sticka, 101, resident of the Leach Home, Wahpeton, ND, went Home to the Lord, Tuesday February 4, 2025, at 6:15 AM. Her Mass of Christian burial will take place Monday, February 10, 2025, at 10 AM at Carmel of Mary Monastery, Wahpeton, ND. Visitation will begin at 9:15 AM.
Teresa was born April 7, 1923, the middle child in a...
Brenda Jones
Feb 1, 2025
Brenda Jones, 68, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on February 1, 2025, surrounded by family. Her funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 10:30 AM, with visitation one hour before the service at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wahpeton. Pastor Matthew Tooman will officiate the service.
Brenda was born May 9, 1956, to Edmund and Claudia (Mehlhoff) Burrer...
Todd Heitkamp
Jan 31, 2025
Todd “Lenny” Heitkamp, 64, of Barney, passed away Friday, January 31, 2025, at St. Gerard’s Nursing Home, Hankinson, ND. His memorial service will be held on Wednesday, February 5th, 2025, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Wyndmere, ND, with Father Terry Dodge officiating. His funeral mass will be at 10:30 with visitation at 9:30. Knights of Columbus will lead...
Blaine Basehore
Jan 30, 2025
Blaine Darren Basehore passed away January 30, 2025, under the care of Hospice, at his residence, after a brave, hard fought battle against glioblastoma. His wife Teresa, sister Roxsann and fur baby Shadow by his side. A Memorial Service will take place at 3 PM on Saturday, February 8, 2025, at Vertin Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. Visitation will begin at...
Sandra Hubrig
Jan 29, 2025
Sandra Hubrig, 70, of Rural Great Bend, ND, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, surrounded by her loving family, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Her memorial service will be on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 11:00 am, with visitation one hour before the service, at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home in Wahpeton.
Sandy was born on September...
Shirley Langenwalter
Jan 29, 2025
Shirley Langenwalter, 95, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away at St. Catherine's Living Center on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. A rosary will be prayed at 9:30 a.m., with visitation from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., followed by her Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at St. John's Catholic Church in Wahpeton. Fr. Paul Kuhn and Fr. Dale Lagodinski will...
Donna Stone
Jan 20, 2025
Donna Stone, 89, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2025. Her funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at Evergreen United Methodist Church in Wahpeton, at 2:30 pm, with visitation one hour before the service. Rev. Matthew Orendorff will officiate. Burial will be in Antelope Creek Cemetery, near Mooreton, ND.
Donna Marie (Krump) Stone went...
Kathleen Saenger
Jan 18, 2025
Kathleen Renee Saenger (Hasbargen), 68, of Breckenridge, Minnesota, passed away surrounded by her family on January 18, 2025. Born on July 14, 1956, to William and Beverly Hasbargen and with 10 brothers and sisters, Kathy grew up in a large family and continued a tradition of love and support as she started her own family.
As the mother of four, step-mother...
