Obituaries

Robert Jacobs

Robert Jacobs

Feb 22, 2015

Robert T. Jacobs, 61, Fargo, ND, originally Wahpeton, ND, passed away February 22, 2015 at Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Willow Creek Chapel (920 3rd Ave. N.) Wahpeton, ND, with Rev. Peter Erickson officiating. There will be visitation with Bob's family one hour before the service. Inurnment will...

Ronald Page, Jr

Ronald Page, Jr

Feb 17, 2015

Ronald S. Page Jr., 46, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015, in Wahpeton. A Memorial Service will be held, 2:00 PM Saturday, February 21, at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton, with Rev. Jen Tyler, officiating. There will be visitation with the family one hour before the service. Arrangements have been entrusted to Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. Visitation Vertin-Munson Funeral...

Evan Schumacher

Evan Schumacher

Feb 8, 2015

Evan Vincent Schumacher, 4, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015, at Sanford-Children's Hospital, Fargo, ND. The Funeral Mass will be Friday, 11:00 am, at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton. Visitation will be Thursday, from 5 PM to 7 PM, with a 7 PM Prayer Vigil, at St. John's Catholic Church. There will also be visitation one hour before...

Bruce Gard

Bruce Gard

Jan 29, 2015

Bruce A. Gard, 67, Wildwood, MO, formerly Wahpeton, ND, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2015, in Scottsdale, AZ. The Funeral Service will be Monday, Feb. 2, 1:00 PM, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton. Visitation will be Sunday, from 2 PM to 4 PM at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, ND and one hour before the service at the church on Monday....

Miriam Woodbury

Miriam Woodbury

Jan 27, 2015

Miriam Lynn Woodbury, 69, Rural Wyndmere, ND passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be on Saturday, January 31, at 10:30 AM at West Prairie Free Lutheran Church, Rural Kindred, ND with Pastor Lee Hoops officiating. Visitation will be on Friday from 5 PM to 7 PM with a prayer service at 7...

Dr. Perry Engstrom

Dr. Perry Engstrom

Jan 22, 2015

Retired surgeon Dr. Perry H. Engstrom Jr. M.D., born January 14, 1924, passed away at his home in Wahpeton Thursday evening surrounded by his family. We shall miss him dearly. The still-growing Engstrom family moved to Wahpeton in 1956 from Pennsylvania when Dr. Engstrom, after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, joined the Red River Valley Clinic...

Constance Zangla

Constance Zangla

Jan 18, 2015

Constance J. Zangla, Lisbon, ND, formerly Wahpeton, ND, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015, at North Dakota Veterans Home, Lisbon, ND. A memorial service will be held Thursday, 3:00 PM, at the Chapel in the Veterans Home in Lisbon. Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, have been entrusted with the arrangements. Constance was born August 17, 1934, in Wahpeton, ND, the daughter...

Maynard Mahler

Maynard Mahler

Jan 18, 2015

Maynard Mahler, 78, Fairmount, ND, passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015, at his home under the care of Riveredge Hospice. The Funeral Service will be Monday, January 26, 11:00 a.m., at Fairmount United Methodist Church, Fairmount, with Rev. Mark Gronseth officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 PM to 6 PM with a 5 PM Prayer Service, at Willow Creek...

Donald Pausch

Donald Pausch

Jan 14, 2015

Donald J. Pausch, 90, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. The Funeral Mass will be Monday, January 19, 10:30 am, at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. Interment will be at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Wahpeton. Arrangements have been entrusted to Vertin-Munson Funeral...

Katie Wheltle

Katie Wheltle

Jan 14, 2015

Kathryn "Katie" Wheltle, 32, Wahpeton , ND passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, January 20, at 3:00 PM at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton, ND. Visitation will be on Monday, from 5 PM to 7 PM at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton. Arrangements are entrusted to Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, ND. Katie...

Sonya Nankivel

Sonya Nankivel

Jan 11, 2015

Sonya L. Nankivel, 54, Hillsboro, ND, formerly Wahpeton, ND, passed away, Sunday, January 11, 2014 at her home, under the care of her family and Hospice. The Funeral Service will be Friday, 11:00 a.m., at Evergreen United Methodist Church, Wahpeton, with Rev. Jen Tyler officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. Interment will be at...

Carlos Garcia

Carlos Garcia

Jan 6, 2015

Carlos Garcia, 81, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. The Funeral Service will be Saturday, 2:00 P.M., at the Breckenridge Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. There will be visitation one hour before the service. Arrangements have been entrusted with Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. Carlos E. Garcia Jr., was born July 12, 1933...

Mary Nordick

Mary Nordick

Jan 5, 2015

Mary Nordick, 83, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. The Funeral Mass will be Thursday, 11:00 a.m., at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton, ND, with Rev. Chris Markman celebrant. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church on Thursday. Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, have been entrusted with the services....

Diane Anderson

Diane Anderson

Jan 2, 2015

Diane Anderson, 60, Wahpeton, ND passed away on Friday, January 2, 2015, at her daughter's residence, under the care of Hospice. Funeral services will be on Wednesday, January 7th, at 10:30 AM at River of Life Community Church at the Wahpeton Community Center in Wahpeton with Pastor Lynn Dau officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 5 PM to 7...

Lester Smith

Lester Smith

Jan 1, 2015

Lester Smith, 87, Rural Wahpeton, ND passed away on January 1, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 2 PM at Evergreen United Methodist Church, Wahpeton, with Pastor Jen Tyler officiating. Visitation will be on Sunday from 4 PM to 6 PM with a prayer service at 5 PM at Willow Creek Chapel,...

Rose Papke

Rose Papke

Dec 30, 2014

Rose Papke, 77, Breckenridge, MN passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Twin Town Villa under the care of her family and Riveredge Hospice. Funeral Mass will be on Monday, January 5, at 11:00 AM at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton, ND with Rev. Dale Lagodinski officiating. Visitation will be on Sunday from 5 PM to 7 PM with...

Melvin Eichhorn

Melvin Eichhorn

Dec 29, 2014

Melvin F. Eichhorn, 81, Wahpeton, ND passed away on Monday, December 29, 2014 at CHI St. Francis Healthcare, Breckenridge, MN. Funeral Mass will be on Friday, January 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton, ND. Visitation will be from 11:30 AM to the time of the Mass on Friday at the church. Burial will be at...

Myrtle Sager

Myrtle Sager

Dec 29, 2014

Myrtle Sager, 68, Wahpeton, ND, formerly Wimbledon, ND, died Monday, December 29, 2014, at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton, ND. A private Family service was held. Arrangements have been entrusted to Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. Myrtle Luann Krogfoss was born January 18, 1946, at Bemidji, MN, the daughter of Charles and Thelma (Strand) Krogfoss. Early in Myrtle's life, the family...

Darline Vogeler

Darline Vogeler

Dec 26, 2014

Darline Vogeler, 91, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 at CHI St. Francis Health, Breckenridge, MN. The Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton, with Rev. Anthony Ahrendt officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 5 PM to 7 PM with a 7 PM Prayer Service at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home. There will also be...

Brooke Bassingthwaite

Brooke Bassingthwaite

Dec 25, 2014

Brooke Kay Bassingthwaite, 24, Wahpeton, ND passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2014 at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, ND. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, December 30, at 2:00 PM at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton, with Rev. Sean Daenzer officiating. Visitation will be on Monday from 5 PM to 7 PM with a prayer service at 7 PM at Immanuel Lutheran...