Obituaries

Jacquelyn Riewe

Jacquelyn Riewe

Jan 1, 2014

Jacquelyn "Jacky" Riewe, 75, Fairmount, ND, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. The Funeral Service will be 1:30 PM, Monday, at First English Lutheran Church, Fairmount. Visitation will be Sunday, from 4 PM to 7 PM at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton and one hour before the service at the church on Monday. Interment will be...

Elarine Pelzl

Elarine Pelzl

Jan 1, 2014

Elarine E Pelzl (98) died Jan. 2 at the St. Francis Health Care Campus. The funeral will be on Friday, Jan. 10 at 11:00 AM at St. John's Catholic Church in Wahpeton with visitation on Thurs. from 5:00 – 7:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 at the church. Interment will be at a later date in Calvary Cemetery....

John Olson

John Olson

Dec 16, 2013

John "Jack" Olson, 86, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Monday, December 16, 2013 at St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN. The Funeral Mass will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 19, at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 PM to 8 PM with a 5:30 PM Prayer Vigil at St. John's Catholic Church. There also will be...

Eldon Larson

Eldon Larson

Dec 13, 2013

Eldon C. Larson, 83, Fargo, ND, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013 at Elim Home, Fargo. The Funeral Service will be Tuesday, 11:00 a.m., at Olivet Lutheran, Fargo, with visitation Monday, from 5 PM to 8 PM, with a 7 PM prayer service at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton and one hour before the service at the church on Tuesday. Interment...

Doreen Treitline

Doreen Treitline

Dec 11, 2013

Doreen DeLoris Treitline, 87, Hankinson, ND, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. The Funeral Service will be Monday, December 16, 2:00 PM, at Calvary Lutheran Church, Hankinson, ND. Visitation will be Sunday, from 4 PM to 7 PM at the church and one hour before the service on Monday. Interment will be at a later...

Bernice Dietz

Bernice Dietz

Dec 10, 2013

Bernice A. Dietz, Breckenridge, MN, passed away December 10, 2013, at St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN. The Funeral Mass will be Thursday, December 19, 11:00 a.m., at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton, with Rev. Dale Lagodinski as celebrant. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 5 PM to 8 PM with a 7 PM Prayer Vigil, at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton...

Stephen Croft

Stephen Croft

Nov 26, 2013

Stephen Graham Neile Croft, 44, of Fairmount, ND, died on November 26, 2013, at Manor Care in Fargo, ND, after a courageous battle with cancer. A visitation will be held Friday from 5 PM to 7 PM with a prayer service at 7 PM at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton, ND. Arrangement are with Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, ND. Steve was...

Dayle Dietz

Dayle Dietz

Nov 25, 2013

Dayle Dietz, 84, of Sun City West, AZ, formerly of Wahpeton, ND, died November 25, 2013, of natural causes. The Funeral Mass will be Monday, 11:00 a.m, December 2, 2013, at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton, ND. Visitation will be Sunday, from 4 PM to 7 PM with a 6 PM Prayer Service at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. There will...

Mildred Osborn

Mildred Osborn

Nov 21, 2013

Mildred Osborn, 92, rural Fairmount, ND passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN. A Celebration of her Life will be on Monday, November 25, at 11:00 AM at Fairmount United Methodist Church, Fairmount, ND with Pastor Mark Gronseth officiating. Visitation will be on Sunday from 5 PM to 7 PM with a prayer...

Leslie Ambrose

Leslie Ambrose

Nov 18, 2013

Leslie Duane Ambrose, 73, Walcott, ND, passed away at the Clayco Center in Barnesville, MN, Monday, November 18, 2013, surrounded by his wife and daughters, after a brief battle with cancer. Leslie was born in Fargo, ND, August 31, 1940, to Layton and Maude (Brown) Ambrose. He grew up on a farm outside of Barnesville, MN, where he attended school....

Anna Helgeson

Anna Helgeson

Nov 16, 2013

Anna Josephine Helgeson (Berg), 101, Breckenridge, MN, formerly Moorhead, MN, went to sleep in death on November 16, 2013, at St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN. Anna was born August 23, 1912, in Oklee, MN, to Norwegian immigrant parents Thorvald and Ragneld Berg. She grew up on a farm her father homesteaded in Beltrami, County, MN, and attended school in...

Merlin Berg

Merlin Berg

Nov 16, 2013

Merlin "Mort" Berg, 78 of Breckenridge, MN, formerly Wyndmere and Mooreton, ND, passed away peacefully at St. Francis Healthcare Campus on November 16, 2013 surrounded by his loving family. He was under the care of St. Francis Nursing Staff, Riveredge Hospice and his daughters. Vertin-Monson Funeral Home, Wahpeton is entrusted with the arrangements. There will be visitation at the funeral...

Lloyd Ferguson

Lloyd Ferguson

Nov 13, 2013

Lloyd Ferguson, 99, Wadena, MN, formerly of Breckenridge, MN passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at his residence under the care of his family and Hospice. Funeral services will be on Saturday, November 16 at 10:30 AM at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, ND with Rev. Dale Lagodinski officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will...

Michael Pikarski

Michael Pikarski

Nov 12, 2013

Michael J. Pikarski, 54, Mooreton, ND, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. The Funeral Service will be Thursday, 2:00 PM, at Bethel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton, ND, with Rev. Gordon Lee officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 5 PM to 7 PM at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton, and one hour before the service at the church...

Claude Strege

Claude Strege

Nov 9, 2013

Claude Strege, 79, Wyndmere, ND passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton, ND. Funeral services will be on Wednesday at 10:30 AM at Peace Lutheran Church, Barney, ND with Rev. Sean Daenzer officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 5 PM to 7 PM with a prayer service at 7 PM at Peace Lutheran...

George Trupka

George Trupka

Nov 8, 2013

George Trupka, 83, Wahpeton, ND passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family. He was under the care of family and Hospice of the Red River Valley through Friday, November 8, 2013. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, November 12 at 1:30 PM in the Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton with Rev. Morris Stephens, Jr. officiating. Visitation will be...

Barbara Hlavaty

Barbara Hlavaty

Nov 1, 2013

Barbara (Bohn) Hlavaty, 64, Menahga, MN, originally Wahpeton, ND, passed away unexpectedly, Friday, November 1, 2013, at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. The Memorial Service will be November 6, Wednesday, 1 PM at Willow Creek Chapel, (920 3rd Ave. N.) Wahpeton, ND. There will be visitation with the family one hour before the service. Inurnment will be at Fairview Memorial Gardens,...

Tim Boock

Tim Boock

Oct 25, 2013

Tim Boock, 57, Breckenridge, MN passed away on Friday, October 25, 2013 at his residence under the care of Riveredge Hospice. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, October 29, at Breckenridge Lutheran Church, Breckenridge with Rev. Mark Manning officiating. Visitation will be on Monday from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM with a 7:00 PM prayer service at Willow...

Sylvia Oscarson

Sylvia Oscarson

Oct 22, 2013

Sylvia M. Oscarson, 89, Breckenridge, MN, formerly of rural Wahpeton, ND passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at St. Francis Nursing Home, Breckenridge, MN. The Funeral Service will be 1:00 PM, Saturday, at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, with Rev. Jim Gustafson officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Interment will be at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Galchutt, ND....

Doreen Bohn

Doreen Bohn

Oct 21, 2013

Doreen Bohn, 81, Wahpeton, ND formerly of Great Bend, ND, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2013 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. Funeral services will be on Thursday, October 24, at 10:30 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend, ND with Rev. Sean Daenzer officiating. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 5 PM to 6:30 PM with a prayer service...