Obituaries
Raymond Raymond Sr
Mar 29, 2012
Raymond was born on November 20, 1920 in Dwight Township to Frank and Mary (Svoboda) Srnka. He grew up and attended school in Dwight Township where he farmed north of Wahpeton, ND until he retired in the late 1960's. He lived in Mooreton until the fall of 2006 when he moved to York Manor in Breckenridge. He then became a...
Kenneth Lee
Mar 27, 2012
Kenneth was born in Abercrombie Township near Pitcairn on November 12, 1923 to Lars and Helga (Bolstad) Lee. He grew up and attended country school near Pitcairn and graduated from Colfax High School in 1941. After graduation he worked on the family farm. Kenny was united in marriage to Sylpha Bjerkager on December 4, 1948 at Bethany Lutheran Church. After...
Fred Saar
Mar 26, 2012
Fred Herman Saar was born October 5, 1919 near Leonard ND, the son of Herman and Othelia (Schilke) Saar. He attended school in Leonard and later farmed with his two brothers. He entered the U.S. Army in 1942, and served in the 507th Parachute Infantry. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Bronze Arrowhead and honorably discharged in September 1945....
Vivian Bohn
Mar 25, 2012
Vivian was born October 18, 1929, near Rural Tyler, ND, the daughter of Henry and Clara (Hennen) Ehlers. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church, Tyler, and attended elementary school in a one-room country school house. She graduated from Wahpeton High School and was united in marriage to Norman Bohn on October 28, 1947. They lived and...
Fred Luebke
Mar 16, 2012
Fred Paul Luebke was born November 11, 1917 in Becker County, near Detroit Lakes, MN, the son of August and Ella (Pfahning) Luebke. As a child the family moved to Antelope Township, near Barney, ND. He attended Antelope Country School and worked for Max Feustel on a farm and later at a hatchery. He entered the Army Air Force in...
Mary Anderson
Mar 16, 2012
Mary Ann was born August 1, 1927, at Breckenridge, MN, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Wagner) Althoff. She grew up near Hankinson, ND and graduated from St. Francis Academy, Hankinson, in 1945. She attended Nursing School at St. Francis Hospital in Breckenridge, MN, graduating in 1948. Mary Ann was united in marriage to Jack Anderson on May 1, 1950...
Margaret Hemsing
Mar 15, 2012
Margaret M. Hemsing, 91, Breckenridge, MN and formerly of Wahpeton, ND passed away on Thursday March 15, 2012 at the St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN with her loved ones by her side. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at the St. Francis Healthcare Chapel, 2400 St. Francis Drive, Breckenridge, MN with...
Lois Kuruc
Mar 10, 2012
Lois Kuruc, 77, rural Colfax, ND, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012 at her home. A Memorial Service will be Thursday, 7 PM at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton with Rev. Ken Kirchenwitz officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM until the time of service on Thursday. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Wahpeton. Lois was born September...
Arline Meyer
Mar 10, 2012
Arline F. Meyer, 84, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. The Funeral Mass will be Wednesday, 10:30 A.M., at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton, with Rev. Dale Lagodinski as celebrant. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 5 PM to 8 PM, with a 6:30 Prayer Vigil at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton and one hour...
Craig Amundson
Mar 7, 2012
Craig R. Amundson, 57, rural Fairmount, ND, passed away, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at his home. A Memorial service will be Monday, March 12, 10:30 a.m., at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. There will be sharing with Craig's family one hour before the service. Craig was born November 4, 1954 at Powers Lake, ND; the son of LeRoy "Bud" and Carol...
Lillian David
Mar 6, 2012
Lillian David, 83, Wyndmere, ND passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN. Funeral Mass will be on Saturday, March 10 at 10:30 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Wyndmere, ND with Father Len Loegering as celebrant. Visitation will be on Friday from 5 PM to 7 PM with a prayer vigil...
Karen Lauman
Mar 2, 2012
Karen Louise Lauman was born to Frank and Mary Ann (Frybert) Lauman on October 11, 1971 at Breckenridge, MN. She attended St. John's Catholic School for several years and finished her education in Hillsboro, ND where she lived with the Duane Beltz family. Karen then moved to Fargo. She enjoyed the staff and being part of the activities with Southeast...
Caroline Raftevold
Feb 25, 2012
A Memorial Celebration for Caroline "Dolly" Raftevold, 94, Wahpeton, will be held 2:00 PM at Bethel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton, ND on Friday, April 27, 2012, with Rev. Jim Gustafson officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. Inurnment will be at Fairview Cemetery, Wahpeton. Caroline passed away February 25, 2012 at St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge....
Velma Woodbury
Feb 22, 2012
Velma Woodbury, 94, Breckenridge, MN and formerly Barney, ND died on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN. Funeral services will be on Monday, February 27 at Evergreen United Methodist Church, Wahpeton, ND at 2:00 P.M with Rev. Jenny Hallenbeck officiating. Visitation will be at the Vertin-Munson Wahpeton Funeral Home on Sunday from 4:00-7:00 P.M and...
LaVonne Blikre
Feb 20, 2012
LaVonne Ardis Nygaard was born on October 5, 1928 in Wildrose, Williams County, North Dakota to Norwegian immigrants; Peter and Edna (Tommeraus) Nygaard. Growing up she spent a great deal of time doing farm chores. She attended rural schools near Alamo, ND. She graduated from Alamo High School; then received her Teaching Certificate from Minot State College. Later she graduated...
Rick Martinez
Feb 18, 2012
Rick was born on February 2, 1961 in Denver, CO to Manuel and Wanda (Simpson) Martinez. He grew up in the Denver and Los Angeles, CA areas. In 1983, he met Yvonne Kramlich at the Job Corps Center in Clearfield, UT and they were united in marriage on February 25, 1984 at the Wishek Lutheran Church in Wishek, ND. They...
Betty Johnson
Feb 14, 2012
Betty Jane Wateland Johnson was born January 15, 1930, in Ibsen Township, Richland County, ND, the daughter of Melvin and Olga (Bakken) Wateland. She was baptized and confirmed at Galchutt Lutheran Church. She attended schools in Ibsen Township, Galchutt and graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1948. Betty married Merle P. Johnson at the Galchutt Lutheran Church on May 24,...
Ernest Myers
Feb 8, 2012
Ernest "Ernie" Dale Myers, 66, Moorhead, MN went to be with the Lord on February 8, 2012 at Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, MN. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at the Vertin-Munson Wahpeton Chapel (503 North Third Avenue) Wahpeton, ND. Inurnment will be held at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Wahpeton, ND....
Russell Janssen
Feb 7, 2012
Russell was born on November 14, 1925 in Titonka, IA to John and Amanda (Galmeyer) Janssen. He grew up near Barney, ND where he attended school. Russell was united in marriage to Beverly "Patsy" Lillestol at Homestead Lutheran Church on August 8, 1948. They lived in Barney where Russell farmed, later they move to Wyndmere. Patsy passed away November 27,...
Phyllis Lee
Feb 1, 2012
Phyllis was born March 21, 1918 on a farm near Abercrombie, ND to Ole and Grace (Larson) Hatlie. She was united in marriage to Arthur Lee on September 3, 1938 on a Labor Day weekend while Art was at Dakota Business College and she was working at Hanoek's Fur Store in Fargo, ND. Art passed away at 58 years of...
