Obituaries
Nina Rosenkranz
Jul 31, 2011
Funeral services for Nina Rosenkranz, 97, Milbank, SD and formerly Fairmount, ND will be held on Friday, August 5, 2011 at the Fairmount United Methodist Church, Fairmount, ND at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Fern Bailey officiating. Visitation will be held at the church from 1:00-2:00 P.M. Interment will be at the Fairmount Cemetery, Fairmount, ND. Nina Evelyn Rosenkranz was born...
Evelyn Hermes
Jul 30, 2011
Evelyn Geisen was born on December 20, 1925 at Glendive, Montana, daughter of John and Cecile Geisen. The Geisen family moved to Bisbee, ND in 1926. With help and support from others, she graduated from Bisbee High School in 1943 and Mayville State Teachera�(TM)s College in 1946. She later pursued graduate study at North Dakota State University. Evelyn taught business...
Victor Sikorski
Jul 28, 2011
Victor "Vic" Sikorski, 84, Fairmount, ND, died unexpectedly Thursday, July 28, 2011, on his hobby farm outside of Fairmount. The Funeral Mass will be Thursday, August 4, 10:30 a.m., at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Fairmount, ND, with the Rev. Scott Sautner as celebrant. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, August 3 with a 7 p.m. Prayer...
Donald Merchant
Jul 23, 2011
Don was born on February 8, 1925 to Cyril and Emily (Rezac) Merchant in rural Abercrombie, ND. He grew up and attended school in the Galchutt-Abercrombie area. In his younger years he played baseball for Galchutt and was asked to play on an amateur team that went to the state championship. At age 17, Don went to Washington to work...
Gerlinda Luebke
Jul 22, 2011
Gerlinda "Linny" Wilhelmine Magdalina Luebke was born on October 27, 1917 in Barney, ND to Helmuth and Selma (Kressin) Mindeman. She graduated from high school and worked at the Barney Grocery Store and the Post Office. Linny was united in marriage on November 12, 1942 at Peace Lutheran Church to Eldo Herman Carl Luebke. They moved to a farm north...
Roseamond Pikarski
Jul 20, 2011
Roseamond was born on March 14, 1932 to Melvin and Clara (Reed) Buraas in Northwood, ND. She grew up in Kempton, ND and graduated from Larimore High School. She then attended North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton where she met her future husband, Lawrence Pikarski. They were united in marriage in Larimore on October 17, 1953. They then...
Paul Ferrell
Jul 18, 2011
Paul was born September 16, 1929 at Bertrand, MO, the son of Ercy Earl and Mary Velda (Alley) Ferrell. As a child he moved to Charleston, MO, where he graduated from High School. He attended college as a math major at South East Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau, MO, and upon graduating, entered the US Air Force. In 1951...
Lucille Holtz
Jul 14, 2011
Lucille was born June 5, 1924, at Beardsley, MN, the daughter of William and Kathryn (McDonald) Welch. She grew up and graduated from high school in Beardsley in 1942. She worked for Dresch's Grocery Store and married Everett Holtz on September 4, 1948 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Beardsley. The couple lived at Clinton, MN where Lucille worked for Spaulding...
E. Hage
Jul 4, 2011
Loren was born in Wahpeton, ND on November 22, 1936 to Edwin and Maret "Mary" (Hagen) Hage. He was baptized at Richland Lutheran Church and attended country school until 8th grade in Eagle Township. He graduated from Abercrombie High School in 1954. After high school, Loren worked on his uncle's farm and then in the winter of 1956, he and...
Myrtle Styf
Jun 29, 2011
Myrtle Violet Styf was born on November 4, 1919 in Wahpeton, ND, to Austin and Caroline (Max) Ferguson. She attended school in Foxhome, MN. On September 25, 1940 she married Arnold Styf in Breckenridge, MN. The couple farmed and raised their children in rural Wahpeton, ND. After Arnold died in 1991 Myrtle continued to reside on the home farm until...
James Lies, Sr
Jun 11, 2011
James L. Lies, Sr., 94, of Wahpeton, North Dakota passed away peacefully on June 11, 2011 at St. Catherine's Living Center in Wahpeton with his wife of 70 years, Ruth, at his side. James (Jim) was born September 18, 1916 to John and Anna (Hartl) Lies, rural Wells County, North Dakota. He graduated from New Rockford High School and attended...
Aram Kuehn
Jun 10, 2011
Aram D. Kuehn was born on January, 17, 1987 in Breckenridge, MN to Dan and Melodee (Tesch) Kuehn. He grew up and attended school in Wahpeton, ND and graduated from Wahpeton High School in 2005. He attended college at UND in Grand Forks on a music scholarship and returned home for the summer to work at Chahinkapa Zoo where he...
Renee Reiff
Jun 6, 2011
Renee Reiff, 74, Kent, Minnesota died on Monday, June 6, 2011 at the St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton on Thursday, June 9 at 10:30 A.M. with Rev. Dale F. Lagodinski officiating. Visitation will be held on Wednesday at the Vertin-Munson Funeral from 5:00-7:00 P.M. with a Catholic...
Matthew Folden
Jun 5, 2011
Matthew Curtis Folden was born December 14, 1979, at Moorhead, MN, the son of Richard Folden and Diane Luebke. He grew up in the Fargo-Moorhead area and graduated from Job Corps in Minot, ND. He worked for various places of business before working for Taco Bell in Fargo; serving in a management capacity until his health declined. Matthew enjoyed football...
Alexia Hicks
Jun 5, 2011
Alexia Grace Hicks, infant daughter of Geddy and Christine (Meyer) Hicks was born and went home to be with the Lord to be remembered as an angel at St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Alexia will be deeply missed by her parents, Geddy and Christine Hicks, Wahpeton, ND; her siblings, Alexzander and Ashley Hicks, at...
Darwin West
Jun 3, 2011
Darwin, known as Gus since his youth, was born August 15, 1960 to Ross and Marjorie (Beckett) West at Breckenridge, MN. He grew up in rural Wahpeton and attended the Wahpeton School System graduating from Wahpeton Senior High School in 1978. During high school he worked for Cenex in Wahpeton and for a summer did custom combining for the Hoefts....
Frances Fatland
May 30, 2011
Frances was born on October 17, 1937 in rural Kindred, ND to Henry and Bertha (Gomoll) Breimon. She grew up and attended school in Walcott, ND. During her younger years she helped on the family farm. She was united in marriage in 1955 to Donald Fatland in Richland County, ND and made their home in Walcott. To this marriage two...
Geneva Baker
May 30, 2011
Geneva Baker, 86, Wahpeton, ND died quietly at home under the care of Riveredge Hospice on Monday, May 30, 2011. Funeral mass will be on Thursday, June 2 at 10:30 am at St. John's Catholic Church in Wahpeton with Father Dale Lagodinski as celebrant. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 5 pm to 8 pm with a prayer service at...
Claire Hermes
May 29, 2011
Claire Hermes was born May 24, 1921, in Summit Township, Fairmount, son of Frank and MaryAnne (Minnehan) Hermes. He was a 1938 graduate of Fairmount High School and was employed by the Social Security Administration in Baltimore. He returned home to farm with his father and continued to farm until 2009 when he retired. In 1949, he married Evelyn Geisen...
Duane Manthie
May 28, 2011
Duane was born September 3, 1942, in Breckenridge, MN to Alfred and Lou Ida (Bendt) Manthie. He grew up in Tenney, MN, and attended school in Tenney and Campbell, MN. He married LaVonne Kackman on March 1, 1964. This union was blessed with 4 children. Duane and LaVonne lived in the Wahpeton/Breckenridge area for many years. LaVonne passed away August...
