Obituaries
Imer Johnson
Jan 24, 2011
Imer was born on November 9, 1918 in Wyndmere Township to Erling and Barbara (Syverson) Johnson. He grew up and attended school in Wyndmere Township. He worked for various farmers around the area until he enlisted in the US Army on October 1, 1942. He served in the European Theatre during WWII as part of the Battery C 691st FA...
Warren Olson
Jan 21, 2011
Margie M. Olson, 85, Claremont, CA and formerly Wahpeton, ND died on Friday January 21, 2011 at Mountain View Center, Claremont. Warren L. Olson, 89, Claremont, CA and formerly Wahpeton, ND died on Sunday January 23, 2011 at the Mountain View Center, Claremont; two days after his devoted wife Margie died at the same facility. A Celebration of their Life...
Inez Moore
Jan 20, 2011
Inez Mae Moore was born on April 20, 1924 in Breckenridge, MN to Edward and Clara (Czichotzki) Buth. Inez was confirmed in 1939 at Christ Lutheran Church. She attended District 25 School in Barnesville, MN and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1943. She then began employment at the Red Owl Grocery Store in Breckenridge, MN. In 1944, she traveled...
Elsie Jost
Jan 15, 2011
Elsie was born on April 12, 1919 in Milbank, SD to Ora and Irene Tapper. She grew up and attended school in the Milbank area. She began attending North Central Bible Institute in Minneapolis, MN in 1937 graduating in 1941, and thereafter became a licensed minister. She traveled around the upper Midwest as a singing evangelist, where she preached and...
Carl Haberman
Jan 11, 2011
Carl J. Haberman was born on March 15, 1919 to Carl George and Ida (Viet) Haberman in rural Barney, ND. He grew up and attended school in Antelope Township and graduated from Antelope Consolidated School in 1937. He then attended NDSSS. Carl was drafted into the US Army in the first peacetime draft in the US on May 21, 1941....
Ann Melsted
Jan 9, 2011
Gudrun Anna Isfeld was born on February 4, 1917, to Steingrimur and Anna Katrin (Stephansdottir) of Gardar, ND. She grew up in the Icelandic community of Gardar and attended local schools. Ann graduated from Mayville State College with a Standard Teaching Certificate. Subsequently Ann taught in Pembina County. In 1940 she married Lt. B. Theodore Olafson at Gardar, ND. That...
Mary Chezik
Jan 9, 2011
Mary was born May 5, 1922, near Abercrombie, ND, the daughter of August and Barbara (Wildfleuer) Janu. She graduated from High School at Abercrombie and worked at St. Francis Hospital in Breckenridge, MN. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Chezik on May 18, 1943, at St. Adalbert's Catholic Church, Wahpeton. The couple lived and farmed near Wahpeton, where...
Joseph Morin
Jan 7, 2011
Joe was born February 23, 1936, at Belcourt, ND, the son of Alex and RoseAnn (Charette) Morin. He grew up in Belcourt and graduated from High School at Stephan, SD. He attended trade school at Haskell, KS and later learned sheet and metal trade at San Francisco, CA, where he worked for several years. He later worked building the missile...
Walter Taylor
Jan 6, 2011
Walter "Buddy" Taylor was born on July 25, 1944 in rural Fairmount, ND to Glen and Evelyn (Albright) Taylor. He lived with his family in Fairmount until his mother passed away in 1995. During his time in Fairmount he was known to help out around town and sold nightcrawlers on the side. In December 1995, he moved to Wahpeton where...
Stephen Held
Jan 5, 2011
Stephen was born September 19, 1933, at Selz, ND, the son of Karl and Katie (Fuhrman) Held. He lived at Grafton, ND until 1942 to 1985, when he moved to Wahpeton and received services through the Red River Human services Foundation. Stephen attended St. John's Catholic Church in Wahpeton. Stephen was active in the Special Olympics and over the years...
Allene Kube
Jan 4, 2011
Allene Davies Kube, 103, from rural Wahpeton, North Dakota, died on January 4, 2011 at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. There will be a gathering on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at the Willow Creek Chapel. The family extends an invitation to her friends to come for a visitation at 1:30, and a service in her honor at 2:00. Interment will...
James Stewart
Jan 2, 2011
Service Vertin-Munson Funeral Home 224 6th Street North Wahpeton, ND 58075 Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:00 AM
Laura Kummer
Dec 29, 2010
Laura was born March 29, 1927, at Page, ND, the daughter of John and Celesta (Bressie) Joseph. She grew up in Page where she graduated from High School. She performed housekeeping duties and was a nanny in Minneapolis and later with the Grommesh Family of Casselton. She married Clifford Pfeiff on October 5, 1949 in Page. The couple farmed at...
Charles Kohnke
Dec 26, 2010
Charles J. Kohnke 87, Wahpeton, ND, died Sunday, December 26, 2010 at St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN. The Funeral Mass will be Thursday, December 30, 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 7 PM with a 6 PM Prayer Vigil, followed by a Knights...
Rodney Nordick
Dec 25, 2010
Rodney "Rod" Joseph Nordick was born on November 15, 1957 to Lyle and Mary (Riddering) Nordick in Breckenridge, MN. He was raised in Dwight Township near Dwight, ND and attended school in Dwight and later went to school in Wahpeton, ND where he graduated in 1976. He attended the Electrical Technician Program at NDSCS until he started working for Twin...
Terry Sand
Dec 25, 2010
Terry Sand, 54, Wahpeton, ND died unexpectedly on December 25, 2010 at his home in Wahpeton. The Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at the Willow Creek Chapel (920 3rd Avenue North) Wahpeton, North Dakota. Visitation with the family will be held from 1:00-2:00 P.M. also at the Willow Creek Chapel. Inurnment will...
Paul Popp
Dec 21, 2010
Paul J. Popp, 72, Wahpeton, died Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at The Hospice House, Surprise, AZ; after a 10 year battle with cancer. The Funeral Memorial Service will be Monday, December 27, 11:00 A.M., at Evergreen United Methodist Church, Wahpeton. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 PM to 7 PM with a 6:00 PM Prayer Service at Willow Creek Chapel,...
Darlene Thielke
Dec 19, 2010
Darlene M. Thielke was born April 30, 1938 at Enderlin, ND, the daughter of Ted and Verona Johnson. She grew up in Enderlin and graduated from Enderlin High School in 1957. She attended NDSSS in the Nursing Program and worked for St. Luke's in Fargo. She was united in marriage to Harlan A. Thielke on September 10, 1961. The couple...
Agnes Kragness
Dec 17, 2010
Agnes C. Kragness, 88, Wahpeton, ND, died Friday, December 17, at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, December 23, at 10:00 a.m., at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, with Rev. Jim Gustafson officiating. There will be visitation with the family one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Richland Lutheran Cemetery, rural...
Ruben Medenwald
Dec 16, 2010
Ruben Otto Wilhelm Medenwald, 94, Breckenridge, MN, passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. Funeral services will be on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 10:30 AM at Willow Creek Chapel, (920 3rd Ave N.) Wahpeton, ND with Rev. Morris Stephens, Jr. officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home....
