Obituaries
Dennis Myers
Feb 26, 2011
Dennis E. Myers, 68, West Fargo, ND, formerly Colfax, ND, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Triumph Hospital, Fargo, ND. The Funeral Service will be Wednesday, March 2, 2:00 PM at Galchutt Lutheran Church, Galchutt, ND. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 5 PM to 8 PM with a 7 PM prayer service at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton. Interment will be...
Jean Muir
Feb 25, 2011
Jean Marie Muir was born to Caroline (Henkenius) and Walter Muir on April 23, 1944, in Breckenridge Minnesota. She grew up on the family farm in Antelope Township, Richland County, ND and was educated at Antelope School, Wyndmere High School and the State School of Science in Wahpeton. Jean was employed by the Defense Department Audit Agency in Minneapolis for...
Richard Haire
Feb 25, 2011
A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, Battle Lake, MN. Inurnment will be held at a later date at St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Kent, MN. Richard Charles Haire was born on October 14, 1929 at Breckenridge, MN to Jerome and Francis (Wicklein) Haire, Sr. He...
Lucille Buck
Feb 21, 2011
Luccile A. Buck, 91, Wahpeton, ND, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at her home under the care of Riveredge Hospice. The Funeral Service will be Friday, February 25, 10:30 a.m., at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton with Rev. Morris Stephens Jr. officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 PM to 8 PM with a 7 PM prayer service at Vertin-Munson Funeral...
Ella Oscarson
Feb 17, 2011
Ella Adeline Anderson was born July 12, 1916, near Colfax, ND, to O. A. and Emma (Johnson) Anderson. She attended rural grade school at Pitcairn and high school in Colfax and Abercrombie, ND. After graduating from high school, Ella worked briefly at the Good Samaritan Crippled Children's Home in Fargo, and did domestic chores for families in Fargo, Seattle, and...
Betty Eckroth
Feb 16, 2011
Betty was born August 27, 1932 near Edmunds, ND, the daughter of Francis and Ida (Graves) Lund. She grew on a farm near Edmunds. Her parents passed away when Betty was in elementary school and she helped raise her siblings. She married Phil Eckroth on May 11, 1963 in Jamestown. Over the next several years, they raised a family in...
Alfred Arnold
Feb 15, 2011
Alfred was born on July 3, 1920, at the family homestead in Richland County, N.D., the oldest son of five children to Albert and Minnie (Nodding) Arnold. Alfred married Virginia Bernard on Nov. 2, 1941. The couple had three children, one son and two daughters. The family farmed for 30 years near Fairmount, N.D. After retiring from farming, Alfred drove...
Marvin Wacha
Feb 14, 2011
Marvin was born on November 18, 1921 to Pete and Millie (Leshovsky) Wacha in Wyndmere Township. He grew up and attended school in many country schools around the Wyndmere area. He served in the US Army from 1944-1946 and was stationed in Japan. He married Ruth Schierman in Wahpeton on January 30, 1953. He worked for Dokken Motor in Wyndmere...
Ruth Claus
Feb 10, 2011
Ruth was born August 18, 1932 at Leonard, ND, the daughter of Olaf and Ragna (Solhjem) Breden. She received her formal education at Viking and Walcott area schools. On April 15, 1956 she married Glen Claus of rural Milnor, ND, at Zion Free Lutheran Church, rural Leonard. They lived in Milnor prior to moving to Wahpeton in 1979. She was...
Pauline Trupka
Feb 8, 2011
Pauline was born November 22, 1905 at Conway, ND, the daughter of Wensell and Mary Pecka. She grew up and attended school in Conway. She married Edward Trupka on September 15, 1926 in Grafton, ND. Following the wedding they moved to Wahpeton, ND where Pauline cared for family on 4th Ave. N. Edward passed away October 21, 1971; Pauline continued...
Ronald Forness
Feb 6, 2011
Ronald was born July 19, 1933 at Leonard, ND, the son of Oscar and Inga (Wollan) Forness. He was raised in Colfax, ND, graduating from Colfax High School in 1951. He married Shirley Martin, the daughter of Neuman and Ann Berseth. Ron worked for the Soil Conservation Service for over 30 years. Upon retirement, Ron and Shirley traveled the country...
Selmer Haarstad
Jan 28, 2011
Selmer A. Haarstad, 87, Wahpeton, ND, formerly Abercrombie, ND, died Friday, January 28, 2011, at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. The Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 2, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Abercrombie, ND, with Rev. Ken Kirchenwitz officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 4 PM to 7 PM at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton, and one hour before...
Keenen Dunn
Jan 24, 2011
Visitation Wyndmere Lutheran Church Wyndmere, ND Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Service Wyndmere Lutheran Church Wyndmere, ND Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:30 AM
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...
