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John Arthur Moen

John Arthur Moen

Feb 14, 2015

John Arthur Moen, 95, died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Bethany on University Retirement Living in Fargo, North Dakota. John was born January 29, 1920 to Arthur Rudolph and Nora Mathilda Moen in Turtle Lake, ND. He grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School. He served in the US Army for 4 years in the Pacific...

C. Owen Carlson

C. Owen Carlson

Feb 13, 2015

Charles Owen Carlson, 94, died on February 13, 2015, in Moorhead, Minnesota. Owen was born to Charles O. and Maude Carlson on February 4, 1921 in Minot, North Dakota. For most of his childhood, he lived with his brothers and parents on farms in Ward County, North Dakota, where his father had a homestead. In the mid-1930s, the family moved...

Donna Elaine Hoiberg

Donna Elaine Hoiberg

Feb 9, 2015

Donna Elaine Linnum was born October 23, 1931 on a farm near Church’s Ferry, ND. The daughter of Haakon and Mary (Ellingson) Linnum, she was baptized into the Lutheran faith at Big Coulee Lutheran Church. She attended a small country school for the first 6 grades then to Penn, ND for 7th and 8th. She graduated from high school at...

Dennis Lee Anderson

Dennis Lee Anderson

Feb 8, 2015

Dennis Anderson, 73, of Fargo, ND passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 8, 2015 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Dennis Lee Anderson was born April 17, 1941 in Fargo, ND to Clinton and Mary (Larsen) Anderson. He grew up and attended schools in Fargo, graduating from Fargo Central High in 1959. He served in the US Navy for two years,...

Milan F. Hass

Milan F. Hass

Feb 8, 2015

Milan F. Hass, 85, of Fargo, ND passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015 in his home. Milan Fredrick Hass was born November 22, 1929, the son of Fredrick and Bernice Hass, in Perham, MN. At the age of seven, the family moved to Wadena, Minnesota. He attended school in Wadena graduating in 1947. He attended Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, MN....

Nancy Hines Hunt

Nancy Hines Hunt

Feb 7, 2015

Nancy Hunt, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Edgewood Vista in Fargo.

Teresa Marie (Haug) Ali

Teresa Marie (Haug) Ali

Feb 7, 2015

Teresa Marie (Haug) Ali, 54, passed away on Feb. 7, at Essentia Health, Fargo. Teresa was born in McVille, N.D., to Paul and Barbara Haug. She grew up throughout the Midwest, graduated from Fargo South High School in 1978, and attended Northwest Technical College. Teresa's passions were painting, animals and her family. She was an avid painter, and a member...

A. Robert "Bob" Pederson

A. Robert "Bob" Pederson

Feb 5, 2015

Bob Pederson, died on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Sanford Health. Arthur Robert Pederson was born May 14, 1925 to Clarence and Helen (Olson) Pederson at Glenwood, MN, where he was raised and graduated from high school. After graduation, he enlisted and served in the Combat Infantry Company, 339th Infantry, 85th Division. He received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and...

Richard Steven Nordmeyer

Richard Steven Nordmeyer

Feb 4, 2015

Richard S. Nordmeyer, 66, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Sanford Health surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia. Richard Steven Nordmeyer was born on August 29, 1948 in Breckenridge, MN, to Merton and Ruth (Iverson) Nordmeyer. Richard grew up in Willmar, MN and graduated from Willmar High School in 1966....

Laverne Johnson

Laverne Johnson

Feb 4, 2015

LaVerne Froysland Johnson was born on June 15, 1921 in rural Audubon and lived on various farms in the depression. She was educated in country schools, Lake Park Junior high and graduated from Audubon High School in 1939. She worked in a local grocery store to help finance her further education. In 1942 she graduated from St. Luke’s Nursing School...

Glen "Granny" Gordon Hughes

Glen "Granny" Gordon Hughes

Feb 3, 2015

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me: and I give them eternal life.” John 10:27, 28. On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 Glen, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, heard the voice of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ calling, and followed Him into Everlasting Life. Born on June 15, 1926 to...

Virginia Lucille Vraa

Virginia Lucille Vraa

Jan 31, 2015

Virginia Lucille (Lileks) Vraa died on January 31, 2015. She was born to Mary and Sefran Lileks on August 18, 1922. She received her education and grew up in rural Cass County and never lost her love for North Dakota. During World War II, Virginia, who had not traveled outside of the area, bravely got on the train and rode...

Frances Elizabeth Akeley

Frances Elizabeth Akeley

Jan 30, 2015

Frances Akeley, 98, longtime Fargo resident and community leader, died peacefully on Friday, January 30, 2015, at Sanford Health in Fargo. She was currently a resident at Edgewood Vista. Frances was born July 2, 1916 in Minneapolis, MN to Frank and Geneve (Wheeler) Probst and lived most of her long and vital life in Fargo. She attended Fargo schools, graduated...

Ralph Duane Rudrud

Ralph Duane Rudrud

Jan 29, 2015

Ralph Duane Rudrud age 89, died in Fargo, North Dakota on Thursday, January 29, 2015. Ralph ‘Dutch’ Rudrud was born March 25, 1925 in Hillsboro, North Dakota, the son of Ralph J. and Mabel (Monson) Rudrud. He attended Hillsboro High School where he played drums in the school band. It was there that he began a lifelong love of history,...

Cheryl Fay Jones

Cheryl Fay Jones

Jan 26, 2015

Cheryl Jones, 71, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, January 26, 2015 surrounded by her children at Sanford Health in Fargo. Cheryl Fay Anderson was born August 24, 1943 to James and Julia (Loberg) Anderson at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fargo, ND. She was the youngest of eight children, growing up and attending schools in Fargo. She worked at NDSU as...

Lawrence Arnold Koenig

Lawrence Arnold Koenig

Jan 26, 2015

Lawrence A. Koenig of Fargo, formerly of Kulm, ND, peacefully left this earth to be with the Lord on Monday, January 26, 2015, at 94 years of age. He was a kind and gentle man in actions and in spirit, and he loved the Lord and His church, his family and friends, and the life that God gave him. He...

Darold Duane Martin

Darold Duane Martin

Jan 25, 2015

Darold Martin, 85, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo. Darold D. Martin was born November 19, 1929 in Leonard, ND to Jack and Bertha (Thompson) Martin. He grew up and attended school in Enderlin, ND. He joined the US Air Force with which he served from 1946-1953. He married Charlotte Deitz...

James Alton Hanson

James Alton Hanson

Jan 25, 2015

James Alton Hanson of Hickson, ND passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Bethany on 42nd with his family by his side. James was born on August 13, 1931 to Berger and Rosalie Hanson of Harvey, ND. He was raised on the farm where he resided until his move to Bethany. James went to a country school near Hickson...

Orlin Hudson-Egge

Orlin Hudson-Egge

Jan 24, 2015

Orlin Hudson-Egge, 91 formerly of Barney, ND passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Villa Maria Nursing Home surrounded by her family. Orlin Carol Torgerson was born on November 13, 1923 to Oscar and Clara (Blilie) Torgerson. She grew up in the Comstock and Hickson areas and graduated from Comstock High School. She worked at the Kindred store for several...

Ruth A. Ployhar

Ruth A. Ployhar

Jan 24, 2015

Ruth Ann Ployhar died on January 24, 2015, at Eventide in Moorhead following complications resulting from a stroke on December 28, 2014. She was 87. Ruth was born on June 5, 1927, in Timnath, Colorado, to parents Charles W. and Frances (Dawley) McLain. She spent most of her childhood years in Hesperus and Durango, Colorado. In 1943, her family moved...

John Arthur Moen

John Arthur Moen

Feb 14, 2015

John Arthur Moen, 95, died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Bethany on University Retirement Living in Fargo, North Dakota. John was born January 29, 1920 to Arthur Rudolph and Nora Mathilda Moen in Turtle Lake, ND. He grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School. He served in the US Army for 4 years in the Pacific...

C. Owen Carlson

C. Owen Carlson

Feb 13, 2015

Charles Owen Carlson, 94, died on February 13, 2015, in Moorhead, Minnesota. Owen was born to Charles O. and Maude Carlson on February 4, 1921 in Minot, North Dakota. For most of his childhood, he lived with his brothers and parents on farms in Ward County, North Dakota, where his father had a homestead. In the mid-1930s, the family moved...

Donna Elaine Hoiberg

Donna Elaine Hoiberg

Feb 9, 2015

Donna Elaine Linnum was born October 23, 1931 on a farm near Church’s Ferry, ND. The daughter of Haakon and Mary (Ellingson) Linnum, she was baptized into the Lutheran faith at Big Coulee Lutheran Church. She attended a small country school for the first 6 grades then to Penn, ND for 7th and 8th. She graduated from high school at...

Dennis Lee Anderson

Dennis Lee Anderson

Feb 8, 2015

Dennis Anderson, 73, of Fargo, ND passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 8, 2015 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Dennis Lee Anderson was born April 17, 1941 in Fargo, ND to Clinton and Mary (Larsen) Anderson. He grew up and attended schools in Fargo, graduating from Fargo Central High in 1959. He served in the US Navy for two years,...

Milan F. Hass

Milan F. Hass

Feb 8, 2015

Milan F. Hass, 85, of Fargo, ND passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015 in his home. Milan Fredrick Hass was born November 22, 1929, the son of Fredrick and Bernice Hass, in Perham, MN. At the age of seven, the family moved to Wadena, Minnesota. He attended school in Wadena graduating in 1947. He attended Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, MN....

Nancy Hines Hunt

Nancy Hines Hunt

Feb 7, 2015

Nancy Hunt, 84, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Edgewood Vista in Fargo.

Teresa Marie (Haug) Ali

Teresa Marie (Haug) Ali

Feb 7, 2015

Teresa Marie (Haug) Ali, 54, passed away on Feb. 7, at Essentia Health, Fargo. Teresa was born in McVille, N.D., to Paul and Barbara Haug. She grew up throughout the Midwest, graduated from Fargo South High School in 1978, and attended Northwest Technical College. Teresa's passions were painting, animals and her family. She was an avid painter, and a member...

A. Robert "Bob" Pederson

A. Robert "Bob" Pederson

Feb 5, 2015

Bob Pederson, died on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Sanford Health. Arthur Robert Pederson was born May 14, 1925 to Clarence and Helen (Olson) Pederson at Glenwood, MN, where he was raised and graduated from high school. After graduation, he enlisted and served in the Combat Infantry Company, 339th Infantry, 85th Division. He received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and...

Richard Steven Nordmeyer

Richard Steven Nordmeyer

Feb 4, 2015

Richard S. Nordmeyer, 66, of Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Sanford Health surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia. Richard Steven Nordmeyer was born on August 29, 1948 in Breckenridge, MN, to Merton and Ruth (Iverson) Nordmeyer. Richard grew up in Willmar, MN and graduated from Willmar High School in 1966....

Laverne Johnson

Laverne Johnson

Feb 4, 2015

LaVerne Froysland Johnson was born on June 15, 1921 in rural Audubon and lived on various farms in the depression. She was educated in country schools, Lake Park Junior high and graduated from Audubon High School in 1939. She worked in a local grocery store to help finance her further education. In 1942 she graduated from St. Luke’s Nursing School...

Glen "Granny" Gordon Hughes

Glen "Granny" Gordon Hughes

Feb 3, 2015

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me: and I give them eternal life.” John 10:27, 28. On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 Glen, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, heard the voice of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ calling, and followed Him into Everlasting Life. Born on June 15, 1926 to...

Virginia Lucille Vraa

Virginia Lucille Vraa

Jan 31, 2015

Virginia Lucille (Lileks) Vraa died on January 31, 2015. She was born to Mary and Sefran Lileks on August 18, 1922. She received her education and grew up in rural Cass County and never lost her love for North Dakota. During World War II, Virginia, who had not traveled outside of the area, bravely got on the train and rode...

Frances Elizabeth Akeley

Frances Elizabeth Akeley

Jan 30, 2015

Frances Akeley, 98, longtime Fargo resident and community leader, died peacefully on Friday, January 30, 2015, at Sanford Health in Fargo. She was currently a resident at Edgewood Vista. Frances was born July 2, 1916 in Minneapolis, MN to Frank and Geneve (Wheeler) Probst and lived most of her long and vital life in Fargo. She attended Fargo schools, graduated...

Ralph Duane Rudrud

Ralph Duane Rudrud

Jan 29, 2015

Ralph Duane Rudrud age 89, died in Fargo, North Dakota on Thursday, January 29, 2015. Ralph ‘Dutch’ Rudrud was born March 25, 1925 in Hillsboro, North Dakota, the son of Ralph J. and Mabel (Monson) Rudrud. He attended Hillsboro High School where he played drums in the school band. It was there that he began a lifelong love of history,...

Cheryl Fay Jones

Cheryl Fay Jones

Jan 26, 2015

Cheryl Jones, 71, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, January 26, 2015 surrounded by her children at Sanford Health in Fargo. Cheryl Fay Anderson was born August 24, 1943 to James and Julia (Loberg) Anderson at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fargo, ND. She was the youngest of eight children, growing up and attending schools in Fargo. She worked at NDSU as...

Lawrence Arnold Koenig

Lawrence Arnold Koenig

Jan 26, 2015

Lawrence A. Koenig of Fargo, formerly of Kulm, ND, peacefully left this earth to be with the Lord on Monday, January 26, 2015, at 94 years of age. He was a kind and gentle man in actions and in spirit, and he loved the Lord and His church, his family and friends, and the life that God gave him. He...

Darold Duane Martin

Darold Duane Martin

Jan 25, 2015

Darold Martin, 85, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo. Darold D. Martin was born November 19, 1929 in Leonard, ND to Jack and Bertha (Thompson) Martin. He grew up and attended school in Enderlin, ND. He joined the US Air Force with which he served from 1946-1953. He married Charlotte Deitz...

James Alton Hanson

James Alton Hanson

Jan 25, 2015

James Alton Hanson of Hickson, ND passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Bethany on 42nd with his family by his side. James was born on August 13, 1931 to Berger and Rosalie Hanson of Harvey, ND. He was raised on the farm where he resided until his move to Bethany. James went to a country school near Hickson...

Orlin Hudson-Egge

Orlin Hudson-Egge

Jan 24, 2015

Orlin Hudson-Egge, 91 formerly of Barney, ND passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Villa Maria Nursing Home surrounded by her family. Orlin Carol Torgerson was born on November 13, 1923 to Oscar and Clara (Blilie) Torgerson. She grew up in the Comstock and Hickson areas and graduated from Comstock High School. She worked at the Kindred store for several...

Ruth A. Ployhar

Ruth A. Ployhar

Jan 24, 2015

Ruth Ann Ployhar died on January 24, 2015, at Eventide in Moorhead following complications resulting from a stroke on December 28, 2014. She was 87. Ruth was born on June 5, 1927, in Timnath, Colorado, to parents Charles W. and Frances (Dawley) McLain. She spent most of her childhood years in Hesperus and Durango, Colorado. In 1943, her family moved...

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