Sarena L. Wendel
May 7, 2013
Sarena Wendel, 95, Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Essentia Health, Fargo. Sarena L. Gossell was born December 10, 1917 to Carl and Bertha (Venske) Gossell at Bertha, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church – Missouri Synod, and graduated from high school at Bertha in 1935. Sarena and Reinhold “Reinie” Wendel were married...
Duane E. Sondeland
May 6, 2013
Duane Sondeland, 79 of Fargo, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 6th, 2013 surrounded by his loving family at Eventide Care Center in Moorhead after fighting a courageous battle with brain cancer. Duane was born March 21, 1934 in Grafton, ND to Elmer and Josephine (Misialek) Sondeland. He attended school in Grafton graduating from high school in 1952. Duane was...
Lillian C. Grill
May 5, 2013
Lillian Christine Grill, 95, of Fargo passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Sanford Medical Center Palliative Care Unit. She was born April 5, 1918 in Streeter, ND to Oscar and Otilla Seher. Lillian was a graduate of Streeter High School and Valley City State University and taught school in the towns of Marion, Kathryn, and Streeter, ND. On...
John "Jack" W. Schwer
May 4, 2013
John “Jack” Schwer, 87, of Fargo died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Jack was born August 29, 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to John and Celia (Williams) Schwer. He graduated from high school in Berkeley, California and from college at NDAC where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. During World War II he...
Kirk E. Dean
May 4, 2013
Kirk E. Dean, 65, Fargo, ND, and formerly of Rapid City and Sioux Falls, SD, passed away peacefully at his home on May 4, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. Kirk Edgar Dean was born in Canton, SD, on August 4, 1947, to E. Merle and Mae (Sorenson) Dean and was the youngest of their three children. He grew...
C. Russell J. Ruppert
May 2, 2013
C. Russell J. Ruppert was born September 19, 1922 in Portal, ND to Rose and John Ruppert. After completing college he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served in Okinawa Signal Corp. Russ married the love of his life, Marian at the Old North Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 11, 1944. They moved to Grafton and in 1952...
Olav G. Ødegård
May 1, 2013
Olav G. Ødegård was born in Eiken, Norway, to Karl and Ingeborg Ødegård, a farmer, lumberjack, nad sheep herder. Olav served in the Norwegian military, including time spent at the palace as a member of the Royal Guard. Olav emigrated in 1965, arriving first in New York. Once arrived, Olav learned the flooring business and was also a talented ‘finishing’...
Myrtle V. Kuehn
May 1, 2013
Myrtle V. Kuehn, 97, of Moorhead, MN. died Wednesday, May 1, 2013 in Sanford Palliative Care Unit. A full obituary will be posted at a later time.
Clifford A. Stoddart Jr.
Apr 29, 2013
Clifford Stoddart Jr., 76 of Moorhead, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Kindred Hospital in Fargo. Clifford was born January 10, 1937 to parents Clifford Sr. and Ruby (Perry) in Jamestown, ND. The family later moved to the Fargo-Moorhead area, where he attended school in Moorhead, graduating in 1954. He worked for a short time before joining the military. After...
Karen L Schmechel
Apr 29, 2013
Karen “Bama” Schmechel, 68 of Fargo, began her heavenly life as our guardian angel on Monday, April 29, 2013, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Karen Louise Bosh was born November 4, 1944 in Lankin, ND, daughter of Bill and Georgia (Maixner) Bosh. She was raised in the Brocket-Lakota, ND area and graduated from Lakota High School in 1962....
Maxine N. Tyler
Apr 29, 2013
Maxine “Max” Tyler, of Fargo, ND, passed away peacefully Monday, April 29, 2013 at Rosewood on Broadway, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. She was 85 years old. Maxine Norma was born on March 15, 1928 to Oscar and Anna (Jung) Johnson on the family farm near Osakis, MN. Maxine was 3 when her father died...
Stephen M. Jordan
Apr 29, 2013
Stephen M. Jordan, 65, of Fargo, ND died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Sanford Hospital. Stephen was born April 12, 1948 in Fargo to George and Eleanor (Heyerdahl) Jordan. He is survived by his sisters, Kathryn Gargano, Hibbing, MN; Georgia “Gigi” Hellerud, Pollock, SD; and many nieces, nephews and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Gov. William L. Guy
Apr 26, 2013
Former North Dakota Governor, William L. “Bill” Guy, 93, of Fargo, ND, died of Alzheimer disease, on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Eventide at Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, ND. Bill was elected to four terms as Governor and served from 1961 to 1973. William Lewis Guy was born September 30, 1919, in Devils Lake, North Dakota, son of William L....
Donald A. Sorlie
Apr 25, 2013
Donald died in Fargo at his home on Thursday, April 25, 2013. He was born in Kindred, ND to Alfred and Velva Sorlie, and was raised in Walcott, ND. He served in the Air Force in Korea and Japan during the Korean War. In August 1952, he married Lorene Helling of Walcott. Lorene died in 1971. Don initially worked at...
Leon A. Robinson
Apr 22, 2013
Leon A. Robinson, 87, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, April 22, 2013 at his home in Moorhead. Leon Robinson was born February 26, 1926 to parents Oliver and Thilga (Johnson) Robinson in Fargo, ND. He worked for the railroad from 1948-1988, first for Great Northern and later for Burlington Northern. He was an excellent self-taught musician who learned how to...
Kimberly A. Martinson
Apr 22, 2013
Kimberly Martinson passed away at her home on April 22, 2013, at the age of 36. Kimberly Ann Gronland was born in Ocean Springs, MS, on April 7, 1977, to Larry Gronland and Linda Coleman. She moved to Fargo, ND, when she was two years old and has lived there throughout her life, except when she left for college to...
Muriel C. Vincent
Apr 22, 2013
Muriel C. Vincent, 90, Fargo, ND died on Monday, April 22, 2013 in Touchmark at Harwood Groves, Fargo. Muriel was born in Spokane, WA and attended school in Portland, OR. She received her Pharmacy degree from Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Washington, Seattle. She taught for two...
Shirley A. Binfet
Apr 20, 2013
Shirley Ann Binfet, 67, of Fargo died Saturday, April 20, 2013 at her home, surrounded by family. Shirley was born on April 6, 1946, the daughter of Ole and Evelyn Dahl in Lankin, ND. She attended a country school for several years where she was taught by her mother. She graduated from Esmond High school, then married Albert Binfet on...
Pamela J. Mathern
Apr 20, 2013
Pamela Jean Mathern, 57, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley; after a very brave and courageous, almost three year battle from cancer. Pam was born on April 15, 1956 to Betty and David Ellsworth, in Fargo, North Dakota. She grew up in Fargo, attending Jefferson Elementary,...
Donald L. Quittschreiber
Apr 20, 2013
Donald L. Quittschreiber died from cancer at Sanford, April 20, 2013, surrounded by family. Donald was born May 14, 1945 to Myrtle and Lowell Quittschreiber in Fargo, ND. He graduated from Fargo Central in 1963 and attended NDSU. He married Donna Gruenberg in 1964 and they moved to California. After a year in CA, he returned to Fargo where he...