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Barbara Ridenour

Barbara Ridenour

Jul 3, 2010

Barbara Ridenour died Saturday, July 3, 2010, at age 76, in her home. Barbara Leah Aufmann was born January 1, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois, to Joseph and Pearl (Kurth) Aufmann. She was baptized on February 18, 1934, at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Chicago. She attended St. Gertrude Elementary School and Immaculata High School in Chicago. Barbara married Roger...

Elaine Nygaard

Elaine Nygaard

Jul 2, 2010

M. Elaine Nygaard, 87, Fargo died Friday, July 2, 2010 at MeritCare, Fargo. Funeral: 2:00 PM Monday, July 12, 2010 at Hope Lutheran Church, North Campus, Fargo Visitation: 2:00-4:00 PM Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo Burial: 1:00 PM Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan

Sharon Gebert

Sharon Gebert

Jun 29, 2010

Sharon Gebert, 65, Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2010, while in Palliative Care at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Sharon Lee Frank was born October 23, 1944, in Valley City, North Dakota, to Christian and Florence (Bruns) Frank. After her father’s death and her mother’s re-marriage to Earl Buck, Sharon and her older brother, Donald, were adopted by Earl. She...

George Hull

George Hull

Jun 27, 2010

George Hollister Hull died on June 27, 2010, at his home. He was born in Fargo, ND, on September 2, 1918, to Margaret (Hollister) and Thomas B. Hull. He attended elementary school in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1937. After graduating in 1938, he attended an insurance school in New York City. George worked for Hull...

Edward Samuelson Sr.

Edward Samuelson Sr.

Jun 27, 2010

Edward Oliver Samuelson Sr., 75, Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, June 27, 2010 at Sanford Health & Meritcare Hospital in Fargo. Ed was born May 29th, 1935 in Fargo, the son of Didrick and Mamie Samuelson. He grew up on the family farm on the west side of Horace N.D., helping his father on the mail route and farming. He...

Vera Anderson

Vera Anderson

Jun 26, 2010

Vera E. Anderson, 90, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo, ND. Vera Eunice Thurston was born December 14, 1919, at Polson, Montana, daughter of Harry and Ethel (Wheatley) Thurston. She moved to Fargo, North Dakota, and attended Dakota Business College. Vera married Armis “Andy” J. Anderson on June 12, 1940, at Polson, Montana....

Betty Schultz

Betty Schultz

Jun 26, 2010

Betty M. Schultz, 74, of Fargo died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at her home in Fargo under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Betty was born May 3, 1936 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota to Fay and Burnis Morris. She grew up and attended grade school in Otter Tail...

Elroy Alverson

Elroy Alverson

Jun 25, 2010

Elroy Alverson, 83, Fargo, ND passed away, Friday, June 25, 2010. Elroy was born December 9, 1926 in Mayville, ND and moved to Fargo with his family. He was an army veteran of World War II serving in the South Pacific. Elroy was united in marriage to Doris Graff in 1954, After his discharge he owned and operated a service...

Gary Burggraff

Gary Burggraff

Jun 23, 2010

Gary W. Burggraff, 69, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Eventide's Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, ND. Gary was born at Royalton, MN, on August 14, 1940, to Herbert and Lucille (McLeod) Burggraff. He spent his first years on the family farm and attended country school until the family moved to Little Falls, MN, where he graduated from...

Judith Lahren

Judith Lahren

Jun 22, 2010

Judith Lahren, 65, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Innovis Health, Fargo. Judith Ellen Bishop was born November 16, 1944, at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, daughter of Lawrence and Patricia (Blanche) Bishop. Judith worked as a Secretary for Emergency Services agencies in Fargo. She is survived by her children, Scott (Renee) Lahren and Steve Lahren; her brother Larry...

Harriet Reitan

Harriet Reitan

Jun 21, 2010

Harriet Ione, 85, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Harriet Ione Nelson was born July 31, 1924, in Portland, North Dakota, daughter of Henry and Gina (Melvie) Nelson. She was baptized in Clifford, North Dakota and was confirmed in Stordalen Holmes, North Dakota. She attended grade school in Clifford and graduated from high...

Alice Harden

Alice Harden

Jun 19, 2010

Alice Harden, 90, of Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, June 19, 2010, at Innovis Health, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Alice Halvorson was born November 30, 1919, in Ortley, South Dakota, daughter of John and Karen (Berger) Halvorson. She is survived by her two daughters, Barb Lindemann and Nancy Harden, both of Fargo, ND: two...

Allen Harris

Allen Harris

Jun 19, 2010

Allen Harris, 51, of Fargo died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Allen Edwin Harris was born March 2, 1959 in Fargo, ND. He was a collector of model trains and Matchbox cars. Allen was also a photographer and loved taking pictures of trains. He enjoyed time with his...

John Huhner

John Huhner

Jun 16, 2010

John D. Huhner, 77, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at ManorCare, Fargo. John David Huhner was born December 7, 1932, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of John E. and Axa (Henderson) Huhner. He attended Jefferson Elementary and Fargo Central High School. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving during the...

Caroline Lindely

Caroline Lindely

Jun 16, 2010

Caroline (Lynn) Lindely passed away on June 16, 2010 at Sheyenne Crossings. Caroline was born September 14, 1924 to Ingman and Selma (Pederson) Winslow in Underwood, MN. She grew up and graduated from Battle Lake High School in 1943. She was bookkeeper in Fergus Falls until she married Myron Lindely on October 14, 1946. They lived in Fergus Falls, MN,...

Beatrice Ness

Beatrice Ness

Jun 16, 2010

Beatrice A. Ness, 80, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo. Beatrice Ann Wiemann was born September 17, 1929, in LaMoure County, North Dakota, daughter of Tom and Samantha (Brademeyer) Wiemann. She grew up in LaMoure and attended school there. Beatrice married Bennie A. Ness on September 20, 1947, at the LaMoure Nazarene Parsonage....

Jeanne Johnson

Jeanne Johnson

Jun 15, 2010

Jeanne Schroeder was born June 13, 1932 in Fargo, ND where she grew up and attended school. She married Donald Leo Johnson of Mapleton, ND on June 5, 1950. They farmed near Harwood, ND until his passing in 1987. Jeanne moved to West Fargo and started a career at Stride Rite in West Acres Mall, retiring at 71 years old...

Henry Deutsch

Henry Deutsch

Jun 13, 2010

Henry W. Deutsch, 79, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, June 13, 2010, at MeritCare Hospital. Henry “Hank” William Deutsch was born June 13, 1931, at Morris, Minnesota, son of William and Katherine (Selk) Deutsch. He attended school in Deer River, Minnesota. Hank served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was discharged in 1953, where he was awarded...

Charles Herman

Charles Herman

Jun 12, 2010

Charles E. Herman was born in Ada, Minnesota on February 2nd, 1926 to Esther (Olson) and Charles Herman. He grew up in Ada, MN and later attended high school there. He attended his senior year and graduated from high school in Pasadena, CA. He received degrees from Hamline University, Concordia College, and his masters from NDSU. In 1950, Charles married...

Rita Bergo

Rita Bergo

Jun 10, 2010

Rita L. Bergo died peacefully Thursday morning, June 10, of heart complications in Denver, Colorado, at the home of her daughter, Cassandra, and son-in-law, Dennis Valdez. Rita Bergh was born on February 9, 1940, to Ruben Bergh, mother unknown, in Pierre, South Dakota. In 1942, she moved to Comstock, Minnesota, and the next year to Fargo, North Dakota, where she...

Barbara Ridenour

Barbara Ridenour

Jul 3, 2010

Barbara Ridenour died Saturday, July 3, 2010, at age 76, in her home. Barbara Leah Aufmann was born January 1, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois, to Joseph and Pearl (Kurth) Aufmann. She was baptized on February 18, 1934, at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Chicago. She attended St. Gertrude Elementary School and Immaculata High School in Chicago. Barbara married Roger...

Elaine Nygaard

Elaine Nygaard

Jul 2, 2010

M. Elaine Nygaard, 87, Fargo died Friday, July 2, 2010 at MeritCare, Fargo. Funeral: 2:00 PM Monday, July 12, 2010 at Hope Lutheran Church, North Campus, Fargo Visitation: 2:00-4:00 PM Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo Burial: 1:00 PM Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan

Sharon Gebert

Sharon Gebert

Jun 29, 2010

Sharon Gebert, 65, Fargo, ND, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2010, while in Palliative Care at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo. Sharon Lee Frank was born October 23, 1944, in Valley City, North Dakota, to Christian and Florence (Bruns) Frank. After her father’s death and her mother’s re-marriage to Earl Buck, Sharon and her older brother, Donald, were adopted by Earl. She...

George Hull

George Hull

Jun 27, 2010

George Hollister Hull died on June 27, 2010, at his home. He was born in Fargo, ND, on September 2, 1918, to Margaret (Hollister) and Thomas B. Hull. He attended elementary school in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1937. After graduating in 1938, he attended an insurance school in New York City. George worked for Hull...

Edward Samuelson Sr.

Edward Samuelson Sr.

Jun 27, 2010

Edward Oliver Samuelson Sr., 75, Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, June 27, 2010 at Sanford Health & Meritcare Hospital in Fargo. Ed was born May 29th, 1935 in Fargo, the son of Didrick and Mamie Samuelson. He grew up on the family farm on the west side of Horace N.D., helping his father on the mail route and farming. He...

Vera Anderson

Vera Anderson

Jun 26, 2010

Vera E. Anderson, 90, of Fargo, ND, died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo, ND. Vera Eunice Thurston was born December 14, 1919, at Polson, Montana, daughter of Harry and Ethel (Wheatley) Thurston. She moved to Fargo, North Dakota, and attended Dakota Business College. Vera married Armis “Andy” J. Anderson on June 12, 1940, at Polson, Montana....

Betty Schultz

Betty Schultz

Jun 26, 2010

Betty M. Schultz, 74, of Fargo died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at her home in Fargo under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Betty was born May 3, 1936 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota to Fay and Burnis Morris. She grew up and attended grade school in Otter Tail...

Elroy Alverson

Elroy Alverson

Jun 25, 2010

Elroy Alverson, 83, Fargo, ND passed away, Friday, June 25, 2010. Elroy was born December 9, 1926 in Mayville, ND and moved to Fargo with his family. He was an army veteran of World War II serving in the South Pacific. Elroy was united in marriage to Doris Graff in 1954, After his discharge he owned and operated a service...

Gary Burggraff

Gary Burggraff

Jun 23, 2010

Gary W. Burggraff, 69, of Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Eventide's Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, ND. Gary was born at Royalton, MN, on August 14, 1940, to Herbert and Lucille (McLeod) Burggraff. He spent his first years on the family farm and attended country school until the family moved to Little Falls, MN, where he graduated from...

Judith Lahren

Judith Lahren

Jun 22, 2010

Judith Lahren, 65, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Innovis Health, Fargo. Judith Ellen Bishop was born November 16, 1944, at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, daughter of Lawrence and Patricia (Blanche) Bishop. Judith worked as a Secretary for Emergency Services agencies in Fargo. She is survived by her children, Scott (Renee) Lahren and Steve Lahren; her brother Larry...

Harriet Reitan

Harriet Reitan

Jun 21, 2010

Harriet Ione, 85, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Harriet Ione Nelson was born July 31, 1924, in Portland, North Dakota, daughter of Henry and Gina (Melvie) Nelson. She was baptized in Clifford, North Dakota and was confirmed in Stordalen Holmes, North Dakota. She attended grade school in Clifford and graduated from high...

Alice Harden

Alice Harden

Jun 19, 2010

Alice Harden, 90, of Fargo, North Dakota, died Sunday, June 19, 2010, at Innovis Health, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Alice Halvorson was born November 30, 1919, in Ortley, South Dakota, daughter of John and Karen (Berger) Halvorson. She is survived by her two daughters, Barb Lindemann and Nancy Harden, both of Fargo, ND: two...

Allen Harris

Allen Harris

Jun 19, 2010

Allen Harris, 51, of Fargo died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Allen Edwin Harris was born March 2, 1959 in Fargo, ND. He was a collector of model trains and Matchbox cars. Allen was also a photographer and loved taking pictures of trains. He enjoyed time with his...

John Huhner

John Huhner

Jun 16, 2010

John D. Huhner, 77, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at ManorCare, Fargo. John David Huhner was born December 7, 1932, in Fargo, North Dakota, son of John E. and Axa (Henderson) Huhner. He attended Jefferson Elementary and Fargo Central High School. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving during the...

Caroline Lindely

Caroline Lindely

Jun 16, 2010

Caroline (Lynn) Lindely passed away on June 16, 2010 at Sheyenne Crossings. Caroline was born September 14, 1924 to Ingman and Selma (Pederson) Winslow in Underwood, MN. She grew up and graduated from Battle Lake High School in 1943. She was bookkeeper in Fergus Falls until she married Myron Lindely on October 14, 1946. They lived in Fergus Falls, MN,...

Beatrice Ness

Beatrice Ness

Jun 16, 2010

Beatrice A. Ness, 80, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at MeritCare Palliative Care, Fargo. Beatrice Ann Wiemann was born September 17, 1929, in LaMoure County, North Dakota, daughter of Tom and Samantha (Brademeyer) Wiemann. She grew up in LaMoure and attended school there. Beatrice married Bennie A. Ness on September 20, 1947, at the LaMoure Nazarene Parsonage....

Jeanne Johnson

Jeanne Johnson

Jun 15, 2010

Jeanne Schroeder was born June 13, 1932 in Fargo, ND where she grew up and attended school. She married Donald Leo Johnson of Mapleton, ND on June 5, 1950. They farmed near Harwood, ND until his passing in 1987. Jeanne moved to West Fargo and started a career at Stride Rite in West Acres Mall, retiring at 71 years old...

Henry Deutsch

Henry Deutsch

Jun 13, 2010

Henry W. Deutsch, 79, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, June 13, 2010, at MeritCare Hospital. Henry “Hank” William Deutsch was born June 13, 1931, at Morris, Minnesota, son of William and Katherine (Selk) Deutsch. He attended school in Deer River, Minnesota. Hank served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was discharged in 1953, where he was awarded...

Charles Herman

Charles Herman

Jun 12, 2010

Charles E. Herman was born in Ada, Minnesota on February 2nd, 1926 to Esther (Olson) and Charles Herman. He grew up in Ada, MN and later attended high school there. He attended his senior year and graduated from high school in Pasadena, CA. He received degrees from Hamline University, Concordia College, and his masters from NDSU. In 1950, Charles married...

Rita Bergo

Rita Bergo

Jun 10, 2010

Rita L. Bergo died peacefully Thursday morning, June 10, of heart complications in Denver, Colorado, at the home of her daughter, Cassandra, and son-in-law, Dennis Valdez. Rita Bergh was born on February 9, 1940, to Ruben Bergh, mother unknown, in Pierre, South Dakota. In 1942, she moved to Comstock, Minnesota, and the next year to Fargo, North Dakota, where she...

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