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John Anderson

John Anderson

Sep 21, 2008

John Martin Anderson, 91, of Fargo, ND, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2008. John was born in White Rock, SD, on November 29, 1916, to Josephine (Solberg) and Robert Anderson. John later attended Oak Grove High School in Fargo and embarked on a long and illustrious flying career immediately thereafter. John moved to Sycamore, IL, after high school and worked...

Mary Elizabeth Moss Gibb

Mary Elizabeth Moss Gibb

Sep 20, 2008

Mary Elizabeth Gibb, 86, of Fargo, ND passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 with her family at her side. Mary Elizabeth and her twin sister Annie Lizzie Moss, were born seconds apart, on February 16, 1922 in Carthage, TN to Grover Cleveland Moss and Laura Virgie (Evans) Moss. Mary and Annie grew up in Carthage and graduated from Carthage High...

Norreene Flatt

Norreene Flatt

Sep 17, 2008

Norreene “Rainy” Beech was born on April 8, 1930, to Harold and Margaret (Allanach) Beech in England. She graduated from high school and graduated as a Dental Technician in England. She came to the United States with her husband and moved to the Fargo, in 1976. Rainy worked in offices in Fargo and also with the FM Senior Commission. She...

Doris Moriarty

Doris Moriarty

Sep 16, 2008

Doris J. Moriarty, 91, Fargo, died peacefully Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Doris Jean Degnan was born March 19, 1917, to Dr. Harold and Ollie (Coil) Degnan in Pierz, Minnesota. Her birth certificate reads March 18, because of a misunderstanding of the time that she...

Virginia Dixon

Virginia Dixon

Sep 12, 2008

Virginia Dixon, 83, of Fargo, died Friday, September 12, 2008, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. She was born January 24, 1925, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, the daughter of Ernest and Esther (Malm) Jordahl of Lake Park, Minnesota, where she grew up and graduated Valedictorian of her high school class. She graduated from the University of...

Bob Lepage

Bob Lepage

Sep 9, 2008

It is with great sorrow that the family of Robert “Bob” John Lepage announce the passing of their husband, father and grandfather on September 9, 2008, at the age of 70. Bob was born December 7, 1937, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the son of Marcel Adrien and Louise Sophia (Franken) Lepage. Bob was baptized, received first communion and was confirmed...

Jeanette Reimers

Jeanette Reimers

Sep 7, 2008

Jeanette Maurgaurite (Linderman) Reimers was born in Estabrook Township, North Dakota, on June 4, 1928, to Ross and Marie (Garland) Linderman. She grew up on a farm with five brothers and one sister and attended school in Estabrook. Jeanette’s mother developed MS and Jeanette had to forgo her high school years to stay home and help her mother care for...

Carl Bopp

Carl Bopp

Sep 2, 2008

Carl Bopp, 91, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at Eventide Living Center, Moorhead, MN. Carl Thomas Bopp was born on January 11, 1917, in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, son of Frances Xavier and Anne (Suppe) Bopp. He attended school in Scotch Plains. Carl went on to serve as an amphibious mechanic in the U.S. Marine Corps, during...

Robert Walock

Robert Walock

Sep 2, 2008

Robert “Bob” Walock, 73, of Fargo, ND, died at home Tuesday, September 2, 2008, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Robert Dale Walock was born May 21, 1935, in Elliot, ND, to Bernard and Loretta (Davis) Walock. He attended school in Elliot, and later attended the Anne Carlson School in Jamestown, ND. He married Betty Ennis...

Susan Simonson

Susan Simonson

Sep 1, 2008

Susan Bassett Simonson, 83, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully in her sleep at Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, MN, on September 1, 2008, following a courageous battle with adrenal cortical cancer. Susan Bassett was born August 21, 1925, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, to Clark D. and Marjorie (Milligan) Bassett. She grew up in Aberdeen, SD, Bozeman, MT and Fargo, ND. She...

Selma Olson

Selma Olson

Aug 31, 2008

Selma E. Olson, 93, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Villa Maria, Fargo, ND. Selma Evelyn Benson was born on June 25, 1915, at Heimdal, North Dakota, daughter of Carl and Caroline (Johnson) Benson. She attended school in Wellsburg, ND, and went on to live in Heimdal for 41 years. Selma married Hilding Olson on October 22,...

Russell Fadness

Russell Fadness

Aug 30, 2008

Russell K. Fadness, 86, of Fargo, ND died August 30, 2008 at Rosewood on Broadway Nursing Home. Mr. Fadness was born January 3, 1922 near Glenfield, North Dakota and attended graduate school in that area. He went to and graduated from high school in McHenry, ND in 1939. In 1942 he went to work for Northern Pacific Railroad, where he...

Charles Way

Charles Way

Aug 28, 2008

Charles W. Way, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, August 28, 2008 at Bethany Homes in Fargo. Memorial Service: Friday, October 31, 2008, at 12:00PM, at Mavis Whiting Chapel, Bethany Homes.

Myrtle Henderson

Myrtle Henderson

Aug 27, 2008

Myrtle E. Henderson, 89, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Myrtle Evelyn Erickson was born June 15, 1919 near Lake Park, MN to William and Olga (Anderson) Erickson. She attended schools in the area and graduated from Lake Park High School in 1937. Growing up, she attended Eksjo Lutheran Church. After...

Paul Olson

Paul Olson

Aug 21, 2008

Paul Olson, 95, of Fargo died August 21, 2008 at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND. Paul was born February 10, 1913 to Charles and Edith (Jenne) Olson in Moorhead, MN. He married Helen Schmidt on May 29, 1948 in Wheaton, MN. He served four years in the Army Air Force during WWII. He ran his own painting and decorating...

Ruth Reile

Ruth Reile

Aug 21, 2008

Ruth Reile, 90, Fargo, passed away at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND, on Thursday, August 21, 2008, where she resided since 2000. Ruth Emilia Huether was born September 14, 1917, in Ruff, Washington. Ruth was the daughter of Emilia and John Huether. She grew up and attended school in Denhoff, ND. She married Reinhold Reile, June 10, 1938, at McClusky, ND....

Larry Cullen

Larry Cullen

Aug 20, 2008

Larry "Moon" Cullen, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley Moon was born in Fargo on July 21, 1925, to John and Mae (Lucier) Cullen. He grew up in Fargo and was a graduate of both Sacred Heart Academy and the University of North Dakota....

Marlys Leeby

Marlys Leeby

Aug 18, 2008

Marlys R. Leeby, 77, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, August 18, 2008 at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Marlys Ramona Stevens was born April 9, 1931 in Gary, MN to Carl and Jenny Stevens. She grew up on a farm near Gary, MN and graduated from high school there. She worked at Bell Telephone in Fargo after high school....

Harold Schelske

Harold Schelske

Aug 17, 2008

Harold Schelske, 90, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, August 17, 2008, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo, ND. Harold was born August 10, 1918 at Woodworth, ND to Gottlieb and Louisa (Schatz) Schelske. He grew up on the family farm and attended country schools. Harold worked for the railroad before going to work for Rott-Keller Supply in Fargo, retiring after 28 years....

Amalie Rieger

Amalie Rieger

Aug 16, 2008

Amalie Rieger, 98 of Fargo, died Saturday, August 16, 2008 at her home in Fargo under the care of her sister Emelia and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Amalie was born on March 24, 1910 to David and Rosina (Bechtold) Schlittenhard and raised near Gackle, ND. She worked for JC Penny’s in Bismarck, ND for 5 years. She married...

John Anderson

John Anderson

Sep 21, 2008

John Martin Anderson, 91, of Fargo, ND, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2008. John was born in White Rock, SD, on November 29, 1916, to Josephine (Solberg) and Robert Anderson. John later attended Oak Grove High School in Fargo and embarked on a long and illustrious flying career immediately thereafter. John moved to Sycamore, IL, after high school and worked...

Mary Elizabeth Moss Gibb

Mary Elizabeth Moss Gibb

Sep 20, 2008

Mary Elizabeth Gibb, 86, of Fargo, ND passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 with her family at her side. Mary Elizabeth and her twin sister Annie Lizzie Moss, were born seconds apart, on February 16, 1922 in Carthage, TN to Grover Cleveland Moss and Laura Virgie (Evans) Moss. Mary and Annie grew up in Carthage and graduated from Carthage High...

Norreene Flatt

Norreene Flatt

Sep 17, 2008

Norreene “Rainy” Beech was born on April 8, 1930, to Harold and Margaret (Allanach) Beech in England. She graduated from high school and graduated as a Dental Technician in England. She came to the United States with her husband and moved to the Fargo, in 1976. Rainy worked in offices in Fargo and also with the FM Senior Commission. She...

Doris Moriarty

Doris Moriarty

Sep 16, 2008

Doris J. Moriarty, 91, Fargo, died peacefully Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo, ND, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Doris Jean Degnan was born March 19, 1917, to Dr. Harold and Ollie (Coil) Degnan in Pierz, Minnesota. Her birth certificate reads March 18, because of a misunderstanding of the time that she...

Virginia Dixon

Virginia Dixon

Sep 12, 2008

Virginia Dixon, 83, of Fargo, died Friday, September 12, 2008, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. She was born January 24, 1925, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, the daughter of Ernest and Esther (Malm) Jordahl of Lake Park, Minnesota, where she grew up and graduated Valedictorian of her high school class. She graduated from the University of...

Bob Lepage

Bob Lepage

Sep 9, 2008

It is with great sorrow that the family of Robert “Bob” John Lepage announce the passing of their husband, father and grandfather on September 9, 2008, at the age of 70. Bob was born December 7, 1937, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the son of Marcel Adrien and Louise Sophia (Franken) Lepage. Bob was baptized, received first communion and was confirmed...

Jeanette Reimers

Jeanette Reimers

Sep 7, 2008

Jeanette Maurgaurite (Linderman) Reimers was born in Estabrook Township, North Dakota, on June 4, 1928, to Ross and Marie (Garland) Linderman. She grew up on a farm with five brothers and one sister and attended school in Estabrook. Jeanette’s mother developed MS and Jeanette had to forgo her high school years to stay home and help her mother care for...

Carl Bopp

Carl Bopp

Sep 2, 2008

Carl Bopp, 91, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at Eventide Living Center, Moorhead, MN. Carl Thomas Bopp was born on January 11, 1917, in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, son of Frances Xavier and Anne (Suppe) Bopp. He attended school in Scotch Plains. Carl went on to serve as an amphibious mechanic in the U.S. Marine Corps, during...

Robert Walock

Robert Walock

Sep 2, 2008

Robert “Bob” Walock, 73, of Fargo, ND, died at home Tuesday, September 2, 2008, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Robert Dale Walock was born May 21, 1935, in Elliot, ND, to Bernard and Loretta (Davis) Walock. He attended school in Elliot, and later attended the Anne Carlson School in Jamestown, ND. He married Betty Ennis...

Susan Simonson

Susan Simonson

Sep 1, 2008

Susan Bassett Simonson, 83, of Fargo, ND, died peacefully in her sleep at Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, MN, on September 1, 2008, following a courageous battle with adrenal cortical cancer. Susan Bassett was born August 21, 1925, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, to Clark D. and Marjorie (Milligan) Bassett. She grew up in Aberdeen, SD, Bozeman, MT and Fargo, ND. She...

Selma Olson

Selma Olson

Aug 31, 2008

Selma E. Olson, 93, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Villa Maria, Fargo, ND. Selma Evelyn Benson was born on June 25, 1915, at Heimdal, North Dakota, daughter of Carl and Caroline (Johnson) Benson. She attended school in Wellsburg, ND, and went on to live in Heimdal for 41 years. Selma married Hilding Olson on October 22,...

Russell Fadness

Russell Fadness

Aug 30, 2008

Russell K. Fadness, 86, of Fargo, ND died August 30, 2008 at Rosewood on Broadway Nursing Home. Mr. Fadness was born January 3, 1922 near Glenfield, North Dakota and attended graduate school in that area. He went to and graduated from high school in McHenry, ND in 1939. In 1942 he went to work for Northern Pacific Railroad, where he...

Charles Way

Charles Way

Aug 28, 2008

Charles W. Way, 87, of Fargo, ND, died Thursday, August 28, 2008 at Bethany Homes in Fargo. Memorial Service: Friday, October 31, 2008, at 12:00PM, at Mavis Whiting Chapel, Bethany Homes.

Myrtle Henderson

Myrtle Henderson

Aug 27, 2008

Myrtle E. Henderson, 89, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Myrtle Evelyn Erickson was born June 15, 1919 near Lake Park, MN to William and Olga (Anderson) Erickson. She attended schools in the area and graduated from Lake Park High School in 1937. Growing up, she attended Eksjo Lutheran Church. After...

Paul Olson

Paul Olson

Aug 21, 2008

Paul Olson, 95, of Fargo died August 21, 2008 at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND. Paul was born February 10, 1913 to Charles and Edith (Jenne) Olson in Moorhead, MN. He married Helen Schmidt on May 29, 1948 in Wheaton, MN. He served four years in the Army Air Force during WWII. He ran his own painting and decorating...

Ruth Reile

Ruth Reile

Aug 21, 2008

Ruth Reile, 90, Fargo, passed away at Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND, on Thursday, August 21, 2008, where she resided since 2000. Ruth Emilia Huether was born September 14, 1917, in Ruff, Washington. Ruth was the daughter of Emilia and John Huether. She grew up and attended school in Denhoff, ND. She married Reinhold Reile, June 10, 1938, at McClusky, ND....

Larry Cullen

Larry Cullen

Aug 20, 2008

Larry "Moon" Cullen, 83, of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley Moon was born in Fargo on July 21, 1925, to John and Mae (Lucier) Cullen. He grew up in Fargo and was a graduate of both Sacred Heart Academy and the University of North Dakota....

Marlys Leeby

Marlys Leeby

Aug 18, 2008

Marlys R. Leeby, 77, of Fargo, ND, died Monday, August 18, 2008 at MeritCare Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Marlys Ramona Stevens was born April 9, 1931 in Gary, MN to Carl and Jenny Stevens. She grew up on a farm near Gary, MN and graduated from high school there. She worked at Bell Telephone in Fargo after high school....

Harold Schelske

Harold Schelske

Aug 17, 2008

Harold Schelske, 90, of Fargo, ND, died Sunday, August 17, 2008, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo, ND. Harold was born August 10, 1918 at Woodworth, ND to Gottlieb and Louisa (Schatz) Schelske. He grew up on the family farm and attended country schools. Harold worked for the railroad before going to work for Rott-Keller Supply in Fargo, retiring after 28 years....

Amalie Rieger

Amalie Rieger

Aug 16, 2008

Amalie Rieger, 98 of Fargo, died Saturday, August 16, 2008 at her home in Fargo under the care of her sister Emelia and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Amalie was born on March 24, 1910 to David and Rosina (Bechtold) Schlittenhard and raised near Gackle, ND. She worked for JC Penny’s in Bismarck, ND for 5 years. She married...

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