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Chris Patrick Wear

Chris Patrick Wear

Jun 19, 2019

Chris Wear, 45, Fargo, ND, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, June 19, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Chris was born on April 7, 1974 in Fargo to Steve and Pam Wear. While working on the family farm, he graduated in 1992 from Glyndon-Felton High School in Glyndon, MN. Chris was active in Scouting, and in...

C. Dean Ferguson

C. Dean Ferguson

Jun 19, 2019

Carroll Dean Ferguson was born April 18, 1930, in Elgin, ND, to Delbert and Ann (Reich) Ferguson. He graduated from Carson High School, ND, in 1948 and enlisted in the US Navy. He served as Naval Aviator in the Korean War and was released from active duty in 1955. He graduated from Jamestown College in 1958. He married Carol Will...

Lyle Leonard Duden

Lyle Leonard Duden

Jun 18, 2019

Lyle Duden passed away at Rosewood on Broadway, under the care of Hospice, on June 18, 2019. Lyle was born August 30, 1936 to Leonard and Helen (Fick) Duden in Red Wing, MN. Lyle graduated from Cannon Falls High School in the spring of 1954. While in high school, Lyle was active in football, baseball and National Honor Society. High...

Elaine D. Olson

Elaine D. Olson

Jun 18, 2019

Elaine (GaGa) Olson of Fargo, ND, devoted wife, mother, grandmother and sister died unexpectedly on June 18, 2019 at Sanford Medical Hospital in Fargo, ND. Elaine was born to Michael and Mary O’Brien in Havana, ND on August 30, 1936. She grew up with three brothers and four sisters on the family farm and graduated from high school in Havana,...

Richard E. Smith

Richard E. Smith

Jun 16, 2019

Richard E. (Rick) Smith, 65, passed away June 16, 2019 at his home in Fargo, ND. Rick was born on March 20, 1954 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Elmer M. and Julia I. Smith. Surviving are his brother, Roger A. Smith, of Gibson City, IL; four sisters, Karen (Steve) Seltveit of Morton, IL, Janet (Mel) Sagmo of Waubun, MN, Carol...

Donna Maxine Bennett

Donna Maxine Bennett

Jun 15, 2019

Donna Bennett, 90, Fargo, died Saturday, June 15, in her home. No services are planned at this time.

John Ole Guthrey

John Ole Guthrey

Jun 14, 2019

John died Friday, June 14, 2019 at 11:30 p.m. under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley at Rosewood Nursing Home with his wife Leslie and daughter Molly at his side. Born to Agnes (Oie) and William Morris Guthrey August 4, 1929 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, he spent his childhood years between Ardmore, Oak Park, Illinois, and at his...

William Joseph Ricker

William Joseph Ricker

Jun 13, 2019

William J. Ricker, age 90, went to his much awaited heavenly home on June 13, at Park Gardens home located at Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He had resided there since August 20, 2018. Bill was the last of eleven children born to Carrie and Walter Ricker born on April 29, 1929. His siblings have all preceded him in death. Bill attended...

James F. Perman

James F. Perman

Jun 12, 2019

James F. Perman, 59, of Fargo, ND, passed away in his home on June 12, 2019 from ALS. He was under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Jim is survived by two sisters, Edie Discher, Fargo, ND and Pat Durick (Tim), Bismarck, ND; one niece, Kari Discher, St. Louis Park, MN and three nephews, Jay Discher, Fargo,...

Louis Albert Emerson

Louis Albert Emerson

Jun 10, 2019

Louis A. Emerson passed on to his eternal home June 10, 2019. He was born in 1930 in St. Paul, MN, the son of Elizabeth D. and Louis A. Emerson Sr. He graduated in 1948 from Cretin High School and from St. Thomas in 1952. He was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force and was the Armament Officer of the...

Carol Chose

Carol Chose

Jun 10, 2019

Carol Jean Chose was born August 11, 1932 in Kathryn, ND to Trygve and Elfie Svestad. She attended school in Kathryn and went on to be a teacher in a one room schoolhouse in Northland Township. On August 13, 1950 she married Clarence Chose in Fort Ransom, ND. They lived on the Chose family farm near Fort Ransom, where they...

Laverne Ardelle Schmitt

Laverne Ardelle Schmitt

Jun 9, 2019

LaVerne Ardelle Schmitt, 90, of West Fargo, ND, was welcomed into the kingdom of Heaven on Sunday, June 9, 2019. LaVerne was born July 15, 1928, to Harold and Lena (Wold) Bolme in rural Gully, Minnesota. After graduating from Fosston High School in 1945, she attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN – graduating in June of 1949 with a major...

Jason Allen Halvorson

Jason Allen Halvorson

Jun 7, 2019

Jay "Hollywood" Halvorson, 38, died Friday, June 7 in Sanford Medical Center Fargo.

Lois Marie Miller

Lois Marie Miller

Jun 7, 2019

Lois Miller, 94, Fargo, passed away Friday, June 7, 2019 in Bethany on University. Lois Marquardt was born January 26, 1925, to Walter and Hazel (Sturdevant) Marquardt in Cayuga, ND. She attended school in Ellendale and Wahpeton, where she was valedictorian of her class. She also attended the ND State School of Science in Wahpeton and NDSU in Fargo. On...

Robert "Bob" Jay Shook

Robert "Bob" Jay Shook

Jun 5, 2019

Robert (Bob) Jay Shook, 66, of Fargo, ND, a faithful servant of God, was welcomed into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Robert Jay Shook was born on October 7, 1952, the son of Lester D. and Ann E. (Bergeson) Shook in Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Fargo South High School, completed a...

James A. Mcandrew

James A. Mcandrew

Jun 4, 2019

James Alexander McAndrew, Sr., 98, of Fargo, North Dakota passed away Tuesday, June 4 at New Perspective Senior Living center in West Fargo. Jim was born May 25, 1921, in Fargo to John D. and Margaret (Lamont) McAndrew, a pioneer farming couple in the Grandin area. His first home was the Cass County farm east of Grandin along the Red...

Jill Jacinda Younggren

Jill Jacinda Younggren

Jun 4, 2019

Jill Jacinda Younggren passed away on June 4, 2019, under the care of Hospice, at the family lake home, where she chose to be. A short, hard fought battle with cancer took her from us much too soon. Jill was born on September 26, 1973, in Fargo, ND, where she grew up. She attended Arizona State University, the University of...

Janet Reed Miller

Janet Reed Miller

Jun 2, 2019

Rev. Janet Reed Miller, 99, died on June 2, 2019, at Bethany on University, in Fargo, ND. A champion for peace with justice and equality for all purposes and peoples, Janet lived her life sharing her faith, beliefs, and relationship with her creator God through her Christian Education ministry, her shared ministry with her husband, Rev. Cecil F. Miller, and...

Donald Robert Holloway

Donald Robert Holloway

Jun 2, 2019

Donald Robert Holloway, 82, of Fargo, ND, passed away with family at his side June 2, 2019, at Villa Maria nursing home in Fargo. Don was born August 15, 1936, in Cooperstown, ND, to Robert and Geneva (Olson) Holloway. He and his sister Mildred were raised by Geneva and their step-father, Olaf Lura, on the Lura’s family farm northwest of...

Fred Martin Hector Jr.

Fred Martin Hector Jr.

Jun 1, 2019

Fred Martin Hector, 86, passed away peacefully at his home on June 1, 2019 in Fargo. Fred was born in Fargo, ND on August 9, 1932 to Fred Martin Hector of Fargo and Margaret Sewall Hector of Bath, Maine. Fred was the youngest of five and the only son. He attended Hawthorne, Agassiz, and South High School in Fargo, ND,...

Chris Patrick Wear

Chris Patrick Wear

Jun 19, 2019

Chris Wear, 45, Fargo, ND, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, June 19, at Sanford Health, Fargo. Chris was born on April 7, 1974 in Fargo to Steve and Pam Wear. While working on the family farm, he graduated in 1992 from Glyndon-Felton High School in Glyndon, MN. Chris was active in Scouting, and in...

C. Dean Ferguson

C. Dean Ferguson

Jun 19, 2019

Carroll Dean Ferguson was born April 18, 1930, in Elgin, ND, to Delbert and Ann (Reich) Ferguson. He graduated from Carson High School, ND, in 1948 and enlisted in the US Navy. He served as Naval Aviator in the Korean War and was released from active duty in 1955. He graduated from Jamestown College in 1958. He married Carol Will...

Lyle Leonard Duden

Lyle Leonard Duden

Jun 18, 2019

Lyle Duden passed away at Rosewood on Broadway, under the care of Hospice, on June 18, 2019. Lyle was born August 30, 1936 to Leonard and Helen (Fick) Duden in Red Wing, MN. Lyle graduated from Cannon Falls High School in the spring of 1954. While in high school, Lyle was active in football, baseball and National Honor Society. High...

Elaine D. Olson

Elaine D. Olson

Jun 18, 2019

Elaine (GaGa) Olson of Fargo, ND, devoted wife, mother, grandmother and sister died unexpectedly on June 18, 2019 at Sanford Medical Hospital in Fargo, ND. Elaine was born to Michael and Mary O’Brien in Havana, ND on August 30, 1936. She grew up with three brothers and four sisters on the family farm and graduated from high school in Havana,...

Richard E. Smith

Richard E. Smith

Jun 16, 2019

Richard E. (Rick) Smith, 65, passed away June 16, 2019 at his home in Fargo, ND. Rick was born on March 20, 1954 in Detroit Lakes, MN to Elmer M. and Julia I. Smith. Surviving are his brother, Roger A. Smith, of Gibson City, IL; four sisters, Karen (Steve) Seltveit of Morton, IL, Janet (Mel) Sagmo of Waubun, MN, Carol...

Donna Maxine Bennett

Donna Maxine Bennett

Jun 15, 2019

Donna Bennett, 90, Fargo, died Saturday, June 15, in her home. No services are planned at this time.

John Ole Guthrey

John Ole Guthrey

Jun 14, 2019

John died Friday, June 14, 2019 at 11:30 p.m. under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley at Rosewood Nursing Home with his wife Leslie and daughter Molly at his side. Born to Agnes (Oie) and William Morris Guthrey August 4, 1929 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, he spent his childhood years between Ardmore, Oak Park, Illinois, and at his...

William Joseph Ricker

William Joseph Ricker

Jun 13, 2019

William J. Ricker, age 90, went to his much awaited heavenly home on June 13, at Park Gardens home located at Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He had resided there since August 20, 2018. Bill was the last of eleven children born to Carrie and Walter Ricker born on April 29, 1929. His siblings have all preceded him in death. Bill attended...

James F. Perman

James F. Perman

Jun 12, 2019

James F. Perman, 59, of Fargo, ND, passed away in his home on June 12, 2019 from ALS. He was under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Jim is survived by two sisters, Edie Discher, Fargo, ND and Pat Durick (Tim), Bismarck, ND; one niece, Kari Discher, St. Louis Park, MN and three nephews, Jay Discher, Fargo,...

Louis Albert Emerson

Louis Albert Emerson

Jun 10, 2019

Louis A. Emerson passed on to his eternal home June 10, 2019. He was born in 1930 in St. Paul, MN, the son of Elizabeth D. and Louis A. Emerson Sr. He graduated in 1948 from Cretin High School and from St. Thomas in 1952. He was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force and was the Armament Officer of the...

Carol Chose

Carol Chose

Jun 10, 2019

Carol Jean Chose was born August 11, 1932 in Kathryn, ND to Trygve and Elfie Svestad. She attended school in Kathryn and went on to be a teacher in a one room schoolhouse in Northland Township. On August 13, 1950 she married Clarence Chose in Fort Ransom, ND. They lived on the Chose family farm near Fort Ransom, where they...

Laverne Ardelle Schmitt

Laverne Ardelle Schmitt

Jun 9, 2019

LaVerne Ardelle Schmitt, 90, of West Fargo, ND, was welcomed into the kingdom of Heaven on Sunday, June 9, 2019. LaVerne was born July 15, 1928, to Harold and Lena (Wold) Bolme in rural Gully, Minnesota. After graduating from Fosston High School in 1945, she attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN – graduating in June of 1949 with a major...

Jason Allen Halvorson

Jason Allen Halvorson

Jun 7, 2019

Jay "Hollywood" Halvorson, 38, died Friday, June 7 in Sanford Medical Center Fargo.

Lois Marie Miller

Lois Marie Miller

Jun 7, 2019

Lois Miller, 94, Fargo, passed away Friday, June 7, 2019 in Bethany on University. Lois Marquardt was born January 26, 1925, to Walter and Hazel (Sturdevant) Marquardt in Cayuga, ND. She attended school in Ellendale and Wahpeton, where she was valedictorian of her class. She also attended the ND State School of Science in Wahpeton and NDSU in Fargo. On...

Robert "Bob" Jay Shook

Robert "Bob" Jay Shook

Jun 5, 2019

Robert (Bob) Jay Shook, 66, of Fargo, ND, a faithful servant of God, was welcomed into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Robert Jay Shook was born on October 7, 1952, the son of Lester D. and Ann E. (Bergeson) Shook in Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Fargo South High School, completed a...

James A. Mcandrew

James A. Mcandrew

Jun 4, 2019

James Alexander McAndrew, Sr., 98, of Fargo, North Dakota passed away Tuesday, June 4 at New Perspective Senior Living center in West Fargo. Jim was born May 25, 1921, in Fargo to John D. and Margaret (Lamont) McAndrew, a pioneer farming couple in the Grandin area. His first home was the Cass County farm east of Grandin along the Red...

Jill Jacinda Younggren

Jill Jacinda Younggren

Jun 4, 2019

Jill Jacinda Younggren passed away on June 4, 2019, under the care of Hospice, at the family lake home, where she chose to be. A short, hard fought battle with cancer took her from us much too soon. Jill was born on September 26, 1973, in Fargo, ND, where she grew up. She attended Arizona State University, the University of...

Janet Reed Miller

Janet Reed Miller

Jun 2, 2019

Rev. Janet Reed Miller, 99, died on June 2, 2019, at Bethany on University, in Fargo, ND. A champion for peace with justice and equality for all purposes and peoples, Janet lived her life sharing her faith, beliefs, and relationship with her creator God through her Christian Education ministry, her shared ministry with her husband, Rev. Cecil F. Miller, and...

Donald Robert Holloway

Donald Robert Holloway

Jun 2, 2019

Donald Robert Holloway, 82, of Fargo, ND, passed away with family at his side June 2, 2019, at Villa Maria nursing home in Fargo. Don was born August 15, 1936, in Cooperstown, ND, to Robert and Geneva (Olson) Holloway. He and his sister Mildred were raised by Geneva and their step-father, Olaf Lura, on the Lura’s family farm northwest of...

Fred Martin Hector Jr.

Fred Martin Hector Jr.

Jun 1, 2019

Fred Martin Hector, 86, passed away peacefully at his home on June 1, 2019 in Fargo. Fred was born in Fargo, ND on August 9, 1932 to Fred Martin Hector of Fargo and Margaret Sewall Hector of Bath, Maine. Fred was the youngest of five and the only son. He attended Hawthorne, Agassiz, and South High School in Fargo, ND,...

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