Gilbert Turtedal, 84, of Larimore, ND died Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society-Larimore. Gilbert was born August 28, 1933 in Churches Ferry ND to Osmund and Tone (Lystad) Turtedal. He attended school in Honeyford, Arvilla and Larimore. He farmed with his brothers Tov and Olaf. In 1953 he was inducted into the Army, serving during the...
Gayle A. Sobolik was born on October 24, 1931, to Bertina and Herman Sobolik, of Fordville, North Dakota. She passed away on December 15, 2017 in Rochester, Minnesota where she had been living since 2014. Gayle retired from California State University, Fresno as Professor Emerita of Information Systems and Decision Sciences in the Craig School of Business, where she...
Ramona Schmidt, Fordville, ND was welcomed into the Lord’s house on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at the age of 88 at which time she was a current resident at the Valley Eldercare in Grand Forks, ND. Ramona Delores White was born on June 2nd, 1929 in Bottineau, ND to George and Margaret (Kroeplin) White. Ramona attended a one room...
Edgar Behm, age 90, of Fordville, ND, passed away near Crary, ND on Monday, December 11, 2017. Edgar Johannes Behm was born November 14, 1927 at Niagara, ND to John and Ella (Strassburg) Behm, the ninth of eleven children.He received God’s gift of forgiveness and the Holy Spirit in baptism on December 5, 1927 and confirmed his faith in...
Sherry Ann (Schaley) Stover was born on August 27, 1947 to Chester and Pearl (Nusviken) Schaley. She was baptized at Lom Lutheran Church, Niagara, ND. At age 70 Sherry left this world on December 9, 2017 as the wife for 49 years of James Stover and mother of Tyler and Nathan Stover and Kara (Stover) Oakes and nine (going...
Keith Brodie, age 55, of Arvilla, ND passed away on Friday, December 8, 2017 at his home near Arvilla. Keith Michael Brodie was born in Detroit MI Sept 7 1962 to Carol and Gordon Brodie. He graduated from high school in Willis MI and went on to work in the restaurant industry until his enlistment in the USAF in...
Arleen Shide, age 87, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Valley Eldercare Center in Grand Forks. Arleen was born October 18, 1930 in Larimore, ND, the daughter of Olaf and Ida (Lee) Skari. She went to Larimore High School, graduating in 1948. Arleen worked many places in Larimore. Some of her great...
Final Bell has rung for Robert (Bill) Fairbridge, 70 of Larimore, ND on Nov. 8th 2017. Bill fought a long hard battle with his health until God decided it was time for him to take his final journey to peace and rest. Bill was born July 12, 1947 in Ogdensburg, NY, the son of Pete & Lois (Barkley) Fairbridge....
Vella Hougen passed away in Larimore on November 1, 2017, the day after the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther pounding his Theses on the door. As a lifelong Lutheran, she would have liked that. Vella Caroline Thordis Olson was born to Martin Olson and Caroline Rygg Olson March, 21 1927 in Langford, South Dakota. She was the outdoor girl...
Dixie Claudine Peterson, 72 of West Fargo, ND, passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at Villa Maria in Fargo. Dixie was born on September 13, 1945 in Grand Forks, ND to Conrad and Alma (Quam) Hanson. She grew up on the family farm near Niagara, ND. She graduated from Unity High School in Petersburg, ND in 1963 and...
Harold Sather, age 74, of Larimore, ND passed away Monday, September 25, 2017 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Harold Sather was born June 28, 1943 at Larimore, ND the son of Henry and Doris (Christenson) Sather. He attended school in Moraine Township and grew to manhood in the Niagara, ND area. Harold was inducted into the United...
Kevin Cole, age 63, of Arvilla, ND passed away on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at his home in Arvilla. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m on Tuesday, September 26 in the Bakke Funeral Home Chapel in Larimore, with Pastor Raenelle Sorensen officiating.
Allen Miller, of Petersburg, ND, passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017 outside of Larimore, ND. Allen was born November 16, 1958 in Michigan, ND, to Melvin and Anna (Schlosser) Miller, the youngest of 4 children. He grew up on the family farm in Petersburg, ND, helping his dad and learning how to farm. Allen was baptized and confirmed...
Robert M. Engh, 93, a resident of Fergus Falls, MN, died Saturday September 2, 2017 at PioneerCare in Fergus Falls. Robert was born April 8, 1924 in Grand Forks, North Dakota to Miller M. and Alma T. (Pedersen) Engh. He attended both the Bachelor’s Grove and the Murphy School through the eighth grade and graduated from Orr High School...
STEVEN DONALD BODE Steven Donald Bode, the son of Donald and Vera (Behm) Odegaard, was born on January 14, 1948 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church at Niagara, North Dakota and received his early education near his childhood home. Steve attended High School in Larimore, and graduated with the Class...
LuVern Melva Solum (93) died peacefully August 7, 2017 at Sanford Healthcare in Fargo, North Dakota. A Funeral service will be held in her honor on Monday, August 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Renew Community Church in Larimore, North Dakota. Visitation will be on Sunday, August 13 from 5-6 p.m. with a 6 p.m. prayer service in the...
On Wednesday, August 2, 2017, James Leon Zumwalt of Grand Forks, ND passed away suddenly at the age of 44. James was born October 5, 1972 in Phoenix, Arizona, the son of James and Paula (Downard) Zumwalt. James, also known as “Jim”, enjoyed snowboarding, hiking, fishing, playing video games with his sons, and building log furniture. He served in...
Kenneth Rostberg, age 91, of Larimore, ND, passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at the Northwood Deaconess Health Center where he had been a resident since May 1. Kenneth, born May 10, 1926, was the youngest of nine children born to Albert and Annie (Berggren) Rostberg. His early school years were at Logan Center and after the passing of...
Everett Paulson, 80, Arvilla, ND passed away Monday, July 3, 2017 at Edgewood Vista in East Grand Forks, MN. Everett Willis Paulson was born February 11, 1937 in Emerado, ND, the son of Clarence and Elizabeth (Holweger) Paulson. He attended school at Pleasant View country school, Central High School, and graduated from Larimore High School in 1955. He attended...
Colleen Boesl, age 52, of Larimore, ND, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2017 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Colleen was born November 25, 1964 at Langdon, ND the daughter of William and Dorothy (Schons) Boesl. She was raised in the Langdon and Edmore area and graduated from Edmore High School in 1984. She moved to Larimore...