Le’Anne Kae Solberg was born August 27, 1939 to Carl and Lillian Solberg in Hatton, North Dakota. Le’Anne was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church where she was a lifelong member. She graduated from Hatton High School in 1957. Following graduation, she attended Mayville State University until she returned home to care for her parents. Following her...
Albert Swanson, age 88, of Larimore, ND, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Deaconess Health Center in Northwood, ND. Albert was born March 31, 1925 at Northwood, the son of Frank and Hannah (Smilden) Swanson. He was raised and grew to manhood in Larimore. He attended and graduated from Larimore High School in 1943. Albert served in...
EUGENE “GENE” BEHM Eugene “Gene” Behm, age 84 of Grand Forks and formerly of Niagara, ND, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2013 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Gene was born May 17, 1929 at Niagara, ND, the son of George and Pauline (Bartuli) Behm. He was raised and grew to manhood near Niagara where he also received...
Curtis Benson, age 64 of Grand Forks, ND, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday, July 1, 2013. Curtis was born June 5, 1949 at Arvilla, ND, the son of Ralph and Mae (Hickman) Benson. He was raised and grew to manhood in the Arvilla area. He attended Arvilla Elementary School and graduated from Larimore High School. He...
Iona Cooper Berg, 93. Of Detroit Lakes, MN died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, June 20 at Emmanuel Community. Iona was born December 29, 1919 to Walter and Gladys (Sather) Forney in Egeland, ND. She attended school in Egeland and graduated as salutatorian in 1937. After graduating she attended Minot State Teacher’s College, where she received her teaching...
BEVERLY BRORBY Bev Jane (Drewlo) Brorby, age 83, of Arvilla, ND, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2013 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. She was born March 31, 1930 on a farm near Emerado, ND, the daughter of Julius and Barbara (Bauer) Drewlo. She grew up and attended grade school at Mekinock District #24 near Emerado, and went...
Neil “Nels” Holwerda, age 79, of Fordville, ND passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at his home. Nels was born June 18, 1933 at Fordville, the son of John and Emma (Kafka) Holwerda. He was raised and grew to manhood at Fordville and attended Fordville High School. Nels lived and farmed near Fordville his entire life. A single man,...
EVELYN DENAULT Evelyn Denault, age 81, passed away at her home in Larimore, ND on Friday, May 24th, 2013. Evelyn Teresa Martell was born Oct. 13, 1931 in Belcourt, ND the daughter of Francis and Rosalie (Lizotte) Martell. She was raised and went to school in the St. John's area. She worked on her parents farm until her marriage...
Maxine Morgan Cuyahoga Falls- Maxine Morgan, 85, passed away May 23, 2013. Maxine was born in McCanna, ND and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls the past 20 years. She attended and graduated from the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Grand Forks, ND, retired from the Veterans Hospital in Leavenworth, KS as an RN at the age of 60...
Darlene Anderson-Koplin Darlene Anderson-Koplin, age 76 of Larimore, ND, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford, ND. Darlene was born February 5, 1937 to Chester and Florence (Chapman) Bakke on her family farm near Emerado, ND. Darlene attended grade school at a country school near her home and high...
HARRIS TROSEN Harris Trosen, 74, of Fordville ND passed away suddenly Thursday, May 16, 2013 at his cabin on Maple Lake near Mentor Minnesota. Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Harris was born on August 19th, 1938 at Inkster ND to Kossuth and Mary (Burris) Trosen. Raised to manhood in the Inkster Area, Harris attended Akers Business College after...
BETTY MUIR Betty Muir, age 81, of Grand Forks and formerly of Inkster, ND, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 4000 Valley Square Woodside Village in Grand Forks. Betty was born November 13, 1931 at Climax, MN, the daughter of Selmer and Florence (Potter) Syvertson. The family moved to a farm between Inkster and Fordville where she was...
Wayne A. Peterson, 80, died April 24, 2013 at his home in Buffalo, New York. Wayne was born December 26, 1932 in Fordville, North Dakota. After graduating from Fordville High School and Wahpeton State College he joined the Army and was stationed at Stansted England where he met his English bride, Patricia M. Druce. Wayne and Pat married in...
Marvin “Tam” Skibicki, age 79, of Fordville, ND, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at his home. Marvin “Tam” Skibicki was born April 2, 1934 at Fordville, ND, the son of Stanley and Mathilda (Holwerda) Skibicki. He was raised and grew to manhood at Fordville and received his education at a rural Fordville school. He served in the United...
Jean (Waag) Seymour, age 98, passed away April 11, 2013 at her home in Visalia, CA. Graveside Services will be held Friday, June 21, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at the Petersburg Cemetery, Petersburg, ND.
Marvin Skavlem, age 76, of Fordville,ND passed away at his home in Fordville on Monday, March 25. No Services are planned. The Bakke Funeral Home of Fordville is in charge of arrangements.
Gertrude Mareke Krueger, 92, entered God’s eternal Kingdom on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Center, Larimore, ND. Gertie was born October 7, 1920 to Seede and Anna (Herman) Hanssen. She was baptized into Christ’s death as an infant, and confirmed her faith in Christ at rural St. Andrew Lutheran Church and has been an active member...
William "Bill" Storm, age 87, of Los Angeles, CA passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013. Bill was married to Lee Bohnenblust of Larimore who died in 2003. Burial will be in the spring in Bellevue Cemetery of Larimore.
Marie Olson, 83, passed away while holding her daughter's hand and surrounded by family and friends on February 28, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Center in Larimore, ND. Marie Margaret Kearns Olson was born on a farm near Honeyford, ND, on May 19, 1929, to Michael Patrick Kearns and Marie Anne Renne' Moritz Kearns. She graduated from Sacred Heart...
PHYLLIS SLETTEN Phyllis Sletten, age 81, of Larimore, ND, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Phyllis Lorraine Sletten was born January 15, 1932 at Kennedy, MN, the daughter of Ferdie and Helen (Krogstad) Johnson. She was raised and grew to womanhood at Kennedy. Following her graduation from Kennedy High School, she attended Aakers...