In Our Care
Gordon Semrau
Dec 12, 2015
Gordon Arland Semrau, 88, Grand Forks, ND, died Saturday, December 12, 2015 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Gordon Arland Semrau was born July 21, 1927 near Balfour, ND, the son of J.B. and Ella (Buri) Semrau. He attended school at Balfour and Towner, ND, graduating from Towner High School in 1945. He later attended Minot State College. Gordon served in...
Lana Wilson
Dec 12, 2015
Lana (Magdalene) Wilson died on December 12, 2015, at Valley Memorial Care Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Lana was born on September 24, 1925 on a farm near Camper, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Gustave and Martha (Miller) Hoffman. Lana and her twin sister Bertha, were the youngest of 11 siblings that were raised on the Hoffman farmstead. She attended...
Florian Smoky Schultz
Dec 11, 2015
Florian E. (Smoky) Schultz, 97, passed away December 11, 2015. Smoky, as he was known to friends and family, was born in Ardoch, North Dakota. He owned and operated Smoky’s Bar and Lounge in Ardoch, North Dakota, from 1937 to 1985. In 1944, Smoky married Barbara (Kennedy) Schultz, an accomplished musician and entertainer. The two of them expanded their small...
David Knutsvig
Dec 11, 2015
David Duane Knutsvig, 42, passed away on Dec. 11,2015. David was born on May 20, 1973 in Mayville, ND to his parents, Duane and Sylvia Knutsvig. He graduated high school from Central Valley High School in 1991. He lived in Colorado from 1994-2010. He then returned back to his home town of Buxton. David enjoyed fishing and camping in his...
Carol Joanne Krogh
Dec 9, 2015
Carol Krogh passed away at home in Grand Forks on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 83 years old. Carol Joanne Foster was born in Moline, Illinois on July 22, 1932, the eldest daughter of Lloyd and Alice Foster, second-generation German immigrants. She was born on her father’s birthday. Carol graduated from Moline High...
Birdie Lorraine Jorgenson
Dec 2, 2015
Birdie L. Jorgenson, 89, Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 in Grand Forks. Birdie Lorraine Anderson was born November 22, 1926 in Milton, ND, the daughter of Lee and Emma (Hiller) Anderson. She was raised between the towns of Milton, Langdon, Walhalla and Osnabrock, ND. Birdie married O’Dawn Jorgenson when he returned from his naval service in WWII....
Thelma Hovet
Dec 2, 2015
Thelma Hovet, formerly of Buxton, ND and Valley Eldercare in Grand Forks, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015, one month and one day short of her 97th birthday. Thelma, daughter of Charles R. Smith and Caroline Sanders Smith, was born January 3, 1919 in Reynolds, ND. She attended school in Buxton and the State School of Science at Wahpeton, ND. Thelma...
Ryan McGlynn
Dec 1, 2015
Ryan N. McGlynn, 41, Grand Forks, ND and formerly of Stephen, MN, died Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Near Mayville, ND.Ryan Neil McGlynn was born May 17, 1974 in Grand Forks, ND the son of Neil and Roberta (Carlson) McGlynn. Ryan attended school in Stephen, MN and graduated from Stephen High School in 1992. He graduated from NDSU in 1996 with...
William E. Fichtner
Nov 30, 2015
William “Bud” Emmanuel Fichtner passed away November 30, 2015, at 4000 Valley Square Oakcrest Unit after a long battle with Parkinson’s. William was born March 7, 1930, in East Grand Forks, MN, by a midwife, the son of August & Elizabeth Fichtner. He attended rural grade school and one year at Park River before taking over the farming due to...
Harland Bohach
Nov 29, 2015
Harland C. Bohach, age 81, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2015 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Harland Clayton Bohach was born September 14, 1934 in Hallock, MN, the son of Nick and Esther (Ristad) Bohach. He grew up in Stephen, MN and graduated from the Northwest School of Agriculture, Crookston, MN in 1952. Harland...
Mark Sivertson
Nov 29, 2015
Mark A. Sivertson, 60, of Grand Forks ND passed Sunday, November 29 peacefully in his sleep at home. Mark Alan Sivertson was born May 5, 1955 at Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks ND, the son of Alfred Ingvold and Violet Mae (Smith) Sivertson. He was baptized and confirmed at United Lutheran Church and attended West Elementary, Valley Junior High, and...
David E. Beach
Nov 28, 2015
David E. “Dave” Beach died Saturday, November 28 at Altru Hospital. Dave Beach was born in Hutchinson, Minnesota, and moved to the Osgood (now West Fargo), North Dakota region at age three. A 1953 graduate of Fargo Central High School, he attended the University of North Dakota before joining the United States Air Force in 1956, where he served with...
Joel Scott Bergland
Nov 27, 2015
Joel Scott Bergland, 46, of Moorhead, MN, passed away at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND on Friday, November 27, 2015 after a tough battle recovering from heart surgery. Joel was born September 21, 1969 in Grand Forks, ND to Charles and Arlene (Halvorson) Bergland. He graduated as an honor student from East Grand Forks Senior High School in 1988, then from...
Leonard Baenen, Jr.
Nov 27, 2015
Leonard Baenen, Jr., 78, of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 in Woodside Village, Grand Forks.A private family service will be held at a later date.
Hulda Lindgren
Nov 27, 2015
The greatest and most precious gift we ever had came from God; we called her mom. Hulda T. Lindgren, passed away peacefully at Valley Elder Care/Transitional Unit in Grand Forks, ND on November 27, 2015 at the age of 97. Huldie was the first born of eight children, born to Otto and Sarah Seydel, on May 10, 1918, in Roseau...
Helen Soderquist
Nov 26, 2015
Helen Soderquist, 90, of Grand Forks, ND died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 in Valley Eldercare Center, Grand Forks.Services will be held in Illinois.
Frank Kurtyka
Nov 23, 2015
Frank E. Kurtyka, 96, Forest River, ND died Monday, November 23, 2015 in Valley Memorial Home Eldercare, Grand Forks. Frank Edward Kurtyka was born February 28, 1919 in Minto, ND the son of Walter and Frances (Kowalski) Kurtyka. He was raised and educated in Walsh County, North Dakota, completing the 8th grade. With the exception of his time in the...
Tordis Breiland
Nov 22, 2015
Tordis Breiland, 100, formerly of Buxton, ND died Sunday, November 22, 2015 in St. Vincent Hospital, Billings, MT. Tordis Iverson was born in Finley, ND on March 5, 1915 the daughter of Ingvald and Ellen Iverson. She grew up and attended school in Finley, ND. She married Howard Breiland on Feb. 16, 1941 in Fargo, ND. They lived and farmed...
Robert Henry Schnell
Nov 22, 2015
Robert Schnell, 80, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks following a stroke after surgery. Robert “Bob” was born November 17, 1935, in Grand Forks, the son of Roy & Ruth Schnell. He grew up in Grand Forks and attended Washington Elementary, Central High School and UND. He enlisted in...
Irene M Shipley
Nov 21, 2015
Irene M. Shipley, 80, Devils Lake, North Dakota, died Saturday, November 21, 2015 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks.Services will be at a later date.
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