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Carol Ann Thompson

Carol Ann Thompson

Feb 6, 2014

Carol A. Thompson, 69, of Grand Forks, ND passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Valley Eldercare in Grand Forks. She was born and raised in Grand Forks, ND, the daughter of Sonny and Lyn Fosness. In 1962 she married Bob Morris and moved to Savannah, GA. In 1976, Carol returned to Grand Forks to be near family....

Dustin Stittsworth

Dustin Stittsworth

Feb 6, 2014

Dustin J. Stittsworth, 26, Grand Forks, ND and formerly of Devils Lake, ND died Thursday, February 6, 2014 at home. Dustin was born October 27, 1987 in Devils Lake, ND the son of Kirby and Jodi (Habedank) Stittsworth. He was raised and educated in Devils Lake and Grand Forks and graduated from Grand Forks Community High School in 2007. Dustin...

Lillian B. Iverson

Lillian B. Iverson

Feb 1, 2014

Lillian B. Iverson, 88, Grand Forks, died Saturday, February 1, 2014 in Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. Lillian Bernice Jasmer was born at Rural Edinburg, North Dakota on April 28, 1925 to William Frederick Jasmer and Clara (Troftgruben) Jasmer. She attended schools at Rural Edinburg, and graduated from Park River High School. Lillian married Orville L. Iverson on...

Faye L. Gibbens

Faye L. Gibbens

Feb 1, 2014

Faye Gibbens, 70, co-founder and longtime officer of the North Dakota Association for the Disabled (NDAD), died Saturday, Feb. 1, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Inspired by their son, Mike, who was born with cerebral palsy, Faye Gibbens and her husband of nearly 50 years, Ron, built NDAD from a small Grand Forks support group to a statewide charitable...

Lois Sorum

Lois Sorum

Jan 30, 2014

Lois R. Sorum, 84, Grand Forks, ND passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 in the Valley Memorial Home Transitional Care Unit. Lois Ruth Wolsky was born on a farm near Kensal, ND to William and Anna (Feldentrager) Wolsky. She graduated from high school in Kensal then graduated from the New York Hairdressing Academy in Fargo, ND. She practiced hairdressing for...

Margaret Barbara Hankerson

Margaret Barbara Hankerson

Jan 29, 2014

Margaret Hankerson, 93, of Grand Forks, ND passed away peacefully at Valley 4000Woodside Village in Grand Forks. She was born September 8, 1920 in Taylor, ND. Margaret was raised and educated in Dickinson, ND. In 1952 she married Fred Mann. When Fred passed away in 1966, Margaret moved to Grand Forks to be near her children and worked at the...

Violet M. Birkholz

Violet M. Birkholz

Jan 25, 2014

Violet Birkholz, formerly of Grand Forks, died Saturday, January 25th, 2014 in Long Beach, California, far removed from subzero temperatures and raging blizzards. Violet Mabel Birkholz was born to Alois and Antonia Kopecky near Tabor, Minnesota on a frigid Groundhog Day in 1921. In her teens, she spent time in St. Paul with her beloved Aunt Helen, and got a...

Frances "Fran" L. Dunn

Frances "Fran" L. Dunn

Jan 25, 2014

Frances Lorraine Dunn Fran Dunn, 85, of Grand Forks, passed away at Valley Eldercare on January 25, 2013. She was born in Breckenridge, MN on October 14, 1928 to Walter and Lela Anderson. She was married to Rodney Jack Dunn on January 1, 1947. They made their home in Grand Forks where she worked as secretary at the Grand Forks...

Gilford Davidson

Gilford Davidson

Jan 23, 2014

Gilford N. "Gilly" Davidson, 70, Grand Forks, died Thursday, January 23, 2014 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, surrounded by his loving family. Gilford Nile Davidson was born in Grand Forks on September 29, 1943 to Ole and Lily (Holter) Davidson. He was raised and educated in Grand Forks. Gilford was employed in Grand Forks for 44 years by Rydell Chevrolet....

Grace V. Johnson

Grace V. Johnson

Jan 22, 2014

Grace Violet Johnson, 92, died Wednesday January 22, 2014 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Grace was born July 17, 1921 to Thomas and Mary (Vensland) Campbell in Johnstown Township, North Dakota where she grew up and attended school. Grace married Wilbert Johnson August 12, 1937 in Crookston, Minnesota. They lived in California the early years of their...

Russell Holm

Russell Holm

Jan 21, 2014

Russell D. Holm, 83, Grand Forks, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Russell Dale Holm was born in Grand Forks to Walter and C. Berniece (Claver) Holm on July 31, 1930. He attended country schools in Brenna Township, and graduated from Central High School in 1948. Russell served in the US Army from February 26, 1952...

Dylan Youngblood

Dylan Youngblood

Jan 21, 2014

Dylan M. Youngblood, 22, Grand Forks, ND and formerly of Lake Stevens, Washington, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 in his home in Grand Forks. Memorial Services will take place in Lake Stevens, Washington at a later time. Local arrangements are with Amundson Funeral Home of Grand Forks.

Frances Ackerman

Frances Ackerman

Jan 18, 2014

Frances Fontaine-Severson-Ackerman passed away at home on January 18, 2014. Frances Virgil Fontaine was born on June 8th, 1925, in Whitman, ND. Frances was the 5th of 17 children born to her parents, Isadore and Frieda (Kelly) Fontaine. She married C. Leonard Severson in 1946 and he preceded her in death on Sept 19th, 1965. She was a most wonderful...

Donald Porter Naismith

Donald Porter Naismith

Jan 16, 2014

Dr. Donald Porter Naismith was born on April 22, 1931 to Sylvia (Porter) and Merle R. Naismith in Lakota, North Dakota. He died peacefully at Northwood Deaconess Nursing Home on January 16, 2014. Donald and wife, Shirley (Drake) were married on January 28, 1953 would have celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary this year. Don and Shirley met in 7th grade....

Carol Jarman

Carol Jarman

Jan 15, 2014

Carol Jane Jarman, 98, a long-time resident of Larimore and Grand Forks, ND died on January 15, 2014 in Wisconsin, in the company of her children and other family and friends. Born on January 5, 1916 at the family home near Kensal, ND, Carol was the ninth child of Danish immigrants, Jens and Petrea (Hoyer) Pedersen. She was baptized and...

Scott Christopher Tangen

Scott Christopher Tangen

Jan 15, 2014

Scott Tangen, 28, was taken suddenly and far too soon from his family and friends on January 15, 2014. Scott was surrounded by many, as he drifted off to heaven peacefully at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Scott, known by his friends as "Tangen," was born on November 20, 1985. He graduated from Red River High School in 2004 and...

Kei Yon Lei

Kei Yon Lei

Jan 14, 2014

Kei Yon Lei, 85, Grand Forks, ND, died Tuesday, January 14, 2014 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, January 17, 2014 in Amundson Funeral Home, Grand Forks.

Dale H Christianson

Dale H Christianson

Jan 13, 2014

Dale H. Christianson, 75, Grand Forks, ND, died Monday, January 13, 2014 at home. Dale was born March 26, 1938 to G. Leonard and Myrtle (Bjerke) Christianson at Sharon, ND. He attended elementary and high school in Mayville, ND. Dale served in the U. S. Army at Ft. Ord, CA and Ft. Story, VA. He attended Mayville State University and...

Edward S. Kaiser

Edward S. Kaiser

Jan 12, 2014

Edward S. Kaiser, 90, of Grand Forks, died Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Woodside Village in Grand Forks. Eddie was born July 17, 1923, in Emerado, ND, the son of Isaac & Mary (Holweger) Kaiser. Eddie grew up and attended schools in Emerado. He entered the US Army in June of 1944, serving 2 years during WWII. He fought in...

Carol Mae Kloster

Carol Mae Kloster

Jan 9, 2014

Carol Kloster, age 79, of Grand Forks died Thursday, January 9th at Woodside Village, Valley Memorial Homes in Grand Forks. Born May 21,1934, in Grand Forks, Carol attended school in Buxton ND until 1952. She continued her education at the Deaconess School of Nursing in Grand Forks. She graduated with an RN degree in 1955 and married Larry Carroll in...

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