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Jack Wavra
Jun 17, 2012
Jack R. Wavra, 79, of Grand Forks, ND died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at home. Jack Ray Wavra was born on February 19, 1933 in East Grand Forks, MN the son of Emil and Alfreda (Tudie) Wavra. He attended school in East Grand Forks and graduated from high school there in 1951. He entered the U.S. Army and served in...
Christian Allen Bjerk
Jun 11, 2012
Christian Allen Bjerk of Grand Forks, ND was called home by the Lord on June 11, 2012. Christian was born on August 26, 1993, the son of Keith A. Bjerk and Debra (Debbie) Kaye (Grimm) Bjerk. Christian was baptized at Sharon Lutheran Church in Grand Forks, ND. Christian was a sweet, cheerful child full of love and energy, always willing...
Vernon Thoreson
Jun 9, 2012
Vernon R. Thoreson, 101, Grand Forks, ND, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Vernon Richard Thoreson was born May 6, 1911 in Ramsey County, North Dakota to Thorfin and Christine (Gunerud) Thoreson. He graduated from Churchs Ferry High School. Vernon Thoreson and Amy Marie Anderson were united in marriage in Nelson County, North Dakota. They lived...
Donald Wright
Jun 8, 2012
Donald E. Wright, 78, Grand Forks, died Friday, June 8, 2012 in Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. Donald Eugene Wright was born in Grand Forks on February 6, 1934 to John Eugene "Gene" and Charlotte (Sayer) Wright. He attended St. Michael's School and graduated from St. James Academy in Grand Forks. Donald served in the US Navy from...
Jean E. Hollenbeck
Jun 4, 2012
Jean Elizabeth Hollenbeck, 77, of Grand Forks died peacefully on Monday, June 4, 2012 at Woodside Village Nursing Home in Grand Forks. Jean was born April 29, 1935 on the Torkelson family farm home near Grafton, ND. She graduated from Grafton High School and attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, where she studied to become an elementary school teacher and...
Mildred Carolyn Granger
Jun 4, 2012
Mildred C. Granger, 104, of Grand Forks, died Monday, June 4, 2012 at 4000 Valley Square Woodside Village in Grand Forks. Mildred Carolyn Granger was born May 31, 1908, to Peter and Caroline Hedman at the Hedman farm in Walsh County, St. Andrews Township. Mildred grew up on a farm near Drayton, North Dakota. Mildred had to walk across plowed...
Oscar Manz
Jun 4, 2012
Oscar Ernest Manz ALVARADO, MINNESOTA - Oscar Ernest Manz, 84, passed away Monday, June 4, 2012, after a short battle with cancer. He was born on August 8, 1927, in Castor, Alberta to Siegmund and Valborg Waller Manz. Oscar has lived in the Grand Forks area since 1952 when he began his career as an associate professor in the Civil...
Lois B. Waslien
Jun 3, 2012
Lois Waslien, 84, of Grand Forks, ND died Sunday, June 3, 2012 in her home, surrounded by her family, under Altru Hospice care. Lois Bratager was born December 17, 1927 in rural Nielsville to Carl and Sophia (Rensland) Bratager. She grew up in Bingham Township on a farm and attended rural country school and graduated from Climax High School in...
Vicki Kavadas
Jun 2, 2012
Vicki L. Kavadas, 68, Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, June 2, 2012 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND. Vicki Lee Dorsher was born June 1, 1944 in Grand Forks the daughter of Donald and Ruth (Thompson) Dorsher. She was raised and educated in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High School in 1962. Vicki worked for many years wallpapering,...
Clara Murphy-Ebert
Jun 2, 2012
Clara Murphy-Ebert (nee' Martinson), 91, of Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the Valley Eldercare Center, Grand Forks, ND. Clara was born on February 25, 1921 at home in Northfield Township, Ramsey County, ND the daughter of Orvie and Therese (Reinertson) Martinson. She graduated from Edmore HighSchool in 1939, and also graduated from Aakers' Business College in...
Luverne Merrilyn Haarsager
May 29, 2012
Luverne Merrilyn (Berg) Haarsager, 88, of East Grand Forks, MN passed away May 29, 2012 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Luverne was born March 8, 1924, the daughter of Lydia (Furtan) and Mathew Berg in St. Thomas, ND. Her mother passed away when she was 14 months old and she was raised by her aunt and uncle in...
Lois Houkom
May 29, 2012
Lois Edith Houkom, 89, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 at Oakwood Good Samaritan Home in Brainerd, MN. Lois was born March 23rd, 1923 in Brocket, North Dakota and graduated from Central High School in 1941. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English in 1944 from the University of North Dakota, in...
Catherine Olson
May 29, 2012
Catherine Olson died peacefully at home on May 29, 2012--25 days before her 95th birthday. Catherine was born in Madelia, MN, graduated from Mankato Teachers College in 1937 and taught school in Jordan, MN. She married Edward Lowell Olson in 1941in Madelia, MN. After WWII, they moved to Minneapolis (where Ed began his banking career). They relocated to Grand Forks...
Arne Todd Sorteberg
May 26, 2012
Arne Todd Sorteberg, 50, of Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, May 26, 2012 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Arne T. Sorteberg was born October 30, 1961 the son of Vernon and Norma (Haaby) Sorteberg. He grew up and attended school in Grand Forks and graduated from Red River High School in 1979. Arne worked for Cirrus Aircraft in Grand Forks...
Elizabeth Joy Nelson
May 23, 2012
Elizabeth Joy (Betty) Nelson 85, Circle Pines, MN formerly of Grand Forks, North Dakota died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in Ambassador Good Samaritan Center, New Hope, Minnesota. Elizabeth was born on October 25, 1926 in Grafton North Dakota. She was the daughter of Ernest and Clara (Tronson) Sjoquist. She grew up and attended school in Grafton ND with 2 years...
Kenneth Beeck
May 22, 2012
Kenneth "Ken" Robert Beeck, 67, of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks after a short illness. Ken was born March 22, 1945, in Le Mars, IA to Henry and Rose (Doering) Beeck He grew up on the family farm in Iowa and graduated from Le Mars High School in 1963....
Alex Hansen
May 22, 2012
Alex J. Hanesn of Plymouth, MN, departed this life on May 22, 2012 at age 14. An honor student at Maple Grove Junior High, he will be remembered most for his vocal and theatrical talents, his kindness to others, his offbeat sense of humor and his vision of love and community. He is survived by parents Eric & Lisa (Lehnherr)...
Ardis M. Embury
May 21, 2012
Ardis M. Embury, 67, of Grand Forks, ND died Monday, May 21, 2012 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Ardis Marie Anderson was born July 15, 1944 in Devils Lake, ND the daughter of Jesse and Ruby (Rasmusson) Anderson. She grew up and attended school in Fargo, graduating from Fargo Central High School in 1962. She married Ralph Embury in...
Jerome Kvidt
May 20, 2012
Jerome "Jerry" Martinus Kvidt, 81 of Grand Forks, ND, went home to be with our Lord, surrounded by his loving family, on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Altru Hospital. Jerry was born May 16, 1931 in Fargo, ND to Margaret (Kaushagen) and Martinus Kvidt. Jerry was the oldest of three children. Jerry was baptized at Wild Rice Lutheran Church in...
Eve Ethel Freeberg
May 18, 2012
Eve Freeberg, 74, of Grand Forks, died Friday, May 18, 2012 at Valley Eldercare Center in Grand Forks. Eve was born June 8, 1937 in Seymour, Wisconsin, where she graduated from Seymour High School. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from North Central College, Naperville, Illinois. Additional work was completed at the University of Colorado and the University of...
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