In Our Care
Carole Kleinsasser
Dec 31, 2011
Carole Kathryn Kleinsasser, 89, died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Benton Harbor, MI. Our best friend, mother, and grandmother, passed peacefully surrounded and cared for by her family. Carole was born on February 18, 1922 in Grand Forks, ND to Walter and Regina (Stauss) Austin, the third of 12 girls. She was a life-long...
Geneva Alexandria Knutson Letnes
Dec 30, 2011
Geneva A. Knutson Letnes, 97, passed away in her home in Grand Forks Friday, December 30, 2011. Geneva was born March 2, 1914, to Perry & Sena Christen in Wild Rose, ND. She attended early school there before the family moved to Sharon, ND and later graduated from Aneta High School. She then went to Aaker's Business College. Geneva married...
June Lien
Dec 30, 2011
June C. Lien, 90, Grand Forks, ND died Friday, December 30, 2011 in Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. June Catherine Lien was born June 2, 1921 in Grand Forks, ND the daughter of Clarence and Hulda (Magnuson) Lien. She was raised near Merrifield, ND and graduated from Grand Forks Central High School. June attended UND, St. Olaf College,...
Donna Flatten
Dec 27, 2011
Donna M. (Brown) Flatten, 89, formerly of Grand Forks , ND died Tuesday, December 27, 2011 in Mt. Vernon , WA . Donna M. Young was born March 5, 1922 in East Grand Forks , MN the daughter of Carl and Annie (Helseth) Young. She was raised and educated in East Grand Forks and graduated from East Grand Forks Senior...
Marian Lien
Dec 27, 2011
Marian L. Lien, 88, Grand Forks, ND died Tuesday, December 27, 2011 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks. Marian Lorraine Lien was born December 15, 1923 in Grand Forks, ND the daughter of Clarence and Hulda (Magnuson) Lien. She was raised near Merrifield, ND and graduated from Grand Forks Central High School. Marian attended UND then graduated from NDSU with...
Carl Lyngby
Dec 26, 2011
Carl L. Lyngby, 99, passed away Monday, December 26, 2011 at 4000 Valley Square-Woodside Village. Carl was born to Mathias "Matt" Lyngby and Karen (Thune) Lyngby on April 29, 1912 at Hannaford, North Dakota. He married Elizabeth "Bess" Knauss on December 24, 1931. They resided in Cooperstown and Buffalo, ND, prior to moving to Grand Forks in 1953. Carl was...
William Hackett Jr.
Dec 24, 2011
William "Duke" Hackett Jr., 53, Grand Forks, died December 24, 2011 in his home. Services will be held at a later date.
Paul R. Meyer
Dec 21, 2011
Paul R. Meyer, 91, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011, peacefully and happily at his home in East Grand Forks, MN, surrounded with love. Paul was born October 29, 1920, to Joseph & Emma Meyer in Grand Forks. He was a life-long member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. He served in the 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion in the ETO. He was...
Alice Louise Owen
Dec 21, 2011
Alice Louise Owen, 81, died Wednesday, December 21 at Valley Eldercare, Grand Forks, ND. Alice Koning was born on January 20, 1930 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, daughter of George and Mary Lemmers Koning. Alice married John B. Owen on June 11, 1955 in Des Moines, Iowa. Alice and John moved to Grand Forks in 1966 with their two children. Both Alice...
Carol Y. Gilbraith
Dec 18, 2011
Carol Y. Gilbraith, 76, Grand Forks, died Sunday, December 18, 2011 at home. Carol Yvonne Johnson was born to Carl John Johnson and Violet Ruth (Collins) Johnson on August 27, 1935 at Devils Lake, North Dakota. She attended schools at Doyon and Tokio, ND and graduated from Central High School in Devils Lake. She attended Mayville State Teacher's College and...
Agnes Anderson
Dec 16, 2011
Agnes Anderson, 96, of Grand Forks, died Friday, December 16, 2011 at 4000 Valley Square Woodside Village in Grand Forks. Agnes was born December 29, 1914 in Grand Forks, ND, the daughter of Hans & Marin Anderson. She grew up and attended schools in Grand Forks. Agnes married Iver Anderson on May 1, 1932. Agnes was a homemaker and a...
Esther P. Steiner
Dec 14, 2011
Esther P. Steiner, 84, Grand Forks, died Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at her home, Tufte Manor, Grand Forks, North Dakota Esther Pauline Fundingsland was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota on July 25, 1927 to Omar and Mabel (Holwell) Fundingsland. She attended school in Climax, Minnesota and Maynard, Minnesota, and graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1945. Esther...
Wayne Wilhelm
Dec 14, 2011
Lloyd "Wayne" Wilhelm, 69, Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, December 14, 2011 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND. Wayne was born November 21, 1942 in Grand Forks, the son of Lloyd and Mildred (Ostdahl) Wilhelm. He was raised and educated in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High School. Wayne worked for Forx Motors of Grand Forks before moving...
Roger L. Fish
Dec 13, 2011
Roger Leroy Fish, age 66 of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at home after fighting Cancer for almost 3 years. Roger was born March 21, 1945 in Grand Forks, ND the son of Leo and Bergit (Anderson) Fish. He grew up one of 5 boys with 1 sister. He graduated from Grand Forks Central in...
Mildred Kennedy
Dec 13, 2011
Mildred E. Kennedy, 92, Grand Forks, ND died Tuesday, December 13, 2011 in Valley Memorial Home Woodside Village. Mildred Etta Jackson was born September 9, 1919 in Grand Forks, ND. She was the sixth child of eight children born to Carl and Margaret Jackson. She grew up in Grand Forks and graduated from Grand Forks Central High School. In July...
Jackie Pesek
Dec 13, 2011
Jacquelyn Annette Pesek, 80, of Grand Forks and formerly of Lawton, ND passed away December 13 at the home of daughter Sandi and Son-in Law Doug Newgard of Grand Forks; she was under Altru Hospice care. Jackie was born October 27, 1931 to Louis and Leona Sackenreuter of Lawton, ND. She attended Mayville State College before marrying Bennie Pesek on...
Jean Cossette
Dec 12, 2011
Jean Bostrom Cossette, 70, died suddenly at her home in Grand Forks on Monday, December 12, 2011. Jean Lynn Bostrom was born in Grand Forks on July 30, 1941 to Clarence Vernon (Vern) and Catherine Laura (née Bliven) Bostrom. She attended St. Mary's School, graduating from St. James High School in 1959. Having attended the University of North Dakota from...
H. Harlow Thompson
Dec 11, 2011
H. Harlow Thompson, age 84 of Grand Forks, ND passed away Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center in Grand Forks. Henry Harlow Skyberg Thompson was born July 24, 1927, in Crookston, MN, the son of Henry M. and Olga (Skyberg) Thompson. He was baptized and confirmed at the Sand Hill Lutheran Church. He attended the Climax...
Zella Pauline Trezona Green
Dec 10, 2011
Zella Pauline Trezona Green Zella Pauline Trezona Green, 91, of Grand Forks, died on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Northwood Deaconess Health Center. Pauline was born on May 26, 1920 in Oskaloosa, Iowa to Lee R. & Zella (Chamberlain) Trezona. She grew up in several small towns in Iowa, graduating from high school in Brandon, IA. She earned her...
Mary A. Severinson
Dec 9, 2011
Mary A. Severinson passed away on Friday December 9, 2011 at4000 Valley Square-Woodside Village, in Grand Forks, ND. She was born in Reynolds, ND in March, 1912 and was almost 100 years old. She was the oldest of 12 children born to Joe E. and Caroline Adams. Her husband of 70 years, Leonard O. Severinson, preceded her in death. Survivors...