In Our Care
Loren Knudson
May 2, 2010
All service details are under the direction of Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home of Crookston, MN Loren Richard Knudson, Grand Forks, formerly of Woodbury and Crookston, MN, passed away Sunday, May 2, 2010 in Grand Forks. He was born July 9, 1924 to Gertrude (McConoughey) and Richard Knudson in Valley City, ND. In 1940, he moved with his family to Crookston where...
Frances Plaas
May 1, 2010
Frances C. Plaas, 96, Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, May 01, 2010 in Parkwood Place of Grand Forks. Frances was born June 22, 1913 in Bartlett, ND the daughter of Joe and Hazel Clark. She graduated from Larimore High School in 1931 and the University of Minnesota in 1935 as a Medical Technologist. Frances married George Plaas June 22, 1940...
Barbara Lacrosse
Apr 30, 2010
Barbara A. Lacrosse, 71, Grand Forks, ND died Friday, April 30, 2010 at home. Barbara Skavlem was born May 7, 1938 in Grand Forks the daughter of Selmer and Ethel (Hagen) Skavlem. She was raised and educated in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High School in 1956. She moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada then returned to Grand Forks to...
LuVerne Karpenko
Apr 29, 2010
LuVerne Karpenko, 90, of Grand Forks passed away Thursday, April 29, 2010 at Altru Hospital. LuVerne was born August 14, 1919, in Halstad, MN., to Albert and Marie (Stennes) Gilbertson. She attended public schools in Halstad and graduated from Halstad High School in 1937. LuVerne graduated from Aaker's Business College in Grand Forks, ND, and then was employed at Minnesota...
Jane Branvold
Apr 28, 2010
V. Jane Branvold, 86, Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Jane was born Virginia Jane Sand, the daughter of Albert and Minnie (Sillerud) Sand. She was raised and educated in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High School. Jane married George Joyner on August 18, 1949. They raised a family while living...
Lois Todhunter
Apr 27, 2010
Lois E. Todhunter, age 80, of Grand Forks, formerly of Highland, CA, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks with family at her side. Lois Allen Etheridge was born on October 23, 1929 in Baltimore, MD. She was the only child of Dr. William Allen Etheridge, DDS and Elsa Masius Etheridge. She graduated from Eastern...
Astrid Gates
Apr 25, 2010
Astrid Elizabeth Gates died Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Valley 4000, Woodside Village. Astrid Elizabeth Akerberg was born to Sigurd and Siami (Suhonen) Akerberg on December 5, 1918 in Drake, ND. In 1921 the family moved to Plaza, ND where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1936. Astrid worked at the TB sanitorium near Dunseith, ND and...
Maxine Gillis
Apr 25, 2010
Maxine F. Gillis, 94, died April 25, 2010 at the Chestertown Nursing Center in Chestertown, MD. Maxine was born Oct. 16, 1915 in Mekinock, ND, the youngest of 5 children to Olaf & Olga (Heen) Quenrud. Maxine graduated from GF Central in 1933. Maxine's work life was spent at Nash Finch in GF where she met and married her husband...
Marion O. Wylie
Apr 25, 2010
Marion O. Wylie, 93, of Grand Forks, formerly of Edinburg, ND, passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Marion Olivia Dahlen was born on the family farm in Dahlen Township, Nelson County, North Dakota on March 24, 1917. She was the 10th child of Ole E. and Mary (Anderson) Dahlen. She was baptized and...
Claude Edward Robertson
Apr 25, 2010
Claude Edward Robertson, 83, of Grand Forks, ND passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on April 25th, 2010 at Woodside Village, 4000 Valley Square, Grand Forks. Claude E. Robertson was born August 26th, 1926 in Mallory , MN. The son of Dorcy and Amanda (Markstrom) Robertson. Claude grew up and attended school in East Grand Forks , MN ....
Adelaide Maier
Apr 24, 2010
Adelaide H. Maier, 90, of Denver, passed away April 24, 2010. She was born and raised in Grand Forks, ND, and spent her summers in Bemidji, MN. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar. She is survived by three children, Maren (John) Francis, Daniel (Amy) Maier, Jane Maier; five grandchildren, Christina, Sylvia, Tyler, Analisa, Maren; two great grandchildren....
Delmer Norris Krogstad
Apr 22, 2010
Delmer Norris Krogstad, 86, formerly of Reynolds, ND passed away on April 22, 2010 at Valley 4000 Valley Square Woodside Village in Grand Forks, ND. Delmer was born on July 7, 1923 to John M. and Rena (Mastvelton) Krogstad in Reynolds. Delmer attended school at Morgan Township #1 and helped on the family farm prior to his service in the...
Rae Ann Moe
Apr 22, 2010
Rae Ann Moe, 58, of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at Altru Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Rae Ann Moe was born May 9, 1951 in Grand Forks, ND the daughter of Clarence and Bernice (Jore) Moe. She graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1969. She attended the University of North Dakota...
Audrey Lavonne Thorson
Apr 19, 2010
Audrey Thorson, 81, Grand Forks, died Monday, April 19th at Tufte Manor in Grand Forks. Audrey was born July 29,1928 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to Vernon and Lillian Johnson. She grew up on the family farm outside of Lake Park, MN and attended school in Audubon, MN. She attended secretarial college in Detroit Lakes and worked in Fargo where she...
Adeline Beglo
Apr 17, 2010
Adeline Jean Beglo, 83, Grand Forks died peacefully at home. Adeline Jean Van Winkle was born at Max, North Dakota on August 26, 1926 to Mary Schmitcke Van Winkle and Jake Van Winkle. Adeline and Walter D.A. Beglo were united in marriage on June 8, 1945 in Havre, Montana. They moved to Grand Forks in 1964. Adeline was the beloved...
Frances Marie Dvorak
Apr 17, 2010
Frances Marie Dvorak Frances Marie Dvorak, 59, of Grand Forks, ND died Saturday April 17, 2010 in Grand Forks with her loving husband by her side. Frances Landowski was born on May 14th 1950 in Crookston, MN the daughter of John and Grace (Kretchmar) Landowski. She was raised in Drayton, ND, to age 5. The family moved to Moorhead, MN,...
Helen Myers
Apr 17, 2010
Helen G. Myers passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Helen Glendora Griffin was born October 29,1918 in Mekinock Township of Grand Forks County near Emerado, North Dakota, the daughter of Hector A. and Andrine (Aarheim) Griffin. She was raised and educated in Mekinock Township. She married Arnold Myers on November 10, 1939...
Edward M. Johnson
Apr 17, 2010
Edward M. Johnson, 83, formerly of Grand Forks, ND passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010 in Hartford, WI. Edward Merle Johnson was born September 11, 1926 in Grand Forks, ND to Elmer & Hattie (Olson) Johnson. He served in the Navy from 1944 to 1946. He attended the University of North Dakota where he received his Bachelor of Science degree...
Rita Faye Schoenheit
Apr 16, 2010
Rita Faye Schoenheit, 63, of Grand Forks, ND lost her battle with cancer on Friday, April 16, 2010, in Fargo, ND. Rita was born September 19, 1946 in Blackduck, MN the daughter of Otto and Wanda (Elke) Schoenheit. She graduated from Cavalier High School. She lived in Milwaukee, WI and Denver CO before returning to North Dakota. Rita loved her...
Paul W. Porter
Apr 15, 2010
Paul W. Porter, 68, Grand Forks, died Thursday, April 15, 2010 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Paul William Porter was born to Donald and Elizabeth (Daulton) Porter on November 8, 1941 at Pembina, North Dakota. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by a sister, Donna Calwell; a brother Michael; and his children, Rachel and Brady....