In Our Care
Bernice Merrill
Feb 25, 2008
Bernice Merrill, 86, of Grand Forks, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2008, at Valley Eldercare in Grand Forks. Bernice Blanche Merrill was born August 17, 1921, to Albert and Margaret (Villenevue) Lemay in Westhope, ND, where she grew up and attended school. Bernice married Clarence Merrill on October 27, 1934, in Grand Forks. They farmed near Northwood, ND, for...
Terrance Sannes
Feb 25, 2008
Terrance W. Sannes, 68, Grand Forks, North Dakota, died Monday, February 25, 2008 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Terrance Wayne Sannes was born to Theodore and Agnes (Jacobson) Sannes on July 10, 1939 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Terry began employment in Grand Forks at a young age, working at Miller's 8th Ave. Grocery, and Baukol Construction. He married Grace...
Donna Thompson
Feb 24, 2008
Donna G. Thompson, age 75, Grand Forks, ND, passed away peacefully with her husband at her side on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at Woodside Village, Grand Forks, ND. Donna Germayne Johnson was born October 8, 1932 in Hatton, ND, the daughter of Clarence and Bernice (Vigen) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed at Little Forks Lutheran Church, Donna attended both...
Ron Thiede
Feb 24, 2008
Ron Thiede, 61, Grand Forks, died at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fargo on February 24, 2008 Ronald Landon Thiede was born December 11' 1946 in Grand Forks, the firstborn son of Alfred and Edna (Landon) Thiede. He was educated in several northeastern North Dakota communities and graduated from Langdon High School. He attended Aakers Business College in Grand...
Kenneth Pahlen
Feb 23, 2008
Kenneth M. Pahlen, 60, of Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, February 23, 2008 at the University of Minnesota Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, MN. Kenneth Michael Pahlen was born July 5, 1947 in Crookston, MN the son of Jacob and Mary (Stroot) Pahlen. He grew up and attended country school in Brandt Township near Euclid, MN. He then attended school in Warren,...
Patricia Flynn
Feb 19, 2008
Patricia Ann (Pat) Flynn, 85, of Alexandria, MN, and formerly of Grand Forks, North Dakota, died February 19, 2008 at Knute Nelson in Alexandria. Pat was born on November 15, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Rose and Edward Cunney. She grew up in Drexel Hill, a suburb of Philadelphia, and graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1940. She married...
Kenneth Anderson
Feb 18, 2008
Kenneth Leo Anderson, 80, of Grand Forks, ND died Monday, February 18, 2008 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Kenneth L. Anderson was born on April 6, 1927 at Stump Lake, ND near Pekin, ND, the son of Ole and Mina (Ensrud) Anderson. He grew up and attended Wamduska grade school and graduated from Pekin High school in 1944. Kenneth...
Reed Siewert
Feb 18, 2008
Reed never met a stranger?. The consummate salesman, Reed Siewert was happiest when he was striking up a conversation with the closest person within earshot. Born September 11, 1918 in rural Grand Forks, he was one of six siblings born to Adolph and Minnie Siewert. He worked on the family farm and later went to farm on his own for...
George Gardner
Feb 17, 2008
George William Gardner, 94, died February 17, 2008, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. George was born in 1914, to Julia and George Gumlia in Crosby, MN. George was a high school graduate. For a time during the Depression, he rode the rails to the west coast looking for work, eventually returning to Minnesota. He married Alice Kyllingstad in 1938....
Eleanor Vonesh
Feb 14, 2008
Eleanor G. Vonesh, 70, East Grand Forks, MN died Thursday, February 14, 2008 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND Eleanor Gail Severson was born July 11, 1937 in Grand Forks, ND the daughter of Emil and Gladys (Thompson) Severson. She was raised and educated in Reynolds, ND and graduated from high school there. She graduated from nursing college in...
David Myhre
Feb 13, 2008
David Paul Myhre, 44, of Northwood, passed away on February 13, 2008, at Northwood Deaconess Hospital. David Paul Myhre was adopted by Harley and Vivian Myhre at 3.5 weeks of age. He attended school at Northwood, ND, from kindergarten to through grade 12. He enjoyed football, basketball, band and stockcar racing. The family took limited vacations due to time needed...
Florence Olson
Feb 11, 2008
Florence A. Olson, 89, Grand Forks, North Dakota, died Monday, February 11, 2008, in Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home, Crookston, Minnesota. Florence Audrey Hobson was born May 14, 1918, in Ardmore, South Dakota, the daughter of Grover and Petra Hobson. The Hobsons moved to North Dakota when Florence was a baby ? living in Fargo, Strasburg and Carrington. After graduating...
Mary Ellen Caldwell
Feb 11, 2008
Mary Ellen Caldwell, Professor Emerita of English at the University of North Dakota, died February 11 in Grand Forks at the age of 99. She held an M.A. from the University of Chicago and taught at UND from 1952 to 1979 when she retired as chairman of the English Department. She continued to teach in the Extension Division until 2000....
Donald Lanes
Feb 11, 2008
Donald Gordon Lanes passed away in his home Feb. 11th at the age of 86. He was born in Grafton, N.D. on May 11, 1921 to Carl and Mary Lanes. After graduating from high school in Grafton, he went to California to work in the Lockheed airplane factory. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1942 and served in the...
Holman Flanagin, Jr.,
Feb 9, 2008
Mr. Holman Lovely Flanagin, Jr., age 81, of Cedartown, GA, formerly of Presque Isle, Maine and Grand Forks, North Dakota, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2008, at his residence. He was born April 18, 1926 in Mapleton, Maine. Mr. Flanagin was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of The American Legion and the VFW. He...
Verna Slominski
Feb 7, 2008
Verna C. Slominski, 80, Grand Forks, passed away peacefully at Altru Hospital, Thursday, Februrary 7, 2008, surrounded by her family. Veronica Catherine Lunski was born on September 28, 1927, the daughter of Alex and Julia (Pokrzywinski) Lunski. She was raised on the family farm near Ardoch, and was confirmed in June, 1940. Verna was united in marriage to Aloysius Slominski...
Alice Gardner
Feb 6, 2008
Our Beloved, Alice L. Gardner, 88, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away on February 6, 2008, at Valley 4000 Woodside Village Hearthstone. Alice was born April 16, 1919, in Brainerd, MN, the daughter of Clara and Richard Kyllingstad. She grew up on the family farm, but lived in a boarding house in town to graduate high school. She married George...
Donald Leroy Kinney
Feb 5, 2008
Donald LeRoy Kinney passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born at home in Manvel, North Dakota on October 13, 1920 to Leo and Leona Kinney. He served in the Army Air Corps as an aircraft mechanic and then as a pilot during World War II. He returned to Manvel in...
John McGrath
Feb 4, 2008
John McGrath, 91, of Fargo, ND formerly of Grand Forks, ND passed away February 4, 2008 at the Palliative Care Center, MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. John Henry McGrath was born on April 19, 1916 near Emerado, ND the son of Joseph John and Ida (Jacobson) McGrath. He grew up near Emerado and graduated from high school there. On July...
Dennis Nelson
Jan 30, 2008
Dennis Lee Nelson, 63, passed away on January 30, 2008, at Altru Hospital from heart failure complications. Dennis was born August 3, 1944, to Harry and Eleanor Nelson in Grand Forks, ND. He was baptized on November 18, 1944, and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in East Grand Forks. He graduated from EGF Central High School in 1963, and attended...
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