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Julie (Middleton) Keegan

Julie (Middleton) Keegan

Jan 17, 2020

Julie Ann (Middleton) Keegan passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Jan. 17th, 2020. She was born in Crookston, MN on May 14th, 1962 to Donald and Jean Middleton.

Julie grew up in Grand Forks, ND and graduated from Red River High School in 1980.

After high school, Julie attended AVTI in East Grand Forks, MN for a Medical Secretary degree. She...

Idella Westacott

Idella Westacott

Jan 16, 2020

Idella (Del) T. Westacott, 84, Grand Forks, North Dakota, died peacefully Thursday, January 16, 2020 at her home. 

Del Hoffarth, the daughter of Anthony (Tony) and Lavina (Schneider) Hoffarth, was born December 31, 1935 at Langdon, North Dakota. She grew up and attended school at St. Alphonsus Catholic School.  She moved to Grand Forks continuing her education with a...

Yvonne Bakken

Yvonne Bakken

Jan 16, 2020

Yvonne Mae Bakken.

November 11, 1925  -   January 16, 2020

 

Yvonne Mae Bakken, 94, formerly of Grand Forks, ND passed away peacefully on Thursday, January, 16, 2020 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND.

Yvonne was born November 11, 1925 in Hatton, ND to Henry and Anna Wastvedt. She graduated from Hatton High School and earned her RN...

Merle Mutcher

Merle Mutcher

Jan 15, 2020

Merle L. Mutcher, 76, passed away on January 15, 2020 at his home in Grand Forks, ND.

Merle was born January 3, 1944 in Langdon, ND, the son of Rudolph & Bertha (Anderson) Mutcher. He served in the US Army from 1967-69 during the Vietnam War.

He married Lillian Becker in 1975.

Merle worked as a truck driver for S&S...

Lenny Lee Lillo

Lenny Lee Lillo

Jan 15, 2020

Lenny Lee Lillo

 

 

Lenny Lee Lillo, 48, died January 15, 2020 in Grand Forks, ND.   A memorial service will be held at River Heights Lutheran Church in East Grand Forks, MN at 11am on Wednesday, January 22nd with Pastor Noah Thompson officiating.  Lunch and a time of visiting to follow.    An additional memorial service will be held at...

Diane (Wamstad) Folkedahl

Diane (Wamstad) Folkedahl

Jan 15, 2020

Diane (Wamstad) Folkedahl, 71, Grand Forks, died Wednesday January 15, 2020 in her home.

 

A graveside memorial service will be held later in the spring in Hatton, North Dakota.

Boyd Oneil Knudson

Boyd Oneil Knudson

Jan 14, 2020

Boyd Oneil Knudson, 85, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at Valley Senior Living on Columbia.

Boyd was born February 3, 1934, in Winger, MN, the son of Bennie & Olivia (Engen) Knudson. As a child, he lived in McIntosh and St. Paul, MN.

He married Opal Lund in 1954 at the Owen Knudson residence in Fertile, MN. Together...

Leatrice G. Erlander

Leatrice G. Erlander

Jan 14, 2020

Leatrice G. Erlander, 92, Grand Forks, ND, died Monday, January 14, 2020 at Valley Senior Living on Columbia.

Memorial Services will be 10:00 AM Thursday, January 23, 2020 at St. Anne' Guest Home, Grand Forks.

Burial will be in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.

A second memorial service will take place at a future date in Newbury Park, CA.

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Gary Votava

Gary Votava

Jan 14, 2020

Gary Clement Votava age 62 of Grand Forks, ND passed away unexpectedly at his home in Grand Forks of natural causes.

Gary Clement Votava was born August 13, 1957 in Grafton, ND the son Clement Votava and Joann (Greicar) Votava. He grew up in Veseleyville, ND, on the family farm. He attending country school until it closed in 1969. He...

Raymond Millard

Raymond Millard

Jan 13, 2020

Raymond LeRoy Millard, 83, formerly of Minneapolis and Rush City, MN, passed away January 13, 2020, at Edgewood Memory Center, East Grand Forks, MN, where he had been a resident for about three years.

  Ray was born in Clearwater County, MN, to Victor and Ella (Juve) Millard on February 16, 1936. The family moved to Grand Forks, ND, when he...

Elayne Eloise Hagen

Elayne Eloise Hagen

Jan 12, 2020

Elayne Hagen was born in June, 1929, the third child of Mildred (McCreary) and Leo Fish. Shortly after, Mildred and Leo divorced and Mildred began raising three young children as a single mother during the Depression. Elayne grew up on 2nd Avenue North with her sister and brother, and lots of cousins and friends nearby.

Following her mother’s marriage to...

Lyle Swanson

Lyle Swanson

Jan 12, 2020

Lyle Swanson of Grand Forks, North Dakota passed away on January 12, 2020 at Valley Senior Living on Columbia.

Lyle Luther Raymond was born on February 10, 1922 at Larimore, ND, the son of Carl and Nellie Swanson. He was raised and grew to manhood in the Larimore area. He received holy baptism and confirmed his Christian faith at Elm...

Anthony Serrano

Anthony Serrano

Jan 11, 2020

ANTHONY SERRANO

Anthony Serrano, age 51 of Fargo formerly East Grand Forks, died on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Bethany on University in Fargo. Services are pending.

Larry Jallo

Larry Jallo

Jan 10, 2020

Larry Jallo, 61, Grand Forks, died January 10, 2020 in his home.

Larry was born September 27, 1958 in Park River, North Dakota, the son of Gene and Lois (Anderson) Jallo. He grew up in Michigan, North Dakota, where he was baptized and confirmed at Michigan Lutheran Church. He graduated from Michigan High School in 1977.

Larry worked as a...

Maynard Odell Tingelstad

Maynard Odell Tingelstad

Jan 8, 2020

The heavenly choir sounds a little sweeter today, a little richer.

Maynard Odell Tingelstad, 88, of Grand Forks, passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Altru Hospital.

Maynard’s love of music was evident all through his life singing solos, duets, traveling with the Ambassadors from Dakota Lutheran, the Concordia concert choir, church choirs culminating with the male quartet, The...

Jean C Cameron

Jean C Cameron

Jan 5, 2020

Jean C. Cameron, 91, formerly of Reynolds, died January 5, 2020 at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND.

Jean was born August 30, 1928, the daughter of Archie and Twila (Hinkle) Hornbaker in Grafton, North Dakota. She graduated from Cavalier High School then attended Mayville State College. Jean later graduated from Northland Community College in Thief River Falls with a RN...

Lawrence Kovarik

Lawrence Kovarik

Jan 1, 2020

 

Lawrence C. Kovarik, 77, Grand Forks, ND, died Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at Valley Senior Living Center in Grand Forks.

 

Lawrence was born June 18, 1942 in Grafton, ND, the son of Charley and Lydia (Waith) Kovarik. He was raised on a farm in Latona Township, ND. Growing up, he worked on the family farm and the farm...

Ralph H. Kolstoe

Ralph H. Kolstoe

Jan 1, 2020

Ralph Hertsgaard Kolstoe died January 1, 2020 in Grand Forks, ND.  He was born September 10, 1926 in Valley City, ND to Soren and Inger (Hertsgaard) Kolstoe.  Ralph graduated from High School at the Valley City Teachers College Training School (now Valley City State University – VCSU).  He enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and was discharged as an electrical...

Rosie Black

Rosie Black

Jan 1, 2020

UPDATED SERVICE INFORMATION

Due to impending weather concerns, the memorial service has been changed to Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 11:00 in Calvary Lutheran Church, Grand Forks.  

 

Rosie Black, generous, passionate and eternally positive child of God, died of natural causes Jan. 1 at Essentia Health in Fosston, Minnesota at the age of 65. 

She was born...

Orville Peter Trontvet

Orville Peter Trontvet

Dec 31, 2019

Orville Peter Trontvet, age 86, of Grand Forks, North Dakota and formerly Thief River Falls, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, surrounded by his loving wife of 64 years and other family members. 

Orville was born on March 19, 1933, in Thief River Falls, Minnesota to Ole and Gunda (Rensla) Trontvet.  He graduated in 1951 from Lincoln...

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