In Our Care
Melvin Borst
Mar 9, 2017
Melvin R. Borst, 86, of Grand Forks passed away Thursday, March 9th at the Aneta Parkview Health Center in Aneta, ND. Melvin was born July 21st, 1930 in White Earth, ND, to the late Erastus and Medora Borst. Melvin enlisted in the Unites States Army and served as Corporal during the Korean War. He grew up and attended school in...
Arlo Westerlind
Mar 8, 2017
Arlo M. “Wes” Westerlind, 81, Grand Forks, ND, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks. Arlo was born January 27, 1936 in Mercer, ND, the son of Victor and Albena (Boshee) Westerlind. He was raised and graduated from high school at Mercer. He helped on his parent’s farm until he entered the U.S. Army in 1959....
Bernice Agotness
Mar 7, 2017
Bernice Agotness, age 95 of Northwood, North Dakota, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Bernice was born on November 2, 1921 in Mekinock, ND, the daughter of Gotfred and Gertie (Burtness) Jorde. She was baptized, confirmed and attended rural school at Mekinock. Bernice was united im marriage to Ernest Agotness on March 10, 1943. They...
Luella Georgine Boyer
Mar 5, 2017
Luella G. Boyer, 86, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Luella Georgine Boyer was born on February 13, 1931, in Tuttle, ND, the daughter of Edward and Emma (Rosenau) Dockter. She grew up in Bismarck, ND. She married Clair N. Boyer on September 24, 1956. The couple initially made...
Shirley Morrison
Mar 4, 2017
Shirley L. Morrison, 49, of Crookston MN passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Shirley was born August 27, 1967 in Bemidji MN, the daughter of Gerald and Sharon (Eastman) Morrison. Shirley attended school in Bemidji. Shirley married, and their union was blessed with two children, but later they divorced. She was blessed...
Lovilla DeCicco
Mar 4, 2017
Lovilla "Lovey" DeCicco, 87, a resident of Fort Myers, Florida, passed away Thursday, March 4, 2017, at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, Florida, with her family by her side following a long battle with cancer. Lovey (Narum) DeCicco, was born March 1, 1930, in Flom, Minnesota, the daughter of Earnest & Edna Narum. She was united in marriage to Archie...
Raymond Kinzler
Mar 3, 2017
Raymond Kinzler, a longtime resident of Grand Forks, died on Friday March 3, 2017 at the Valley Elder Care. He was 88 years old. Ray Kinzler was born in Gackle, North Dakota on May 10, 1928, to John and Lydia Kinzler, on the homestead that his father farmed. He graduated from Gackle High School and left his hometown to join...
Michael Mahoney
Mar 3, 2017
Michael M. Mahoney, 81, Grand Forks passed away Friday, March 3, 2017. Mike was born November 30, 1935 to James and Edith (Metcalf) Mahoney. He grew up in Lakota, ND and attended a one room school house through eighth grade, graduating from Lakota High School in 1953. Mike served as a forward observer for an artillery unit based in Germany...
Olga D. Neal
Mar 3, 2017
Olga Neal, 91, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Olga Denise Dorr, daughter of Gustov & Ida (Taxis) Dorr was born Oct. 29, 1925, in Hazelton, ND. She attended the ND School for the Blind at Bathgate, ND, graduating in 1947. Olga graduated from Mayville State College in 1950. ...
Dennis Raymond Davidson
Feb 28, 2017
Dennis Raymond Davidson 64, Grand Forks, ND formerly Milton, ND passed away on February 28, 2017 at Altru Hospital. Dennis was born March 8th, 1952 to Gisli E. and Grudrun Violet (Anderson) Davidson in Milton, North Dakota. He attended Boys State and Upward Bound and graduated from Milton High School. After graduation he moved to Grand Forks and worked at...
Olga Eichhorst
Feb 25, 2017
Olga Georgine Eichhorst, 99, died February 25, 2017 at 4000 Valley Square, Woodside Village, Grand Forks. Olga was born June 2, 1917 at Mayville, North Dakota to Mary and Severin Rosholt. She married Elroy Eichhorst on March 6, 1943. The couple lived and farmed at Thompson. Olga is survived by her children, Robert (Sharon) Eichhorst, and Linda (Vaughn) Quern; grandchildren,...
Vicky Roxanne Seaberg
Feb 24, 2017
Vicky R. Seaberg, 60, of Grand Forks, formerly of Cando, ND, passed away on February 24, 2017 at the Vibra Hospital in Fargo, ND. Vicky was born on March 28, 1956, in Devils Lake, ND, the daughter of Theodore and Cleona (Hensrud) Braaten. She grew up and attended schools in Grand Forks. She graduated from Central High School. Vicky married...
Leone Rodningen
Feb 20, 2017
Leone Rodningen, 93, Grand Forks, died Monday, February 20, 2017 in Good Samaritan Nursing Center, Larimore, North Dakota. Helen Leone Flem was born to Herbert and Minnie (Severson) Flem on August 20, 1923 at Petersburg, North Dakota. She was raised and educated in Petersburg, North Dakota and graduated from Petersburg High School. Leone married Clinton Rodningen, Sr. on November 6,...
Aggie Rivard
Feb 19, 2017
Agraphine (Aggie) Rivard, 84, Grand Forks, ND, formerly of Oslo, MN, passed away Sunday afternoon, February 19, 2017 surrounded by her family. Aggie was born on August 19, 1932 in Pulaski Township, Walsh County, ND, the daughter of Richard and Julianna (Marynik) Duray. On June 7, 1955, Aggie married Fred (Duane) Rivard in Warsaw, ND. They made their home in...
Orlin Jore
Feb 19, 2017
Orlin Jore, 92, Larimore, formerly of Grand Forks, died Sunday, February 19, 2017 in Good Samaritan Society Home, Larimore. Orlin was born May 29, 1924 to Oscar and Lillian (Balkan) Jore in Buxton. He grew up in Buxton, graduating high school. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He married Carol in June of 1947 in Our Savior...
Rodney B Iverson
Feb 18, 2017
Rodney B. Iverson, 64, originally of Mekinock, ND, passed away February 18th, 2017 in his home of natural causes. Rodney was born October 4th, 1952 in Viroqua, Wisconsin, son of Robert and Arlene Iverson. In 1957, the family moved to rural Mekinock, ND. He attended the Blooming Township one room country school house through the 8th grade. Rodney graduated from...
Wesley J. Hell
Feb 13, 2017
Wesley J. Hell, age 75, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2017 at Maple View Memory Care in Grand Forks, North Dakota Wesley Joseph Hell was born on May 17, 1941, at Langdon, ND, the sixth of ten children, the son of Lawrence and Lillian (Richotte) Hell. Wes was raised and educated in the Langdon/Mt. Carmel, ND area. He married...
Gordon Wesley Johnson
Feb 13, 2017
Gordon W. Johnson, 94, of Grand Forks passed away surrounded by family on Monday, February 13, 2017, at Woodside Village. Gordon, the son of Ole and Clara (Nelson) Johnson, was born July 18, 1922, in rural McVille, ND. He graduated from McVille Public School in 1940. He served in the U.S. Army from April 1943, until his discharge in November...
John I Weigel
Feb 11, 2017
John I. Weigel, 43, Grand Forks passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 11, 2017. John Isaac Weigel, the son of John “Jack” and Edith (Shepard) Weigel, was born May 1, 1973 at the Grand Forks Air Force Base. John lived his entire life in Grand Forks where attended school and pursued numerous volunteer and work positions. John loved to take...
Darlene Kovarik
Feb 10, 2017
Darlene G. Kovarik, 73, Grand Forks, ND, died Friday, February 10, 2017 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks. Darlene G. Pich was born May 6, 1943 in Portland, OR, the daughter of Albert and Albina (Maixner) Pich. She was raised and educated in Lankin, ND where she graduated as salutatorian of her high school class. Darlene moved to Grand Forks...