In Our Care
Roger J. Stygar
Dec 20, 2015
Roger J. Stygar, 73, Grand Forks, died Sunday, December 20, 2015 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Roger John Stygar, the son of Walter and Regina (Langowski) Stygar was born August 5, 1942 at Minto, North Dakota. He attended school in the Minto area. Roger was employed in construction work in North Dakota. He enjoyed watching football, hockey games and spending...
Shirley Ann Hegg
Dec 20, 2015
Shirley Ann Kay (Vigen) Hegg, age 74, of Reynolds, ND was called home by our Savior, Sunday, December 20, 2015. She was surrounded by her family. Shirley was born at home in Golden Lake Township of rural Hatton, ND on July 17, 1941, the daughter of Harry and Hazelle (Erickson) Vigen. She graduated from Hatton High School. Shirley met Earl...
John G. Obie
Dec 19, 2015
John G. Obie, 68, Grand Forks, died Saturday, December 19, 2015 at home. John Gordon Obie, the son of Gordon Steen Obie and Lois Mae (Vannett) Obie was born in Grand Forks on March 10, 1947. John was raised in Grand Forks and attended local schools and is a 1965 graduate of Central High School. John served in the US...
Dale Harshman Hunter
Dec 19, 2015
Dale Harshman Hunter, 84, of Gilby, ND, peacefully passed from this life, on December 19, 2015, surrounded by his family. Dale was born to William Alvin & Julia Grace (Harshman) Hunter on December 21, 1930, in Grand Forks, ND. He grew up on a farm in the Gilby area and graduated from High School in 1948. He enlisted in the...
Judy Shide
Dec 18, 2015
Judy E. Shide, 62, passed away peacefully at her home in Grand Forks, Friday, December 18, 2015. Judy was born April 11, 1953, the daughter of Donald & Lila (Moen) Benson. She grew up in rural Arvilla where she attended school and graduated from Larimore High School in 1971. Judy married Jon Dickson in 1983. They made their home in...
Marlene Elgin-Augustin
Dec 17, 2015
Marlene Elgin-Augustin, 52, passed away on December 17, 2015. Marlene was born on January 28, 1963 in Grand Forks, ND to her parents, Marvin Elgin and Pauline Kvamme. She graduated from Red River High School and also attended UND. In 1985, she was injured in a major accident that had a tremendous effect on her life. After recovering, she involved...
Debra Krisak
Dec 13, 2015
Deb Keehr Krisak, age 56, of Bemidji, MN, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 13, 2015. Deb was preceded in death by her sister, Peggy; mother, Evelyn and father, Kenneth. She is survived by her husband, Scott; daughter, Theresa; brother, Mike; grandsons, Jacob and Jordan; and her nieces and nephews. She will be remembered as a kind...
Gordon Semrau
Dec 12, 2015
Gordon Arland Semrau, 88, Grand Forks, ND, died Saturday, December 12, 2015 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Gordon Arland Semrau was born July 21, 1927 near Balfour, ND, the son of J.B. and Ella (Buri) Semrau. He attended school at Balfour and Towner, ND, graduating from Towner High School in 1945. He later attended Minot State College. Gordon served in...
Lana Wilson
Dec 12, 2015
Lana (Magdalene) Wilson died on December 12, 2015, at Valley Memorial Care Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Lana was born on September 24, 1925 on a farm near Camper, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Gustave and Martha (Miller) Hoffman. Lana and her twin sister Bertha, were the youngest of 11 siblings that were raised on the Hoffman farmstead. She attended...
Florian Smoky Schultz
Dec 11, 2015
Florian E. (Smoky) Schultz, 97, passed away December 11, 2015. Smoky, as he was known to friends and family, was born in Ardoch, North Dakota. He owned and operated Smoky’s Bar and Lounge in Ardoch, North Dakota, from 1937 to 1985. In 1944, Smoky married Barbara (Kennedy) Schultz, an accomplished musician and entertainer. The two of them expanded their small...
David Knutsvig
Dec 11, 2015
David Duane Knutsvig, 42, passed away on Dec. 11,2015. David was born on May 20, 1973 in Mayville, ND to his parents, Duane and Sylvia Knutsvig. He graduated high school from Central Valley High School in 1991. He lived in Colorado from 1994-2010. He then returned back to his home town of Buxton. David enjoyed fishing and camping in his...
Carol Joanne Krogh
Dec 9, 2015
Carol Krogh passed away at home in Grand Forks on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 83 years old. Carol Joanne Foster was born in Moline, Illinois on July 22, 1932, the eldest daughter of Lloyd and Alice Foster, second-generation German immigrants. She was born on her father’s birthday. Carol graduated from Moline High...
Birdie Lorraine Jorgenson
Dec 2, 2015
Birdie L. Jorgenson, 89, Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 in Grand Forks. Birdie Lorraine Anderson was born November 22, 1926 in Milton, ND, the daughter of Lee and Emma (Hiller) Anderson. She was raised between the towns of Milton, Langdon, Walhalla and Osnabrock, ND. Birdie married O’Dawn Jorgenson when he returned from his naval service in WWII....
Thelma Hovet
Dec 2, 2015
Thelma Hovet, formerly of Buxton, ND and Valley Eldercare in Grand Forks, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015, one month and one day short of her 97th birthday. Thelma, daughter of Charles R. Smith and Caroline Sanders Smith, was born January 3, 1919 in Reynolds, ND. She attended school in Buxton and the State School of Science at Wahpeton, ND. Thelma...
Ryan McGlynn
Dec 1, 2015
Ryan N. McGlynn, 41, Grand Forks, ND and formerly of Stephen, MN, died Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Near Mayville, ND.Ryan Neil McGlynn was born May 17, 1974 in Grand Forks, ND the son of Neil and Roberta (Carlson) McGlynn. Ryan attended school in Stephen, MN and graduated from Stephen High School in 1992. He graduated from NDSU in 1996 with...
William E. Fichtner
Nov 30, 2015
William “Bud” Emmanuel Fichtner passed away November 30, 2015, at 4000 Valley Square Oakcrest Unit after a long battle with Parkinson’s. William was born March 7, 1930, in East Grand Forks, MN, by a midwife, the son of August & Elizabeth Fichtner. He attended rural grade school and one year at Park River before taking over the farming due to...
Harland Bohach
Nov 29, 2015
Harland C. Bohach, age 81, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2015 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Harland Clayton Bohach was born September 14, 1934 in Hallock, MN, the son of Nick and Esther (Ristad) Bohach. He grew up in Stephen, MN and graduated from the Northwest School of Agriculture, Crookston, MN in 1952. Harland...
Mark Sivertson
Nov 29, 2015
Mark A. Sivertson, 60, of Grand Forks ND passed Sunday, November 29 peacefully in his sleep at home. Mark Alan Sivertson was born May 5, 1955 at Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks ND, the son of Alfred Ingvold and Violet Mae (Smith) Sivertson. He was baptized and confirmed at United Lutheran Church and attended West Elementary, Valley Junior High, and...
David E. Beach
Nov 28, 2015
David E. “Dave” Beach died Saturday, November 28 at Altru Hospital. Dave Beach was born in Hutchinson, Minnesota, and moved to the Osgood (now West Fargo), North Dakota region at age three. A 1953 graduate of Fargo Central High School, he attended the University of North Dakota before joining the United States Air Force in 1956, where he served with...
Hulda Lindgren
Nov 27, 2015
The greatest and most precious gift we ever had came from God; we called her mom. Hulda T. Lindgren, passed away peacefully at Valley Elder Care/Transitional Unit in Grand Forks, ND on November 27, 2015 at the age of 97. Huldie was the first born of eight children, born to Otto and Sarah Seydel, on May 10, 1918, in Roseau...


