In Our Care
Helen F. Lunski
Feb 25, 2011
Helen F. Lunski, 93, of Grand Forks, ND died Friday, February 25, 2011 in Valley Eldercare, Grand Forks, ND. Helen Frances Lunski was born July 3, 1917 in rural Ardoch, ND. She was the daughter of Ignatz and Lillian (Czapiewski) Briski. Helen grew up and attended country school in Ardoch, ND. Helen married Isadore Lunski on October 18, 1937 in...
Gladys Fahey
Feb 24, 2011
Gladys Fahey, 99, Grand Forks, North Dakota passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011 in Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. Gladys Durnell, the daughter of William and Ida (Wendt) Durnell was born on December 17, 1911 at Manvel, North Dakota. She moved with her family to Lakota, North Dakota where she graduated from Lakota High School. She attended Aaker's...
Laverne June Thompson
Feb 23, 2011
Laverne J. Thompson, 86, of Thompson, ND, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Laverne was born June 9, 1924 at Manvel, the daughter of John and Louise (Branvold) Johnson. She attended school at Manvel and was baptized and confirmed at Middle Grove Lutheran Church. She did housekeeping and child care for many neighbors. She married...
Robert L. German
Feb 18, 2011
Robert German, aged 84 years, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, formerly of Honolulu, Hawai'i, passed away on Friday, 18 February 2011, at Altru Hospital, with his loving family at his side. Robert was born in Berwick, Pennsylvania on 29 August 1926 to George and Alice Mae German. Enlisting in the Marine Corps as a 17 year-old in 1944, Robert served...
Edward Clausen
Feb 17, 2011
Edward J. Clausen, 64, Grand Forks, ND died Thursday, February 17, 2011 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND. Edward John Clausen was born December 28, 1946 in Lady Smith, WI, the son of Clarence "Buck" and Marcia (Applebee) Clausen. He was raised on a farm near Bruce, WI. He graduated from Bruce High School in 1965. Edward enlisted in...
Matthew Malm
Feb 15, 2011
Matthew Wade Malm was born on November 27th, 1961 in Climax, MN and died in his home on February 15th, 2011. The Hebrew and English origin of the name Matthew means "Gift of God" and Matt was truly a gift to so many. Matt was a son, brother, high school sweetheart, husband, father, uncle, teacher, coach, and my best friend....
Alphie J. Bunde
Feb 14, 2011
Alphie J. Bunde, 96, formerly of Thompson, ND died February 14, 2011 at Augustana Care Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She moved to the Augustana Senior Apartments in 2001 and received loving care at the adjoining Care Center since 2006. Alphie Josephine Hanson was born September 26, 1914 on her parents homestead farm near Braddock, North Dakota, not far from Bismarck....
Claire Pederson
Feb 14, 2011
Claire E. Pederson, 82, Grand Forks, ND passed away Monday, February 14, 2011 in Tufte Manor, Grand Forks after a short battle with lung cancer. Claire was born January 11, 1929 in Pontiac, MI the son of Clarence and Florence Pederson. He served in the U. S. Navy from 1946 to 1949. After his service, Claire came to Grand Forks...
Delores Eisenzimmer
Feb 14, 2011
Delores Irene Eisenzimmer "Grama Dee" Delores Irene Eisenzimmer, 79, Grand Forks, ND, passed away Feb. 14, 2011 in Valley Eldercare. Delores had endured a very long illness and was surrounded by her family when God took her ""Home". Delores was born November 20, 1931, the daughter of John and Eva (Thomas) Goetz of Knox, ND. She graduated from Knox High...
Ronald D. Thompson
Feb 13, 2011
Ronald D. Thompson, 55, Grand Forks, died Sunday, February 13, 2011 in Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN. Ronald David Thompson was born at Karlstad, Minnesota on November 16, 1955 to M. Arnold and Carole (Dennison) Thompson. He was raised and educated in Grand Forks, graduating from Red River High School in 1974. Ronald graduated from the University of North Dakota...
Patricia R. Appelgren
Feb 13, 2011
Patricia R Appelgren (79) died Sunday February 13th at Valley Elder Care due to complications from cancer. She was born February 27th, 1931 in Los Angeles, Ca. She grew up in Los Angeles and Mansfield, TX, before moving to Hillsboro, ND at the age of 12 with her parents Justin and Virginia Bagstad. Pat graduated from high school in Crookston,...
William Richard Hoverson
Feb 13, 2011
William Richard (Billy Dick) Hoverson passed away at home on February 13, 2011, with his family near him. He was born to Clarence O. and Ruth (Williams) Hoverson in Grand Forks, ND, on April 25, 1935. Bill was raised on the family farm near Manvel, ND. Bill loved farming and always loved to see the crops grow. He went to...
Alice Paige Sheppard
Feb 11, 2011
Alice Paige Sheppard, age 94, died on Friday, February 11, 2011 at Altru Hospital after suffering a stroke at her residence at Parkwood Place in Grand Forks. She was born on November 5, 1916, in Forest River, North Dakota, the daughter of Frank and Genevieve Lowe Paige. She attended school at Wibaux, Montana, and after her father's death in 1923...
Herbert Collins
Feb 6, 2011
Herb Collins (87) of Butte, Montana, died on Sunday February 6th at Hearthstone Woodside Village Grand Forks, North Dakota with his daughter and two granddaughters by his side. Herbie was born in Ridgeway, Missouri and raised in Idaho. He served as a medic in the Army in WWII and was stationed in New Guinea. When he returned to the United...
Charles Clemetson
Feb 6, 2011
Charles Allen Clemetson, 88, of rural Grand Forks, ND passed away peacefully Sunday Feb. 6, 2011 at Valley Memorial Home, Grand Forks, ND. Charles was born Dec. 15, 1922 to Carl A. & Clara (Myhre) Clemetson. He grew up in Rye Township with three brothers and two sisters. He attended school at Rye 25 (a one room school). Charles never...
Susan Jechart
Feb 4, 2011
Susan Marie Jechart, 68, Grand Forks, died Friday, February 4, 2011 in Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center after a long battle with cancer. Susan was born June 23, 1942 in Warren, Minnesota to Lloyd and Marie Johnson. She graduated from Crookston Central High School in 1960. On September 2, 1966 she married Reginald Jechart at Faith Lutheran Church in Forest...
Rachel Alice Gregoire
Feb 1, 2011
Rachel Alice Gregoire, 87, of rural Grand Forks, passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at Parkwood Place in Grand Forks. Rachel was born in November, 1923 in Washington Township of Grand Forks County near Hatton, ND, the daughter of Olaf and Elise (Lismoen) Kordahl. She attended school in Morgan Township and high school in Mayville, ND. Rachel married Leo...
June Beireis
Feb 1, 2011
June Delores Beireis, 81, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2011, in Bedford, Texas. June Delores Beireis was born June 27, 1929 in Harvey, North Dakota, the daughter of George and Dena Lithun. June's father enlisted in the Navy, January of 1943 and her family moved to the Chicago area, until they returned to Harvey, ND in September, 1944. During this...
James Peter Carlson
Feb 1, 2011
James P. Carlson, 79, of Grand Forks, passed away at his home after a long battle with Cancer on Tuesday February 1, 2011, surrounded by family and his favorite Hospice Nurse. James Peter Carlson was born October 23, 1931 in St. Paul Minnesota. He grew up in St. Paul with 8 siblings, Jean, Jeraldine, John, Joyce, Janet, Judy, Jeff and...


