In Our Care
Douglas R. Hensrud
May 22, 2010
Douglas Ray Hensrud, resident of the Veteran's Home in Lisbon, ND died on Saturday, May 22, 2010 after a long illness. Douglas was born May 15, 1935 Grand Forks, ND to Ray and Alice (Magoris) Hensrud. Raised by Henry and Hazel Carlson he graduated from Central High School in 1953. Following High School, he served as a communications technician in...
Ted W. Black
May 21, 2010
Ted Wyatt Black, 58, passed away Friday morning May 21, 2010 at his home with his family by his side. He died from ALS. Ted was born March 24, 1952 in Akron, Ohio. He was raised and graduated from high school in Springfield, Ohio. He was married to his high school sweetheart, Rosie, in Campbell County Tennessee October 9, 1970....
Norval D. Nelson
May 19, 2010
Norval D. Nelson, 76, Grand Forks died Wednesday, May 19, 2010 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Norval Dale Nelson was born to Arther "Art" and Margaret (Geddes) Nelson at Northwood North Dakota on February 22, 1934. He was raised and educated at Northwood, graduating from Northwood High School in 1952. Norval and Audrey Thingelstad were united in marriage on June...
Ernest Brazee
May 18, 2010
Ernest L. "Ernie" Brazee, 71, Grand Forks, ND died Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND. Ernest was born January 6, 1939 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota the son of Howard and Amy Brazee. He lived several places growing up as his father was a construction worker. Ernest graduated from George Washington High School, Los Angeles,...
Olaf Kongsgaard Fossum
May 15, 2010
Olaf "Ole" K. Fossum, 99, passed away, Saturday, May 15, 2010, at his home in Grand Forks. Ole was born January 24, 1911, to Rev. Jens E. and Olga (Peterson) Fossum in Fargo, North Dakota. He graduated high school from Oak Grove Seminary (Oak Grove Lutheran High School) and received a B.A. from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Ole married...
Tracy Marie Smith
May 12, 2010
Tracy Marie Smith, 46, of Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, May 12, 2010 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND. Born to DuWayne & Jean Danielson on July 31, 1963, Tracy was raised by her late Aunt, Alice Blilie Tracy married the love of her life Richard Smith on March 5th, 1987. They have one son, Daniel who was born...
Reuben Ellwood
May 9, 2010
A Celebration of Life Reuben Thomas Ellwood was born October 3, 1917, on a farm near Radcliffe, IA to Gustav & Torina (Olson) Eltervaag, He died May 9, 2010, in Woodside Village, Grand Forks, ND. His funeral will be in Ellsworth, IA, May 15, 2010, 11 AM. Reuben graduated in 1936 from Ellsworth High School. Then Reuben met, Ruth Eloise...
Earl Ulland
May 9, 2010
Earl V. Ulland, 83, Grand Forks, ND died Sunday, May 9, 2010 at Valley Eldercare , Grand Forks. He suffered in recent years from Parkinson's disease and dementia. Earl Vernon Ulland was born on June 28, 1926 in Traill County near Buxton, ND the son of Martin and Sophie (Johnson) Ulland. He grew up there and attended Wold Township #2...
Carol Ann (Hanson) Irey
May 5, 2010
Carol Ann Irey (Hanson) of Grand Forks, 45, died on May 5th, 2010 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Carol was born November 5th, 1964 in Grand Forks at the Deaconess Hospital and was adopted by the late Henry A. and Hazel A. Hanson. Carol attended Roosevelt Grade School, South Junior High School and graduated from Central High School...
Loren Knudson
May 2, 2010
All service details are under the direction of Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home of Crookston, MN Loren Richard Knudson, Grand Forks, formerly of Woodbury and Crookston, MN, passed away Sunday, May 2, 2010 in Grand Forks. He was born July 9, 1924 to Gertrude (McConoughey) and Richard Knudson in Valley City, ND. In 1940, he moved with his family to Crookston where...
Frances Plaas
May 1, 2010
Frances C. Plaas, 96, Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, May 01, 2010 in Parkwood Place of Grand Forks. Frances was born June 22, 1913 in Bartlett, ND the daughter of Joe and Hazel Clark. She graduated from Larimore High School in 1931 and the University of Minnesota in 1935 as a Medical Technologist. Frances married George Plaas June 22, 1940...
Barbara Lacrosse
Apr 30, 2010
Barbara A. Lacrosse, 71, Grand Forks, ND died Friday, April 30, 2010 at home. Barbara Skavlem was born May 7, 1938 in Grand Forks the daughter of Selmer and Ethel (Hagen) Skavlem. She was raised and educated in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High School in 1956. She moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada then returned to Grand Forks to...
LuVerne Karpenko
Apr 29, 2010
LuVerne Karpenko, 90, of Grand Forks passed away Thursday, April 29, 2010 at Altru Hospital. LuVerne was born August 14, 1919, in Halstad, MN., to Albert and Marie (Stennes) Gilbertson. She attended public schools in Halstad and graduated from Halstad High School in 1937. LuVerne graduated from Aaker's Business College in Grand Forks, ND, and then was employed at Minnesota...
Jane Branvold
Apr 28, 2010
V. Jane Branvold, 86, Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Jane was born Virginia Jane Sand, the daughter of Albert and Minnie (Sillerud) Sand. She was raised and educated in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High School. Jane married George Joyner on August 18, 1949. They raised a family while living...
Lois Todhunter
Apr 27, 2010
Lois E. Todhunter, age 80, of Grand Forks, formerly of Highland, CA, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks with family at her side. Lois Allen Etheridge was born on October 23, 1929 in Baltimore, MD. She was the only child of Dr. William Allen Etheridge, DDS and Elsa Masius Etheridge. She graduated from Eastern...
Astrid Gates
Apr 25, 2010
Astrid Elizabeth Gates died Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Valley 4000, Woodside Village. Astrid Elizabeth Akerberg was born to Sigurd and Siami (Suhonen) Akerberg on December 5, 1918 in Drake, ND. In 1921 the family moved to Plaza, ND where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1936. Astrid worked at the TB sanitorium near Dunseith, ND and...
Maxine Gillis
Apr 25, 2010
Maxine F. Gillis, 94, died April 25, 2010 at the Chestertown Nursing Center in Chestertown, MD. Maxine was born Oct. 16, 1915 in Mekinock, ND, the youngest of 5 children to Olaf & Olga (Heen) Quenrud. Maxine graduated from GF Central in 1933. Maxine's work life was spent at Nash Finch in GF where she met and married her husband...
Marion O. Wylie
Apr 25, 2010
Marion O. Wylie, 93, of Grand Forks, formerly of Edinburg, ND, passed away on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Marion Olivia Dahlen was born on the family farm in Dahlen Township, Nelson County, North Dakota on March 24, 1917. She was the 10th child of Ole E. and Mary (Anderson) Dahlen. She was baptized and...
Claude Edward Robertson
Apr 25, 2010
Claude Edward Robertson, 83, of Grand Forks, ND passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on April 25th, 2010 at Woodside Village, 4000 Valley Square, Grand Forks. Claude E. Robertson was born August 26th, 1926 in Mallory , MN. The son of Dorcy and Amanda (Markstrom) Robertson. Claude grew up and attended school in East Grand Forks , MN ....


