In Our Care
Mae Elizabeth Heggar
Mar 24, 2010
Mae E. Heggar, 90, of Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Valley Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. Mae Wickstrom was born on May 3, 1919 near Buffalo, S.D. the daughter of Oscar and Anna (Johnson) Wickstrom. As a young child she moved with her family to Plummer, MN, where she attended school graduating from the Plummer High School....
Adelaide Bertha Korpi
Mar 23, 2010
Adelaide "Addie" Korpi, 92, passed away at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND after a short illness on March 23, 2010. She lived in Grand Forks since 1999 and was a resident of Parkwood Place and Valley Eldercare Center. Addie was born in Crookston, MN, the daughter of Herman and Amelia Fiedler, on April 23, 1917. She grew up in...
Avonne Goodman
Mar 22, 2010
Avonne C. "Vonnie" Goodman Vonnie Goodman, 82 of Grand Forks, ND and Bemidji, MN passed away on Monday, March 22, 2010 at Havenwood Care Center of Bemidji. Vonnie was born on September 21, 1927 in Grand Forks the daughter of A.T. and Cleo Skarsbo. She grew up in Grand Forks and graduated from Grand Forks Central High School. During her...
Jeanette M Osmundson
Mar 22, 2010
Jeanette M. Osmundson 69, Grand Forks, North Dakota died Monday, March 22, 2010 in Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center. Jeanette was born to Sam and Viola (Stoller) Osmundson on December 20, 1940 in Grand Forks. She was raised and educated in Grand Forks. Jeanette was never married. She graduated from barber college in 1969. In 1973 she graduated from AVTI...
Ruth C. Bang
Mar 22, 2010
Ruth C. Bang, 105, residing in New Carlisle, IN passed away at 5:50 AM Monday, March 22, 2010 at Hamilton Grove Retirement Communities. She was a sales clerk for R.B. Griffiths, Norbys, Mandels and Vanity Shop, prior to that she taught school for several years. Mrs. Bang was born on December 18, 1904 in Slayton, Minnesota to Herbert O. and...
Clifford J. Thomforde
Mar 21, 2010
Clifford John Thomforde, 92, of Grand Forks, passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at Valley Eldercare Center in Grand Forks. Clifford (Cliff) Thomforde was born December 15, 1917, the son of John and Sophia (Kerber) Thomforde in Crookston, MN. He grew up and attended school in Crookston, graduating in 1935. Cliff earned his first Amateur Radio License in 1933...
Jerry Dietrich
Mar 17, 2010
Jerry D. Dietrich, 70, Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Valley Memorial Home Woodside Village, Grand Forks. Jerry was born March 28, 1939 in Harvey, ND the son of John and Norma (Flatlie) Dietrich. He was raised and educated in Harvey and graduated from Harvey High School in 1958. He graduated from the University of North Dakota...
Edwin R. Wilde, Jr.
Mar 16, 2010
Edwin R. Wilde, Jr. 86, Grand Forks, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. Edwin Ralph Wilde, Jr. was born to Edwin Wilde, Sr., and Esther Burr Wilde on December 16, 1923 in Grand Forks. He attended school in Grand Forks, graduating from Central High School. Edwin served in the US Army during World...
Franklin "Frank" Lewis
Mar 15, 2010
Franklin T. Lewis, 76, of Grand Forks died Monday, March 15, 2010 in Hattisburg, Mississippi. Franklin Theodore Lewis was born on July 6, 1933 in Grand Forks, ND the son of William and Margaret (Sigurdson)Lewis. He grew up and attended school in Grand Forks. Frank served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He married Georgia Miller on May 20, 1975. Frank...
Kenneth Fortman
Mar 12, 2010
kenneth S. "Kenny" Fortman, 71, Warren, MN died Friday, March 12, 2010 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND. Kenny was born march 8th, 1939 in Hillsboro, Nd the son of John and Ruth Fortman. He was baptized at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church then raised and educated near Hillsboro. Kenny served in the U. S. Army then came...
Evelyn Kyle
Mar 11, 2010
Evelyn K. Kyle, 93, passed away March 11, 2010 surrounded by family at her home in Grand Forks. Evelyn was born on May 12, 1916, in Plaza, ND, the daughter of Emil and Mary (Trulson) Kingsburg. Evelyn grew up in the Minneapolis area and graduated from Minneapolis South High School. Evelyn married Allan R. Kyle on May 4, 1942. She...
Richard Donald Lanes
Mar 10, 2010
Richard Lanes, 53, of Grand Forks died Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in his home after a brief battle with cancer. Richard Donald Lanes was born March 14, 1956 in Grafton, ND the son of Donald and Evelyn (Svaren) Lanes. He grew up and attended school in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High school in 1974. After graduation he studied...
Sophie Grendahl
Mar 7, 2010
Sophie C. "Pat" Grendahl, 100, Grand Forks, North Dakota, passed away peacefully on March 7, 2010 at Riverview Memory Care Center, Crookston, Minnesota. Sophie "Pat" Johnson was born to Herman and Rodi (Weum) Johnson on August 12, 1909 at Flom, Minnesota. She grew up and attended school at Flom. Sophie was united in marriage to Edgar L. Grendahl on June...
Armistice Ann Giedd
Mar 6, 2010
Armistice "Ann" Giedd, 85, of Grand Forks, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Valley Eldercare Center in Grand Forks. Ann was born on March 24, 1924 in New Orleans, LA. She was adopted by parents Regina and Emile LeBoeuf and attended school in Metairie, LA, completing the 8th grade. Ann married Randy Giedd on January 5, 1944 in...
Donald Thomas Hewitt
Mar 5, 2010
Donald Thomas Hewitt, 52, passed away peacefully at his Rose Lake (Frazee, Minnesota) home on Friday March 5, 2010 after a courageous 2 year battle with cancer. Don was one of four children born to the late Kathryn (Farmer) and Harry "Hardy" Hewitt of Minto, North Dakota on October 4, 1957. He was the beloved husband of Cindy (Peterson) Hewitt...
Lorna Lange
Mar 4, 2010
Lange, Lorna Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother - Age 62 Of Stacy, MN and formerly of Grand Forks, ND. Passed away peacefully March 4, 2010 after a lengthy illness. Preceded in death by grandson, John; parents, Jess and Carrie Babe' Carl; brothers, Jess and Ralph; sister, Linda Jeffrey; sister-in-law Virgina Carl. She will be deeply missed by husband of 43 years,...
Dorothy Kosobud
Mar 3, 2010
Dorothy J. Kosobud, 65, Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, March 3, 2010 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks after a short but courageous battle against cancer. Dorothy Jean Ortlip was born April 9, 1944 in Crystal, ND the daughter of Walter and Elsie (Niemann) Ortlip. She was raised and educated in Crystal then moved to Grafton, ND to work as...
Berget Sannes Amble
Mar 3, 2010
Berget (Sannes) Amble, 96, Grand Forks, North Dakota, passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at her home surrounded by her family and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and caregiver Laura Sandahl. Berget Sannes was born December 6, 1913 in Thompson, North Dakota, the daughter of Andrew and Nora (Anderson) Sannes. She lived in Walle Township...
Crystal Ramsey
Feb 28, 2010
Crystal E. Ramsey, 93, Grand Forks, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2010 at Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center. Crystal was born October 4, 1916, and was the oldest daughter of William and Laura (Falter) Ramsey of Park River, North Dakota. She attended Ramsey Grove School. After her father died, the family moved to Kelso, Washington but Crystal later returned to...
Thomas Pettus
Feb 27, 2010
Tom Pettus, 87, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at the Larimore Good Samaritan Center were he had made his home for the past year and a half. Tom, son of Archibald (Archie) and Ila (Wilson), was born on January 3, 1923 in Lowell, Arizona. He enlisted in the Army where he served in Pearl Harbor and Spokane,...


