In Our Care

Virginia Ann Carl

Virginia Ann Carl

Dec 13, 2009

Virginia Carl died unexpectedly at Altru Hospital on December 13, 2009. Virginia was born June 18, 1933 to George and Laura (Olson) Roberts in Park River, ND. She married Jess Carl on January 7, 1951. They made their home in Grand Forks. Virginia was a devoted wife and mother. She was active with the University Lutheran Church WELCA. Her favorite...

Larry Olufson

Larry Olufson

Dec 11, 2009

Larry D. Olufson, 64, of Grand Forks, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2009 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Larry Dean Olufson was born on September 18, 1945, in Grand Forks, ND, the son of Henry and Emeline (Kroll) Olufson. Larry grew up in Grand Forks and graduated from Grand Forks Central in 1963. Larry joined the U.S. Army...

Charles Orrin Abbey

Charles Orrin Abbey

Dec 10, 2009

Charles Orrin Abbey of Grand Forks, ND, died Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at the Veteran's Hospital in Fargo, ND, surrounded by his family. Orrin was born on October 20, 1928 in Gilby, ND, the son of Pearl and Charles Abbey. He was raised in Gilby where he graduated from high school. Orrin attended the Wahpeton State School of Science following...

Virginia Vleck

Virginia Vleck

Dec 10, 2009

Virginia M. Vleck, 77, formerly of Buxton, ND went home to be with her Lord in heaven,Thursday, December 10, 2009 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND. Virginia Mildred Hoag was born March 21, 1932 in Harwood, ND, the daughter of Veeder and Mildred (Brandvik) Hoag. She grew up on a farm near Harwood, ND, graduated from Oak Grove High...

Mary Ellen Wier

Mary Ellen Wier

Dec 7, 2009

Mary Ellen Wier passed away in her Grand Forks home on December 7, 2009. She was born in the small town of Deleon Texas to Maxine Henderson Wier and David Truett Wier on December 12, 1949. She graduated from Deleon High School and went on to study dance at both Interlochen Fine Arts School in Michigan and Texas Christian University...

Donald Jerome Bodahl

Donald Jerome Bodahl

Dec 6, 2009

Donald Jerome Bodahl Donald Jerome Bodahl, 92, Grand Forks and formerly of East Grand Forks, died Sunday, December 6, 2009 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Donald Jerome Bodahl was born February 2, 1917, the son of Darwin and (Flaten) Bodahl in Beltrami, Minnesota. In 1922 they moved to East Grand Forks where he attended school and graduated from East Grand...

Malinda Backman

Malinda Backman

Dec 5, 2009

Malinda Faye Backman, 59, died Saturday, December 5, 2009 in Valley Memorial Home Eldercare of Grand Forks, ND. Malinda Anton was born January 21, 1950 in Cando, ND the daughter of Donald and Bertha (Wymore) Anton. She was raised in Rock Lake, ND, but also lived in Blaine, WA for a short time before returning to Rock Lake where she...

Bret Allen Pederson

Bret Allen Pederson

Dec 5, 2009

Bret Allen Pederson, age 46, of Fairborn, OH and formerly of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at his home in Fairborn, OH. Bret A. Pederson was born on February 17, 1963, the beloved son of the late Robert James Pederson and Ruth Lorraine (Ferguson) Pederson. Bret grew up and attended school in Grand Forks and...

Levi Likane Ngwendson

Levi Likane Ngwendson

Dec 3, 2009

The funeral for Levi Lekane Ngwendson, child of Julius and Gloria Ngwendson will be Monday, December 7, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in Amundson Funeral Home, Grand Forks.

Clarence Coss

Clarence Coss

Dec 3, 2009

Clarence Pearson Coss (Sonny), age 82, of Grand Forks ND was lifted to heaven by angels Thereasa (known to Clarence as Momma) and Amber on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009. Clarence P. Coss also known as C.P., Sonny and Squeaks, was born on August 15, 1927 in Grand Forks to parents Charles Witcomb Coss and mother Ethel (Raymond) Coss. Clarence was...

Jaclyn Wimpfheimer

Jaclyn Wimpfheimer

Dec 1, 2009

Jaclyn D. Wimpfheimer, 75, passed away peacefully at the Prescott Nursing Home of Prescott, WI. surrounded by loving family on Monday, December 1st, 2009. The daughter of Jacob & Erna (Wendtland) Marto, Jaclyn was raised in Sabin, MN and Grand Forks, ND. and graduated Grand Forks Central High School. She married William Wimpfheimer on October 16th, 1959 at United Lutheran...

Erwin Herzog

Erwin Herzog

Nov 29, 2009

Erwin Herzog, age 86 of Grand Forks, North Dakota passed away November 29, 2009 after a brief illness. Erwin was born May 6, 1923, the son of Julius and Hilda (Thom) Herzog of Neche, North Dakota where he grew up and attended school. On November 10, 1942, he married Estelle Kuehner. Erwin was in the Civilian Conservation Corp and a...

Walter E. Lundsten

Walter E. Lundsten

Nov 27, 2009

Walter E. Lundsten, 90, Grand Forks, died Friday, November 27, 2009 at home. Walter Elmer Lundsten was born to Anton and Jenny (Anderson) Lundsten on January 2, 1919 at Sauk Center, Minnesota. He attended school in Sauk Center. He was inducted in the US Army on August 9, 1944 at Ft. Knox, KY, and served in Asiatic Pacific Theatre during...

Bonnie Sue Corbett

Bonnie Sue Corbett

Nov 22, 2009

Bonnie "Mema" Sue Corbett, 70, passed away peacefully surrounded closely by loving relatives on Sunday, November 22nd. The daughter of Delmar Shoemaker and Florence Robinson, Bonnie was born in Boonville, Indiana in 1939. After living most of her life in California, she moved to Grand Forks, ND to be near her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who she loved dearly. Bonnie...

Myra Adeline Trude

Myra Adeline Trude

Nov 18, 2009

Myra Adeline Wheeler Trude, 91, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at home in Grand Forks, surrounded by her family. Myra was born on May 30, 1918, the daughter of Charles B. and Olga C. (Struxness) Wheeler in Viroqua, WI. Myra graduated from Viroqua High School and attended the St. Paul School of Nursing and Northwestern Bible College. Myra married...

Helen Kjelmyr

Helen Kjelmyr

Nov 17, 2009

Helen M. Kjelmyr, 93, Grand Forks, ND died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in Valley Memorial Home Eldercare of Grand Forks. Helen Marjorie Kjelmyr was born November 27, 1915 in Leeds, ND the daughter of Peter and Dora (Coughlin) Kjelmyr. She was raised and educated at Leeds and graduated from high school there in 1933. Helen graduated University of North Dakota...

Magdaline Adamski

Magdaline Adamski

Nov 17, 2009

M. Magdaline Adamski, "Mac", died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at Kingston Care Center of Sylvania, Ohio. She has lived in Toledo, near her daughter Joan, since 2004. Mary Magdaline, born November 7, 1913 in Pulaski Township, near Warsaw, North Dakota, was the fourth of twelve children born to John and Martha Gerszewski. She walked to rural school, graduated from Ardoch,...

John Penn

John Penn

Nov 16, 2009

John Penn, 95, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away Monday, November 16, 2009 at Woodside Village. Dr. John Stanley Penn was born January 11, 1914 in Portage, Wisconsin to William Penn and Alice (Inks) Penn. He was the youngest of five children. He attended public school in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Education was of extreme importance to him, and became...

Francis Reller

Francis Reller

Nov 15, 2009

Francis B. Reller, of Grand Forks, ND, 75, died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by family Sunday, November 15, 2009. He was born on December 7, 1933 in Faribault, Minnesota to Stephen and Anna Reller. At a young age the family moved to Paynesville, Minnesota where he attended elementary school, and graduated from high school in 1952. He attended St....

Raymond W Stadstad

Raymond W Stadstad

Nov 14, 2009

Raymond Stadstad, 88, of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2009. Ray was born on May 29, 1921, in Grand Forks, ND to William and Cora (Storstad) Stadstad. He grew up and attended school in Manvel, ND. He married Frances Nagle on June 6, 1942 in Ocean Beach, CA. Ray joined the Army Air Corps in December...