In Our Care
Donna Simenson
Jun 27, 2009
Donna Simenson, 82, Grand Forks, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2009 at home under the care of Altru Hospice Donna was born January 22, 1927 in Grand Forks to Donald and Lucille (Olson) Janes. She attended Roosevelt Elementary, South Junior and graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1944. Donna was baptized, and confirmed at United Lutheran Church in...
Oscar M Thompson
Jun 21, 2009
Oscar Milton Thompson, 79, Grand Forks, ND died Sunday, June 21, 2009 in Valley Memorial Home Eldercare. Oscar was Born September 27, 1929, Traill County, ND, the son of Ole and Anne (Nelson) Thompson. He was raised and educated near Reynolds, ND. Oscar married Ollie Lehman on April 9, 1952 in Brownwood, TX. He served four years in the United...
Mildred B Reiten
Jun 19, 2009
Mildred B. Reiten, 88, died Friday, June 19th, 2009, due to injuries sustained in a traffic accident. Mildred Berdella Orvik was born April 4, 1921 in Michigan, ND the daughter of Andrew and Ida (Elvik) Orvik. She was confirmed at the Elk Valley Lutheran Church in Bachelors Grove. She grew up in the Niagara area and graduated from High School...
Mollie Holweger
Jun 18, 2009
Mollie Holweger, 94, of Grand Forks, ND died Thursday, June 18, 2009 in Valley Eldercare Center, Grand Forks, ND. Mollie Holweger was born May 5, 1915 in Emerado, ND the daughter of Gottlieb and Dora (Fitchner) Holweger. She grew up and attended school in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High School. She married George Holweger on February 7, 1936...
Eunice A. Meuwissen
Jun 18, 2009
Eunice A. Meuwissen, 93, of Grand Forks, passed away on June 18, 2009, at Valley Eldercare Center in Grand Forks.. Eunice was born September 23, 1915, to John H. & Anna S. (Anderson) Phelps in Crosby, ND, where she graduated from high school and later graduated from Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND, as a Registered Nurse. Prior to raising her...
Fay Rieger
Jun 16, 2009
Fay E. Rieger, 49, Grand Forks, ND died Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at home. Fay Ellen Danielson was born January 8, 1960 in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Bernard and Ardelle (Huwe) Danielson. As a military child, she lived in Texas, Hawaii, Turkey and Taiwan before coming to Grand Forks at the age of 15. She graduated from Grand...
Everett L. Leino
Jun 10, 2009
Everett L. Leino, 75, died on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at his home in Grand Forks, ND. No services will take place...
Victor Ensrud
Jun 7, 2009
Victor N. Ensrud, 91, Grand Forks, ND died Sunday, June 7, 2009 in Valley Memorial Home Eldercare. Victor Norman Ensrud was born March 29, 1918 in rural Pekin, ND the son of Tobias and Anna (Quam) Ensrud. He attended schools at Pekin then worked as a farmer in the area. Victor married Ethel Messner in 1941 at Devils Lake, ND....
Lois Grace Field
Jun 7, 2009
Lois Field, age 75, of Grand Forks, passed away suddenly at Altru Hospital on Sunday, June 7, surrounded by her family. Lois was born on March 20 1934 at the family farm near Aneta, ND to Murray and Elsie (Lovejoy) McKenzie. She attended school in Logan Center and graduated in 1952 from Northwood High School. Lois married Curtis Field on...
Laurence Purcell
Jun 6, 2009
Laurence Phillip Purcell, 89, died at home in Larimore, ND on Saturday, June 6, 2009. Laurence Phillip Purcell was born on December 5, 1919 in Williston, ND, the son of Edward and Bertha Purcell. He grew up and attended school in Williston, ND until his parents moved to Larimore, ND, in 1928. Laurence had six sisters and was the second...
Ruth Ann Gunderson
Jun 5, 2009
Ruth Ann Gunderson, 89, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and formerly of Grand Forks, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009, to be with her husband, Ralph, and family in eternal rest. She moved to Beaver Falls in 2007 living with her daughter, Cheryl Springer, and her husband, Jack. Ruth was born in Grand Forks to John A. and Harriet (Churchill) Miller on...
Edward Jim Nagle
Jun 4, 2009
Edward "Jim" Nagle, 57, of Manvel, ND died Thursday, June 4, 2009 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Edward James Nagle was born on July 8, 1951 in Fargo, ND, the son of Mary Jean Nagle. He grew up and attended school in Manvel and Oslo, graduating from high school in Oslo. Jim worked on various farms and did some...
Diane K Olson
Jun 1, 2009
Diane K. Olson, 52, Grand Forks, ND died Monday, June 1, 2009 surrounded by her family in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks. Diane Kay Kvamme was born September 16, 1956 in Blackfoot, ID the daughter of Eugene and Stella (Stenberg) Kvamme. She was raised and educated in Grand Forks and graduated from Red River High School in 1974. Diane married...
Myrtle Helgesen
May 30, 2009
Myrtle S. Helgesen, 96, of Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Woodside Village, Valley 4000 in Grand Forks. Myrtle S. Johnson was born January 7, 1913 in Grand Forks, ND the daughter of John and Cassie (Weir) Johnson. She grew up and attended school in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High School in 1931. Myrtle married...
Roberta Marie Murphy
May 30, 2009
Roberta M. Murphy, 47, died on Saturday, May 30, 2009, at her home in Grand Forks. Roberta Marie Murphy was born December 9, 1961, in Biddeford, Maine. Roberta was adopted by Ruth & Thomas Silvey. She grew up in Massachusetts and attended Framingham High School. Roberta lived in Texas and Arizona before moving to North Dakota in 1999. Roberta worked...
Marcelle M. Strinden
May 29, 2009
Marcelle M. Strinden, 98, of Grand Forks, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2009, at Valley Eldercare Center in Grand Forks. Marcelle was born on April 14, 1911, to Teddie & Caroline Strinden at Litchville, ND. Her birth mother died when she was 2 year old after the birth of her brother Keith. Her father married Martha Eidsvig. Marcelle graduated...
Gladys Turney
May 26, 2009
Gladys Turney, 92, of East Grand Forks, MN died May 26, 2009 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, North Dakota Gladys was born March 31, 1917 to Charles and Nora (Brandvold) Bengtson in St. Hilaire, MN. She moved with her family to a farm in Sanders Township where she grew up and attended country school. Following school, Gladys worked for the...
Mabel O. Espegard
May 24, 2009
Mabel Espegard, 90 of Petersburg, Michigan and Grand Forks, passed away at Valley 4000, Sunday, May 24, 2009. Mabel was born on June 2, 1918 in Nash Township, Petersburg, North Dakota where she grew up and lived for 66 years. The daughter of Andrew and Synvia (Berdahl) Ohnstad. Mabel married Carl Espegard on December 24, 1940 in Crookston, Minnesota. They...
Kenneth Satrom
May 22, 2009
Kenneth Morland Satrom died at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks on Friday, May 22, 2009. Ken was an unselfish, devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend, who will be deeply missed by his family and friends. Ken was born July 17, 1919 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan son of Ludvig and Hannah Satrom. Ken was the youngest of four brothers. Ken...
Kenneth Janes
May 20, 2009
Kenneth L. Janes, 80, Grand Forks, died Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Kenneth Lyle Janes was born to Donald and Lucille (Olson) Janes on September 6, 1928 in Grand Forks. He was raised and educated in Grand Forks, and a graduate of Central High School. He served in the US Army from September 26, 1946 until...


