In Our Care
Alton Baglien
Mar 13, 2008
Alton E. "Al" Baglien Alton Ernest "Al" Baglien , 79, Grand Forks, North Dakota, died Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 4000 Valley Square, Woodside Village, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Al Baglien was born April 4, 1928 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Anton and Eleanor (Rudrud) Baglien. As a young man, he worked in and around the Fergus Falls...
William Mickelson
Mar 12, 2008
William S. Mickelson, 87, Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Larimore, North Dakota, and formerly of Grand Forks, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008 in the nursing home. William Stanley Mickelson was born August 2, 1920 at Crookston, Minnesota to Andrew and Clara (Knutson) Mickelson. William served in the U.S. Army from 1942 ? 1945. He was locally employed in construction on several...
Grace Barry
Mar 10, 2008
Grace L. Barry, 93, Grand Forks, ND died Sunday, March 9, 2008 at Home. Grace L. Torgeson was born December 27, 1914 in Emerado, ND the daughter of Nels and Laura (Stokke) Torgeson. Grace was raised and educated in East Grand Forks, MN. She married Thomas Barry on November 19, 1950 in East Grand Forks, MN. They lived in Buxton,...
Nancy Gardner
Mar 8, 2008
Our beloved Nancy Jo Gardner, 57, passed away March 8, 2008 at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota after emergency air lift from Altru Hospital due to complications of a stroke. Nancy, a lifelong Grand Forks resident, was born November 12, 1950, to George and Alice Gardner at old St. Michael's Hospital, and baptized at Wesley United Methodist Church in Grand Forks....
Joyce Groven
Mar 5, 2008
Joyce O. Groven, age 88, of Grand Forks, ND passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at Valley Eldercare surrounded by her family and friends. Joyce Thompson was born on March 24, 1919, in Garfield Township, rural Hatton, ND the daughter of Alfred and Annette Thompson. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church. Joyce was united in marriage...
Beverly Jondahl
Mar 5, 2008
Beverly Ann Jondahl, 70, of Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday March 5, 2008 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Beverly Jondahl was born November 10, 1937 in Moorhead, MN the daughter of Nels and Borghild (Anderson) Overby. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead, MN graduating from high school there. Beverly moved to Grand Forks after high school to...
Arlo Pearson
Mar 5, 2008
Arlo R. Pearson, 72, East Grand Forks, Minnesota, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Arlo Ray Pearson was born February 24, 1936 at Lake Bronson, Minnesota to Edward and Ellen (Agman) Pearson. He grew up in the Lake Bronson area and graduated from Lake Bronson High School. He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He married...
Helen Szepelak
Mar 4, 2008
Helen O. Szepelak, 89, of Grand Forks, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at Valley Eldercare 500 Unit in Grand Forks. Helen was born on November 27, 1918, to Tony & Anna Szepelak in Joliet, IL. Her family moved to Thompson, ND, and began the Szepelak family farm where they raised wheat, corn, grain and cattle. After Helen graduated...
David Sande
Mar 3, 2008
David L. Sande, 78, Grand Forks, died Monday, March 3, 2008 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. David Lunseth Sande was born July 8, 1929 in Bemidji, Minnesota to Linus J. and Ingeborg (Lunseth) Sande. He graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1947. In 1955 he graduated from the University of North Dakota with a degree in History. David...
Barbara Pedersen
Feb 28, 2008
Barbara Elaine Norman Reishus Pedersen, daughter of S. S. and Josephine Norman Reishus, was born in Minot, North Dakota October 11, 1915. She attended Valley City State College and later, the University of Washington in Seattle. Her marriage to the Rev. Dr. Walter M. Pedersen took place in 1935 in Minot, North Dakota. Together they served Lutheran churches in Enumclaw,...
Sandra Pershke
Feb 27, 2008
Sandra Kay Pershke, 59, of Grand Forks died Wednesday, February 27, 2008 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks.
Donald Miller
Feb 26, 2008
Donald Carleton Miller was born February 24, 1923 in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Allison Raymond Miller and Mary Frances (Hardy) Miller. He was raised in Sioux City, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Morningside College, and later graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Banking. He was a member of the US Coast Guard, serving 34 months during...
Ida Louella Brockmeyer
Feb 25, 2008
Ida Louella Brockmeyer, 91, Grand Forks, ND died Monday, February 25, 2008 in Valley Eldercare of Grand Forks. Ida Louella "Lindy" Lindenmuth was born April 17, 1916 in Germantown, Ohio the daughter of Ward and Omah (Smith) Lindenmuth. She was raised and educated in Germantown and graduated from Germantown High School in 1934. She graduated from the Jewish Hospital School...
Bernice Merrill
Feb 25, 2008
Bernice Merrill, 86, of Grand Forks, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2008, at Valley Eldercare in Grand Forks. Bernice Blanche Merrill was born August 17, 1921, to Albert and Margaret (Villenevue) Lemay in Westhope, ND, where she grew up and attended school. Bernice married Clarence Merrill on October 27, 1934, in Grand Forks. They farmed near Northwood, ND, for...
Terrance Sannes
Feb 25, 2008
Terrance W. Sannes, 68, Grand Forks, North Dakota, died Monday, February 25, 2008 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. Terrance Wayne Sannes was born to Theodore and Agnes (Jacobson) Sannes on July 10, 1939 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Terry began employment in Grand Forks at a young age, working at Miller's 8th Ave. Grocery, and Baukol Construction. He married Grace...
Donna Thompson
Feb 24, 2008
Donna G. Thompson, age 75, Grand Forks, ND, passed away peacefully with her husband at her side on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at Woodside Village, Grand Forks, ND. Donna Germayne Johnson was born October 8, 1932 in Hatton, ND, the daughter of Clarence and Bernice (Vigen) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed at Little Forks Lutheran Church, Donna attended both...
Ron Thiede
Feb 24, 2008
Ron Thiede, 61, Grand Forks, died at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fargo on February 24, 2008 Ronald Landon Thiede was born December 11' 1946 in Grand Forks, the firstborn son of Alfred and Edna (Landon) Thiede. He was educated in several northeastern North Dakota communities and graduated from Langdon High School. He attended Aakers Business College in Grand...
Kenneth Pahlen
Feb 23, 2008
Kenneth M. Pahlen, 60, of Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, February 23, 2008 at the University of Minnesota Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, MN. Kenneth Michael Pahlen was born July 5, 1947 in Crookston, MN the son of Jacob and Mary (Stroot) Pahlen. He grew up and attended country school in Brandt Township near Euclid, MN. He then attended school in Warren,...
Patricia Flynn
Feb 19, 2008
Patricia Ann (Pat) Flynn, 85, of Alexandria, MN, and formerly of Grand Forks, North Dakota, died February 19, 2008 at Knute Nelson in Alexandria. Pat was born on November 15, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Rose and Edward Cunney. She grew up in Drexel Hill, a suburb of Philadelphia, and graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1940. She married...
Kenneth Anderson
Feb 18, 2008
Kenneth Leo Anderson, 80, of Grand Forks, ND died Monday, February 18, 2008 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Kenneth L. Anderson was born on April 6, 1927 at Stump Lake, ND near Pekin, ND, the son of Ole and Mina (Ensrud) Anderson. He grew up and attended Wamduska grade school and graduated from Pekin High school in 1944. Kenneth...