In Our Care
Reed Siewert
Feb 18, 2008
Reed never met a stranger?. The consummate salesman, Reed Siewert was happiest when he was striking up a conversation with the closest person within earshot. Born September 11, 1918 in rural Grand Forks, he was one of six siblings born to Adolph and Minnie Siewert. He worked on the family farm and later went to farm on his own for...
George Gardner
Feb 17, 2008
George William Gardner, 94, died February 17, 2008, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. George was born in 1914, to Julia and George Gumlia in Crosby, MN. George was a high school graduate. For a time during the Depression, he rode the rails to the west coast looking for work, eventually returning to Minnesota. He married Alice Kyllingstad in 1938....
Eleanor Vonesh
Feb 14, 2008
Eleanor G. Vonesh, 70, East Grand Forks, MN died Thursday, February 14, 2008 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND Eleanor Gail Severson was born July 11, 1937 in Grand Forks, ND the daughter of Emil and Gladys (Thompson) Severson. She was raised and educated in Reynolds, ND and graduated from high school there. She graduated from nursing college in...
David Myhre
Feb 13, 2008
David Paul Myhre, 44, of Northwood, passed away on February 13, 2008, at Northwood Deaconess Hospital. David Paul Myhre was adopted by Harley and Vivian Myhre at 3.5 weeks of age. He attended school at Northwood, ND, from kindergarten to through grade 12. He enjoyed football, basketball, band and stockcar racing. The family took limited vacations due to time needed...
Florence Olson
Feb 11, 2008
Florence A. Olson, 89, Grand Forks, North Dakota, died Monday, February 11, 2008, in Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home, Crookston, Minnesota. Florence Audrey Hobson was born May 14, 1918, in Ardmore, South Dakota, the daughter of Grover and Petra Hobson. The Hobsons moved to North Dakota when Florence was a baby ? living in Fargo, Strasburg and Carrington. After graduating...
Mary Ellen Caldwell
Feb 11, 2008
Mary Ellen Caldwell, Professor Emerita of English at the University of North Dakota, died February 11 in Grand Forks at the age of 99. She held an M.A. from the University of Chicago and taught at UND from 1952 to 1979 when she retired as chairman of the English Department. She continued to teach in the Extension Division until 2000....
Donald Lanes
Feb 11, 2008
Donald Gordon Lanes passed away in his home Feb. 11th at the age of 86. He was born in Grafton, N.D. on May 11, 1921 to Carl and Mary Lanes. After graduating from high school in Grafton, he went to California to work in the Lockheed airplane factory. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1942 and served in the...
Holman Flanagin, Jr.,
Feb 9, 2008
Mr. Holman Lovely Flanagin, Jr., age 81, of Cedartown, GA, formerly of Presque Isle, Maine and Grand Forks, North Dakota, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2008, at his residence. He was born April 18, 1926 in Mapleton, Maine. Mr. Flanagin was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of The American Legion and the VFW. He...
Verna Slominski
Feb 7, 2008
Verna C. Slominski, 80, Grand Forks, passed away peacefully at Altru Hospital, Thursday, Februrary 7, 2008, surrounded by her family. Veronica Catherine Lunski was born on September 28, 1927, the daughter of Alex and Julia (Pokrzywinski) Lunski. She was raised on the family farm near Ardoch, and was confirmed in June, 1940. Verna was united in marriage to Aloysius Slominski...
Alice Gardner
Feb 6, 2008
Our Beloved, Alice L. Gardner, 88, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away on February 6, 2008, at Valley 4000 Woodside Village Hearthstone. Alice was born April 16, 1919, in Brainerd, MN, the daughter of Clara and Richard Kyllingstad. She grew up on the family farm, but lived in a boarding house in town to graduate high school. She married George...
Donald Leroy Kinney
Feb 5, 2008
Donald LeRoy Kinney passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born at home in Manvel, North Dakota on October 13, 1920 to Leo and Leona Kinney. He served in the Army Air Corps as an aircraft mechanic and then as a pilot during World War II. He returned to Manvel in...
John McGrath
Feb 4, 2008
John McGrath, 91, of Fargo, ND formerly of Grand Forks, ND passed away February 4, 2008 at the Palliative Care Center, MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. John Henry McGrath was born on April 19, 1916 near Emerado, ND the son of Joseph John and Ida (Jacobson) McGrath. He grew up near Emerado and graduated from high school there. On July...
Dennis Nelson
Jan 30, 2008
Dennis Lee Nelson, 63, passed away on January 30, 2008, at Altru Hospital from heart failure complications. Dennis was born August 3, 1944, to Harry and Eleanor Nelson in Grand Forks, ND. He was baptized on November 18, 1944, and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in East Grand Forks. He graduated from EGF Central High School in 1963, and attended...
Ivan Smith
Jan 29, 2008
Ivan Howard Smith, long-time Grand Forks resident, died at home peacefully on Tues., Jan. 29, 2008. Ivan was the director and founder of Mission Socorro, a local charitable organization that has helped thousands of area families during the 36 years the Smiths have lived here. Ivan was born in Aberdeen, SD, on March 19, 1932, the son of Howard Vere...
Harry Tandeski
Jan 20, 2008
Harry J. Tandeski, 75, Grand Forks, ND died Sunday, January 20, 2008 in Valley Memorial Home Eldercare. Harry Joseph Tandeski was born March 6, 1932 in Grafton, ND the son of Max and Staffie (Ebertowski) Tandeski. He was raised and educated in both Walsh County, ND and Marshall County, MN. Harry served with the Army National Guard before serving active...
Veronica Hurley
Jan 18, 2008
Veronica Lynn Hurley, 17, Northwood, North Dakota passed away Friday, January 18, 2008 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks as a result of injuries from a car accident. Veronica was born March 27, 1990 in Grand Forks to Vicki Hurley and Brian Legg. She spent her early years in Grand Forks, moved to Emerado in 1997 and to Northwood in June,...
Darin Marick
Jan 17, 2008
Darin Lynn Marick of Larimore, ND, passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 17th 2008 at the age of 39. Darin was born on June 3, 1968 in Moorhead, Minnesota. He completed his elementary education in Mapleton ND and continued on through high school in West Fargo ND, graduating in 1986. In May of 1987, he enlisted...
Daniel Hougum
Jan 16, 2008
Daniel J. Hougum, 71, Grand Forks, died Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at home. Daniel Jon Hougum was born to Roy and Bernice Hougum on July 6, 1936 at Marshfield, Wisconsin. Daniel graduated in 1961, from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. He served several parishes including Trinity Lutheran Church in Fairfield Township, Minnesota, Trinity Lutheran Church, Fisher, Minnesota, and St. Paul's...
Mary Ann Staveteig
Jan 8, 2008
Mary Ann Staveteig, 77, Grand Forks, ND, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND Mary Ann Arlene Meyers was born February 12, 1930 on the Meyers home farm west of Thompson, ND to Albert and Alice (Miller) Meyers. She was raised, educated and graduated from high school at...
John Landowski
Jan 7, 2008
John Andrew Landowski, 89, died January 7th, 2008 at Valley Eldercare Center, Grand Forks, N.D. John was born February 10, 1918 in Cashel, N.D., the son of John Stanley and Helen Julia (Langowski) Landowski. After completion of the eighth grade, he worked on the family farm near Drayton. He bravely served in the U.S. Army (164th Infantry Regiment) from 1941...
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