In Our Care
Roy Davis
Mar 22, 2008
Roy Davis, 96, Grand Forks, died Saturday, March 22, 2008 in Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center. Roy was born to Edward and Mary (Harmon) Davis on November 11, 1911 at Crookston, Minnesota. He attended school at Beltrami, and worked on the family farm. He was trained in watchmaking in Wisconsin. Roy spent several years in watchmaking at Williston, North Dakota....
Charles Sprenger
Mar 20, 2008
Charles Everett Sprenger, 52, of Grand Forks, ND died Thursday, March 20, 2008 in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Charles (Chuck) Sprenger was born April 14, 1955 in Elgin, ND, the son of Ervin and Lorraine (Will) Sprenger. Chuck grew up in Heil and Mandan, ND and graduated from Mandan High School in 1973. He graduated from the University of...
Edward Deraney
Mar 18, 2008
Edward Deraney, 84, Grand Forks, passed away Tuesday morning, March 18, 2008 at Valley Memorial Homes Eldercare Center in Grand Forks. Edward was born April 1, 1923 at home in Lawton, North Dakota to Joseph and Bede (Faid) Deraney. He attended school in Lawton, North Dakota while working on the family farm. In 1942 Ed was employed by the Great...
Wilson Ray
Mar 18, 2008
Wilson B. "Bill" Ray, Jr., Rural Grand Forks, ND, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008 in the Northwood Deaconess Health Center, Northwood, ND. Wilson Blair Ray, Jr. was born December 14, 1927 in Grand Forks, ND the son of Wilson and Hildor Ray. He was raised and educated in Grand Forks. He attended the University of North Dakota then served with...
Clarice Omang
Mar 16, 2008
Clarice L. Omang, 98, of Grand Forks, ND, died March 16, 2008 at Valley Memorial Eldercare Center. Clarice was born June 15, 1909 in Mekinok, ND to John and Maline Hensrud. She was raised and educated in Mekinock, ND. She also attended GF Central High school and Aaker's Business College. Clarice was the eldest child in her family of 5...
Carol E. Larson
Mar 15, 2008
Carol E. Larson, 62, Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, March 15, 2008 in Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND. Carol was born June 15, 1945 in Northwood, ND the daughter of Melvin and Pearl Larson. She grew up in Northwood and worked at Deaconess Nursing Home. She then moved Superior, WI and worked as a nurses aid at a nursing...
John Schuh
Mar 14, 2008
John K. Schuh, 74, Grand Forks, died Friday, March 14, 2008 at Altru Hospital. John was born July 7, 1933 in Lakota, ND, the son of John & Anna Schuh. John served in the Army. He married Donna Peterson on August 9, 1958. They lived in Devils Lake until moving to Grand Forks in 1965. Donna passed away November 12,...
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...


