Obituaries
Charlotte Mae McMullen
Dec 8, 2024
Charlotte Hensrud McMullen of Mayville, ND passed away on Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 at the age of 93.
Charlotte, the 5th of 8 children, was born on February 23, 1931 to Oscar and Ida (Docken) Hensrud on the farm her grandfather homesteaded in 1877, Mekinock, ND. Her memories included ice skating on the Turtle River, driving the truck down the...
Dorothy Ann Nelson
Dec 2, 2024
Dorothy Ann (Renden) Nelson, 81, died Monday, December 2, 2024 at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville ND.
Dorothy Renden was born October 14, 1943 at Union Hospital in Mayville, ND to Carl and Alice (Olson) Renden. She graduated Mayville High School and Mayville State College with a degree in English.
Dorothy returned to school and earned a degree in Biology from Mayville State...
Calvin Martin Ogburn
Nov 25, 2024
Calvin Ogburn, 79, of Mayville, ND died Monday, November 25, 2024 at his home in rural Mayville, ND.
Cal was born May 24, 1945, to Donald Ogburn and Irene (Grindeland) Ogburn. He spent his childhood in Mayville and later graduated from both Mayville High School and Mayville State College. He then moved to Grand Forks to further his education at UND...
Alvia M Flaten
Nov 21, 2024
Alvia Flaten, 92, of Mayville, ND died Thursday, November 21, 2024 at the Sanford Hospital in Mayville, ND.
Alvia Mae Flaten was born May 24, 1932 to Manne and Anna (Holkesvig) Olson in rural Morgan Township, Mayville, ND. She grew up and attended country school though 8th grade and high school in Mayville. She was confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church and...
LaVonne G Christianson
Nov 19, 2024
LaVonne G. (Aagenes) Christianson, 98 years old, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 19 at Sanford Hospital in Mayville, North Dakota.
LaVonne’s parents were Hannah (Larson) and Alfred Aagenes, both of Fertile, MN. LaVonne was born in rural Fertile, MN. LaVonne has found memories of walking 2 miles to the country schoolhouse. In the winter, she was lucky to ride in...
Kirk J Wilkie
Nov 15, 2024
Kirk Wilkie
06/02/1970 ~ 11/15/2024
Kirk Joseph Wilkie, 54, of Mayville, ND died Thursday, November 15, 2024 at his residence in Mayville, ND.
Kirk was born June 2, 1970 in Belcourt, ND to Harold B. Wilkie and Stella R. Wilkie (Belgarde). He grew up in Underwood ND, and moved to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation when he turned 18. Kirk completed his GED.
He...
Paul R Mattke
Nov 13, 2024
Paul Mattke, 57, of Mayville, ND passed away unexpectedly in November of 2024, at Sanford Medical Center in Mayville.
Paul was born September of 1967 to Carl and Bonnie (Herbst) Mattke in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who then raised him on their family dairy farm in Park Falls, WI. He enjoyed raising his “award winning” dairy cattle, planting and harvesting the fields and...
Opal D Strand
Oct 27, 2024
Opal Strand, 95, of Portland, ND passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at Sanford Hospital in Mayville, ND.
Opal Delores Strand was born February 25, 1929 in Portland, ND, the daughter of Olga and Christ Anderson. She married Robert "Bud" Strand in 1945.
Opal was a fulltime mother and dedicated farm wife who labored tirelessly and was a fully engaged partner...
Galen R Satrom
Oct 22, 2024
Galen Robert Satrom, 88, of Page, ND died Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at the Hatton Prairie Village in Hatton, ND.
Galen was born in Page, ND on July 29, 1936 to J. Palmer Satrom and Mabel (Olstad) Satrom. He was one of the 135 babies born in the Charlie Wonser Maternity House in Page. He grew up helping on the farm....
Peter Thoreson
Oct 3, 2024
Peter Thoreson, Jr. of Mayville, ND died on October 3rd, 2024 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. Visitation will be held at Baker Funeral Home on October 11, 2024 from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Memorial service will be held at Baker Funeral home on October 12, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. followed by burial at North Prairie Lutheran Church cemetery...
Larry Allen Dahl
Sep 24, 2024
Larry Allen Dahl, 72 of Portland, ND passed away on Tuesday, September 24 at his home after a brief illness. Larry was born on December 7, 1951, to Purdin and Eleanore (Pederson) Dahl. Larry graduated from Portland High School in 1969, and he briefly attended Mayville State College. He enlisted in the North Dakota Army National Guard serving with the...
Carole J Peterson
Sep 16, 2024
Carole Peterson, 82, of Mayville, ND died Monday, September 16, 2024 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND.
Carole Jeanne Peterson was born in Fargo, ND on October 2, 1941, to Ione Holland and Ward Peterson. She attended Shanley High School in Fargo, graduating in 1959. She then went on to college at NDSU.
Carole Jeanne lived and worked at many...
Court Gary Hanson
Sep 9, 2024
Courtlan “Court” Gary Hanson, 76, of Blanchard, North Dakota, died Monday, September 9, 2024, at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, North Dakota.
Court was born July 23, 1948, in Mayville, North Dakota, to parents June (Vosper) and Courtlan “Bud” Hanson. Court was baptized and confirmed at Mayville Lutheran Church. He graduated from Mayville High School and earned a BS in Agricultural Economics...
Merwin John Lyng
Sep 8, 2024
Merwin John Lyng, 92, died Sunday, September 8, 2024 at the Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND, under the care of Hospice.
He was born June 3, 1932 in Lindaas Township, rural Mayville, N. D., to Oscar and Alice (Langlie) Lyng. After attending country schools in Mayville and Blanchard Townships, he graduated from Mayville High School and went on to earn a...
Eileen Amb
Sep 6, 2024
Eileen Amb, 96, of Mayville, ND died Friday, September 6, 2024 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND.
Eileen was born on May 19, 1928 to Gerhard and Sophie (Huus) Braaten in rural Hatton and joined her sisters, Marjorie and Solveig. She was raised in Hatton, ND, and attended Hatton School.
She was united in marriage on April 25, 1944 to...
Harriet E Olson
Sep 1, 2024
Harriet Olson, 97, of Hillsboro, formerly of Buxton, ND died Sunday, September 1, 2024 at the Hillsboro Care Center in Hillsboro, ND.
Harriet Olson was born January 15, 1927 in Mayville, ND to Enoch and Betsy (Hanson) Olson. When a very young child the family moved to the Olson family farm in rural Buxton, ND. She attended grade school in rural...
Raymond Karel Aafedt
Aug 18, 2024
Raymond Karel Aafedt, a beloved educator, devoted family man, and passionate motorcycle rider, passed away peacefully on August 18, 2024, surrounded by his loved ones.
Son of the late Ira and Lilian (Kocian) Aafedt, Ray was born in Fordville, North Dakota, on November 5, 1940. Ray's life was marked by a deep commitment to education, family, and faith. After graduating from...
Eileen Rita Slack
Aug 8, 2024
Eileen R. Slack, 79, Page, ND passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2024 peacefully at home surrounded by her family.
Eileen Rita Burns was born, March 26, 1945, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John and Evelyn (Ingersol) Burns. She grew up in Philadelphia, PA and attended Gesu All Girls Catholic School. She moved to Wisconsin in 1969 where she lived with two...
Delores Ione Evans
Aug 8, 2024
Delores Evans passed away on August 8, 2024 at Luther Memorial Home with her family by her side under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. She was born June 3,1931 in Mayville, ND to Herman and Agnes (Solberg) Holkesvig of Mayville, ND. She was baptized at Aurdal Lutheran Church and confirmed at Perry Lutheran Church---both of Portland,...
Olga "Inez" Hanson
Aug 3, 2024
Inez Hanson, 105 ½ , passed away peacefully on Saturday August 3, 2024, in Hatton, ND under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and Hatton Prairie Village.
Olga Inez Flaten was born January 21, 1919, to Olaf J and Inga (Holm) Flaten in Rural Portland ND. She was raised and also attended school there.
In October 1939, she...