Obituaries
Eleanor Alice Amb
Apr 15, 2018
Eleanor Alice (Olson) Amb, 92, formerly of Portland, ND, and for the last six years, Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND, died Sunday, April 15, 2018. Eleanor was born April 25, 1925, near Galesburg to Harry and Anna (Kyllo) Olson. She grew up on the Olson family farm and attended Greenfield School through the eighth grade. She left...
Lori Jean Ham
Apr 13, 2018
Lori Jean (Smith) Ham, 59, of Aneta, ND passed away Friday, April 13, 2018, at Mayville Sanford Hospital. Lori was born July 5, 1958 at the Northwood Deaconess, daughter of Gene and Donna (Nelson) Smith. She grew up in rural Aneta attending Sharon Public School through her sophomore year and graduated from Aneta High School in...
Lowell Eugene Lande
Apr 13, 2018
Lowell Eugene Lande, 90, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 13, 2018 at Mayville, ND under the care of Hospice and Luther Memorial Home. Lowell was born near Mayville, ND on April 7, 1928 to Ole and Anne (Strand) Lande and was raised on a family farm and attended Lindaas School. Lowell lived his entire live...
Lonny Ray Gunderson
Apr 2, 2018
Lonny Ray Gunderson, 51, of Mayville, ND, passed away on Monday, April 2, 2018 at the Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Lonny was born May 29, 1966 in Mayville, ND to Rodney and Lila Jean (Fyre) Gunderson. He attended Mayville Portland schools and graduated in 1984. He lived in the Mayville area for most of his...
Floyd Sunday Erickson
Mar 25, 2018
Floyd Sunday Erickson, 90, died Sunday, March 25, 2018, at Sanford Health Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Floyd was born on October 2, 1927, in Hunter, ND, to Edward and Betsy (Sannes) Erickson. Floyd’s mother passed away while he was just 11 years old and was raised by his father, sister (Adeline) and brother (Orville). He went to Greenfield Country...
Bocephus "Bo" Alan Peter Agnes
Mar 20, 2018
Bocephus (Bo) Alan Peter Agnes passed away unexpectedly on March 20 at his home in Portland, ND from a seizure. Bocephus was born at Rolla, ND on July 29, 1990. He resided in Mayville, Grand Forks and Portland. He attended Peter Boe Elementary School in Mayville, West Elementary and Valley Middle School in Grand Forks. He graduated from Grand...
Phyllis A. Lundeby
Mar 6, 2018
Phyllis Lundeby, 90, of Mayville, ND died on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at the Sanford Hospital in Mayville, ND. Phyllis was born January 28, 1928 in Pine Creek, MN, the daughter of Halvor S. and Mollie (Haugen) Halvorson. Growing up, she attended Greenbush High School, graduating in 1947. Shortly after high school, she moved to Mayville to...
Jane E. Holden
Mar 6, 2018
Jane Eleanor Holden, 77 years of age, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at Sanford Hospital in Mayville, North Dakota. Jane was born November 10, 1940 in Laramie, Wyoming to the late Gerald and Marion Merrick. She was the second daughter of three and is survived by her sister Shelley of Mesquite,...
Ruth Kensrud
Feb 24, 2018
Ruth Kensrud, 96, of Lisbon, ND, formerly of Portland, ND died on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at CHI Lisbon Health in Lisbon, ND. Ruth was born July 8, 1921 in Hatton, ND to Sever and Kaia (Koldingsness) Lonne. She grew up and attended country school through the 8th grade. Ruth was united in marriage to Conrad Kensrud...
MELVIN OLSON
Feb 10, 2018
Melvin “Dewey” Duane Olson, age 72, of Mayville, ND, passed away Saturday morning, February 10, 2018 at home surrounded by his family. He was born June 9, 1945 to Reynard and Edith Olson in Grafton ND, the youngest of 4 children. He graduated from Fairdale High School in 1963, later attending the University of North Dakota and Embry-Riddle Aeronatical University...
Garry Clinton Gunderson
Feb 5, 2018
Garry C. Gunderson, 63, of Crookston, MN, formerly of Buxton, ND died Monday, February 5, 2018 at the Riverview Health Center in Crookston, MN. Garry Clinton Gunderson was born on February 25, 1954 to Gust and Gladys (Landa) Gunderson in Grand Forks, ND. He grew up in Buxton, ND and graduated from Central Valley High School. ...
Elizabeth Jean Bradner
Jan 16, 2018
Elizabeth Jean Bradner, 84, of Mayville, ND, formerly of Lake Havasu City, AZ went to be with her Lord and Savior: Jesus Christ on January 16, 2018. Liz was born October 27, 1933 in Tiffin, Ohio to Carl and Hilda (Hammersmith) Kliesch. She grew up in Fostoria, OH where she graduated Valedictorian of St. Wendelin Catholic School. There...
Jesse Scallon
Jan 15, 2018
Jesse Daniel Scallon, 29, died unexpectedly on Monday, January 15th in Fargo, ND. Jesse was born October 3rd, 1988 in Mayville, ND to parents Lee and Luanne Scallon, and was the middle of five brothers. Jesse grew up an avid sportsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing with his father and brothers. When he wasn’t hunting or fishing, Jesse enjoyed...
Deanna Kay Swanson
Jan 6, 2018
Deanna Kay Swanson, 75, passed away on January 6, 2018 in Florida. She was born in Fertile, Minnesota. Mrs. Swanson graduated from Interstate Business College and excelled at sales all her life. She earned Miss Congeniality in the Miss Fargo Pageant, was past President of the Friday Night Dance Club and President of Bismack North Dakota Downtown Business...
Melinda Leland
Jan 2, 2018
Melinda Leland went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ January 2, 2018 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. Melinda was born November 15, 1934 to John and Marie (Moen) Berg, the youngest of five sisters. She grew up on the family farm near Mayville, ND.
Melinda was a master at the piano...
Betty Lou Thoreson
Dec 22, 2017
Betty Lou Thoreson, age 86, of Mayville, North Dakota, passed away on December 22, 2017 in Mesa, Arizona. Betty Lou was born on April 2, 1931 to George and Magnil Jorgenson on a farm near Leeds, ND. She graduated from Leeds High School in 1949. She enrolled in Concordia College, Moorhead, MN in the fall of 1949. ...
Clarence A. Nelson, Sr.
Dec 9, 2017
Clarence Nelson, Sr., 82, of Portland, ND died Saturday, December 9, 2017 at the Sanford Hospital in Mayville, ND. Clarence Sr. was born in Gary, MN on January 2, 1935 to Edward and Alma (Ramberg) Nelson. He was raised by his siblings and Uncle Ingvald as he lost both parents at a young age. Clarence was confirmed at Ness Lutheran...
Carol Jean Nelson
Nov 29, 2017
Carol Jean Nelson, 90, of rural Cummings, ND, died on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at the Luther Memorial Home where she had been a resident since August 15th. She couldn’t be happier to spend her first Christmas in Heaven. Carol was born May 4, 1927 at the home of her parents, Carl and Ethel (Anderson) Nelson. She attended grade school...
William C. Julson, Jr.
Nov 11, 2017
William Clifford Julson, Jr, 78, of Mayville, ND died November 11, 2017 at St Mary’s Hospital, in Rochester, MN. William Clifford Julson Jr., was born on January 16, 1939 in Leeds, ND, to Clifford and Alice (Youtzy) Julson. Willie was one of six children, and lived in Leeds throughout his childhood and high school years. He participated in basketball and...
Roger O. Bergstrom
Oct 27, 2017
Roger Bergstrom died Friday, October 27, 2017, at his home in Mayville, ND, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Roger Olaf Bergstrom was born on July 23, 1950 in Fargo, ND, to Oliver and Lucille (Berge) Bergstrom. He was raised two miles west of Blabon, ND and graduated from Hope High School in 1968. In 1972,...


