Obituaries
Joyce Marie Flickinger
Apr 17, 2014
Joyce Marie Flickinger, 81, of Arthur, ND, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Essentia Hospital in Fargo, ND. Joyce was born on November 18, 1932 to Ernest and Myrtle (Thompson) Erickson of Page, ND. She was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Page. She attended country school and graduated from Page High School. On September...
Ardis Beverly Halvorson
Mar 20, 2014
Ardis Beverly (Anderson) Halvorson, Edgewood Vista, Fargo, ND formerly Galesburg, ND died Thursday March 20 at the Sanford Palliative Care Unit in Fargo. Ardis was born October 2, 1927 near Wild Rose, ND to Orren and Ella (Kroke) Anderson. The family moved to a farm near Kloten, ND where she graduated high school. With a need for teachers during WWII,...
Levone George Domier
Mar 19, 2014
Levone George Domier, 64, of Portland, ND, passed away Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Levone was born on October 15, 1949 to George and Marion (Sletten) Domier in Mayville, ND. He grew up on the family farm outside of Portland, ND, where he eventually built his home. On November 18th, 1977, he married Sharon DuBois...
Lawrence Erickson
Mar 17, 2014
Lawrence Wayne Erickson passed away on Monday, March 17, 2014 at the age of 82 at his home in Page, ND under the care of his family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. Larry was born September 11, 1931 in the village of Warwick, ND to Ernest and Myrtle (Thompson) Erickson. He attended Page High School and served in...
Harry D. Leum
Mar 17, 2014
Harry Duane Leum, 89, of Cummings, ND, passed away on Monday, March 17, 2014 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. He was born February 25, 1925 to Ingvald and Agnes (Anderson) Leum on a farm near Cummings. He attended country school in Wold Township. Harry served in the US Army stateside and in Germany during WW II. On October...
Marguerite M. Walker
Mar 17, 2014
Marguerite Marie (Gaffney) Walker, 92, passed away at Luther Memorial Home on Monday, March 17, 2014. She was born on March 5, 1922 in Langdon, North Dakota to Roland and Daisy Gaffney. She was married to the love of her life, Daniel Walker on July 11, 1945 as he returned from duty in WWII. Marguerite had a life-long love...
Allan Martin
Mar 10, 2014
Allan Dahl Martin, loving husband, father, grandfather and brother passed away on March 10, 2014 at the Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Allan was born to Arthur and Maxine (Dahl) Martin on August 12, 1941 in Hunter, ND. He attended Clifford High School and enlisted in the Navy after graduating in 1959. While in the Navy he served in the...
Carl Ambroson
Feb 15, 2014
Carl Ambroson, 87, of Hatton, ND formerly of Mayville, ND, passed away on February 15, 2014, at Sanford Hospital in Mayville. Carl was born on February 6, 1927, at home in Clifford, North Dakota, to parents Ole and Helga (Brovold) Ambroson. On June 20, 1948, he married Ruth Brenden at Bruflat Church in Portland, North Dakota. Early on, Carl farmed...
Annie Amb
Feb 13, 2014
Annie Amb, 88, of Portland, ND, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND. Annie was born October 27, 1925 to Nels and Jennie (Larson) Selid in rural McKenzie County, ND. She graduated from Watford City High School and then received her Registered Nurse degree from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Fargo, ND. Annie married Alvin...
Olga Mielke
Feb 11, 2014
Olga Mielke (Sonnenberg), 97, of Mayville, ND, formerly of Galesburg, ND, passed away February 11, 2014 at Sanford Hospital in Mayville. Olga was born August 20, 1916 in Vergas, MN to August and Frazine (Schultz) Sonnenberg. She grew up in Vergas and married her fishing buddy, Otto Mielke, October 5, 1940 in Grand Forks, ND. They moved to Galesburg in...
Maurice Smestad
Feb 11, 2014
Maurice J. Smestad, 84, of Hatton, ND passed away February 11th, 2014 at Hatton Prairie Village, Hatton, ND. Maurice was born February 5, 1930 in Garfield Township near Hatton, ND to Carl and Maude (Brumwell) Smestad. He was baptized and confirmed at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Hatton, where he attended School, eventually obtaining his GED and attended Arizona State...
Jeffrey "Jeff" Braaten
Feb 8, 2014
Jeffrey Jerome Braaten, 54, of Portland, ND, unexpectedly passed away peacefully at his farm on February 8, 2014. He was born on November 30, 1959 in Mayville, ND to Jerome and Arlene (Stenstad) Braaten. He graduated from May-Port High School in 1978 and from Wahpeton School of Science in 1980 with a diesel mechanic degree. On January 10, 1981, he...
Margaret "Marge" Aasen
Feb 4, 2014
Margaret (Marge) Aasen, 87 of Mayville died peacefully while surrounded by her family on February 4, 2014 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. She was born March 5, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA, one of six children to Charles and Elizabeth Ferris. She met the love of her life, Orlo (Ace) Aasen while he was in the Navy, and stationed...
Margaret K. Lande
Jan 25, 2014
Margaret Kathryn Lande, 92, passed away peacefully on January 25, 2014 at the Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND. Margaret was born to Anna and Andrew Lee on November 7, 1921 in Mayville, ND. She attended college at Mayville State University. In January of 1942, Margaret married Orlo Heskin. Margaret and Orlo were blessed with five children. Orlo passed away in...
Margaret P. Olson
Jan 16, 2014
Margaret Pauline (Vleck) Olson, 89, died Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville under the care of their staff, Hospice of the Red River Valley and her family. Margaret was born September 25, 1924 in Osnabrock, North Dakota. She was the daughter of Theodore and Pauline (Fleishman) Vleck. She attended school in Osnabrock High School and graduated...
Agnes Estelle Skarperud
Jan 15, 2014
Agnes Estelle (Molvig) Skarperud was born on March 17, 1918 in Buxton Township, the daughter of Jens and Clara (Saevig) Molvig. She died following a brief illness at Mayville Sanford Hospital on Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Agnes grew up on a farm and graduated from Buxton High School in 1935. She received her Standard diploma from Mayville State College in...
Maxine Joyce Martin
Jan 7, 2014
Maxine Joyce Martin, loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister passed away on January 7, 2014 at the Sanford Hospital, Mayville, North Dakota. Maxine Joyce Dick was born September 18, 1944 in Devils Lake, North Dakota. She was the daughter of Lewis and Mildred (Ortmann) Dick from Munich. She attended Munich High School, Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, Nebraska and then...
Merle E.O. Freije
Jan 6, 2014
Merle E. O. Freije, 72, of Mayville, ND, died Monday, January 6, 2014 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Merle Ellen Olson Freije, was born on March 14, 1941 to Mervin & Elsie Olson in San Luis Obispo, CA. They returned to Starkweather, ND, when Merle was a toddler and settled in the community where both Mervin & Elsie were...
Charles Tabor
Jan 2, 2014
Charles (Chuck) Tabor of Mayville, ND, died January 2, 2014 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Chuck was born March 2, 1929 to Charles and Anna (Johnson) Tabor in Lake Eunice Township near Detroit Lakes Minnesota. He attended a one room school later graduating from Detroit Lakes High School in 1946. Chuck served 3 years in the Air Force being...
Richard "Bud" Aasen
Dec 29, 2013
Richard (Bud) Ole Aasen of Portland, North Dakota, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2013 at his home. Bud was born in Weme, MN, to the parents of Ole and Ragna (Nelson) Aasen, January 26, 1930. He was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church and attended country school near Weme. He was a member of Aurdal Lutheran Church. Bud married...