Obituaries

Wayne Allen Tunseth

Wayne Allen Tunseth

Sep 16, 2013

Wayne Tunseth, age 64, of Mayville, ND, died peacefully at home, September 16, 2013. Wayne was born on July 8, 1949, to Caroline (Eken) and Lester Tunseth. He grew up and attended school in Mayville, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from Mayville State University in May of 1975. In January of 1974, he met Louise Klocke at a Super...

Beda MacDonald

Beda MacDonald

Sep 14, 2013

Beda (Saucedo) MacDonald, 68, of Portland, ND, died at home Saturday September, 14, following a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. She was born May 27, 1945 in Robore, Bolivia. She was eight years old when her mother, Alciera Saucedo, passed away. As orphans, she and her two sisters spent a number of years under the care of the nuns who...

Reuben S. Braaten

Reuben S. Braaten

Sep 1, 2013

Reuben Sylvester Braaten, 85 died on September 1, 2013 surrounded by his family at Sanford Hospital in Mayville. Reuben was born to Elmer & Malla (Huus) Braaten on August 29, 1928 in Hatton North Dakota where he attended school graduating from Hatton High School. On October 29, 1948 Reuben married Frances Bye in Hatton, ND. Reuben farmed for one year...

Val Peterson

Val Peterson

Aug 14, 2013

Val Peterson, 77, of Fargo ND, died on Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at Bethany Nursing Home in Fargo. Visitation: 1-3 PM on Sunday, August 18, 2013 with a prayer service at 2:30 PM at Baker Funeral Home Chapel and will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Funeral Service: 11:00 AM Monday, August 19, 2013 at Little...

Irene Kvernen

Irene Kvernen

Aug 13, 2013

Irene Kvernen, 86, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Portland, ND, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at Bethany on 42nd in Fargo. Irene was born on June 14, 1927, in Kintyre, ND, to Jens and Ellen (Syverson) Dahl. Soon after, the family moved to Portland, where she grew up and graduated from Portland High School. She was a lifetime...

Alwood Lowell Brend

Alwood Lowell Brend

Aug 9, 2013

Alwood Lowell Brend, age 81 of Portland ND, passed away on Friday August 9, 2013, at home from natural causes. Alwood was born May 30, 1932, to Alf and Lavina (Haagenson) Brend at home, in Primrose Township, Portland ND. He was baptized and confirmed at Perry Lutheran Church, rural Portland and remained a life-long member there. He attended Primrose Country...

Marjorie M. Schoeppach

Marjorie M. Schoeppach

Jul 22, 2013

Marjorie M. Schoeppach, 93, of Arthur, ND, formerly of Page, ND, died Monday, July 22, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in Arthur, ND. She was born January 4, 1920 in Colgate, ND, the daughter of Henry and Ida (Erickson) Reisenburg. She graduated from Colgate High School in 1938. On May 17, 1941 she married Myril Schoeppach in Page and...

Marlys Bernice Johnson

Marlys Bernice Johnson

Jul 20, 2013

Marlys Johnson 82, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Galesburg, ND passed away Saturday July 20, 2013 at Sanford Palliative Care Center in Fargo. Marlys Bernice was born June 9, 1931 to Melvin and Mathilda (Hanson) Olstad. Marlys was raised on her parents farm near Galesburg. She graduated from Galesburg High School in 1949. In October 1951, she married Alf Johnson;...

Richard Gene Forsgren

Richard Gene Forsgren

Jul 19, 2013

Richard Forsgren, 68, of Mayville ND, passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview at Minneapolis, MN. He was born on August 3, 1944 in Rapid City, SD to Kenneth and Pearl (Hanson) Forsgren. Richard attended and graduated from the Mayville High School and continued this schooling at NDSU in Fargo, ND. Richard served...

Carl "Orville" Skar

Carl "Orville" Skar

Jul 16, 2013

Carl “Orville” Skar, 95, of Mayville ND, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Orville was born May 13, 1918 to Selmer and Carrie (Tungland) Skar at Pleasant Lake, ND. He attended school in Knox, ND and graduated from high school there. He enlisted in the US Army in 1941 as WWII was beginning to...

Phyllis Eileen Peterson

Phyllis Eileen Peterson

Jul 6, 2013

Phyllis Peterson, 63, of Portland ND, passed from this life into glory on Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Sanford Health Palliative Care Unit in Fargo, ND, after a short battle with peritoneal cancer. Phyllis is survived by her husband, Ralph, and four children; Brent (Kristin), Valley City, ND; Julie (Alan) Twedt, Portland, ND; Aaron, Omaha, NE; Andrew, Fargo, ND. Her...

Dolores E. "Lolly" Conway

Dolores E. "Lolly" Conway

Jul 6, 2013

Dolores E. “Lolly” Conway “skipped through the gates of Heaven” peacefully in her sleep on July 6, 2013 at her daughter’s home in Highland, CA. Dolores was born on March 4, 1924 in Mayville, N.D. to Ole and Anne (Strand) Lande. She was raised on the family farm and after graduating from high school she left Mayville and eventually settled...

Claudia Ann Hastings

Claudia Ann Hastings

Jul 6, 2013

Claudia Ann (Steele) Hastings, 79, of Mayville ND, died Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Claudia was born in Aberdeen SD July 2, 1934 to Claude and Helen (Tennant) Steele. She grew up in Britton SD, graduated from Britton High School in 1952, and married Derl...

Richard Dean Atkinson

Richard Dean Atkinson

Jul 5, 2013

Born in Des Moines, Iowa on February 26, 1929 to Art and Tishia Atkinson, eighth of their nine children. He passed away July 5, 2013 at his home in Dallas. Richard graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School June 1947, where he was deeply involved in the speech and drama department and appeared in several of the school productions. He was...

Dr. James M. Little

Dr. James M. Little

Jun 18, 2013

Dr. James M. Little, 83, of Perham, MN, formerly Mayville, ND died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Sanford Health in Fargo. Dr. James McNair Little was born in Mayville, North Dakota on May 6, 1930. He was the son of Dr. R.C. and Marion Little. He grew up in Mayville with his sister Audrey (Little) Williams and graduated from Mayville...

Berniece I. Holden

Berniece I. Holden

Jun 15, 2013

Berniece Isabelle Holden, 87, of Grand Forks, ND died Saturday, June 15, 2013 in Valley Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. Berniece was born February 26, 1926 in Lake Park, MN, the daughter of Oscar and Mathilda (Marshall) Moen. Berniece moved to Ayr, ND with her family in 1926. She attended Ayr School for eleven and one half years, graduating from Page...

Richard Allen Lande

Richard Allen Lande

Jun 10, 2013

Richard Allen Lande, 63, of Mayville, ND passed away Monday, June 10, 2013 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND, under the care of Hospice, surrounded by his loving family. Richard the son of William “Bill” and Frances Lande of Mayville ND, born August 17, 1949 at Union Hospital Mayville ND. He attended Lindaas School until the 5th grade then attended...

Donavon W. Dehn

Donavon W. Dehn

Jun 2, 2013

Donavon W. Dehn, 71, of Hatton, ND died Sunday, June 2, 2013 at his home in Hatton. Donavon was born on November 3, 1941 in Grand Forks, ND, the son of Marvin and Lavina (Coy) Dehn. He attended grade school at St. Michael’s and graduated from St. Jame’s High School in Grand Forks and finished his schooling in Wahpeton, ND....

Evelyn Marjorie Satrom

Evelyn Marjorie Satrom

May 22, 2013

Evelyn M. Satrom, 96, of Fargo, ND formerly of Page, ND, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Bethany on University in Fargo. Evelyn was born February 25, 1917 to George and Luella (Mullaney) LaVoie at Page, ND. She grew up and attended school in Page. On October 21, 1935 she married Raymond Carlson and together they raised 3 daughters. Evelyn...

Evelyn T. Deshais

Evelyn T. Deshais

May 11, 2013

Evelyn Theresa Deshais, 85, died May 11, 2013 at the Hatton Prairie Village in Hatton, North Dakota. Evelyn was born 1 November 1927, the daughter of John and Sarah (LaClaire) McCartey in Springfield, Massachusetts. Evelyn attended elementary school in Springfield and graduated from Cathedral High School. She was united in marriage to Joseph Robert (Bob) Deshais on September 4, 1950....