Obituaries
Edith Alethea Gudim
Oct 11, 2013
Edith A. Gudim, 82, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Mayville, ND died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Sanford Health Center in Fargo. Edith Alethea Sorem was born October 19, 1930 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Einar and Anna (Fossum) Sorem. She graduated from Roosevelt High School and Augsburg College in Minneapolis. She was united in marriage to Milo D....
Gerald Raymond Carr
Oct 10, 2013
Gerald (Jerry) Raymond Carr, 73, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND. He was born August 26, 1940 in Thomas, West Virginia to Olie Luther and Gladys May (Shaffer) Carr. Gerald graduated from Thomas High School in 1958; he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after high school and was stationed at Finley, ND,...
Helen J. Eiken
Oct 4, 2013
Helen J. Eiken, 82, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Portland, ND, died Friday, October 4, 2013 at Essentia Hospital in Fargo. Helen was born December 14, 1930 in Schafer, ND, one of eleven children of Hans and Johanna (Evanger) Evanson. She attended rural McKenzie County and Arnegard schools. She moved to Mayville, ND with her sister Elena in 1949 where...
Avis M. Grandalen
Oct 4, 2013
Avis Grandalen, 90, of Portland, ND, died peacefully on October 4, 2013, at Sanford Hospital, Mayville, ND. Avis Marie Ulland was born July 19, 1923, at Mayville, ND, the daughter of Ed and Anna Ulland. She was baptized at Gran Lutheran Church and confirmed at Bruflat Lutheran Church. Avis graduated from Portland High School in 1941. After high school, she...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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