Obituaries
Ralph Milton Ingebretson
Oct 19, 2009
Ralph Ingebretson, 85, of Mayville, ND, died Monday, October 19, 2009, at Union Hospital, Mayville. He was born on August 12, 1924, in Mayville, the son of Roger and Manda (Peterson) Ingebretson. Ralph attended country school south of Mayville. He entered the US Army and was stationed in the Philippines. After his discharge in 1946, Ralph returned to Mayville and...
Inga Ringsrud
Oct 16, 2009
Inga Ringsrud, 105, of Hatton, ND, died Friday, October 16, 2009, at Hatton Prairie Village in Hatton. Inga Braaten was born on March 18, 1904 to Amund and Inger (Moen) Braaten at Mooreton, ND. The family later moved to a farm north of Mayville, ND, where she grew up and attended country school. She married Gerhard Ringsrud on January 7,...
Alice Jean Higdem
Oct 11, 2009
Alice Higdem, 81, died Sunday, October 11, 2009 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, where she had been a resident for nearly four years. Alice Jean Thuen was born on September 11, 1928 in Sharon, ND to Hans and Ella (Bjerke) Thuen. She attended rural schools, graduating from Portland High School in 1947, the first high school graduate in her...
Marion Elizabeth Carter
Oct 6, 2009
Marion Elizabeth Lofland Carter, 86, passed away Tuesday, October 6th, surrounded by family, at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center, Bismarck, ND. Marion Carter, the daughter of Mark and Winona (Wilson) Lofland, was born November 17, 1922, in rural Clifford, ND. She attended Clifford High School and graduated in 1940. Marion attended Mayville State Teachers College in 1941-1942 and taught at...
Edward Gerhard Larsen
Sep 23, 2009
Edward “Ed” G. Larsen, 102, of Hunter, ND, died Thursday, September 24, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Home in Arthur, ND. Edward was born on November 1, 1906 to Otto and Johanne (Nielsen) Larsen at Oconto, Wisconsin. In 1915 he moved with his family to a farm Northwest of Hunter. He received his education at a country school and also...
Sidney Ronald Heskin
Sep 14, 2009
Sidney Ronald Heskin, 90 of Portland, ND died Monday September 14, 2009 at the North Dakota Veteran’s Home in Lisbon, ND. Sidney was born October 22, 1918 in Portland, North Dakota. He attended elementary and high school in Portland where he was active in Church music as a soloist and men’s’ quartet. In 1930 he entered the Traill County play...
C. Wayne Aasen
Sep 11, 2009
Carrol Wayne Aasen, 71, of Fargo, ND died Friday September 11, 2009 at Manor Care Nursing Home, Fargo, ND. Wayne was born June 3, 1938 at Mayville, ND, the son of Carl L, and Avis (Amundson) Aasen. He grew up on a farm in the rural Clifford area and graduated in 1956 from Clifford High School. Wayne joined the Navy...
Arthur James Grandalen
Sep 7, 2009
Arthur Grandalen, 85, of Portland, ND, died peacefully on September 7, 2009, at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. Arthur James Grandalen was born January 2, 1924, at Portland, ND, the son of Bennie Sr. and Bertha (Erickson) Grandalen. He was baptized and confirmed at Aurdal Lutheran Church. Art graduated from Portland High School in 1941. After high school, he...
Richard Rosevold
Sep 4, 2009
Richard “Dick” Rosevold, 80, of Mayville, ND died Friday, September 4, 2009 at Union Hospital in Mayville. Dick was born July 16, 1929 in Grand Forks, ND to Oscar and Katherine (Eastgate) Rosevold. He graduated from Mayville High School and attended two years of college at NDSU before going into farming at Mayville. In 1959, Dick married Betty Braaten in...
Doris Paulson
Sep 3, 2009
Doris Paulson, 74, of Mayville, ND died Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Doris was born January 18, 1935 in Pontiac, MI to Earl and Doris (Frazier) Brand. She grew up and graduated from high school in Pontiac. She married LuVern Paulson on March 7, 1953. They moved to North Dakota where Earl farmed and Doris...
David Orlin Hettervig
Aug 30, 2009
David Orlin Hettervig, 48, of Buxton, ND, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. David was born October 16, 1960 in Mayville, ND to Orlin and Norma (Lenz) Hettervig. He grew up on a farm in Buxton, and graduated from Central Valley High School. For several years, he worked at Rogenes & Rye Farms. On...
Earl Oscar Belling
Aug 28, 2009
Earl Belling, 58, of Erie, ND, died Friday, August 28, 2009, at the Veterans Hospital in Fargo, ND. He was born on May 24, 1951, in Valley City, ND, the son of Oscar and Evelyn (Carr) Belling. Earl attended the Litchville High School. He entered the United States Marine Corps in April of 1970, serving in Okinawa, Japan. After his...
Larry Lee Heskin
Aug 26, 2009
Larry Lee Heskin, 60, of Fargo, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at his residence. Larry was born on August 23, 1949 at Mayville, ND to Margaret (Lee) and Orlo Heskin of Portland, ND. He graduated from Portland High School in 1967 and from Mayville State College in 1971. That same year, he was commissioned as a Lt. in the United...
Adrian S. Knudsvig
Aug 23, 2009
Adrian Knudsvig, 89, of Buxton, ND, died Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. Adrian S. Knudsvig was born March 19, 1920 in Buxton, ND, to Henry and Karina (Jermeland) Knudsvig. He grew up in Buxton and graduated from Buxton High School. He attended Concordia College, graduating in 1942. He joined the US Army Air Corps,...
Jane Elizabeth Nielson
Aug 23, 2009
Jane Elizabeth Nielson, 84, of Portland, ND, died Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. Jane was born February 26, 1925 to Oscar and Maggie (Ulland) Dammen in Mayville. She was educated in the Mayville public school system. She married Vincent Nelson of rural Hope, ND in 1946. She was blessed with having three children: Larry,...
Robert McNair Evanson
Aug 18, 2009
Robert “Bob” McNair Evanson, 86, of Portland, ND passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Bob was born on September 14, 1922 in the family log house to Carl and Ruth McNair Evanson. He graduated from Portland High in 1940. After one year at Mayville State, he moved to California where he built...
Hilma Sommerfeldt
Aug 12, 2009
Hilma Sommerfeldt, age 92, of Mayville, North Dakota, died August 12, 2009, at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Hilma was born on March 24, 1917 the 10th Child of Andreas H. Fjeld and Anna Marie Dahlen immigrants of Norway to Mayville. Hilma attended rural school thru the eighth grade. In 1940, she married Lueverne Sommerfeldt and they were life...
Gina Amelia Grandalen
Jul 11, 2009
Gina Grandalen, 90, of rural Portland, ND, died Saturday, July 11, 2009, at the Union Hospital in Mayville, ND. Gina was born October 16, 1918, to John and Louise (Nelson) Basol and was raised on the family farm in rural Portland. She married Gilmar Grandalen on November 22, 1939 and they farmed in the Portland area until they retired in...
Odin Rud
Jul 4, 2009
Odin Rud, 90, of Galesburg, ND, died Saturday, July 4, 2009 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. Odin was born April 23, 1919 in Bloomfield Township, Traill County, rural Hillsboro, ND, the son of Iver and Tillie (Lommerud) Rud. He attended rural school and later attended mechanics training in Wahpeton, ND. After his schooling he returned to the...
Alf Johnson
Jun 28, 2009
Alf Johnson, 89, of Galesburg, ND, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Center in Arthur, ND. Alf was born September 9, 1919 in Kursund, Norway, to Berentina Cecilia (Halstad) and William Johnson. When he was nine months old, Alf came with his parents and three older siblings to the United States and settled in the Hope, ND...
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