Obituaries
Delora Sparrow
May 29, 2011
Delora Sparrow, 89, of Mayville, ND died Sunday, May 29, 2011, at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND. Enah Delora Sparrow was born December 18, 1921 to Albert and Enah (Anderson) Sparrow in Finley, ND. She graduated from Finley High School and later Mayville State Teachers College. She went on to receive a Master Degree from the University of ND in...
Mabel Smestad
May 14, 2011
Mabel Smestad, 100, of Mayville, ND died Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Sanford Hospital in Mayville, ND. Mabel was born July 19, 1910 to Andreas and Elise (Helgeson) Smestad at Roseau, MN. In 1912 the family moved to rural Hatton, ND. Mabel attended country school, Union #54. She lived on the farm until around age 19 when she moved to...
Audrey Nora Erickson
May 6, 2011
Audrey Erickson, 82, of Mayville, ND, died Friday, May 6, 2011 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Audrey Nora Koppang was born on January 20, 1929 to Christian and Nora (Grinde) Koppang. She was raised on a farm near Portland, ND. She was baptized and confirmed at Roseville Trinity Church, rural Portland. She attended country school and graduated from...
Rosalie Kaldor Schmitz
May 4, 2011
Rosalie Kaldor Schmitz, 97, of Williston, ND and Mesa, AZ, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Williston, ND. Rosalie Mae Foogman was born April 23, 1914 to Adolph and Helen (Schneider) Foogman in Hillsboro, ND. She attended school in Hillsboro and graduated in 1935 from the University of North Dakota with a degree in mathematics....
Elva Marion (Patterson) Gunkel
Apr 28, 2011
Elva (Patterson) Gunkel, 87, of Page, ND, slipped quietly from us on Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Villa Maria, Fargo, ND. Elva Marion Frost was born April 28, 1924 to Robert F. and Dorothy E. (Elliot) Frost in Silver Park, Saskatchewan, Canada. She attended school in Pekin, ND and McVille, ND. She left school at a young age, working locally...
Connor Aaron Fyre
Apr 6, 2011
Connor Aaron Fyre was born on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at 1:13 a.m. to parents Troy and Amanda Fyre at Essentia Health of Fargo, ND. He weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces and was 20 ½ inches long. Connor is deeply loved by his mommy and daddy and big sister Faith of West Fargo, ND; his grandparents, Ken and Peggy Fyre...
June Mary Leidall
Apr 2, 2011
June Mary (Larson) Leidall, 88 of Page, ND, died Saturday, April 02, 2011 at Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Arthur, ND. June was born on June 22, 1922 in Dickey, ND the daughter of Ruth (Meiklejohn) and Andrew Larson. She married Norman Leidall on June 27, 1941 at Watertown, SD. The couple moved to Page, ND where they raised one...
Eileen A. Lyng
Mar 29, 2011
Eileen Ardyce (Johnson) Lyng, 76, Clifford, N.D., died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, N.D. She was born Sept. 7, 1934 at Sangor, in Oliver County, N.D., on what is now known as the Cross Ranch. She was adopted by Edwin and Garda Johnson of Mayville when she was three years old. Eileen graduated from Mayville High...
Theron Howard Moen
Feb 27, 2011
Theron Howard Moen, 92, of Pahrump, NV, died Sunday, February 27, 2011, at his home, surrounded by his family, and under the care of Nathan Adelson Hospice. Howard was born December 30, 1918, in Hillsboro, ND, to Oscar H. and Clara (Overmoe) Moen. He was educated in the Mayville Public Schools, Mayville, ND, and at Mayville State Normal School. He...
Hazel Vivian Knudson
Feb 22, 2011
Hazel V. Knudson, 92, long time resident of Portland, ND, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Sanford Hospital in Mayville, ND. Hazel Vivian Thykeson was born February 8, 1919 in rural Portland, the daughter of Alfred and Otilla (Osmon) Thykeson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bang Lutheran Church, Portland. She attended Enger Township #4 and was a 1944 graduate...
Marjorie A. Anderson
Feb 21, 2011
Marjorie A. Anderson, 83, of Clifford, ND, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. Marjorie was born January 4, 1928 to Alvin and Annie (Haugan) Olstad of Galesburg, ND. She was baptized and confirmed at Elm River Lutheran Church, Galesburg. Marjorie graduated from Galesburg High School and Concordia College with a degree in English and Music...
Laurie Anne Kenward
Feb 16, 2011
Laurie Anne Kenward, 49, of Fargo, ND, died on February 16, 2011, at her residence in Fargo, ND. She was born on June 25, 1961 in Fargo, ND, the daughter of Joe and Mary (Gentry) Kenward. Laurie grew up in Page, ND, and graduated from the Page High School in 1979. She continued her education and graduated from Valley City...
Daniel Odin Viken
Feb 16, 2011
Daniel Viken, 85, of Mayville, ND, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND. Daniel Odin Viken was born October 18, 1925 in Dell Rapids, SD, the son of Christopher and Hulda (Fallman) Viken. In the spring of 1928, Daniel and his family moved to a farm in Primrose Township, Steele County where he attended Primrose School...
Carolina Osland
Feb 1, 2011
Carolina Osland, 99, of Mayville, ND, passed away peacefully Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at Sanford Hospital, Mayville. Carolina Johnson was born April 18, 1911, in Cole Harbor, ND, to Oscar & Mina (Nelson) Johnson. She spent much of her childhood in Hatton, ND, and graduated from high school in Zumbrota, MN. Carolina attended Mayville State University where she earned her...
Loretta Mae Odegard
Feb 1, 2011
Loretta Mae (Stephenson) Odegard, 95, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Buxton, N.D. passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at Bethany Homes, Fargo. Loretta Odegard was born October 2, 1915 at Glendive, Montana. She was the youngest of the three children of James and Mary (Newell) Stephenson who were homestead pioneers of Dawson County, Montana. The family moved to California in...
Kenneth Eastman
Jan 31, 2011
Kenneth G. Eastman, 78, of Mayville, ND, passed away Monday, January 31, 2011, at Sun City, AZ, under the care of Hospice of the Valley. Kenneth was born on January 1, 1933 to Fred and Jane (Healey) Eastman in Walhalla, ND. He was raised and educated in Cavalier, ND and graduated from high school in 1951. He attended Jamestown College...
Janice M. "Tooka" Borud
Jan 28, 2011
Janice Marie “Tooka” Borud, 69, of Fargo, ND, died Friday, January 28, 2011 peacefully at her home, after a short battle with cancer under the care of the Hospice of the Red River Valley. Jan was born July 2, 1941 in Cooperstown, ND, the daughter of Gustav and Caroline (Engebtetson) Perchert. She grew up and attended school in Cooperstown. Jan...
Lucille Adeline Peterson
Jan 24, 2011
Lucille Adeline Peterson, 95, of Mayville, ND, died Monday, January 24, 2011 at Sanford Hospital in Mayville, ND. Lucille was born December 9, 1915, in Union Hospital in Mayville, the daughter of Andrew and Karen (Aarhus) Skarperud. She was baptized and confirmed in the First American Lutheran Church in Mayville. Lucille attended and graduated from Mayville High School. On May...
Jerome Richard Berg
Jan 14, 2011
Jerome Berg, 84, of Mayville, ND, died Friday, January 14, 2011 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. Jerome was born December 27, 1926 in Newburg Township west of Hatton, ND to Oscar and Anna (Haugen) Berg. He was educated in a country school before attending Hatton High School. Following graduation he served in the U.S. Army during the final...
Norma Margaret Hettervig
Jan 6, 2011
Norma Margaret Hettervig, 79, of Buxton, ND, died Thursday, January 6, 2011 at Sanford Hospital in Mayville, ND. Norma was born November 19, 1931 to William and Louise (Griese) Lenz, rural Reynolds, ND. She grew up in rural Reynolds and graduated high school in Hatton, ND. After graduating she worked for a few years in Mayville. On July 15, 1953...


