Obituaries

Alvin Amb

Alvin Amb

Jul 20, 2010

Alvin Amb, 90, of Mayville, ND died Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at his home in Mayville. Alvin was born July 21, 1919 to Martin and Marie (Haugen) Amb in Traill County. He grew up with seven siblings on the Martin Amb farm and attended school at Viking Township #10. From 1943-1944, during WWII, Alvin was in the US Navy as...

Paul Joseph Frappier

Paul Joseph Frappier

Jun 16, 2010

Paul Joseph Frappier Jr., 87, of Portland, ND, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Paul was born on November 22, 1922, to Paul and Amy (Briss) Frappier in Kensal, ND. He grew up on the family farm by McHenry, ND. Paul was united in marriage to Beverly (Brown) on June 7, 1949. Together they...

Charles Jerome Satrom

Charles Jerome Satrom

May 30, 2010

Charles Jerome Satrom, 77, of Page, ND passed away Sunday, May 30, 2010 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Charles was born October 27, 1932, the youngest of 13 children of parents Olaf Richard and Mina (Olstad) Satrom. He was raised on the farm his parents homesteaded in the Colgate Township. Charles attended school at Colgate, transferring to Page High...

Palmer Julian Haugen

Palmer Julian Haugen

May 29, 2010

Palmer Julian Haugen, 91, of Mayville, ND, died Saturday, May 29, 2010, at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. He was born on October 10, 1918, in Portland, ND, the son of Peter and Marie (Berg) Haugen. Palmer attended rural school near Portland. Palmer married Amy Kringlen in Hatton, ND. The couple farmed outside Portland for many years. He returned...

Emma Hamm

Emma Hamm

May 18, 2010

Emmajine Eliza Hamm, 98, of Page, ND, died Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Center in Arthur, ND. Emma was born November 29, 1911, the daughter of Erl and Myrtle (Walker) Klessig, on the Klessig Farmstead in Page Township, 9 miles east of Page. She was born a few minutes after her twin brother Charles. Emma grew up...

Juanita Serrano

Juanita Serrano

May 2, 2010

Juanita Serrano, 72, of Mayville, ND, died Sunday, May 2, 2010, at her home in Mayville. Juanita was born on February 12, 1938, the 2nd daughter to Byron and Vera (Holland) Beavers, in Alabama. She grew up and attended school in Alabama. She married Manual Serrano in Florida, and after they separated, she continued to live in Florida until 1992...

Vivian Lorraine Beck

Vivian Lorraine Beck

Apr 26, 2010

Vivian Lorraine Beck, 88, died peacefully on Monday, April 26, 2010 at the Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND. Vivian was born November 21, 1921 in Pine Creek, MN to Halvor and Mollie (Haugen) Halvorson. Vivian moved to North Dakota where she met and exchanged traditional Norwegian wedding vows with C. Marvin Beck on October 12, 1940 in Hatton, ND. They...

Harriet Lucille Baasch

Harriet Lucille Baasch

Apr 20, 2010

Harriet Lucille Baasch, 90, of Page, ND, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Harriet was born October 25, 1919 to Alfred and Alma (Christiansen) Lorensen in Pequot Lakes, MN. Alma died at a young age and Harriet was raised by her father and step mother, Nell Seymour. She grew up in MN and the Tower...

Marcella Lorraine Moen

Marcella Lorraine Moen

Apr 17, 2010

Marcella Lorraine Moen, 81 of Mayville, ND died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Union Hospital in Mayville, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Marcella was born June 10, 1928 to Melvin and Magda (Otteson) Bjerke in Mayville, ND. She grew up at rural Clifford, ND and graduated from Portland High School. She married Omar Moen on...

Wilmar Francis Vinje

Wilmar Francis Vinje

Apr 17, 2010

Wilmar Francis Vinje, 89 of Mayville, ND died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Wilmar was born March 30, 1921 to Martin and Nellie (Lee) Vinje at Primrose Township, Steele County, ND. He grew up and attended country school west of Portland. At a young age he stayed home to help out on the farm, and...

Mark Rudolph Harstad

Mark Rudolph Harstad

Mar 31, 2010

Mark Rudolph Harstad, 55 of Mayville, ND died Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at his residence in Mayville. Mark was born September 5, 1954 to Rudolph and Ivy (Moen) Harstad in Mayville, the third of five children. Growing up he participated in Boy Scouts, band, choir and various activities. He graduated from Mayville-Portland High School in 1972. He attended Spokane Falls...

Loren Ellsworth Halvorson

Loren Ellsworth Halvorson

Mar 22, 2010

Loren Ellsworth Halvorson, age 81 of Fargo, ND formerly of Galesburg, ND died Monday, March 22, 2010 at MeritCare Hospital, Palliative Care Unit, Fargo, ND. Loren was born on January 2, 1929, in rural Northwood, ND to Halvor and Evelyn (Aasen) Halvorson. He attended rural school in Northwood and Sharon and at the age of 17 enlisted in the US...

Anthony "Tony" Neal Flaten

Anthony "Tony" Neal Flaten

Mar 10, 2010

Anthony “Tony” Flaten, 54, of Portland, ND passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Portland, surrounded by his loving family and friends, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Tony was born April 11, 1955 to Glenn and Shirley (Anderson) Flaten in Mayville, ND. He graduated from May-Port High School...

Wayne K. Erickson

Wayne K. Erickson

Mar 8, 2010

Wayne passed away Monday March 8, 2010, at the age of 74, at his home in Page, North Dakota, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Wayne was born September 17, 1935 in Page, North Dakota to Ernest and Mrytle (Thompson) Erickson. He graduated from Page High School in 1954. Wayne served in the U.S. Navy from...

Charles S. Lee

Charles S. Lee

Mar 8, 2010

Charles S. Lee, age 91 of Mayville, ND passed away peacefully Monday, March 8, 2010 at Hatton Prairie Village in Hatton, ND. Charles Lee was born January 10, 1919 in Morgan Township north of Mayville to Henry Lee Sr. and Ida (Olson) Lee. He attended Morgan School, graduated from Mayville High School, and attended Mayville State Teachers College. He farmed...

Allen Albert Langdahl

Allen Albert Langdahl

Feb 21, 2010

Allen Langdahl, of Page, ND died at the age of 80. Jesus carried him over the finish line to heaven February 21, 2010 at Hillsboro Medical Center, Hillsboro, ND. Allen was born to Sigurd and Elene (Satrom) Langdahl at Page on June 26, 1929. Allen grew up in the Page area. He married Janice Thielman at Page on January 24,...

Stanley Luther Eken

Stanley Luther Eken

Feb 19, 2010

Stanley Eken, 72, of Fargo, ND died Friday, February 19, 2010 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer, at Villa Maria in Fargo, surrounded by his family. Stanley Luther Eken was born September 3, 1937 to Knut and Clara (Smestad) Eken at rural Hatton, ND. He grew up in the Hatton and Mayville area and graduated high school in...

Marvin A Pautz

Marvin A Pautz

Feb 11, 2010

Marvin Pautz, 75, of Arthur, ND, formerly of Erie, ND, died Thursday, February 11, 2010, at his home in Arthur. Marvin A. Pautz was born June 12, 1934 to Jesse and Kathryn (Grant) Pautz in Erie, ND. He attended school in Erie and also attended State College of Science in Wahpeton, ND. He married Lois Johnson on December 27, 1964....

Betty Jane Anderson

Betty Jane Anderson

Feb 9, 2010

Betty Jane Anderson (McQueen), 86, of Fargo, died February 9, 2010 at Elim Rehab and Care Center in Fargo, ND. She was born on September 4, 1923 in Redwood Falls, MN, the daughter of Milo and Lila ( Carver ) McQueen. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1943. After high school, Betty served in the United States Navy from...

Charlotte O Gunderson

Charlotte O Gunderson

Feb 5, 2010

Charlotte O. Gunderson, 97, of Mayville, ND, formerly of Buxton, ND, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at Union Hospital in Mayville. Charlotte was born March 28, 1912 in Wold Township, ND at the home of her parents, Ole and Caroline (Aune) Molvig. She attended rural school in Wold Township and graduated from Buxton High School in 1933. The following year...