Obituaries

Ione Brendsel

Ione Brendsel

Mar 12, 2007

Ione (Grinager) Brendsel, 98, long time resident of Mayville, ND, died March 12, 2007 at Presbyterian Homes on Lake Minnetonka, Spring Park, MN. Ione was born to Inga and Jens Grinager on March 27, 1908, in Mayville, ND, the fourth of five children. The Grinagers owned and ran a mercantile store with groceries and dry goods in Mayville for over...

Helen Marie (Rygg) Vinje

Helen Marie (Rygg) Vinje

Mar 5, 2007

Helen M. (Aasen) Vinje Helen Marie (Aasen Rygg) Vinje, 88, of Grand Forks, ND, formerly of Mayville, ND, died March 5, 2007, at the Altru Health System in Grand Forks, ND. She was born March 24, 1918, to Carl and Mabel (Aaserud) Aasen at rural Portland ND. She graduated from Mayville High School and earned a teacher's certificate from Mayville...

Pearl E. Eastvold

Pearl E. Eastvold

Mar 5, 2007

Pearl E. Eastvold Pearl E. Eastvold, 88, of Sheridan, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2007, at her daughter and son-in-law’s home. Pearl was born on February 8, 1919 in Mayville, ND to Oscar and Tilla Strom. She grew up in Mayville and graduated from Mayville High School in 1936. She worked as a waitress, housekeeper, and nanny for the...

Frances Evelyn Jondahl

Frances Evelyn Jondahl

Mar 4, 2007

Frances Jondahl, 82, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Page, ND, died Sunday, March 04, 2007, at the Elim Care Center in Fargo. Frances was born on August 15, 1924, in Pillsbury, ND, the daughter of Douglas and Eulalia (Crowley) Sharp. She attended and later graduated from Page High School. On February 7, 1945, she married Theodore I. Jondahl in Moorhead,...

Ralph Charles Lee

Ralph Charles Lee

Mar 4, 2007

Ralph Charles Lee, 55, of rural Mayville, ND, died Sunday, March 04, 2007, at his home north of Mayville. Ralph was born on Sept.19, 1951 in Mayville, ND. He was the son of Henry and Ardell (Reinholt) Lee. He grew up in Mayville and graduated from Mayville High School. He attended Wahpeton State School of Science for two years. In...

Evelyn M. Bohnsack

Evelyn M. Bohnsack

Mar 2, 2007

Evelyn Sletten Bohnsack, age 92, a long time Mayville resident, died March 2, 2007 at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville , North Dakota. Evelyn Margit Sletten, was born to Rose and Albert Sletten on January 31, 1915 in Hannaford, North Dakota. She graduated from Hannaford High School and attended the Sisters of Mercy Nursing School in Valley City, North Dakota where...

Oarlie M. Niemeier

Oarlie M. Niemeier

Feb 24, 2007

Oarlie Niemeier passed away Saturday, February 24, 2007 at a nursing home in La Mesa, California at the age of 92. Oarlie was born June 12, 1914, in Portal, ND, the daughter of Henry and Anna (Seim) Kramer. She was a graduate of MSU and taught for many years in area schools, along with her husband, Henry C Niemeier, who...

Lyder M. Swenson

Lyder M. Swenson

Feb 19, 2007

Lyder Swenson Lyder Swenson, 75, of Mayville, ND, formerly of Cando, ND, died peacefully Monday, February 19, 2007 at the Union Hospital in Mayville. He battled a near lifetime heart condition and in later years, leukemia. He was born on the family farm southeast of Cando, ND, on September 8, 1931, the son of Ludwig and Martha (Rodland) Swenson. He...

James M. Heskin

James M. Heskin

Feb 1, 2007

James M. Heskin, 74 of Portland died peacefully from complications due to Pick’s Disease, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville surrounded by his family. James was born July 5, 1932. His parents were Henry and Sigrid (Halvorson) Heskin. He graduated from Portland High School in 1950. He served in the U.S. Army from Aug. 1952 –...

Chester J. Anderson

Chester J. Anderson

Jan 27, 2007

Chester J. Anderson Chester James Anderson, 84, of rural Cummings, died Saturday, January 27, 2007 peacefully in his sleep at his home. He was born on November 12, 1922, near Cummings, the son of Harry and Laura Alice (Leum) Anderson. He graduated from Mayville High School in 1939. On November 2, 1952, He married Betty J. McQueen at the Congregational...

Hazel T. Sathra

Hazel T. Sathra

Jan 11, 2007

Funeral services for Hazel T. Sathra, 93, of Jacksonville, FL, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 20 at Gran Lutheran Church, Mayville. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at the Gran Cemetery. Hazel died Thursday, January 11, 2007 at the home of her daughter in Jacksonville, FL. Hazel...

Murle Evan Wiltse

Murle Evan Wiltse

Jan 10, 2007

Murle Wiltse Murle E. Wiltse,Former Clifford mayor Murle Evan Wiltse, 73, of Clifford, N. Dak., died Jan. 10, 2007, in Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fargo. Mr. Wiltse was born Oct. 27, 1933, in Bagley, Minn., the sixth son of William and Lela (Pulver) Wiltse. He attended and graduated from school in Bagley and then attended the School of Agriculture...

Michael Jerome Johnk

Michael Jerome Johnk

Jan 6, 2007

Michael Jerome Johnk died Saturday, January 6, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. Michael was born in Gulfport, Miss. February 23, 1953 to parents Jerome and Faye (Lyles) Johnk. He grew up in Page, North Dakota, graduated from Page High School and then from North Dakota State University. He worked for a music distribution and promotional firm, and later worked in property...

Elroy C Moen

Elroy C Moen

Dec 28, 2006

Elroy C. Moen, 82, of Portland, died Thursday, December 28, 2006, at the Lakota Good Samaritan Center in Lakota, where he resided for the past year. Elroy was born March 9, 1924, at the home of his parents, Mabel (Hovde) and Carl Moen. After graduating from Portland High School, Elroy entered the US Army and eventually served with the 86th...

Dorothy Esther Milsow

Dorothy Esther Milsow

Dec 18, 2006

Dorothy E. Milsow, 89, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Page, ND, passed away December 18, 2006 at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. Dorothy Esther Koenig was born October 6, 1917, at Page, ND, the daughter of Max and Esther (Morten) Koenig. She married Douglas Milsow at Page, ND in 1944. Doug and Dorothy started farming in 1951 when Dorothy’s father...

Jeffrey Wayne Aasen

Jeffrey Wayne Aasen

Dec 18, 2006

Jeffrey Wayne Aasen, 45, of Cummings, ND, died Monday, December 18, 2006 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Jeffrey was born October 3, 1961, at Mayville, ND, the son of Wayne and Karolyn (Moen) Aasen. He was baptized at First American Lutheran Church, Mayville and was confirmed at Mayville Lutheran Church, Mayville. He grew up in Mayville and graduated in 1980...

Ruby Elvida Hagen

Ruby Elvida Hagen

Dec 18, 2006

Ruby E. Hagen, 96, died Monday, December 18, 2006, in her home near Page, North Dakota. Ruby Elvida Olstad was born on a farm near Galesburg, North Dakota on October 25, 1910. Ruby was the youngest of eleven children to Mathias and Marit (Rindahl) Olstad. She grew up and attended country school in Broadlawn Township near Galesburg. Ruby was baptized...

Eloise Arlene Leum

Eloise Arlene Leum

Dec 15, 2006

Eloise Leum, 80, of Mayville, ND, died Friday, December 15, 2006 at the Union Hospital in Mayville, after a long battle with osteoporosis and recent cancer. She was born on September 16, 1926, the daughter of Olaf “Pete” and Ida (Holkesvig) Nelson near Portland, ND. Eloise attended country school in rural Portland and graduated from high school in Mayville. She...

Clenora Elizabeth Quanbeck

Clenora Elizabeth Quanbeck

Dec 1, 2006

Clenora Elizabeth Quanbeck, 92, of Mayville, passed away peacefully on Fri, Dec. 1st at the Luther Memorial Home. Clenora was born July 16, 1914, in Aneta, ND, to Sam and Nettie (Twedt) Quanbeck. Clenora was a graduate of Oak Grove Lutheran HS in Fargo, ND. She then graduated from Mayville State College and went on to the University of MN...

Erna Marjorie Borud

Erna Marjorie Borud

Nov 18, 2006

Erna Borud, 86, Arthur, ND, died Saturday November 18, 2006 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND. Erna Marjorie Griesbach was born November 30, 1919; the fourth of ten children born to Conrad and Clara (Fleischer) Griesbach of Bohnsack Township, rural Hunter, ND. She attended rural school through the eighth grade at Bohnsack School, until she was needed at home to help....

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