Obituaries
Juneth Nelson
Oct 14, 2008
Juneth Nelson, 94, Mesa, AZ and Ada, MN, died on Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa. Juneth was born on May 1, 1914, in Portland, ND, the daughter of Peter and Marie (Berg) Haugen. She was baptized and confirmed at Aurdal Lutheran Church in Portland, ND. Juneth married Walter Nelson at the Aurdal Parsonage in...
Verla Belle Ukestad
Oct 9, 2008
On October 9, 2008 Verla Belle Ukestad, 89, of Mayville, ND, finished her journey on earth and entered her heavenly home. She was a resident at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Verla was born on May 23, 1919 to Harley and Meda (Wittig) McLain in Jamestown, ND. She attended elementary and high school in Eckelson, ND. The Congregational Church in...
Raymond Curtis Carlson
Oct 5, 2008
Raymond “Dusty” Carlson, 80, of Portland, ND, died Sunday, October 5, 2008, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Raymond Curtis Carlson was born in Clifford, ND on July 2, 1928 to Ludvig and Agnes (Bjerke) Carlson. He grew up on a farm near Clifford and graduated from Mayville High School in 1947. He attended Mayville State and Interstate Business College....
Dale Robert Lemons
Oct 3, 2008
Dale Robert Lemons, 47, of Buxton, ND died Wednesday October 1, 2008. Dale was born in Chicago, IL on July 30, 1961, the son of Ruth and Robert Lemons. Dale was a Millwright Iron Worker for Wanzek Construction in ND. He was married to Debbie Lemons (Ewing). Dale was a father of four: Shannon Simonson of U.S.A. (Married to Milo...
Gerald Sidney Kyllo
Sep 25, 2008
Gerald Kyllo, 84, of West Fargo, died Friday September 25, 2008 at Innovis Hospital in Fargo, ND, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Gerald Sidney Kyllo was born on June 7, 1924, in Greenfield Township, the only child to Oscar and Mabel (Paulson) Kyllo. He attended Greenfield Consolidated School. Gerald raised hogs, chickens and cows as...
Joanne Marie Buhr
Sep 14, 2008
Joanne Buhr, 73, of Hunter, ND, passed away in her home, on September 14, 2008, under care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Joanne Marie Fletcher was born on March 16, 1935 to Glenn and Agnes (Benzmiller) Fletcher on the farm at Galesburg, ND. She graduated from Erie, ND in 1953. She then attended Valley City College where she...
Odel Louis Dauphanais
Aug 28, 2008
Odel Louis Dauphanais, 66, of Portland, ND, died Thursday, August 28, 2008, at the Union Hospital in Mayville, ND. Odel was born on August 13, 1942 to Charley and Celina (St. Vincent) Dauphanais in Olga, ND. He attended high school in Walhalla, ND. He married Lou (Bartlette) on November 12, 1963 in Grand Forks, ND. Together they had four children....
Raymond Louis Dauphanais
Aug 27, 2008
Raymond Louis Dauphanais, 41, of Mayville, ND, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at his home in Mayville. Raymond was born on June 17, 1967 to Odel and Lou Ann (Bartlette) Dauphanais in Cavalier, ND. He attended school in Hillsboro, ND. He worked construction as a roofer before moving to Nebraska where he worked in a manufacturing plant. In 1997 Ray...
Douglas Lyle Holt
Aug 24, 2008
Douglas Lyle Holt, 55, of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Mayville, ND, died Sunday, August 24, 2008 at the Saint Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville, after a brief struggle with cancer. Doug was born October 18, 1952, in Mayville, to Linden and Nettie (Braaten) Holt. He was raised in the Blanchard, ND area, attending Elementary School there and later in Mayville....
Allan Dietrich Boedeker
Aug 22, 2008
Allan D. Boedeker, 67, of Mayville, ND, died Friday, August 22, 2008 at Union Hospital in Mayville. Allan Dietrich Boedeker was born on May 31, 1941 in Portland, ND to Otto and Manda (Nelson) Boedeker. He graduated from Mayville High School in 1959 and received a Bachelor Degree in Secondary Education from Mayville State University in 1963. In 1973 he...
Avis Luella Aasen
Aug 17, 2008
Avis Aasen, 90, of Mayville, died Sunday, August 17, 2008, at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley surrounded by her family. Avis Luella (Amundson) Aasen was born on March 2, 1918 in Hatton, ND the daughter of Helge and Regina (Stevning) Amundson. She grew up in Hatton where she was...
Brandie Lynn Brueckner
Aug 10, 2008
Brandie Lynn Parent Brueckner, 28, of Larimore, ND, died Sunday August 10, 2008. Brandie was born to Lori Ann Parent and Paul Hebert Jr. on January 14, 1980 in Grand Forks, ND. She grew up in the Buxton and Mayville area, attending May-Port School. She received her High School Diploma from Red River High School in Grand Forks. She was...
Lillian Avis Hanson
Aug 6, 2008
Lillian Strom Hanson, Mayville, ND died Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 at age 88 in Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND. Born on April 24, 1920 in Norway Township near Mayville, she was the youngest of eight children born to Anton and Maria (Arnegaard) Strom. She married Gustav Hanson, June 18, 1944. They farmed near Mayville and she lived on the farm...
JoAnn C Harrington
Aug 1, 2008
JoAnn C. Harrington, 89, of Mayville, ND, died Friday, August 1, 2008 at Union Hospital in Mayville. JoAnn was born to B.W. (Jeff) and Nettie (Nelson) Condit on April 27, 1919 in Wahpeton, ND. At the age of 10, JoAnn moved with the family to Mayville, where her father was the editor of the Traill County Tribune. JoAnn attended elementary,...
Hazel Luella Thykeson
Jul 28, 2008
Hazel Thykeson, 91, of Mayville, ND, died Monday, July 28, 2008, at the Luther Memorial Home of Mayville. She was born June 2, 1917, near Dunn Center, ND, the daughter of Andrew and Hulda Skjefte. She was raised and educated in the Dunn Center area. When she was eighteen years old, she moved with her family to Blabon, ND, and...
Arlene Judell Tastad
Jul 28, 2008
Arlene Judell Tastad, 81, of Mayville, ND, died Monday July 28, 2008 at Union Hospital Mayville, ND. Arlene Judell Anderson was born in Clifford, ND March 13, 1927 to Christian and Olga (Domier) Anderson and was the oldest of five sisters. Mrs. Robert (Opal) Strand, Mrs. Dorothy Amundson, Mrs. Shirley Thykeson and Mrs. Sylvia Reynolds. Arlene was raised in Portland,...
Ronald Lawrence Buhr
Jul 12, 2008
Ronald Lawrence Buhr, 74, of Hunter, ND, passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by family on July 12, 2008. Ron was born to Erwin and Alpha (Benzmiller) Buhr of Buffalo, ND on June 13, 1934. Ron was in the Army from 1953 to 1955. He married Joanne Fletcher on June 22, 1955. They lived in Fargo until 1963 when...
Edson Germain Larson
Jul 10, 2008
Edson Germain Larson, 85, of Mayville, ND, died Thursday, July 10, 2008, at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Edson was born February 15, 1923 at Aneta, ND to Enoch Germain and Julia (Lee) Larson. The family later lived in Bismarck and Valley City. A 1940 graduate of Valley City High School, Edson enlisted in the Army in 1942. On...
John "Jack" Sand
Jul 2, 2008
John “Jack” Sand, 73, of Mayville, ND, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at Rosewood on Broadway in Fargo, ND. Jack O. Sand was born on April 10, 1935 to Gust and Marie (Gilberts) Sand at Hatton, ND. He attended elementary school at Doyan and graduated from high school in Hatton. He joined the US Army for two years, serving in...
Adeline Sophie Ellingrud
Jun 30, 2008
Adeline Ellingrud, 89, of Mayville, ND, died Monday, June 30, 2008 at Union Hospital in Mayville. Sophie Adeline Aasen Ellingrud was born August 16, 1918 at Hatton, ND to Gilbert and Josephine (Coltem) Aasen. She was raised in Mayville and graduated from Mayville High School. She and Eugene R. Ellingrud were married July 10, 1937 at Mayville. They lived in...


