Edgar "Eddie" Ruud
May 23, 2013
Edgar "Eddie" Ruud, age 85, of Twin Valley, MN died Thursday, May 23, 2013 at the Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley. Edgar Russel Ruud was born on August 2, 1927 on the home farm in Wild Rice Township in Norman County, MN. He was the sixth of Henry and Annie (Kjeldson) Ruud's eleven children. Eddie attended the Lincoln School...
Maybelle Dinsmore
May 22, 2013
Maybelle E. Dinsmore, 92, Wadena, MN formerly Ulen, MN died Wednesday May 22 at the Fair Oaks Lodge in Wadena. Maybelle Elizabeth Mortenson, daughter of Otto and Lenora (Dahl) Mortenson, was born on March 19, 1921 in Moorhead, MN. She graduated from Moorhead High School in 1938 and attended Moorhead State Teachers College. Upon completion of her Bachelor's degree, Maybelle's...
Robert A. Gigler
May 19, 2013
Robert A. Gigler, 96, Ada, MN, died at Grand Forks, ND, on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Robert was born April 13, 1917, at home on the farm near Ada, the son of Frank and Martha (Duenow) Gigler. He grew up and attended country school near Ada. From 1940 to 1955, he farmed in Green Meadow Township rural Ada. Robert was...
Verna Sittko
May 11, 2013
Verna Sittko, age 94, of Ada, MN, died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Bridges Care Community in Ada. Verna Clara Pauline Baumgarten, the daughter of Herman and Alma (Pierson) Baumgarten, was born on February 8, 1919 north of Ada. She grew up on rural farms in Norman County and attended country school. As a young woman, Verna helped at home...
Matthew Shaw
May 11, 2013
On May 10, 2013, Erin and Nathan Shaw of Hawley, MN, welcomed twin sons, Benjamin Brian and Matthew Carl into the world prematurely. Those exciting moments of pregnancy turned to sorrow with the death of little Matthew Carl Shaw at 3:40 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Sanford Health Systems in Fargo, ND. Matthew was fighting hard, we supplied...
Roy C. Rasmusson
May 9, 2013
Roy Clayton Rasmusson, 88, Ada, MN, died Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Bridges Care Community in Ada. Roy was born at home in Anthony Township, rural Ada, on October 28, 1924, the son of Oscar and Clara (Holm) Rasmusson. He attended country school in Hegne Township. In April, 1945 he entered the United States Navy and was discharged in August,...
Louis Miller
May 8, 2013
Louis Miller, age 83, of Twin Valley, MN formerly of Waubun, MN, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at the Twin Valley Living Center in Twin Valley, MN. Funeral Services were held on Monday, May 13, 2013 at 10am at the Anderson~Mattson Funeral Home in Mahnomen.
Bunny Bjerk
May 5, 2013
Rose Marie "Bunny" Bjerk, age 78, of Mahnomen, MN, died peacefully at her daughter and son-in-law's home on May 5, 2013, following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Rose Marie Bemis was born June 29, 1934, in Grand Forks, ND, to Allan and Isabella (Mrachek) Bemis. Her father nicknamed her "Bunny" after she was born, as she was a...
Camille Kindseth
May 5, 2013
Camille "Camilla" Alvida Severson was born on August 5, 1923 to Andrew and Clara (Stundahl) Severson, the eldest of seven children. She was raised and grew up on a farm near Faith, MN. Camille attended country school and then worked for a local couple doing carious chores to save enough money to attend high school. She was a very...
Maynard "Dusty" Karsten
May 4, 2013
Maynard "Dusty" Karsten, 68, of Ulen MN died Saturday at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River. Maynard Peter "Dusty" Karsten was born May 19, 1944 in Ada, Minnesota the son of F. Peter and Evangeline (Larsen) Karsten. He was raised in Felton and attended school there. As a young man he worked for his Uncle...
Owen Sterton
May 1, 2013
Owen Sterton, 90, of Ada, MN, formerly Hendrum, MN died Wednesday, May 1, 2013 in Bridges Care Community, Ada. Owen Ithiel Sterton was born January 8, 1923 the only child of Jens and Christine (Rogness) Sterton in Hendrum. As a boy, Owen was raised west of Hendrum, just across the river into North Dakota. He attended high school in Hendrum,...
Andrew Lundon Jr.
Apr 30, 2013
Andrew Lundon Jr. "Drew", age 4 months of Waubun, MN, died at Mahnomen Health Center on April 30, 2013. Andrew William Lundon Jr., the son of Andrew Lundon Sr. and Cady Bellanger, was born on December 18, 2012 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. He spent much of his life traveling between his home in Waubun and Children's Hospital...
Winifred M. Blaeser
Apr 29, 2013
Winifred Blaeser, age 97, of Mahnomen, MN, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at the Mahnomen Health Center Hospital. Winifred Muriel Doerfler was born May 2, 1915, at home near Waverly, MN, the oldest child of George and Whilhelmina (Bremer) Doerfler. She graduated from Mahnomen High School. Winifred was united in marriage to Hubert Blaeser in Mahnomen. They were blessed with...
John Frohrip
Apr 29, 2013
John Frohrip, 64, of Fertile, MN, died on Monday, April 30, 2013, suddenly at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.
Alton Bendickson
Apr 29, 2013
Alton Bendickson, 63, of Bejou, MN, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at Veteran Administration Health Care Systems in Fargo, ND, after a courageous battle against cancer. Alton Keith Bendickson was born March 24, 1950, in Mahnomen, MN, the son of Bertram and Albertha (TerWisscha) Bendickson. He grew up in Bejou, MN, where he attended grade school. Alton then attended Mahnomen...
Paul Ormbreck
Apr 28, 2013
Paul Ormbreck, 84, of Ulen, MN died Sunday, April 28, 2013 in Sanford Health Systems, Fargo, ND. David Paul Ormbreck was born to Christian and Christine (Vesterheim) Ormbreck on February 26, 1929 in Ulen. Paul attended school in Ulen where he graduated from Ulen High School with the class of 1948. He then attended Grand Forks Commercial College earning a...
Jeannine Hoseth
Apr 27, 2013
Jeannine Hoseth, age 78, of Twin Valley, MN died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND. Jeannine Carol Hinkley was born in Durand, WI on May 23, 1934 to Orville and Caroline (Kees) Hinkley. She graduated from Washington High School in St. Paul, MN and in 1952 she attended nurses' training in Minneapolis, MN. Jeannine was united...
Viola Sollie
Apr 27, 2013
Viola Sollie, 89, Fertile, Minnesota, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Fair Meadow Nursing Home, Fertile, MN. She was born January 15, 1924, to Even and Ragna (Noto) Lee, at Gary, MN. She graduated from Gary High School and was united in marriage to Lester Sollie on November 18, 1945, at Gary. She was a seamstress and loved to bake...
Orell Mesker
Apr 25, 2013
Orell Mesker, 83, of Ulen, MN died Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Sanford Health Systems, Fargo, ND. Orell Lloyd Mesker, the son of Lloyd and Anna (Orwald) Mesker, was born on June 6, 1929 in the Twin Valley-Syre, MN area. As a young boy, he attended country school in the area until he began working on the family farm near...
Selma A, Merkens
Apr 22, 2013
Selma A. Merkens, 93, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Shelly, MN, died at Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, on Sunday, April 21, 2013. Selma was born April 7, 1920, at home on the farm near Shelly, the daughter of Ordean and Selma (Ueland) Henderson. She attended school near Shelly. On September 9, 1940, Selma was united in marriage to Chester Merkens,...
