Corrine Bruggeman
Oct 8, 2007
Corinne Elizabeth Bruggeman was born on September 14, 1923 in Rosedale Township, Mahnomen, MN. She was the oldest of nine children born to Arthur and Caroline (Klinkhammer) Krebsbach. She attended country school near Mahnomen and at age 14 she moved to Mahnomen to live with her uncle and aunt and completed school through the eighth grade there. On September 5,...
Doreen Jirik
Oct 7, 2007
Doreen Ruth Jirik, age 59, Mahnomen, Minnesta, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 in her home surrounded by family, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Doreen was born on April 6, 1948 in Mahnomen, to Sivert and Ruth (Stanhope) Remmie. She attended school in Mahnomen and was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church. Following graduation, Doreen...
Isabel Gilbertson
Sep 29, 2007
Isabel Gilbertson, age 92, Mahnomen, Minnesota, died September 29, 2007 at the Mahnomen Nursing Home. Isabel was born on September 10, 1915 in Brook Park, Minnesota to Henry and Anna (Michel) Hull. She moved with her family to the Ogema/Mahnomen area as a child and attended high school in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, graduating with the class of 1931. Isabel pursued...
Josephine "Jo" Skalsky
Sep 28, 2007
Josephine Skalsky, 91, Ada, Minnesota, died Friday, September 28, 2007, in Bridges Medical Center, Ada, Minnesota. Josephine H. Stewart was born April 6, 1916, the daughter of Charles and Florence (Hill) Stewart in Jackson, Minnesota. During her childhood, Jo traveled to many areas of the United States with her family since her parents were Federal Teachers. After graduating from high...
Mildred Offerdahl
Sep 28, 2007
Mildred Offerdahl age 92, of Mahnomen, MN died Friday, September 28, 2007, at Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home due to complications of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley, Detroit Lakes. Mildred Offerdahl was born March 23, 1915 in Ada, MN. She was the oldest of four daughters born to Ed and Jesse(Jenkins)...
Ernest Uhlir
Sep 27, 2007
Ernest Uhlir, age 86, of Fosston, MN, formerly Winger, MN, died Thursday, September 27, 2007, at First Care Medical Center, Fosston MN. The youngest of eight children, Ernest William was born April 12, 1921, to Emil, Sr. and Katherine (Kohout) Uhlir. He attended the Harvey Country School and began helping out around the farm as a young man. On September...
Gladys Burns
Sep 26, 2007
Gladys Burns, age 92, of Fosston, Minnesota, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, in Midway Care Center, Fosston. Gladys Burns was born May 2, 1915, the daughter of Matt and Clara (Kind) Burns. She was raised in the Flom, Minnesota, community, living with her family and helping on the family farm. Later in her life, Gladys lived in Faribault, Minnesota. In...
Rose I. Nissen
Sep 22, 2007
Rose I. Nissen, age 90, of Moorhead, Minnesota, formerly Gary, Minnesota, died Saturday, September 22nd, 2007, in Innovis Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Rose Irene Sorensen was born February 3rd, 1917, the daughter of Maurinius and Louise (Ericksen) Sorensen in Wagner, South Dakota. Rose grew up near Revenia, South Dakota, where she attended country school. As a young lady, she moved...
Linda Peterson
Sep 21, 2007
Linda Jane Peterson, 56, of McIntosh, Minnesota, formerly of Winger, Minnesota, died Friday, September 21, 2007, in her home. Linda was born on December 6, 1950 to Orville and Guida (Christianson) Peterson in Polk County, MN. She attended Winger Elementary School followed by McIntosh High School. Linda was baptized and confirmed at Calvary Lutheran Church in Winger, where she was...
Clara "Jeanie" Darco
Sep 15, 2007
Clara "Jeanie" Darco, age 64, of Gary, MN, died Saturday, September 15, 2007 in the Mahnomen Health Center, Mahnomen, MN. Jeanie was born on June 25, 1943 in Loveland, Colorado to Robert and Bonnie (Eastin) Bennett. Upon graduation from high school, she attended beauty school and became a hairdresser. In addition, Jeanie also worked at a missal base in Colorado...
Joy Marie Mulvihill
Sep 13, 2007
Joy Mulvihill, age 45, of Ada, Minnesota, died Thursday, September, 13, 2007, at her residence under the care of Hospice of the Red River. Joy Mulvihill was born Joy Marie Kappes on April 2nd, 1962, at Ada, Minnesota, to her parents, David and Marcella (Luchau) Kappes. Joy graduated in 1980 from Twin Valley High School where she was active in...
Melvin Bonga
Sep 9, 2007
Melvin Bonga, age 69, of Red Lake, Minnesota, formally of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died on September 9, 2007 at Jourdian Perpich Nursing Home, Red Lake. Melvin was born on August 16, 1937 in Ponsford, Minnesota, to John and Mary (Wadena) Bonga. As a child, Melvin was raised in Ponsford and in his teenage years moved to the Twin Cities. He...
Leona Pederson
Sep 3, 2007
Leona Pederson, age 59, of Ogema, Minnesota, died Monday, September 3, 2007, at St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Leona was born on March 25, 1948 in Detroit Lakes to Christian and Anna (Casebeer) Andersen. She grew up in the Ogema area and attended the Nemec School and graduated from Ogema School in eighth grade. Leona received her diploma...
Vivian Bisek
Sep 1, 2007
Vivian Bisek, age 92, of Mahnomen, MN, died Saturday, September 1, 2007, at the Mahnomen Health Center, Mahnomen. Vivian Lucille Hallstrom was born to Alfred and Hattie (Folstrom) Hallstrom on February 3, 1915 at Bejou, MN where she grew up and attended elementary school. Following her graduation from Mahnomen High School she attended and graduated from Moorhead State Teacher?s College....
Marge M Lisburg
Sep 1, 2007
Margie Lisburg, 83, of Twin Valley, M, died Saturday, September 1, 2007, at MeritCare Hospital Palliative Care, Fargo, ND. Margie Vraa, the daughter of Niels and Marie (Borghild) Vraa, was born September 23, 1923 at Gardner, ND. After her birth, her family moved to a farm near Argusville, ND where she attended rural school through the 7th grade. In 1936,...
Curtis Mischke
Aug 31, 2007
Curtis Mischke, age 55, of Grand Forks, ND, died Friday, August 31, 2007, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Graveside Services will be held on Friday, September 14, 2007 at 2:00PM at Lake Grove Lutheran Cemetery, Waubun, MN.
Betsy Bisek
Aug 31, 2007
Betsy Bisek, 47, of Mahnomen, MN, died Friday, August 31, 2007, in her home. Betsy Kathryn (Soroko) Bisek, the youngest of the four children born to Frank and Mary (Schraa) Soroko, was born October 12, 1959 in Minneapolis, MN where she was baptized and confirmed in the catholic faith. She attended St. Thomas Elementary School in Minneapolis and high school...
Mary Rose Turner
Aug 30, 2007
Mary Rose Turner, 84, of Mahnomen, MN, died Thursday, August 30, 2007, in her home. Mary Rose was born February 26, 1923, in Naytahwaush, MN, to James W. and Annie (Armstrong) Johnson. Growing up, she lived at Perch Lake, near Big Rice Lake and attended school in Naytahwaush. As a young lady, Mary Rose worked in Hibbing, MN, and Fargo,...
John Wander
Aug 30, 2007
John Jay Wander, 89, Moorhead, MN, formally of Waubun, MN, died Thursday, August 30, 2007 at St. Mary's Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, MN. John was born August 4, 1918, in Waubun, MN, to Leon and Mary (Winter) Wander. He grew up in the Waubun area where he attended Adams Country School. As a young man, John moved to California...
Arnold Versdahl
Aug 28, 2007
Arnold Versdahl, 80, Winger, MN, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at FirstCare Medical Center in Fosston, MN. Arnold was born on September, 12, 1926 in Leonard, ND to Albert and Ida (Sletmoe) Versdahl. He attended the Wooded Park and Winger Schools, and was confirmed at Dovre Lutheran Church in Winger. Following his education, Arnold worked at the Winger Creamery for...
