Franklin Ware
Apr 7, 2026
Franklin Ware, 80, Maryville MO and formerly of Burlington, ND died suddenly on April 7, 2026 at his home in Maryville.
Franklin Charles Ware was born on October 1, 1945 in Arkoe, Missouri to Elvin and Mary Ellen (Shelton) Ware. He was raised and educated in Maryville, MO, AKA “Cubby” to family and friends, he graduated from Maryville High School in...
Brenda Kay McDowell
Aug 7, 2026
Brenda McDowell, 57, Granville, died Friday, August 7, 2026 in a Minot hospital.
Full obituary will be posted soon.
Services will be held at a later date in California.
Adeline Guy
Aug 6, 2026
Adeline Guy, 91, Minot, died Thursday, August 6, 2026 in a Minot hospital.
Adeline “Addy” was born September 21, 1934, in Edam, Saskatchewan, Canada to John and Emma (Koenig) Leischner. She moved with her family to Manfred in 1939 where she attended country schools and Manfred School. After the family moved to Fessenden, she graduated from Fessenden High School in 1952.
Adeline...
Joseph Ordell Peterson
Aug 1, 2026
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Joseph Ordell Peterson, 85, Minot, formerly of Granville and Norwich, died Saturday, August 1, 2026, in a Minot Hospital.
Joe was born on September 12, 1940, to Ingvald and Kathrine (Blake) Peterson in Minot, North Dakota. He was the 10th child of eleven children. Joe attended school in Norwich until his...
Carol Mae Rostad
Jul 31, 2026
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Carol Mae Rostad, 92, Minot, died Friday, July 31, 2026, in Minot.
Carol was born May 24, 1934, in Plaza, ND, the daughter of Alger and Nettie (Oswald) Arness. She was raised and educated in Plaza and graduated from Plaza High School in 1952. Following graduation, she earned her teacher’s license, then taught...
Glen Dunkel
Jul 30, 2026
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Glen Walter Dunkel Sr., 86, of Minot, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2026, at an assisted living facility in Velva.
Glen was born on April 28, 1940, to Joe and Selma (Hanson) Dunkel in a home just off Valley Street in Minot, North Dakota. He was the middle of nine children, and family legend says that when the...
Shirley Dietz
Jul 30, 2026
Shirley Dietz, 89, Minot died on Thursday, July 30, 2026 in a Velva care center.
Shirley Fay was born on February 21, 1937 in Harvey, ND to Frederick and Selma (Foss) Johnson. She was raised and educated in Heimdal, graduated from Fessenden High School in 1954 and from Trinity School of Nursing in 1957.
Shirley married Alvin Dietz on November 10, 1957...
Shirley Gorthy
Jul 28, 2026
Shirley Gorthy, 81, Minot, passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in a Minot assisted living facility.
Shirley Ann Yetterboe was born on July 27, 1945 in Jamestown, ND to Phillip and Ethel (Huebner) Yetterboe. She was raised and educated in Jamestown, graduated from Jamestown High School in 1963 and attended MTI Business School in Sacramento, CA.
Shirley married Johnnie Gorthy on...
Denise Tobey
Jul 27, 2026
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Denise Marie Tobey, 60, of Minot, North Dakota, passed away peacefully at her home on July 27, 2026, surrounded by her loving family, after a strong and courageous battle with breast cancer.
Denise was born on November 6, 1965, in Oelwein, Iowa, to John Fay Ryan and Mary Ann (Recker) Ryan.
Denise married the...
Loren Guidinger
Jul 26, 2026
Loren Guidinger of Minot, formerly of Lansford, North Dakota, passed away peacefully at his home on July 26, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. He was 78 years old.
Loren was born on October 9, 1947, in Kenmare, North Dakota, to Lyle and Muriel (Undlin) Guidinger. In 1951, his family moved to Minot, where he attended school and later graduated from...
Fawn Unruh
Jul 24, 2026
Fawn A. Unruh, 67, Minot, died Friday, July 24, 2026 in a Minot nursing home.
Fawn was born October 21, 1958, in Rugby, North Dakota to Leroy and Darlene (Humble) Larson. She was raised and educated in Rugby, graduating from Rugby High School with the class of 1977.
Fawn moved to South Dakota in 1983, where she would spend the next two...
Trinity Skye Johnson
Jul 23, 2026
Trinity Skye Johnson, 23, Minot formerly of Las Vegas, NV died Thursday, July 23, 2026, in her home.
Arrangements are pending at this time.
Grace Brunner
Jul 23, 2026
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Grace Margaret (Hennessy) Brunner, 94, of Moose Lake, formerly of Minot, ND, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her loving family, Thursday, July 23, 2026.
Grace was born on August 11, 1931, to Clarence and Effie (Harris) Hennessy in Lone Tree, ND, where she grew up.
She married Tony Brunner on April...
Sommai Savath
Jul 21, 2026
Sommai Savath, 72, of Minot ND passed away on July 21st, 2026 in Bismarck ND.
Sommai was born in Bakam, Laos on August 11, 1953 where she was then raised.
After the fall of Saigon she fled to a refugee camp in California.
She came to USA, California in the year 1981. Mai then resided in Denver then Dallas, TX until the passing...
Maria Guadalupe Herrera De Cano
Jul 19, 2026
It is with profound sadness we announce the passing of Maria Guadalupe Herrera de Cano. Maria, 74, died at her home surrounded by her loved ones on Sunday, July 19, 2026.
Maria was devoted mother, grandmother and friend. She spent many of her last years caring for her grandchildren and her home. She loved gardening, cooking, attending church events, and walks...
Sandra Blanes
Jul 18, 2026
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Sandra Ann "Sandy" Blanes, 72, of Butte, North Dakota, died on July 18, 2026.
Sandy did not merely take part in life. She entered it with her whole self. She was everything, everywhere, all at once.
Born Sandra Ann Evenrud on May 3, 1954, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she was the fifth child in a...
Alouise "Cookie" Kunnanz
Jul 16, 2026
Alouise "Cookie" Kunnanz, 83, Minot, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2026, in an East Grand Forks nursing home.
Alouise was raised in Karlsruhe, ND by Anton and Regina Richter along with her brother Robert. She graduated from Karlshrue High School in 1961 and married Ernest Kunnanz that same year. Upon the birth of her son Ty in 1962, they moved and...
Darold Knippelberg
Jul 12, 2026
Darold Knippelberg, 95, of Minot, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 12, 2026, in a Minot assisted living facility.
Darold Wilbert Knippelberg was born on February 11, 1931, in Crooked Lake Township to parents George and Frieda (Freier) Knippelberg. He was raised in rural Turtle Lake, ND, attending Crooked Lake Township School until 8th...
Michael Patrick Kraft
Jul 12, 2026
Michael Kraft, 36, Minot, formerly of Rochester, NY, passed away on July 12, 2026, in Minot, North Dakota.
Michael was born on April 18, 1990, in Rochester, New York, the son of Patrick and Susan (Hassett) Kraft. He was raised and educated in Rochester and graduated from Greece Athena High School in 2008. Michael continued his academic pursuits at SUNY Oswego...
Linda Berdahl
Jul 12, 2026
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Linda Berdahl, 77, Minot, died Sunday, July 12, 2026 in her home.
Linda was born on December 21, 1948, to Albert John Berdahl and Anna M. Kraus in Forsyth, Montana. She and her family, lived in numerous places in North Dakota and Montana finally settling down in Watford City, ND where...
