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Gerrold Miller
Jul 6, 2017
Gerrold Glenn Miller, 70, Minot, died Sunday, June 25, 2017 at his home.
Gerrold was born January 13, 1947 at Noonan, North Dakota, the son of Vernon and Edith (Hassler) Miller. He was raised at Noonan, prior to his moving to Devils Lake where he attended the School for the Deaf in 1952. In addition to learning...
Joseph E 'Gene' Mallory
Jul 1, 2017
Joseph E. 'Gene' Mallory, 71, Minot, died Saturday, July 1, 2017, in a Minot hospital.
Joseph 'Gene' Mallory was born September 12, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri to June C. Mallory and William H. Mallory. His blended family included his grandmother, grandfather and uncle all together in the same household. He was raised and educated...
Joseph J Eversmann
Jul 1, 2017
Joseph John Eversmann, 75, Minot, died Saturday, July 1, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Joseph was born December 29, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee the son of Nicholas and Verena (Halpin) Eversmann. He was raised and educated in Miami, Florida, where he graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in 1959. He attended the University...
Esther Torvik
Jul 1, 2017
Esther Torvik, 87, Monticello, MN formerly of Minot, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, July 1, 2017.
Esther was born on September 16, 1929 to William and Magdalena Sutter on the farm by Sawyer, ND.
She was united in marriage to Mervin (Bud) Torvik November 22, 1949. They lived in Minot until...
Kenneth Finneseth
Jun 29, 2017
Kenneth Blaine "KB" Finneseth, 86, rural Norwich, died on Sunday in a Minot hospital with his loving family at his side. KB's planned activity of attending an auction on Saturday was changed when he suffered a massive stroke in the early morning.
Kenneth was born on August 15, 1930 in Minot to Kenneth and Blanche (Ofsthun) Finneseth....
Mark Maupin
Jun 28, 2017
Mark David Maupin, 65, Minot, died Wednesday, June 28, 2017 in a Minot hospital.
Mark was born March 6, 1952 at Minot, North Dakota the son of Loren and Corrine (Hansen) Maupin. He was raised and educated in Minot, graduated from Bishop Ryan High School in 1970. He attended Minot State University and graduated with a degree...
Janet Scott
Jun 28, 2017
Janet Mae Scott, 84, Minot, died on Saturday, in her home, following a long battle with breast and bone cancer.
Janet was born on May 25, 1933 in Ellendale, ND to Carlton and Darlene (Rapp) White. She was reared and educated in Fargo and graduated from Fargo High School. As a young adult she was employed as...
Jay Grant Thompson
Jun 24, 2017
Jay Grant Thompson, 55, of Cave Creek, Ariz., and formerly of Minot, passed away March 14, 2017, in a Phoenix hospital with loving family members at his side. He died from complications due to major surgery. Jay leaves behind Patty Fowler, his significant other of 25 years and "roommate," as he teasingly called her.
Jay was born...
Pearl Van Berkom Simlik
Jun 22, 2017
Pearl Van Berkom Helgeson Simlik, 98, Fullerton, CA, formerly of Powers Lake and Minot, died Friday, November 18, 2016 in a Fullerton, CA Nursing Care Facility.
Pearl was born on September 9, 1918 on the family farm in Burke County near Powers Lake, ND to Mike and Emma Van Berkom. She was raised on the family farm...
Pearl Mcialwain
Jun 22, 2017
Pearl Mae McIalwain , 94, Minot, died on Thursday, June 22, 2017 in a Minot healthcare center.
Pearl was born on December 28, 1922 in Lakota, Iowa to Albert and Anna (Roelfsema) Hans. Due to her mother's early death, Pearl was raised by her father and her mother's sister, Zena (Roelfsema) Hans. She moved with...
Elden Sanders
Jun 20, 2017
Elden Leroy Sanders , 83, Minot, died on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in a Minot hospital.
Elden was born on April 30, 1934 in Waterford Township of Ward County north of Minot to Donovan and Gertrude (Taul) Sanders. He was reared on the family farm and educated in Waterford Township School through eighth grade prior...
Onna Bockness
Jun 20, 2017
Onna Evelyn Bockness, 85, Hazen and formerly of Minot, died on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at her residence.
Onna was born on July 16, 1931 in rural Plaza, North Dakota to Alfred and Christina (Trulson) Olson. She was raised on the family farm and educated at a country school through eighth grade. Following her education,...
V Flip Bernsdorf
Jun 20, 2017
Vaughn 'Flip' Bernsdorf, 59, Minot, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in a Minot hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a June 3rd motorcycle accident.
Flip was born May 12, 1958, in Kenmare, ND the last of six children to Howard and Darlene (Krause) Bernsdorf. He spent his childhood in the communities of Sherwood,...
Evelyna Tolliver
Jun 19, 2017
Evelyna Tolliver, 82, Minot formerly of Gretna, NE died Monday, June 19, 2017, in a Minot hospital. Evelyna was born February 5, 1935, in Omaha, NE to Ora and Ruby (Radford) McWilliams. She was educated in Omaha and was a graduate of North High School in 1953. Evelyna was united in marriage to James Tolliver. They made...
Dorothy Johnson
Jun 18, 2017
Dorothy Mardene Johnson, 81, Minot, passed away on Sunday June 18, 2017 in her home, from Leukemia, surrounded by her children.
Dorothy was born on September 12, 1935 to Erling and Anna (Hanger) Weltikol in Minot. She was raised and attended school in Plaza, ND and graduated from Plaza High School in 1953.
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Jeanne Vanorny
Jun 18, 2017
Jeanne Meredith Vanorny, 98, Minot died on Sunday, June 18, 2017 in a Robbinsdale, MN hospital. Jeanne resided in Minot for ninety-eight years with the exception of one year spent in Grand Forks when she was a little girl and the past ten months in Brooklyn Park, MN near where her daughter and son-in-law, grandsons and their wives and...
Vernon Kroh
Jun 13, 2017
Vernon Neal Kroh, 31, Minot died on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Surrey. Vernon was born on September 26, 1985 in Phoenix, AZ to James and Lori (Thor) Kroh. He lived in Phoenix and Westminster, CO prior to moving to Minot in 1990. He attended school in Minot. Vernon married Autumn...
Wayne Messick
Jun 11, 2017
Wayne Messick, 59, Minot, died Sunday, June 11, 2017 in his home. Per Wayne\'s request, no services will be held.
Mary Ann Widmayer
Jun 7, 2017
Mary Ann Widmayer, 87, Minot, died Wednesday, June 7, 2017 in a Minot hospital.
Mary Ann was born on September 9, 1929 in Minot, ND to Adolph and Myrtle (Anderson) Stokke. She was raised and educated in Granville, graduating from Granville High School in 1947. She then attended Minot Business College and worked for Northern States Power...
Robert T Bossert Sr
Jun 3, 2017
Robert T. "Bob" Bossert, Sr., 82, Fargo, formerly of Minot, passed away June 3, 2017, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo.
Robert was born to Michael and Emma (Burkholtz) Bossert in McIntosh, South Dakota on October 26, 1934. Robert graduated from McIntosh High School in 1953. He was united in marriage to Joy Bieber on June 1, 1955....
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