Obituary Listing

Oct 11, 2016

Yvonne 'Vonnie' Stack, 84, Minot, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016, in her home.

Vonnie was born December 2, 1931, in Douglas, ND to Carl and Lillian (Meyer) Ostby. She grew up and was educated in Douglas. She graduated from high school in 1949 and continued her education at Minot State Teacher's College. Vonnie earned her...

Oct 11, 2016

Ricky Ray Banning, 59, Logan died on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 in his home from natural causes.

Ricky was born on March 8, 1957 in Bismarck, ND to Marlowe and Luella (Reinke) Banning. He was reared and educated in Flasher and Minot where the family moved in 1968. He graduated from Minot High School in 1976 and...

Oct 10, 2016

Blanche Alice Harkison, 97, Minot and formerly of Fargo and Grafton, died on Monday, October 10, 2016 in a Minot assisted living center.

Blanche was born on July 8, 1919 on the family farm in Gasman Township of Ward County south of Minot to Halvor and Christina (Holmes) Haugeberg. She was reared on the farm, attended rural...

Oct 10, 2016

Jennie Rittenbach, 93, Minot, died Monday, October 10, 2016, in a Minot nursing home.

Jennie was born December 9, 1922, in Crow Foot Township of Mountrail County, near Coulee, ND to Peter and Johanna (Flolo) Sande. She was raised and educated near Coulee before moving to Kenmare, where she worked for Dr. Halliday for room...

Oct 8, 2016

William C. "Bill" Myers , 86, Minot, died Saturday, October 08, 2016, in a Minot hospital.

Bill was born August 26, 1930, in Minot the son of Harvey Ray and Estella (Benton) Myers. He was raised on the family farm south of Berthold and was educated at country schools in the area until he attended...

Oct 6, 2016

Ruth Zapalac , 90, Carpio, died Thursday, October 6, 2016 in her home.

Ruth Marie Fleischmann was born June 24, 1926 in Czechoslovakia to Franz and Marie (Felber) Fleischmann. She grew up during WWII and in April 1946 was married to Petr Zapalac in Czechoslovakia.

Ruth and her husband fled Czechoslovakia with two...

Oct 4, 2016

Debra Rae "Debbie" Wold, 62, rural Minot, died Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Debbie was born May 4, 1954 in Minot, North Dakota, the daughter of Donald and Marjorie (Hanson) Zietlow. She was raised and educated in Minot and graduated from Minot High School in 1972. During her younger years...

Oct 4, 2016

Julia Pauline (Nicolaisen) Neshem, 95, died Wednesday, September 28, 2016 in a Minot nursing home.

Julia was born on her grandparent's farm south of Minot in Sundre Township on December 22, 1920. Growing up, Julia, along with her parents Erling and Minnie, and her brother Herman, only spoke Norwegian. She once told us it was a little...

Oct 2, 2016

Benjamin Christopher Eapen, 55, Lexington, Kentucky, formerly from Minot, North Dakota, passed away on Sunday October 2, 2016 from complications from cardiac arrhythmia.

Benjamin was born in Mumbai, India. Benjamin was a dear family man who brightened the lives of many with his joyful presence and generous love.

A University of Houston graduate, Benjamin enjoyed...

Oct 1, 2016

Levi Simbalenko Jr., 78, Minot, died Friday, September 23, 2016 in a Minot Nursing Home.

Levi was born August 22, 1938 at Minot, North Dakota, the son of Levi Sr. and Edna (Michalenko) Simbalenko. He grew up in Kief, N.D. helping at his father's service station as well as helping at his grandfather's implement shop. Through this...

Sep 26, 2016

Marjorie Berdell Lewis, 82, Minot and formerly of rural Ryder died on Monday, September 26, 2016 in a Minot healthcare center.

Marjorie Berdell Lewis was born on November 28, 1933 on a farm near Ryder, ND to Benjamin and Elsie (Mueller) Lewis. She was baptized on January 30, 1934 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Ryder, reared...

Sep 25, 2016

George L. Saucedo, 47, Minot, ND died Sunday, September 25, 2016 in Trinity Hospital.

George was born September 12, 1969 in Cold Water, Ohio. He was raised and attended school in Crystal City, TX, where he later met and married Sonia Rivera. After the birth of their first son Anthony they moved to the Fargo-Moorhead area. He...

Sep 24, 2016

Steven Graven, 22, Minot, died Saturday, September 24, 2016 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Parshall.

Steven Wesley Graven was born on February 18, 1994 in Williston, ND, the son of Angie (Graven) Anderson. He was raised and educated in Minot, graduating from Minot High School in 2012.

Most recently Steven was...

Sep 20, 2016

Norah Dahl, 83, Minot, died Tuesday, September 20, 2016, in a Minot hospital.

Norah Hawkins Dahl was born April 11, 1933, in Englewood, NJ to Frank and Margaret (Coleman) Hawkins. She spent much of her childhood at Shannon Stables, her father's stable in Bedford Village, NY, where she learned to ride English style from her...

Sep 19, 2016

Mildred Kvigne , 96, Minot, formerly of Crosby, died Monday, September 19, 2016 in her home.

Mildred was born on February 10, 1920 in Noonan, ND to William and Olive (Hunter) McKibben. She was raised and educated in Noonan, and graduating from Noonan High School in 1937.

Mildred was united in marriage to...

Sep 16, 2016

Roy Dodge, 95, Minot, died Friday, September 16, 2016, in a Minot nursing home.

Roy was born June 5, 1921, in Couderay, Wisconsin, the son of David and Rebecca (Dagg) Dodge. He was raised and educated in Bowbells.

He was united in marriage to Marie Emmel on April 10, 1953. Roy and Marie...

Sep 15, 2016

John "Jack" Phillip Munch, 94, Kenmare, died Thursday, September 15, 2016 in a Minot Hospital.

Jack was born July 6, 1922 at Kenmare, North Dakota the son of Phillip and Loretta (Maus) Munch. He was raised and educated at Kenmare, graduating from Kenmare High School in 1941. He entered into active duty service during World War II...

Sep 14, 2016

Victoria Swiss , 73, Kramer, ND formerly of Minot, died Wednesday, September 14, 2016, in her home.

Victoria was born on July 7, 1943 in Minot to Lawrence "Curly" and Helen (Getzlaff) Miller in Minot, ND. She was raised on the family farm in Towner ND, until moving to Minot with her family. Victoria graduated...

Sep 12, 2016

Elwood Norman "Al" Landsverk, 81, Minot died on Monday, September 12, 2016 in his home.

Elwood was born on February 9, 1935 in Bottineau County near Dunseith, ND to Nels and Gertie (Rispa) Landsverk. He was raised on a farm near Willow Lake in the Turtle Mountains near Dunseith and educated at rural schools in that area....

Sep 11, 2016

Donna Lou Dodge, 83, Crossville, TN formerly of Minot and Plaza, ND, died Sunday, September 11, 2016 in a Crossville, TN Hospital.

Donna was born October 13, 1932 at Minot, North Dakota the daughter of Jim and Esther Lester.

She was raised on the family farm near Plaza, and educated at Plaza High School. During...