Obituary Listing

Jan 20, 2013

Walter LeRoy Hummel, 85, Minot and formerly of Garrison died on Sunday, January 20, 2013 in a Bismarck nursing home. Walter was born on April 4, 1927 in Coleharbor to John and Anna (Wallentine) Hummel. He was raised and educated in Coleharbor and Underwood. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1945 and served his country...

Jan 19, 2013

Marcus Joseph Dailey, 84, Minot, formerly of New Rockford, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 in a Minot Hospital.

Joe was born June 10, 1928 at Warwick, North Dakota the son of Marcus D. and Florence (Boyle) Dailey. He was raised and educated at New Rockford and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on July 9, 1946. He...

Jan 17, 2013

Ruby A. Gowin Schoenwald, 93, Glenburn and Minot, died Thursday, January 17, 2013 in a Garrison Nursing Home.

She was born April 7, 1919, near Wheatland, WY, to Aaron and Florentine (Van Ortwick) Locke. She was the oldest of eight children. Ruby spent her first five years on a large cattle ranch in WY, where her dad...

Jan 16, 2013

Loseal Kilene, 92, longtime Berthold area resident, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013 in a Minot Nursing Home.

Loseal was born September 30, 1920 at New Effington, South Dakota, the daughter of Vernon and Laura (Vollmers) Knight. She was raised at Sisseton and moved with her family to Berthold when she was ten years old. The family moved...

Jan 15, 2013

Francis Ellery Bivins, 90, longtime Sawyer area farmer, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in a Minot Nursing Home. Francis was born December 25, 1922 in Willis Township of Ward County, North Dakota, the son of Donald and Leona Marvel (Baker) Bivins. He was raised and educated at rural schools in Willis Township and graduated from Minot High School in...

Jan 15, 2013

Areta Ruth Keller, 76, Minot died on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in a Minot hospital following a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

Areta was born on August 18, 1936 in Butler, Missouri to Curtis and Ruth (Pearson) Burrows. She was reared and attended school there and in Pennsylvania, Canton, IL and Minot where she graduated from Minot...

Jan 11, 2013

Elmer Charles Storbeck, 79, of Minot passed on to eternal life, January 11, 2013 in Trinity Hospital. Elmer was born October 24, 1933 in Minot to Fred and Grace (Miller) Storbeck. He was raised and educated in Minot, baptized on March 11, 1934 and confirmed on May 13, 1951 both at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Minot, where he...

Jan 10, 2013

Ione R. Ross, 92, Minot, died on Thursday, January 10, 2013 in a Minot hospital. Ione was born on August 25, 1920 in Benedict to Oliver and Hilda (Kjeldsberg Simonsen) Johnson. She was reared and educated in Ruso, ND. As a young adult, she was employed by her relatives and received her room and board. She also worked in...

Jan 10, 2013

Adolph Weishaar, 96, Minot, died on Thursday, January 10, 2013 in a Minot hospital. Adolph was born on February 12, 1916 near Garrison to John and Elizabeth (Ackerman) Weishaar. He was reared and educated near Garrison and Coleharbor. Adolph married Estella Abel on December 19, 1941 in Sidney, Montana. He was inducted into the US Army Air Force on...

Jan 10, 2013

Annette Thom, 69, Minot, died on Thursday, January 10, 2013 in a Minot hospital.

Annette was born on July 27, 1943 in Heber City, Utah to Matt and Verda (Wright) Leahy. She was reared and educated in Heber City and graduated from Wasatch High School in 1961. Annette was united in holy marriage to Gail Thomas Freeman....

Jan 9, 2013

Dr. Brian Briggs, 83, Minot, died on Wednesday January 9, 2013 in a Minot hospital. Brian Earl Briggs was born on November 22, 1929 in Minot, ND to Aaron and Pearl (Nicodemus) Briggs. He was reared and educated in Minot and graduated from Minot High School in 1947. He continued his education at Jamestown College for one year before...

Jan 9, 2013

Bradley Sullivan, 54, Carpio, died January 9, 2013 at his home.

Bradley was born August 19, 1958 in Minot, North Dakota to Gordon and Colleen (Duncanson) Sullivan. He was raised and educated in Carpio, where he graduated from Carpio High School in 1976. Brad continued his education at the North Dakota State School of Science...

Jan 9, 2013

Vernon Helsene, 77, Minot, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in a Minot hospital.

Graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, ND. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. in the Thomas Family Funeral Home, Minot.

Jan 9, 2013

Evelyn Serene Jermiason, 91, Minot and formerly of the Watford City area died on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in a Minot hospital. Evelyn was born September 2, 1921 to Walker Bradley and Alma Christina (Barsness) O\' Grady on the family homestead ranch northwest of Watford City, ND. They lived within walking distance of the Little Missouri River and what...

Jan 8, 2013

Lyle Gene Waswick, 83, rural Des Lacs, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in a Minot Nursing Home. Lyle was born January 8, 1930 at Colton, South Dakota, the son of Walter and Ingeborg (Jostad) Waswick. While Lyle was young, the family moved to a farm south of Des Lacs, where he was raised and assisted with the operation of...

Jan 7, 2013

Fern Stripe Bruhn, 88, Minot and formerly of Omaha NE, died on Monday, January 7, 2013 in a Minot hospital.

Fern Lorene Shafer was born on August 20, 1924, in Stella, Nebraska to Roy and Dora (Strand) Shafer. She was raised on a farm near Stella and graduated from Central High School in Omaha, Nebraska...

Jan 6, 2013

Phyllis Marie Boucher, 78, Minot and Lake Wales, Florida died Friday, December 28, 2012 in a Winter Haven, Florida hospital.

Phyllis was born on July 19, 1934 in Somerville, Massachusetts to John and Catherine (Parrott) Pendergast. She was reared and educated in New Bedford, MA and graduated from Holy Family High School in 1952. As a young...

Jan 5, 2013

Steven M. McIntyre, 52, Pahrump, NV and Minot, formerly of Aberdeen, SD died Saturday, January 5, 2013, in Minot, ND. He suffered a heart attack while at his job at Badlands Trucking.

Steve McIntyre was born January 29, 1960, to Lynda Fergen. He attended Aberdeen Central High School. Steve spent most of his life on...

Jan 4, 2013

Elenore O. McKay, 95, longtime Minot resident and former educator, died Friday, January 4, 2013 in a Naperville, Illinois Senior Living Center. Elenore was born July 14, 1917 in Leeds, ND, the daughter of Oscar and Elenore (Quam) Bue. She was raised in Leeds and graduated from Leeds High School. In 1939 she graduated from North Dakota State University...

Jan 4, 2013

LeRoy Haugeberg, 73, Minot, died Sunday, December 30, 2012 in a Minot hospital.

LeRoy was born February 17, 1939, in Minot, ND to Oliver and Emma (Newman) Haugeberg. He grew up on the family farmstead and finished his education with the Minot High School Class of 1958.

He began his career with John...