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Signe Eggen
May 10, 2011
Signe Louise Eggen, 95, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Minot, Columbus and Lignite ND, died on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 in a Moorhead nursing home.
Signe was born on November 15, 1915 in Thorson Township of Burke County near Battleview, ND. She was the second of eleven children born to Martin & Kirsti (Enget) Berg. She...
Gaillord Albertson
May 9, 2011
Gaillord Albertson, 90, Norwich and formerly of rural Douglas, died on Monday, May 9, 2011, in a Minot nursing home. Gaillord was born on July 13, 1920, on the family farm in Spring Lake Township of Ward County near Douglas, ND to Albert and Mathilde (Johnson) Albertson. He was reared on the family farm and attended rural...
Edward Nechiporenko Nichols
May 7, 2011
Edward Nechiporenko Nichols , 102, Minot, formerly of Butte, died Sunday in the North Dakota Veterans Home, Lisbon.
Edward was born December 1, 1908, in Butte, ND, to Metraphon "Nick" and Katherine (Saborsky) Nechiporenko.
He was raised and educated in Butte, ND throughout his childhood. Eddie enlisted in the US Navy on October...
Joyce Volochenko
May 7, 2011
Joyce Gladys Volochenko, 82, Minot, formerly of the Butte area, died Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Community Memorial Hospital in Turtle Lake, ND.
Joyce was born June 19, 1928 on the family farm near Butte, North Dakota, the daughter of Henry and Tena (Honcharoff) Skorick. She was raised on the farm in Byersville Township of...
Luke Matthew Enget
May 5, 2011
Luke Matthew Enget left this earthly world before he had a chance to enter it when he was stillborn on May 5, 2011. Luke was baptized by Rev. Clifford Nelson at Trinity Hospital. Luke was born to Roger and Maidie Enget at Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND. He should have joined his brothers, Aaron (12 yrs), Levi (2 yrs),...
Dale Brandt
May 5, 2011
Dale Brandt , 75, longtime Granville area rancher, died Thursday, May 5, 2011, in a Velva nursing home.
Dale was born March 8, 1936, on the family farm near Upham, ND, the son of Henry and Cora (Grondahl) Brandt. He was raised there and received his formal education in country school. As a young adult...
L Louise Rostberg
May 3, 2011
L. Louise Rostberg , 95, Louisville, CO, formerly of Minot, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in a Louisville assisted living center.
Louise was born April 8, 1916, in Hettinger, North Dakota, the daughter of Theodore and Molly (Brown) Lokken. She was delighted in her family of nine brothers and sisters. Louise was raised and educated...
Anna M Anderson
May 3, 2011
Anna Maria Anderson, 95, Minot and formerly of Granville, died Thursday, April 28, 2011, in a Minot nursing home.
Anna was born on October 7, 1915, to Martin and Emelia (Myre) Bjergaard on the family farm at Powers Lake, ND, where she grew up and attended school. She married Thilman (Tim) Anderson on March 26, 1945, in...
Rev Stanley Dolan
May 3, 2011
Stanley Telford Dolan , 79, Minot and formerly of Ray and Williston, died Tuesday May 3, 2011 in a Minot Hospital. Stanley was born April 24, 1932 at rural Crosby, North Dakota, the son of Aslak and Josie (Throntveit) Dolan. He was raised and educated in the Crosby area and graduated from Crosby High School in 1950....
John Waller Jr
Apr 30, 2011
John Milton Waller, Jr. , 57, Minot, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, in his home.
John was born on May 11, 1953, in Minot, to John and Lola (Lee) Waller, one of eight children. He was educated in Minot area schools and worked as a mechanic for many years. Most recently, John did mechanic work...
Merline James
Apr 24, 2011
Merline James, 93, Minot, died Easter Sunday morning, April 24, 2011, in Minot, ND.
Merline was born Christmas Day, December 25, 1917, in Wichita, KS, the daughter of Frank and Bessie (Henderson) Byrd. She was raised in Kansas and Oklahoma, the third child in a family of nine. Her father worked in the oil fields of Oklahoma...
Grace Hagenstein
Apr 23, 2011
S. Grace Hagenstein, 90, Minot died on Saturday, April 23, 2011, in a Minot healthcare center. Sarah Grace Hagenstein was born on April 13, 1921, near Des Lacs, ND to John and Sarah (Varnes) Soltis. She was reared on the family farm near Des Lacs and attended rural schools in that area prior to graduating from Foxholm...
Thomas Peterson
Apr 22, 2011
Thomas Oliver Peterson, 79, Minot and formerly of Valley City and Rolla died on Friday, April 22, 2011 in a Minot hospital.
Tom was born on January 4, 1932 in Valley City, ND to Oliver E. and Elvira (Loken) Peterson. He was reared and educated in Valley City where his father was the owner and...
Merrill Schalow
Apr 21, 2011
Merrill William Schalow, 87, Fargo, formerly of Minot and Velva, and longtime Minot Daily News Sports Writer, died Thursday, April 21, 2011, in his home.
Merrill was born September 8, 1923, in Minot, ND, to William and Irene (Machtell) Schalow. He was raised and educated in Velva, ND, where he graduated from high school in 1940. He...
Phylo Drawz
Apr 19, 2011
Phylo Faye Drawz, 84, Minot died on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 in a Minot hospital.
Phylo was born on October 29, 1926 in Anamoose, ND to Emil and Merle (Elder) Pfeifle. She was the youngest of four children and was raised by her maternal grandparents Ira and Alice (Randall) Elder after her mother died when...
Sharon Pettit
Apr 15, 2011
Sharon Kay Pettit , 66, Minot, died Friday, April 15, 2011, in a Minot Hospital. Sharon was born June 4, 1944, at Neodesha, Kansas, the daughter of Harold and Rebecca (Hutchinson) Daniel. She was raised at Independence, Kansas and attended school there. As a young adult, she made her home in McPherson, Kansas, where she met William...
Caroline Sollid
Apr 7, 2011
Caroline Ernestine Sollid, 93, Minot and formerly of Velva died on Thursday, April 7, 2011 in a Minot nursing home.
Caroline was born on July 31, 1917 on a farm near Willow City, ND to William and Regina (Biberdorf) Biberdorf. She was reared on a farm near Gardena and educated in Gardena where she graduated from high...
Erna Knight
Apr 6, 2011
Erna Knight , 98, Minot, died Wednesday, April 6, 2011, in a Minot care center.
Erna was born September 6, 1912, in Oriska, ND, the daughter of Walter and Augusta (Wolter) Appel. She moved with her family at an early age to Glenburn, ND. Erna received her education in a country school located in Tatman...
Harlan Braathen
Apr 5, 2011
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Harlan LeRoy Braathen, 72, Minot and formerly of Noonan, died on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in a Minot hospital.
Harlan was born on September 30, 1938 in Noonan, ND...
Robyn Kim Miller Surface
Apr 3, 2011
Robyn Kim Miller Surface , 53, Minot, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, in her home of natural causes.
She was born December 3, 1957, in Elgin, Illinois, to Wayne and Darlene (Bluhm) Miller. She attended school in that area and returned to North Dakota in 1970, after her parents divorced. She lived in Minot, with...
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