Kenneth Parge
Feb 16, 2011
Kenneth O. Parge, 73, of Rugby, was called to join our Lord on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, in a Spokane, WA hospital. at 11:30 p.m. He died at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Wash. He was with his son, Jason, and daughter in-law, Teresa, when he was hospitalized two days before Christmas.
He was...
Gladys I Lakoduk
Feb 15, 2011
Gladys Irene Lakoduk, 90, Fargo, formerly of Butte, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in a Fargo Hospital.
Gladys was born October 23, 1920, in Byersville Township rural Butte, North Dakota the daughter of Knute and Lydia (Krause) Norberg. She was the second oldest of four sisters. She was raised and educated at country schools near...
June Fjeld Votava
Feb 14, 2011
June "JunieBug" Fjeld Votava, 67, Minot, died Monday, February 14, 2011, in a Minot hospital.
June was born June 10, 1943, to Karl and Bernice (Benson) Peterson in Minot, ND. After her mother's death when she was three months old, Albert "Brownie" and Florence Fjeld became her loving parents.
They lived in the South Prairie...
Conrad Ayala
Feb 14, 2011
Conrad Alex Ayala, 19 months, passed into God's care on Monday, February 14, 2011, in a Minot hospital.
Conrad was born June 21, 2009, in Billings, MT, to Cassondra Ayala and Mitchell Debus.
Though his time was not measured in years, he blessed us with many precious moments, cherished by his family. We...
Elvin Pietsch
Feb 6, 2011
Elvin B. Pietsch, 91, Minot, died Sunday, February 6, 2011, in a Minot nursing home.
Elvin was born June 8, 1919, on the family farm in Ward County, North Dakota the son of Gustav and Thea (Carlson) Pietsch. He was raised on a farm in Freedom Township of Ward County and educated at country schools in that...
Irene Parge
Feb 6, 2011
Irene Parge, 95, of Minot, died Sunday, February 6, 2011, in a Minot nursing home.
Irene was born December 24, 1915, on the family farm in Simcoe, ND, the daughter of Otis and Anna (Knutson) Lee. She was raised in Granville and also attended high school in Norwich.
Irene was united in marriage...
Pauline Witikko Anderson
Feb 5, 2011
Pauline Witikko Anderson, 84, Minot died on Saturday, February 5, 2011 in a Minot healthcare center. Pauline was born on May 26, 1926, in Temvik, ND to Christian and Sophia (Heinrich) Albrecht. She was reared and educated in Temvik and graduated from Temvik High School in 1944. She attended a teacher's college where she received her standard...
Mildred Knudson
Feb 4, 2011
Mildred Knudson , 89, Bismarck, formerly of Glenburn, died February 4, 2011, at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center.
Mildred was born January 13, 1922, the oldest daughter of Oscar and Hannah (Swensrud) Signalness in Glenwood, MN. She graduated from Glenwood High School in 1940 and was a waitress for many years at Osterberg's Caf in...
Joseph 'Joe' Emmett
Feb 1, 2011
Joseph Edward "Joe" Emmett, 73, Minot died on February 1, 2011 in a Devils Lake hospital from an apparent heart attack.
Joe was born on March 12, 1937 in Rawlins, Wyoming to Joseph Earl and Marianne (Kohoutek) Emmett. He was reared and educated in Minot and Los Angeles, California. Joe was once married to Nancy...
Ruthanne Bieri
Feb 1, 2011
Ruthanne Bieri, 88, Minot, formerly of Blaisdell, entered into her eternal home on Tuesday, February 1, 2011.
Ruthanne was born June 1, 1922, at Berthold, North Dakota, the daughter of Walter and Minnie (Jones) Troxel. She was raised on a farm near Berthold and educated at Berthold Schools, graduating from Berthold High School in 1939....
Ryleigh Marie Bigham
Jan 30, 2011
Ryleigh Marie Bigham, infant daughter of Austin and Anna-Marie Bigham, Minot AFB, was born and died on Sunday, January 30, 2011 in a Minot hospital.
Ryleigh Marie Bigham was born on January 30, 2011, to Austin and Anna-Marie (Vincent) Bigham.
Though her time on this earth was not measured in years, she blessed...
Deforest Malin
Jan 20, 2011
DeForest James Malin, 82, Minot, died Thursday, January 20, 2011, in his home. DeForest was born on June 25, 1928 in San Francisco, CA to Arburt and MaDonna (L'Abbe) Malin. He was reared and educated in Canada until the family returned to San Francisco in 1941. The family later moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. He served...
Marlo Ofsthun
Jan 18, 2011
Marlo J. Ofsthun, 81, Minot, died Tuesday, January 18, 2011, in a Minot hospital.
Marlo was born April 26, 1929, in Minot, ND to Roy and Manda (Harstad) Ofsthun. He was raised on the family farm located between Surrey and Norwich, ND and graduated from Surrey High School in 1947. He completed his education at...
David Boen
Jan 16, 2011
David John Boen , 62, Minot, died Sunday, January 16, 2011, at his home after a yearlong battle with cancer. Dave was born August 11, 1948 in Rugby, North Dakota the son of Joseph and Norrine (Johnson) Boen. He was raised at Willow City, until the family moved to Minot in 1955. In 1957, the family moved...
Margaret Sleeper
Jan 14, 2011
Margaret Sleeper, 95, Council Bluffs, IA formerly of Minot, died on Friday, January 14, 2011, in Council Bluffs.
Margaret focused her efforts on raising her family, laughter, enjoying the company of their many friends and baking. There was never the lack of good food and baked goods in the Sleeper home.
Margaret was...
Robert J Lee
Jan 7, 2011
Robert "Bob" J. Lee, Minot died Friday, January 7, 2011, in Nordland, WA.
Robert was born February 6, 1934, in Minot, ND to John and Edna (Ofsthun) Lee Jr. He was raised in Minot and educated in the public school system.
Robert enlisted into the US Navy in 1952, serving until receipt of...
Mary Lou Haugen
Jan 1, 2011
Mary Lou Haugen, 76, Minot, formerly of Des Lacs, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, January 1, 2011.
Mary was born May 26, 1934 in Minot, the daughter of Lawrence and Roberta (Shaffer) Whitty. She was raised and educated in the Des Lacs area and graduated from Des Lacs High School in 1953....
Gloria Cox
Dec 31, 2010
Gloria I. Cox, 84, Surrey, died Friday, December 31, 2010 in a Minot Healthcare Center.
Gloria was born December 14, 1926 at Minot, North Dakota, one of eleven children to Harold and Catharine (Groninger) Haugen. She was raised on a farm near Des Lacs, North Dakota and educated at Des Lacs through the twelfth grade....
Rueben Hammond
Dec 29, 2010
Rueben Ookie Hammond, 93, Minot, and former director of the Minot Recreation Commission died on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 in a Minot hospital.
Rueben Edward Ookie Hammond was born on May 3, 1917 in Westhope, North Dakota. He was adopted at an early age by John Tucker J.T. and Gina (Nickelson) Hammond. He was raised...
Harold Weinreich
Dec 28, 2010
Harold Weinreich, 89, Minot, and formerly of Burlington, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010 in his home.
Harold was born September 18, 1921 to William and Pauline (Ziegenhagen) Weinreich in rural Minot. He was raised and educated in the Minot and Burlington area, attending rural schools in McKinley and St. Mary's townships, graduating from Burlington High...
