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Harry Grosche
Jul 21, 2008
Harry Richard Grosche, 86, Minot died on Friday in a Minot hospital.
Harry was born on March 19, 1922 in Waterford Township of Ward County near Ruthville, ND to Carl and Caroline (Frey) Grosche. He was reared on the family farm and attended rural schools in that area.
Harry married Delraine Blada on...
Darrel Richard "Rich" Hovde
Jul 20, 2008
Darrel Richard "Rich" Hovde , 38, Minot, formerly of Mandan, died Sunday, July 20, 2008 near Petersburg, North Dakota from injuries sustained in a work related accident.
Darrel Richard Hovde was born March 17, 1970 in Minot, to Darrel & Judith (Hanson)Hovde.
He has been known as Rich to his family and friends,...
Tamara Sexey
Jul 19, 2008
Tamara Sexey , 43, Minot, died Saturday, July 19, 2008, at her home.
Tammy was born on January 5, 1965, in Georgetown, Ohio, the daughter of Kelvin and Mary (Fox) Sexey. She was raised and educated in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, and graduated from high school there in 1983. After graduation she moved to Minot.
...Estella Weishaa
Jul 18, 2008
Estella Weishaa r, 86, Minot, formerly of the Coleharbor area, died Friday, July 18, 2008 in a Minot Hospital.
Estella was born March 22, 1922 on the family farm near Emmet, North Dakota, the daughter of Christian and Amelia (Boger) Abel. She was raised and educated at Emmet and assisted with the operation of the...
Evelyn Kathleen Johanne Mohagen-Burgess
Jul 18, 2008
Evelyn Kathleen Johanne Mohagen-Burgess, 89, Minot and formerly of Velva, died on Friday, July 18, 2008 in a Minot nursing home, where she had been a resident since 2006.
Evelyn was born on August 14, 1918, in Hanley, Saskatchewan, Canada to John and Ellen (Folden) Mohagen. She was raised on a farm near Norwich. She...
Paul E Peterson
Jul 16, 2008
Paul E. Peterson, 88, Minot, formerly of the Makoti area, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 in a Minot Nursing Home.
Paul was born July 21, 1919 at Makoti, North Dakota the son of Nels and Bessie (Bivens) Peterson. He was raised and educated at Makoti and worked for various farmers in the Minot and Sawyer...
Richard "Dick" W Laqua
Jul 15, 2008
Richard "Dick" W. Laqua, 80, Minot, and formerly of the Williston area, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008 from an unexpected illness in his home surrounded by his loving family.
Dick was born February 17, 1928 at Hanks, North Dakota, the son of Jack and Cecilia (Higgins) Laqua. He was raised and educated at Hanks, and...
Lauretta Brandt
Jul 9, 2008
Lauretta Brandt, 92, Minot, and formerly of rural Newburg, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in a Velva nursing home.
Lauretta was born February 8, 1916 in Tacoma Township of Bottineau County near Russell, ND, at her grandfather's farm to Frederick and Alma (Knuth) Gessner. Their family lived there for five years and then moved to...
Hannah A Hanson
Jul 6, 2008
Hannah A. Hanson, 98, Minot, died Sunday, July 6, 2008 in a Minot Hospital.
Hannah was born October 22, 1909 in Minot, ND to Axel and Mathilda (Anderson) Johnson. She was raised on the family farm southeast of Minot and educated in country schools and graduated from Minot High School. She worked for a short...
A Roger Thingvold
Jul 5, 2008
A. Roger Thingvold, 66, Minot, formerly of Barton, died Saturday, July 5, 2008 in a Minot hospital.
Roger was born December 29, 1941 in Rugby, ND the first born of Alfred and Bernadine (Ryding) Thingvold. He was reared on the family farm in South Valley Township in Rolette County and educated through the 8th grade...
Viola Bernice Doerr
Jul 1, 2008
Viola Bernice Doerr, 78, Nashville, TN, formerly of Minot, died on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in a Nashville hospice care center.
Viola Kurle was born February 17, 1930, in Eureka, SD, to Jacob and Frederica (Ritter) Kurle. She was raised on the family homestead and educated in Eureka.
Viola was united in marriage...
Thelma A "Sue" Serdahl
Jun 30, 2008
Thelma A. "Sue" Serdahl , 82, Seattle, WA and formerly of Minot, died Monday, June 30, 2008.
Thelma was born January 29, 1926 at Max, North Dakota, the daughter of Thor "Tom" and Laura Tofstad. She was raised and educated in the Max area and worked as a waitress before her marriage to Neal L....
Robert Grafsgard
Jun 25, 2008
Robert Bruce "Bob" Grafsgard, 81, Minot, formerly of Grand Forks, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008 in a Fargo Veteran's Hospital.
Robert was born March 26, 1927 at Grand Forks, North Dakota the son of Joseph and Clara (Paulsrud) Grafsgard. He was raised and educated at Grand Forks, graduating from Grand Forks Central High School in 1946. He...
Jeffrey Edwin Rostad
Jun 14, 2008
Jeffrey Edwin Rostad , 42, Cambridge, Minnesota and formerly of Minot died on Saturday, June 14, 2008 in his home.
Jeff was born on May 17, 1966 in Minot, ND to Evron and Marilyn (Christianson) Rostad. He was raised in Minot and attended Campus Elementary School and Erik Ramstad Middle School prior to attending Minot...
David D Ortmann
Jun 9, 2008
David D. Ortmann, 68, Minot, died on Monday, June 9, 2008, in his home.
David was born January 24, 1940, in Max, ND, to Ernest and Emma (Schlecht) Ortmann. He was raised on the family farm and graduated from Sawyer High School in 1958. He had attended college for one year in Minot.
...
George J Haman
Jun 6, 2008
George J. Haman, 75, Granville, formerly of Minot, died Friday, June 6, 2008 in a Minot hospital.
George was born May 19, 1933, to Jacob and Katherine (Geisinger) Haman in Towner, ND. He was raised and educated in Towner and Minot and received his GED. He served over 30 years in the armed forces between...
Maynard Brown
Jun 3, 2008
Maynard Brown, 68, Minot and formerly of Berthold and Peterson, MN, entered eternal life on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, in his home.
Maynard Brown was born on January 20, 1940 in Minot, ND to Harry and Mabel (Pederson) Brown. He grew up on the family farm in Berthold, ND. He was once married to Donna...
Hannah Georgina (Moger) Brown
Jun 3, 2008
Hannah Georgina (Moger) Brown , completed her Baptismal journey on June 3, 2008, in Littleton, CO. She was ninety-nine years and ten months old.
Hannah was born July 24, 1908 at Berthold, North Dakota, the daughter of Iver and Marie (Heier) Moger. She was raised and educated in Berthold, and graduated from Berthold High School...
Harriett J Score Hasledalen
Jun 3, 2008
Harriett J. Score Hasledalen, 92, Minot, formerly of Carpio, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008 under hospice care in a Minot Hospital.
Harriett was born July 21, 1915 at Hartland, North Dakota, the daughter of Andrew and Minda (Peterson) Bakhagen. The family moved to Montana when Harriett was an infant. Harriett survived the flu of 1918,...
Willa J Myers
May 31, 2008
Willa J. Myers, 67, Sheridan, WY, formerly of Minot, ND, died Saturday, May 31, 2008, in a Sheridan, WY hospital.
Willa was born February 12, 1941, to Wilfred F. and Fay E. (Smith) Ehr in Minot. She was raised on the family farm, east of Minot, where she actively taught riding lessons to many children...
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