All Obituaries

Mabel C. Schmitz, 100, of Fargo, ND, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at Eventide in Fargo. Services will be held on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at 2:00 pm, with visitation 1 hour prior at Hope Lutheran Church, South Campus in Fargo. Pastor Keith Walka will officiate the service. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens in Wahpeton, ND at a later date. A live stream of her service will be available on her obituary page at vertinmunson.com. In lieu of flowers, donations can...

Joyce M. Brophy, 89, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Monday, January 10, 2022, at St. Catherine’s Living Center in Wahpeton. A memorial service will be held in the spring. Arrangements have been entrusted to Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. Joyce was born at Pingree, North Dakota on May 1, 1932, to Marshall E. and Ethel M (Delger) Dunwoodie. She grew up on a farm there and graduated from Pingree High School in 1950. She worked as a phone operator after High School, until...

Vi Merchant, 90, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022, at St. Catherine’s Living Center in Wahpeton.  Visitation will be held on Friday, January 14, 2022, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, followed by her prayer service at 7:00 PM at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home in Wahpeton.  Visitation will continue on Saturday, January 15, 2022, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, followed by her funeral service at 2:00 PM at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Abercrombie, ND.  Burial will be...

Ross West, age 97, of Yankton, South Dakota and formerly of Wahpeton, North Dakota, passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton with his daughter, Pauline, by his side. A Zoom Memorial Service handled by Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Breckenridge, MN will be held at a later date.   Private family burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens in Wahpeton with Vertin-Munson Funeral Home handling the arrangements.  Local...

Linda McDougall, Wahpeton, passed away in her home in the presence of her family and under the care of CHI Hospice on January 3rd, 2022.  Visitation will be held from 5-7 PM, Friday, January 7, 2022, at Vertin-Munson Wahpeton Funeral Home, Wahpeton. The funeral will be held at Evergreen United Methodist Church in Wahpeton at 10 AM on Saturday, January 8, 2022, with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church.  A live stream of her service will be available on her...

Irene Thiel, 86, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021.  Visitation will be held at St. John’s Catholic Church in Wahpeton on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at 4:00 PM, followed by a prayer service and rosary at 5:30 PM.  The family would like to invite everyone to join them at Texas Crossing in Tyler, ND, for drinks following the prayer service.  Visitation will continue at the church on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at 10:00 AM, followed by her Mass...

Elmer Louis Mindeman, 94, of Barney, ND, passed away on December 16, 2021, at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo, ND.  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at 11 am, with visitation one hour prior to service at Peace Lutheran Church in Barney, ND.  Rev. Brock Schmeling will officiate the service.  Arrangements have been entrusted to Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. Elmer was born on September 6, 1927, in Breckenridge, MN to August and Anne (Willi)...

Darlene B. Estes, age 89, of Hankinson, ND, formerly of Abercrombie, ND, passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at St. Gerard’s Community of Care Nursing Home in Hankinson. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, from 5 PM to 7 PM followed by her 7 PM prayer service at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home in Wahpeton, ND. Visitation will continue at Bethany Free Lutheran Church in rural Abercrombie, on Thursday, December 23, 2021, from 1 PM to 2 PM followed by her 2 PM...

Lori Peplinski, 59, of Barney, ND, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021, in the care of East Essentia in Fargo, ND. Her funeral service will be held Saturday, December 18, 2021, at the Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, with visitation beginning at 1 p.m. and the funeral service starting at 2 p.m. René Hasbargen will be officiating. A live stream of the service will be available on the funeral home’s website. Lori’s family asks that all who come, wear Minnesota Vikings...

Fred Christensen Jr., age 81, formerly a longtime resident of Rutland, ND, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021, at St. Catherine’s Living Center under the care of hospice in Wahpeton, ND. A private family service will be held in July 2022 at the annual Christensen Classic. Please leave any condolence messages on the funeral home website or mail memorials to Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, PO BOX 6, Wahpeton, ND, 58074.  Fred Christensen Jr. was born on January 3, 1940, the 5th...