Obituaries

Monica Ehlert

Monica Ehlert

Mar 11, 2016

Monica (Van Beck) Ehlert, 96, Wahpeton, ND passed peacefully at home surrounded by her children on March 11, 2016. The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, March 15, at 10:30 AM at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton, ND with Rev. Dale Lagodinski as celebrant. Visitation will be on Monday from 5 PM to 7 PM with a prayer...

Luther Baumann

Luther Baumann

Mar 8, 2016

God called his faithful servant, Luther Frank Hermann Baumann, 88, of Wahpeton, ND, home on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Luther, the oldest of six children, was born on October 1, 1927, to Walter and Martha (Hoefs) Baumann on a farm near Wyndmere, ND. He was baptized into faith on October 23, 1927 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Lidgerwood, ND by...

Kelly Aakre

Kelly Aakre

Mar 7, 2016

Kelly Allan Aakre, 50, Hankinson, ND, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2016 in Wahpeton, ND. Funeral services will be on Friday, March 11, at 11 AM at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton, ND with Rev. Dale Lagodinski officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery, Mooreton,...

Madonna Christensen

Madonna Christensen

Mar 7, 2016

Madonna M. Christensen, 90, Wahpeton, ND, passed away Monday, March 7, 2016, at CHI St. Francis Healthcare, Breckenridge, MN. The Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 7, at United Methodist Church, Fairmount, with Rev. Mark Gronseth officiating. Visitation will be 5 PM to 7 PM with a 7 PM Prayer Service, Wednesday, at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton and...

Taeyah Gallego

Taeyah Gallego

Mar 6, 2016

Taeyah Mae Gallego, the infant daughter of Joseph and Tanya Gallego, was born and passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. Funeral services will be on Monday, March 14, at 2:00 PM at Willow Creek Chapel with Rev. Chris Markman officiating. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2:00 on Monday before the service. Interment will...

Delphia Johnson

Delphia Johnson

Mar 5, 2016

Del Johnson, 94, of Wahpeton, ND passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Siena Court Assisted Living, Wahpeton and under the care of CHI Health at Home Hospice. Her funeral service will be at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Wahpeton with Pastor Charles O'Hare and Pastor Darrel Lindensmith officiating. Visitation will be one...

Milo Olson

Milo Olson

Mar 2, 2016

Milo Olson, 92, Wahpeton, ND, formerly of Wyndmere, ND passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, March 8, at 11:00 AM at Wyndmere Lutheran Church, Wyndmere, with Rev. Harvey Henderson officiating. Visitation will be on Monday from 5 PM to 7 PM with a prayer service...

Pauline Groneman

Pauline Groneman

Feb 29, 2016

Polly was born Pauline Ruth Mitchell on April 1, 1934 in Boston Massachusetts to Margaret (Walsh) and Gilbert Mitchell. She graduated from Jamaica Plain High School, Boston in 1952 and subsequently attended Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill. and the Syracuse University School of Journalism, Syracuse, N.Y. Polly spent the summers of her college years working aboard the S.S. North American as...

James Veflin

James Veflin

Feb 26, 2016

James H. Veflin, 70, Wahpeton, ND passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton, ND with Rev. Matthew Tooman officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Scandia Cemetery, New Effington, SD....

Darrel Hendrickson

Darrel Hendrickson

Feb 26, 2016

Darrel Hendrickson, 83, Fargo, ND, formerly of Colfax, ND passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at ManorCare in Fargo, ND. Funeral services will be on Wednesday, March 2, at 11:00 AM at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Colfax, ND with Rev. Dan Forsberg officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at...

Verla Kolbe

Verla Kolbe

Feb 26, 2016

Verla Kolbe, 89, Breckenridge, MN, formerly Wahpeton, ND, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 at CHI St. Francis Nursing Home, Breckenridge, MN. A Family Graveside Service will be held at a later date in the Fargo National Cemetery, Fargo, ND. Verla was born June 18, 1926 in Breckenridge, MN, the daughter of William and Mabel (Matejcek) Frank. She grew up in Tyler,...

Robert Lemke

Robert Lemke

Feb 24, 2016

Robert L. Lemke Sr, 83, Wahpeton, ND, passed away, Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at his residence in Wahpeton, ND, from pneumonia complications. A Family Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 5, at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton. Visitation will be 5 PM to 7 PM Friday, March 4, at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton. Arrangements have been...

Iola Herrick

Iola Herrick

Feb 17, 2016

Iola Herrick, 88, Wahpeton, ND, formerly of Abercrombie, ND, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. The funeral service will be on Tuesday, February 23, at 2:00 PM at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Abercrombie, with Rev. Michael Buller officiating. Visitation with the family will be on Monday from 5 PM to 7 PM at Willow...

Ronald Swanson

Ronald Swanson

Feb 14, 2016

Ronald V. Swanson, 80, Fairmount, ND, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016 at Essentia Health, Fargo, ND. The Funeral Service will be Friday, February 19, 10:30 a.m., at United Methodist Church, Fairmount, with Rev. Mark Gronseth officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, from 5 PM to 7 PM with a 7 PM Prayer Service at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton, ND, and...

Ethel Griffin

Ethel Griffin

Feb 11, 2016

Ethel (Rossum) Griffin, 93, Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at St. Catherine's Living Center surrounded by her family under the care of CHI Health at Home-Hospice. The funeral service will be on Tuesday, February 16, at 10:30 AM at Bethel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton, with Rev. Jule` Ballinger officiating. A gathering with the family will be on...

Herbert Masching

Herbert Masching

Feb 9, 2016

Herbert Masching, 89, Wahpeton, ND passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at his home under the care of his family and CHI St. Francis Health at Home Hospice. The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, February 12, at 10:00 AM at St. John's Catholic Church with Rev. Dale Lagodinski as Celebrant. There will also be a Knight's...

Darleen Paulson

Darleen Paulson

Jan 31, 2016

Darleen Paulson, 64, Wahpeton, ND passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at her residence under the care of Red River Human Services and CHI St. Francis Hospice. The funeral service will be Friday, February 5, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton, ND with Rev. Erika Buller officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service...

Marian Zach

Marian Zach

Jan 28, 2016

Marian Zach, 88, Wahpeton, ND passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at CHI St. Francis Health, Breckenridge, MN. The Funeral Mass will be on Tuesday, February 2, at 11:00 AM at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton with Rev. Dale Lagodinski as celebrant. Visitation will be on Monday from 5 PM to 7 PM with a 7 PM prayer vigil...

Jean Krause

Jean Krause

Jan 28, 2016

Jean C. Krause, 77, of Wahpeton, ND passed away January 28, 2016 at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. A memorial service and inurnment will be held at a later date. Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton have been entrusted with the arrangements. Jean C. Carey was born on September 12, 1938 in Breckenridge, MN to Claude and Grace (Rasmussen) Carey. She attended...

Margaret Pausch

Margaret Pausch

Jan 22, 2016

Margaret C. Pausch, 88, Wahpeton, ND passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton, ND. The Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 29, at St. John's Catholic Church, Wahpeton, ND, with Rev. Dale Lagodinski as Celebrant. Visitation will be Friday, one hour before the service at the church, with a Christian Mothers Rosary at...