Obituaries
Douglas Woodruff
Dec 2, 2011
Douglas Dean Woodruff was born March 9, 1949 to Dora (Donley) and Dean Woodruff. He attended country school in rural Wahpeton and graduated from Wahpeton Senior High School. He attended Devils Lake Community College and enlisted in the US Navy where he served from 1969 to 1973. Doug married Cheryl Dichraff on June 3, 1973. He worked several years for...
Clifford Johnson
Nov 25, 2011
Clifford "Gene" Johnson was born December 28, 1935 in Fergus Falls, MN to Melvin and Esther (Gunvaldson) Johnson. He was raised on the family farm near Mooreton, ND. He went to grade school in Mooreton and attended Wahpeton High School, where he met a red haired, freckled beauty named Diana Strubel. In June of 1956, he married Diana and they...
Arlis Fixen
Nov 19, 2011
Arlis was born on January 7, 1929 at rural Oakes, ND to Frank and Esther (Swanson) Johnson. She attended grade school at Clement, graduating from Oakes High School. She obtained her teaching degree from Valley City Teachers College and taught elementary grades in several schools in the area. Her teaching career took her to Tucson, AZ where she met her...
Bill Haberman
Nov 15, 2011
Bill Haberman, son of James and Madelyn (Moulsoff) Haberman was born on September 5, 1962 in Breckenridge, MN. He grew up near Barney, ND and attended school in Wyndmere and graduated in 1980. He attended NDSCS and studied Diesel Mechanics. Before he began farming Bill was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart, DeeDee Kjar on March 12, 1983...
Kevin McKay
Nov 8, 2011
Kevin John McKay was born in Fargo, North Dakota, on August 14, 1957, the son of Lyle and Betty (Higginbotham) McKay of Valley City. He graduated from Valley City High School in 1975. On May 26, 1979, Kevin was united in marriage to Vicki Halldorson at Valley City. He drove semi for the oil industry in Watford City. A short...
Florence Berg
Nov 7, 2011
Florence W. Busching was born on March 31, 1913 to J. Henry and Rosa (Becker) Busching at Barney, ND. She grew up on a farm near Barney. She graduated from Wyndmere High School and then attended North Dakota State School of Science at Wahpeton. On June 18, 1935, she was united in marriage to A.H. "Bud" Berg at Wyndmere. For...
Cy Hudson
Oct 31, 2011
Cyril "Cy" Hudson was born in Pine River, MN on December 21, 1921 to Julius and Manda (Grinager) Hudson. He was baptized in the Christian faith on August 7, 1925. He moved to California as a young child and lived with his family at 2663 Queen Street, Los Angeles. He returned to the Lisbon, ND area as a young adult....
Barbara Schroeder
Oct 27, 2011
Barbara Ann Schroeder was born to Alva (White) and Willard Schroeder Sr. on June 13, 1953, the third of 18 children. She grew up on a farm just outside of Fairmount, ND. She graduated from High School in 1971 and attended St. Benedict's College in St. Joseph, MN, receiving a degree as a Registered Nurse. As part of an International...
Mercedes Morris
Oct 26, 2011
Mercedes Rosalind Morris was born on January 29, 1915 in the original J. E. Morris residence in Wahpeton, North Dakota, where she lived her entire life. Mercedes attended Wahpeton public grade school, St. John's School and was the only student in her class at Wahpeton High School to graduate with a classical diploma. She attended what was then North Dakota...
Dan Meyer
Oct 24, 2011
Dan was born on July 2, 1958 in Olathe, KS. He was raised in Breckenridge, MN by his parents Charles and Carol Meyer and attended Breckenridge High School where he participated in all sports and most enjoyed basketball. Dan worked for Walton Farms in Brookings, SD after his schooling. Dan was united in marriage to Mary Beth Allmaras on October...
Paul Strege
Oct 8, 2011
Paul Richard Strege was born June 13, 1961, the son of Elmer and Mildred (Rasmussen) Strege. He grew up near Wyndmere and attended Wyndmere Schools graduating from High School in 1979. He started employment with Nelson Implement, Milnor, ND in 1983. In 1992, Paul suffered a stroke but with the dedication of his brother David and the willingness of his...
Jean Bolstad
Oct 8, 2011
Jean Bolstad 79, Wahpeton, ND, passed away October 8, 2011 at St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge, MN. A Memorial Funeral Service will be held on Friday, October 28, at 1:00 PM at St. Catherine's Living Center Chapel, Wahpeton, ND with Rev. Morris Stephens officiating. Inurnment will be at Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Barney, ND. Jean Evelyn Bolstad was born on February...
Merle Johnson
Oct 6, 2011
Merle Percy Johnson was born on January 27, 1929, the son of Gifford and Myrtle (Jacobson) Johnson in Wahpeton, ND. His first years of growing up were on farms in the Galchutt and Dwight, ND area until his family moved to Dwight. He moved with his family to Wahpeton shortly after starting first grade in Dwight and has been a...
Helen Vallager
Oct 1, 2011
Helen was born March 28, 1919 in Fargo, ND to Robert and Sarah (Olson) Johnson. She grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1936. She attended North Dakota State University and graduated with a degree in dietetics in 1940. Following a one year internship in Cincinnati, Ohio she was married to Emil Vallager on June...
Jack Pfister
Sep 29, 2011
John "Jack" Herbert Pfister was born November 27, 1920 at Fargo, ND, the son of Herbert and Rita (Rowan) Pfister. He graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1938 where he excelled in tennis. He attended NDSSS from 1938 to 39, continuing his education at University of Minnesota where he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1943, and also...
Jean Ista
Sep 26, 2011
Jean Ista, 81, Colfax, ND passed away peacefully on Monday, September 26, 2011 at Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo, ND, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Colfax, ND with Rev. Roger Reinhart officiating. Visitation will be on Friday from 4 PM to 7 PM with...
Larry Osborn
Sep 19, 2011
Larry Lee Osborn, 67, Wahpeton, ND, passed away, Monday, September 19, 2011 at his home. The Funeral Service will be Friday, 11:00 a.m., at United Methodist Church, Breckenridge, MN, with Rev. Gary Gottfried officiating. There will be visitation Thursday, from 5 PM to 7 PM with a 7 PM Prayer Service at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton and one hour before...
Mallie Breuer
Sep 6, 2011
Mallie Ann Breuer was born on June 10, 1986 in Breckenridge, MN to Steven and Robin (Nold) Breuer. She grew up on the family farm near Mooreton, ND graduating from Wahpeton High School in 2004. Mallie was baptized and received her First Holy Communion at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Mooreton and received the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Mary's...
Beverly Silvernail
Aug 30, 2011
Beverly was born March 17, 1939 at Fort Ransom, ND, the daughter of William and Ruth (Hoffman) Reinke. She attended rural school in the area. She was united in marriage to George Silvernail on November 16, 1957, at West Fairview Church, Englevale, ND. The couple lived in Lisbon and Kindred, ND, before moving to Abercrombie, ND, Beverly worked in the...
Ella Larson
Aug 26, 2011
Ella C. Larson, 102, Wahpeton, ND, formerly Dwight, ND, passed away Friday, August 26, 2011 at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton, ND. The Funeral Service will be Wednesday, August 31, 10:30 a.m., at Faith Lutheran Church, Dwight, ND. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 6 PM to 8 PM at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton and one hour before the service at...
