Obituaries
Alfred Arnold
Feb 15, 2011
Alfred was born on July 3, 1920, at the family homestead in Richland County, N.D., the oldest son of five children to Albert and Minnie (Nodding) Arnold. Alfred married Virginia Bernard on Nov. 2, 1941. The couple had three children, one son and two daughters. The family farmed for 30 years near Fairmount, N.D. After retiring from farming, Alfred drove...
Marvin Wacha
Feb 14, 2011
Marvin was born on November 18, 1921 to Pete and Millie (Leshovsky) Wacha in Wyndmere Township. He grew up and attended school in many country schools around the Wyndmere area. He served in the US Army from 1944-1946 and was stationed in Japan. He married Ruth Schierman in Wahpeton on January 30, 1953. He worked for Dokken Motor in Wyndmere...
Ruth Claus
Feb 10, 2011
Ruth was born August 18, 1932 at Leonard, ND, the daughter of Olaf and Ragna (Solhjem) Breden. She received her formal education at Viking and Walcott area schools. On April 15, 1956 she married Glen Claus of rural Milnor, ND, at Zion Free Lutheran Church, rural Leonard. They lived in Milnor prior to moving to Wahpeton in 1979. She was...
Pauline Trupka
Feb 8, 2011
Pauline was born November 22, 1905 at Conway, ND, the daughter of Wensell and Mary Pecka. She grew up and attended school in Conway. She married Edward Trupka on September 15, 1926 in Grafton, ND. Following the wedding they moved to Wahpeton, ND where Pauline cared for family on 4th Ave. N. Edward passed away October 21, 1971; Pauline continued...
Ronald Forness
Feb 6, 2011
Ronald was born July 19, 1933 at Leonard, ND, the son of Oscar and Inga (Wollan) Forness. He was raised in Colfax, ND, graduating from Colfax High School in 1951. He married Shirley Martin, the daughter of Neuman and Ann Berseth. Ron worked for the Soil Conservation Service for over 30 years. Upon retirement, Ron and Shirley traveled the country...
Selmer Haarstad
Jan 28, 2011
Selmer A. Haarstad, 87, Wahpeton, ND, formerly Abercrombie, ND, died Friday, January 28, 2011, at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. The Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 2, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Abercrombie, ND, with Rev. Ken Kirchenwitz officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 4 PM to 7 PM at Willow Creek Chapel, Wahpeton, and one hour before...
Keenen Dunn
Jan 24, 2011
Visitation Wyndmere Lutheran Church Wyndmere, ND Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Service Wyndmere Lutheran Church Wyndmere, ND Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:30 AM
Imer Johnson
Jan 24, 2011
Imer was born on November 9, 1918 in Wyndmere Township to Erling and Barbara (Syverson) Johnson. He grew up and attended school in Wyndmere Township. He worked for various farmers around the area until he enlisted in the US Army on October 1, 1942. He served in the European Theatre during WWII as part of the Battery C 691st FA...
Warren Olson
Jan 21, 2011
Margie M. Olson, 85, Claremont, CA and formerly Wahpeton, ND died on Friday January 21, 2011 at Mountain View Center, Claremont. Warren L. Olson, 89, Claremont, CA and formerly Wahpeton, ND died on Sunday January 23, 2011 at the Mountain View Center, Claremont; two days after his devoted wife Margie died at the same facility. A Celebration of their Life...
Inez Moore
Jan 20, 2011
Inez Mae Moore was born on April 20, 1924 in Breckenridge, MN to Edward and Clara (Czichotzki) Buth. Inez was confirmed in 1939 at Christ Lutheran Church. She attended District 25 School in Barnesville, MN and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1943. She then began employment at the Red Owl Grocery Store in Breckenridge, MN. In 1944, she traveled...
Elsie Jost
Jan 15, 2011
Elsie was born on April 12, 1919 in Milbank, SD to Ora and Irene Tapper. She grew up and attended school in the Milbank area. She began attending North Central Bible Institute in Minneapolis, MN in 1937 graduating in 1941, and thereafter became a licensed minister. She traveled around the upper Midwest as a singing evangelist, where she preached and...
Carl Haberman
Jan 11, 2011
Carl J. Haberman was born on March 15, 1919 to Carl George and Ida (Viet) Haberman in rural Barney, ND. He grew up and attended school in Antelope Township and graduated from Antelope Consolidated School in 1937. He then attended NDSSS. Carl was drafted into the US Army in the first peacetime draft in the US on May 21, 1941....
Ann Melsted
Jan 9, 2011
Gudrun Anna Isfeld was born on February 4, 1917, to Steingrimur and Anna Katrin (Stephansdottir) of Gardar, ND. She grew up in the Icelandic community of Gardar and attended local schools. Ann graduated from Mayville State College with a Standard Teaching Certificate. Subsequently Ann taught in Pembina County. In 1940 she married Lt. B. Theodore Olafson at Gardar, ND. That...
Mary Chezik
Jan 9, 2011
Mary was born May 5, 1922, near Abercrombie, ND, the daughter of August and Barbara (Wildfleuer) Janu. She graduated from High School at Abercrombie and worked at St. Francis Hospital in Breckenridge, MN. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Chezik on May 18, 1943, at St. Adalbert's Catholic Church, Wahpeton. The couple lived and farmed near Wahpeton, where...
Joseph Morin
Jan 7, 2011
Joe was born February 23, 1936, at Belcourt, ND, the son of Alex and RoseAnn (Charette) Morin. He grew up in Belcourt and graduated from High School at Stephan, SD. He attended trade school at Haskell, KS and later learned sheet and metal trade at San Francisco, CA, where he worked for several years. He later worked building the missile...
Walter Taylor
Jan 6, 2011
Walter "Buddy" Taylor was born on July 25, 1944 in rural Fairmount, ND to Glen and Evelyn (Albright) Taylor. He lived with his family in Fairmount until his mother passed away in 1995. During his time in Fairmount he was known to help out around town and sold nightcrawlers on the side. In December 1995, he moved to Wahpeton where...
Stephen Held
Jan 5, 2011
Stephen was born September 19, 1933, at Selz, ND, the son of Karl and Katie (Fuhrman) Held. He lived at Grafton, ND until 1942 to 1985, when he moved to Wahpeton and received services through the Red River Human services Foundation. Stephen attended St. John's Catholic Church in Wahpeton. Stephen was active in the Special Olympics and over the years...
Allene Kube
Jan 4, 2011
Allene Davies Kube, 103, from rural Wahpeton, North Dakota, died on January 4, 2011 at St. Catherine's Living Center, Wahpeton. There will be a gathering on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at the Willow Creek Chapel. The family extends an invitation to her friends to come for a visitation at 1:30, and a service in her honor at 2:00. Interment will...
James Stewart
Jan 2, 2011
Service Vertin-Munson Funeral Home 224 6th Street North Wahpeton, ND 58075 Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:00 AM
Laura Kummer
Dec 29, 2010
Laura was born March 29, 1927, at Page, ND, the daughter of John and Celesta (Bressie) Joseph. She grew up in Page where she graduated from High School. She performed housekeeping duties and was a nanny in Minneapolis and later with the Grommesh Family of Casselton. She married Clifford Pfeiff on October 5, 1949 in Page. The couple farmed at...
