Obituaries
Leona Ward
Oct 29, 2010
Leona Hilda Dorthea Ward was born on November 26, 1915 at DeVillo Township, Tyler, ND, to Herman and Martha (Stoltenow) Gast. She grew up on the family farm in rural Wahpeton, ND and attended Wahpeton School Systems. On February 15, 1937 she married Lester Ward at Breckenridge, MN. The couple farmed in Ibsen Township, rural Mooreton, ND and raised their...
Lois Oscarson
Oct 17, 2010
Lois Marilyn (Knatterud) Oscarson was born August 9, 1932 to Christian and Carrie (Bondeli) Knatterud at Maddock , ND . Lois graduated from Benson County Agricultural School in 1950. She attended Minot State Teacher's College and graduated with honors from North Dakota State College (NDSU) with a degree in Home Economics Education. Lois taught...
Ruth Braaten
Oct 16, 2010
Ruth was born on April 1, 1927 to Julius and Clarice (Haugen) Versdahl in Rural Leonard, ND. She grew up and attended school in Garborg Township , near Wyndmere and graduated from Wyndmere High School . She went on to receive her teacher's certificate at Valley City Teacher's College and then returned to teach...
Iris Fluto
Oct 12, 2010
Iris was born on July 14, 1918 in rural Wyndmere , ND to Charles and Wilma (Olson) Mashek. She grew up and attended schools in West End Township northwest of Wyndmere. She worked on the home farm and also as a housekeeper in the area.
Marian Kensinger
Oct 11, 2010
Marian was born August 11, 1924, on the home farm near Abercrombie, the daughter of Maurice and Marie (Wold Berseth. She attended rural school and graduated from Abercrombie High school in 1941. She attended Valley City State University and taught rural Richland County schools for five years. Marian was united in marriage...
Marian Wall
Oct 7, 2010
Marian Evelyn Larson was born on December 20, 1927 in Minneapolis , MN to George and Marie (Birkeland) Larson. She attended Minneapolis Junior Academy and Maplewood Academy , in Hutchinson , MN , where she graduated in 1945. Attending Union College in Lincoln , NE , she met Wendell Wall. They were...
Timothy Oliver
Oct 7, 2010
Tim Oliver
Vertin-Munson Funeral Home
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Timothy “Ollie” Oliver 58, Wahpeton, passed...
Ida Whitehead
Oct 6, 2010
Ida L. Whitehead
Vertin-Munson Funeral Home
1-701-642-4000
Ida Lorraine Whitehead, 94, Fairmount,...
Sophie Mitzel
Oct 3, 2010
Sophie was born on December 14, 1963, to Arnold and Marge (Flados) Pankow in Breckenridge , MN . She was a graduate of Wahpeton High School and North Dakota State School of Science. She married Scott Mitzel, son of Dorothy and the late Lyle Mitzel of Wahpeton, on March 21, 1987. They had been...
Vernon Hektner
Oct 3, 2010
Vernon Hektner was born on October 9, 1921 in Fergus Falls , MN to Joseph and Mabel (Huss) Hektner. His first home was in Richland County on a farm homesteaded by his grandparents. Having finished eighth grade in a rural school, Vernon went to Wahpeton High School , catching the bus in Mooreton. This...
Lois Stach
Sep 21, 2010
Lois Stelton Stach, 84, formerly Breckenridge , MN , and Wahpeton, ND, passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at her daughter’s and son-in-law home in Little Falls, MN. The Funeral Mass will be 1:00 PM, Friday, September 24, at St. John’s Catholic Church, Wahpeton, with Rev. Dale Lagodinski as celebrant. Visitation will...
DeElda Vosberg
Sep 18, 2010
DeElda was born on July 31, 1921 to Stephen and Agnes (Johnson) Little in Bismarck , ND . She grew up and attended country school in Burleigh County and graduated from Regan High School in 1939. After graduating, the family moved to a farm near Wyndmere , ND and she later graduated from...
William Edenborg
Sep 14, 2010
Bill was born July 26, 1938 at Fargo , ND , the son of Algot and Gertrude (Briggs) Edenborg. He graduated from Wahpeton High School and attended NDSCS. He worked for his father at Wahpeton Floral and on July 2, 1959, he married Diane Lillestol at Bethel Lutheran Church in Wahpeton. He...
William Sprung
Sep 6, 2010
Bill was born December 16, 1935, at Minneapolis , MN , the son of Clifford and Beatrice (Deaney) Sprung. He grew up in LeRoy , MN and at the age of four, moved to Milwaukee , WI , graduating from Lincoln High School in Milwaukee in 1953. He entered the US Army...
Harold Schreiber
Aug 31, 2010
Harold Schreiber was born February 28, 1920 in Stanton , North Dakota to Otto and Rickey ( Eger ) Schreiber. After high school, Harold joined the Navy in 1942 and was proud to serve his country during WWII. It was during this time he met a beautiful young lady named Ruth Hoff from Stanton...
Ruth Kemper
Aug 25, 2010
Ruth was born July 3, 1935, at Spring Green, WI, the daughter of Frank W. and Sylvia (Vail) Metcalf. She grew up at rural Spring Green attended rural elementary school and graduated from High School at Spring Green. She attended college at Madison , WI , where she pursued training as a...
Patricia Dailey
Aug 17, 2010
Patricia Anne Dailey was born on January 21, 1924 at the St. Francis Hospital in Breckenridge , MN ; the youngest daughter of Walter L. and Ida F. (Hanson) Divet. Patricia attended the Wahpeton Public Schools and graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1942. She was an honor student and very active in school...


