Obituaries
2026 Service of Remembrance
Dec 17, 2026
The 2026 Service of Remembrance will take place at Noon, on Thursday, December 17th, 2026, at Evergreen United Methodist Church in Wahpeton.
Steven Myhre
Nov 7, 2026
The funeral service for Steven Lynn Myhre, age 67, of Abercrombie, ND, will be on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 2 PM at Bethany Free Lutheran Church, Abercrombie, ND. Visitation will be on Friday, November 13, 2026, from 5-7 PM at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, with a prayer service at 7 PM. Visitation also on Saturday, one hour prior to...
Gale Owen Tollefson
Nov 5, 2026
Gale O. Tollefson, 87, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2026, in Fargo, ND. His funeral service will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 11:00 AM, with visitation one hour before, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Wahpeton. Burial will be on Sunday, November 15th, in Fairview Cemetery.
Gale O. Tollefson was born on November 27, 1938,...
Anna Marie Haverland
Nov 4, 2026
Anna Marie Haverland, age 90, of Walcott, ND, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The family will honor her beautiful life with a private service and burial.
Anna Marie Dahm Jakobsen was born at home in Skartved, Denmark, on October 12, 1936, to Karl and Paula (Jensen) Jakobsen.
She immigrated to the United States in 1949...
Christopher Sean Alfvegren
Nov 3, 2026
Christopher Sean Alfvegren, age 69, of Barney, ND, passed away on November 2, 2026. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Herbert P. Prochnow
Nov 1, 2026
Funeral service for Herbert Paul Prochnow, age 78, will be on Friday, November 6, 2026, at 11 AM at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, ND, with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Fairmount, ND. Herb passed away on November 1, 2026, at HIA Heather’s House, Fargo, ND.
Born on August 1, 1948, in Breckenridge,...
Theresa M. Kubela
Oct 31, 2026
Theresa M. Kubela, 96, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at St. Catherine’s Living Center. Her Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 11:00 am, with visitation and a Christian Mother and Catholic Daughter Rosary beginning at 9:30 am at St. John's Catholic Church in Wahpeton. Burial will be in...
Gary Allen Hollands
Oct 18, 2026
Gary Allen Hollands, 85, of Dwight, ND, passed away at St. Catherine's Living Center in Wahpeton, ND, on Sunday, October 18, 2026. Visitation will be held on Friday, October 23, 2026, at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home from 4 pm to 7 pm, with a prayer service at 6 pm. His funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at...
Charles "Chuck" E. Krause
Oct 16, 2026
Charles “Chuck” Edwin Krause of Wahpeton, ND, passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer on October 16, 2026, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND, surrounded by his two daughters and son-in-law.
Chuck was born on June 19, 1943, in Breckenridge, MN, to Arthur and Hilda (Joos) Krause. He was raised on the family farm west of Tenney, MN,...
Barbara Moore
Oct 11, 2026
Barbara Jean Moore was born April 21, 1947, in St. Peter, MN and moved to Heaven on October 11, 2026. Barbara and her husband lived on the family farm in Campbell, MN where she assisted her husband with farming. She worked for many years as a professional photographic retoucher for LeMar Photography before she and Earl moved to Nashville, TN....
Joan Kay Patrick
Oct 7, 2026
Joan Kay Patrick passed away at the age of 72 at her home in Fairmount, ND on October 7th, 2026. A visitation will be held at Vertin-Munson on Friday, October 16th from 5 pm to 7 pm. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 17th at 2:00 pm at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home in Wahpeton, ND. Burial will follow at...
Steven Frank Zoucha
Oct 3, 2026
Steven Frank Zoucha, 79, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2026. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 1:00 pm, with visitation one hour before the service, at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home. Fr. Greg Haman will officiate. Burial will take place at a later date in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan,...
Paul Oswald Jacobson
Sep 30, 2026
Paul Oswald Jacobson, of Fairmount, North Dakota, passed away peacefully on September 30, 2026, at St. Catherine's Living Center. A memorial service is scheduled for Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 2:30 pm, with visitation one hour before the service, at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home in Wahpeton.
Paul was born on February 19, 1934, in Luverne, Minnesota, to Nels and Nora (Rognley) Jacobson....
David Raftevold
Sep 29, 2026
David Raftevold, a cherished son of Wahpeton, ND, passed away under the care of Moments Hospice in Pierz, MN, on September 29, 2026. David was born July 11, 1944, to Anders and Florence (Eckes) Raftevold. Raised in a nurturing home alongside his siblings, Wallace and Gerald, David’s early life was marked by the strong bonds of family and the deep...
Joan Hardie
Sep 26, 2026
Joan Frances Hardie, 90, of Moorhead, MN, formerly of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2026, in Moorhead, MN. Her funeral service will take place on Friday, October 2, 2026, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Wahpeton, at 11:00 am, with visitation one hour before. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Wahpeton.
Joan was born on December 22, 1935,...
Audrey Delores Ulrich
Sep 21, 2026
Audrey D. Ulrich, 92, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2026. Her funeral service will take place on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at Harvest Outreach Church in Wahpeton at 11:00 AM, with visitation one hour before the service. Pastor Dominick Warne will lead the service. Burial will take place in Fingal, ND.
Audrey was born on November 20,...
Bryce Smith III
Sep 18, 2026
Bryce Burton Smith III, 78, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2026, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND. A memorial service will be held on Monday, September 28, 2026, at 10:00 AM, with visitation one hour before the service at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home.
Memorials are preferred to the Humane Society of Richland-Wilkin Counties in honor of Bryce at...
Timothy J. Bachmeier
Sep 17, 2026
Timothy James Bachmeier, 69, of Wahpeton, ND, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2026. A memorial service will be held at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 2 pm.
Big Stone City, South Dakota, has lost its unofficial mayor and beloved honorary sheriff.
Tim Bachmeier was the youngest of 10 children born to Sig and Katherine Bachmeier. He was...
Lorraine Adele Bladow
Sep 14, 2026
Lorraine A. Bladow, 92, of Ottertail, MN, passed away on September 14, 2026, in Perham, MN. Lorraine was born on October 19, 1933, at Fairmount, North Dakota to Fred Sr. and Leone (Templeton) Buck. She attended Fairmount Grade School and High School. On October 24, 1953, she married Clarence W. Bladow at the First English Lutheran Church in Fairmount. The...
Marlys J. Haiby
Sep 12, 2026
Marlys Haiby passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2026, in Burnsville, MN. A visitation will be held at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home on Friday, September 25, 2026, from 5 pm to 7 pm, followed by a prayer service at 7 pm. Her funeral service will take place at Inspiration Lutheran Church in Breckenridge, MN, on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at 10:30...
