Obituaries
Jane Elizabeth Nielson
Aug 23, 2009
Jane Elizabeth Nielson, 84, of Portland, ND, died Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. Jane was born February 26, 1925 to Oscar and Maggie (Ulland) Dammen in Mayville. She was educated in the Mayville public school system. She married Vincent Nelson of rural Hope, ND in 1946. She was blessed with having three children: Larry,...
Robert McNair Evanson
Aug 18, 2009
Robert “Bob” McNair Evanson, 86, of Portland, ND passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Bob was born on September 14, 1922 in the family log house to Carl and Ruth McNair Evanson. He graduated from Portland High in 1940. After one year at Mayville State, he moved to California where he built...
Hilma Sommerfeldt
Aug 12, 2009
Hilma Sommerfeldt, age 92, of Mayville, North Dakota, died August 12, 2009, at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Hilma was born on March 24, 1917 the 10th Child of Andreas H. Fjeld and Anna Marie Dahlen immigrants of Norway to Mayville. Hilma attended rural school thru the eighth grade. In 1940, she married Lueverne Sommerfeldt and they were life...
Gina Amelia Grandalen
Jul 11, 2009
Gina Grandalen, 90, of rural Portland, ND, died Saturday, July 11, 2009, at the Union Hospital in Mayville, ND. Gina was born October 16, 1918, to John and Louise (Nelson) Basol and was raised on the family farm in rural Portland. She married Gilmar Grandalen on November 22, 1939 and they farmed in the Portland area until they retired in...
Odin Rud
Jul 4, 2009
Odin Rud, 90, of Galesburg, ND, died Saturday, July 4, 2009 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, ND. Odin was born April 23, 1919 in Bloomfield Township, Traill County, rural Hillsboro, ND, the son of Iver and Tillie (Lommerud) Rud. He attended rural school and later attended mechanics training in Wahpeton, ND. After his schooling he returned to the...
Alf Johnson
Jun 28, 2009
Alf Johnson, 89, of Galesburg, ND, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Center in Arthur, ND. Alf was born September 9, 1919 in Kursund, Norway, to Berentina Cecilia (Halstad) and William Johnson. When he was nine months old, Alf came with his parents and three older siblings to the United States and settled in the Hope, ND...
Michael Irwin Balstad Sr.
Jun 24, 2009
Michael Irwin Balstad, 66, of Reno, NV, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at rural Portland, ND. Michael was born March 5, 1943 in Glendale, CA to Marvin and Irene (Thykeson) Balstad. He grew up in Mayville, ND, graduating from Mayville High School in 1961. In the early 1960’s, Michael moved to CA where he worked for the railroad before joining...
Charles "Chuck" Von Ruden
Jun 17, 2009
Charles “Chuck” Von Ruden, 76, of Portland, ND, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Chuck was born January 20th, 1933 at the home of his parents, Jack (VJ) and Tillie Von Ruden in rural Morgan Township. He attended Morgan #4 country school, and Mayville High School. After high school he served his country in...
Gayle Ann Fredericksen
Jun 15, 2009
Gayle Ann Fredericksen, 64, of Page, ND, died peacefully on Monday, June 15, 2009 at the MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Gayle was born on July 10, 1944 in Williston, ND to Vern and Mabel (Nesheim) Fredericksen. She left there as a teenager and moved to Spokane, WA where she grew up and got married. She was raising her three...
Verna Delight Vinje
May 17, 2009
Verna Delight Vinje, 92, of Mayville, ND, died Sunday, May 17, 2009, at Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Verna was born April 9, 1917 to Martin and Petra (Smith) Foss in Nielsville, MN. Verna was baptized into Christ and His Church as an infant. She confirmed her faith as a young teenager. Verna attended grade school in the Nielsville area....
Howard Perdine Thoreson
May 13, 2009
Howard Thoreson, 89, of Mayville, ND, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at his residence. Howard was born to Peter and Hannah Thoreson on September 19, 1919 in Lindaas Township. He was baptized and confirmed at North Prairie Lutheran Church. He attended Lindaas School through 8th grade and graduated from Mayville High School. He was drafted into the Army in 1942....
Thea Burner
May 10, 2009
Thea Burner, 100, of Mayville, ND, died in her sleep at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville, Sunday, May 10, 2009, in Mayville, under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Thea had resided at the Luther Memorial Home for more than nine years. Thea was the second of six children born to Henry and Julia (Ellingson) Brainerd...
Kermit J Wolden
May 1, 2009
Kermit Wolden, 82, of Mayville, ND passed away May 1, 2009, at Union Hospital in Mayville. Kermit was born December 4, 1926 on the Leum Farm in Norway Township, to Joseph and Mabel Leum Wolden. The family moved to the farmstead near Gran Church when he was 2 years old, and he lived there for the rest of his life,...
Richard "Dick" Langager
May 1, 2009
Richard “Dick” Langager, 83, of Page, ND, died Friday, May 1, 2009, at the Union Hospital in Mayville, ND. Dick was born on October 28, 1925 in Hope, ND to Sven and Ada (Lambert) Langager. He was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Hope. He attended country school #1 at Hope, ND. Dick farmed with his dad before...
Darlene "Dee" Palmer
Apr 19, 2009
Darlene A. Palmer, 67, of Portland, ND, died Sunday, April 19, 2009 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Darlene (Dee) was born on August 6, 1941 to Pete and Mary (Foley) Azares in Oregon City, OR. She attended schools in Oregon, Washington and California. She also attended nursing school and became a CNA. She married Gerald Palmer on August...
Omar S. Moen
Apr 16, 2009
Omar S. Moen, 84, of Mayville, ND, died Thursday, April 16, 2009 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Omar was born on April 4, 1925 to John and Mary (Sandmæl) Moen in Mayville, ND. He grew up in rural Mayville and attended Mayville Township #2 country school. In 1945 he joined the US army. He serviced radar equipment during WWII...
Karolyn Mae Aasen
Apr 14, 2009
Karolyn Mae Aasen, 67, of Fargo, ND, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, after a short battle with cancer, and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Karolyn was born on July 16, 1941, at, Mayville, the daughter of Kermit and Marion (Ringerud) Moen. She grew up in Mayville, graduating from Mayville High...
Evelyn Claudine Flaten
Apr 7, 2009
Evelyn Flaten, 92, of Mayville, ND, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville. Evelyn Claudine Hagen was born August 16, 1916, near Portland, where she grew up and attended school. She was married to Melvin Flaten on August 9, 1935, in Portland, N.D. They lived near Portland for a short time and then farmed near Clifford, N.D.,...
Marianne Louise Fendrick
Apr 1, 2009
Marianne Fendrick, 69, of Mayville, ND, died Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at Luther Memorial Home, Mayville. Marianne was born March 22, 1940 to Floyd and Ione (Hetland) Wekkind in Minneapolis, MN. She grew up in Minneapolis and attended Washburn High School. In 1958 she married Arthur Connelly and had one son, Mark. She worked at the A&W drive in and...
Myrtle Solberg
Mar 24, 2009
Myrtle Solberg, 92, passed away on March 24, 2009 at her son’s home in Grand Forks, ND. Myrtle was born to Knute and Sophie (Hefta) Knudson on January 7th, 1917 in Calvin, ND. She spent her youth in Michigan and Mayville, ND. She was confirmed in Mayville Lutheran Church in 1931. She graduated from Mayville High School in 1935 and...
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