Obituaries

Arnold E. Bjerke

Arnold E. Bjerke

May 26, 2026

Arnold E. Bjerke, age 73 of Edinburg, ND, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at the Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND.

Arnold was born January 15, 1953 in Grafton, ND, the adopted son of the late Otto and Agnes (Nelson) Bjerke. He grew up near Adams, ND and attended schools in Adams and later Edinburg, graduating from Edinburg High...

Conrad Keith Rostvet

Conrad Keith Rostvet

Mar 17, 2026

Conrad K. Rostvet, 71, of rural Park River, North Dakota, passed away unexpectedly at his home on March 17, 2026, of an apparent heart attack.

Conrad was born on August 28, 1954, in Park River, North Dakota, to Olaus and Minnie (Axvig) Rostvet. He grew up in Adams, North Dakota, where he attended Adams Public School, and later continued his education...

Doris Trontvet

Doris Trontvet

Jun 11, 2026

Doris Trontvet, age 89 of Edmore, ND, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2026 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

Doris Sperling was born June 21, 1936 in Dresden Township, the daughter of the late Bernard and Lena (Domres) Sperling. She grew up and attended school there, graduating from Nekoma High School. She earned her teaching certificate from the Mayville...

Anna L. Einarson

Anna L. Einarson

Jun 10, 2026

Anna L. Einarson, age 85 of Grafton, ND passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

Anna Ault was born December 18, 1940 in Cavalier, ND, the daughter of the late William John and Mildred (Puppe) Ault. She grew up and attended school in Cavalier. She was united in marriage to LaVerne Scholler in 1958...

Gwendolyn V. Askim

Gwendolyn V. Askim

Jun 7, 2026

Gwendolyn V. Askim, age 97 of Park River, ND passed away on Sunday June 7, 2026 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Gwendolyn V. Ness was born on September 11, 1928 to the late Thomas and Inga (Linstad) Ness, at the family home in Adams. She was baptized and confirmed at Mountain Adams Lutheran Church and graduated from...

Michael B. Brandvold

Michael B. Brandvold

Jun 4, 2026

Michael B. Brandvold, age 61 of Edinburg, North Dakota passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at Maple View Memory Care of Grand Forks.

Michael Bruce Brandvold was born March 13, 1965 to the late Burvett and Gloria (Mosolf) Brandvold in Park River, ND. He was raised in rural Edinburg on the family farm and attended Edinburg Public Schools. After graduation,...

Dolf H. Oldenburg

Dolf H. Oldenburg

Jun 4, 2026

Dolf H. Oldenburg, age 64 of Grafton, ND passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the Unity Hospital of Grafton, ND.

Dolf H. Oldenburg was born September 7, 1961 in Dickinson, ND the son of the late Louis and Carol (Spore) Oldenburg. He graduated from Valley City High School in 1980 and from Valley City State College with a degree...

Daniel A. Daley

Daniel A. Daley

Jun 1, 2026

Daniel A. Daley, age 75 of Park River, North Dakota passed away Monday, June 1, 2026 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Daniel Ardell Daley was born August 21, 1950, in Grafton, North Dakota, the son of the late Ardell and Mary (Ganyo) Daley. He attended school in Grafton, graduated from the Walsh County Agricultural School in 1968,...

Sandra Lynn Drevecky

Sandra Lynn Drevecky

May 30, 2026

Sandra “Sandy” Drevecky, age 65 of Langdon and formerly of Adams, ND passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND.

Sandra Lynn Bjorlin was born October 3, 1960, in Morris MN, the daughter of Calvin and Vivian (Banister) Bjorlin. She was raised on a farm near Donnelly, MN and attended & graduated from Herman School,...

Deanna Rose Azure

Deanna Rose Azure

May 29, 2026

On May 29, 2026 at 7:47 am in Fargo, North Dakota, our beautiful Deanna Rose St. Claire-Azure, a member of the Crow Tribe was chosen by Our Creator to live in His Holy Kingdom. She is “Greasy Mouth” and a child of the Big Lodge Clan.

Deanna was born to Dale J. St. Claire, Sr. and Tina M. LaHaye on March...

Leland G. Denault

Leland G. Denault

May 28, 2026

Leland G. Denault, age 77 of Park River, ND passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Leland G. Denault was born August 8, 1948 in Walsh County North Dakota the son of the late Richard and Adeline (Kittelson) Denault. He attended rural schools. Following his education he worked on the family farm...

Mary A. Collette

Mary A. Collette

May 17, 2026

Mary A. Collette age 61 of Grafton, ND passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2026 at the Unity Hospital of Grafton, ND.

Mary A. Collette was born September 19, 1964 in Grafton, ND the daughter of the late Antonio and Beverly (Staffne) Collette. She grew up and attended school in Grafton, graduating in 1983. Mary worked as a CAN at the...

Donald L. Pitcher

Donald L. Pitcher

May 15, 2026

Donald L. Pitcher, age 62 of Park River, North Dakota, passed away Friday, May 15, 2026 at his home near Park River.

Donald Leigh Pitcher was born March 6, 1964 in Park River, ND to the late Stanley and Veronica (Denault) Pitcher. He was raised and attended school in Park River. After his education, he began working in the area for...

Margy Fae Stangeland

Margy Fae Stangeland

May 5, 2026

Margy Fae Stangeland, age 94, passed from this world to the next on May 5th, 2026, at the Grafton Sunset Nursing Home.

Margy was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on February 11th, 1932, to Hallie and Maude (Gilman) Clark. During her elementary years, her family moved to the Minneapolis area, where she later graduated from high school. After graduation, Margy earned...

Richard D. Larson

Richard D. Larson

May 2, 2026

Richard Larson, age 64 of Moorhead, MN, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at the Sanford Hospital of Fargo.

A visitation will be Thursday, May 14, 2026 from 2-2:30 PM at the Tollefson Funeral Home of Grafton with interment to follow at the Calvary Cemetery of St. Thomas, ND.

Rita Katherine Staffne

Rita Katherine Staffne

Apr 30, 2026

Rita K. Staffne, age 98 of Grafton, North Dakota passed away Thursday, April 30, 2026 at the Unity Medical Center of Grafton.

Rita Katherine Kartes was born March 4, 1928 in Wales, North Dakota, the daughter of the late William H. and Otilda (Koehmstedt) Kartes. She grew up in Milton and attended school there. She worked at the hospital in Langdon....

Jean Ann Ill

Jean Ann Ill

Apr 30, 2026

Jean Ann (Fisher) Ill passed away on April 30, 2026 at her home in St. Thomas. She was born in Grafton, North Dakota on July 17, 1946, the daughter of Henry and Patricia (Kennelly) Fisher. She grew up and attended grade school in Auburn, North Dakota, and graduated from Grafton High School in 1964.

There was a time for everything and...

Bradley Jarl Hendrickson

Bradley Jarl Hendrickson

Apr 29, 2026

Bradley Jarl Hendrickson, age 91 of Edinburg, ND, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at the Wedgewood Manor of Cavalier, ND.

Bradley Hendrickson was born March 17, 1935, at home in rural Adams, ND, the son of Clarence and Antonia (Vejtasa) Hendrickson. In 1949, he attended Adams High School and graduated in 1953. After high school, he served in the U.S....

Garry L. Stout

Garry L. Stout

Apr 26, 2026

Garry Lee Stout, 77, of Minto, North Dakota, passed away on April 26, 2026, at his home surrounded by family.

Born on October 26, 1948, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he was the son of John Stout and Ruth-Imogene. Garry grew up in Fayetteville and graduated from Fayetteville High School. He went on to work as a dispatcher for Altendorf Trucking for 32...

Gertrude "Trudy" Wippler

Gertrude "Trudy" Wippler

Apr 20, 2026

Gertrude (Trudy) Elaine Wippler of Lankin, N.D., age 90 passed away on Monday, April 20, 2026 at the Good Samaritan Society in Park River, ND.

Trudy was born on April 15, 1936, in Grafton, N.D. to Handy & Esther (Nelson) Lykken. Trudy was the middle child in a family of 5 daughters. They lived on a farm outside of Adams, ND....