Obituaries

Jul 17, 2022

Kenneth W. Hoffmann, age 74 of Grafton, ND passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022 at Altru Hospital of Grand Forks surrounded by his family.

Ken was born March 15, 1948 in Jamestown, ND, the son of the late Bertha (Hoffmann) Reidburn.  He spent his childhood being raised in Medina and Jamestown, graduating from high school in...

Jul 13, 2022

Richard A. Gerszewski, age 83 of Minto, ND passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at his home near Minto.

Richard A. Gerszewski was born April 3, 1939 in Grand Forks, ND, the son of the late Richard Gerszewski and Elizabeth (Ebertowski) Kosmatka.  He grew up in Warsaw and attended school in Warsaw and...

Jul 12, 2022

Margaret M. Woods, age 82 of Forest River, ND passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at Valley Senior Living in Grand Forks, ND.

Margaret M. Woods was born August 7, 1939 at her parents farm near Inkster, ND.  Margaret was born the daughter of Henry and Sara (Bannerman) Amundson.  Margaret graduated from Inkster High School  in...

Jul 12, 2022

Cledith Arlan Carlson, age 76 of Park River, ND passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at his home in Park River.

Cledith was born June 25, 1946 in Grafton, ND, the son of the late Urban and Edna (Olson) Carlson.  He grew up and attended schools in the Hoople area and later in Park River.  He...

Jul 11, 2022

Clement “Clem” A. Dub, age 85 of Park River, ND passed away Monday, July 11, 2022 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Clement Anton Dub was born December 29, 1936 in Pisek, ND, the son of the late Anton and Elizabeth (Cicha) Dub.  He was raised on the family farm...

Jul 6, 2022

Inez M. Laugtug, age 89 of Park River, ND passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at the Park River Good Samaritan Center of Park River.

Inez Marie Elverud was born October 19, 1932 on the family farm near Leeds, ND, the daughter of the late Iver and Marie (Paulson) Elverud.  She grew up and attended school...

Jul 6, 2022

Earl L Weisz, age 89 of Park River passed away on Wednesday July 6th 2022 at The Park River Good Samaritan Center.

Earl was born May 17th on a farm in Hosmer, SD to the late Samuel and Claudia Weisz.  He grew up and helped with all aspects of running the family farm. Then on January of...

Jul 5, 2022

George J. Whelan, age 89 of Crystal, ND passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at his farm home near Crystal, ND, where he was born over 89 years ago.

George J. Whelan was born December 11, 1932 on the family farm near Crystal, ND the son of the late James Joseph “Joe” and Marion (Colby) Whelan....

Jul 4, 2022

Harry F. Misialek, age 87 of Grafton, ND passed away on Monday, July 4, 2022 at the Park River Good Samaritan Center, Park River, ND.

Harry was born December 9, 1934 in Grafton, ND, the son of the late Fred and Pearl (Janikowski) Misialek.  He started working at the early age of 11 when he delivered hand...

Jul 2, 2022

Craig Goodrie, age 64 of Grafton, ND passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Craig C. Goodrie was born January 24, 1958 in Grafton, ND the son of Betty (Thompson) Goodrie and the late Charles Goodrie.  He attended school in Langdon and Lawton.  He worked for 30 years...

Jul 2, 2022

Nicole R. Aslakson, age 55, of Mesa, Arizona died Saturday, July 2, 2022, at home under hospice care surrounded by her loving family.The daughter of Robert and Ellen Arnold, Nicole was born on December 24, 1966, in Grafton, North Dakota. After living in Port Hueneme and San Deigo, California for 10 years, she moved with her family...

Jun 21, 2022

Carol J. Tucker, age 87 of Grafton, ND passed away peacefully at the Unity Medical Center surrounded by her family.

Carol J. Green was born September 16, 1934 in Drayton, ND the daughter of the late George and Johanna (Nabben) Green. She attended rural school near St. Thomas, ND and graduated from the Northwest School of Agriculture...

Jun 6, 2022

Daniel S. Sevigny, 97, of Grafton, ND and formerly Oakwood, ND passed away on June 6, 2022 at the Lutheran Sunset Home.

Daniel was born April 1, 1925 in Oakwood, ND on the family farm, the son of the late Edward and Emma (Demers) Sevigny.  He attended and graduated from St. Aloysius Academy in Oakwood.  Daniel served...

Jun 2, 2022

Delia Escobar, 86 passed away on June 2, 2022 surrounded by her loving family.

Delia was born on January 5, 1936. She was the first born to Jose and Julia Uvalle in Arshington TX. She attended school in Carrizo TX.

She was raised by her maternal grandparents Maria and Pedro Guerrero. Delia loved to share...

Jun 2, 2022

Rodolfo “Rudy” Perez Sr., age 65 of St. Thomas, ND passed away on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at his home in St. Thomas.

Rudy Perez was born August 6, 1956 in Grafton, ND, the son of the late Alfonso and Juana (Sanchez) Perez. He grew up in the area and attended school in Nash.  Following his education...

May 23, 2022

Diann M. Bratlie, age 78 of Grafton, ND passed away Monday, May 23, 2022 at the Good Samaritan Center of Park River, ND.

Diann M. Anjal was born December 2, 1943 in Whapeton, North Dakota, the daughter of the late Wilma (Poppen) and Donald Woods.  She graduated with the last graduating class from...

May 21, 2022

Julia Esther Reck went home to be with her Lord and Savior on May 21, 2022 at the Lutheran Sunset Home in Grafton, ND.

Julia Esther Reck was born on November 13, 1939 in Langdon, ND to Earl and Agnes brown. She was born ninth of 14 siblings. Julia was raised and attended high school in Cavalier,...

May 21, 2022

Evelyn Feltman, 88, of Grafton, ND, completed her earthly journey and God called her home on May 21, 2022.

Evelyn was born to Louis and Elizabeth Kuznia on January 5, 1934.  She graduated from Argyle High School and married Wallace J. Feltman on October 13, 1953 in Alma, Minnesota.  They raised four children: Marlin, Diane, Cheryl and...

May 20, 2022

** Please note Jill's visitation has been postponed to Wednesday, June 22, 2022 from 5-7 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 PM at the Tollefson Funeral Home of Grafton. **

Jill Stranger, age 77, of Chandler, Arizona, formerly of Mayville, North Dakota, passed away at home on Friday, May 20,...

May 13, 2022

Harvey J. Olsen, age 91 of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022 at Valley Senior Living – Woodside Village, surrounded by his family.

Harvey Jerome Olsen was born on August 21, 1930 to the late Frank and Josephine (Berg) Olsen on the farm in Park River, ND.  He attended school in Park River...