Obituaries

Margie M Novak

Margie M Novak

Mar 20, 2021

Margaret (Margie) M. Novak, age 86 of Grafton, ND, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

Margaret Houska was born November 25, 1934 in Grafton, ND, the daughter of the late James and Mary (Schiller) Houska.  She grew up in Veseleyville, ND and attended country school...

Judith A Mattson

Judith A Mattson

Mar 10, 2021

Judith A. “Judy” Mattson, age 69 of St. Thomas, ND passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at Unity Medical Center of Grafton.

Judy Lorenzen was born October 3, 1951 in Drayton, ND. She was raised by her grandparents, Clyde and Elizabeth Lorenzen and grew up and attended school in St. Thomas, ND. Judy was united in...

Thomas L. Pecka

Thomas L. Pecka

Mar 6, 2021

Thomas L. Pecka, age 71 of Conway, ND passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at First Care Health Center of Park River, ND.

Thomas Pecka was born on November 8, 1949 in Conway, ND, the son of the late Edward and Mary (Novak) Pecka.  He was raised in the Conway area and attended school in Conway...

Florence G Feltman

Florence G Feltman

Mar 4, 2021

Florence G. Feltman, age 102, of rural Grafton, ND passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton, ND.

Florence G. Kasprick was born April 26, 1918 in rural Grafton, ND the daughter of the late Harry and Julia (Pokrzywinski) Kasprick. She attended rural school in Acton Township. Florence was united in...

Janet D Lauzon

Janet D Lauzon

Mar 2, 2021

Janet D. Lauzon, age 81 of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at Woodside Village of Grand Forks surrounded by her family.

Janet Williamson was born April 15, 1939 in Hollywood, CA, the daughter of the late Bruce and Elizabeth (Waslaski) Williamson.  She grew up and attended school in Langdon, ND until the...

Anthony James Mcdonald

Anthony James Mcdonald

Feb 28, 2021

Tony McDonald, age 60 of Forest River, ND passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021 on the McDonald farm of natural causes.

Anthony James McDonald was born June 14, 1960 in Grafton, ND the son of the late Arlen and Caroline (Krueger) McDonald. He attended Midway High School. Following his education he worked for area farmers. For...

Marge J. Machart

Marge J. Machart

Feb 26, 2021

Marge (Machovsky) Machart, our beloved aunt, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Center of Park River, ND.

Aunt Marge celebrated her 100 th birthday on January 26, 2021 in a small celebration at the Good Samaritan. She was a resident of Lankin until the age of 95. She was born to...

Veronica C. "Vicky" Hills

Veronica C. "Vicky" Hills

Feb 25, 2021

Veronica C. “Vicky” Hills, age 85 of Grafton, ND passed away peacefully with family by her side on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND.

Vicky was born August 22, 1935 in Grafton, ND the daughter of the late Wilbrod and Katherine (DeSautel) Campbell. She attended school in Grafton, graduating from Grafton...

Paul E. "Eddie" Johnston

Paul E. "Eddie" Johnston

Feb 21, 2021

Paul E. Johnston, Eddie to most, age 69 of Grafton ND passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Unity Medical Center in Grafton, ND with his loving wife by his side.

Paul was born in Grafton, ND May 30, 1951 to Morley and Marjorie (Flaten) Johnston of Crystal, ND.  He was raised in Crystal and...

Eleanor M Baria

Eleanor M Baria

Feb 15, 2021

Eleanor Murray Baria, age 77 of Park River passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021 at her home.

Eleanor Murray was born December 14, 1943 in Grafton, ND to the late Elmer and Annie (Burris) Murray.  She grew up in Conway and later moved with her family to Pisek where she attended grade school.  Eleanor graduated from...

Debrah F. Novak

Debrah F. Novak

Feb 3, 2021

Debrah (White Skorheim) Novak, 74, of Lankin, ND passed away peacefully on February 3, 2021 with her loving family by her side.

Born in Devils Lake, ND on November 19, 1946, Debbie was the daughter of the late Vernon White, Frances (Bogstie) White Skorheim and Dennis Skorheim. On August 4, 1962, she married Charles Novak, Lankin, ND...

Waina Marie Helland

Waina Marie Helland

Feb 3, 2021

Waina M. Helland, age 62 of Fordville, ND passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Waina Marie Linstad was born August 5, 1958 in Grand Forks, ND the daughter of Marvin and Marilyn (Close) Linstad. She grew up and attended school in Fordville, graduating...

Willard S. Frovarp

Willard S. Frovarp

Feb 1, 2021

Willard S. Frovarp, age 85 of Park River, ND passed away on Monday, February 1, 2021 at First Care Health Center of Park River.

Willard was born Dec. 29, 1935 on the farm to Calmer and Sophia (Wrubleski) Frovarp of rural Adams, ND. He grew up on the family farm attending country school near Adams. He graduated...

Janet A Dusterhoft

Janet A Dusterhoft

Jan 30, 2021

Janet Dusterhoft, 73, of Minto, ND passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at the Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND.

Janet Ann Dusterhoft was born September 25, 1947 in Grafton, ND to Victor and Louise (Hartje) Dusterhoft. She was raised in St. Thomas and married James Degenstein in 1964. After the winter of 1966, they moved...

Donald Eugene Eide

Donald Eugene Eide

Jan 28, 2021

Donald Eugene Eide, age 62 of Auburn, ND, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at his home in Auburn.

Donald was born on March 31, 1958 in Cavalier, ND the son of  Francis Eide and the late Alice (Burger) Eide.  Donald was raised and attended school in St. Thomas, ND.  He began helping out his Grandpa...

David Bernard Wilkes

David Bernard Wilkes

Jan 19, 2021

David Bernard Wilkes, age 84 of Park River, North Dakota passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at First Care Health Center in Park River, ND.  David was surrounded by his family and CHI Friendship family while he received care at the hospital.

David was born on June 26, 1936 in Bowbells, North Dakota....

Thomas J. Gerszewski

Thomas J. Gerszewski

Jan 17, 2021

Thomas J. Gerszewski, 75 of Minto, ND passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at his home under the care of hospice.

Tom was born July 11, 1945 in Grand Forks, ND the son of the late Peter and Margaret (Schultz) Gerszewski. He attended rural school near Ardoch, ND and graduated from Minto...

Douglas K. Carlson

Douglas K. Carlson

Jan 16, 2021

Douglas Keith Carlson, age 65, passed away peacefully on January 16th, 2021 at Sanford Health Center in Fargo, ND with family by his side.

Doug was born on December 29th, 1955 to Reuben and Shirley (Moe) Carlson in Grafton, ND.  He was raised in rural Lankin, ND with his five brothers and sisters.  After graduating from Lankin...

Joseph Theodore Holm

Joseph Theodore Holm

Jan 13, 2021

Joseph (Joe) Theodore Holm, age 95 of rural Hoople, ND, passed away at his home on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 with family by his side.

Joe was born on February 20, 1925 in Edinburg, ND, the son of the late Ole & Matilda "Tillie" (Halvorson) Holm. Joe was the 5 th of 6...

Leila J Gullickson

Leila J Gullickson

Jan 9, 2021

Leila J. Gullickson, age 66 of Hoople, ND, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at her home in Hoople.

Leila was born July 13, 1954 in Cavalier, the daughter of the late Bennie & Ann (Rasmussen) Hunter. Leila was the 9th out of 11 kids and she adored her siblings and being...