Obituaries

Jun 2, 2020

Kay Pam Beckman, age 63 of Grafton, ND formerly of Hettinger, ND passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at the Life Skills and Transition Center of Grafton.

Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Jun 1, 2020

Vivian Collette-Secrist, age 86 of Grafton, ND passed away on Monday, June 1, 2020 at her home in Grafton.

Vivian Grabanski was born October 1, 1933 in Grafton, ND the daughter of the late Anton and Frances (Slominski) Grabanski. She attended rural school in Acton Township. Following her education she worked for the Herberger family in Grand...

May 31, 2020

Joann A. Mattson, age 82 of Drayton, ND passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

Joann A. Votava was born December 7, 1937 in Grafton, ND the daughter of the late Jerome and Helena (Deschene) Votava.  She attended St. Aloysius Academy in Oakwood, ND and graduated the class of 1955. ...

May 26, 2020

Jennifer Alise Kirkeng, 73, passed away on May 26, 2020 at Unity Medical Center in Grafton, North Dakota.

Jennifer was born to the late Anton & Dorothy (Kenney) Kirkeng on November 14, 1946 at Deaconess Hospital in Grafton, North Dakota.    She was baptized at the Hoople Methodist Church.    She grew up and attended...

May 12, 2020

Agnes M. Lessard, age 98 of Grafton, ND passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

Agnes M. Collette was born December 18, 1921 in Oakwood, ND the third child of Arthur and Marie (Campbell) Collette. She attended St. Aloysius Academy in Oakwood, ND. Following her education she took the civil...

May 7, 2020

Wayne A. Hrabik, age 70 of Grand Forks and formerly of Grafton, ND passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at his home in Grand Forks, ND.

Wayne A Hrabik was born December 2, 1949 in Grafton, ND the son of the late Arthur and Marcella (Valente) Hrabik. He attended school in Grafton, graduating in 1967. He...

May 5, 2020

Angela Mary Jarolimek succumbed to COVID-19 in Fargo, ND, on May 5, 2020. She was born September 1, 1922 at rural Grafton, ND. She was the fourth child born to Frank W. and Anna (Dusek) Kubesh. She attended school at District #81 rural Grafton, St. Wenceslaus Catholic School in Wahoo, NE, and St. Aloysius Academy in Oakwood, ND.

May 5, 2020

Susan D. Gudajtes, age 71 of Minto, ND passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at her home in Minto.

Susan D. Gudajtes was born May 16, 1948 in Grafton, ND to Leonard and Genevieve (Schanilec) Barta. She was raised on the farm with her seven brothers and sisters, near Forest River, ND while attending Midway School...

May 5, 2020

Richard Lee Gosselin, age 57 of Minto, ND passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at the Sanford Health Center of Fargo.

Richard Lee Gosselin was born August 30, 1962 in Langdon, ND, the son of Helen (Funseth) Gosselin and the late Donald Gosselin.  He worked farm labor for area farmers until his health...

Apr 30, 2020

Donald T. Skorheim, age 96 of Grafton, ND passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

Donald Skorheim was born May 17, 1923 in Dwight, ND, the son of the late Henry O. and Tilda (Johnson) Skorheim. He attended country school at the Hoff School and later graduated from Adams High...

Apr 28, 2020

Joel W. Rudnik, age 38, passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 with his family at his side.

Joel Walter Rudnik was born July 17, 1981 in Grafton, ND the son of the late Joseph and Loma (Goodman) Rudnik. He attended school in Minto, ND graduating in 2000. He worked at Marvin Windows in...

Apr 27, 2020

James Wesley Anderson was born November 7th, 1950 to the late George “Bud” and Phyllis (Larson) Anderson. Jim attended Hoople Elementary & High School, graduating in 1968. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at 18 years old and served in the Vietnam War with honors, including the Bronze Star Medal . He married Janice Buchholtz in 1973 and had...

Apr 22, 2020

Marvin Lee Laaveg age 78 of Park River, ND passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Marvin was born April 16, 1942 in Grafton, ND the son of the late Willie and Josephine (Lovaasen) Laaveg. He attended rural schools west of Park River and graduated from the Walsh...

Apr 19, 2020

Dennis Elwood Grove, Grand Forks, formerly of Adams, died April 19, 2020 due to renal failure. He was born on December 27, 1946 to Clara (Nelson) and Ellsworth Grove. He graduated from the Adams High School in 1964 and from Mayville State College in 1968 with majors in math and science. He earned his Master’s Degree from the University...

Apr 18, 2020

Georgine Lorraine Cavegn, 93, died on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at St. Benedict Senior Community in St. Cloud, MN.

Georgine (Gean) was born on March 20, 1927 to Phyllis (Blanchard) Cavegn and George Cavegn in West Fargo, ND. She graduated from West Fargo High School in 1944 and completed additional higher education courses at Bethel College and...

Apr 13, 2020

Cyril M. Novak, age 92 of Grafton, ND passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020 at his home in Grafton.

Cyril Marcel Novak was born June 12, 1927 in Prairie Center Township, Walsh County, ND the son of the late Anton and Margaret (Barta) Novak. He grew up and attended school there. Cy served in the US...

Apr 11, 2020

Alice M. Jorgenson, age 94 of Park River, ND passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at the First Care Health Center of Park River, ND.

Alice M. Jorgenson was born May 26, 1925 in Park River, ND the daughter of the late Olaf and Marie (Lorentzen) Jorgenson. She graduated from the Walsh County Agricultural School in...

Apr 9, 2020

Brent Folson, age 65 of Jamestown, ND passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND.

Richard Brent Folson was born July 25, 1954 in Grand Forks, ND the son of the late Richard R. and Mary E. (McLachlan) Folson. He grew up in Grand Forks, graduating from Red River High School in...

Apr 8, 2020

Larry C. Pewe, age 79 of Edinburg, ND passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family.

Larry Charles Pewe was born May 20, 1940 in McHenry, ND the son of the late Louie C. and Ruby H. (Anderson) Pewe. He graduated from McHenry High School in 1958 and graduated from Valley...

Apr 5, 2020

Karen Deborah (Corah) Peterson of Park River, ND died on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020 at the age of 66 in her daughter’s home in Grand Forks, ND surrounded by her family.

Karen was born December 16, 1953 in Grafton, ND to Eilene (Rustebakke) and Emil Corah. She grew up on the farm with two sisters and...