Obituaries

Edna E Johnson

Edna E Johnson

Apr 3, 2020

Edna Elaine (Skjervem) Johnson, of Park River, formerly of Fordville, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 3 rd at First Care Health Center in Park River, ND, at the age of 91.

Edna was a kind and quiet person who focused on family and friends. She enjoyed family get-togethers and spending time with her...

Paul R. Lunski

Paul R. Lunski

Mar 25, 2020

Paul R. Lunski, age 81 of Grand Forks, ND and formerly of Minto, ND, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at Woodside Village of Grand Forks.

Paul Raphael Lunski was born on November 27, 1938 in Minto, ND the son of the late Anthony and Verna (Budish) Lunski.  Paul’s parents passed away at a very young...

Gladwin "Bear" T Jensen

Gladwin "Bear" T Jensen

Mar 25, 2020

Gladwin T. “Bear” Jensen, age 84 of Park River, ND passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at his home in Park River.

Gladwin Theodore “Bear” Jensen was born on December 23, 1935 in Park River, ND to Theodore “Ted” and Gladys (Levin) Jensen. His mother, Gladys, passed away 11 days after he was born. Bear was...

Alice J Gillies Midboe

Alice J Gillies Midboe

Mar 25, 2020

Alice J. Gillies Midboe, age 94 of Park River, ND passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Alice J. Erovick was born July 21, 1925 in Park River, ND the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary (Vavrosky) Erovick. She attended schools in Park River, ND. Following her...

Anna M. Welsh

Anna M. Welsh

Mar 21, 2020

Anna M. Welsh, age 86 of Grafton, ND, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton, surrounded by family under hospice care.

Anna Marie LeBlanc was born May 14, 1933 in Cashel, ND the daughter of the late Alphonse and Aurore (Gregorie) LeBlanc.  She attended school at the Aloysius Academy inOakwood, ND. ...

Sandra Lenagh

Sandra Lenagh

Mar 20, 2020

Sandra Mathiason Lenagh continued her path on her cherished prairie beside the Japanese garden built by her husband Kevin Lenagh of 42 years. Loved and nurtured by her lifelong friends Greg Allen, Tamera Binger, Molly Wells, Roger Neilson, Debra Diseth, Grace Bredeson, Jessica Reid, Ingrid Himes, Joanne and Darryl Lewis and Don Reynolds.

Preceded by her father...

Fred J Thompson

Fred J Thompson

Mar 17, 2020

Fred Joseph Thompson, age 53 of Fargo, ND formerly of Grafton and Park River, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND.

Fred was born September 3, 1966 in Grafton, ND the son of Wallace and Lucyle (Hankey) Thompson. He attended Park River area schools from 1970-1991. From there Fred joined...

Dorothy M. Eklund

Dorothy M. Eklund

Mar 7, 2020

Dorothy M. Eklund, age 87 of Park River, ND, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Park River Good Samaritan Center.

Dorothy Mae Thingelstad was born at home in Pinecreek, MN July 10, 1932 the daughter of the late Carl and Mildred (Erickson) Thingelstad.  She grew up and attended a one room...

Ardell Eugene Almen

Ardell Eugene Almen

Mar 6, 2020

Ardell E. Almen, age 94 of Park River, ND passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Park River Good Samaritan Center under the care of Altru Hospice.

Ardell Eugene Almen was born December 20, 1925 in Grafton, ND the son of the late Andrew and Emma (Hove) Almen. He attended rural school in Fertile Township...

Theresa Ann Dahlgren

Theresa Ann Dahlgren

Mar 1, 2020

Theresa A. Dahlgren, age 87 of Fargo, ND and formerly of the Adams/Fairdale area passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at Bethany on 42 nd in Fargo, ND.

Theresa Ann Burianek was born October 6, 1932 in Veseleyville, ND the daughter of the late John and Agnes (Dusek) Burianek. She attended rural school there. Following her...

Larry F Durand

Larry F Durand

Feb 27, 2020

Larry F. Durand, age 78 of Grafton, ND passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at the Unity Medical Center of Grafton, ND.

Larry Francis Durand was born June 4, 1941 in Grafton, ND the son of the late Wilfred and Arbella (Demers) Durand. He attended school in Oakwood, ND, Kelso, WA and graduated from Grafton High...

John Alan Meagher

John Alan Meagher

Feb 21, 2020

John Alan Meagher, age 78 died on February 21, 2020 in Gold Canyon, AZ; after an (11) year battle with COPD and most recently liver cancer. Johnny has been an inspiration to many for his positive attitude and uplifting spirit that carried him through to the end when God called him home.

John, better known as Johnny,...

Richard P Hurst

Richard P Hurst

Feb 20, 2020

Richard P. Hurst, age 68 of Grafton, ND passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at his home in Grafton.

Richard Paul Hurst was born October 20, 1951 in Grafton, ND the son of Walter and Ruth (Christianson) Hurst. He grew up and attended school in St. Thomas, ND and later attended the University of North Dakota....

Henrietta F Karas

Henrietta F Karas

Feb 14, 2020

Henrietta Francis Karas, age 86 of Lankin, ND, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2020 in Monroe, NC.

Henrietta Kovarik was born June 3, 1933 in Walsh County, ND to the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Shirek) Kovarik. She was united in marriage to Edward W. Karas on June 20, 1950 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church...

Selma R Clemetson

Selma R Clemetson

Feb 12, 2020

Selma Rose Clemetson, age 97 of Park River, ND passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 surrounded by family.

Anselma Rose Sobolik was born April 18, 1922 in Ops Township, Walsh County, ND the daughter of the late Adolph and Rose (Karnik) Sobolik. She attended rural school there and graduated...

Eric "Ike" J. Meberg

Eric "Ike" J. Meberg

Feb 7, 2020

Eric J. “Ike” Meberg, age 61 of Park River, ND passed away on Friday, February 7, 2020 at his home in Park River.

Eric Meberg was born February 22, 1958 in Park River, ND, the son of the late Paul and Lorraine (Kjos) Meberg. He grew up and attended school there. He then attended NDSU for two...

Margaret R. Woods

Margaret R. Woods

Feb 6, 2020

Margaret R. (Roe) Woods, age 86 of Forest River, ND passed away peacefully at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton, ND on Thursday, February 6, with her loving family by her side.

Margaret was born on June 16, 1933, in Medina, ND.  The daughter of the late Sig and Loretta (Meade) Roe.  She graduated from Forest River...

Thressa Nelson

Thressa Nelson

Feb 4, 2020

Thressa Nelson, age 42 of Edinburg, ND passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at Sanford Health of Fargo, ND.

Thressa Jonasson was born September 1, 1977 in Grafton, ND, the daughter of Pamela Lykken and the late Allen Jonasson. She grew up in Milton, ND and attended the Milton/Osnabrock schools, graduating in 1996. She attend Lake...

Artha S. Travers

Artha S. Travers

Feb 3, 2020

Artha S. Travers, age 92 of Grafton, ND passed away on Monday, February 3 at Lutheran Sunset Home, Grafton.

Artha was born on November 19, 1927 in Northwood, ND, daughter of the late Aslak & Sophia Nordbo. In 1945 she graduated from Northwood High School.  She attended Concordia College, Moorhead, MN and graduated...

Marvin D. Lykken

Marvin D. Lykken

Jan 27, 2020

Marvin D. Lykken, age 91 of Grafton, ND passed away on Monday, January 27 at his winter home in New Port Richey, Florida.

Marvin was born October 7, 1928 in Grafton, the son of the late Selmer Lykken and Dagmar (Sather) Lykken. In 1946 he graduated from high school in Grafton and went to college at the...