Obituaries

Earl L. Jelinek

Earl L. Jelinek

Dec 6, 2024

Earl L. Jelinek, age 62 of Pisek, ND passed away on Friday, December 6, 2024 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND.

Earl L Jelinek was born August 13, 1962 in Grafton, ND the son of the late John H. and Agnes A. (Kostohris) Jelinek. He grew up and attended school in Pisek, ND graduating from Pisek High...

Josephine R. Deitz

Josephine R. Deitz

Dec 6, 2024

Josephine R. Deitz, age 94 of Grand Forks and formerly Grafton, ND passed away on Friday, December 6, 2024 at Valley Elder Care of Grand Forks.

Josephine R. Elter was born May 7, 1930 in Selfridge, ND to the late Conrad and Catherine (Bohl) Elter.  She was raised and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Bismarck, ND.  ...

Lowell Lene

Lowell Lene

Dec 3, 2024

Lowell Lene age 86 passed away at Unity Medical Center on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.

He was known for his mechanical skills. He wore many hats during his lifetime. Always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone. His humor was contagious; he told it how it was. His memory will be with all that loved and...

Ronald J Houska

Ronald J Houska

Nov 26, 2024

Ronald J. Houska was born on May 8, 1943 and went home to our Lord on November 26, 2024.  He was 81.

He graduated from Minto and farmed with his dad until he was drafted in 1965.  For most of his tour, he was in Germany serving as a Management Specialist with the 57th Medical Battalion.  In...

Connie Rae Jensen

Connie Rae Jensen

Nov 23, 2024

Connie R. Jensen, age 74 of Grafton and formerly Park River, ND, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at Altru Hospital of Grand Forks.

Connie Rae Jacobson was born February 26, 1950 to Rose Jacobson in Kathryn, North Dakota.  She was raised and attended school in Kathryn. After her education, she relocated to the Ortonville/Odessa, MN...

Darlene M Hendrickson

Darlene M Hendrickson

Nov 19, 2024

Darlene “Dar” M. Hendrickson, age 86 of Edinburg, ND, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at the Wedgewood Manor of Cavalier, ND.

Darlene M. Warner was born July 11, 1938, in Larchwood, Iowa, the daughter of Elmer and Leona (Laackmann) Warner. After attending school in Rock Rapids and Lester, IA, she went on to graduate from...

Kevin E. Bonaime

Kevin E. Bonaime

Nov 17, 2024

Kevin E. Bonaime, age 55 formerly of Neche, ND passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2024 at the home of Mike and Traci Brown after a battle with stage four cancer.

Kevin was born November 12, 1969 in Altona, Manitoba Canada. He grew up on a farm near Neche, ND where he liked to play with his...

Sharon S. Johnson

Sharon S. Johnson

Nov 15, 2024

Sharon S. Johnson, age 81 of Grafton, North Dakota, passed away Friday, November 15, 2024 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

Sharon S. West was born November 28, 1942 in Gretna, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of the late Fred and Jean (O’Hara) West.  She attended school in Grafton.  Sharon was united in...

Frances Schuster

Frances Schuster

Nov 11, 2024

Frances Schuster, age 91, of Grafton, North Dakota passed away on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

Frances was born on October 29, 1933 in Grafton, North Dakota, the daughter of the late Arthur and Louise (Campbell) Collette.  She grew up in the Oakwood area, graduating in 1952...

Delphine "Del" C. Hutson

Delphine "Del" C. Hutson

Nov 8, 2024

Graveside services for Ernest “Hod” and Delphine “Del” Hutson will be Friday, July 11, 2025 at 11:00 A.M. at the St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Grafton, ND.

Delphine “Del” Hutson passed away peacefully on Friday, November 8, 2024 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton. Delphine (Del) Hutson was born January 21, 1931 to...

Leroy P. Mccann

Leroy P. Mccann

Nov 5, 2024

LeRoy P. McCann age 81 of Grafton, ND passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

LeRoy P. McCann was born December 14, 1942 in Grafton, ND the son of the late Patrick and Mildred (Burris) McCann. He grew up and attended schools in Minto, ND, graduating...

Linda Fay Bogert

Linda Fay Bogert

Nov 4, 2024

Linda Fay Bogert, age 74 of Grafton, ND, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2024 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Linda Swenson was born June 23, 1950 in Bagley, Minnesota, the daughter of the late Oliver and Edith (Lietz) Swenson.  She grew up and attended school in Bagley.  She...

Donald O. Boe

Donald O. Boe

Nov 2, 2024

Donald Ordean Boe, age 91 of Adams, ND passed away Saturday, November 2, 2024 at the Santé of Mesa Rehab Facility in Arizona. His illness was sudden, and he was with his wife and children, Dawn and Gary in his final days.

Donald was born June 20, 1933 at his farm home, the son of Ralph and...

Dina Marie Satterlund

Dina Marie Satterlund

Nov 2, 2024

God brought our beautiful and loving mother and beloved wife into this world November 2, 1950 and God took her home November 2, 2024 with her loving family hand in hand praying her into the arms of Jesus setting her completely free from all the pain and suffering from pancreatic/liver cancer.

Dina M....

Connie L. Langley

Connie L. Langley

Nov 2, 2024

Connie L. Langley, age 70 of Park River, ND, passed away Saturday, November 2, 2024 at the First Care Health Center of Park River.

Connie L. Aabrekke was born April 10, 1954 in Minnewaukan, North Dakota, the daughter of the late Carl and Lillie (Swenson) Aabrekke.  She attended school in Minnewaukan.  Connie was...

Greg D. Ellingson

Greg D. Ellingson

Nov 1, 2024

Gregory (Bear) Dean Ellingson, 65, rural Park River, ND passed away Friday evening, November 1, 2024 at First Care Health Center of Park River.

Greg lived his entire life in Park River and was a Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Brother, Uncle, Neighbor, and Friend to many.  He loved anything to do with the outdoors and it showed...

Bobby Joe Anderson

Bobby Joe Anderson

Oct 27, 2024

Bobby J. Anderson, age 48 of Crystal, ND, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2024 in Grand Forks, ND.

Bobby Joe Anderson was born January 4, 1976 in Grafton to Pamela (Anderson) Peterson.  He was raised and attended school in Crystal, ND. After his education, he began working for local farmers.  He enjoyed working the animal side...

Shirley E Carlson

Shirley E Carlson

Oct 26, 2024

Shirley E. Carlson, age 87 of Park River and Lankin, ND passed away on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at the First Care Health Center of Park River, ND.

Shirley E. Moe was born December 14, 1936 on the Moe farm in Norton Township Walsh County, ND, the daughter of the late Emil and...

Diane Celeste Flanagan

Diane Celeste Flanagan

Oct 25, 2024

Our dearest wife and mother Diane Celeste Flanagan passed away on October 25, 2024 at the age of 79. The world will be a bit dimmer without her physical presence, but we are comforted by Christ’s promise of eternal life that Celeste firmly believed in.

Celeste was a small town girl who cherished growing up on the...

Jodi Ann Mccarthy

Jodi Ann Mccarthy

Oct 21, 2024

Jodi A. McCarthy, age 60, of Grafton, ND passed away on October 21, 2024 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer.

Jodi Ann Hickman was born on November 27, 1963 to the late Lindsay Hickman and Marilyn (DeGagne) Hickman Hanevold in Larimore, ND. She was raised on the family farm outside of Arvilla, ND.  She...