Eileen Morley
Jan 7, 2026
Eileen Morley, age 93 of Grafton, ND passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton ND. Funeral arrangements are pending at this time.
Maxine E. Larson
Jan 2, 2026
Maxine E. Larson, age 85 of Grafton, ND passed away on Friday, January 2, 2026 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton, ND.
Maxine E. Gulson was born January 7, 1940 in Northwood, ND the daughter of the late Carl and Nettie (Norgaard) Gulson. She attended school in Hatton. Following High School, she attended Mayville State Teachers College in Mayville for...
Louis W. "Billy" Zola
Dec 31, 2025
Louis W. “Billy” Zola, age 89 of rural Oslo, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at his home near Oslo.
Louis W. Zola was born January 10, 1936 in Oslo, MN the son of the late William and Palagia (Paschke) Zola. He attended rural school at District 19 in Walsh County and graduated from Oslo High school in 1953. He...
Dorothy Koester
Dec 28, 2025
Dorothy (Orleans) Koester, 73, longtime Grafton resident, died peacefully at home after a long battle with cancer, on Sunday, December 28, 2025, surrounded by her family.
Born in Colorado Springs, Dorothy lived in Texas and California as well, before transferring to Peru State College, where she met Ron Koester. They married in 1973, and made a home in Hereford, Texas, before...
Sharon K. Sullivan
Dec 23, 2025
Sharon K. Sullivan, age 77 of Minto, ND, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.
Sharon Berlin was born March 22, 1948 in Fargo, ND, the daughter of the late Jerome and Lillian (Sullivan) Berlin. She grew up in Lisbon for a short time before moving to Grand Forks. She attended school in Grand...
Elroy Ordean Brandvold
Dec 22, 2025
Elroy Ordean Brandvold, age 80, of Edinburg, North Dakota, passed away peacefully on December 22, 2025, at Essentia Health Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota, surrounded by his family.
Born on July 28, 1945, in Grafton, North Dakota, to parents Edroy and Ann (Rystad) Brandvold, Elroy lived a life rooted in family, hard work, and the community he loved. In 1963, he...
Marilyn Susan Hall
Dec 22, 2025
Marilyn Susan (Augustin) Hall passed away peacefully surrounded by all her children and her loving husband of 50 years, Warren, on December 22, 2025.
Marilyn Augustin was born on July 8, 1952 in Grand Forks, ND to Milton and Esther (Schulz) Augustin. She was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Crystal, ND on August 17, 1952. She was later confirmed...
Deborah Slominski
Dec 12, 2025
Deborah Slominski went to her eternity on December 12, 2025.
She was born September 9, 1954, the daughter of Evelyn (Durkin) Paschke and the late Walter Paschke. Deb grew up on the family farm near Forest River and attended school there. She graduated high school at Mount Saint Benedict Academy in Crookston, MN. She married her friend David Slominski. She received...
Maxine E. Wilkes
Dec 7, 2025
Maxine Wilkes, age 84 of Grafton, ND and formerly of Park River, ND, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2025 at Edgewood Healthcare, Grand Forks, ND.
Maxine Osowski was born November 11, 1941 in Grafton, North Dakota, the daughter of the late Bruno and Stella (Ebertowski) Osowski. She attended school near Warsaw and graduated from Grafton High School. After her schooling she...
Diane C. Nord
Dec 6, 2025
Diane C. Nord, age 70 of Grafton, ND, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Essentia Health of Fargo, ND.
Diane Nord was born January 28, 1955 in Grafton, ND, the daughter of the late Raymond Nord and Arliss (Sandvig) Nord. She grew up in Grafton and graduated as salutatorian from Grafton High School. Her strong work ethic and kindness...
Angela Rose Carriere
Dec 5, 2025
Angela Rose Johnson Carriere was born on July 21, 1963 in Grafton, ND, a cherished daughter of Mardell Fehr Johnson and the late Allen G. Johnson. With her devoted son, Nathan, and sisters, faithfully by her side, Angie slipped into the arms of our Lord, after a courageous battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, on December 5, 2025, in Bismarck, ND.
Angie moved...
Flora Theresa Pilon
Dec 4, 2025
Flora Pilon, age 96 of Grafton, passed away December 4, 2025 at the Lutheran Sunset Home.
Flora Theresa Sevigny was born July 14, 1929 to Edward and Emma (Demers) Sevigny in Oakwood, ND. Flora was united in marriage to Oliver Pilon on July 12, 1950 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oakwood, ND. They made their home on a farm in...
Michael Paul Johnson
Dec 4, 2025
Michael P. Johnson, age 55 of Grafton, ND passed away on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at Essential Health Hospital of Fargo, ND.
Michael Paul Olson was born April 18, 1970 in Robbinsdale, MN to Rick Olson and Dawn (Benjaminson) Johnson. He and his family moved to Grafton in 1974, where he was raised and attended school. He graduated from Grafton High...
Kathy A. Demers
Dec 2, 2025
Kathy Demers, age 57, passed away at her home in Oakwood ND on Dec 2, 2025.
Kathy Ann Johnson was born Feb 4, 1968 in Grafton. (2-4-6-8, a date ingrained in our minds)
She grew up on the east side of Grafton and graduated from GHS in 1986. She then attended Mayville State University where she majored in Education. From there, she...
Arlene J. Olsen
Dec 1, 2025
Arlene J. Olsen, age 93 of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025 at Woodside Village in Grand Forks.
Arlene Joyce Groven was born January 25, 1932, the daughter of Henry and Gunvor (Skarness) Groven at the Deaconess Hospital in Grafton, ND. She grew up on a farm and attended rural school at Mandt, ND and high school...
Mark Alton Thorson
Nov 29, 2025
Mark Alton Thorson, age 37 of Edinburg, ND passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at his home due to a tragic accident.
Mark was born March 21, 1988, in Grafton, ND, the son of Lowell and Linda (Schaefer) Thorson. He graduated from Edinburg High School and Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Wadena, MN. He was united in marriage to...
Mark Wasylow
Nov 26, 2025
Mark Wasylow, age 55 of Pisek, ND passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2025 in Mayville, ND.
Mark was born to William and Margery (Thompson) Wasylow on March 28, 1970 in Grand Forks, ND; the youngest of 11 children. He grew up on a dairy farm just outside of Mekinock, ND. Growing up with 10 brothers and sisters and being the baby...
Irma L. Gemmill
Nov 23, 2025
Irma Lorraine Gemmill age 94 of Aitkin, MN, formerly of Fordville, ND, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2025 at Aitkin Health Services in Aitkin, MN.
Irma Haug was born August 24, 1931 on the family farm west of Edinburg, ND, the daughter of the late James and Anna (Holth) Haug. She grew up on the farm and attended school in...
Michael D. Lunski
Nov 23, 2025
Mike Lunski, 62, of Minto, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2025, at Altru in Grand Forks surrounded by his loving children. Throughout his courageous battle with cancer, he remained positive until the very end - inspiring his family and many who were around him.
Mike was born to Yvonne and Sylvester Lunski on March 5, 1963. He grew up in Minto...
Margaret A. Erickson
Nov 22, 2025
Margaret A. Erickson, age 98 of Hoople, ND passed away on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Borg Pioneer Memorial Home of Mountain, ND, with her family by her side.
Margaret A. Born was born July 21, 1927 in Crystal, ND to the late Herman F. Born and Amanda W. (Peters) Born. She was raised on the family farm the youngest of...
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