Obituaries

Esther Buerkle

Esther Buerkle

Apr 9, 2011

Esther Buerkle, 94, Fredonia, ND died Saturday morning April 9, 2011 at the Bethany Nursing Home in Fargo, ND.Esther Buerkle was born April 26, 1916 at the family farm near Fredonia, ND, the daughter of John H. Buerkle and Christina (Hehr) Buerkle. She attended the local rural school where she received her elementary education and grew to womanhood in the...

Otto Dewald

Otto Dewald

Apr 1, 2011

Otto Dewald, 89, Streeter, ND joined his son Russell in life everlasting on Friday afternoon April 1, 2011 at his farm home NW of Streeter, North Dakota.Otto Dewald was born December 12, 1921 on the family farm NW of Streeter, ND, the son of Peter Dewald and Albina (Dorr) Dewald. As a youth Otto contracted out to farmers to help...

Reinhold Otto

Reinhold Otto

Mar 26, 2011

Reinhold Otto, 85, Medina, ND died Saturday March 26, 2011 at the Heartland Care Center in Devils Lake, ND after a fight against cancer.Reinhold was born July 28, 1925, south of Cleveland, ND, the son of Reinholt, Sr. and Pauline (Reister) Otto. He attended the local rural school where he received his elementary education and grew to manhood in the...

George Unverferth

George Unverferth

Mar 22, 2011

George Unverferth, 78, Jamestown, ND died Tuesday morning March 22, 2011 at his home in Jamestown, ND, under the care of hospice, after a short battle with cancer.George was born September 26, 1932 at Hope, ND, the son of George Unverferth, Sr., and Mae (Roy) Unverferth. He received his education in the Hope Public School. He entered the US Air...

Darrell  'Swede" Schuldheisz

Darrell 'Swede" Schuldheisz

Mar 21, 2011

Darrell ‘Swede' Schuldheisz, 70, Spiritwood, ND died Monday March 21, 2011 at his home under the care of Hospice.Darrell Schuldheisz was born July 26, 1940, at near Millarton, ND, the son of Jack Schuldheisz and Magdalena (Fischer) Schuldheisz. He attended the local rural school near Jud and graduated from Jud High School in 1958. He and Colleen Gallagher were married...

Chester Schlecht

Chester Schlecht

Mar 9, 2011

Chester Schlecht, 75, Gackle, ND died Wednesday morning March 9, 2011 at the Jamestown Hospital in Jamestown, ND.Chester Schlecht was born November 21, 1935 on the family farm 8 miles north of Fredonia, ND, the son of Godhielf Schlecht and Susie (Burkle) Schlecht. He received his elementary education from Finn School and Kulm High School and worked on the family...

Clarence  Jacob Schultes

Clarence Jacob Schultes

Feb 27, 2011

Clarence Jacob Schultes, 83, Jamestown, ND died Sunday morning February 27, 2011 at the Ave Maria Village in Jamestown, ND.Clarence was born April 15, 1927 at Streeter, ND the son of Jacob and Magdalena (Batsch) Schultes. He attended the local rural school where he received his elementary education and grew to manhood in the vicinity.Clarence Schultes and Serena Elhard were...

Howard  Harris Worm

Howard Harris Worm

Feb 24, 2011

Howard Harris Worm, 85, Valley City, ND, formerly of Kulm, ND with his life's journey completed, passed away February 24, 2011 at the Sheyenne Care Center Circle of Life Cottage Valley City, where he was a resident for 4 years, whom the staff fondly called Grandpa.Howard was born September 21, 1925 in Lansing, IA, the son of Otto and Helen...

Robert Higginbotham

Robert Higginbotham

Feb 23, 2011

Robert Higginbotham, 79, Moorhead, MN, formerly of Valley City, ND died Wednesday February 23, 2011 in Sanford Health in Fargo, ND.Robert Higginbotham was born September 4, 1931 at Jamestown, ND, the son of Albert C. Higginbotham and Marie (Metcalf) Higginbotham. He received his education at Valley City, ND and Graduated from Valley City High School in 1949. He graduated from...

Rose  Marie Paasch

Rose Marie Paasch

Feb 21, 2011

Rose Marie Paasch, 82, Jamestown, ND formerly of Wimbledon passed away, Monday February 21, 2011 in Eventide at Hi-Acres Manor in Jamestown, ND.Rose Marie Oglesby was born September 6, 1928, in Uxbridge Township near Wimbledon, ND, the daughter of Arthur Oglesby and Alfreda (Flach) Oglesby. Rose was the 5th of 7 children. She attended rural Uxbridge Township School. She was...

Corinne Coleman

Corinne Coleman

Feb 14, 2011

Corinne Colette Coleman, 66, Gackle, ND died Monday afternoon February 14, 2011 in the St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND. She had been a patient since February 12.Corinne Rivinius was born August 5, 1944 on the family farm 2 miles north and 1 mile east of Gackle, ND the daughter of Conrad Rivinius and Frieda (Meisch) Rivinius. She received...

Julie  Ann Harding

Julie Ann Harding

Feb 13, 2011

Julie Ann Harding, 64, Tolna, ND died Sunday February 13, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Ipswich, SD.Julie Anderson was born December 16, 1946 at New Rockford, ND, the daughter of Harvey Anderson and Alma (Peterson) Anderson. She received her elementary education and received her GED while working on the family farm in McHenry.She moved to Tolna, ND and...

Burnett  'Joe' Lang

Burnett 'Joe' Lang

Feb 12, 2011

Burnett (Joe) Lang, 81, Alfred, North Dakota died Saturday evening February 12, 2011 in Sanford Health in Fargo, ND.Burnett Lang was born September 14, 1929 at Alfred, ND the son of Gustav S. (Gust) Lang and Lydia (Reuer) Lang. He received his elementary education in the Alfred School District. He graduated from the Gackle High School in 1948.He and Doroth...

Bertha Elhard

Bertha Elhard

Feb 11, 2011

Bertha Elhard, 100, Bismarck, ND died Friday evening February 11, 2011 at St. Gabriel's Community in Bismarck, ND.Bertha Heller was born November 5, 1910 at the family home 10 miles SE of Gackle, ND, the daughter of Samuel Heller and Katherina (Gumke) Heller. She attended the local rural school where she received her elementary education and grew to womanhood in...

Delores Henke

Delores Henke

Feb 11, 2011

Delores Henke, 92, Bismarck, ND died early Friday morning February 11, 2011 at Missouri Slope Nursing Home in Bismarck, ND.Delores Dehne was born October 6, 1918 at Robinson, ND, the daughter of Emil Dehne and Alberdena (Hirchert) Dehne. She received her elementary education at the Robinson Public School and graduated in 1937 from RHS.She entered the US Army September 13,...

Lydia Just

Lydia Just

Feb 9, 2011

Lydia Just, 87, Wishek, ND died Wednesday February 9, 2011 at the Wishek Home for the Aged in Wishek, ND.Lydia Stroh was born March 20, 1923, 2 miles west of Wishek, ND the daughter of John D. Stroh and Eva (Dockter) Stroh. At an early age she moved into Wishek with her parents. She received her elementary education at Wishek...

Lydena Ruff

Lydena Ruff

Jan 27, 2011

Lydena Ruff, 56, Gackle, ND died Wednesday evening January 27, 2011 at Med Center One in Bismarck, ND.Lydena Henke was born October 6, 1954 at Jamestown, ND, the daughter of Elmer Henke and Delores (Dehne) Henke. She received her elementary education in Alfred, ND and Graduated from Gackle High School in 1972. She went on to Mr. D's Town &...

Mathilda Miller

Mathilda Miller

Jan 15, 2011

Mathilda Miller, 95, Gackle, ND died Saturday morning January 15, 2011 at the Wishek Home for the Aged.Mathilda Gienger was born September 27, 1915 on the family farm 4 miles SW of Gackle, ND the daughter of Jacob Gienger and Christina (Lippert) Gienger. She received her elementary education in the local rural school in Neudorf Township and grew to womanhood...

Bertha Remmick

Bertha Remmick

Jan 14, 2011

Bertha Remmick, 89, Wishek, ND, formerly of Napoleon, ND died Friday afternoon January 14, 2011 at the Wishek Home for the Aged in Wishek, ND.Bertha Martin was born February 11, 1921 at Pettibone, ND, the daughter of Jacob Martin and Carolina (Albrecht) Martin. She received her education at the rural school at Pettibone, and helped on the family farm.She and...

Florence Youngquist

Florence Youngquist

Jan 11, 2011

Florence Youngquist, 80, Jamestown, ND died January 11, 2011 at Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown, ND.Florence Carlson was born July 5, 1930 at Deerwood, MN, the daughter of Oscar "Carl" Carlson and Esther Marie (Carlin) Carlson. She received her education at the Deerwood country school and went on to Nursing School at NDSU.She and Gaywood Youngquist were married August 19,...