Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Roger Allen "Butch" Semmens, 69, of Carrington, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, February 13, 2020. Funeral services were held Thursday, Feb. 20 at St. John's Catholic Church in New Rockford. Burial took place at the Carrington Cemetery. Fr. Reese Weber officiated. Special music was provided by Kerstin Allmaras, pianist; and Chris Becker, Justyne Klocke and Kindra Jacobson, cantors. Casket bearers were James Speldrich, Roger Westby, Mike Westfall, Gaylin Borth, Jeff Carter,...
Marlene Ellen Knatterud, 68, of New Rockford, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo. Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 15 at Evans Funeral Home. Rev. Mindy Meier officiated. Honorary bearers included Grandchildren. Marlene, daughter of Melvin and Stelma (Simsonson) Gunderson was born on Aug. 28, 1951 in Harvey. She was raised in rural Maddock and graduated from Maddock High School in 1969 and attended North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton. She was united in...
Virgil Zink, 86, passed away Feb. 6, 2020 at Sanford Health, Fargo, N.D. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Feb. 12, 2020, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Carrington. The burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. Fathers Terry Dodge and Bernard Pfau officiated. Special music was provided by the Sacred Heart choir and Jennifer Hoornaert. Casket Bearers were all of his grandchildren. Honorary bearers were Gary Boyer, Henry Simons, Elmer Finch, Art Freeman, Alan Willyard, Duane Kliem, Ernest...
Martha Emily Gross, 100, passed away on Feb. 4, 2020 at Rosewood on Broadway in Fargo. The funeral was held Feb. 8 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fargo. Burial was at Holy Cross North Cemetery in Fargo. Martha was born Dec. 17, 1920, in Hillsboro, N.D., to Otto and Martha Emily Norenberg. She was baptized on April 17, 1921, confirmed in 1934 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hillsboro. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1938. After graduation, she worked at JC Penney in Fargo and the distric...
Jeffrey Allen “Empty” Norton, age 60, of New Rockford passed away Sunday, February 9, 2020 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, ND. Jeffrey Allen Norton was born April 7, 1959 in St. Therese Hospital, Waukegan, IL, the son of David & Patricia (Richards) Norton. He grew up in Waukegan and attended school there. After high school he drove taxi and worked construction. Jeff moved to New Rockford in 1995 and made it his home. Jeff enjoyed motorcycling and was at one time the president of the Death Mauraders Motorcycle Club. He...
LeRoy Earl Hart, 77 of Carrington, passed away Jan. 31, 2020 at Golden Acres Manor in Carrington. The funeral service was Feb. 4, 2020 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Carrington. Burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. Rev. Sarah Shanks officiated with special music provided by Clara Edwardson. Casket bearers were Erin Hart, Adam Hart, Annie Hart, Katie McCabe, Mason Hart and Madison Hart. Honorary bearers were Jerome Neis, Larry Lura, Bud Schock, Darrell Wolsky, Tim Zink, Darin Hart, Randy Boysun...
Vera Marie Topp, 90, passed away Jan. 29, 2020, at The Meadows on University, in Fargo, ND. The funeral service was held Feb. 3, 2020 at Federated Church UCC/UMC, Carrington, N.D. Rev. Rick Loewen officiated with special music provided by Clara Edwardson, Amanda Shappell and Joseph Shappell. Burial will be in the spring at Grace City Cemetery, Grace City, N.D. Casket bearers were Eric Topp, Brandon Topp, Lyle Shappell, Joshua Shappell, Christopher Bonebrake, Everett Bracken and Jacob Bonebrake....
Darlene R. Hungness, 73, of New Rockford, N.D. passed away Jan. 29, 2020 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford. The funeral was held Feb. 1 at First Lutheran Church of New Rockford, Rev. Doug Nemitz officiated. Special music was provided by Mary Ellen Rue and Paula Loewen. Burial was at Grandfield Lutheran Cemetery, rural Sheyenne. Casket bearers were Scott Skjerva, Scott Stafford, Kenny Reis, Larry Munson, Gary Westby and Dan Shroyer. Darlene was born Jan. 1, 1947 in Devils...
Martin "Marty" Henry Lucht, 88, of New Rockford, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at CHI St. Alexius Health, Carrington, N.D. The funeral was at First Lutheran Church in New Rockford. Rev. Doug Nemitz officiated with special music provided by Kerstin Allmaras and Deb Belquist. Burial was at Prairie Home Cemetery, New Rockford. Casket bearers were Jon Lucht, Jordan Lucht, Kevin Lucht, Joshua Strunk, Caleb Schneider and Jason White. Honorary bearers were: New Rockford Fire Department and New Rockford C...
Vickie R Freih, 69 of New Rockford, N.D., passed away peacefully at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo, N.D. while surrounded by her family and Sanford Hospice. Vickie was born May 4, 1950 in Ellendale, N.D. to Edward and Ruby (Fox) Freih. She lived with her family until 1958, when she moved to the Development Center at Grafton, N.D. She remained there until 1986 when she moved to New Rockford, and began receiving services from 4th Corporation Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) home. Vickie liked...
Mildred Reinke, 99, passed away Jan. 11, 2020, at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford. The funeral service was held Jan. 26 at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, with Chaplain Paula Loewen officiating. Special music was provided by Marcy Grohs, Alicia Vorland and Bonnie Deegan. Burial will be held at the Oak Creek Cemetery, Bottineau, N.D. Honorary bearers were all of Mildred's grand and great-grandchildren. Mildred Leona Larson was born Nov. 18, 1920, at St. Andrew's...
Donald "Duane" Anderson, 82, of New Rockford passed away Jan. 18, 2020, at his home in New Rockford. The funeral service will be held Monday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bremen, N.D. Pastor Pauline Crowder will officiate, with special music provided by Mary Ellen Rue and Becky Anderson. Casket bearers will be David Anderson, Mark Lange, Quentin Lange, Tyler Newton, Donald Ystaas and Donald Lindstrom. Burial will take place in the spring at Riverside Cemetery, Sheyenne, N.D....
Glenn Duane Bjornson, 85, of rural Tolna (formerly of Grace City), passed away peacefully on Jan. 14, 2020, at Good Samaritan Society in Lakota, N.D. A memorial service was held Jan. 19 at New Life Fellowship, rural Hamar, N.D. Glenn was born and raised in the McHenry, N.D. area, the son of Sophus and Irene (Melland) Bjornson. He was a sharpshooter and marksman for the U.S. Army stationed in Korea from 1959-1961. Glenn married Carolyn (Manz) on Aug. 19, 1961, in Warren, Minn., and they began...
Paul Wishinsky, age 61, passed away Jan. 2, 2020, at Essentia Health, Fargo, N.D. There were no services per the request of Paul. Paul was born on Jan. 29, 1958, in Newport News, Va. Paul was the oldest son of Steve and Helen Wishinsky. He graduated from New Rockford High School in 1976. Paul loved sports. He enjoyed archery in Germany and playing high school football. Paul was an entrepreneur his whole life. He worked many years in the restaurant business-starting with "Poppa's" Pizza Parlor,...
Barbara N. Olson, 94, died on Jan. 17, 2020, in Fargo, N.D. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home in Fargo, with visitation one hour prior to service. Full obituary to be published at a later date....
Joseph Schaefer, 93, Fessenden, passed away Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford. His funeral was held Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in New Rockford with burial in the church cemetery later in the spring. A Rosary Service was held Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6:45 p.m. followed by a 7 p.m.. Vigil Service at the church. Arrangements with Nelson Funeral Home of Fessenden. Joseph F. Schaefer, son of Herman and Catherine...
On Christmas day, Greta Gerwig’s updated version of the young adult classic “Little Women” opened in theaters to great acclaim, fantastic reviews and strong box office numbers. And yet, some women found fault with the fact that not enough men were flocking to see it. In a piece for the New York Times, writer Kristy Eldredge observed that the film hadn’t garnered a lot of award nominations from the Screen Actors Guild (zero) and the Golden Globes (two) and mentioned that the audiences seemed...
Orville Odel Oster, 74, of East Grand Forks, Minn., formerly of Carrington, N.D., died Jan. 1, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. The funeral service was held Jan. 6 at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. Burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. Pastor Sarah Shanks officiated. Pallbearers were Troy Craven, Gary Edinger, Garrett Craven, Jakob Craven and Mark Oster. U.S. Military Honors were provided by the Army Funeral Honors Team. Orville was born Jan. 5, 1945, in Minot, N.D., he was the son o...
Bessie Frances (Brockway) Mauch passed away Dec. 22, 2019 in American Falls, Idaho. Chapel service was Dec. 29, followed by a committal prayer at Falls View Cemetery in American Falls. Bessie was born on September 29, 1919 to Lester Lee and Florilla Ethelinda (Lewis) Brockway in Warwick, N.D., in her aunt’s home. Bessie attended grade school in Ayrshire, Iowa. She worked her way through high school, as a housekeeper for room and board, and graduated from New Rockford Central High School with t...
Ramona Koepplin (Smith), 90, of Woodbury, Minn., passed away on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. A celebration of life was held on Jan. 4, 2020 at Gill Brothers Minneapolis Funeral Chapel, Minneapolis. Ramona was born May 14, 1929 in New Rockford, N.D. to William and Carlyn (Harding) Smith. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law Sandra and Stephen Johnson; granddaughter Tara Heald; great-grandchildren Hunter, Nolan, and Carrigan; godchildren Paula, Billie, Timothy, Dane, Wade and Shane; nieces,...
Theodore “Ted” Allmaras, age 94, of New Rockford, ND, died Monday, December 30, 2019, at CHI St. Alexius Hospital in Carrington, N.D. Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, January 4, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church, New Rockford, N.D., with Fr. Reese Weber officiating. Special music was provided by Teresa Arlien, Louise Arlien, Eric Arlien & Zona Mielke. Burial took place at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, New Rockford, N.D. Pall bearers were Linus Allmaras, Arthur Allmara...
Thelma Myhre, 101, New Rockford, N.D., passed away Dec. 20, 2019 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford. The funeral service was held Friday, Dec. 27, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at Grandfield Lutheran Church, rural Sheyenne. Burial was at the Grandfield Lutheran Cemetery, rural Sheyenne. Rev. Rick Loewen officiated with special music provided by Mary Ellen Rue and Tyson Rost. Casket bearers were James Myhre, Brendan Myhre, Bjorn Myhre, Ethan Rost, Tyson Rost and Shayden Schiele....
Levi Preston Duda, 29, New Rockford passed away Friday near New Rockford, N.D. The funeral service was held Dec. 19, 2019, at First Lutheran Church, New Rockford. Burial was at the Prairie Home Cemetery, New Rockford. Rev. Doug Nemitz officiated with special music provided by Mary Ellen Rue and Jessica Hawkes. Honorary bearers were all of Levi's family and friends. Levi Preston Duda was born April 4, 1990 in Carrington, N.D. the son of Duane and Annette (Broin) Duda. He graduated from New...
Jeffrey Michael Nyhusmoen, 58, of Sheyenne, passed away Dec. 11, 2019. A Celebration of Life was held Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. at Ostby Hall, Sheyenne. Burial will be at the Riverside Cemetery in Sheyenne at a later date. Pastor Jeff Halvorson officiated. Honorary bearers were Matthew Ziegler, Jeff Brenno, Eric Swenson, Aaron Geer, Zach Bergrud and Mark Riggle. Jeffery was born April 9, 1961 at the New Rockford hospital to Arnold and LouAnn and baptized at the First Lutheran Church. His family moved...
Juanita "Junita" Nyhusmoen, 96, of Sheyenne, passed away Dec. 15, 2019 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, N.D. The funeral service was held Dec. 21 at First Lutheran Church in Sheyenne. Burial will be at the Grandfield Lutheran Cemetery in rural Sheyenne. Pastor Jeff Halvorson officiated with special music provided by Kerstin and Katie Allmaras and Paula Loewen. Honorary bearers were Jamie Allmaras, Troy Georgeson, Bob Hanson, Dean Warren, Ken Ames, Gordon Nelson and all...
