Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Joseph F. Teel Jr., 69, of rural Sheyenne, passed away Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019 at his home near Sheyenne with his wife Carol at his side. The funeral was held Dec. 20 at Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford, N.D. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Sheyenne at a later date. Fr. Charles Leute officiated. Honorary bearers were all of Joe's family and friends. Joseph was born Nov. 24, 1950 in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Joseph and Frances (Mullumby) Teel. He served in the United States Marine Corps...
Earl John Stokke, 66, New Rockford died Dec. 10, 2019 in Ave Maria Nursing Home in Jamestown, N.D. Earl's celebration of life was held Dec. 21 at Hanson's Bar in New Rockford. He was born Nov. 6, 1953 in New Rockford, the son of Earl and Vennoy Stokke. He attended schools in Eddy and Wells County, graduating from Cathay High School in Cathay, N.D. He worked for an elevator construction company for a few years before going to work for Rocky Mountain Geophysical. He then worked for Swingen...
Lois Bernice Florhaug, 99, of Kensal, died Dec. 6, 2019, in Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, N.D. The funeral service was held Dec. 13, 2019 at United Methodist Church, Kensal. Interment will be at a later date in the Kensal Cemetery. Rev. Rick Loewen and Jeanne Sortland officiated. Special music was provided by Roger and Ross Florhaug and the Nelson family. Honorary pallbearers were Mike Odegaard, Susan Barth, Christie Gruber, Peder Florhaug, Jessica Eastman, Matthew Florhaug, Daniel Florhaug...
Alvina Germundson, 82, of McVille, died Dec. 2, 2019 at Nelson County Health System Care Center in McVille. The funeral service was held Dec. 7 at McVille Lutheran Church, McVille. Interment will be in the Spring at McVille Cemetery. Funeral honors were provided by McVille American Legion Auxiliary. Alvina was born Aug. 10, 1937 in New Rockford, N.D., the daughter of Henry and Muriel (Kragerud) Ponto. She attended Sheyenne Public School, graduating in 1955. She attended business school in...
Kenneth "Kenny" Swart, 63, of Heaton, N.D., died peacefully Dec. 5, 2019, at Sanford Health in Fargo. Funeral services were held Dec 11 at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington, N.D. Burial will be held at a future date at Heaton Cemetery. Rev. Rick Loewen officiated. Honorary bearers were all of Kenney's family and close friends. Military honors were provided by the U.S. Air Force Funeral Honor Team. Kenneth Doyal Swart, was born Aug. 1, 1956, in Mandan, N.D. He was the son of Lester and Mary (Hood)...
Father Lawrence Haas, 86, passed away on Dec. 8, 2019 at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington. The funeral service was held Dec. 13 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Carrington. Burial was at Lidgerwood Cemetery in Lidgerwood. Bishop John T. Fold, Fr. Bernie Pfau, Fr. Terry Dodge and Deacon Mike Hass officiated. Music was provided by the Sacred Heart Choir and Luke Boyer. Pall bearers were priests of the Diocese of Fargo, Fr. Bernie Pfau, Fr. Gerald Braum, Fr. Bernie Schneider, Fr. Chuck Leute and...
Earl Stokke, 66, New Rockford, passed away Dec. 10 in Ave Maria Village, Jamestown, N.D. A celebration of life will be held at Hanson’s bar on Dec. 21, 2019 from 2 - 5 p.m. Arrangements made by Williams Funeral Home, N.D....
Donald Lee Norton, 76, New Rockford passed away on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Funeral services were held at First Luteran Church in New Rockford on Nov. 30. Burial will be help at a later date at the Prairie Home Cemetery in New Rockford. Rev. Doug Nemitz officiated the service. Special music was provided by Mary Ellen Rue and Wayne Trudeau. Honorary bearers were his grandchildren. Donald was born on March 4, 1943 at New Rockford to D. Everett and Georgia Belle (Byrum)...
Gary Curtis King, 71, New Rockford, formerly of Minnewaukan, passed away Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 at his home in New Rockford after a courageous fight with cancer surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services were held on Monday, Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Free Lutheran Church in Minnewaukan. Rec. Luter Mathison officiated the service. Special music was provided by Sid Bingaman, Rita Halvorson and Rhonda Gilpatrick. Casket bearers included Laurie Waldner, Michael Cavanaugh Jr., Randy Thompson...
Emmett Tilman Scanson, 94, of New Rockford, formerly of Grace City, ND, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd. Graveside service will be held in the spring. Rev. Art Scanson will officiate. Tilman Scanson was born at the family farm in rural Grace City on May 2, 1925, to Carl and Emma (Hatch) Scanson. He was sixth of ten children. Growing up on the farm, Tilman helped with the daily chores, nurturing his love for the land and the animals that they raised. He...
Roland Eugene (Ron) Dyrness, 83, died peacefully, in Burbank, Calif., on Sunday Nov. 10, 2019, after a lengthy illness. A funeral mass was held Monday, Nov. 25 at 12 p.m. at St. Finbar Catholic Church in Burbank. A luncheon followed at the Elks Lodge. Ron was born on Nov. 25, 1935, in New Rockford, N.D., to Leonard and Myrtle Dyrness. He was the first child of nine boys and two girls, and graduated in 1953 from St. James Academy in New Rockford. On June 25, 1955, Ron married the love of his...
Fredrick Antone Engberg, Jr., age 79, passed away on Nov. 15, 2019, at Golden Acres Manor of Carrington, N.D. Funeral service was held Wednesday, Nov. 20 at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. Burial will be at the Carrington Cemetery. Pastor Rick Loewen officiated the service and special music was provided by Jodi Burr. Honorary bearers included all family and close friends. Fred was born in Carrington on May 10, 1940, the first son of Fred and Marie (Driessen) Engberg. He graduated from...
Ronald Helliwell, 81, passed away peacefully on the afternoon of Nov. 15, 2019, surrounded by the caring staff of Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford, N.D. Funeral and graveside service was held at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Thursday, Nov. 21. Ron was born on Aug. 12, 1938, in Williston, ND. He was the only child of Pearl Louise and John Andrew Helliwell. As a child, Ron and his parents moved to New Rockford, where he finished his schooling. He served in the U.S. Navy for 1...
Beverly A. Ehlers, 92, Fargo, formerly of New Rockford, passed away at Villa Maria in Fargo on Nov. 3, 2019. A Rosary and Mass were held at St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Casselton, N.D. on Friday, Nov. 8. Beverly was born Dec. 4, 1926 in McHenry, N.D., the daughter of Anton and Dorothy Johanns. She attended Valley City State College after which she taught school for three years in rural Eddy County schools. On Oct. 12, 1947, she was united in marriage to Russell Ehlers in Jessie, N.D. A member of St. John’s Catholic Church in New Rockford, she w...
Kenneth "Kenny" Ihringer, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 at CHI St. Alexius Health, Carrington. The funeral was held Monday, Nov. 4 at the Evans Funeral Home Carrington. Burial will be at the Carrington Cemetery. Kenny was born on Dec. 30, 1962 to John and Sandra (Nihill) Ihringer in New Rockford, N.D. He attended school in Bordulac until the eighth grade and graduated from Carrington High School in 1981. Rev. Rick Loewen officiated the service. Honorary Bearers included all of Kenny's...
Darlene Yvonne Haugen, 79, of New Rockford, passed away Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford. Funeral services were held on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the First Lutheran Church in New Rockford. Rev. Doug Nemitz officiated the service and special music was provided by Mary Ellen Rue and Dianne Allmaras. Casket bearers included Nathan Engels, Drew Altman, Tommy Haugen, Owen Lindstrom, Max Haugen, Drew Thurlow, Alex Burkeland, John Lindstrom. Burial was at Prai...
Joseph Frank Hafner, 100, of Carrington, formally Sykeston, passed away on Oct. 21, 2019, at CHI St. Alexius in Carrington. The funeral service was held Oct. 28 at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Sykeston. Burial was at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Cemetery. Father Bernard Pfau and Pastor Rick Loewen officiated. Special music was provided by the Celebration Singers and Todd Hafner. Casket bearers were Bobby Hoyt, Shannon Hoyt, Ryan Hoyt, Cody Hoyt, Todd Hafner and Troy Hafner. Honorary bearers...
Charles J. Bata Jr., 90, of Kensal, N.D., died Oct. 20, 2019, in Grand Forks. A funeral service was held Oct. 26 at St. John's Catholic Church in Kesnsal. Burial was in the Kensal Cemetery. Father Sean Mulligan officiated with special music provided by Kathy Johnson. Honorary bearers were Missy Miedema, Brandon Bata, Brittany Primeau, Stephanie Geatz, Brian DeVillers, Carrie Riske and Nick Bata. Military honors were provided by the U.S. Army Military Honors Team. Charles was born on May 25,...
Harold Haag, 68, of Wilmington, Del., died on Oct. 18, 2019 at home. Harold was born on Jan. 29, 1951 in Edgeley, N.D., and moved to New Rockford, N.D. as a young child. Harold graduated as Valedictorian in 1969 from Central High School. He graduated from North Dakota State University with a degree in chemistry and moved to Wilmington in 1983 to work for Hercules, Inc. He worked for over 30 years at the former Hercules Research Center site retiring in 2014 from Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredi...
Jay Wolsky, 64, of Carrington, N.D., passed away on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Golden Acres Manor of Carrington. The funeral service was held Oct. 18, 2019, at the Carrington High School. Burial was at the Kensal Cemetery, Kensal, N.D. Rev. Sarah Shanks officiated with special music provided by Roger Florhaug and Ross Florhaug. Casket bearers were Jim Moe, Cory Meyer, Dennis Olson, Shane Hamre, Brian Vose, Gary Vick, Lee Gessner and Brad Finneman. Honorary bearers were Carrington Fire...
Louis Lee Schlossnagle, 84, of Bowdon, N.D., died Oct. 17, 2019 at his home. Louis was born in West Virginia, on Oct. 4, 1935, to Ethel Laymann and Clair Prost. Right out of high school, Louis enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private during the latter part of the Korean War, serving in the Army until 1953. He moved to California, and met Judy Williamson, who he married on Dec., 24, 1969 in Grangeville, Idaho. He was a working class man, who held multiple jobs during his life. Louie is survived by...
Carol Mae Nerlien, 81, of Sheyenne, N.D., passed away Oct. 15, 2019 at Essentia Health in Fargo, N.D. The funeral service was held Oct. 19 at Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford, N.D. Burial will be at Hamberg Cemetery in Hamberg, N.D. at a later date. Pastor Jeff Halvorson officiated. Carol was born on July 15, 1938 in Glenwood, Minn., the daughter of George and Winnie (Begg) Brown. She was baptized in Glenwood. She was united in marriage to Donald Nerlien on Jan. 19, 1957 in St. Paul, Minn....
Mary L. Ekberg, 85, passed away peacefully of natural causes in her Grand Forks home Oct. 8, 2019. She was born Sept. 23, 1934, to Joseph and Mary (Stremick) Waltz of Langdon, N.D. She attended rural school in Easby Township through eighth grade and graduated from St. Alphonsus High School in Langdon in 1952. Shortly after graduation, Mary started working at the Langdon Creamery as a bookkeeper and worked there until 1954. On Aug. 26, 1954, she married Leonard Ekberg of Osnabrock, N.D., at St....
Larry J. Lies, 76, Detroit Lakes, Minn., died Oct. 3 at Sanford Health in Fargo. No service is planned. Larry James Lies was born July 31, 1943 in New Rockford, N.D. to Ernest and Mary (Settlemeyer) Lies. He was raised and educated in New Rockford and attended NDSU and the Dakota Business College. Larry was a police officer with the Fargo Police Department 1967 – 2005, having attained the rank of Investigator. Larry was united in marriage to Geraldine Knutson, Aug. 28, 1964 in Bremen, N.D. S...
Greg Thomas Lutz, 38, died Oct. 7, 2019, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo. The funeral service was held Oct. 17 at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. Burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. Rev Jeff Kapelle officiated. Casket bearers were Daren Eli, Marc Jacobson, Mike Delfs and Adam Harildstad. Honorary bearers were Greg's family and close friends. Greg was born June 6, 1981, to Lowell and Lona (Starke) Lutz. He attended G-S-M and Midkota Schools, graduating in 1999. The next two years, Greg attended...
