Obituaries
Colleen Connelly
Apr 27, 2020
Margaret Colleen (Tobin) Connelly, 93, Bismarck, passed away at her home in the care of her family. We are happy that she will spend her 73rd anniversary on April 28 with Dad in heaven.
Colleen was born in 1927 in Mandan, to Ed and Peg (Gasper) Tobin. When she was a small child, the family moved to Dickinson where she...
Verla DeKrey
Apr 27, 2020
Verla DeKrey, 90, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2020. A private family service will be held.
Verla Mae Smith entered the world on December 26, 1929, the sixth of seven children born to Clarence Mathias Smith and Sigrid Helene Smith of Steele. Verla attended Steele Public School and graduated in 1948 from Steele High School. Following high school, Verla...
Caryn Jorgensen
Apr 26, 2020
Caryn Jorgensen, 68, McClusky, passed away under hospice care on April 26, 2020, CHI Community Memorial Hospital, Turtle Lake. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of Caryn’s life will be held at a later date due recent CDC regulation.
Caryn Gail was born October 20, 1951, to E. Duane and Clarice (Sundbakken) Nelson, the sixth of ten children. She...
Nancy Thompson
Apr 25, 2020
On Saturday, April 25, 2020 Nancy Lee Thompson, 61, from Wisconsin, passed away surrounded by her children. A private immediate family memorial service will be held at a later date.
Nancy was born February 7, 1959 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. She grew up in Illinois and later moved to Prescott, Wisconsin. Nancy was one of six siblings and graduated from...
Maurice Ternes
Apr 25, 2020
Maurice Gerard Ternes, 56, Bismarck, died on April 25, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Maurice was born on December 12, 1963. With a degree in Power Plant Technology, he worked for Basin Electric for 36 years at Antelope Valley Station. On March 8, 2005 Maurice and Agnes Glass were united in marriage.
He had a very...
Gordon Kucera
Apr 24, 2020
Gordon Jacy Kucera passed away peacefully on Friday, April 24, 2020.
Gordon was born in Hamberg, ND on March 27, 1923 to William and Emma (Sielig) Kucera. He grew up on the farm with his parents and 7 siblings. He went to Hamberg Grade School through the 8th grade. He was the oldest son in the family and needed...
Robert "Bob" Hintz
Apr 24, 2020
Robert "Bob" Hintz passed away peacefully from natural causes on April 24, 2020 at The Community Living Center next to the VA Hospital in Fort Meade, SD, where he resided for the past year and six months.
Bob was always proud to have been born in the Grandparent's home in Selz, ND, on July 22, 1931 to Fredrick Hintz and...
Patricia Burgess
Apr 24, 2020
Patricia Ann Burgess, 92, died on April 24, 2020, at St. Gabriel’s Community in Bismarck. A private family service will be held at Eastgate Funeral Service on Wednesday, April 29. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
Patricia Ann (Pulver) Burgess, the daughter of LeRoy G. and Marion C. Pulver, was born on June 16, 1927, in Cedar Rapids,...
Wendal Dawson
Apr 23, 2020
Wendal Dawson, 88, of Almont, ND, passed away April 23, 2020, at the Mandan Hospital. He was born in Rolette, ND, on June 14, 1931, to Ralph and Ora Dawson. Wendal married Naomi Cusic in 1953. They began their family farm near Almont in 1957, where they had their two sons, Kelly and Jody. They farmed, ranched and raised their...
Manley Hillesland
Apr 22, 2020
Orville Manley Hillesland, 91, Bismarck formerly of Aneta, took the next chapter of his life adventure. He died peacefully in his sleep at Missouri Slope on April 22, 2020. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Manley, as he liked to be called, was born to Mabel (Hovde) and Ed Hillesland on October 26, 1928 on their...
Dolores Rosin
Apr 21, 2020
Dolores (Bruschwein) Rosin, 96, passed away on April 21, 2020 at Sanford, Bismarck.
Dolores was born on December 13, 1923 in Driscoll to August and Sarah Bruschwein. She graduated from Driscoll High School in 1941. Following graduation, she attended NDSU in Fargo and graduated in 1945 with a degree in Home Economics. She taught in Elgin from 1945 until 1947....
Willard Keller
Apr 21, 2020
Willard "Charlie" Keller, 93, Bismarck, died April 21, 2020 at his home. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 17, at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.
Willard was born on July 18, 1926 in Beulah to Edward and Edna (Heihn) Keller. From ages one to 13, the family lived north of Killdeer before the family...
Irving Duane Cook
Apr 21, 2020
Irving Duane Cook, 80, Bismarck, passed away under hospice care on April 21, 2020, of natural causes. Duane and his beloved wife Rose Mary (Schaner) Cook will be buried together at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Bismarck. Please join the family in honoring Duane’s life while watching the livestream at the bottom of Duane's...
Terry R. Willson
Apr 21, 2020
Terry Willson, 69, of Bismarck, passed away at home with his family by his side as the sun was setting on April 21, 2020. Enduring an 18-month fight against cancer, Terry never lost hope, and he fought with a strong spirit until the end.
He was born in Valley City, North Dakota on September 24, 1950. Terry grew up in...
Marilyn Skogley
Apr 19, 2020
Marilyn Skogley, 88, Bismarck, passed away on April 19, 2020.
A memorial service will be held on Friday June 12, 2020 at 12:30 pm at McCabe United Methodist Church, 1030 N 6th St, Bismarck, where a time of gathering will begin at 11:30 am.
Marilyn was born on December 11, 1931 to Lester and Florence (Eldred) Hoffman in Mott. She...
Gladys Ervin
Apr 18, 2020
Gladys Ervin, 93, Bismarck, died on April 18, 2020, at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Gladys Viola Payne was born October 25, 1926, in Grace Township, MN, to Clarence and Mildred (Anderson) Payne. Gladys grew up the sixth of eleven children on the family farm before moving to...
Andrew Wagner
Apr 18, 2020
Andy Wagner passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center. A graveside service was held on Tuesday, April 21, at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, where he was interred next to his wife. Due to the current social distancing policies, it was a small, private service.
On March 20, 1943 Balzer and Josephine (Lipp) Wagner...
Patricia Nelson
Apr 17, 2020
Patricia C Nelson, 96, of Bismarck, ND, died on April 17, 2020. She was born on February 6, 1924, to John and Gladys (Kunkel) Simon in McGregor, North Dakota. Patricia Claire Simon graduated from Tioga High School and following graduation relocated to the California Bay Area.
As this was the height of World War II, she began working in the...
Sharon "Shari" Patzer
Apr 16, 2020
Sharon “Shari” Patzer, 74, Bismarck, passed away on April 16, 2020 at Edgewood Village, Bismarck.
Sharon was born on June 25, 1945 to Robert and Delores Barstad. She grew up and was educated in Harvey and later graduated from Harvey High School. Following graduation, she moved to Jamestown and attended beauty school.
In 1965, she married Leonard Rath and together...
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