Obituaries
Ruth Stark
Sep 20, 2024
                                Ruth Stark, 100, Bismarck, passed away on September 20, 2024.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00AM, Wednesday, September 25, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway Bismarck. 
Visitation will begin an hour prior to the service.
Interment in Tuttle, North Dakota.
Ruth Stark was born on September 4th 1924 to Ada and Edwin Newton on the Family Farm eight miles northeast of...
                                
Vernon LeBlanc
Sep 18, 2024
                                Vernon “Vern” Paul LeBlanc, 82, of Bismarck, ND, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving wife and family on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at Sanford Medical Center.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00AM, Monday, September 23 at Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary, 806 E Broadway Ave, Bismarck.
Visitation will be held from 3:00 to 5:00PM with a rosary/vigil service...
                                
Donna L. Stair
Sep 18, 2024
                                Donna Lee Stair, 81, Bismarck, passed away on September 18, 2024. 
Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, Sept. 23, at Corpus Christi Church, 1919 N 2nd St, Bismarck. 
Burial will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck. 
Donna was born February 13, 1943 to Joseph & Ann (Stark) Emter. She attended Glen...
                                
Erma E. Neuberger
Sep 17, 2024
                                Erma Neuberger, 98, Bismarck, died September 17, 2024, at Sunset Drive Good Samaritan Society, Mandan, ND. 
A funeral service will be held at 11:00AM, Monday, September 23 at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service.
Interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
Erma was born in Beulah, North Dakota to John and Kathrine Krausz. She...
                                
Marlene Knodel
Sep 15, 2024
Marlene Jane Knodel passed away peacefully on September 15, 2024, at the age of 88, while residing at Edgewood Village Assisted Living in Bismarck ND, formerly of Minot ND. She was born on May 2, 1936, in Butte ND to Dan and Bertha (Heim) Fiedler, and also attended school in Butte. She married Elmer Knodel and resided and farmed in...
Van L. Sauter
Sep 14, 2024
                                Evangeline "Van" Sauter, 91, Bismarck, passed away on September 14, 2024.
Private services will be held at Eastgate Funeral Service.
Van was born on October 14,1932 in Goodrich, ND, the daughter of August "Shorty" and Mary Biech (Krein). She graduated from Tuttle High School, then went on to College in Jamestown, earning a teaching certificate. 
Van married Duane Sauter on November 11 ,1952...
                                
Arleth Mann
Sep 13, 2024
                                Arleth Ann Mann went to be home with Jesus on September 13, 2024, at CHI St. Alexius Health.
Visitation and gathering will be held from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Tuesday, September 17, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck, with a prayer service and sharing of memories beginning at 7:00 PM.
The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM,...
                                
Loretta Koch
Sep 13, 2024
                                Loretta Mae Koch, 80, Mandan, ND, passed away peacefully on September 13, 2024 after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her family.
A memorial service will be 10:30 AM Saturday, September 21 at Parkway Funeral Service 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck. Family will greet visitors one hour prior to the service. 
Loretta was born on October 23, 1943 to Anton and Katherine...
                                
David A. Barbere
Sep 13, 2024
                                David Barbere, 90, Bismarck, passed away on September 13, 2024.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 9:30AM, Tuesday September 17 at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, 519 Raymond St, Bismarck. Visitation will begin at 9:00AM.
Interment at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan at 11AM.
David Anthony Barbere was born on October 19, 1933, in Santa Barbara, CA, to Francis...
                                
Elaine Buresh
Sep 10, 2024
                                Elaine Doris (Schmalz) Buresh, age 91, concluded her journey on Earth to enter heaven on September 10. She passed away in peace at St. Gabriel’s Benedictine Living Community with family by her side. 
Elaine was born in the Fayette Hills of Dunn County, North Dakota on February 4, 1933, in her parents’ sod home which was the converted, former St. Peter’s...
                                
Amy McNalley
Sep 10, 2024
                                Amy L. (Chunn) Stuart McNalley, 95, passed away on September 10, 2024.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, September 17, at Eastgate Funeral Service, 2302 E Divide Ave, Bismarck. Burial will be at 1:00 PM at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.
Amy was born in Hettinger, ND September 14, 1928, to William Bean and Ethel (Reed) Chunn...
                                
Ardella Schmitz
Sep 9, 2024
                                Loving daughter, sister, cousin, wife, mother, grandmother, friend and neighbor, Ardella Ruth (Stone) Schmitz, passed away September 9, 2024, in Owens Cross Roads, AL, at the age of 91.
Ardella, an enrolled member of Three Affiliated Tribes/MHA Nation (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) a child of the Prairie Chicken Clan, was raised in the Twin Buttes area on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation...
                                
Robert R. Kessel
Sep 9, 2024
                                Robert R. Kessel, 87, Bismarck, passed away on Monday, September 9, 2024.
Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 AM on Monday, September 16, 2024, at Catholic Church of the Ascension, 1905 S Third St., Bismarck. Burial will be at the ND Veterans Cemetery at 2:00 PM. There will be a time of fellowship and lunch between Mass and the burial at...
                                
Edwin Landeis
Sep 7, 2024
                                Edwin Landeis passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Mass of Christian burial will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13 at Christ the King, 505 10th Ave NW, Mandan.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Eastgate Funeral Service, 2302 E Divide Ave, Bismarck. A rosary/vigil service will begin at 7 p.m.
Burial will be held...
                                
Bernie Fischer
Sep 7, 2024
                                Burnell “Bernie” Fischer, 68 passed away quietly September 7, 2024 at home following a courageous eight-month battle with pancreatic cancer. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 106 Osage Ave, Bismarck. A service livestream will be available on the church's YouTube, listed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCigniVHcO26MNkLk4KvcNyw
Family will greet guests from 5 to 6:30...
                                
Mary Richter
Sep 7, 2024
                                Mary Rose Richter passed away on September 7, 2024. She was 87.
Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday, Sept. 12, at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, 519 Raymond St, Bismarck.
Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Bismarck. A rosary followed by a vigil service will begin at...
                                
Terry Hilbers
Sep 6, 2024
                                Terry Lynn Hilbers was born in Sioux City, Iowa on September 3, 1952, and passed lovingly into the arms of Jesus on September 6, 2024 surrounded by both of his children. 
Terry did not have the easiest life, by any stretch of the imagination. Growing up with his brother, Kenny, in and out of foster care and group homes, things were...
                                
Raymond Schmitz
Sep 6, 2024
                                Raymond "Ray" Francis Schmitz, 94, of Bismarck, North Dakota, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 6, 2024. 
A memorial service to honor Ray's life will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, Oct. 18, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Pkwy, Bismarck. 
Interment at 1:00 PM, Friday, Oct. 18 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. 
Born on February 18, 1930, Ray lived a...
                                
Curtis Walth
Sep 6, 2024
                                The angels took our dear Curtis to be with his savior September 6, 2024 after a short time on hospice for several heart and kidney related issues.
The celebration of life for Curtis will be in Hebron, North Dakota at 11:00 at St. John Church, Friday, September 13, 2024. There will be no visitation or burial as cremation has taken place...
                                
Peter Masset
Sep 4, 2024
                                Peter Anthony Masset was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on September 4th, 2024, at the age of 76. 
Pete's wake will be Wednesday, September 11th at 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Parkway Funeral Service with a 7:00pm vigil with Father Steven Vetter. 
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM,...
                                


