Obituaries
Carol M. Maher
Jun 28, 2024
                                Carol M. Maher, 86, of Menoken, passed away June 28, 2024.
A funeral service for Carol will be held at 10:00AM Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 1919 N. 2nd St, Bismarck, ND, with burial at the Menoken Cemetery.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time.
Carol was born on May 15th, 1938 in St. Cloud, MN...
                                
David Siedschlag
Jun 26, 2024
                                David Allen Siedschlag, 65, of Bismarck ND, passed away Tuesday evening, June 25, 2024 at his home. 
A celebration of life service will be held at 11:00AM, Wednesday July 10 at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.
Dave was born to Douglas Siedschlag...
                                
Joseph L. Rockey
Jun 24, 2024
                                Joseph “Joe” L Rockey, 91, of Bismarck, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on June 24, 2024.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, June 28, at Corpus Christi Church, 1919 N 2nd St, Bismarck. To view the service livestream, please click this link Corpus Christi – YouTube.
Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM, Thursday,...
                                
Doreen G. Fairchild
Jun 23, 2024
                                 Doreen G. Fairchild, 68, passed away on June 23, 2024. 
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, July 20, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Pkwy, Bismarck. 
Doreen was born December 8, 1955 to Dale and Clara (Dockter) Fairchild. She was born, raised, and educated in the Driscoll, ND area and graduated from Driscoll High School in 1974. After...
                                
Loretta A. Holweger
Jun 22, 2024
                                Loretta “Lori” Holweger passed in the early gloomy hours of June 22, 2024 after many years of struggling with both physical and mental issues.
Nothing was the same for her after her husband, Rick Holweger passed away on January 7, 2023, on their 39th wedding anniversary. Her world was completely changed that day and would never return to what it once...
                                
Vernon G. Giese
Jun 22, 2024
                                Vernon Giese, 81, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2024. 
Funeral arrangements will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 27, at Eastgate Funeral Service, 2302 E Divide Ave, Bismarck. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.
Burial will be held at 12:00 PM at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.  
Vernon was born on August 1, 1942 in...
                                
Selma "Sally" Laub
Jun 21, 2024
                                Selma “Sally” Laub, 99, Bismarck, passed away June 21, 2024. 
A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 2 at Zion Lutheran Church, 413 E Ave D, Bismarck. 
Family will greet guests one hour prior. A service livestream will be available on the church's website: https://www.zionbismarck.org/
Burial will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
Selma Elizabeth Laub was born November 11,...
                                
Dr. Wayne Morris Swenson
Jun 21, 2024
                                Wayne Morris Swenson died at home June 21st, 2024, in Bismarck, ND. He was 93. He was born October 13, 1930, in Dickinson, ND to Lucille Ward Swenson and Roy L. Swenson.
He attended Dickinson public schools, graduating in 1948. During his college years, Swenson entered the U.S. Navy serving during the Korean War from 1951 to 1954. He earned a...
                                
James "Jim" Bakko
Jun 21, 2024
                                James "Jim" Bakko, 74 passed away June 21, 2024 after a short battle with cancer. This obituary will honor Jim with simplicity as there are no earthly words to describe such an extraordinary man; one must only experience him.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 27, at Faith Lutheran Church, 1402 E Ave C, Bismarck. 
Visitation will...
                                
Kathleen Fortman
Jun 20, 2024
                                Kathleen (Kathy) Fortman died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on June 20, 2024, at her home in Maple Plain, MN, at the age of 90.
Kathy will be laid to rest following a short prayer service in the Chapel at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, 1825 46th St, Mandan, ND, at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Our family invites...
                                
Theodore "Ted" Hellman
Jun 19, 2024
Theodore “Ted” Hellman, 85, passed away on June 19, 2024, following a brief battle with MDS - Leukemia at Sanford Medical Center, Bismarck, ND. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church, 1321 Braman Avenue in Bismarck with Father Kregg Hochhalter officiating. Luncheon to follow. Private burial at...
Joyce Kaul
Jun 19, 2024
                                Joyce L. Kaul, 70, of Bismarck, passed away on June 19, 2024.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, June 26, at McCabe United Methodist, 1030 N 6th St, Bismarck. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.
Burial will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
She was born in Mandan, ND, on April 30, 1954. She...
                                
Herbert C. Ritz
Jun 19, 2024
                                The Lord took Herbert Ritz into His loving arms on June 19, 2024. Herbert was 94 Years old at the time of his death.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, June 27, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Pkwy, Bismarck. 
Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM, Wednesday, June 26, at Parkway Funeral Service. 
Burial will be held at...
                                
Peter J. Nagel
Jun 19, 2024
                                Peter J. Nagel, 94, Bismarck, passed away peacefully on June 19, 2024. 
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, June 25, at Corpus Christi Church, 1919 N 2nd St, Bismarck. To view the service livestream, please use this link. https://www.youtube.com/@CorpusBismarck/streams
Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM, Monday, June 24, at Corpus Christi Church. A prayer service will...
                                
Orvin Buchholz
Jun 19, 2024
                                Orvin E. Buchholz was born on August 14, 1939. He was the oldest of three children, born to Michael “Herman” Buchholz and Christina (Schock) Buchholz. Orvin was born and raised on the family farm 6 miles SW of Tuttle, ND. 
Only speaking German, Orvin began his education at country school, learning to speak English and completing his education at Tuttle Public...
                                
Irene C. Jensen
Jun 18, 2024
                                Irene Jensen, 91, of Bismarck, ND died peacefully on Tuesday, June 18th, 2024 in her home surrounded by her four children.
On Friday, July 19, 2024 a Celebration of Life will be held at 9:00 AM followed by 10:00 AM Funeral Services at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, 519 Raymond St, Bismarck. To view the service livestream, click this link>>> Mass Livestream...
                                
Daniel Page
Jun 18, 2024
                                Daniel “Dan” Frank Page, 42, went to be with his heavenly father on June 18, 2024 at his residence in Bismarck.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, June 25, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway Bismarck.
Dan was born on September 3, 1981 in Bismarck to Frances and Howard Page, the second oldest of three children. He...
                                
Frances M. Fleckenstein
Jun 18, 2024
                                It is with deep sadness that our family is saying good-bye to our mother, grandma and great -grandma. Frances passed away on Tuesday June 18th, 2024. 
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00AM, Monday, June 24 at Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary, 825 E. Broadway Ave, Bismarck.
Visitation will be held from 1:00PM to 3:00PM, with a rosary/vigil service starting...
                                
Dennis Rohlfs
Jun 17, 2024
                                The day after Father’s Day, career aviator and career father/grandfather Dennis Rohlfs took to the welcoming skies like so many times before throughout his life but did not return for landing.
Born and raised on a small dairy farm near Milbank, South Dakota (Corona to be exact), Dennis was one of three children to Roland “Red” and Blanche Rohlfs. Not only...
                                
Todd Thilmony
Jun 17, 2024
                                Todd Eugene Thilmony, age 59, died on June 17th, 2024.
A funeral service will be held at 12:30 PM, Tuesday, June 25 at New Life Church, 1320 Tacoma Ave, Bismarck with burial to follow at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. 
Todd Thilmony, long time resident of the Bismarck-Mandan community was born on July 31st, 1964, to Eugene and Janice (Ludwig) Thilmony...
                                


