Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
Marilyn Hart
Jun 2, 2012
Marilyn K. Hart, 90, Jamestown, ND, died Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown. Marilyn Katherine Truax was born February 11, 1922 in Portland, ND, the daughter of Roy and Carrie (Feucht) Truax. The family moved to Jamestown in 1924 where Marilyn attended school, graduating from Jamestown High School. On February 7, 1944 Marilyn joined the...
Cynthia Prodzinski
May 31, 2012
Cynthia M. Prodzinski, 80, rural Courtenay, ND died Thursday, May 31, 2012 at her home. Cynthia Marie Schwalk was born March 20, 1932 in Jamestown, to Louis and Sarah (Stampka) Schwalk. As a small child she moved with her family to the farmstead where she remained for most of her adult life. She attended grade school in Durham township...
Clara Mcgruder
May 25, 2012
Clara McGruder, 89, West Fargo, ND, formerly of Jamestown, ND, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at Eventide Nursing Center in Moorhead, MN. Clara Trautman was born on September 18, 1922 in Cleveland, ND, the daughter of Peter and Christine Trautman. She was raised on the family farm north of Cleveland. Clara received her education in the Cleveland rural school....
Duane L. Spitzer
May 25, 2012
Duane L. Spitzer, 64, of Jamestown, ND, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND after a brief battle with cancer.
Duane Spitzer was born October 5, 1947 in Carrington, ND, the son of Adolf and Evelyn (Bower) Spitzer. He graduated from Kensal High School in 1965 and...
Fredrick E. Hofmann
May 23, 2012
Fredrick "Fred" Edwin Hofmann, 85, Jamestown, ND, formerly of Medina, ND, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown. Fred was born January 21, 1927 on a farm in Peterson Township, near Medina, ND, the son of Peter and Lydia (Stohr) Hofmann. When Fred was one year old the family moved to Iosco township where he...
Ardith Peuser
May 22, 2012
Ardith Lois Peuser, 84, Jamestown, ND passed away peacefully in her home on May 22, 2012. Ardith Johnson was born September 26, 1927 in Ambrose, North Dakota, one of four daughters born to Alfred and Agnes Johnson. Her father sold rural real estate when she was growing up which resulted in the family moving around and living in several...
Mayo D. Larson
May 22, 2012
Mayo ?Chub? De Wayne Larson, 70, Jamestown, ND died Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at the VA Hospital in Fargo, ND. Chub was born in Pingree on April 22, 1942 to Gladys (Hopewell) and Norman Larson. Chub spent time in the Army in his early years and later attended college at Interstate Business College in Fargo, ND and the North...
Lynea Mae Persson
May 19, 2012
Lynea Mae Persson, 82, of Edgeley, ND, died Saturday, May 19, 2012 at her home.
Lynea Mae Lenz was born February 4, 1930, in Dickey County, ND, the daughter of Louis and Marjory (Tomlin) Lenz. She attended country school and graduated from Edgeley High School in 1949. She married Andrew S. Persson and...
Esther Schmidt
May 18, 2012
Esther Schmidt, 87, Medina, ND, died Friday, May 18, 2012 at her home. Esther Wallbaum was born on November 10, 1924, the only child of Arthur and Emelia (Hins) Wallbaum, at their farm near Medina, ND. She was raised on the family farm and graduated from 8th grade at St. Paul Township School. She worked with her parents on...
Eleanor Edwards
May 17, 2012
Eleanor Edwards was born July 28, 1910 to Carl and Rose (Herman) Peterson, in Jud, ND. She attended a country school north of Nortonville, ND and graduated from Nortonville High School. She went to Ellendale Normal and Industrial College and then taught in country schools west of Nortonville. On December 31, 1932 she married Claude Edwards in...
Thelma Graving
May 16, 2012
Thelma Graving, 95, of Jamestown, ND, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Jamestown.
Thelma was born on May 18, 1916, on the family farm 9 miles north of Binford, ND, the daughter of Ivar and Thora (Lofthus) Almklov. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Cooperstown High School. Thelma married Otto Graving...
John A. Smith
May 16, 2012
John "Jack" Alan Smith, 72, Jamestown, ND, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at MedCenter One in Bismarck after a long battle with heart disease. John was born in Jamestown on October 15, 1939 to Ward and Bessie Smith. He was the youngest of 9 children. He attended Jamestown High School and graduated in 1957. He joined the US Navy...
Ruth Hegg
May 15, 2012
Ruth Hegg, 88, Jamestown, ND, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Jamestown Regional Medical Center. She was currently a resident of Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown. Ruth Margarete Martinson Hegg was born January 13, 1924 on the family farm in Kulm, ND to Kasper and Agnes Christopherson Martinson. She was educated at Pomona View No. 2 School in...
Winifred Townsend
May 14, 2012
Winifred Hoff was born May 20, 1923 to Hugo and Edith (Carlson) Hoff, in Minneapolis, MN. She was baptized, confirmed and married at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. On June 12, 1945 she married Emerson N. Townsend and in 1956 moved with her husband and children to Jamestown, ND.
In her early years in Jamestown,...
William Lange
May 13, 2012
William "Billy" Lange, 79, of Jamestown and formerly of Eldridge, died Sunday at Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown. William Arthur Lange was born May 30, 1932 in Jamestown to William C. and Ella (Preuss) Lange. He was baptized at the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Eldridge. The church is now located at the Frontier Village. He was confirmed at...
Wilma Dally
May 9, 2012
Wilma Dally, 94, Jamestown, ND, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown. Wilma was the 3rd oldest of 9 children born to William and Oline (Olson) Erickson, on December 31, 1917, in Marion, ND. She married Lyle W. Dally on November 9, 1943 in Jamestown, ND by Reverend McCoy. He preceded her in death on...
Dorothy Ness
May 5, 2012
Dorothy Ness, 76, of Jamestown, ND, passed away from natural causes on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at her home. Dorothy Esther Kocher, was born November 19, 1935 in Velva, ND, the daughter of Chester and Hazel (Marquardt) Kocher. She was raised in Velva where she graduated from Velva High School. On September 7, 1953, Dorothy married Leo Ness. They...
Delores J. Webber
May 5, 2012
Delores Webber, 76, of Cleveland, ND, died Saturday, May 5, 2012 at her home.
Delores Jean Walle was born January 24, 1936, in Berlin, ND, the daughter of John C. and Loena (Miller) Walle. She grew up on the family farm near Berlin and graduated from Berlin High School. Delores worked at the LaMoure Hospital....
Sister Madeleine O'Sullivan
May 2, 2012
Sister Mary Madeleine O'Sullivan, 79, of Edgeley, ND, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at Manor St. Joseph, Edgeley.
Eileen Philomena O'Sullivan was born on the family farm September 29, 1932, in Bonane, Kenmare County, Kerry, Ireland, the daughter of Michael and Julia O'Sullivan. She was one of 12 siblings: 8 sisters, and 3 brothers. Sr....
Paul Heasley Sr.
Apr 27, 2012
Paul Thomas Heasley, Sr., 84, of Jud, ND, died peacefully Friday, April 27, 2012, at Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Jamestown, ND, due to health complications four months after heart surgery. Paul was born March 9, 1928, on the farmstead occupied at that time by his parents Fay and Selma (Viergutz ) Heasley, in Lenton township, Stutsman County of North...
