Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
Mathilda Bucknam
Jan 6, 2010
On January 4, 2010, Tillie Bucknam, 99, of Jamestown, North Dakota passed away. Tillie was born on July 25, 1910 in Mandan, North Dakota, the daughter of Peter and Hilda Campbell. She lived in the Mandan area until her family moved to South Dakota, and later to Minnesota after her mother passed away in 1918. After her...
Ruth M. Goffe
Jan 4, 2010
Ruth Marston Goffe, a resident of Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home in Jamestown, died January 4, 2010. Ruth was born August 11, 1915 to Pearl (Adams) and Hugh Marston in rural Stutsman County, North Dakota. Ruth attended college in Valley City, after graduation from Woodworth High School. She taught elementary students in various country and small town schools...
George Nelson
Jan 2, 2010
George W. Nelson, Jr., 83, Jamestown, North Dakota died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at St. Alexius Hospital in Bismarck, ND, after a long battle with cancer and heart disease. George was born June 24, 1926 at Jamestown, the son of George and Lena (Albrecht) Nelson, Sr., and was the youngest of three children. He grew up in...
Gary Willman
Jan 1, 2010
Gary Elmer Willman, 58, Jamestown, North Dakota died Friday, January 1, 2010 at Innovis Health Center in Fargo, North Dakota. Gary was born December 4, 1951 in Jamestown, the son of Elmer and Frances (Eastgate) Willman. He grew up in Jamestown and graduated from Jamestown High School in 1970. Gary married Mavis Wood on November 4, 1972...
Arthur Jensen
Dec 30, 2009
Arthur F. Jensen, 99, Jamestown, North Dakota died Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Ave Maria Village Nursing Home, Jamestown, ND. Arthur was born October 6, 1910 in Winfield Township, North Dakota, the son of Herman and Isabel (Lee) Jensen. He attended school in Spiritwood and Jamestown, graduating from Jamestown High School in 1929. Arthur worked on his...
Yvonne Schulte
Dec 27, 2009
Yvonne Schulte, 77, Jamestown, ND, died Sunday, December 27, 2009 at her home in Jamestown, ND.
Yvonne Eleanor Guttenberg was born March 9, 1932 in Fargo, ND, the daughter of Casper and Eleanor (Landsberger) Guttenberg. She was raised in Hazelton, ND and Dawson, ND, where she attended school. While at Dawson High School, she played...
Frieda Klein
Dec 24, 2009
Frieda Klein, 96, of Tappen, North Dakota, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009 at the Baptist Home in Bismarck, ND. Frieda Dietz was born July 13, 1913, in Elliot, ND, the daughter of George and Lena (Dorn) Dietz. The family moved to Canada in 1916, where she received her education. On December 10, 1927, the family moved...
Terry Cuypers
Dec 21, 2009
Terry Cuypers, 64, Colorado Springs, CO died at Terrace Gardens Health Care Center on Monday, December 21, 2009.
Terry Allen Cuypers was born April 25, 1945 at Edgeley, ND the son of Leonard and Florence (Kauffman) Cuypers. He grew up on a farm Northwest of Dickey, ND, graduating from Dickey High School in 1963. Terry...
Samuel Jeske
Dec 18, 2009
Samuel \""Sam\"" Jeske, 67, Jamestown, North Dakota died Friday, December 18, 2009 at MedCenter One Hospital, Bismarck, North Dakota. Samuel Jeske was born October 15, 1942 in Jamestown, North Dakota to Mars and Eveline (Miles) Jeske. Sam attended and graduated from Jamestown High School in 1960. He worked in retail management all of his life. Sam moved...

Robert W. Opp
Dec 16, 2009
Robert W. Opp, 81, Jamestown, North Dakota died Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home in Jamestown. Robert was born January 9, 1928 in Dawson, North Dakota, the son of Fred and Grace (Peters) Opp. He attended school in Medina and graduated from Medina High School. Robert entered the US Army on November 20, 1950...
Clayton Conley
Dec 14, 2009
Clayton Conley, 92, Jamestown, ND, died Monday, December 14, 2009 at Jamestown, ND.
Clayton Clair Conley was born April 25, 1917 in Urbana, ND, the son of Earle and Winifred (Graham) Conley. He was raised and attended school in Urbana, and then attended Spiritwood High School and finished high school at Hannaford High...
Inez Roe
Dec 13, 2009
Inez Elnora Roe, 100, Fargo, North Dakota, formerly of Jamestown, North Dakota died Sunday, December 13, 2009. Inez Zimmerman was born August 19, 1909 in Stutsman County, the daughter of Frank and Karen (Dobson) Zimmerman, and lived her whole life in North Dakota. She was raised on the Frank Zimmerman family homestead near Cleveland, ND. She had...
Melvyn Noecker
Dec 12, 2009
Melvyn “Bud” Noecker passed away Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Merit Care Hospital in Fargo, as the result of a fall in his home December 9. Bud was born April 13, 1917, in Sanborn, North Dakota, youngest son of Ferdinand and Augusta (Barthel) Noecker. His mother died in childbirth and he was raised by his paternal aunt...
Rose Hoggarth
Dec 10, 2009
Rose Hoggarth, 62, Jamestown, North Dakota died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at her home in Jamestown. Rose Giroux was born April 6, 1947 in Jamestown, the youngest of Ellric A. and Fern A. (Jones) Giroux's nine children. She was raised at Robinson, North Dakota, graduated from Robinson High School in 1965 and attended North Dakota State College...
Ella Rudolph
Dec 9, 2009
Ella Rudolph, 90, Jamestown, North Dakota died Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at Triumph Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. Ella Heller was born May 12, 1919 near Fredonia, North Dakota, the daughter of John and Emma (Weispfenning) Heller. In 1925 she moved, with her family, to a farm northeast of Gackle, where she grew up and helped on...
Geraldine Weiss
Dec 8, 2009
Geraldine (Gerry) Weiss, 87, Jamestown, North Dakota, died December 8, 2009 in Jamestown. Geraldine Emma Rose was born June 13, 1922 to Herman and Henrietta (Collard) Rose at Wimbledon, ND. She was educated at Pierce Township rural school. As a young woman, Gerry worked at the Wimbledon Hospital and also did housekeeping and child care for many...
Edna Sophie Miller
Dec 4, 2009
Edna Miller
Edna Miller, 98, Adrian, ND died at Jamestown Hospital on Friday, December 4, 2009.
Edna Sophie Supler was born October 24, 1911 at Verona, ND the daughter of Edward and Bedelia (Qualley) Supler. She grew up on a farm three miles northwest of Verona. After graduating from Verona High School in...
Ruth Kelsch
Dec 1, 2009
Ruth Kelsch, 85, Nortonville, ND, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at St. Alexius Hospital, Bismarck, ND.
Ruth Miller was born February 4, 1924 in Karlsruhe, ND, the daughter of Ralph and Helen (Dye) Miller. She was raised and attended school in Casselton, ND, graduating from Lincoln High School in Casselton. She moved to Fargo, ND and worked...
Patricia Ann Hoggarth
Dec 1, 2009
Patricia Ann Hoggarth October 15, 1937 – December 1, 2009 Resident of Ormond Beach, Florida, formally a long time resident of Jamestown, North Dakota, passed away after a courageous 8 year battle with cancer. Patricia was born in Sunbury, Ohio and graduated from Wintersville, Ohio High School. She was the beloved wife of Tom Hoggarth for 50...
Vivian Jensvold
Nov 29, 2009
Vivian Irene Jensvold, 92, Jamestown, North Dakota, died November 29, 2009 at Jamestown Hospital. Vivian Flaig was born August 20, 1917 near Alfred, ND, the daughter of Daniel and Martha (Mueller) Flaig. She attended area schools and graduated from Jamestown High School in 1935. Vivian married Miles Jensvold in Cooperstown, ND. They returned to Jamestown after Miles'...