Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
Marian Wright Pless
Apr 27, 2008
Marian Wright Pless, 94, Anaheim, California, formerly of Jamestown, ND, died April 27, 2008 in Anaheim. Marian was born April 27, 1914 in Jamestown, the daughter of Russell and Ida (Challoner) Wright. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Jamestown High School. Marian received nursing training at Jamestown Hospital. She joined the Army Nurse Corps in...
Esther Marker
Apr 27, 2008
Esther Marker, 88, Montpelier, ND, died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at the home of her daughter in Bismarck, ND. Esther Heier was born February 11, 1920 on the family farm near Alfred, ND, the daughter of Emanuel and Christina (Kalmbach) Heier. She grew up and attended school near Alfred, ND. After her schooling, she worked on the family farm...
Marian Pless
Apr 27, 2008
Marian Wright Pless, 94, Anaheim, California, formerly of Jamestown, ND, died April 27, 2008 in Anaheim. Marian was born April 27, 1914 in Jamestown, the daughter of Russell and Ida (Challoner) Wright. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Jamestown High School. Marian received nursing training at Jamestown Hospital. She joined the Army Nurse Corps in...
Bruce Owen Bjugstad
Apr 24, 2008
Bruce Owen Bjugstad, 46, died April 24, 2008 at his home in El Sobrante, California after a long battle with heart problems. Bruce was born on December 19, 1961 in Jamestown, North Dakota, the son of Paul Oscar and Ruth Kathern Job-Bjugstad. Bruce graduated from Jamestown High School in the spring of 1981. He moved to El Sobrante, California...
Carissa Hoxtell
Apr 19, 2008
Carissa Lynne Hoxtell, 32, Grand Forks, ND, formerly of Jamestown, ND, died Saturday, April 19, 2008 at her home in Grand Forks. Carissa was born March 16, 1976 in Fargo, ND, the daughter of Lyle and Linda (Carlson) Hoxtell. She graduated from Jamestown High School and attended Jamestown College. In 2003 Carissa and her son, London, moved to Grand...
Leone "Sis" Rehak
Apr 17, 2008
Leone "Sis" Rehak, 83, Jamestown, ND died on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at Jamestown Hospital. Leone Beverly "Sis" Rehak was born December 17, 1924 in Jamestown, ND, the daughter of George and Sadie (Clark) Griffin. She was raised in Jamestown and attended Lincoln Elementary School and St. John's Academy High School, graduating in 1942. After graduating, she attended Defense...
Vera Barron
Apr 17, 2008
Vera Lee Barron died on Thursday, April 17, 2008, at Hi-Acres Manor, at age 98. Vera was born on May 3, 1909, in Kansas City Missouri, to Myrle Lewis and Charles Hubbard. Because her mother died in childbirth and her father was unable to care for her, Vera was raised by various relatives and family friends from Utah, to...
Lillian Monson
Apr 15, 2008
Inga Lillian Lee Monson, Jamestown, ND, died Tuesday April 15, 2008 at her home in the Central Dakota Village at the age of 101. Lillian was born March 29, 1907, in Fargo, ND, the daughter of Inga Lee. She was baptized on August 8, 1907, and confirmed into Christ?s love on July 16, 1922, at the James River Valley...
Sheldon Cornell
Apr 9, 2008
Sheldon K. Cornell, 85, Jamestown, ND, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown, ND. Sheldon Cornell was born April 6, 1923 in Minneapolis, MN the son of Fred and Isabelle (Earsley) Cornell. He moved with his family to St. John, ND where he attended school, graduating in 1942. In 1943, he enlisted in the United States...
Jimmy F. Martin
Apr 8, 2008
Jimmy F. Martin, 75, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at Jamestown Hospital. Jimmy was born November 17, 1932 in Cathay, ND, the son of John and Laura (Seibold) Martin. He served in the service for two years. Jimmy married Rose Barclay in 1981 at Concordia Lutheran Church. He worked for area contractors and for sixteen years...
Violet E. Gunst
Apr 7, 2008
Violet E. Gunst, 82, Jamestown, North Dakota died Monday, April 7, 2008 in Jamestown. Violet Heiden was born September 16, 1925 in Steele, North Dakota, the daughter of Edward and Edith (Reutter) Heiden. She was baptized and confirmed in Bowdon Lutheran Church. Violet attended school in Tappen, ND until the family moved to Heaton, ND where she graduated from...
Olean Larson
Apr 6, 2008
Olean Larson, 86, longtime resident of Valley City, North Dakota died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Valley City. Olean Irene Lutz was born May 21, 1921 near Edmunds, North Dakota the daughter of Herman and Tillie (Vogel) Lutz. She married Christ Larson on October 7, 1957. They farmed near Pingree until 1968 when they moved to...
Janice Wescom
Apr 5, 2008
Janice Wescom, 58, longtime resident of Jamestown, North Dakota, died Saturday, April 5, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota, after battling a long illness. Janice Kay Wescom was born July 18, 1949 in the city of Jamestown, to parents Richard and Dolores (Lutz) Wescom. She graduated from Jamestown High School in 1967 and later from the Wahpeton...
Adeline Paulson
Mar 31, 2008
Adeline Paulson, long-time Adrian area resident, passed away March 31, 2008, at St. Rose Care Center in LaMoure, ND. She was 89. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Garden, Jamestown, ND on Friday, April 4 at 9:30 am, with funeral services to follow at 11:00 am at Trinity Lutheran Church in Adrian with Pastor Thomas Puffe officiating. Adeline Edna...
Vernon Trangsrud
Mar 30, 2008
Vernon Trangsrud, 93, Jamestown, ND, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown, ND. Vernon Alan Trangsrud was born September 27, 1914 in Cooperstown, ND, the son of Gilbert and Theressa (Wallum) Trangsrud. He lived in Binford, ND, Carrington, ND, Wimbledon, ND and Jamestown, ND where he completed his schooling, graduating from Jamestown High School in 1933. He...
Pearl L. Wahl
Mar 29, 2008
Pearl Loretta Wahl, 90, Jamestown, North Dakota, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 29, 2008, after an exceptional life of 90 years and countless memories. Pearl Bettenhausen was born October 28, 1917 in rural Wishek, ND, to Oliver and Pauline (Kramer) Bettenhausen. Her mother passed away when she was one year old and she was then taken care of...
Walter C. Moser
Mar 29, 2008
Walter ""Walt"" Clarence Moser, 85, Pettibone, North Dakota, died Saturday, March 29, 2008 at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND. Walt was born November 6, 1922 in Medina, ND, the son of Karl and Pauline (Schelske) Moser. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1945 and served his country during World War II. Upon his discharge in 1946,...
Myrle Lang
Mar 29, 2008
Myrle Phillip Lang, 68, Jamestown, North Dakota, died on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo from cancer. Myrle was born July 16, 1939, in Kidder County, North Dakota, the son of Theodore and Louise (Gums) Lang. He attended elementary schools in Kidder and Logan Counties, graduating from Napoleon High School. He attended Concordia College in Moorhead,...
Shirley Ross
Mar 27, 2008
Shirley Ross, 74, Edgeley, ND, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown, ND. Shirley Ramona Michlitsch was born April 7, 1933 in Britton, SD, the daughter of George and Katie (Ehl) Michlitsch. She completed her first year of school in Britton, SD and then moved with her family to Pierpont, SD where she continued school, graduating in...
Beryl A. Renier
Mar 24, 2008
Beryl A. Renier, 92, Moorhead, MN died on Monday, March 24, 2008 at Eventide Senior Living Community, Moorhead, MN. Beryl A. Renier daughter of Ben and Alma (Sandon) Beach, was born September 25, 1915, at Leaf River, MN and lived in Wadena, MN until moving to Jamestown, ND with her family in 1923. She graduated from Jamestown High School...
