Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
Catherine Klostreich
Oct 5, 2005
Catherine Klostreich, 92, Medina, ND, died Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at Hi-Acre Manor, Jamestown, ND. Catherine Margaret McGruder was born February 28, 1913 at Chicago Township, southeast of Medina, ND, the daughter of Owen and Margaret (Meade) McGruder. She was raised on the family farm and attended the township school. After her schooling she helped out on the family...
Melvin Bedker
Oct 5, 2005
Melvin Bedker, 92, Edgeley, ND died at Hi-Acres Manor, Jamestown, ND on Wednesday, October 05, 2005. Melvin Stanley Bedker was born November 12, 1912 on his parents farm in Blue Bird Township near Jud, ND the son of John and Margaret (Kustenborder) Bedker. He attended the township school and worked with his father on the farm. Melvin married Hada...
Ralph Mercer
Oct 4, 2005
Ralph Mercer, 83, Jamestown, ND, formerly of Wahpeton, ND, died Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at his home in Jamestown. Ralph H. Mercer was born March 16, 1922 in Jefferson County, Alabama, the son of Jesse and Clifford (Crane) Mercer. He was raised in Jefferson County and attended school in Birmingham, Alabama. In March of 1940, he enlisted in the...
Reuben Schmidt
Oct 4, 2005
Reuben Lloyd Schmidt, 72, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at Central Dakota Village in Jamestown. Reuben was born December 24, 1932 on the family farm by Lake Williams, ND the son of Fred and Mary (Kassman) Schmidt. He attended Lake Williams rural school until the 8th grade and then went to work on the family farm....
Lee Heinrich
Oct 3, 2005
Leopold Aaron Heinrich, 96, Medina, North Dakota died Monday, October 3, 2005 enroute to his favorite fishing hole. Lee was the oldest of seven children born to John and Carolina (Reister) Heinrich. He was born on July 7, 1909 north of Gackle, ND. Lee grew up in the Medina area where he attended school until the 8th grade. Lee...
Marie Fossum
Oct 2, 2005
Marie Fossum, 93, Jamestown, ND died Sunday, October 2, 2005 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. Marie Saint was born July 23, 1912 in Mapes, ND, the daughter of Emil and Margurite (Lepine) Saint. She attended and graduated from McHenry High School. Marie worked at Trinity Hospital in Jamestown where she attained a degree in nursing. She married Jack...
Alvina L. Docktor
Oct 1, 2005
Alvina Lorraine (Burkle) Dockor, 81 died October 1, 2005 at her farm home under hospice care. Alvina Burkle was born April 17, 1924 the daughter of Rudolph and Lydia (Batsch) Burkle in Fredonia, North Dakota. She attended the School of the Deaf in Devils Lake, North Dakota. After finishing school, she worked for Ebertz Café in Jamestown, ND Alvina...
Dennis Stoppleworth
Sep 29, 2005
Dennis Stoppleworth, 63, Jamestown, ND, formerly Ypsilanti, ND died at his home on Thursday, September 29, 2005. Dennis Gardner Stoppleworth was born February 3, 1942 at Spiritwood, ND the son of Theodore and Laura (Hanson) Stoppleworth. He moved with his family to the Woodworth, ND area as a child and attended a country school near Woodworth, ND. Dennis entered...
Raymond M. Nordtvedt
Sep 27, 2005
Raymond M. Nordtvedt, 78, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at MedCenter One in Bismarck, ND. Ray was born December 29, 1926 in Jamestown, the son of Robert and Minnie (Brunswick) Nordtvedt. He grew up in Jamestown and graduated from Jamestown High School. Ray served in the U.S. Army from June 1945 to November 1946. Upon his...
Charles Koenig
Sep 26, 2005
Charles H. Koenig, 79, Pingree, North Dakota died Monday, September 26, 2005 at Jamestown Hospital in Jamestown. Mr. Koenig was born March 24, 1926 in Cleveland, North Dakota the son of John Henry and Wilhelmina (Braasch) Koenig. He received his education in country schools in the Jamestown area. Charles entered the US Army on February 16, 1945 and served...
Donald Talley
Sep 26, 2005
Donald Talley, 87, Jamestown, North Dakota, died Monday, September 26, 2005 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Center, Jamestown. Mr. Talley was born July 28, 1918 in Jamestown, the son of Joseph and Mathilda (Kron) Talley. He received his education in Sydney township schools. He joined the US Army on February 21, 1942 and served his country during World War II....
Harley Reich
Sep 26, 2005
Harley Reich, 71, Cleveland, North Dakota died Monday, September 26, 2005 at Central Dakota Village in Jamestown, ND. Mr. Reich was born April 17, 1934 in Fargo, ND the son of Jacob and Marie (Ruff) Reich. He grew up in the Medina area where he received his grade school education. In 1990 he completed his GED and received his...
Michael Koehnen
Sep 23, 2005
Michael Koehnen, 53, Jamestown, North Dakota died Friday, September 23, 2005 at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Michael Koehnen was born March 13, 1952 in Jamestown to Aloyis and Jeanette (Balken) Koehnen. He grew up in Jamestown and attended St. John's Academy and Jamestown High School. He married Sharon Lien of Jamestown on June 21, 1973. A Vietnam Veteran;...
Frieda Ziegler
Sep 21, 2005
Jacob Wipf, 7, of Willow Bank Colony near Edgeley, ND, died Friday, October 21, 2005 at the Oakes Hospital, Oakes, ND, as the result of a farm accident. Jacob Peter Wipf was born April 23, 1998 at Valley City, ND, the son of Peter and Marlene (Waldner) Wipf. He was raised and attended school at the Willow Bank Colony,...
R. M. Stoudt
Sep 18, 2005
Richard Mayo ""Dick"" Stoudt, 76, Jamestown, North Dakota died Sunday, September 18, 2005 in Jamestown. Dick Stoudt was born June 30, 1929 in Fargo, ND the son of Richard and Marlys (Carl) Stoudt. He moved with his family to Jamestown in 1940, graduating from Jamestown High School and Jamestown College. He married Honey Bee Ogilvie. They made their home...
Sandy Schuchard
Sep 13, 2005
Sandra J. Schuchard, 48, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at her home after a long, courageous battle with cancer under hospice care. Sandra Joan Somsen was born December 29, 1956 at Trinity Hospital in Jamestown, the daughter of Obert and JoAnn (Bata) Somsen. She grew up and received her education in Courtenay, North Dakota graduating in...
John Van Dyke
Sep 12, 2005
John Van Dyke, 85, Jamestown, North Dakota, formerly of Ypsilanti, ND, died Monday, September 12, 2005 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Center in Jamestown. John Van Dyke was born June 13, 1920, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Miedema) Van Dyke at the family farm in Meadow Lake Township, near Ypsilanti. He attended Plano rural school, near Marion, ND. John married...
George Swanson
Sep 12, 2005
George A. Swanson, 75, Jamestown, North Dakota died Monday, September 12, 2005 at his home under hospice care. George Albert Swanson was born December 5, 1929 at Mounds Park Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of George Alexander and Alice Standish (Chandler) Swanson. He graduated from St. Paul Johnson High School in the spring of 1948. George attended...
June Heim
Sep 11, 2005
June Heim, 86, Edgeley, ND and Palm Springs, California, died at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown, ND on Sunday, September 11, 2005. June Francis Butler was born June 16, 1919 at Fort Columbia, Washington the daughter of Col. W. D. and Katie (Wienert) Butler. June was educated in many different military schools. She graduated from Stanford University in 1941. During...
Vicky Ann Sand
Sep 9, 2005
Victoria Ann ""Vicky"" Sand, 44, Jamestown, North Dakota, died Friday, September 9, 2005 in her home after a courageous battle with cancer and under the care of hospice. Victoria Ann Bertsch was born February 24, 1961 in Ellendale, ND the daughter of Delbert and Judy (Bietz) Bertsch. Her family lived in Gackle, Ipswich, Bowdon, then returned to Ellendale where...
