Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
George Perleberg
Nov 10, 2004
George Perleberg, 91, Jamestown, North Dakota, passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown, leaving behind his family who loved him dearly. Mr. Perleberg was born April 19, 1913 at Lamberton, Minnesota, to Robert and Amelia (Buetow) Perleberg. When George was 3 years old his family moved to Eldridge, ND by rail with all their belongings in...

Audrey Brower
Nov 9, 2004
Audrey Brower, 76, Millarton, North Dakota died Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown, ND. Audrey Marie Carpenter was born December 25, 1927 in Cogswell, North Dakota, the daughter of Roy and Dorothy (O'Neil) Carpenter. She received her education in Cogswell and attended the ND State School of Science in Wahpeton. On September 9, 1947 Audrey married Stanley...
Margaret Dekrey
Nov 8, 2004
Margaret DeKrey, 94, Medina, North Dakota, formerly of Pettibone, ND, died Monday, November 8, 2004 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown. Margaret was born March 16, 1910 in rural Pettibone, the daughter of Louis H. and Mary (McLeish) Dethloff. She grew up in the Pettibone area and graduated from Pettibone High School. Margaret attended Jamestown College and earned a teaching...
William Blahna
Nov 1, 2004
William Raymond ""Bill"" Blahna, 77, Kensal, North Dakota, died Monday, November 1, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor, Jamestown, North Dakota. Mr. Blahna was born June 19, 1927 in Kensal, the son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Rebischke) Blahna. Midwife for his birth was his Aunt, Blanche (Blahna) Walker. He was baptized in the home of his maternal grandparents in Little Falls,...
Pearl Bartle
Nov 1, 2004
Pearl Bartle, 78, Jamestown, North Dakota, died Monday, November 1, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. Pearl was born to William and Mathilda (Rohde) Hirth on August 22, 1926 in Edgeley, ND. She attended country school graduating from Edgeley High School in 1946. Pearl married Willie Bartle on October 16, 1954 in Dickey, North Dakota. She was active...
Luella Hopewell
Nov 1, 2004
Luella ""Lue"" Hopewell, 82, Jamestown, North Dakota died Monday, November 1, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. Lue was born January 9, 1922 in Vashti, North Dakota the daughter of Charles Edgar and Idane (Young) Brady. She received her education in the Vashti and Pingree schools. Lue married Burns Hopewell on July 31, 1943 in Jamestown. They lived...
Robert Walter Johnson
Oct 31, 2004
Robert Walter Johnson, 58, of Jamestown, ND died Sunday, October 31, 2004 in Jamestown. Robert was born July 28, 1946 in Valley City, ND, the son of Donald and Pearl (Youse) Johnson. He graduated from Montpelier High School, Montpelier, ND. Robert entered the US Army on September 28, 1964 in Fargo, ND and served in Germany for three years....
Gideon Mittleider
Oct 30, 2004
Gideon Mittleider, 83, of Silt, Colorado, formerly of Jamestown, ND, went home to be with the Lord on October 30, 2004. Gideon was born January 1, 1921 in Streeter, North Dakota the son of John and Fredricka Mittleider. He married LaVern George on April 23, 1944. Gideon is survived by his daughters: Gloria Settle, Linda (Ron) Breiting, Colleen, and...

Arnold Miller
Oct 30, 2004
Arnold K. Miller, 82, of Jamestown, North Dakota, died Saturday, October 30, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. Arnold Miller was born July 26, 1922 in Woodworth, ND, the son of Burton and Velma (Barnard) Miller. He grew up and attended school in Woodworth. Arnold joined the Civil Conservation Corp. in the late 1930's, then entered the US...
Carolyn Voegeli
Oct 30, 2004
Carolyn Jean Voegeli died October 30, 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born May 20, 1933 in Brookfield, Missouri, to Raymond and Katherine Swain. She moved with her family to Portland, Oregon, where she graduated from high school and worked at Ben Franklin Bank. She met and married Rev. Roland Voegeli while he attended seminary in Oregon....
Mildred Wheeler
Oct 27, 2004
Mildred Wheeler, 96, Jamestown, North Dakota died Wednesday, October 27, 2004 at her home in Jamestown. Mildred Heille was born August 20, 1908 in Hope, North Dakota the daughter of George and Marie (Ebeling) Heille. She came to Jamestown in the fall of 1911 with her parents and received her education in the Jamestown schools. Mildred married Arthur Wheeler...
Donald E. Hoyt
Oct 25, 2004
Donald E. Hoyt, 80, Jamestown, North Dakota died Monday, October 25, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. Don was born in McHenry, ND on September 18, 1924. He was the only son of Guy and Josephine (Ehlers) Hoyt. Following his education at Corrine Township school Don remained with his parents and farmed near Courtenay, ND. On December 23,...
Evelyn M. Goudie
Oct 24, 2004
Evelyn M. Goudie, 97, Jamestown, North Dakota died Sunday, October 24, 2004 at her home. Evelyn M. Goudie was born to Adam George and Anna (Reinke) Mohr on December 6, 1906 on her parent's farm in Spring Lake Township, Hand County, South Dakota. She was the youngest of four daughters. She began school in a small country school in...
Wesley G. Ost
Oct 21, 2004
Wesley G. Ost, 75, Jamestown, North Dakota died Thursday, October 21, 2004 at his home in Jamestown. Wesley was born June 22, 1929 in Fredonia, North Dakota the son of Oscar, Sr. and Pauline (Becker) Ost. He grew up and received his education in Fredonia. Wesley entered the United State Marine Corp. on November 15, 1951 Barstow, CA. He...
Kenneth Loveland
Oct 19, 2004
Kenneth Loveland, 62, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at his home in Jamestown. Ken was born May 7, 1942 in Langdon, North Dakota, the son of Harold and Ruth (Swenson) Loveland. He grew up and graduated from high school in Wilton, ND. In 1965 Ken graduated from NDSU and began work with John Deere in Moline,...
Esther Elenora Grenz
Oct 16, 2004
Esther Grenz, 87, died Saturday, October 16, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown, ND. Esther Elenora Schlenker was born January 8, 1917 at Kulm, ND, the daughter of Gottlieb and Katherina (Maier) Schlenker. She grew up in Kulm and married Ohmer Grenz on November 9, 1939 at the Kulm Seventh Day Adventist Church. They farmed near Kulm until...
Hazel Dobbert
Oct 16, 2004
Hazel Dobbert, 89, of Robinson, ND died Saturday, October 16, 2004 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown, ND. Hazel Wick was born May 9, 1915 in Robinson the daughter of Gilbert and Julia (Toso) Wick. She was raised and educated in Robinson. Hazel married Lester Dobbert on Thanksgiving Day, 1939, in Bowdon, ND. They then purchased a farm southeast of...
Irene Westley
Oct 15, 2004
Irene S. Westley, 97, Bismarck, North Dakota, formerly of Jamestown died Friday, October 15, 2004 at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center in Bismarck. Irene was born March 19, 1907 in Jamestown to Eddie M. and Floy A. (Rathman) Seiler, pioneers in the Jamestown Community. Mr. Seiler died in 1912 and Irene's mother later married her beloved stepfather, Edward B....
Ella Jensen
Oct 14, 2004
Ella Jensen, 94, Jamestown, North Dakota passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2004, at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home in Jamestown. Ella was born in Greenlund Township near Marion, North Dakota, on May 3, 1910, to Esten K. and Ingeborg (Johanssen) Rude, immigrants from Norway. The family moved to Ludlow, South Dakota, that same year. In 1922, after suffering droughts...
Rueben Scherbenske
Oct 12, 2004
Rueben W. Scherbenske, 81, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at Central Dakota Village in Jamestown. Rueben was born March 7, 1923 in Bowdle, South Dakota the son of John and Lydia (Hoffman) Scherbenske. He moved with his family to Jamestown in 1927. He attended school in Jamestown, graduating from Jamestown High School in 1941. Rueben enlisted...