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Ethel Messner

Ethel Messner

Jun 2, 2021

Ethel Messner, 84, formerly of Walhalla and Langdon, ND passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Parkview Health Center, Aneta, ND. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at the St. Boniface Catholic Church, Walhalla, ND. Visitation at the church for one hour before the time of services.      Ethel was born December 20, 1936...

James Doescher

James Doescher

May 31, 2021

Jim Doescher, 76, of Langdon, ND, passed away May 31, 2021, at Maple Manor Care Center in Langdon, ND. Jim was born July 29, 1944, in Langdon, ND, to George and Alice (Lundquist) Doescher. He entered the US Army in 1963 and was honorably discharged in 1966. Jim worked construction in the Langdon area for most of his life. Surviving...

Jerry Restad

Jerry Restad

May 24, 2021

Jerry Restad, 66, of Langdon, ND, passed away May 24, 2021, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Jerry was born January 19, 1955, in Langdon, ND, to Tory and Lucy (Fetsch) Restad. He grew up and attended school in the Wales and Langdon areas, graduating in 1973 from Langdon High School. He worked in agricultural sales for Langdon Implement...

Leland DeMars

Leland DeMars

May 23, 2021

Lee (Butch) DeMars was born to Lyman (Cye) and Leona DeMars on April 24th 1940 in the Neche Hospital. He lived his early years on his Grandpa and Grandma DeMars’ farm in rural Bathgate. His family moved to Pembina where he graduated from High School. Lee and his family moved to Neche in 1961 where he met Linda Guenther and...

Betty Bonaime

Betty Bonaime

May 15, 2021

On Saturday, May 15, 2021 Betty Bonaime, loving wife and mother of six children passed away at the age of 89.

Betty was born on March 22, 1932 in Walhalla, ND to Vernon and Louise Styles. On October 7, 1948, she married Raymond Bonaime. They had a good marriage and a happy family life. They raised four sons, Michael, Larry,...

Mary Bisenius

Mary Bisenius

May 13, 2021

Mary Ann Bisenius, 91, of Langdon, ND, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2021, surrounded by family at Maple Manor Care Center in Langdon. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2020.

Mary was born to Thorsten and Mathilda (Bode) Soli on Sept. 29, 1929, during a family trip to Shevlin, Minnesota. She was raised in Vang, North Dakota.

While Mary didn’t...

Mary Fetsch

Mary Fetsch

May 11, 2021

Mary Elizabeth (Mary Beth) Fetsch, 71, of Langdon, ND, passed away peacefully with her husband by her side on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at her home.  Mary Elizabeth Metzger was born February 25, 1950, in Langdon, ND, to Silverius and Madeline (Kartes) Metzger. She attended school in Minto Township, Border Central, and Fargo, ND, and graduated from Fargo North High...

Brian Saiger

Brian Saiger

May 9, 2021

Brian Jay Saiger was born August 10th, 1960 in Cavalier ND to Wallace and Jeanne Saiger. Brian grew up in Bathgate attending school in Pembina, ND. He later attended and graduated from Landmark Academy in Hayward, CA. Brian also attended Winnipeg Bible College.

Brian had a love of music and was a self-taught pianist/organist with a singing voice that came...

David T. Blomquist

David T. Blomquist

May 7, 2021

   

David Blomquist went home to be with his Lord and Savior on May 7th, 2021 surrounded by his loving wife and children after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

            David was born to Albin and Una Blomquist in Edmore, ND on September 1st, 1942. He grew up on the family farm near Edmore and enjoyed many...

Marlys A. Olson

Marlys A. Olson

May 6, 2021

Marlys Ann Olson was born to Peter and Margaret Dietrich on May 10, 1941 in her aunt’s home in Neche, ND. She attended school in Cavalier, ND, and graduated from NDSU in 1963 with a BS degree in speech pathology, pioneering as the first speech therapy teacher in Pembina County. She was married to Bert D Olson on June 14,...

Marilyn Kartes

Marilyn Kartes

May 6, 2021

Marilyn Kartes, 89, of Langdon, ND, passed away Thursday, May 6, 2021, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.

Marilyn was born July 11, 1931, in Langdon, ND, to Peter and Tillie (Gellner) Lorenz. She went to school in Langdon, graduating from St. Alphonsus in 1949. On November 10, 1949, Marilyn and Lowell Kartes were married at St. Alphonsus Church...

Iris M. Gellner

Iris M. Gellner

May 5, 2021

Iris Gellner, 92, of Langdon, ND, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at her home in Langdon.

Iris Mae Dobbie was born June 27, 1928, to William and Minnie (Olson) Dobbie on the farm near Nekoma, ND. She was the youngest of the Dobbie family. She attended school in Nekoma, graduating in 1946, then went to Minot State Teachers College...

Jean Mountain

Jean Mountain

May 4, 2021

Jean Elizabeth (Duncan) Mountain went to the Lord on May 4, 2021.  Memorial service will be held Friday, May 14, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at the Cavalier Presbyterian Church, Cavalier, ND. Visitation will be held for one hour before the time of the service at the church. Masks are optional.

Jean was born in the Neche area on April 1,...

Virginia Eagan

Virginia Eagan

May 4, 2021

Virginia (Ginny) Corinne Eagan passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at the Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Cavalier, ND. Virginia was born to Flora (Douville) and Charlie Morris on March 10, 1928 in Neche, ND. Her early childhood education took place in Oakes, ND, and she later graduated from Sacred Heart in Fargo, ND. On February 18, 1947, she married Ted...

Philip B. Hope

Philip B. Hope

May 2, 2021

Philip Hope passed away at his home on May 2, 2021, in Langdon, ND.

Philip was born December 22, 1942, in Langdon, ND, to Albert and Lutie (Williamson) Hope. There was no place Philip loved more than the family farm. You could find him planting and harvesting, working on machinery, or just driving to view the fields. He farmed the...

Lorraine Schroeder

Lorraine Schroeder

May 2, 2021

   Lorraine Schroeder, age 92 of Cavalier, ND, passed away Sunday, May 2nd, 2021, at Wedgewood Manor in Cavalier.  Gudrun Anna Lorraine Bjornson was born November 16th, 1928 on the Bjornson family farm, northeast of Mountain, ND to G.E. (Steini) and Loa (Swainson) Bjornson. She attended Eastman Country School and graduated from Cavalier High School in 1946. She was...

Richard A. Lorenz

Richard A. Lorenz

Apr 30, 2021

Richard Lorenz, 100, of Langdon, ND, passed away Friday, April 30, 2021, at Cavalier County Memorial Hospital in Langdon.

Richard Andrew Lorenz was born to John and Eva Lorenz at Langdon. He attended St. Alphonsus High School. He was a World War II veteran who was a member of the 2nd Armored “Hell on Wheels” Division and served 32 months...

Edward T. Bernhoft

Edward T. Bernhoft

Apr 30, 2021

Edward Theodore Bernhoft, 86, originally of Cavalier, North Dakota, passed away peacefully in Cameron Park, CA after a brief illness the morning of Friday, April 30, 2021 surrounded by his loving wife of 57 years, Eileen J Bernoft and his faithful canine pal, Dusty. Ed retired in California in 1998 after a 30+ year career as a credit union examiner...

Laverne Sommer

Laverne Sommer

Apr 28, 2021

 

Laverne K. Sommer, 95, was called to his Heavenly home on April 28, 2021 at Wedgewood Manor Nursing Home, Cavalier, ND.  Funeral services will be held Monday, May 3, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the Our Savior Lutheran Church, Cavalier, ND. Visitation will be held Sunday, May 2, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. prayer service at...

Robert Dearinger

Robert Dearinger

Apr 23, 2021

Robert L. Dearinger, 77, of Walhalla, ND, passed away Friday, April 23, 2021 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks of complications from heart surgery. Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Walhalla Lutheran Church, Walhalla, ND. In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to the Walhalla Ambulance Service or Faith in Action.

Robert...