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John Wiest
HARVEY -- John J. Wiest, 82, Harvey, died Aug. 10, 1996, in the Jamestown hospital. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Selz, with burial in the church cemetery.
He is survived by nine sons, Virgil, Yakima, Wash., Joseph, Harvey, Jon, Jamestown, Dwight and Trevelyan, both of Gackle, Sylvinus, Palmer Lake, Colo., Emanuel, Fargo, Vivain, Beulah, and Mickey, Selz; two daughters, Celine Bartsch, Federal Way, Wash., and Corrine Mack, Las Vegas; and one sister, Monica Liebelt, Chaseley. (Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey)
Landis Tatro
HETTINGER -- Landis Tatro, 42, Hettinger, died of a heart attack, Aug. 11, 1996, at Shadehill Reservoir. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Hettinger Lutheran Church, with burial in Hettinger Cemetery.
He is survived by his mother, Alice Tatro, Hettinger; one son, Dustin, Wilmont, S.D.; and one sister, Artha Stokka, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Walby Chapel, Hettinger)
Alan Ekre
BEACH -- Alan W. Ekre, 69, Beach, died Aug. 10, 1996, in Dickinson. Services will be held at 2 p.m. MDT Wednesday at Evangelical Church, Beach. Further arrangements are pending at Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home, Beach.
George Boehler
GOLDEN VALLEY -- George Boehler, 78, Golden Valley, died Aug. 11, 1996, in his home of natural causes. Services will be held at 10 a.m. MDT Thursday at Golgotha Lutheran Church, Golden Valley, with burial in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Luella; one daughter, Darlene Trussell, Java, Va., and Roger, Golden Valley; two sisters, Eva Blair, Yakima, Wash., and Erna Butler, Winter Haven, Fla.; and two brothers, Reinholdt, Yakima, and Richard, Kennewick, Wash. (Seibel Funeral Home, Beulah)
Floyd Johnson
BOWBELLS -- Floyd K. Johnson, 76, Bowbells, died Aug. 11, 1996, in a Mohall nursing home. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Bowbells, with burial in Bowbells Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Jo; one daughter, Cheri Jessen, Mandan; one son, Sherman, Hazen; three sisters, Lil Haley and Mildred Nehring, both of Bowbells, and Elda Mattson, Newburg, Okla.; and three brothers, Lloyd, Bowbells, Jerome, Seattle, and Glen Anderson, Sedro Wooley, Wash. (Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Bowbells)
Josephine Good
ROLLA -- Josephine C. Good, 67, Rolla, died Aug. 10, 1996, in a Minot hospital. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joachim Catholic Church, Rolla, with burial in Rolla Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband, John; one son, Tom, Rolla; one daughter, Patti Bykonen, West Fargo; six sisters, Margaret Schorsch and Virginia Burtts, both of Bismarck, Magdalen Schorsch, New England, Mary Offutt, Lake Elsinore, Beverly Strand, Regent, and Betty Stevens, Fort Peck, Mont.; and five brothers, Mike Herberholz, Dickinson, Frank Herberholz, Mandan, Joe Herberholz, New England, Bernard Herberholz, Bismarck, and Bill Herberholz, Seattle. (Niewoehner Funeral Home, Rolla)
Marvin Schick
GRAND FORKS -- Marvin L. Schick, 61, Grand Forks, died Aug. 11, 1996, at his home. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Lutheran Church, Grand Forks, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks.
He is survived by his wife, Delores; two daughters, Lori Young and Julie Nelson, both of Grand Forks; his mother, Helen, Hurdsfield; and one sister, Joyce Mertz, Hurdsfield. (Norman Funeral Home, Grand Forks)
Gilbert Slemin
WILLISTON -- Gilbert Slemin, 38, Williston, died Aug. 10, 1996, in an automobile accident near Baker, Mont. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Everson Funeral Home, Williston, with burial in Hillside Memory Gardens, Williston.
He is survived by three sons, Chris, Ryan and Bobby, all of Williston; one daughter, Katie, Williston; his mother, Dorothy Nelson, Williston; his father, George Slemin, Florida; one sister, Cynthia Evenson, Williston; and his grandmothers, Dorothy Morrow, Williston, and Ebba Slemin, White Earth. (Everson Funeral Home, Williston)
Barbara Dawson
FARGO -- Barbara Dawson died Aug. 11, 1996, at Bethany Homes, Fargo, after a 20-year struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
Barbara Nelson, the daughter of Hans and Irene Nelson, was born in Washburn, June 17, 1927. Barbara graduated from Washburn High School in 1945 and from North Dakota State University in 1949. She married James Dawson of Fargo on June 23, 1949. Barbara was active in North Dakota politics for 20 years. Her activities and honors include serving on precinct, county and state executive committees, serving as secretary of the Republican State Central Committee for six years, office manager for Andrews for Governor in 1962, an appointment to the U.S. Assay Commission by President Nixon in 1970 and serving as secretary of the Republican State Conventions in 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1974.
Barbara was a member of Junior League, Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, Order of Eastern Star, PEO, Sigma Alph Iota, National Honorary Music Society, Red River Arts Center and First Presbyterian Church.
Barb enjoyed extensive world-wide travel with her husband, Jim, in the years preceding her illness. She loved summers at Pelican Lake and winters in Arizona. The family cherish memories of Barbara and are thankful for the support and love of friends through her long struggle.
Barb is survived by her husband, James R. Dawson, Fargo, and Scottsdale; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Debra and Norm Robinson, Dawson, Patricia and J.D. Gordon, and Judy Dawson, all of Fargo, and Ginny and Chuck Fosberg, Scottsdale, Ariz.; one brother and sister-in-law, Bruce and Shirley Nelson, Washburn; Bruce and Shirley's daughter, Julie Peterson, Washburn; and eight grandchildren, Adrian Dawson, Tempe, Ariz., Justin, Andrew and Heather Fosberg, Scottsdale, Aaron Dawson, Jonathan "J.J." and Christina Gordon, all of Fargo, and Gina Dawson, Boulder, Colo.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother, T.J. Nelson, who was killed in Germany in World War II.
Honorary pallbearers are her eight grandchildren who Barbara never had a chance to know and love.
Memorials may be given to the donor's choice, or designated for the Alzheimer's unit at Bethany Homes, or the First Presbyterian Church, both of Fargo.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, Fargo. A reception will be held immediately following the service in the Jenny Roberts room.
Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo. (Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo)
Khylene Patera
SALEM, Ore. -- Khylene B. Patera, 47, Salem, died Aug. 11, 1996, in Salem. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. PDT Wednesday at First Christian Church, Silverton, Ore., with private burial.
Khylene was born Feb. 26, 1949, in Minot, and was raised in Ryder. She graduated from Ryder High School. She moved from Bismarck to Salem, Ore., in 1984, where she worked as a mommographer for Kaiser Permanente.
She especially enjoyed singing with Emma and spending time with friends and family.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Heather and Ryan Brock, Salem; one son, Seth, Salem; her mother, Phyllis Mueller, Salem; her father, Donald Mueller, Ryder; her grandmother, Bernice Mueller, Ryder; three brothers, Keven Mueller and Darik Mueller, both of Fargo, and Kirby Mueller, Minot; and one grandchild, Emma Brock.
The family prefers memorials to Mid-Willamette Valley Hospice, 1467 13th St. S.E., Salem, Ore. 97302-2513. (Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service, Salem)
Kenneth Enyart
RIVERDALE -- Kenneth "Rudy" Enyart, 81, Riverdale, died Aug. 11, 1996, in the Underwood nursing home. Rudy was born June 11, 1915, in Stanton. He attended the Deapolis County School near the family homestead southeast of Stanton, and high school in Puyallup, Wash., where he worked in berry fields and lived with his oldest sister.
After several trips across country as a "hobo" riding the rails, he returned to the farm to help his father and mother during the 1930s. Rudy married Sylvia Gramm, May 18, 1940, at Stanton. They continued to farm with his mother, Laverna, during the 1940s and 1950s. In addition to farming, Rudy and Sylvia pursued a broad variety of other ways to support a family of eight children. Rudy, with the help of creative friends, built two stern-wheel ferry boats and operated them on the Missouri River below and above the confluence of the Knife River from 1943-1956. During the early construction years at the Garrison Dam, Rudy piloted tug boats ferrying heavy equipment, material and construction workers across the Missouri.
He was also a heavy equipment operator and a life member of the Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 49. Rudy's 40 years of heavy equipment operating took him from dam building, to defense installations, to refinery turn-arounds, to power plant construction, to the excavation of the original well on the farmstead where he was born (site of Basin Electric's Leland Olds Power Plant). He retired from construction work in 1984. Rudy and Sylvia also built fiber glass boats, operated service stations in Pick City and Riverdale, and owned and operated a laundromat in Stanton.
Rudy served as mayor of Stanton for 12 years. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, Shriner and a member of the Scottish Rite. He was also a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, designing and building innovative machines (self-loading boat trailer), speculating about abstract concepts (nature and cause of cancer), flying and fellowship in the El Zagal Temple and Masons. Most of all, he enjoyed the company of many good friends he met and kept over the years. Their visits invariably took them back to some adventure that made them laugh in a way that only those who were there could appreciate, and indeed they did!
Besides those many friends who will miss him dearly, Rudy is survived by his wife, Sylvia; two sons, Warren, and Winston and Linda, all of Bismarck; five daughters, Scarlett and Jerry Horning, Detroit Lakes, Minn., Carrie Simpfenderfer and Leon, Stanton, Grace and Byron Fretty, Big Lake, Minn., Jessie and Sam Fears, Washburn, and Sally Jane and Charlie Sorensen, Hensler.
He also had a great deal of affection for Joyce Enyart and Mike Quinn, whom he still considered members of his family.
Rudy donated his remains to the School of Medicine at the University of North Dakota. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Stanton.
Rudy was preceded in death by his son, Wakely, who died of cancer in 1983. His father, David Warren Enyart, who died in 1935, and his mother, Laverna Belle Jones, who died in 1959. Rudy was the last member of his family of four brothers, Hugh, David, Jesse and Glenn; and three sisters, Emma, Edna and Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Shriner's Burn Institute or Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital. Checks to either may be sent to the attention of Jean at El Zagal Temple, 1429 N. Third St., Fargo, 58102.
Frances Johnson
Frances M. Johnson, 93, St. Vincent's Nursing Home, Bismarck, died Aug. 12, 1996, in the nursing home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. Ron Gladen officiating. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery, rural Wilton.
Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. today at Boelter Funeral Home, Bismarck, and will continue at the church one hour before services.
Frances Hefta was born Jan. 6, 1903, at Green Bush, Minn., the daughter of Andrew J. and Cecelia (Cieminski) Hefta. The family moved to Wilton when Frances was 4 years old. She was raised and educated in Wilton. She married Lawrence R. Johnson, Dec. 13, 1922, at Bismarck. They farmed west of Baldwin along the river. Mr. Johnson died July 14, 1965. She spent one year working in Seattle, moving to Bismarck in 1966. She worked for Bismarck Hospital for six years until her retirement in 1972. She continued doing volunteer work at the hospital until 1989, when she entered Patterson Place. She became a resident of St. Vincent's Nursing Home in 1993.
She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Vernon and Evelyn M., Tuttle, and Paul and Doris, Casper, Wyo.; two sisters, Victoria Yengling, Bismarck, and Pauline Paulsen, Pasco, Wash.; 15 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; two daughters; two sisters; and her parents.
Richard Dufault
Richard "Dewey" Dufault, Bismarck, formerly of Grand Forks, left us on Aug. 6, 1996, at the age of 46. Services were held Aug. 9 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, East Grand Forks, Minn.
A free spirit who brought much joy into the lives of those who cared about him, Dewey led an active life as a biker, photographer, poet, skier, musician, outdoorsman, father, good friend, and wearer of colorful headgear.
Dewey is survived by two daughter, Sarah Jane, St. Paul, Minn., and Diana Lee, Grand Forks; his mother, Alma, East Grand Forks; his canine companion, Cajun Blue; and all of us who loved him and will miss seeing his freak flag fly.
Roy Yunker
WASHBURN -- Roy O. Yunker, 74, Washburn, died Aug. 12, 1996, in a Bismarck hospital after a brief illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at United Methodist Church, Washburn, with the Rev. Phil Lint officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Washburn, with military rites by Washburn American Legion Post No. 12.
Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. today at Goetz Funeral Home, Washburn, and will continue at the church one hour before services.
Roy Owen Yunker was born Dec. 30, 1921, at rural Washburn, to John and Alma (Youngquist) Yunker. He attended Conkling Grade School west of Washburn and Washburn High School. As a young man he worked as a farm laborer for area farmers. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1943. After his discharge he returned to Washburn. He worked as a heavy equipment operator on several projects including the Garrison Dam. He then worked as a blade operator for McLean County for more than 20 years, and retired in the early 1980s.
Roy enjoyed hunting, trapping and fishing. He was an avid bow hunter and received many awards in archery tournaments. He was a member of Washburn American Legion Post No. 12.
He is survived by two brothers and one sister-in-law, Clarence, and Edward and Annie, all of Washburn; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Alice Prewett, Beloit, Kan., Ada Webster, Gilman, Wis., Alpha Schacher, The Dalles, Ore., Aleda and Frank Martin, Washburn, and Agnes and Al Keck, Klamath Falls, Ore.; numerous nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Randolph Granlie, Washburn.
Philip Gutensohn
Philip Hiram Gutensohn was born Nov. 6, 1911, at Grand Rapids, the son of Peter and Roszella (Jolin) Gutensohn. His family moved to Burt, where Philip attended grade school. He graduated from high school at Elgin in 1928.
Philip worked on the section crew for Northern Pacific Railroad until 1939 when he moved to Emmons County and taught rural school. On Dec. 27, 1935, he married Ila Woods at Linton. They made their home in Linton and Philip continued to teach rural school and worked at various jobs. They moved to Jamestown in 1942, where he worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
He retired in February of 1973, having lived in Esmond, Turtle Lake and Bismarck during his employment with Northern Pacific Railroad. They moved to Strasburg in 1975 and Philip served as city mayor from 1976 to 1977. In 1982 they moved to The Dalles, Ore., and in 1983 to Newburg, Ore. In November 1991 they returned to Linton, moving to Bismarck in 1994.
During his life, Philip played 30 seasons of amateur baseball in North Dakota, and was the first commissioner at large for the Amateur Baseball Association in North Dakota. He was active in the Non-Partisan League and the Democratic NPL Party of North Dakota. Philip was the legislative representative for the Order of Railroad Conductors in the U.T. Union.
He died Aug. 13, 1996, in a Bismarck nursing home.
Grateful to have shared his life are his wife, Ila; five sons and daughters-in-law, Philip D. and Lynn, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Jerry and Joyce, Grand Forks, Richard and Jacque, Gresham, Ore., Charles and Carol, Downey, Calif., and Joel and Linda, Reno, Nev.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Pat and Cliff Ness, Bismarck, and Ila Mae and Lowell Thomas, Tigard, Ore.; 16 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Philip was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; and one daughter, Betty Jane.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, Linton, with the Rev. Alan Steier officiating. Burial will be in Hazelton Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to New Horizons Alzheimer's Department of the Baptist Home, Bismarck. (Myers Funeral Home, Linton)
Susan Schladweiler
WILLISTON -- Susan Schladweiler, 47, Billings, Mont., formerly of Williston, died Aug. 12, 1996, in the Williston hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Union Church, Williston. (Everson Funeral Home, Williston)
Martin Boyd
WILLISTON -- Martin Boyd, 77, Williston, died Aug. 12, 1996, in the Williston hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Everson Funeral Home, Williston, with burial in Riverview Cemetery, Williston.
He is survived by his wife, Doris; one daughter, Patricia Smith, Missoula, Mont.; two sons, Mathew, Bismarck, and Larren, Golden Valley, Minn.
Stanley Nice
WILLISTON -- Stanley Nice, 35, Williston, died Aug. 13, 1996, in the Williston hospital. Arrangements are pending at Everson Funeral Home, Williston.
Edward Carter
Edward Carter, 72, 1103 Second Ave. N.W., Mandan, died Aug. 13, 1996, in a Bismarck hospital. Arrangements are pending at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan.
Leroy Ensz
Leroy A. Ensz, 42, Bismarck, died July 14, 1996, in Santa Monica, Calif. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.
He is survived by four brothers, Donald, Bismarck, Duane, Lincoln, and Ray and Larry; and one sister, Rose Erickson, Mandan. (Bismarck Funeral Home)
Bertha Hofer
UNDERWOOD -- Bertha Hofer, 87, Underwood, died Aug. 13, 1996, in the Underwood nursing home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at United Methodist Church, Turtle Lake, with burial in Turtle Lake Cemetery. (Goetz Funeral Home, Turtle Lake)
