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Herbert Ebel
Herbert W. Ebel, 73, Redwood Village, Wilton, died Dec. 5, 1996, in Wilton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Perry Funeral Home, Mandan, with the Rev. Ernest Hockett officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck.
Visitation will be from 1-8 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Herbert was born June 3, 1923, in Artas, S.D., the son of Karl and Christina (Will) Ebel. He moved to Goodrich as a child. He farmed in the Goodrich and McClusky areas and later moved to Bismarck.
He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Pat and Melvin Madsen, Tacoma, Wash., and Penny and Gary Martin, Fargo; two sons and daughters-in-law, Keith and Rita, Mandan, and Herb and Char, Bismarck; one sister, Violetta Wetzel, Bismarck; two brothers, Edwin, Bismarck, and Ruben, Wichita, Kan.; one stepsister, Erna Koenig, Carrington; five stepbrothers, Leo and Fred Zeeb, both of Goodrich, Albert and George Zeeb, both of Bismarck, and Raymond Zeeb, Martinez, Calif.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and three brothers.
Kiaran Dooley
Kiaran Leonard Dooley, 88, Bismarck, died Dec. 4, 1996, from complications of aging. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Bismarck, with the Rev. Thomas R. Kramer officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck.
Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. today and 1-9 p.m. Sunday at Eastgate Funeral Service, where a vigil celebration service will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Dooley is well-known and respected throughout the state in the field of education and is fondly remembered for his years of involvement in civic and church organizations. He was instrumental in encouraging young people to pursue advanced schooling. His family cherishes his memory.
Kiaran Leonard Dooley, born Aug. 29, 1908, was raised on a farm near Brinsmade. He graduated from Brinsmade High School, earned a bachelor of science degree in 1931 from Jamestown College and later earned a masters degree in education in 1954 from University of North Dakota. During World War II Mr. Dooley was a chemist with the Dupont Corp. in Terra Haute, Ind.. He returned to North Dakota to pursue a long and dedicated career in education. He was a teacher, coach, principal, superintendent and Department of Public Instructor administrator. Kiaran worked in Granville, Glenburn, Golva, Reeder and Belfield schools. In 1954 he joined the North Dakota Department of Education in Bismarck and became director of state and federal relations of North Dakota in mathematics, science and language department, retiring in 1981. Kiaran had a deep love and devotion to people and they in return. He had and needed a good wit. He frequently requested molasses cookies and apple pie.
On July 6, 1940, he married Katharine M. McDonald. She preceded him in death in Aug. 1981.
He was a member of Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, where he attended mass daily.
He is survived by four sons and daughters-in-law, John and Karen, Boise, Idaho, Patrick and Nora, Cuba, N.Y., Fintan and Judy, Bismarck, and Bernard and Diane, Charlestown, Mass.; one daughter and son-in-law, Katherine deRicci and F. Theodore Horwatt, Canonsburg, Pa.; eight granddaughters and three grandsons, deRicci T. Horwatt, Luella Dooley, Hester Dooley, Jocelyn Dooley, Edith Dooley, Katharine Dooley, Anna Dooley, Bridget Dooley and Nereus Dooley, Gregory Dooley and Mills Rupert Dooley; three sisters, Isabelle Lindeen, Rochester, Minn., Irene Reed, Kansas City, Mo., and Margaret Minkel, Oxnard, Calif.
He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters, Ralph, John, Julia and Marie.
Kiaran's family extends their thanks to all the caregivers who came into his life in his later years, especially Susan and Kevin Forderer.
The family prefers memorials to Cathedral Grade School, St. Mary's Central High School, Shiloh Christian School or Jamestown College.
Brandyn Young
DICKINSON -- Brandyn Tyler Young, the infant son of Isaac Gary II and Penny Young, Dickinson, died Dec. 3, 1996. Services will be at 2 p.m .MST today at Mischel-Olson Chapel, Dickinson, with burial in St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, Dickinson.
He is survived by his parents; one brother, Devin, at home; and his grandparents, James and Renate Young, Dickinson, Isaac and Sandra Gary, Louisiana, and Mary and Chester Leger, Texas.
Joseph Wanner
DICKINSON -- Joseph P. Wanner, 89, Dickinson, died Dec. 5, 1996, in a Dickinson nursing home. Services will be at 11 a.m MST Monday at Mischel-Olson Chapel, Dickinson, with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Dickinson.
Charles Fortier
WILDROSE -- Charles G. Fortier, 86, Wildrose, died Dec. 5, 1996, in the Tioga hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Lutheran Church, Wildrose. Further arrangements are pending at Everson Funeral Home, Williston.
Jack Hunt
ROCK LAKE -- Jack I. Hunt, 72, Rock Lake, died Dec. 5, 1996, in the Cando hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church, Rock Lake, with burial in IOOF Cemetery, Rock Lake.
He is survived by his wife, Ellen; one son, Roger, McClusky; two daughters, Connie Warbitsky, Egeland, and Lori Hunt, Rock Lake; three brothers, Richard, Rock Lake, Orin, Newfolden, Minn., and Gerald, Yelm, Wash.; and three sisters, Evelyn Cox, Sheridan, Mont., Nonabelle Shier, Vancouver, Wash., and Myrna Seghers, Hansboro. (Dunnigan-Dix Funeral Home, Cando)
Sophie Bender
Sophie Bender, 87, Bismarck, formerly of Turtle Lake, died Dec. 5, 1996, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mission Evangelical Free Church, Wilton, with burial in Turtle Lake Cemetery.
She is survived by one daughter, Esther Blotter, Wilton; one son, Duane, Regan; one brother, Edwin Brenneise, Tacoma, Wash.; and one sister, Rebecca Fandrick, Underwood. (Goetz Funeral Home, Washburn)
Hazel Brengle
BEACH -- Hazel Brengle, 94, Beach, died Dec. 4, 1996, in Glendive, Mont. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at United Community Church, Beach, with burial in Beach Cemetery.
She is survived by two sons, Gary, Glendive, and Don, Beach. (Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home, Beach)
Freda Alm
MINNEWAUKAN -- Freda Alm, 93, Minnewaukan, died Dec. 4, 1996, in the Rugby hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Free Lutheran Church, Minnewaukan, with burial in St. Olaf Lutheran Cemetery, Minnewaukan.
She is survived by one sister, Alma Ronning, Maddock. (Nelson Funeral Home, Minnewaukan)
Erna Nutz
HARVEY -- Erna Nutz, 82, Harvey, died Dec. 6, 1996, in a Bismarck hospital. Arrangements are pending at Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey.
Agnes Wadeson
Agnes Wadeson, former longtime resident of Bismarck, died Nov. 13, 1996, in Arvin, Calif., after a long illness. Memorial services were Nov. 21, 1996, in Tehachapi, Calif., with burial in Forest Lawn, Glendale, Calif.
Agnes was born March 16, 1909, in Kenmare, to Iver and Ane Jensen, the sixth of seven children. Agnes and Henry Wadeson lived in Bismarck from 1931 to 1972, at which time they moved to California.
Agnes held a variety of jobs, the last one begin that of an executive secretary in Glendale. Following her husband's death in 1978, Agnes continued to work until retirement and devoted volunteer time to the Glendale Memorial Hospital's gift shop. In 1988 she moved to Tehachapi to be closer to her daughter, Mary and son-in-law, Mike. Agnes had many friends in North Dakota, the Los Angeles area and Tehachapi. She will forever be missed by all who loved her.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Mike; as well as many nieces and nephews.
The family prefers memorials be sent to the Alzheimers Research Association.
Roger Russell
Roger Russell, 70, 2914 Manitoba Lane, Bismarck, died Dec. 5, 1996, at his home, after a brief but a courageous struggle with cancer. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Bismarck Funeral Home, with the Rev. Winston G. Titus of the Assembly of God Church officiating. Six dear friends will proudly carry their loyal and gentle friend to his final resting place at North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.
As a young child, Roger was raised on a homestead in southeastern Colorado. The family later moved to Louisburg, Kan., and then to Amarillo, Texas, where he was educated and grew up. In 1944 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and proudly served with the 37th Division 129th Infantry, K Co. as a combat veteran in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, he re-enlisted and was sent to American-occupied Japan. He was honorably discharged in 1947.
Roger worked in the oil fields of Kansas, Texas, Montana and Wyoming. In 1963 he began Russell Drilling Co., Inc., which he owned and operated until his retirement in 1989. During recent years Roger worked and traveled as a consultant on drilling projects for various contractors throughout the country.
Roger's traits of character will always remain dear to those who knew him. No matter how dark, grim or dreary the situation, he always furnished positive, cheerful, hopeful and spiritual encouragement, believing that ``all things work out for the best." Generous and unselfish to a fault, he was the first to see and meet a need, always ready to inconvenience himself in order to reduce the pain of others. A soldier who served with Roger, recounted to us in a letter how he watched him trying to pull off boots and stockings that were stuck to his feet from blood and sores. He tried to get him to go back to the ``aid station." Roger's quiet reply was ``there weren't enough guys in the squad" and stayed.
Roger was preceded in death by his first wife, Elaine Gerstner, mother of James, John and Sheila. In 1958 Roger married Carol Jane Dockter. They had three children, Robin, Scott and Tracy.
Their first child preceded him in death at the age of 4.
He is survived by his wife, Carol Jane; three sons and two daughters-in-law, James and Cynthia, Fargo, John, Hays, Kan., and Scott and Cindy, Larkspur, Colo.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sheila and Ray Bosch, Gorham, Kan., and Tracy Lynn and Kevin Keller, Whitefish, Mont.; 13 grandchildren, all who want to grow up to be a cowboy like ``Pappa Roger," one great-granddaughter; one brother, James, Salem, Ore.; and four sisters, Ora Lee Brown and Peggy Lou Russell, both of Denver, and Virginia Cronenberg and JoAnn Sours, both of Grand Junction, Colo.
As we say goodbye to a husband, father and friend who was a member of a generation hardened by the Great Depression and tempered by war, we will always be grateful for the lessons he taught us about compassion, loving and sacrifice. There was no finer soldier, husband, father, grandfather or friend. Goodbye, father and friend, you will be forever loved and sadly missed. ``Oh death, where is they sting? Oh grave, where is they victory?"
Dorothy Opp
GLEN ULLIN -- Dorothy Opp, 45, Glen Ullin, died Dec. 5, 1996, in Glen Ullin. Services will be at 10 a.m. MST Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Glen Ullin, with burial in North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, rural Mandan.
Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Sunday at the church, where a vigil service will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Dorothy Schafer was born Dec. 8, 1950, at Richardton, to Franz and Elizabeth (Maershbecker) Schafer. She was raised in Glen Ullin and educated in Glen Ullin schools. She graduated from high school in 1968 and worked at a grocery store for a short time. She began working for MDU in Glen Ullin, a position she held for the last 25 years. On March 21, 1996, she married Marvin Opp at Mandan.
Dorothy loved the outdoors, cross-country skiing, walking, jogging and even hunting. Her other favorite pastime was working with the greyhound dogs she helped raise. Dorothy's battle with cancer came to an end Dec. 5.
She is survived by her husband, Marvin; one daughter, Dawn Emter, Glen Ullin; one grandson, Mathew Emter, Glen Ullin; one stepson, Kevin Opp, Glen Ullin; her father, Franz Schafer, Glen Ullin; two brothers, Robert, Bismarck, and Doug, Hebron; and six sisters, Darlene Meyers, Coon Rapids, Minn., Doreen Hartman, Killdeer, Bonnie Kuntz, Hebron, Shirley Schwab, Everett, Wash., Karen Goetzfried, Mandan, and Joan Kinnischtzke, Glen Ullin.
She was preceded in death by her mother; and one sister, Sandra Erhart.
Sophie Bender
Sophie Bender, 87, Bismarck, formerly of Turtle Lake, died Dec. 5, 1996, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be at 10-30 a.m. Monday at Mission Evangelical Free Church, Wilton, with the Rev. David L. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Turtle Lake Cemetery.
Visitation will be from noon-9 p.m. today at Goetz Funeral Home, Washburn, and will continue at the church one hour before services.
Sophie Brenneise was born May 1, 1909, at rural Garrison, to John and Anna (Abel) Brenneise. She grew up on her parents' farm northwest of Underwood, where she attended rural school. As a young woman she worked at Anderson's Cafe in Underwood. She married Fred Bender Jr. on Oct. 11, 1926, at McClusky. They lived north of Regan, where they rented a small farm. In 1943 they purchased the Bender homestead 15 miles northwest of Regan and lived and ranched there until they retired and moved into Turtle Lake in 1969. Their son, Duane, took over the farming operation. Fred Bender died in November 1971. Sophie continued to make her home in Turtle Lake until she became a resident of Bismarck Baptist Home in July 1991.
She enjoyed hobbies of reading, crocheting and quiltmaking.
She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Esther and Ted Blatter, Wilton; one son and daughter-in-law, Duane and Verdeen Bender, Regan; four grandchildren, Bryan Bender, Judy Lockbeam, Diana Barnes and Carol Ann Schroeder; four great-grandchildren, Larry Lockbeam, Barbara Schmitcke, Cordell Bender and Cole Bender; two great-great-grandchildren, Travis and Tara Schmitcke; one brother, Edwin Brenneise, Tacoma, Wash.; and one sister, Rebecca Fandrick, Underwood.
Jake Klein
ELGIN -- Jake F. Klein, 84, Elgin, died Dec. 6, 1996, in the Elgin hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Ebenezer United Church of Christ, north of Elgin, and at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Jamestown. The Rev. Paul Baker will officiate at both services. Burial will be in Evangelical Cemetery, Kulm.
Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. today at Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Elgin, and will continue from 7-9 p.m. Monday at Haut Funeral Home, Jamestown. A prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home in Elgin.
Jake Klein was born Jan. 19, 1912, at Willa, the son of Edward and Louisa (Luithle) Klein. He attended the local rural school where he received his elementary education and grew to manhood. He and Clara Marie Schurr were married July 11, 1934, at Minneapolis. They made their home there for a short time before moving in 1935 to Burt, where they farmed. In 1942 they moved to a farm near Fredonia. They continued farming after moving to Jamestown in 1957. He also worked at the Greyhound Bus Depot and later at North Dakota State Hospital. He did general carpentry in the Jamestown area. Clara died July 15, 1987. He moved to Elgin in November 1994.
He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Jamestown.
He is survived by four daughters and three sons-in-law, Joan and Jim Wolfe, Carlisle, Iowa, Leotta and Jim Michel, Lakeville, Minn., Luella Boelter, Anaheim, Calif., and Carol and Jim Weixel, Casper, Wyo.; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; five brothers, Edmund, Elgin, Bennie, Lemmon, S.D., Richard, Billings, Mont., Ervin, Bowman, and Marvin, Glen Ullin; and one sister and brother-in-law, Edna and Arvin Guenther, Dickinson.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one daughter; two brothers; three sisters; and one granddaughter. (Haut Funeral Home, Jamestown)
Alvina Walther
UNDERWOOD -- Alvina Walther, 88, Underwood, died Dec. 7, 1996, in the Underwood nursing home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, Linton, with burial in Linton Cemetery.
She is survived by five sons, Milo, West Fargo, Neil, Bismarck, Curtis, St. Charles, Mo., Charles, Mesa, Ariz., and Bob, Sioux Falls, S.D.; one daughter, Carol Walther, Renton, Wash.; two brothers, Ben Rau, Fargo, and Alton Rau, Linton; and two sisters, Bertha, Lodi, Calif., and Martha, Fargo. (Myers Funeral Home, Linton)
Roger Russell
Roger Russell, 70, 2914 Manitoba Lane, died Dec. 5, 1996, in his home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Bismarck Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Clara Dybing
HARVEY -- Clara Dybing, 92, Harvey, died Dec. 7, 1996, in a Bismarck nursing home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Church, Harvey. Further arrangements are pending at Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey.
Charles Fortier
WILDROSE -- Charles G. Fortier, 86, Wildrose, died Dec. 5, 1996, in the Tioga hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Lutheran Church, Wildrose, with burial in Stordahl Cemetery.
He is survived by one daughter, Mary Date, Chehalis, Wash.; three sons, Farrell, William and James, all of Wildrose; and three sisters, Ethel Austin, Vancouver, Wash., Helen Myers, Olympia, Wash., and Daisy Anders, Centralia, Wash. (Everson Funeral Home, Williston)
Clara Dybing
HARVEY -- Clara Dybing, 92, Harvey, died Dec. 7, 1996, in a Bismarck nursing home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Church, Harvey, with burial in Sunnyside Cemetery, Harvey.
She is survived by two sons, LeRoy, Rhinelander, Wis., and Wayne, LaMoure. (Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey)
Milton Klein
ELGIN -- Services for Milton Klein, 74, Elgin, will be at 11 a.m. MST Wednesday at Hope Conservative Congregational Church, Elgin. Further arrangements are pending at Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Elgin.
Lauren Goroski
BEACH -- Lauren Marie Goroski, 4, Phoenix, Ariz., died Dec. 6, 1996, in Phoenix. Services will be at 10 a.m. MST Wednesday at St. Philip's Church, St. Philip's, Mont., with burial in the church cemetery.
She is survived by her parents, Gerard and Sara Goroski, Phoenix; and her grandparents, Leona Van Vleet, Beach, Gary Van Vleet, Kittitas, Wash., and Gerald and Kathy Goroski, Wibaux, Mont. (Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home, Beach)
