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Jack Hagerty
Jack Hagerty, 78, retired editor of the Grand Forks Herald died June 13, 1997, in the Mandan hospital.
Mr. Hagerty and his wife, Marilyn, are residents of Grand Forks but had been staying in the Bismarck-Mandan area since the flood.
A prayer service is being held in Bismarck at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Church of the Good Shepherd. Arrangements are being made for a memorial service at Calvary Lutheran Church in Grand Forks in August.
Jack Hagerty was born Dec. 14, 1918, in Aberdeen, S.D., near the family home at Monango. He grew up in Aberdeen and got his start in the newspaper
business as a student working for the American-News. He attended Northern State Teachers College before transferring to South Dakota State College at Brookings, S.D., where he graduated in 1940. He was editor of the college newspaper, the Collegian. He spent one summer as acting editor of the Lemmon, S.D., Leader.
He was a veteran of World War II when he served on a U.S. Navy coding board in Brazil. Following the war, he worked briefly for the Aberdeen American-News and for the Daily Sentinel at Grand Junction, Colo. He returned to this area as a correspondent for United Press in Bismarck in 1946. In 1953, he became Minnesota manager for United Press and was based in Minneapolis before going to Grand Forks in 1957 as news editor of the Herald. He also served as managing editor before he was named editor. He retired in 1983. During his years with the Herald, the newspaper won two national awards from the Associated Press.
He was chairman of the News Executives Conference of the University of Minnesota, president of the North Dakota Associated Press, president of the North Dakota Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Professional Journalists and chaired the North Dakota Fair Trial-Free Press Commission and the UND Journalism Advisory Committee.
In 1985, he was honored by the North Dakota Newspaper Association for 50 years in the newspaper business. He was honored in April as a distinguished alumni from the communications department at South Dakota State College.
A lectureship was established by the Grand Forks Herald in his honor at the UND Journalism Department when he retired. The Hagerty Lectures have brought leading journalists to Grand Forks to talk on current issues of the profession.
Mr. Hagerty continued writing a ``This Reminds Me" column following his retirement until early this year. He also wrote a biography of the founder of the Grand Forks Herald as one of the North Dakota Mini-Biography Series for the North Dakota Heritage Center. It is entitled, ``The Reformer: George B. Winship."
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn, a columnist for the Herald; two daughters and sons-in-law, Gail Hagerty and Dale Sandstrom, Bismarck, and Carol and Curt Werner, Denver; one son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Lorraine, Hong Kong; one sister, Harriet Parker, Zanesville, Ohio; and four grandchildren, Jack, Carrie and Anne, all of Bismarck, and Curtis Jakob Werner, Denver.
Elizabeth Vogel
Elizabeth Vogel, 79, Mandan, died June 13, 1997, in her home after a valiant battle with cancer. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. CDT Monday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Crown Butte, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, where a parish vigil will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Elizabeth was born June 10, 1918, at Blue Grass, to Jacob and Elizabeth (Beck) Skalsky. She was raised and educated in the Solen and Mandan area. On Nov. 17, 1937, she married Simon Vogel at Glen Ullin. She and her husband farmed at the Vogel family farm until 1995. Simon died in February 1995 and Elizabeth continued to live on the farm until the present time.
She was a former member of Mandan Moose and Eagles, and was an active member of her church, giving countless hours of her time for the various activities.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Mary, Mandan; one daughter, Clara Isaak, Mandan; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one sister and brother-in-law, Florence and Ray Muse, Stockton, Calif.; five half-sisters and three half-brothers-in-law, Bernita Karch, New Salem, Arlene and Emil Schatz, Glen Ullin, Shirley and Bill Gross, Bismarck, Virginia and Fred Muller, Arvada, Colo., and Lorene Shepherd, Billings, Mont.; and four half-brothers and one half-sister-in-law, Leonard Skalsky, Swanville, Minn., Ernest Skalsky, Billings, Mont., Ervin and Loretta Skalsky, Longmont, Colo., and Clifford Skalsky, Mandan.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents; her stepmother, Mary; her husband, Simon; one grandson, James Isaak; two stepbrothers, James and Clarence; and a former stepsister-in-law, Elsie Kelly, Colorado.
Marvin Klein
GLEN ULLIN -- Marvin Klein, 65, Glen Ullin, died June 13, 1997, in a Bismarck hospital. Arrangements are pending at Spangelo Funeral Home, Glen Ullin.
Emma Mautz
GARRISON -- Emma Mautz, 93, Garrison, died June 13, 1997, in the Garrison nursing home. Arrangements are pending at Thompson Funeral Home, Garrison.
Pauline Lithun
HARVEY -- Pauline Lithun, 75, Harvey, died June 13, 1997, in Bismarck. Arrangements are pending at Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey.
Anna Penfield
LEMMON, S.D. -- Anna M. Penfield, 94, Lemmon, died June 12, 1997, in the Lemmon hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Church of God, Lemmon, with burial in Greenhill Cemetery, Lemmon.
She is survived by one son, Bob, Bowman, N.D.; and five daughters, Bonnie Kile, Shadehill, Betty Davis, Spring Mills, Pa., Ruth Saunders, Hot Springs, S.D., Verna Landy, Rancho, Mirage, Calif., and Yvonne Shockley, Lemmon. (Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Lemmon)
Robert Chase
Robert C. Chase, 64, Mandan, died Nov. 3, 1998, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Seventh-day Adventist Church, Mandan, with the Revs. David Lindensmith and Joe Gresham officiating. Burial will be in Hebron Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery at 3 p.m. CST on Friday.
Visitation will be from 1-9 p.m. Thursday and from 8-9:30 a.m. Friday, both at Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, Mandan. There will be no visitation at the church.
Robert C. Chase was born on Oct. 19, 1934, in Hebron, the son of Herbert E. and Anna C. (Schiermeister) Chase. He married Ruth L. Pierson on Aug. 19, 1956, in Torrington, Wyo. Bob was the Mandan Municipal Airport Manager from 1962-1988.
Airplanes were always involved in some way in Bob's life, whether buying and selling parts or entire airplanes. The essence of the airplane experience for him, however, happened when he could leave the restrictions of earth dwelling and take to the sky with one of his planes.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth; one son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Cheryl, Hebron; one daughter and son-in-law, Karlene and Wayne Miller, Napoleon; his grandchildren, Ashlie, Britni and Pierson Chase, and Mikaela and MacKenzie Miller; his mother, Anna Chase, Statesboro, Ga.; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Monroe Chase, Mandan, and Jerry and Pam Chase, Hebron; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Severne and Gordon Caster, Jamestown, N.Y., Dorothy and Tom Massengill, Singapore, Ora Mae and Charles Klein, Denver, Colo.; and ElDonna and Dick Hilde, Statesboro; and many special nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Herbert.
Bob's family prefers memorials to the Mandan Seventh-day Adventist Church Memorial Fund. (Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, Mandan)
Gerda Kreidt
NEW SALEM -- Gerda Kreidt, 79, New Salem, died Nov. 2, 1998, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. MST Thursday at Peace Church, New Salem with the Rev. Richard Herb officiating. Burial will be in Peace Cemetery.
Visitation begins after 1 p.m. MST Wednesday at Buehler-Larson Funeral Home Chapel, New Salem, and continues one hour before services at the church.
Gerda Heid was born on March 8, 1919, in New Salem, the daughter of Fred and Bertha (Riedel) Heid. She attended school near New Salem and was confirmed in German in the Evangelical Church on Aug. 20, 1933.
She married George Kreidt on June 4, 1938, at her family farm home near New Salem. They farmed together on the family farm until retiring in 1976.
Never a lady with idle hands, Gerda kept busy after retirement making rugs, afghans, crocheting and doing other fancy work.
Gerda is survived by her husband of 60 years, George; two sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Judy, and Gene and Libby, all of New Salem; six grandchildren and their spouses, George and Mary Kreidt, Bryan and Ann Kreidt, Heidi and Randy John, Gary Dean and Lori Kreidt, Timothy and Amy Kreidt, and Jason Kreidt; six great-grandchildren, Amber, Austin and Amy John, Alexandria Kreidt and Andrew and Krista Kreidt; and one sister, Lucy Klusmann, Glen Ullin.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and three brothers, Fred Jr., Eckhart and Raymond. (Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, Mandan)
Annette Weber
Annette Weber, 55, Redlands, Calif., formerly of Mandan, died Oct. 31, 1998, in a Redlands hospital of lung cancer. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Adelaide's Catholic Church, Highland, Calif. Burial will be in Mount View Cemetery, San Bernardino, Calif.
Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. today at Bobbitt Memorial Chapel, San Bernardino, where a vigil service will be said at 7 p.m. tonight.
Annette was born on June 20, 1943, in Mandan. She has been a resident of Highland for the past 33 years. She was a kindergarten teacher at St. Adelaide's School in Highland for 22 years. She was a parishioner and Eucharistic Minister at St. Adelaide's Catholic Church, Highland.
She is survived by her husband, Fred Weber, Highland; her son, Jim Weber, Redlands; two daughters, Debbie Lawver, Loma Linda, Calif., and Colleen Smith, Highland; one brother, Dale Schmidt, Bozeman, Mont.; two sisters, Marjorie Diede, Bismarck, and Phyllis Husflown, Highland; and six grandchildren. (Bobbitt Memorial Chapel, San Bernardino)
Eva Flemmer
GOLDEN VALLEY -- Eva Flemmer, 87, Golden Valley, died Nov. 1, 1998, in the Hazen hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. MST Friday at Golden Valley Community Center with the Revs. Bruce Gunderson and Ron Enget officiating. Burial will be in Hope Congregational Cemetery, Golden Valley.
Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. MST Thursday at Seibel Funeral Home, Beulah.
Eva was born south of Beulah to William and Caroline (Weil) Oberlander on May 2, 1911. She was raised and attended school in Beulah and the south Halliday areas.
In her early teens, she was a hired girl to several area farmers, which eventually led her to the Golden Valley area where she met John W. Flemmer. They were married on Nov. 8, 1940, at Stanton. John passed away on July 5, 1983. She remained on the Flemmer farm until her death.
She enjoyed working outdoors, mowing lawn, raising chickens, and milking cows until she could no longer do it. She always had a genuine concern for the members of her family and friends. She had a ready smile and a giving heart to those who came to see her. Eva was a member of the Halliday Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include: two sons and one daughter-in-law, Leroy Leonard Flemmer and John and Leona Flemmer, all of Golden Valley; one son-in-law, Norman and Judy Biffert, Halliday; five grandchildren, Rita and Bruce Bakke, Bismarck, Ronda Biffert, Nashville, Tenn., Erin, John and Evan Flemmer, Golden Valley; two great-grandchildren; three stepdaughters, Evelyn Krein, Bismarck, Lorraine and Clarence Lennick, Minot, and Charlotte Wichmann, Fargo; one stepdaughter-in-law, Bonnett Flemmer, Lodi, Calif.; numerous stepgrandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; four brothers, Art Oberlander, Hubbard, Ore., Edward Oberlander, Alhambra, Calif., William Oberlander, Lemmon, S.D., and Louie Oberlander, Milwaukie, Ore.; and two sisters, Freda Pederson, Gladstone, Ore. and Ella Blanchard, Westport, Wash.
Eva was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; two daughters, Maryland Jene Flemmer and Shirley Ann Biffert; four brothers, Fred, Sam, Henry and Ted Oberlander; and four sisters, Phyllis Bunk, Bertha Boeckel, Rose Becker and Elizabeth Oberlander. (Seibel Funeral Home, Beulah)
Darlene Soland
HAZEN -- Darlene Soland, 35, Hazen, died Nov. 1, 1998, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Hazen. Services will be 2 p.m. MST Friday at Beulah Church of God. Burial will be in Hazen City Cemetery.
Visitation hours will be on Thursday from 2-8 p.m. MST at Seibel Funeral Home, Hazen.
She is survived by her husband, Wade; her daughter, Kelly C. Soland, at home; her son, Spencer Odom, Perry, Fla.; her mother, Theresa Kuhn, Perry; her father, Nicky Odom, Perry; and her brothers, Jamie Soland, Golden Valley, and Darin Soland, Hazen. (Seibel Funeral Home, Hazen)
Mary Katus
Mary E. Katus, 85, Watauga, S.D., died Nov. 2, 1998, in the Elgin care center. Services will be 2 p.m. MST Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, McIntosh, S.D. Burial will be in McIntosh Cemetery.
She is survived by one daughter, Marian Lemke, Granite Falls, Wash.; and two sons, Robert, Watauga, and Dennis, Sidney, Neb. (Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Lemmon, S.D.)
Don Nelson
Don Nelson, 78, Wibaux, Mont., died Nov. 3, 1998, in Glendive, Mont. Services will be 10 a.m. MST Friday at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Wibaux. Burial will be in Dawson County Cemetery, Glendive.
He is survived by three sisters, Ruth Schlapia, Wibaux, Mary Robinson, Billings, Mont., and Lauretta Richert, Wibaux. (Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home, Beach)
Ida Betz
BEULAH -- Ida Marie Betz, 87, Beulah, died Nov. 3, 1998, at her home. Services will be 10 a.m. MST Saturday at Immanuel Baptist Church, Beulah. Burial will be in Beulah City Cemetery.
She is survived by five sisters, Bertha Reich, Beulah, Elsie Reich, Bismarck, Edna Gramm-Ericson, Backhus, Minn., Martha Thomson, Beulah, and Emma Bentz, Hazen. (Seibel Funeral Home, Beulah)
Leland Anderson
WILDROSE -- Leland Anderson, 86, Wildrose, died Nov. 2, 1998 in a Williston hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, Wildrose. Burial will be in in Bethel Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery, southwest of Wildrose.
He is survived by his son, Rodney, Williston. (Everson Funeral Home, Williston)
Beatrice Hagert
JAMESTOWN -- Beatrice Hagert, 87, Jamestown, died Nov. 2, 1998, in a Jamestown nursing home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Jamestown. Burial will be in Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown.
She is survived by cousins. (Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown)
