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Kasper Huck
Kasper Huck, 69, 210 10th Avenue NE, Mandan, died May 15, 2000 in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mandan. Further arrangements are pending with Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan.
Frenchie Johnson
WILLISTON -- Frenchie (Leah) Johnson, 69, Williston, and formerly of Ray, died May 13, 2000 at her home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today, at Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Dan Crider officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Rest Cemetery, Ray. Visitation will be from 9 a.m.-noon today at Fulkerson Funeral Home, Williston. Leah Florence Johnson was born at St. John, the daughter of Romeo Charbonneau and Mary Oulette. She was raised and educated at St. John and lived primarily with her maternal grandparents, Zoiel and Mary Oulette as a child. She was baptized in the Catholic faith and educated at St. John. She was united in marriage to Melvin Johnson on Oct. 28, 1949 at Cando. They first lived at Cando for a time before moving to Tioga, during the first discovery of oil. Frenchie's husband, Melvin, was employed in oil field construction. In 1959, they moved to Ray. Frenchie, after her children were old enough, began working as a waitress first at the Snow White Diner, and later at the Parkway Cafe. She also was well respected in day care and over the years devoted herself to many families in Ray who needed quality daycare for their children. On Sept. 15, 1969, her husband, Melvin was killed in a motor vehicle accident. Frenchie continued to live in Ray until retiring to Williston in 1991. In her retirement years, Frenchie enjoyed traveling to visit family and abroad, spending quality time with her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed baking for her family and friends, playing games with her grandchildren, tending to her flowers, socializing with her many friends and actively participating in her church. Diabetes had become a constant restraint for Frenchie, having a need for dialysis 3 times a week for the past 5 years, would be more than most people could tolerate, but she made the best of it, made new friends each time she needed to go to the hospital for her treatments and never really allowed the disease to get her down. In 1979, she committed herself to God and chose to be baptized in the Church of the Nazarene. This strong faith gave her strength to meet the challenges of her daily life. She is survived by two sons, Lonny and Misty Johnson, and Howard and Eddie Johnson, all of Williston; five daughters, Connie and Larry Tandeski, Billings, Mont., Leslie and Kenny Ellvanger, Stanley, Jackie and John Perdue, and Sherry Deyton, all ofWilliston, and Patti and Lyle Allard, Jackson Hole, Wyo.; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; one brother, Howard Jones and his wife, Jan, Great Falls, Mont.; two half-brothers, Ray Charbonneau, Henderson, Nev., and John Charbonneau, Stillwater, Okla.; and two sisters, Carolyne Tongate and her husband, George, and Verna Carol McInnis, all of Great Falls, Mont. She was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin; and one granddaughter, Michelle Tandeski.
Irene B. Luder
Irene B. Luder, 86, went home to be with her Lord on May 13, 2000 at Wing. Services will be held at 11 a.m. CDT Wednesday, at Eastgate Funeral Service Chapel, with the Rev. Gordon Stork officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. CDT or 12:30 p.m. MDT at Zap Community Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon-9 p.m. today and for one hour prior to the service at Eastgate Funeral Service. Irene Beulah Luder was born Jan. 14, 1914 in Stanton, the daughter of Sidney Sams and Otillia (Wiedenmeyer) Sams. She was raised at Stanton and Zap, and Lodi, Calif. She married Allen Luder at Zap on Nov. 20, 1934. They made their home in Zap and Golden Valley until moving to Montana in 1951 where they lived at Butte, Helena and Great Falls. In November 1969, they moved to Burnham, Penn., where their oldest daughter and family lived. Allen passed away on Aug. 9, 1972. Irene returned to North Dakota in 1976. In 1989, she moved to Wing where she resided with Ellen Luiska. Irene was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Beulah. She is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Shirley and Rocco Ross, Lewistown, Penn., and Sharon Sorsdahl, Bismarck; two grandchildren, David Phillips, Westcliffe, Colo., and Mrs. Greg (Susan) Stutter, Reedsville, Penn.; two great-grandchildren, Erica McCaffrey, Lock Haven, Penn., and Chandra McCaffrey, Lewistown, Penn.; two great-great-grandchildren, Lindsey Morgan and Claudia Holbrook, Lewistown; two half-sisters, Mrs. Richard (Jane) Bitterman, Beulah, and Mrs. LeRoy (LaVern) Stewart, Helena, Mont.; and two half-brothers, Walter (Bud) Sutheimer, Helena, Mont., and Edwin (Eddy) Sutheimer, Oxnard, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husband, Allen; one brother, Lester Sams; one half-brother, Alvin Sutheimer and one half-sister, Viola Essert Blakely. A very special thanks to Ellen Luiska for sharing her home and caring for our mother and also to Doctor Moe. (Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck)
Renee Marshall
BOWMAN -- Renee (Jinx) Marshall, 71, Bowman, died May 14, 2000 in the Bowman hospital. Services will be held at 10 a.m. MDT Wednesday, at Krebsbach Funeral Service Chapel, Bowman, with burial in Bowman Cemetery. She is survived by one brother, Duane Lilja, Coon Rapids, Minn. (Krebsbach Funeral Service, Bowman)
Raymond Moan
NEW ENGLAND -- Raymond Moan, 77, New England, died May 13, 2000 in a Hettinger care center. Services will be held at 1 p.m. MDT Wednesday, at Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church, New England, with the Rev. Jerry Erickson officiating. Burial will be in Rainy Butte Lutheran Cemetery, south of New England. Raymond Moan was born June 7, 1922, on a farm in Kennedy Township, south of New England to Ludwig and Agnes (Hegge) Moan. He attended grade school at the Rustan School and graduated from New England High School in 1942. After graduation, he worked on the family farm, ten miles south of New England. He continued to operate the farm after his parents death. Raymond married Mathilda Eisenbarth on November 6, 1965. She died May 28, 1991. He entered the Hillcrest Care Center in May of 1997. He is survived by his stepson, Lon Dell Eisenbarth, New England; two stepdaughters, Sharon Myhre, Silverton, Ore. and Londa Schwartz, New England; six grandchildren, Duane Myhre, Del and Jolynn Eisenbarth, Kelley and Korey Miller and Jason Schwartz; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, one brother and one sister. (Price-Murphy Funeral Home, Dickinson)
Robert W. O'Connor
NEW ROCKFORD -- Robert W. O'Connor, 75, New Rockford, died May 15, 2000 in a Fargo hospital. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, at St. John's Catholic Church, New Rockford. Further arrangements are pending with Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford.
Robert Peterson
Robert E. A. Peterson, 67, West Seattle, Wash., and formerly of Mandan, died May 5, 2000 in a Seattle hospital. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service was held on May 10, at Gatewood Baptist Church, with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Seattle. He is survived by his wife, Dortha; his daughters, Barbara Fisher and Robin Peterson; his sons, Delwin and Dean; his stepchildren, Donns Damery, Eileen Riddle and Dayne Turgeon, all of Seattle; 13 grandchildren; one brother, Mike Peterson; and two sisters, Darla Keigley and Gladys Preszler, all of Mandan.
Alice Simpson
CROSBY -- Alice Simpson, 90, Crosby, died May 14, 2000 in a Crosby care center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at First Lutheran Church, Ray, with burial in Sunset Rest Cemetery, near Ray. She is survived by a sister, Edith Humberstad, El Cahon, Calif. (Fulkerson Funeral Home, Williston)
Bernice Vinje
HAZEN -- Bernice Vinje, 80, Hazen, died May 14, 2000 in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 10 a.m. MDT Wednesday, at English Lutheran Church, Hazen, with the Rev. Bill Wagner officiating. Burial will be in the Hazen City Cemetery. Visitation hours will be from 5-8 p.m. MDT today at Seibel Funeral Home, Hazen. Bernice was born June 15, 1919 at Fargo, a daughter of Nordahl and Ida (Fjermestad) Skogen. She was raised in Bricelyn, Jackson and Blue Earth, Minn., graduating from Blue Earth High School. Bernice attended nurses' training at the University of Minnesota and Ankar Hospital School of Nursing. On June 21, 1939, she married Dr. Edmund G. Vinje at Blue Earth. Bernice and Edmund resided at Langdon, Hillsboro, Hebron and Beulah before settling in Hazen in 1945. In 1976, Edmund took a position as a staff physician at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Marlin, Texas. They returned to Hazen in 1979 and Edmund died in 1980. Bernice was a member of English Lutheran Church, Hazen, where she was active in and a past president of the ladies organization, helped to write the first English Lutheran cookbook and served as a Sunday school teacher. She was a charter member of the Hazen Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, led the first fund drive to build a swimming pool in Hazen, was president of the ND Medical Society Auxiliary, an officer and volunteer for the March of Dimes, the ND Easter Seals Society, American Cancer Society and an active volunteer for the ND Republican Party. Bernice also served as a Cub Scout den mother and was active in and past president of the Hazen PTA. She had interests in science, particularly geology and paleontology. Bernice and Edmund had specimens of early mammal fossils that had been discovered in western North Dakota on display in the permanent collection at the Chicago Field Museum. Bernice loved cooking and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Edmund G. Vinje II and his wife, Robyn, Fargo, and Syver and Susan Vinje, Bismarck; four grandchildren, Marcia (Vinje) Harris and her husband, Mark, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sue and Andrea Vinje, Minneapolis, and Aaron and Jessie Vinje, Bismarck; five great-grandchildren, Adam, Nicholas, Benjamin and Corinne Harris, and Logan Vinje; one brother, Vernal and Harriet Skogen, Easton, Minn.; a sister-in-law, Joyce Vinje, Mesa, Ariz.; and numerous nieces and nephews; and many friends in Hazen and throughout the country. Bernice was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edmund; and one brother, Orville. Memorials are preferred to Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen, or the Elks Camp Grassick.
Lillian Hanson
WATFORD CITY -- Lillian Hanson, 81, Watford City, died May 15, 2000, in the Watford City nursing home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Watford City Assembly of God Church, with burial in Schafer Cemetery, Watford City. She is survived by one daughter, Linda Hammond, Watford City; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Edith Ducatt, Kent, Wash., Fern Langerud, Grand Forks, and Jean Hunt, New Folden, Minn. (Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City)
Kasper Huck
Kasper Huck, 69, 210 10th Ave. N.E., Mandan, died May 15, 2000, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Robert E. Feeney officiating. Burial will be in North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, rural Mandan, with military rites by Mandan Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 707 and American Legion Post 40. Visitation will be from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, where a Catholic Daughters rosary will be said at 4 p.m. Thursday. A parish vigil will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, followed by a Center St. Anthony Verein rosary at 7:30 p.m. Kasper Huck, the son of Harry and Celestine (Schafer) Huck was born April 6, 1931, in Hannover. Kasper was raised and educated in the Hannover area. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951-1952. On Nov. 19, 1951, he married Laverne Mosbrucker in Center. He worked construction in Riverdale and Montana. After returning to Mandan, he drove truck for Joe Ressler Trucking, and in 1973, he started Huck Trucking. Kasper retired in 1997 due to ill health. Kasper was a member of the Eagles and American Legion. Kasper's whole life was based fully on family, relatives and friends. He enjoyed trucking, dancing the polka and going for coffee with others. He enjoyed teasing and spending time with all his grandchildren. He was well known for his German potato salad, borscht soup and shared his recipe for Red Eye. Kasper is survived by his wife, Laverne; one son, Raynard, Mandan; five daughters and four sons-in-law, Raynee and Rodney Morrell, Bismarck, Rachelle and Jim Markel, Mandan, Rayette and Jan Fasching, Mandan, Raydene and Duane Zimmerman, Bismarck, and Raylynn Huck, Mandan; 10 grandchildren, Travis, Maranda and Tanya Morrell, Sarah Markel and Brent and Corey Obenauer, Alicia and Tessa Fasching, Candace Zimmerman and Omari Price; one great-granddaughter, Summer Lynn Zimmerman; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Edward and Monica, Mandan, and Kenneth, New Salem; and four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Leona and Edward Doll, Hannover, Clara Miller, Bismarck, Harriet and Steve Doll, New Salem, and Mary Ann and Mark Meisen, Wahpeton. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Raymond; two infant brothers; two infant sisters; and one brother-in-law, John Miller.
Merle Everett Jacobson
RUGBY -- Merle Everett Jacobson, 78, Rugby, died May 14, 2000. Services will be held at 11 a.m. today at First Lutheran Church, Rugby, with burial in Persilla Watts Cemetery, Rugby. He is survived by his wife, Olga; one son, Wayne, Bismarck; one daughter, Nancy Consdorf, Fargo; five grandchildren; two sisters, Alice Sand, Kenmare, and Blanche Disher, Fargo; and one brother, Robert, Hill City, MInn. (Anderson Funeral Home, Rugby)
Katherine Kuhn
Katherine Kuhn, 93, 1303 First St. S.W., Mandan, died May 15, 2000, in a Bismarck hospital. Arrangements are pending at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan.
Bert Norton
NEW SALEM -- Bert Norton, 84, New Salem, died May 15, 2000, in a Bismarck hospital after a courageous three-year battle with cancer. At the time of his death he was surrounded by his loving family. Services will be held at 2 p.m. MDT Friday at Peace Church, New Salem, with the Rev. Darrel Aleson officiating. Burial will be in Peace Cemetery, New Salem. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, New Salem, and will continue one hour before services at the church. Bert was born May 7, 1916, on a farm three miles south of New Salem, the son of Harley and Emma (Zarndt) Norton. He spent his early life on the home farm and received his education in New Salem. He worked for farmers and ranchers throughout the area and spent some time in the Civilian Conservation Corps and on the west coast. He returned to the home farm and in 1936, Bert and his brothers began mining coal. In 1939 Bert took over the family farm. On Jan. 1, 1942, he married Louise Weiss at the Evangelical and Reformed Church in New Salem. Bert farmed and had a dairy herd until he and Louise moved into New Salem in 1974. He continued active participation in farm operations until his health prevented him from doing so. He served on the boards of the Farmers Union Elevator, the Famers Telephone Co. and Engelter Township. He was also a member of the Peace Church Council. He will be particularly remembered for his compassion and willingness to assist those in need. He enjoyed working with wood. But Bert's true love was his family, which he always placed above all else. Next to family was his love of the land and his farm. He truly appreciated nature and the beauty of God's world. Bert is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Louise; his daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Norman Toman, Ft. Collins, Colo.; his son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Diane, New Salem; five grandchildren, Becky Ritter, Fort Collins, Karen Becker and her husband, Darcey, New Salem, Bret Toman and his fiance, Tina Sutton, Nisswa, Minn., Tara Toman, Dallas, Texas, and Julie Norton and her fiance, Jeff Vyska, New Salem; seven great-grandchildren, Brandon Gerving, Tasha, Clark Allen, Katie and Hannah Ritter and Ashley and Jennifer Becker; two sisters, Evelyn Rigney and Nina Filabeck, both of New Salem; and his brother, Dallas, New Salem. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Bill and Ed; and his sisters, Helen Ulmer and Beverly Olson; and his granddaughter, Wendy Norton.
Robert W. O'Connor
NEW ROCKFORD -- Robert W. O'Connor, 75, New Rockford, died May 15, 2000, in a Fargo hospital. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Catholic Church, New Rockford, with burial in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Hazel; one daughter, Florinda Hoppe, Sioux Center, Iowa; two grandchildren; one brother, Francis, New Rockford; and four sisters, Mary Stevenson, Valley City, and Betty Schaefer, Alice Allmaras and Beatty Engels, all of New Rockford. (Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford)
Raymond O'Hara
Raymond "Ray" B. O'Hara, 77, 124 W. Arikara Ave., died May 15, 2000, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Spirit of Life Catholic Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Cyprian Meier officiating. Further arrangements are pending at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck.
Betty Baye
Betty Baye, 71, Sidney, Mont., formerly of Watford City, died May 7, 2000. Arrangements are pending with Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City.
Marilyn Becker
Marilyn Becker, 62, Bismarck, died May 4, 2000, in a local hospital. Services were held on May 8 at Church of Corpus Christi, Bismarck. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck. Marilyn Ann Fischer was born Aug. 25, 1937, at Strasburg, the daughter of Matt and Rosina (Wagner) Fischer. She was raised and educated in Strasburg, graduating from high school in 1955. She attended St. Alexius School of Nursing and graduated from there in 1958. She was employed at St. Alexius Medical Center from 1958 until 1998. She and Robert Becker were married on April 29, 1961, at the Church of St. Mary in Bismarck. Marilyn enjoyed gardening, camping, crafts, needlework and sports. She especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Bob; one daughter and son-in-law, Stacy and Mark Grabar, Topeka, Kan.; one son and daughter-in-law, Kent and Susan Becker, Tempe, Ariz.; three grandchildren, Tim, Brad and Steven Grabar; one brother and sister-in-law, Wayne R. and Kathleen Fischer, Carefree, Ariz.; one brother-in-law, Gus Becker, Bismarck; and four nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents. (Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck)
