All Obituaries

Geraldine Tholkes, 98, of Langdon, ND, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2020, at Maple Manor Care Center in Langdon. Geraldine Theresa was born August 30, 1921, in Munich, ND, to Michael and Martha (Janowski) Wirth. She graduated from Munich High School in 1939. She spent some time living at home until moving to Devils Lake, ND, in 1942 where she worked as a clerk at Ramsey Drug.  She and Joseph Tholkes were married October 29, 1945, and made their first home in Calio, ND. They ran the...

Janice Christianson, 81, of Langdon, ND, and formerly of Hampden, ND, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 26, 2020, at Osnabrock Community Living Center in Osnabrock, ND. Janice Odella Thorson was born September 19, 1938, in Langdon, ND, to John and Olga Thorson of Hampden, ND. She worked on the family farm and graduated from Hampden High School in 1956 as the valedictorian. She married the love of her life, Selmer Christianson, on March 15, 1958. They moved to Langdon where she and...

Martha Dietrich, age 95, passed away March 16, 2020, in Mansfield, TX.  She was born April 21, 1924 to John and Clara (Restemayer) Hartz at Cavalier, N.D.  She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Cavalier High School.  She attended Aaker’s Business College.   She married Clarence Johnson and three children were born to this union, Elaine, Charlene and Kenneth who died in infancy.  Clarence died in 1954 from polio.  She worked at A. Short...

Carla Amundson, 51, of Mesa, AZ, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at her home in Mesa. Burial will be held at a later date.

   Agnes Josephine Biewer, 97 years, passed away March 22, 2020, at Rosewood on Broadway Nursing Home, Fargo, ND.    Agnes was the first-born child of Lou Jakoubek and Ann Bata Jakoubek on July 11, 1922, in Langdon, ND. She was raised on a farm just southeast of Dresden, ND and later moved to the new residence just west of Dresden, which is still the Jakoubek farm. She attended her first years of schooling in Dresden, later completing her education at St. Alphonsus High...

Frederick Joseph Lundgren, 76, of Wales, ND, passed away March 20, 2020, at Grand Forks due to complications following surgery. Fred was born Aug. 11, 1943, in Langdon to Arthur and Helen (Eickenbrock) Lundgren. He attended school in Wales until his high school years when he transferred to Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston. He was a member of the National Guard for six years, the American Legion Post #98 and a member of the Eagles Aerie #3454. Fred married Sharon Davison Aug....

Ernest Carrier, 89, of Milton, ND, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at his home in Milton. Services will be held at a later date. 

Lois Arleen Flanders Hertzell, known affectionately as Grandma GG, was welcomed home to the arms of our Heavenly Father on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at the age of 100. She died of natural causes at Cavalier County Memorial Hospital in Langdon, N.D. Lois was born Thursday, July 17, 1919, in Paynesville, Minn., to Leslie Jay and Alice (Hunter) Flanders. She was the third sibling out of two sisters and one brother. They were raised in Grey Township of Cavalier County in North Dakota, where...

Update: Hilda's service will be a private family service only due to concerns with the corona virus. The funeral will be streamed live through the Walhalla Lutheran and Big Pembina Lutheran Parish, Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/walhallalutheranchurch/ Hilda I. Clark, 86, of Walhalla, ND. entered into eternal life surrounded by family on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at the Pembilier Nursing Center, in Walhalla where she has spent her last 14 months and the past four days under...

    Update: Chapin Gustafson funeral will be a private family funeral only due to concerns with the coronavirus. The funeral will be streamed live through the United Lutheran Church Facebook page. Below is a link to the church facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/United-Lutheran-Church-238751986159988/      Chapin E. Gustafson, 80, of Cavalier, ND, passed away Friday, March 13, 2020 at Bethany on 42nd in Fargo, ND. Funeral service will be held on...