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Muriel I. Ritter, 81
Died: Thursday, November 03, 2005, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.
Muriel I. Ritter, 81, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died on Thursday, November 3, 2005, in the nursing home.
Muriel I. Cummings was born on December 31, 1923, in Spring Valley, NY, to Floyd and Lily (Marinus) Cummings. She grew up and attended school there, graduating from Spring Valley High School and then attending business college. Muriel married
Harvey D. Ritter on March 2, 1944, in Detroit, MI, and they made their home in Moorhead, MN. Harvey died on September 16, 1995. She worked at Fairmont Creamery for a few years, and, later in life worked with handicapped children at the Harbor School in Moorhead. She was a long-time member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Moorhead, where she taught handicapped children in the Sunday school. Muriel was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She is survived by two sons, Duane (Kathy) Ritter, Roseburg, OR, and Ron (Susan) Ritter, Moorhead, MN; one daughter, Tammy (Stephen) Sakrismo, Moorhead, MN; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; many special nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two brothers, one sister and her son, Paul.
Gladys S. Ray, 73
Died: Friday, February 24, 2006, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.
Gladys S. Ray Biidwewidamookwe (Hear the Thunder Coming Woman)
Gladys S. Ray, 73, Fargo, ND, died on Friday, February 24, 2006, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo.
Gladys Shingobe was born on January 3, 1933, near Mahnomen, MN, to Thomas and Mary (Hutchinson) Shingobe. She was a member of the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe Nation in Minnesota. She grew up near Mahnomen and graduated from the Flandreau Indian School, Flandreau, SD, in 1951. She served in the U.S. Army Women's Medical Corps from January 10, 1952 until May 23, 1953. She worked at Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, and then moved to Fargo. Gladys married
Robert C. Ray on January 22, 1955, in Moorhead, MN, and they made their home in Fargo where she worked at the Veteran's Affairs Regional Medical Center until retiring in 1987.
Gladys was a dedicated lifelong human rights advocate and volunteer, who served her community through involvement in many organizations and by assisting in the development of many programs. She advocated for all people, especially American Indians, children, and the homeless. She served as a mentor and advisor to many individuals and for many projects. She was instrumental in the development of Indian Education programs for Fargo Public Schools, The F-M Indian Center, Nokomis Daycare Center, Good Medicine Indian Health and the Ray of Hope Center. She was honored with many awards for her service including YWCA woman of the year, Sertoma Service to Mankind, the Human Rights Award, Red River Valley Heritage Society Excellence in Life in the Red River Valley Award, and the Minnesota Indian Education lifelong achievement award. She was honored at pow-wows by American Indian people several times.
Gladys was devoted to sharing her love, wisdom and strength with all of her family, friends and all she knew. She is survived by three sons, Bruce A. (Linda Hanson) Ray, Alan D. Ray, and Terry L. (Penny Peltier) Ray, all of Fargo; two daughters, Mary A. (Terry L.) Curfman, Plymouth, MN, and Sandra J. (Daniel E.) Reynolds, Harwood, ND; a brother, Sylvester Shingobe, Wahpeton, ND; eight grandchildren, Stephanie, Candace, April, Amber, Travis, Shannon, Dillon, and Cassandra; and three great-grandchildren, Alexander, Tyler, and Lavina. She is also survived by a special friend, Dawn M. Seward, Moorhead, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert, one son, Charles Robert Ray, and five siblings, Wallace, Phillip, Rose, Ernest and James.
Memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, Rochester, MN, and Hospice of the Red River Valley.
Pauli G. Worth, 52
Died: Saturday, November 26, 2005, in Bethany Cares, Fargo, ND.
Worth, Pauli Gold, age 52, of Moorhead, Minnesota passed away peacefully on November 26, 2005 at Bethany Homes in Fargo, North Dakota. Pauli was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 19, 1953 to Doris Weisenbach Gold and Harold Gold, both of Cleveland. Pauli grew up in Cleveland and displayed exceptional ability in music and art at an early age. She began piano lessons with her mother at age 4 and was a featured performer in the Cleveland area as a youngster including a guest appearance on the Merv Griffin show with Roger Williams. As a high school senior, she had to choose between full scholarships at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Cleveland Institute of Music, eventually deciding on a career in music. It was at the Cleveland Institute of Music that she met her future husband, David Worth, and they married
May 21, 1977. After graduating from CIM, she pursued graduate studies at the University of Michigan as a student of Gyorgy Sandor.
Pauli moved to Moorhead to join her husband, a music faculty member at Concordia College, in 1977. She performed frequently as a solo pianist and also with David as a duo pianist including live radio broadcast performances with J. Robert Hanson and the F-M Symphony and at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Pauli maintained a private piano studio throughout her adult life, training several students who eventually went on to earn graduate degrees in piano performance and who now enjoy their own careers in music. She also taught as an adjunct professor at Concordia College.
Pauli will be remembered in many ways by many people. She displayed a spirited zest for life with a special love of nature. If it wiggled, crawled or flew, Pauli owned a book about it and would spend countless hours in happy observation during nature outings with her family. Her passion for cats was legendary, symbolized with a twinkle in her eye by naming her beloved Siamese kitty, "Vladimir, " after the great Russian pianist, Vladimir Horowitz.
Pauli's legacy includes much magnificent music-making and, above all else, her two beautiful children, Lauren and Christopher, themselves launched on meaningful lives of service and productivity. She was preceded in death by her father, Harold, and her two brothers, Randy and Goeffry. She is survived by her sister Cindi Cody and her spouse, Jim Cody of Phoenix Arizona; niece Lindsey Cody; daughter Lauren Semerad and her spouse, Dr. David Semerad of DuPont Washington; son Christopher of Omaha Nebraska; her mother, Doris Gold, of Fargo North Dakota and her husband of 28 years, David Worth of Moorhead, Minnesota.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to:
ALS Association
27001 Agoura Road, Suite 150
Calabasas Hills, CA 91301-5104
Harold W. "Hap" Broich, 83
Died: Saturday, May 14, 2005, in St. Mary's Regional Health Center, Detroit Lakes, MN.
Harold "Hap" W. Broich, 83, of Lake Park, MN died on Saturday, May 14, 2005 at St. Mary's Regional Health Center, Detroit Lakes, MN under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.
Hap was born on October 27, 1921 in Big Stone City, SD. He grew up around the McGregor, MN area. In 1943 he married
M. Joyce Lisk and raised three daughters. In the early 1950's the family moved to Alaska and Hap worked for the state of Alaska for many years. In 1970 he married
his wife Annabelle who preceded him in death.
He had many friends in Arkansas, Oregon, Alaska, and Minnesota.
Hap is survived by three daughters, Barbara DeHerrera, Redding, CA, Judy Bates, Lake Park, MN, Sandra Broich, Anchorage, AK; two brothers, Kenneth (Marty) Broich, Goose Bay, OR, Dick (Anna) Broich, Camas, WA; one sister, May (George) Weimans, Vancover, WA; eleven grandchildren; twenty five great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Annabelle; one brother, Dale; one grandchild; and two great grandchildren.
The family of Hap request that donations be made to Hospice of the Red River Valley.
Mildred Kragnes, 82
Died: Tuesday, December 13, 2005, in Halstad Living Center, Halstad, MN.
Mildred Kragnes, 82, Kragnes, MN, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, in the Halstad Living Center, Halstad, MN.
Mildred Frosaker was born on August 30, 1923, near Sheyenne, ND. She grew up and attended rural school in the Rock Township School in Benson County, ND. She then went to work for various farmers in the area. Mildred later moved to Fargo, ND, where she worked at the Veteran's Affairs Regional Medical Center. Mildred married
Bernard Kragnes on January 18, 1969, in Detroit Lakes, MN. He died on March 29, 2005. Mildred was a long-time member of Concordia Lutheran Church near Kragnes, MN. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Mildred is survived by three sisters, Clara Simonson, New Rockford, ND, Anna Berg, Portland, ND, and Helen (Alf) Haugen, Mayville, ND; two sisters-in-law, Olive Brantner, Moorhead, and Jeness Kragnes, Fargo; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brothers and sisters, Hans, Carl, Lillian Olson, Edith Rue, and Ruth Holtz.
Mildred L. Houge, 86
Died: Tuesday, April 04, 2006, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.
Mildred L. Houge, 86, Hendrum, MN, died on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.
Mildred L. Lere was born on February 21, 1920, in Benson corner, ND, to Louis and Marie (Sandness) Lere. She grew up and attended school there. Mildred worked various jobs and met her husband while working as a cook for a road crew for Ziegler Road Construction. Mildred married
Alvin O. Houge on October 21, 1945, in the High Prairie Lutheran Church at Benson Corner, ND. They made their home near Hendrum, MN, where they farmed all of their lives. She had been very active at Concordia Lutheran Church, near Hendrum, in the ladies aid and teaching Sunday School. She had also been active at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hendrum in her later years, prior to moving to Eventide. Alvin died on November 14, 1998.
Mildred is survived by one son, Larry Houge, Hendrum, MN; two daughters, Carolyn (Lloyd) Olson, Camrose, Alberta, Canada, and Susan (Rori) Green, Ulen, MN; three brothers, Leonard (Doris) Lere, Crystal, MN, Roland Lere, Marion, ND, and Lowell (Gloria) Lere, Moorhead, MN; three sisters, Florence Lere, Marion, ND, Alice (Page) Shaw, Millinocket, Maine, and Muriel Lere, Marion, ND; three granddaughters, Tova, Lael and Kiva Olson.
J. Richard "Dick" Arnold, 78
Died: Saturday, July 16, 2005, in Kingsbury Memorial Home, Lake Preston, SD.
J. Richard "Dick" Arnold, 78, Hawley, MN, died on July 16, 2005, in Lake Preston, South Dakota.
Dick was born on February 21, 1927, near Hawley, MN, to John and Marie (Barta) Arnold. He grew up and attended school there, graduating from Hawley High School. After his schooling, he farmed near Hawley until retiring in 1991. Following his retirement, he worked part time at Kirk's SuperAmerica in Hawley until 2002. Since then he has lived in Fergus Falls, MN, and Lake Preston, SD. Dick was a lifelong member of Hawley United Methodist Church. Dick enjoyed fishing, golfing, gardening and cooking for friends and family. His ever-present smile and quick sense of humor will be greatly missed by those who knew him.
Dick is survived by five children, John Michael Arnold, Corralville, IA; Linda Arnold, Fergus Falls, MN; Bruce Arnold, Ontario, CA; Tammy (Jim) Wilson, Olathe, KS; and Julie (Paul) Arnold-Johnson, Lake Preston, SD; two sisters, Audrey (James) McFadyen, Fairfax, VA, and Katherine Arnold, Brooklyn Park, MN; one brother, Robert (Diane) Arnold, Osage, MN; four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents and his sister Mary Jean Miller.
Alvin E. Kronbeck, 79
Died: Sunday, May 15, 2005, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.
Alvin E. Kronbeck, 79, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Sunday, May 15, 2005, at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Alvin Edward Kronbeck was born December 27, 1925, on a farm near Hawley, Minnesota to Aaron and Ethel (Dougherty) Kronbeck. He grew up and attended rural country school near Hawley. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1946. Alvin was married
to Ardith Kjos on June 15, 1944 in Hawley, Minnesota. In 1957 they moved to California where they lived for two years, then moved back to Hawley. Alvin was employed as a heavy equipment operator for Ames Sand and Gravel, Lanseidel Construction of Glyndon, and Industrial Builders of Fargo, retiring in 1987. Ardith died August 5, 1997. Since September 10, 1997, he has been a resident of Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, Minnesota.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and one grandchild, three sisters and three brothers.
He is survived by three sons, Tim (Pamela) Kronbeck, Hawley, MN, Tony (Audrey) Kronbeck, Hawley, MN, and Tylan (Cindi) Kronbeck, Pelican Rapids, MN; five daughters, Diane (Jerry) Kukert, Horace, ND, Nancy (Robert) Whaley, Hawley, MN, Theresa (Tony) Softing, Hawley, MN, Suzanne (Greg) Cook, Rockford, MN, and Tana Kronbeck, Moorhead, MN; one sister, Jeanette (Ray) Drescher, Canyon Lake, TX; nineteen grandchildren and twenty-seven great grandchildren.
Jerome Allery, 73
Died: Tuesday, November 29, 2005, in his home, near Hawley, MN.
Jerome was born June 7, 1932 at Ft. Belknap, Montana to Jerome and Virginia (Marcet) Allery. He attended grade school at Malta, Montana. He grew up in Whitewater, Montana, graduating from Flandeau Indian School. Jerome married
Edna Agard in St. Paul, MN, in 1952. Jerome served in the U.S. Army in the early 1950's. He lived in Newport, Minnesota from 1960 to 1979 where he worked as a meat cutter, then moved to White Earth, Minnesota where he was a Chippewa Ranch manager for the reservation. He purchased a farm near Hawley in 1980. Since 1988 he has been a MAT bus driver. In 1973 he received his private pilots license and flew for the Civil Air Patrol in Fargo for several years.
Since 1999 he has raised Tennessee Walking horses. He married
Mary Wempner February 14, 2003. Jerome had a love for fishing, work, horses and his family. He was a lifelong member of the VFW in Moorhead.
He is survived by his wife, Mary J. Allery, Hawley, MN; four sons, Jerome Michael (Barbara) Allery III, Keshena, WI, Rocky Allery, Fargo, ND, Steve Allery, Arizona, Monty Allery, Fargo, ND; eight step children; Mark (Kristy) Peterson, Fergus Falls, MN, Paul Peterson, Rushford, MN, Christina (Ryan) Kapperud, Moorhead, MN, Angela Fossum, Moorhead, MN, John Peterson, Ada, MN, Desiree (Eric) Tweten, West Bend, WI, Jessica Kennedy, Madison, WI, Garrett Kennedy, Hawley, MN; one brother, Paul Allery, Los Angeles, CA; one sister, Darlene; twelve grandchildren, twelve step-grandchildren, and seven step great-grandchildren.
