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Merle Dean Huckstep
RIVERDALE -- Merle Dean Huckstep, 74, Riverdale, died Dec. 24, 2000, in a Bismarck hospital. A memorial service will be held June 2 in Sedan, Kan. (Bismarck Funeral Home)
Magdaline Huschka
BELFIELD -- Magdaline Huschka, 70, Jamestown, formerly of Belfield, died Dec. 25, 2000, in a Jamestown hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. MST Thursday, at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, Belfield, with the Rev. Thomas Richter officiating. Burial will be at St. Bernard Cemetery, Belfield. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Stevenson-Mischel-Olson Chapel, Dickinson, where a rosary will be said at 7 tonight. Magdaline Huschka was born April 30, 1930, in Belfield, to Andrew J. and Anna (Krushenisky) Huschka. She grew up and attended country schools near the Belfield area. She made her home with her parents in Belfield until 1995 when she moved to Jamestown where she has resided since. She enjoyed gardening and helping out with chores. Magdaline is survived by her mother, Anna Huschka, Dickinson; eight brothers and sisters-in-law, Clarence and Ann Huschka and Joe Huschka, both of Miles City, Mont., Fred and Angie Huschka, Ellensburg, Wash., Rolly and Dawanna Huschka, Ray and Kay Huschka, and Andy and Connie Huschka, all of Los Angeles, Richard and Trudy Huschka, Underwood, Minn., Bill and Alice Huschka, Mandan; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Rose and Bobby Cook, Austin, Texas, and Jan and Bill Champion, Miles City; one sister-in-law, Marge Huschka, Davenport; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Andrew J. Huschka; a brother, Leo; and a sister, Elenore.
Kathryn Adams
Kathryn Adams, 93, Tacoma, Wash., died Dec. 20, 2000, in a Tacoma hospital. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Traditional Roman Catholic Church Ss Pius X, Mandan, with the Rev. Francis Gallagher officiating. Burial will be in Mandan Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Friday at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, where a parish rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Kathryn (Schwartzberger) Adams, the daughter of Michael and Marian (Fettig) Schwartzberger, was born Feb. 11, 1907 in Napoleon, N.D. She had a great devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary and Rosary. Her greatest joy was to see her youngest grandson ordained in the Roman Catholic Church. Survivors include one daughter, Lillian (Edward) Sautner, Tacoma, Wash.; one daughter-in-law, Florence Adams, Mandan; two sisters, Veronica Oglesby, Indiana, and Joanne Evans, Spokane, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Victor Adams who died in 1971; one son, Bernard Adams who died in 1984; and one grandson, Richard Sautner who died in 1975.
Harry E. Ambers
JAMESTOWN -- Harry E. Ambers, 53, Jamestown, died Dec. 26, 2000, at his home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Jamestown. Burial will be Viking Lutheran Cemetery, south of Maddock. He is survived by his wife, Kim; three sons, Harry Jr., Jason and Mike, all of Jamestown; three grandchildren; two sisters, Lois Ulrich, Spiritwood, and Marsha Pahl, Carrington; and one brother, Rick, Moses Lake, Wash. (Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown)
Gotthilf B. Blatter
ELLENDALE -- Gotthilf B. Blatter, 91, Ellendale, died Dec. 23, 2000, in an Aberdeen, S.D., hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Zion Lutheran Church, Ellendale. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Aberdeen. He is survived by his wife, Maxine; one son, John, Rock Springs, Wyo.; two daughters, Carol Beazley, Napa, Calif., and Virginia Kerzman, Mandan; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandsons; one brother, Emil, Bismarck; and one sister, Frieda Midstoke, Anaheim, Calif. (Hoven Funeral Chapel, Ellendale)
William R. Bond
ALMONT -- William R. "Dick" Bond, 75, Almont, died Dec. 25, 2000, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. MST Saturday at Almont Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Van Vechten Crane officiating. Burial will be in Almont Cemetery with military services by the Almont American Legion. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Friday at Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, New Salem, and will continue Saturday morning at the funeral home and one hour before services at the church. William Richard Bond was born Nov. 13, 1925 in Albuquerque, N.M., the son of William Edwin and Ermine Celestine (Lauzon) Bond. Raised and educated in the Almont area, he married Eunice Ensminger on Sept. 7, 1954 in Bismarck. He served with the U.S. Army from November of 1954 until June of 1956 and was stationed in Korea. He ranched in the Almont area and also drove school bus for a number of years . He is survived by his wife, Eunice; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Cheryl JeAnn Genovese, Bloomington, Minn., Phyllis June and Mark Khansary, Yorba Linda, Calif., and Lynn Louise and Dale Tappe, Frazee, Minn.; three sons and daughters-in-law, Kirk Richard and Jane, Quincy, Ill., Thomas Robert and Darcy, West Concord, Minn., and Lee Anthony and Martha, Summerville, Pa.; 12 grandchildren; and two sisters, Marion Shannon, Almont, and Virginia Landon and her husband, Owen, Westport, Conn. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; and his son-in-law, William Genovese.
Gil Bourgois
Gil Bourgois, 78, 2425 Hillview Ave., Bismarck, died Dec. 27, 2000, in a Bismarck nursing home. Arrangements are pending with Perry Funeral Home, Mandan.
The Rev. Blaine Cook
MINOT -- Rev. Blaine Cook, 82, Minot native and the first administrator of Bishop Ryan High School, died Dec. 26, 2000, in a Bismarck nursing home. He touched the lives of thousands through his work in education, in athletics and as a problem solver. He was born Nov. 7, 1918 in Minot, a son of Harry and Beatrice (Moulton) Cook. Raised in Minot, he grew up in St. Leo's Catholic Parish where he was nurtured in the mold and toughness of Rev. J.W. Hogan, who was just hitting his stride at St. Leo's during the 1930s, the years of Father Cook's youth, the years that produced priests and athletes and winners who set records that remain unbroken. After graduating from St. Leo's High School in 1936, he enrolled at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., where he earned a bachelor's degree and completed his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained at St. Leo's Church in 1944, and after assisting for a brief period in his home parish, was assigned to St. Mary's Parish in Bismarck. He remained there until 1955 as assistant pastor, pastor and high school basketball coach. His team won the North Dakota State Class A title in 1951. He was pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Parish in Williston from 1955 to 1957, and after a year as chaplain at St. Joseph's Hospital in Minot, was named superintendent of the newly opened Bishop Ryan High School in Minot, a post he held from 1958 to 1970. He was pastor of Corpus Christi Catholic Parish in Bismarck from 1970 to 1977, and for the next 10 years, served as director of religious life and education at the University of Mary in Bismarck. At the same time, he was formation director for the diaconate program in the Bismarck Diocese. He served as chaplain at the Minot State University Newman Center in the early 1970s and at Minot Air Force Base from 1965 to 1970. He was a member and onetime chairman of the Minot Recreation Commission from 1967 to 1971. He returned to Ryan for a two-year period as priest-in-residence from 1987 to 1989. He then retired and resided on the UM Campus until 1997, when he moved to Emmaus Place in Bismarck, a residence for retired priests. After his health failed in 2000, he moved to St. Vincent's Home in Bismarck. His priesthood was the driving force of his life and education its constant companion. He earned a Master's degree at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., and did additional graduate work at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. When he left Ryan in 1970, he was hailed as "an uncommon man ... the right man in the right place at the right time," who had borne well the tough burden of financial and administrative problems of operating a Catholic school in the years of change in the Roman Catholic Church following the second vatican council in the 1960s. He developed a reputation for having exceptional skills in the art of communicating with people: young people in their struggles to learn and grow, teachers in conflict with a school board during the 1969 teacher's strike in the Minot Public Schools, and with physicians in a dispute with the administration at St. Joseph's Hospital in Minot in 1982. He was a member of the State Fact Finding Commission for Professional Negotiations from 1969 to 1973, served on the Diocesean Personnel Board in 1969-1970 and on the Governor's Council on Youth Opportunity from 1970 to 1973. Beginning in 1972, he was a member of the UM Board of Regents. Several civic celebrations were held in his honor over the years, and in 1984, he received the C.P. Lura Award for distinguished service in education. The award is named for the man who was MSU president from 1954 to 1967. Remarks made by Cook when he was at Ryan during a period of educational and financial upheaval seem prescient in today's atmosphere of chaos in education. He spoke then of steering clear of too many trendy new things in education, opting instead to remain focused on educational basics and on the positive values of ethics, religion and discipline as he saw them. "In a private school, we have the ability to present a two-world view," he said, "that of God and that of the secular." In another interview, he observed that "In modern times, we have been emphasizing 'experiencing' religion, but we have to return to some very basic content in our teaching ... I am conscious of some good things of the past and some that weren't so good ... (But) we must live in the present, we must cope, adapt and grow and not be afraid of the present." He is survived by one brother, Robert Cook, Minot, and his wife Veronica; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Patrick. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Leo's Catholic Church, Minot, with private burial at Rosehill Memorial Park, Minot. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot, and will continue on Saturday from 9 a.m. until time of service at the church. A vigil prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Bismarck. Visitation begins at 4:30 p.m. Memorials are preferred to the Bishop Ryan High School Foundation in Minot, and the University of Mary or St. Mary's High School, both of Bismarck.
Mike Ell
MINOT -- Mike Ell, 68, Minot, died Dec. 23, 2000, in a Lompoc, Calif., hospital, while visiting his daughter and son-in-law. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, Minot. He is survived by his wife, Deloris; one daughter, Michelle Feneis, Vandenberg Air Force Base; and one sister, Angie Murschel, Bismarck.
Orlando V. Ellingson
Orlando V. "Duke" Ellingson, 81, Bismarck, died Dec. 26, 2000, at his home. Arrangements are pending with Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck.
John Grieb
JAMESTOWN -- John Grieb, 25, Jamestown, died Dec. 26, 2000, in a Fargo hospital. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Atonement Lutheran Church, Jamestown. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown. He is survived by his mother, Judy Grieb, Jamestown; and two sisters, Jennifer Davis, Fargo, and Angela Grieb, Aberdeen, S.D. (Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown)
Ordean W. Haugen
Ordean W. Haugen, 92, formerly of Gilby, died Dec. 25, 2000, in a Mandan care center. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Honeyford. Burial will be in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Honeyford. He is survived by one son, Ordean Jr., Mandan; one daughter, Kay Edwards, West Fargo; and nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. (Amundson Funeral Home, Grand Forks)
Ralph Heiser
DICKINSON -- Ralph Heiser, 94, Dickinson, died Dec. 25, 2000, in a Dickinson nursing home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. MST today at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Dickinson. Further arrangements are pending with Price-Murphy Funeral Home, Dickinson.
Norrine Ann Horsager
A loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend, Norrine Ann (Isaacson) Horsager, 51, lost her battle with breast cancer Dec. 26, 2000. She passed away at her home in Bismarck. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bismarck, with the Revs. Laurie Natwick and Jeff Tengesdal officiating. Burial will be in the spring at Mount Hope Cemetery, Edgeley. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck, where a prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m. A devoted wife and mother, Norrine's first love was her family. Everyone knew her as a kind and gentle woman, who spent her life caring about others. The kindness she showered on others and the joy in which she lived life will be greatly missed. Norrine was employed as a store manager for Bath and Body Works. Prior to 1997, she was a department manager at Dayton's. She was a faithful member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for 25 years. Her civic involvement included P.E.O., Bismarck Arts and Galleries Association and the Neighbors Network. She also did volunteer service at the Rape Crisis Center. She was born Aug. 22, 1949 to Earl and Marvel (Opdahl) Isaacson, in Crookston, Minn. Norrine spent most of her life in Edgeley until she married Alan Blaine Horsager on Nov. 2, 1968 in Edgeley. They moved to Fargo shortly after their marriage. Together they had two wonderful children, Beth and Clay. They moved to Bismarck in 1975. She is survived by her husband, Alan; one daughter and son-in-law, Beth Ann and Rob Bortree, Minot; one son and daughter-in-law, Clay Alan and Lori Horsager, Fargo; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Muriel and Robert Lamp, Fargo, and Sharon and Arden Fuher, Edgeley; one brother and sister-in-law, Spencer and Joann Isaacson, Edgeley; as well as her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Blaine and Audrey Horsager, Edgeley; and 29 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Marvel Isaacson. The family requests memorials to the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation.
Ella Igard
DICKINSON -- Ella Igard, 93, Dickinson, died Dec. 26, 2000, in a Dickinson nursing home. Services will be held at 1 p.m. MST Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church, Dickinson. Burial will be in Dickinson Cemetery. She is survived by three daughters, Evon Praus and Martha Monke, both of Dickinson, and Bertha Klein, Mott; one son, Vernon, Dickinson; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Clara Moldenhauer-Hagar, Antioch, Calif. (Price-Murphy Funeral Home, Dickinson)
Duane B. Imsland
RAY -- Duane B. Imsland, 74, Ray, died Dec. 24, 2000, in a Minot hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Fulkerson Funeral Home Chapel, Tioga. Burial will at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in North Dakota Veteran's Cemetery, Mandan. He is survived by two brothers, Elmer, Ray, and Glen, Tioga; and three sisters, Martha LaJoie, Ray, Clarice Imsland, Whitefish, Mont., and Marian Hauge, Ray.
Lena Jahnke
NEW SALEM -- Lena Jahnke, 92, Aurora, Colo., formerly of New Salem, died Dec. 26, 2000, in Aurora. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. MST Friday at Peace Cemetery, New Salem. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Further arrangements are pending with Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, Mandan.
Lillian Kaul
NEW ROCKFORD -- Lillian Kaul, 91, New Rockford, died Dec. 27, 2000, in the New Rockford nursing home. Arrangements are pending with Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford.
