Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
Mary Jean Kartes
Dec 29, 2013
Mary Jean Kartes (Rudnick), 66 of Jamestown, ND died on Sunday December 29th, 2013 at home. Mary Jean was born on August 23, 1947 in Jamestown, ND the daughter of Max and Margaret (Powell) Rudnick. She loved working in her garden, creating arts and crafts projects, spending time outdoors hunting and fishing, and visiting with family and friends. Mary...
Vernon A. Henne
Dec 29, 2013
Vernon Henne, 78, of Jamestown, ND died Sunday, December 29, 2013 at the Veteran's Health Center, Fargo, ND due to complications from cancer. Vernon A. Henne was born on December 26, 1935, the son of Nathaniel and Frieda (Schulz) Henne. He graduated from Nortonville High School, and then entered the US Army in 1958. After he was discharged in...
Tom Docktor
Dec 27, 2013
Thomas "Tom" Docktor, 53, Jamestown, North Dakota passed away Friday, December 27, 2013 at Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Jamestown, after a year long battle with cancer. Thomas Docktor was born September 11, 1960 in to Francis and Alvina (Burkle) Docktor. He grew up working on the family farm with his brothers Idele, Jim and Len. Tom started working at...
Leona Rempfer
Dec 27, 2013
Leona Elsa Rempfer, age 95, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 27, 2013, at the Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs.
Leona was born January 3, 1918, in Monango, ND, to Gothieb and Magdalene (Frigen) Dockter.
Leona received a Lifetime Teaching Certificate from North Dakota. She taught for three years in...
Gary L Dame
Dec 25, 2013
Gary L. Dame, 72, of Jamestown, ND, formerly of Fargo, ND, died on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at Sanford Health, Fargo. Gary Lawrence Dame was born on April 30, 1941, in Langdon, ND, the son of Bert and Vivian (Hendricksen) Dame. He grew up near McVille, ND and graduated from high school. Gary was inducted into the US Marines...
Violet M Colberg
Dec 16, 2013
Violet Colberg, 100, Jamestown, ND, died Monday, December 16, 2013 at Eventide at Hi-Acres, Jamestown. Violet Mae Hollingsworth was born November 27, 1913 at Nortonville, ND, the daughter of James Richard and Mary Jane (Glover) Hollingsworth, the first child born in the town site of Nortonville. She was raised and attended school in Nortonville, graduating from Nortonville High School....
Gary Andersen
Dec 16, 2013
Gary Alan Andersen, 68, Lakewood, CO, formerly of Jamestown, ND passed away December 16, 2013, after a 13-year battle with colon cancer. Gary was born January 26, 1945 in Jamestown, the son of Gilbert and Ruth (Disney) Andersen. Gary entered the US Air Force and served his country as a pilot in Vietnam from 1967-1970 and in England 1970-1972....
Priscilla Ann Hamilton
Dec 16, 2013
Priscilla A. Hamilton, 72, of Jamestown, ND, died Monday, December 16, 2013 at her daughter's home in Jamestown. Priscilla Ann Kennard was born on December 7, 1941, in Ohio, the daughter of Paul and Waneta (Hartman) Kennard. She lived in Tampa, FL and worked as a house cleaner. She is survived by three daughters, Kathy Long, Bobbie Long, and...
Herbert J. Kitzman
Dec 13, 2013
Herbert J. Kitzman, 93, Jamestown, ND died Friday, December 13, 2013 at Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown. Herbert John Kitzman was born May 17, 1920, south of Manfred, ND, on the John Olschlager farm known as the Neuman Estates, the son of John and Adolfine (Ziebart) Kitzman. At the age of six, the family moved to Addison, IL where...
Donna Mae Ginsbach
Dec 12, 2013
Donna Mae Ginsbach, 94, of Jamestown, ND, died Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Eventide at Hi-Acres, Jamestown.
Donna Mae Campbell was born on July 6, 1919, at Buchanan, ND, the daughter of Isaac and Alice (Wheeler) Campbell. She graduated from Buchanan High School. On August 2, 1937, Donna married Arnold Ginsbach. They lived in the...
Henry Reimers
Dec 11, 2013
Henry H. Reimers, 87, Jamestown, ND died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Jamestown Regional Medical Center. Henry was born April 16, 1926 in Bordulac, ND the son of William M. and Ella (Scharf) Reimers. He received his education in a rural country school near Bordulac. On October 1, 1950 Henry enlisted in the US Army and served in Germany....
Floreana Nicoletti
Dec 10, 2013
Floreana Nicoletti, 103, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Eventide at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. Floreana Patzer was born August 31, 1910 in Polar Wisconsin, to William and Martha (Kieper) Patzer. Floreana moved with her mother and grandparents to Fessenden, ND where she was raised by her grandparents and helped in a cook car for...
Elbie Kylmanen
Dec 6, 2013
Elbie Kylmanen, 89, Twin Valley, MN formerly of, Jamestown, North Dakota passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Elbie C. Janko was born January 22, 1924 in Iowa to Wesley and Blanche (Ludorchek) Janko. She married Wesley Kylmanen on April 15, 1941. They made their home on a farm near Kintyre, ND. In 1954,...
Ronald Edward Wenzel
Nov 30, 2013
After a short battle with cancer, Ronald Edward Wenzel, Sauk Rapids, MN, passed away November 30, 2013 at the Veterans Medical Center, St. Cloud, MN. Ronald was born at Jamestown, North Dakota to Molly (Nelson) and Joseph Wenzel. He attended rural Cusator township schools until Jamestown High School where he graduated in 1965. Ronald served in the military from...
Alvin Swanson
Nov 29, 2013
Alvin N. Swanson, 90, Jamestown, ND died Friday, November 29, 2013 at Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown. Alvin was born December 15, 1922 in Hannaford, ND, the son of Odin and Gilla (Sabby) Swanson. He received his education in Dover township, near Wimbledon, ND. On February 27, 1945 he entered the US Army at Ft. Snelling, MN. He served...
Lillian Wehler
Nov 24, 2013
Lillian V. Wehler, 96, Jamestown, ND passed away November 24, 2013 at Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown. Lillian V. Lawson was born near Wimbledon, ND, August 4, 1917 to Erick and Ida (Brunvold) Lawson. She grew up and attended school at Wimbledon and college at Jamestown and Valley City. Lillian married John Wehler on September 21, 1941 at Valley...
Otto Hauf
Nov 23, 2013
Otto Hauf, 92, Jamestown, ND, formerly of Medina, ND died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Ave Maria Village in Jamestown. Otto was born February 6, 1921 near Woodworth, ND, the son of Julius and Pauline (Ferl) Hauf. He attended rural schools near Woodworth. Otto entered the US Army on July 27, 1942 at Ft. Snelling, MN. He served in...
Dorothy & Ferdinand Wolsky
Nov 21, 2013
Dorothy Elizabeth Ida WOLSKY and Ferdinand August WOLSKY, Jr. Dorothy, 89 years old, passed away November 21, 2013 in Renton, WA. She was born in Garrison, North Dakota on February 28, 1924 to Gustav and Beatrice Schafer. She retired from the Renton School District. Ferd, 90 years old, passed away on December 22, 2013 in Kent, WA. He was...
Eleanor S. Skattum
Nov 19, 2013
Eleanor Skattum, 89, of Jamestown, ND, died Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Eventide at Hi-Acres, Jamestown. Eleanor Sophie Carlson was born on February 6, 1924, in Stutsman County, ND, the daughter of Emil G. and Elvira Sophie (Erickson) Carlson. She attended country schools in the Sydney, ND area and grew up on the family farm. Eleanor married Otto Skattum...
Mary Stoddart
Nov 18, 2013
Mary L. Stoddart, 90, Jamestown, ND died Monday, November 18, 2013 at Sanford Health in Fargo, ND, with her daughter by her side. Mary L. Perry was born May 23, 1923 in Eldridge, ND, the daughter of William H. and Florence H. (Pryztarski) Perry. She grew up on a farm south of Jamestown and attended Jamestown rural schools. She...
