Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
Esther Casey Barr
Jul 18, 2007
Esther Casey Barr, 94, Jamestown, ND died Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown, ND. Esther Marie Gross was born November 11, 1912 on the family farm near Cleveland, ND, the daughter of John and Lydia (Wahl) Gross, Sr., the 3rd of 11 children. She was raised and attended school in Cleveland and then worked on the...
Agnes Skroch
Jul 16, 2007
Agnes Skroch, 92, Jamestown, ND, died Monday, July 16, 2007 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown, ND. Agnes Helen Kilsdonk was born April 20, 1915 Kaukauna, WI, the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Williamsen) Kilsdonk. She moved with her family to New Rockford, ND in 1917 and in 1920, after her father died, they moved to Jamestown, ND. Her mother...
Elaine Grahn
Jul 15, 2007
Elaine Mabel Grahn, 64, Carrington, North Dakota died Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the Carrington Health Center. Elaine Walker was born August 5, 1942 in Corrine township, near Courtenay, ND, the daughter of Joe and Gladys (Backer) Walker. She grew up on the family farm with her two brothers and one sister. She attended Corrine and Courtenay schools, graduating...
Irene Geisler
Jul 11, 2007
Irene Geisler Irene Geisler, 71, Jamestown, ND, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown, ND. Irene Viola Geisler was born December 8, 1935 on the family farm south of Kulm, ND, the daughter of Jacob and Christina (Heil) Schrum. She was raised on the family farm and attended the rural school. In 1953, she moved to...
Clayton Humes
Jul 11, 2007
Clayton E. Humes, 81, Jamestown, North Dakota died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo, ND. Clayton was born May 17, 1926 in Alveston, Illinois, the son of Harold and Elna (Backer) Humes. Clayton's family moved to North Dakota when he was a young boy and Clayton attended school at Courtenay, ND. He served in the US...
Reuben Kramlich
Jul 10, 2007
Reuben Kramlich, 78, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Jamestown Hospital. Reuben was born October 8, 1928 in Logan County, North Dakota, the son of Samuel and Magdalena (Jundt) Kramlich. He grew up and attended rural Logan County Schools. On October 9, 1955 Reuben married Arlene Frey in Lehr, ND. Reuben and Arlene began farming in...
Bertha Belz
Jul 9, 2007
Bertha Belz, 95, Jamestown, ND, formerly Edgeley, ND died Monday, July 9, 2007 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown, ND. Bertha Anna Belz was born November 17, 1911 on a farm near Diesem, ND the daughter of Fred and Emma (Belz) Schardin. She attended school for 2 years at Diesem, then the Ray Township School and later Bluebird Township School....
Simon Aberle Jr.
Jul 6, 2007
Simon Aberle Jr., 66, Edgeley, ND died Friday, July 6, 2007 at his home in Edgeley. Simon Aberle, Jr. was born on August 5, 1940 at Edgeley, ND the son of Simon Sr. and Mary (Meier) Aberle. He attended the Willowbank Township School and attended St. Francis Academy in Hankinson, ND where he graduated from high school in 1958....
Mildred Schrade
Jul 4, 2007
Mildred Schrade, 78, Jamestown, ND, died Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown, ND. Mildred Mary Nogosek was born November 20, 1928 in Kensal, ND, the daughter of Louis and Theresa (Neva) Nogosek. She was raised and attended school in Kensal, graduating from Kensal High School in 1946. After graduating, she attended Valley City State Teacher's College and...
Louann Tompkins
Jul 3, 2007
LouAnn Tompkins, 53, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at MeritCare Hosptial Palliative Care Unit in Fargo, ND. Lou was born December 16, 1953 in Jamestown, the daughter of Darrel and Evelyn (Wooddell) Tompkins. She graduated from Jamestown High School and attended Jamestown College. She worked for Don Wilhelm, Inc. and in 1977, Lou began working for...
Lester Pauling
Jul 3, 2007
Lester Pauling, 69, Edgeley, ND, died Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown, ND. Lester Warne Pauling was born March 24, 1938 on a farm in Berlin, ND, the son of Harold and Lucille (Cofell) Pauling. At age 6, he moved with his family to a farm in Edgeley, ND where he attended school, graduating from Edgeley High...
Hertha Pfaff
Jul 2, 2007
Hertha Pfaff, 81, Tappen, North Dakota, died Monday, July 2, 2007 at Golden Acres Manor in Carrington, ND. Hertha Roemmich was born October 27, 1925 at the family farm south of Tappen, she was the youngest child of Peter M. and Sophia (Roemmick) Roemmich. She married Simon Pfaff, Jr., on July 10, 1942 in Steele, ND. They lived their...
Dorothy Grenz
Jun 28, 2007
Dorothy Grenz, 84, Jamestown, North Dakota died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at Jamestown Hospital. Dorothy Suko was born June 30, 1922 in Alexander Township, north of Alfred, North Dakota, the daughter of Reinhold and Christina (Obenauer) Suko. She was baptized and confirmed at a young age. She was educated in rural school and worked on the family farm. On...
Margaret Schmitt
Jun 27, 2007
Margaret L. Schmitt, 91, Jamestown, North Dakota, died Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at her daughter's home. Margaret Kvislen was born March 23, 1916 in Sanborn, North Dakota, the daugher of Adolf and Edna (Amundson) Kvislen. She attended school in Sanborn. She went to Beauty School in Chicago, IL and returned to Jamestown where she worked in her sister, Claryce's...
John E. Enderle
Jun 26, 2007
John E. Enderle, 91, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at Jamestown Hospital. John was born July 14, 1915 in Richardton, ND, the son of Joseph and Mary (Billman) Enderle. He attended school at the Assumption Abbey in Richarton. During World War II John worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yards. John was a welder and when he...
Dale Peckham
Jun 26, 2007
Dale B. Peckham, 85, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at Jamestown Hospital. Dale was born October 23, 1921 in Corwin township, Stutsman County, North Dakota, the son of Roy and Mabel (Trowbridge) Peckham. Dale moved to the homeplace in 1926 and took over the Peckham family farm in 1944. On June 7, 1944, Dale married Lillian...
Marlyn Guthmiller
Jun 26, 2007
Marlyn Guthmiller, 59, Medina, North Dakota died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at the Veterans Hospital in Fargo, ND. Marlyn was born July 5, 1947 in Jamestown, the son of Paul and Frieda (Morlock) Guthmiller. He grew up in Pettibone and attended country schools and later public school in Pettibone. He worked for Pettibone and Medina area ranchers. Marlyn entered...
Martha Jenkin
Jun 26, 2007
Martha M. Jenkin, 88, Bismarck, North Dakota, died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at St. Vincent Care Center in Bismarck. Martha Magdalena Wittmer was born December 7, 1918, south of Medina, ND, to Jacob and Emilia (Reister) Wittmer and moved to a farm north of Medina at a young age. She was baptized in 1919 at the Medina Reformed Church...
Earl L. Beckman
Jun 24, 2007
Earl L. Beckman, 62, Jamestown, North Dakota died Sunday, June 24, 2007 of natural causes at his home. Earl was born on December 21, 1944 in Jamestown, the son of Herman F. and Clara (Domek) Beckman. He attended Corwin and Ypsilanti schools, graduating from 8th grade at Ypsi. He attended Jametown High School and graduated in 1962. Earl continued...
Edward Benson
Jun 23, 2007
Edward Benson, 75, Jamestown, ND, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown, ND. Edward Marvin Benson was born February 8, 1932 on the family farm in Deer Lake Township near Windsor, ND, the son of Gilbert and Clara (Skare) Benson. He was raised on the family farm and attended the township school. After his schooling he...
