Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
Freda Barnick
Feb 9, 2004
Freda M. Barnick, 98, Jamestown, North Dakota, died Monday, February 9, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. Mrs. Barnick was born November 11, 1905 near Wilton, North Dakota the daughter of Louis and Rosa (Brenneise) Spitzer. She attended schools in Wilton, and graduated from Bismarck High School in 1925. She attended Valley State State College and taught schools...
Mary Margaret Tracy
Feb 5, 2004
Mary Margaret Tracy, 70, Jamestown, North Dakota died Thursday, February 5, 2004 at Jamestown Hospital. Mary Margaret was born on July 20, 1933 in Jamestown the only daughter of Frank and Elvira (Ranallo) Petrecca. Mary attended and graduated from St. John's Academy in 1951. She worked briefly for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company as an operator before marrying Thomas Jerome...
Arthur Bertsch
Feb 5, 2004
Arthur Bertsch, 91, New Rockford, ND, formerly of Robinson, ND died Thursday, February 5, 2004 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford. Arthur was born January 18, 1913, in Progress Township near Bowdon, ND, the son of Christ and Lydia (Suckut) Bertsch. He grew up and attended school in Progress Township in rural Bowdon. He...
Viola Carlson
Feb 5, 2004
Viola ""Vi"" Carlson, 78, Jamestown, North Dakota died Thursday, February 5, 2004 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown. Viola Gums was born July 23, 1925 in Medina, North Dakota the daughter of Christ and Elizabeth (Heiser) Gums. Vi grew up in the Medina area, attended public school in Medina and graduated from Medina High School. Vi attended Jamestown College and...
Sylvia Backus
Feb 4, 2004
Sylvia Backus, 92, Jamestown, North Dakota died Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown. Sylvia was born September 10, 1911 in Sugarbush, Wisconsin the daughter of Alvirous and Emma Jean (Daskam) Walker. She grew up on the family dairy farm and attended school in Sugarbush, WI. Sylvia married Frederick (Fritz) Backus on June 12, 1929 in Waukegan,...
Violet Jeske
Jan 29, 2004
Violet Jeske, 82, Bismarck, North Dakota, formerly of Jamestown, ND died Thursday, January 29, 2004 at her home. Violet Jeske was born December 12, 1921 in Jamestown, ND to Henry and Viola Jeske. Violet attended school and graduated from Buchanan High School. She received a degree from Valley City College. Violet taught school for 40 years, the last 25...
Myrl Doerr
Jan 28, 2004
Myrl Doerr, 84, Jamestown, North Dakota died at her home on Wednesday, January 28, 2004. Sara Myrl Coombs was born December 23, 1919 in Pickardville, ND the daughter of Walter F. and E. LaVonne (Williams) Coombs. She grew up and attended elementary school in Sheridan County, near McClusky, ND. Myrl graduated from Bismarck High School and then went on...
Douglas Mickelson
Jan 28, 2004
Douglas Mickelson, 92, Jamestown, North Dakota died at his home Wednesday, January 28, 2004. Doug was born April 29, 1911 in Jud, North Dakota the son of Morris and Hilda (Lee) Mickelson. He grew and attended school in Jud. He stayed in the the Jud area where he did mechanical work and farming. He also started Doug's Orchestra and...
Martha Johnson
Jan 24, 2004
Martha Johnson, 90, New Hope, MN, formerly of the Pingree and Jamestown, ND area died Saturday, January 24, 2004 at the MN Masonic Home-North Ridge, New Hope. Martha was born November 7, 1913 at Pingree the daughter of Adolph and Mary (Piercy) Beaver. She grew up in Pingree and attended school there graduating from Pingree High School. She taught...
Ed Stoller
Jan 20, 2004
Ed Stoller, 69, Jamestown, North Dakota died Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at his home. Ed was born September 2, 1934 in Iosco Township, near Medina, ND the son of Jake and Sophie (Hofmann) Stoller. The family moved to Pettibone and Ed farmed with his father. The family moved to Jamestown in 1957 and Ed was a member of the...
John Quanrud
Jan 18, 2004
John Quanrud, 74, Jamestown, North Dakota died Sunday, January 18, 2004 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown. John was born May 30, 1929 in Bismarck, ND the son of Theodore & Selma (Sather) Quanrud. He attended school and graduated from Bismarck High School in 1947. He attended and graduated from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND in...
Ruby Conitz
Jan 16, 2004
Ruby Christ Conitz, 88, Jamestown, North Dakota died Friday, January 16, 2004, at her home in Jamestown. Ruby was born in Newark, South Dakota on October 27, 1915, the daughter of Eber & Ida (Layton) Titsworth. She moved to Jamestown with her mother and siblings, attending and graduating from Jamestown High School in 1933. She graduated from Valley City...
Siemen Goter
Jan 16, 2004
Siemen Goter, 72, Lisbon, formerly of Carrington, ND , died Friday, January 16, 2004 at Lisbon Area Health Services. Siemen Goter was born August 17, 1931 in Conklin Township, ND to Ernest and Elsie (Raimen) Goter. He attended school in Woodworth graduating in 1949. Siemen worked on the family farm until 1957 when he entered the U.S. Army. He...
Ella Jean Schwartz
Jan 15, 2004
Ella Jean Schwartz, 94, Jamestown, North Dakota died Thursday, January 15, 2004 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown. Ella Jean Mohr was born May 13, 1909 in Rush Center, Kansas the daughter of George Henry and Charlotte (Schneider) Mohr. She grew up and attended school in the Rush Center area. Ella Jean married Reinhold Schwartz on September 5, 1924 in...
Edith Hirchert
Jan 12, 2004
Edith S. Hirchert, 89, Jamestown, North Dakota died Monday, January 12, 2004 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown. Edith Schlager Hirchert was born May 2, 1914 at Winnipeg, Canada the daughter of George and Louise (Bohl) Schlager. She came to the United States with her parents as an infant and they lived north of Lake Williams and later north of...
Lloyd Sodawasser
Jan 11, 2004
Lloyd Sodawasser, 85, Buchanan, North Dakota died Sunday, January 11, 2004 at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown, ND. Lloyd was born November 6, 1918 in Ashland Township, Stutsman County, ND the son of Louis and Julia (Braasch) Sodawasser. He attended rural school in Ashland Township. He later attended Veterans Agricultural School at Jamestown. He ran a gas station near Windsor, ND....
Bette Mccrea
Jan 10, 2004
Bette McCrea, 79, of Jamestown, North Dakota died Saturday, January 10, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. Bette White was born November 25, 1924 in Pingree, ND the daughter of Lennie and Cecil (Broderson) White. She attended school in Pingree. In the early 1940's she moved to Tooele, Utah where she worked as an automotive equipment operator at...
Leon Kirschenman
Jan 10, 2004
Leon Kirschenman, 94, Montpelier, North Dakota died Saturday, January 10, 2004 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown, ND. Leon Kirschenman was born July 14, 1909 at Tripp, South Dakota to Karl and Roseina (Bender) Kirschenman. He grew up and attended school near Alpeana, South Dakota. On May 1, 1934 Leon married Adeline Danuser of Marion, ND. They farmed near there...
Ray Freadhoff
Jan 10, 2004
Ray E. Freadhoff, 95, of Jamestown, North Dakota died Saturday, January 10, 2004 at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. Ray Emery Freadhoff was born January 29, 1908 in Lee Center, Illinois the son of John and Ella Leora (Emery) Freadhoff. At six weeks old, his family moved to LaMoure, ND, living in Dean Township until 1921, when the family...
Alona Luverne Nieswaag
Jan 9, 2004
Alona ""Sis"" Nieswaag, 90, of Jamestown, ND, formerly of Pettibone, ND, died Friday, January 9, 2004 at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown. Alona Luverne Friese was born July 13, 1913 in Mapleton, ND the daughter of Fred and Amanda (Sanberg) Friese. In 1916 the family moved to Pettibone, ND where she attended school. She spent two years in Los Angeles,...
