Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
Ellis Engel
Sep 22, 2019
Ellis Engel, 85, of Jamestown, ND, passed away Sunday evening, September 22, 2019 at Sheyenne Care Center, Valley City, ND.
Ellis Clair Engel was born February 11, 1934, in Aberdeen, SD, the son of Clarence and Evelyne (Dot) Engel. He was educated in Aberdeen schools where he was active in high school band, graduating in 1953. At...
Ernest "Ernie" Nitschke
Sep 21, 2019
Ernest “Ernie” Nitschke, 77, Jamestown, ND passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019 at his home.
Ernie was born August 15, 1942 near Ashley, ND to Enoch and Sophie (Quaschnick) Nitschke. He worked on the family farm until 1961 when he married Francis Cox. They had their own farm until moving to Jamestown when he started working for...
Archie Zimmerman
Sep 21, 2019
Archie Robert Zimmerman, Jr., Buzzy, 83, beloved Husband, Father, and Poppa passed away peacefully of natural causes in his home on September 21, 2019.
Buzzy was born April 17th 1936, son of Archie and Virgie (Ganser) Zimmerman. He grew up north of Cleveland ND on the family farm and attended 12 years of school in Cleveland. After...
Wilfred Aarestad
Sep 20, 2019
Wilfred “WC/Bill” C. Aarestad, 94, of Jamestown passed away Friday, September 20, 2019 at the Jamestown Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family.
Wilfred was born on February 16, 1925 to Torkel and Serina (Tengesdal) Aarestad at Juanita, ND. He was raised in the McHenry area on the family farm. He chose to serve God at...
Henry Ludwig Behle
Sep 17, 2019
Henry Behle born April 8th 1943 of Adrian, ND passed away Sept 17, 2019. He was born at the Marion, ND Hospital to Fred and Taletta Behle (DeBoer) . Baptized and confirmed at the Adrian Trinity Lutheran Church. He attended Banner Country School in Adrian ND Graduated from Dickey High School Class of 61. Henry lived a life of...
Janice Delaine Larson
Sep 16, 2019
Janice Delaine Larson, 90, of Jamestown, formerly of Billings, MT, died on Monday, September 16, 2019 at Eventide Assisted Living in Jamestown.
Janice was born in Woodworth, ND to Elmer and Esther (Rice) Larson on August 15, 1929. She graduated from Woodworth high school and went on to work as a bookkeeper in Billings for over 30...
Deloris Walsh
Sep 13, 2019
Deloris Irene Walsh, age 93, of Jamestown, ND passed away Friday, September 13, 2019.
Deloris was raised on a farm in Alfred, ND. After chores and supper, her and her sister, Sally would stay up late in their bedroom and teach themselves to play the guitar by listening to the radio. They started playing Christian music on...
Marvin Kuntz
Sep 11, 2019
Marvin E. Kuntz, 71, Jamestown, ND passed away suddenly on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at his home.
Marvin Kuntz was born September 22, 1947 in Elgin, ND, the son of Peter and Proxseda (Nagel) Kuntz. He attended school in Mott, ND.
Marvin was in the Navy from 1965 until 1971, as a Communications Technician. On...
David T. Moser
Sep 11, 2019
David “Whitey” Theodore Moser, 77, of West Fargo, North Dakota, lost his battle with Dementia and Primary Progressive Aphasia on Wednesday September 11, 2019, at Bethany Retirement Living surrounded by family.
Whitey was born on May 27, 1942 in Jamestown, ND to Theodore and Esther Moser. He grew up on a farm in Medina, ND and moved...
Arnold Tabbert
Sep 10, 2019
Arnold Tabbert passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at Eventide in Jamestown North Dakota where he was a resident.
Arnold Edmund Tabbert was born on July 7, 1926 on a farm near Sanborn North Dakota, the son of Edmund H and Christina A Tabbert. Along with his siblings, he grew up on the family farm near Eckelson...
Elizabeth "Betty" Hanson
Sep 10, 2019
Elizabeth Jane (Schauer) Hanson
Elizabeth Jane (Schauer) Hanson, passed away September 10th, 2019 at Ave Maria, Jamestown, ND. Born in McIntosh County, North Dakota to Edward and Martha (Bertsch) Schauer on February 21st, 1938. Graduated high school in 1955. She met Lyle Hanson at Ellendale College and they were married August 27, 1958.
They were...
Victor Weigel
Sep 10, 2019
Victor Weigel, 66, beloved husband, brother, uncle, and friend, passed away September 10, 2019, at Mayo Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN, after a long hospitalization.
Victor was born on February 15, 1953, to Frank and Magdalena (Aberle) Weigel at Jamestown, ND. According to his mother, Victor was always a gentleman as he allowed his twin sister to...
Tammara M Braunberger
Sep 8, 2019
Tammara M. Braunberger, 58, of Jamestown, ND, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Sunday morning, September 8, 2019.
Tammara Marie Piatz was born April 11, 1961 in Wishek, ND, the daughter of Leo and Marion (Kuntz) Piatz. She graduated from Napoleon High School in 1979 and attended Mr. D Town and Country...
George P Williams
Sep 4, 2019
George P. Williams, 89, of rural Cleveland, ND, passed away Wednesday evening, September 4, 2019 at Eventide.
George was born September 10, 1929, in Jamestown, the son of George A. and Helen DeNault-Robertson. He grew up on the family farm south of Cleveland and married Lorraine Wolff on November 18, 1951. George was inducted into the US...
Teri Undem
Sep 1, 2019
Teri Lynn Undem, went to be with the Lord on September 1, 2019 at her home in Jamestown, ND, holding the hand of her beloved husband. She was born August 24, 1956, in Jamestown to James and Evelyn (Mannel) Bennett. She attended elementary school at Roosevelt Elementary and graduated from Jamestown High School in 1974.
As a...
Darlene Marie Barton
Aug 27, 2019
Darlene Marie (Kouba) Barton, 62, passed away August 27, 2019 at Sanford Medical Hospital, Fargo ND due to injuries sustained in an August 24 motorcycle/deer accident just north of Jamestown, ND on Hwy 20.
On July 14, 1957, Darlene was born in Grafton, ND to Leonard and Violet (Kowalski) Kouba. The family moved to Grand Forks, ND...
Ray Fisher
Aug 23, 2019
Lee Raymond “Ray” Fisher, 89, of Jamestown, ND, passed away Friday afternoon, August 23, 2019 at Ave Maria Village, Jamestown.
Ray was born September 19, 1929 on the family farm near Woodworth, ND, the son of Albert Sr. and Anna (Hochstetter) Fisher. He attended rural school in Paris township through the 7th grade and proudly earned his...
Darold Roemmich
Aug 22, 2019
Darold Roemmich, 73, of Jamestown, ND, passed away Thursday afternoon, August 22, 2019 at the North Dakota Veterans’ Administration Hospital, Fargo, ND.
Darold was born November 25, 1945, in Tappen, ND, the son of Emil R. and Bertha (Pfaff) Roemmich. He was raised in Tappen and graduated from Tappen High School. He entered the US Air Force...
Dorothy Pike
Aug 21, 2019
Dorothy Pike, 92, of Jamestown, ND, formerly of Devils Lake, ND, passed away Wednesday evening, August 21, 2019 at Eventide, Jamestown.
Dorothy Eva Lalie was born on August 6, 1927 in Devils Lake, the daughter of Frank and Lena (Rerich) Lalie. She attended school in Devils Lake and graduated from High School at Great Falls, Montana after...

Johnny Meyer
Aug 19, 2019
He went by the name John, Johann, Johnny, but to Steve and Kevin he was "Big Brother. "
He was born to Leroy and Mabel in the Carrington Hospital in 1961, educated in Jamestown and graduated high school in 1981.
He was a bachelor his entire life.
His first big boy...