Local Obituaries for Families in Jamestown, North Dakota
Clarence Wenzel
May 2, 2015
Clarence "C.W." Wenzel, 80 of Wimbledon, ND died Saturday, May 2, 2015 near Wimbledon, ND. Clarence was born on the family homestead four miles North of Wimbledon, ND the son of John F. & Louise (Nelson) Wenzel. He attended and graduated from high school in Courtenay, ND and continued to work on the family farm and for other farmers...
Alma Sophie Vilhauer
May 1, 2015
Alma Sophie Vilhauer, 95, Jamestown, North Dakota died Friday, May 1, 2015 at Eventide Jamestown. Alma was born February 17, 1920, in Hosmer, SD to August and Anna (Jundt) Vilhauer. She lived on the family farm, while attending a rural school, completing the 8th grade. On August 31, 1945, she married Helmuth Vilhauer. They farmed in the Hosmer, SD...
Lawrence Eichman
Apr 30, 2015
Lawrence P. Eichman, 80, of Jamestown died Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Eventide Jamestown, ND. Lawrence was born March 22, 1935 in New Rockford, North Dakota the sonof Lawrence & Nina (Wilmot) Eichman. He received his education in Coleraine, MN. He married Janet Reed April 15, 1955 in Marble, MN. He entered the United States Airforce in January of...

Maurice Mayer
Apr 29, 2015
Maurice A. Mayer, 83, Lisbon, ND died Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in the North Dakota Veterans Home. Maurice was born April 16, 1932 the son of Albert and Christina (Hanson) Mayer. He received his education in rural Jamestown schools until the 8th grade. He worked on the family farm until 1960 and then began employment with the Union Pacific...
Lois Petersen
Apr 28, 2015
Lois Petersen, 84, Jamestown, North Dakota passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Ave Maria Village Nursing Home, Jamestown. Lois Jane Ketelsen was born April 2, 1931, in Wimbledon, ND the daughter of Andrew and Myrtle (Stamnes) Ketelsen. Lois was baptized on December 12, 1931, at the Lutheran parsonage in Charlotte, IA. She was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran...
Eunice Ostenson
Apr 28, 2015
Eunice Ostenson, 70, Jamestown, ND, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Eventide Jamestown.
Eunice, daughter of Albin and Rose (Lambert) Ostenson was born March 10, 1945 at Rolette, ND. Eunice lived on the family farm and graduated from high school in Rolette. She worked at the Hub Restaurant in Rugby, ND for many years....
Blanche Readel
Apr 27, 2015
Blanche Weatherly Readel, 90, Jamestown, ND, passed away on April 27, 2015 at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.
Blanche was born on July 28, 1924 at Elkton, SD to Floyd and Minnie (Worth) Weatherly. As a young girl, she moved with her parents and siblings to the Buchanan area in 1927 and received her education in...

Harry Veil
Apr 27, 2015
Harry P. Veil, 82, Ypsilanti, ND passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 at his home. Harry was born March 7, 1933 in Streeter, ND the son of Emma and Phillip Veil. The family later moved to Jamestown, ND. Harry graduated from Jamestown High School. He spent two years in the US Army and after his honorable discharge, moved back...
Adeline M Hartman
Apr 26, 2015
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Adeline M. Hartman
Adeline M. Hartman died April 26, 2015 at Manor St. Joseph, Edgeley, ND.
Adeline M. (Schrum) Hartman was born November 14, 1919 to Jacob and Christina (Heil) Schrum in...
Daron Baumgartner
Apr 24, 2015
Daron Baumgartner, 46, of Jamestown, ND, was called to his heavenly home early Friday morning, April 24, 2015 at Eventide Nursing facility under Hospice care in Jamestown. Daron was born on June 14, 1968, in Jamestown, the son of Wayne Baumgartner and Eunice Bedker Baumgartner. He attended Jamestown Public School. He worked at Alpha Opportunities for some time and...
Beverly Frantz
Apr 24, 2015
Beverly Jeanne Frantz, 84, died Friday, April 24, 2015 at the Manor St. Joseph, Edgeley, ND. She was born on January 6, 1931 in Moorhead, MN, the second daughter of Edwin and Luella (Kuska) Bredell. She attended school and graduated from Dickey High School in 1946. Beverly married Eugene Wilmart in 1954. Four children were born to...
Lillian Kraft
Apr 23, 2015
Lillian Elizabeth Cowin Kraft, 96, a longtime resident of Jamestown, ND passed away peacefully on April 23, 2015 at Missouri Slope Care Center in Bismarck where she had received loving, compassionate care.
Lillian was born on July 24, 1918 in Deering, ND to Roy and Velma Cowin. She graduated from Deering High School in 1937...
Ronald Brost
Apr 23, 2015
Ronald Brost 94, Jamestown, North Dakota, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2015 at Sheyenne Crossings Care Center, West Fargo, ND. Ronald Brost was born March 30, 1921, on a farm five miles east of Kulm, ND. He was the son of Mathilda (Herman) Brost and John Brost. When he graduated from the eighth grade, it was in the...
Edward G Schlosser
Apr 23, 2015
Edward Gustav Schlosser, 85, died at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington on Thursday, April 23, 2015 after a 2 year battle with Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Ed was born on May 7th, 1929 in Kensal, ND to John Schlosser and Bertha (Guenther) Schlosser. He attended school in Kensal, graduating in 1947. Ed served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956, spending...
Albert Guthmiller
Apr 22, 2015
Albert Guthmiller, 90, Jamestown, North Dakota died Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Eventide Jamestown. Albert Guthmiller was born on the farm rural Pettibone, ND on April 24, 1924, son of Ludwig and Caroline (Guthmiller) Guthmiller. He attended rural school in Petersville Township, ND. Albert farmed with his parents until he married Leah Martin, on December 16, 1945, in Tappen,...
Ilean Backer
Apr 18, 2015
Sarah "Ilean" Backer, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 surrounded by her family at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, ND. Ilean was born to Daniel and Sarah (Hoggarth) Clancy on December 22, 1916, at Kensal. She graduated from Kensal School. Ilean married Lester J. Backer on November 23, 1938, at St. John's Catholic Church, Kensal....
Lorraine Ost
Apr 18, 2015
Lorraine Ost, 80 of Nortonville, ND, died Saturday evening, April 18, 2015 at Sanford Health in Fargo ND from complications of pancreatitis.
Lorraine was born on February 12, 1935, in Nortonville, the daughter of Claude and Eleanor (Peterson) Edwards. She grew up on the farm and attended country school. Lorraine graduated from Nortonville High School...
Martin "Bill" Kruger
Apr 17, 2015
Martin "Bill" Kruger, 83, Jamestown, North Dakota went to his heavenly home on April 17, 2015. He was born at Trinity Hospital in Jamestown on June 5, 1931, to Martin and Pauline (Florhaug) Kruger. Bill attended 8th grade at the country school in Hidden Township. He was the third generation on the family farm, living there for 77 years....
Connie Britzman
Apr 17, 2015
Connie Britzman, 53, Jamestown, North Dakota died Friday, April 17, 2015 at her home. Connie was born January 25, 1962, in Valley City, ND to Laurence and Carol (Howe) Mickelson. Connie grew up in Valley City and Oriska, ND where she attended school. She enjoyed spending time on her grandmother's farm in Valley City when she was young. Connie...
Nikki C Artis
Apr 15, 2015
Nikki Artis, 63, of Jamestown, ND, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at her home of a broken heart.
Nicolette Christine Artis was born on July 13, 1951, in Riverdale, ND, the daughter of Edward and Hulda (Kilber) Machau. She graduated from Valley City High School in 1969 and married Daniel Artis on March 2,...