Dora Lee

Name:  Dora Lee
Age:  95
Residence:  Aurora, Colo., formerly Hendrum, Minn.
Funeral-
Date:  April 21, 2008
Location:  Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hendrum, Minn.
Date of Death:  April 13, 2008
Birthplace:  Enderlin, N.D.

Lorraine Ortegel

Name:  Lorraine Ortegel
Age:  77
Residence:  Fargo, N.D.
Funeral-
Date:  April 24, 2008
Location:  Boulger Funeral Home, Fargo, N.D.
Date of Death:  April 20, 2008
Birthplace:  Rolla, N.D.

Dorothy Freitag

Name:  Dorothy Freitag
Age:  90
Residence:  Chaffee, N.D.
Funeral-
Date:  April 19, 2008
Location:  St. John Lutheran Church, Embden, N.D.
Date of Death:  April 15, 2008
Birthplace:  Chaffee, N.D.

Carissa Hoxtell

Name:  Carissa Hoxtell
Age:  32
Residence:   Grand Forks, N.D., formerly Jamestown 
Funeral-
Date: April 24, 2008
Location:  Atonement Lutheran Church, Jamestown
Date of Death: April 19, 2008
Birthplace:  Fargo, N.D.

Russ Kilen

Name:  Russ Kilen
Age:  89
Residence:  Stanley, N.D.  
Funeral-
Date:  April 29, 2008
Location:  American Lutheran Church, Stanley, N.D.
Date of Death:  
Birthplace:  Stanley, N.D.

Gordon Carlson

Name:  Gordon Carlson
Age:  81
Residence:  Sioux City, Iowa
Funeral-
Date:  April 19, 2008
Location:  Trinity Lutheran Church, Sioux City, Iowa
Date of Death:  April 16, 2008
Birthplace:  Sioux City, Iowa

Verna Gilbertson

Name:  Verna Gilbertson
Age:  82
Residence: Enderlin, N.D.  
Funeral-
Date:  April 24, 2008
Location:  Trinity Lutheran Church, Enderlin, N.D.
Date of Death:  April 20
Birthplace:  Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Unique donation for a unique project

The RDO Community Responsibility Committee has donated 28 miniature tractors to Hospice of the Red River Valley to be used in a project aimed at enhancing the care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease or related illnesses.  The reason for toy tractors lies in the way individuals with these types of diseases communicate.  Some of the [...]

Bruce Alden Rasmusson

Name: Bruce Alden Rasmusson
Age: 54
Residence: LaMoure, ND
Funeral-
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church, LaMoure, ND
Date of Death: April 12, 2008
Birthplace: LaMoure, ND

The Open Door Center and Thrift Store to open in old Bremer Bank facility

by Terri A. Barta
The old Bremer Bank facility at 401 Main Street has been sold to Open Door Center, Valley City. Open Door Center plans to have a Lisbon satellite office and thrift store in the building, according to Mary Simonson, executive director, Open Door Center, Valley City.
The announcement of the sale was made [...]