Obituaries

Deborah Slominski

Deborah Slominski

Dec 12, 2025

Deborah Slominski went to her eternity on December 12, 2025.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, December 19, 2025 at 10:30 A.M. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Minto, ND. Visitation will be Friday for one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at the St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Ardoch, in the spring. Memorials...

Maxine E. Wilkes

Maxine E. Wilkes

Dec 7, 2025

Maxine Wilkes, age 84 of Grafton, ND and formerly of Park River, ND, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2025 at Edgewood Healthcare, Grand Forks, ND.

Maxine Osowski was born November 11, 1941 in Grafton, North Dakota, the daughter of the late Bruno and Stella (Ebertowski) Osowski. She attended school near Warsaw and graduated from Grafton High School. After her schooling she...

Diane C. Nord

Diane C. Nord

Dec 6, 2025

Diane C. Nord, age 70 of Grafton, ND, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Essentia Health of Fargo, ND.

Diane Nord was born January 28, 1955 in Grafton, ND, the daughter of the late Raymond Nord and Arliss (Sandvig) Nord. She grew up in Grafton and graduated as salutatorian from Grafton High School. Her strong work ethic and kindness...

Angela Rose Carriere

Angela Rose Carriere

Dec 5, 2025

Angela Rose Johnson Carriere was born on July 21, 1963 in Grafton, ND, a cherished daughter of Mardell Fehr Johnson and the late Allen G. Johnson. With her devoted son, Nathan, and sisters, faithfully by her side, Angie slipped into the arms of our Lord, after a courageous battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, on December 5, 2025, in Bismarck, ND.

Angie moved...

Flora Theresa Pilon

Flora Theresa Pilon

Dec 4, 2025

Flora Pilon, age 96 of Grafton, passed away December 4, 2025 at the Lutheran Sunset Home.

Flora Theresa Sevigny was born July 14, 1929 to Edward and Emma (Demers) Sevigny in Oakwood, ND. Flora was united in marriage to Oliver Pilon on July 12, 1950 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oakwood, ND. They made their home on a farm in...

Michael Paul Johnson

Michael Paul Johnson

Dec 4, 2025

Michael P. Johnson, age 55 of Grafton, ND passed away on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at Essential Health Hospital of Fargo, ND.

Michael Paul Olson was born April 18, 1970 in Robbinsdale, MN to Rick Olson and Dawn (Benjaminson) Johnson. He and his family moved to Grafton in 1974, where he was raised and attended school. He graduated from Grafton High...

Kathy A. Demers

Kathy A. Demers

Dec 2, 2025

Kathy Demers, age 57, passed away at her home in Oakwood ND on Dec 2, 2025.

Kathy Ann Johnson was born Feb 4, 1968 in Grafton. (2-4-6-8, a date ingrained in our minds)

She grew up on the east side of Grafton and graduated from GHS in 1986. She then attended Mayville State University where she majored in Education. From there, she...

Arlene J. Olsen

Arlene J. Olsen

Dec 1, 2025

Arlene J. Olsen, age 93 of Grand Forks, ND passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025 at Woodside Village in Grand Forks.

Arlene Joyce Groven was born January 25, 1932, the daughter of Henry and Gunvor (Skarness) Groven at the Deaconess Hospital in Grafton, ND. She grew up on a farm and attended rural school at Mandt, ND and high school...

Mark Alton Thorson

Mark Alton Thorson

Nov 29, 2025

Mark Alton Thorson, age 37 of Edinburg, ND passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at his home due to a tragic accident.

Mark was born March 21, 1988, in Grafton, ND, the son of Lowell and Linda (Schaefer) Thorson. He graduated from Edinburg High School and Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Wadena, MN. He was united in marriage to...

Mark Wasylow

Mark Wasylow

Nov 26, 2025

Mark Wasylow, age 55 of Pisek, ND passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2025 in Mayville, ND.

Mark was born to William and Margery (Thompson) Wasylow on March 28, 1970 in Grand Forks, ND; the youngest of 11 children. He grew up on a dairy farm just outside of Mekinock, ND. Growing up with 10 brothers and sisters and being the baby...

Irma L. Gemmill

Irma L. Gemmill

Nov 23, 2025

Irma Lorraine Gemmill age 94 of Aitkin, MN, formerly of Fordville, ND, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2025 at Aitkin Health Services in Aitkin, MN.

Irma Haug was born August 24, 1931 on the family farm west of Edinburg, ND, the daughter of the late James and Anna (Holth) Haug. She grew up on the farm and attended school in...

Michael D. Lunski

Michael D. Lunski

Nov 23, 2025

Mike Lunski, 62, of Minto, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2025, at Altru in Grand Forks surrounded by his loving children. Throughout his courageous battle with cancer, he remained positive until the very end - inspiring his family and many who were around him.

Mike was born to Yvonne and Sylvester Lunski on March 5, 1963. He grew up in Minto...

Margaret A. Erickson

Margaret A. Erickson

Nov 22, 2025

Margaret A. Erickson, age 98 of Hoople, ND passed away on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Borg Pioneer Memorial Home of Mountain, ND, with her family by her side.

Margaret A. Born was born July 21, 1927 in Crystal, ND to the late Herman F. Born and Amanda W. (Peters) Born. She was raised on the family farm the youngest of...

Donald Neil Burns

Donald Neil Burns

Nov 21, 2025

Donald N. Burns, age 83 of Grafton, North Dakota passed away Friday, November 21, 2025 at the Lutheran Sunset Home of Grafton.

Donald Neil Burns was born September 24, 1942 in Grafton, North Dakota, the son of the late Leslie and Donna (Kingsbury) Burns. He attended school in Auburn and graduated from Grafton High School. Donald enlisted in the United States...

Brett T. Vogsland

Brett T. Vogsland

Nov 16, 2025

Brett's Funeral will be livestreamed on Bethel Free Lutheran's YouTube page: https://youtube.com/@bethelfreelutheran1473



Brett Thomas Vogsland, age 62, passed away peacefully on November 16, 2025, at Altru Hospital. Brett was the fifth son born to Dennis and Ella Mae (Peoppel) Vogsland in rural Grafton. Three sisters followed Brett into the family, and the large Vogsland clan provided him with one of the...

LaVonne June Hylden

LaVonne June Hylden

Nov 14, 2025

LaVonne J. Hylden, age 94 of Park River, ND passed away peacefully on Friday, November 14, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Center of Park River, ND.

LaVonne June Lykken was born June 4, 1931 in Grafton, ND the first born daughter of Handy and Esther (Nelson) Lykken. The family had four other daughters: Betty Webb, Gertrude Vatnsdal/Wippler, Helene Morstad and Lucille...

Arlene M. Lykken

Arlene M. Lykken

Nov 5, 2025

Arlene Lykken, 88 of Grafton, ND passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at Essentia Health in Fargo.

Arlene was born March 3, 1937 to Joe and Mary (Grezkowiak) Lizakowski in Minto, ND. She received her education in Minto. Arlene worked many jobs in her life including CNA and cook. One of her greatest talents was her outstanding cooking and baking...

Harriet E. Dosmann

Harriet E. Dosmann

Nov 1, 2025

Harriet Dosmann, age 89 died at her home on November 1, 2025 after a brief illness.

Harriet Elaine Eickenbrock was born August 22, 1936 to Joseph and Jessie (Helgeson) Eickenbrock on the family farm near Wales, ND. She attended Minto Consolidated School and graduated from high school at Wales in 1954. Harriet attended Aaker’s Business College in Grand Forks, ND following...

Florence R. French

Florence R. French

Oct 28, 2025

Florence R. French, age 102 of Oakwood, ND, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at the Unity Medical Center of Grafton.

Florence Osowski was born June 28, 1923 in Minto, ND, the daughter of the late Frank and Helen Osowski. She attended school in Minto and later attended Acton School. Following her education she worked at the Deaconess Hospital as...

Mary Kay Heggen

Mary Kay Heggen

Oct 26, 2025

Mary Kay Heggen, 68, of Park River passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family—including her extended work family from First Care Health Center—after courageously facing ALS on her own terms, just as she did everything in life.

Born on March 12, 1957, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, to Bernice and Joseph “Butch” Arens, Mary was the oldest of five children and...