All Obituaries

Craig Canales, 64, Hunter, ND, passed away at home on October 15, 2021.  A full obituary will be posted soon.

Sydney “Syd” Gene Thomas Sydney, age 73 of West Fargo, ND,  passed away at Essentia Hospital in Fargo, ND. Sydney was born in Breckenridge, MN, and raised in Lisbon, ND.   After high school he married Linda Norby and they had 3 sons, Jeffrey (Julie & 3 children), Ramsey, MN, Steven, Wahpeton, ND and Kevin, West Fargo.  Sydney is also survived by his wife Linda, West Fargo, and brothers Randy of SD and Mitchell of ND.  He was preceded in death by his...

Bryan R. Johnson, 61, of West Fargo, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2021, at Essentia Health in Fargo.  Bryan Richard Johnson was born April 3, 1960, in Harvey, ND, to Richard and Helen (Norman) Johnson.  The family moved from Drake, ND, then to Maddock.  When Bryan was a year old, the family moved to Fargo where he was raised.  Bryan was educated in Fargo, graduating in 1978, from Fargo South.  Bryan then began a 30 year career at the West Fargo Stockyards in...

     Paul Jon Hyndman, 78, West Fargo, ND passed away on Friday, October 8, 2021 at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, ND surrounded by his family.    Born in 1943 in Cando, N.D. to John and Juanita (Gerrard) Hyndman, he spent part of his childhood in Perth, N.D. and then in 1948 moved to Rolla, N.D.  He graduated from Rolla High School in 1961.  From there he went to U.N.D. to attend college, where he played football as a walk-on.  He was on the 1964 Hall of...

   Mary Grieger, 88, of Valley City, died on Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Essentia Health in Fargo.    Mary Helen Holt was born on August 2, 1933 in Calvin, ND to Alexander and Jessie (Harmer) Holt.  She was raised and educated in the Calvin area, graduating from Calvin High School.  Following high school, she attended and graduated from Interstate Business College (Fargo, ND) and worked at Reed Cleaners in Fargo.    She married Clarence Grieger on...

Gerald Volk, 77, Mapleton, ND died on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 at Sanford Health on Broadway in Fargo, ND. Gerald Jerome Volk was born June 29, 1944, the 8th child of 17, to parents Joseph and Julia (Schnellbach) Volk. He was raised on the family farm near Karlsruhe, ND, attended country school, and later the school at Drake, ND. With his dad working full time with the railroad, Gerald became responsible for the day-to-day operation of the farm at a young age,  He also worked at the...

Larry Kitzman, 71, of Fargo, passed away, Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Maryhill Manor in  Enderlin, ND.  Lawrence Edward Kitzman was born July 23, 1950, in Elmhurst, IL, the son of H. William and Dorothy (Kabbe) Kitzman.  His early years were spent in Franklin Park, IL, until the family moved to a farm near Sawyer, ND, where he enjoyed farm life and pitching for the baseball team.  The family then moved to Fargo when he was 13. Larry graduated from Fargo North High...

   Ruth King, 71, of Fargo ND passed away Thursday Sept 29th in her home surrounded by family.    She was born Jan 9, 1950 to George and Hannah Hershey in Fosston, MN. She was raised in Bagley, MN with her four siblings and graduated from Bagley High School in 1968.    She was married to James King of Minneapolis, MN on Dec, 26th 1975. They lived in Valley City, ND where they raised their children and owned Hilltop Café for 26 years.    Ruth...

Steve Schmidt, 56, Alice, ND died on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2021 at his home. Steven Wayne Schmidt was born March 6, 1965 in Fargo, ND, the son of Raymond and Margarette (Puhr) Schmidt.   He was raised near Alice, ND and graduated from Enderlin (ND) High School. He went on to attend Wahpeton State School of Science for auto body repair. Steve’s life journey took him to Seattle, WA and Minneapolis, MN before returning to the family farm near Alice. He worked various jobs...

At the age of 70, Neil Swen Netterlund died following a year-long struggle with cancer. Neil was born in Greenbush, Minnesota, on November 16, 1950, to Swen and Nanna Netterlund and raised in Stephen, Minnesota. He went to Thief River Falls Technical College to study drafting after graduating from high school. He was hired as an electrical draftsman by KBM, Inc, an engineering firm, in 1970. Neil was drafted into the US Army in 1971. Neil served his country in Vietnam as a courier. He was...