Lee Ness Lee J. Ness, retired Accountancy faculty member, died Monday, May 7, 2018 at 4000 Valley Square -Woodside Village, Heartland Neighborhood, Grand Forks. He was 61. Lee James Ness, the son of Roy E. and Aileen Jane (Thompson) Ness was born […]
Richard Martin Richard J. Martin, retired Audiovisual Production Specialist at UND Aerospace, died Thursday, May 10, 2018 at his home in Grand Forks, under the care of hospice and his family. He was 63. Richard James Martin was born January 17, 1955 […]
Geralyn Lunski Geralyn Leiran Lunski, administrative assistant in the surgery department at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, passed away after a long battle with breast cancer on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at her home in East Grand Forks, surrounded […]
Dr. John Duerre John Arden Duerre, retired Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, passed away surrounded by his loving family on April 7, 2018, in Woodbury, Minn. He was 87. John was born August 21, […]
Gerald “Jerry” Hamerlik (center), poses for a photo near the Eternal Flame in 1979 with then fellow Enrollment Services employees, Ken Polovitz (now with UND Aerospace, on the left in the photo) and Dave Parker. University Relations. Gerald F. “Jerry” Hamerlik, […]
Sandra Wells Sandra “Sandy” (Uithof) Wells (1946-2018), recently retired Clinical Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines, passed away at home in Grand Forks on March 29, 2018, from pancreatic cancer. During her eight-year tenure at UND, Sandy taught […]
Ron Hegg Ronald D. Hegg, retired Central Receiving employee, Grand Forks, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, March 15, 2018. He was 80. Ron was born on July 6, 1937 in Grand Forks to Norris and Edna (Sannes) Hegg. He was […]
Sally Page Sally J. Page, retired affirmative action officer, died Friday, Feb. 2, in Valley Eldercare Transitional Care Unit in Grand Forks. She was 74. Sally Jacquelyn Page was born in Saginaw, Mich., on July 8, 1943, to Doris E. (Knippel) and […]
Richard Ganyo Richard C. Ganyo, retired director of printing, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 at Altru Hospital. He was 78. Richard C. Ganyo was born Feb. 27, 1939, in Grafton, N.D., the son of the late Frederick and Ann (Olezak) […]
Randy Torgerson Randy Torgerson, Housing Maintenance Specialist with Facilities Management, passed away Jan. 15. He has been with Facilities Management for more than six years. Randall W. “Randy” Torgerson, Housing Maintenance Specialist with Facilities Management, Grand Forks, died unexpectedly Monday, Jan. 15, […]
Don Poochigian Donald Poochigian, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion, passed away Dec. 28 in Clovis, California. He was 74. A passionate teacher and advocate for the liberal arts, he was memorialized in a remembrance published Dec. 30 in the Grand Forks […]
Sarah Nissen Sarah J. Nissen, Executive Director of Marketing & Creative Services at UND, passed away Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, in Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, MN. She was 35. Her cancer journey can be found at https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/sarahnissen. Sarah Jean Olsonawski, the daughter […]
Deborah Vonasek Deborah Vonasek, retired assistant in technical services at the Chester Fritz Library, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, at home in Grand Forks. She was 64. Deborah Ann Pelowski, the daughter of Jerome and Marian (Knutson) Pelowski was born in Grand […]
The University of North Dakota lost a great friend with the passing of Steinar Opstad. A visionary educator, Steinar was responsible for the highly successful American College of Norway, which has played such a significant role in the education of […]
Jim Kujawa James Phillip “Jim” Kujawa, 85, of Crookston, Minn., passed away peacefully at his home Sunday evening, Nov. 12, 2017 from cancer, with his wife, Mary, and many of their children and grandchildren at his side. He retired from Plant […]