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Frances M. (Gudajtes) Riskey, retired food service worker, Grand Forks, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013 in 4000 Valley Square Woodside Village. She was 96. Frances was born Feb. 15, 1917, to Anton and Joanna (Byzewski) Gudajtes of Warsaw, N.D. She attended schools in Warsaw. She married Leonard Riskey on June 27, 1938, and they […]
Dorothy “Corky” Fore, retired administrative secretary for Chemical Engineering, Died March 20, 2013, at Altru Hospital. She was 83. Dorothy Mae Fore was born on March 13, 1930 in Grand Forks to Olaf and Rena (Nygaard) Amundson. Dorothy grew up and attended Central High School in Grand Forks. In 1950 she married Donald Fore. In […]
E. Allen Johnson, retired flight instructor at the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, died March 14, 2013, in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks. He was 67. E. Allen Johnson was born on May 20, 1945 in Grafton, to Elmer and Esther Johnson. He graduated from Devils Lake High School in 1963. Allen received his commercial pilot […]
Esther H. Leser, professor emerita of Languages and former director of the German Graduate Program, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2013 in Altru Hospital. She was 87. As the child of a diplomat’s family, she grew up speaking several languages. During the war, she served the Swedish Red Cross as a nurse and interpreter. […]
Kenneth L. Westby, retired associate professor of management, East Grand Forks, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at Valley Eldercare Center in Grand Forks. He was 81. Services are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Dahl Funeral Home in East Grand Forks. Visitation will be from 5 – 7 p.m. and a memorial […]
Dorothy J. Penuel, retired administrative assistant to the College of Business and Public Administration Dean, died Jan. 24 at Sanford Health in Fargo. She was born Jan. 8, 1923, in Fargo to George and Berdie Jenson. She grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central in 1940. Dorothy attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Fairview […]
It is with regret that we announce the death of Syed Jalal, former professor of biology. He passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Saint Marys Hospital of complications from an influenza infection and was laid to rest at Oak Wood Cemetery in Rochester, Minn. Jalal moved from India to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison […]
It is with regret that we announce the Jan. 11 death of Margaret Kupchella, the mother of President Emeritus Charles Kupchella, in Nanty Glo, Pa. She was 91. Margaret Marie (Buoite) Kupchella was born Dec. 23, 1921, to Valentino and Eugenia (Bombassi) Buoite. She was a member of St. Mary’s Church in Nanty Glo, where […]
William “Bill” Wrenn, professor emeritus of biology, died Dec. 8, 2012, in Garden Grove, Calif. He was 77. William Jack Wrenn was born July 18, 1935, in Los Angeles to Mary M. Makshanoff and Jack Louis Wrenn. He earned his bachelor’s degree in 1962 and his master’s degree in 1964, both in biology from […]
Edward Joseph O’Reilly, Jr., professor emeritus of chemistry, Grand Forks, died at sea Nov. 24, 2012. He was 86. Edward “Joe” O’Reilly, Jr. was born Aug. 21, 1926 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Edward Joseph, Sr. and Bertha (Schierloh) O’Reilly. He grew up in Queens, New York and attended Public School 136 in Queens and St. […]
Edward Joseph O’Reilly, Jr., professor emeritus of chemistry, Grand Forks, died at sea Nov. 24, 2012. He was 86. Edward “Joe” O’Reilly, Jr. was born Aug. 21, 1926 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Edward Joseph, Sr. and Bertha (Schierloh) O’Reilly. He grew up in Queens, New York and attended Public School 136 in Queens and St. […]
Thomas Michael Mesheski, retired Plant Services worker, died Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, at Valley Eldercare, Grand Forks. Thomas Mesheski was born Feb. 11, 1941, in Ardoch, N.D., to Frank and Eleanor (Pokrzywinski) Mesheski. He attended country school near Ardoch and later St. Michael’s grade school until the 8th grade. On Nov. 24, 1962, he was […]
Anna M Volk, retired housing worker, died Oct. 27, 2012, surrounded by her family in Valley Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. She was 87. Anna Marie Dosch was born on May 5, 1925, to Joseph and Barbara (Pfeiffer) Dosch in Rugby, N.D. She married Nick A. Volk on April 10, 1944 in Orrin, N.D. They lived […]
Sue Schmitt, former dean of Human Resources and Development, died Sept. 28, 2012. She was 66. She left UND in 1996 to become the dean of education at Seattle University, where she served until July 2012. Before coming to UND, she was at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Vernon J. Thomas, retired bursar, died Oct. 6, 2012, Valley Eldercare Center, Grand Forks. He was 87. Vernon James Thomas was born Feb. 5, 1925, in Riverside Calif., to Bernard and Claire (Burnett) Thomas. In 1934 the family moved to Minneapolis, where he graduated from DeLaSalle High School in 1942. Following his high school graduation, […]