Area Deaths
Esther Erickson, 88, Minot, formerly of New Town, died Friday in a Minot nursing home. (Langhans Funeral Home, Parshall)
Mary McKenzie, 89, Williston, died Thursday in a Williston medical center. (Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston)
MaryJane Taft, 79, Minot, died Friday in a Velva care center (Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot)
Thomas Helland, 64, died at home from complications of COPD in Spokane, Wash., on Feb. 5. (Dunnigan-Dix Funeral Home, Cando)
Carol Nichols, 72, died Friday at her home in Drake. (Bethke-Nelson Funeral Home, Drake)