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Lloyd Kvam

Aug. 18, 1943-March 24, 2025 Grand Forks Lloyd C. Kvam, 81, passed away on March 24th, 2025 in Grand Forks, ND. He was born August 18, 1943 in Minot to Clarence and Clara Kvam. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church. He attended school in Minot and graduated from Minot ...

Robert Huizenga

Sept. 8, 1952-March 24, 2025 Minot Robert “Bob” Huizenga Jr., 72, Minot, passed away Monday, March 24, 2025, at Trinity Hospital. Robert Paul Huizenga was born September 8, 1952, the son of Robert Sr. and Ardis (White) Huizenga, in Minot. He was raised and educated in the Glenburn ...

Karen Shaffner

Nov. 29, 1944-March 9, 2025 Mesa, Ariz. Karen (Gjerde) Shaffner passed peacefully Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Mesa, Arizona. She was born and raised in rural Minot and graduated from Minot High and Minot State Teachers College. Karen taught at McKinley Elementary School in Minot and was a strong supporter of early childhood literacy. She also spent hours cheering her kids in hockey arenas, band auditoriums, and school gymnasiums. She is playing Yatzee in heaven with her mother, Bertha Tangen; father, Ingvald Gjerde; and sister, Donna (Vern Stevick.) She is held tight in memory and ...

JoAnne Paulus

Nov. 15, 1951-March 19, 2025 West Fargo JoAnne Paulus, 73, West Fargo, died Wednesday, March 19, at Sanford Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at Boulger Funeral Home, Fargo, with a visitation one hour prior. Arrangements by Boulger Funeral Home and Celebration of Life Center. Published by The Minot Daily News, March 27, 2025.

Janet Grasser

Feb. 27 1928-March 10, 2025 Devils Lake Janet Ann Grasser, 97, passed away on March 10, 2025 listening to her Irish Pub music and with her family near her. She was born on February 22, 1928 to Edmund and Mary (nee Taylor) Seward in Devils Lake, ND where she lived with her three sisters. When Janet was two her father passed away. This led to her spending her summers in Hamden, ND with her maternal grandparents. She spent many happy hours with her grandfather at his blacksmith shop. On November 15, 1949 she married Orville Grasser and began her married life on a farm near Brinsmead, ...

Colleen Feist-Guevara

April 28, 1955-March 16, 2025. Minot Colleen Feist-Guevara, 69, Minot, died Sunday, March 16, 2025, at her home. Colleen Marie Feist was born April 28, 1955, the daughter of Edward and Thelma (Salmela) Feist, in Minot, ND. She was raised and educated in Minot, graduating from Minot High ...