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Apalona Kiser and Susan (Kiser) Johnson will be laid to rest at the Hoople City Cemetery on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.  Family and friends are invited for a graveside service.  A time of fellowship and sharing of memories will be held after the service.  Military Rites will be provided by the Hoople American Legion Post and the ND National Honor Guard. 
Susan K. (Kiser) Johnson of Park River, ND died on January 28, 2023 after a brief battle with an aggressive cancer at age 70.
Susan was born on August 17, 1952 in Grafton, ND to Donald and Apalona Kiser, and spent most of her growing up years on the family farm near Hoople, ND. Susan was confirmed in the Hoople Methodist Church and graduated from Valley High School (Hoople) in 1970. Following, she attended college at Minot State University and North Dakota State University.
On April 4, 1976, Susan married Joseph O’Toole of Crystal, ND, and had one son, Camden. Susan was a pianist/organist at the Crystal Methodist Church for many years and taught piano lessons.  
Susan’s true-life calling may have been her ability to care for others, beginning as a voluntary EMT and eventually becoming a registered nurse, following a family tradition set by her grandmother, mother, and aunt. Susan spent the first 7 years of her nursing career at the Unity Medical Center in Grafton, ND, and 23 years at the Good Samaritan Center in Park River, where her career only ended with her recent death.
On June 17, 1997, Susan married Tim Johnson of Nash, ND at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Hoople, ND.
Susan loved their old house and flower garden and spent many hours perfecting their appearance. She was very gifted in the areas of interior decoration, loved antique hunting with her family, and spending time on the family farm. Susan could really play the piano, and her father especially enjoyed it when she played hymns or ragtime. Susan will be remembered for her love, support, and closeness to family. She will also be remembered for her outstanding nursing knowledge and abilities, and the care and compassion she showed for the “residents” at the Good Sam nursing home. One of the last things she said to her family was how happy she was with her life.
Susan is survived by her husband, Tim; son Camden O’Toole and fiancé Melissa Byone; step children Matt (Sandy) Johnson, Jeremy (Randi) Johnson, and their 4 children, and Meghan Johnson; her brother Mike (Myrna) Kiser; and mother Apalona Kiser.
She was preceded in death by her father Donald Kiser, her grandparents William and Elinor Schaetzel, grandparents Harry and Bernice Kiser, 3 aunts and 3 uncles including an especially influential aunt Dorothy Doktor, and 3 cousins.
A private family service will be held in the spring with burial following in the Hoople Cemetery.
The family requests that any memorials for Susan are made to the Good Samaritan Foundation located in Park River, ND. Condolences and memories can be mailed to the Tollefson Funeral home, shared on the funeral home website, and shared on Susan’s memorial page on
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Apalona Kiser and Susan (Kiser) Johnson will be laid to rest at the Hoople City Cemetery on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.  Family and friends are invited for a graveside service.  A time of fellowship and sharing of memories will be held after the service.  Military Rites will be provided by the Hoople American Legion Post and the ND National Honor Guard. 
Apalona T. Kiser, age 102 of Park River, North Dakota, formerly of Hoople, ND passed away peacefully Friday February 10, 2023 at the Park River Good Samaritan Center.
Apalona was born on April 24, 1920 in Wimbledon, ND, the daughter of William and Elinor (Hurtt) Schaetzel. She moved with her family to a farm near Hoople in 1924. She was confirmed in the Hoople Methodist Church and graduated from Hoople High School in 1938.  She worked at home on the farm for a year before attending Fletcher College in University Park, Iowa for one year.  She attended the Bismarck Evangelical Hospital School of Nursing, graduating as a Registered Nurse in 1943.  She was a nurse in Los Angeles, California for a time but heard nurses were needed for the World War II effort.  She volunteered and became an army nurse with the rank of Second Lieutenant, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre for the rest of the war and following period. In Korea, she met her future husband, Donald L. Kiser from Urbana, Ohio.  After the war she worked in Denver, Colorado, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Connecticut.  She married Donald on December 29, 1948 in the family farmhouse near Hoople. Donald and Apalona worked part time in Ohio and part time on the farm until 1956, when they settled in North Dakota to farm full time. The couple had two children, Michael and Susan.
Donald passed away in 2006 and Apalona moved to Park River.  She entered the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Park River in 2015 and remained there for the rest of her life.  She was blessed that her sister was also a resident of the Good Sam Home for many years, and her daughter, Susan, was a nurse there.
Apalona very much loved flowers, trees, and the beautifying and maintaining of outdoor spaces, especially the family farm. She was a quiet person who was devoted to her family with whom she remained very close over the years including frequent phones calls with her son, daughter, and grandson.  She was a hard worker on the farm and possessed a lot of “old school” skills of her time. She was an avid reader of all things educational, and often got caught by her parents for reading under her bed covers so the light wouldn’t give her away when she was supposed to be sleeping.
Apalona was ahead of her time with her knowledge and use of nutrition and healthy living. She was a wonderful cook and gardener and was always concocting healthy meals and snacks for her family, including sending regular care packages to her grandson. She was an expert on restoring and refinishing old furniture and also enjoyed other crafts such as China painting. She was active in the Hoople Methodist Church and various community clubs over the years.
She was thought to be the oldest living WWII veteran in the area at the time of her death.
Apalona is survived by her son Michael (Myrna) Kiser, Ada, Minnesota, grandson, Camden O’Toole (fiancée, Melissa Byone), Honolulu, Hawaii and son-in-law Tim Johnson, Park River. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald L. Kiser, daughter, Susan Johnson, parents, William and Elinor Schaetzel, brother, Phillip Schaetzel, sister, Dorothy Doktor, and brother-in-law Walter Doktor. Susan preceded her mother in death by only 13 days.
A memorial service is planned for 2:00 PM at the Good Samaritan Center in Park River, ND on Thursday, Feb 16. Burial is planned for the spring in the Hoople City Cemetery.
The family requests that any Memorials be made to the Good Samaritan Foundation located in Park River, ND. Condolences can be mailed to Tollefson Funeral Home or shared on the funeral home website.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR DEAN WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2023 AT THE GILBERTSON FUNERAL HOME, DEVILS LAKE, ND AT 10:00 A.M. WITH BURIAL IN THE DEVILS LAKE CEMETERY. 


Dean Harold Stenseth10/25/
Dean Harold Stenseth passed away peacefully at the age of 82 years. He was born on October 25, 1940, to Harold and Alice (Holmstrom) Stenseth. He graduated high school from Devils Lake ND. He graduated from North Dakota State University with a bachelor’s degree in science and continued on to earn his Master of Science Degree from NDSU.
He met Charlotte Struble during their undergraduate years. They went on to marry on September 4, 1965.
Dean spent his early career teaching science in Adams and Edmore, ND. He was then hired by the USDA Soil Conservation Service, based in their Grafton, ND office. He spent this time working with North Dakota farmers in efforts to mitigate environmental disturbances. He moved throughout North Dakota within the SCS until his retirement.
An avid hunter, fisherman, and gardener, he loved spending his days outside. He was also a skilled woodworker, wood carver, and had a flare for quilting.
He was a member of the Elks, the Lions Club (where he served as Past-President), and St. Olaf Lutheran Church.
Dean is survived by his wife, Charlotte; daughters Maren (Wayne) Ehley and Jennifer (Joseph) Rogus; grandchildren Bohdey Stenseth, Aspen Ehley, and Skylar Ehley; great grandchildren Bentley and Brooklyn; brothers-in-law Keith (Lynn) Struble, Charles (Darlene) Struble and sister-in-law Mary (Bob) Amundson; estended family Ritsuko and Asuka Yoshihara; along with many nieces and nephews.
Dean is preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Alice, brother Jon, in-laws Howard and Louise (Sieh) Struble, and niece Tiffiney Dick.
A graveside service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Children’s Hospital. Https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/giving or mail to:
            Shriners Children’s
            Corporate Headquarters
            2900 N Rocky Point Dr
            Tampa FL 33607

Paul Cook, 70 of Neche, ND passed away December 25, 2022 at the Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Cavalier, ND. A memorial service will be held Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Cavalier, ND. Visitation will be held for one hour before the time of the service at the church.
     David Paul Cook was born August 4, 1952 at Altona Manitoba to Louis Walter and Doris Lavonne (Taylor) Cook. He graduated from Neche High School then attended NDSSS in Wahpeton, ND. He farmed in the Neche area from 1970 to 1981. From 1981 to 2000, he worked as a pipe welder for many different companies throughout the United States. In 2001, he opened a welding repair shop in Neche.
     He was a member of the Bathgate and Tongue River Masonic Lodges and the Namaste Dragon Fire Shamanic Tribe. His hobbies were hobby farming and gardening.
     Surviving is his mother, Doris Cook He was preceded in death by his father, L.W. “John” Cook.

Kenneth F. Schill, 79, of Grand Forks, ND and formerly of Hannah, ND, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Valley Senior Living in Grand Forks with his family by his side after a courageous journey with brain cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, June 1, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Grand Forks. A visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. with a 10:30 a.m. rosary at the church. Burial will be at 4:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Mt. Carmel. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery: Darrel Metzger, 10242 103rd St. NE, Wales, ND 58281.
Kenny F. Schill was born on June 11, 1943, to Clarence and Lavina (Hoffarth) Schill. He was the fifth oldest in a family of nine. He was raised on a farm seven and a half miles northwest of Mount Carmel, ND.
Kenny attended his first eight years in a one room country school. He went on and graduated from Wales High School in 1963.
In June of 1965, Kenny entered the United States Army. He went through basic training at Fr. Leonardwood, MO and was sent overseas on assignment. He spent seventeen months at Toul, France and his last month in the service in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He was honorably discharged in June of 1967. Upon his return home, he began farming with his dad.
On June 26, 1970, Kenny married Donna Stevens at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Olga, ND. They were blessed with three children. He had a great love for his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He was so proud of them all.
Kenny was an active member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church until it closed in 2008. They then joined St. Michael Catholic Church in Wales, ND until they moved to Grand Forks the fall of 2019. Then they joined Holy Family Catholic Church in GrandForks.
He was a farmer all his life. In 1995, he purchased the farm where he grew up. Kenny was an honest and hard-working man who had a great sense of humor. He was a jack of all trades and could fix anything. He loved when neighbors and friends would stop in for coffee and visits. He enjoyed working in his shop and in the fields and watching the crops grow. Kenny and Donna always had a large garden, which they loved doing. He enjoyed snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, softball, volleyball, water skiing, playing cards, country music and old western movies.
Survivors include his wife and best friend of 52 years, Donna; daughters, Kaye (Wayne) Mager of Thompson, ND and their children Anne, Luke and Sarah; Diana (Collin) Cominghay of Grand Forks, ND and their daughter Arianne (John) Azure, and great-granddaughter Eleanor Azure, of Grand Forks,ND; son, Eric (Betty) Schill of Bismarck, ND and their children Danielle, Kevin & Aaron;
Sister, Gladys Hell of Langdon, ND; four brothers: Donald (Karri), Bonney Lake, WA; Steve (Carmen), Layton, UT; Roger (Yvonne), Colorado Springs, CO; Larry (Jo),The Villages, FL; Kenny is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Kenny is preceded in death by his parents; grandson, Christopher Mager; siblings: Bernard, Neil and Terry; sister-in-law, Liz Schill; and brother-in-law, Dick Hell.

William “Bill” Richard Davidson


On May 26, 2023 at the Concordia Hospital, Bill passed away with family by his side.
  He was born on June 3, 1932 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, the son of Ronald and Albertine Davidson. He grew up on a farm near Shaunavon, riding a horse to a one-room school every day. In 1951 he joined the RCMP. He proudly rode in three tours of the RCMP Musical Ride, with highlights including performing over several months in England and Scotland, and a stop at Madison Square Garden in New York. In between each Ride he was engaged in regular policing, spending two years in Norway House, and while stationed in Carman he met Elsie Moyle who he married in 1960. Together they were posted to several Manitoba communities, including Norway House once again, and Brandon where Bill retired as a Staff Sergeant. He worked for the Province of Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization, retiring in 1993. Bill and Elsie moved to Paradise Village where Bill enjoyed golfing, fishing, and tending to his yard. He was happiest spending time with family and friends and enjoyed telling a good story.
 He will be sorely missed by those he leaves behind. He was predeceased by his wife Elsie, and his sister Dolly. He is survived by his daughters, Rhonda, and Gail (Dale), grandchildren Jenna (Kyle), Tanner, and great-granddaughter Addison.
 Memorial donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice.
 Funeral service will be held on Friday, June 2, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. from Doyle’s Funeral Home, Carman, Manitoba. Interment followed in the Greenwood Cemetery Columbarium, Carman, Manitoba.

​Funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Chortitz Old Colony Mennonite Church with interment to follow at the Church Cemetery. Viewing will be from 1PM-6PM on Friday. at Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler and at the church prior to the service.

Anna Friesen (nee Rempel)
1936 ~ 2023

​Funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, June 2, 2023 at the Morden E.M.M. Church with interment at Southside Cemetery. Viewing will be from 1PM-6PM on Thursday at Wiebe Funeral Chapel, Morden and at the church prior to the service. Donations may be made in Ed's memory to Heart & Stroke Foundation.
 

Isaac (Ed) Edwin Fehr
1944 ~ 2023

​Funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Thursday June 1, 2023 at the Chortitz Old Colony Mennonite Church with interment to follow at the Church Cemetery.  Viewing will be from 1PM-6PM on Wednesday at Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler and at the church prior to the service. Donations may be made in Susana's memory to Faith Mission.

Susana Peters (nee Klassen)

Irvin C. Korth, 72 of Mandan, formerly of Devils Lake ND passed away on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at CHI, St. Alexius Health, Bismarck, ND.  Burial was in the Devils Lake Cemetery.
Irvin Charles Korth was born on November 27, 1950 in the Carrington Hospital, Carrington ND, the son of Emil and Marjorie (Protheroe) Korth.  He graduated from St. Mary’s High School on May 26, 1968 and continued his education at Lake Region Junior College, graduating with a degree in Carpentry on May 28th, 1971.  
Irvin then began employment with lake Ready Mix in Devils Lake and later managed the Lyons Auto Supply also in Devils Lake.
Irvin is survived by his dear sister Pauline and her husband Byron Nelson of West Fargo ND and several cherished nieces, nephews and their families.
He was preceded in death by his parents Emil and Marjorie and one sister Angela Herman.

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