Diana J. Haugland passed away at her home northeast of Hampden, ND on Friday November 26, 2021. 
Diana was born on June 2, 1945, in Oklahoma City, OK to Archie and Alma (Janzen) Hoffman.  Shortly after Diana was born, Archie was discharged from the Navy so the family moved back to the Munich area where Diana was raised and attended school with her 3 siblings.
On September 5, 1963, Diana was united in marriage to Wayne Haugland in Loma, ND.  They made their home on the Haugland farm northeast of Hampden, ND where they raised six children.
Diana loved living on the farm.  She was a hard worker and loved tending to her flowers, garden, and yard.  In her spare time, she enjoyed cross stitching and made many items for herself and family.  Her greatest pride was her family especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren whom she adored.  She enjoyed making elaborate cakes for her children and grandchildren’s birthdays.  Diana was an excellent cook.  She enjoyed cooking for her entire large growing family for every holiday.  There was always plenty of food and her dressing was especially enjoyed.    
Along with raising her family, Diana was a cheerleader for basketball while in high school, taught Sunday school in Loma and Hampden, and was part of the Ladies Aid in Loma and Hampden.  She worked at the Nekoma Missile Base, the Hampden Café and started her own house cleaning business which she continued until her retirement.
Diana is survived by her loving husband of 58 years Wayne Haugland of Hampden, ND; son Tory (Barb) Haugland of Devils Lake, ND; daughters Jodi (Richard) Kurtz of St Michael, ND; Joni Haugland of Devils Lake, ND; Tanya (Mark) Pero of Duluth, MN; Trisa (Jason) Unruh of Aberdeen, SD; and Janna (Andrew) Haider of Munich, ND; sister Marilyn Sampson of Mesa, AZ; brothers Rod (Doreen) Hoffman of Munich, ND and Delwyn (Maria) Hoffman of Munich, ND; grandchildren Amanda (Kyle Cavanaugh) Haugland of Devils Lake, ND; Anthony (Meghann) McCloud of Casselton, ND; Adam (Doven Garner) McCloud of Devils Lake, ND; Michael (Shayna Ystaas) Haugland of Devils Lake, ND; Michelle (Trent Askelson) LaBrec  of Devils Lake, ND; Sara (Daniel) Hogan of Sahuarita, AZ; Alex Kurtz of St. Michael, ND; Ethan Unruh of Aberdeen, SD; Dylan (Tabitha Schmidt) Unruh of Aberdeen, SD; Haley (Robert Boyd) Haider of Grand Forks, ND; Hunter Haider of Fargo, ND; Hanna Haider of Grand Forks, ND; great grandchildren Mason, Quinntessence, Amaya, Draike, Percya, Meelah, Ethan, Ashton, Daxxon, Koraline, Kamdyn, Khloe, Brady, Addison, Cole, Daniel, & Tessa; & several nieces & nephews.
Diana is preceded in death by her parents Archie and Alma Hoffman; father-in-law and mother-in-law Earl and Norma Haugland; brothers-in-law Duane Sampson and Charles Barnes; and great grandchild McCloud.
As Diana’s family, we thank you so much for your many acts of kindness shown to us in thought, word and deed, and for your prayerful support. God Bless You.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, December 3, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, Devils Lake with Reverend Lyle Belleque officiating. Burial will be in the Storlie Cemetery, rural Hampden ND. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 2nd from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake.J.

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Joseph W. Bosch, 98 of Devils Lake ND passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021, at the Towner County Medical Center in Cando ND.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Devils Lake with the Very Reverend C.F. Wilhelm celebrating the Mass. The Mass will be live streamed at Facebook.com/stjosephdvl. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with a Rosary and Scripture Service at 7:00 p.m. Visitation on Thursday will be at the church one hour prior to the funeral Mass.
Joseph William Bosch was born on October 5, 1923, at Devils Lake ND the son of Michael and Kathrine (Senger) Bosch. He was reared and educated in Cato Township, Ramsey County, ND.
Joseph was united in marriage to Marie Senger on October 18, 1948, in Crary, ND. They established their home on the farm in Cato Township. Joseph farmed for over 40 years. In 1986, they moved to Devils Lake where they made their home through the years.
Joseph was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Eagles Lodge. He was also treasurer of Cato Township Board for many years. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1941.
Joseph is survived by his wife of 73 years, Marie; sons and daughters-in-law Mark and Jacqueline Bosch, Shakopee MN, Myron and Paulette Bosch, Devils Lake and Glen and Pauline Bosch also of Devils Lake; daughters and sons-in-law Marietta and Steve Good, Rolla ND, Lynette Settee, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Joyce and Tim Ketsdever, Fruita CO, Joan and Keith Ness, Devils Lake, Marlene and Ron Wichael, Thornton CO and Peggy and Joel Anderson, Starkweather ND; 26 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren; brothers Paul (Isabelle) Bosch and Edward (Eleanor) Bosch; sisters Mary Lauinger and Margaret Lange; sister-in-law Pat Bosch and numerous nieces, nephews and their families.
He was preceded in death by his parents, grandson Steven Good, granddaughter Carly Settee, daughter-in-law Jan Bosch, brothers Anton, Lawrence, Michael, George and Arnold, sisters Regina, Emma, and Leona, seven brothers-in-law, two sisters-in-law, grandparents Anton and Agnes Senger and Lawrence and Ottilla Bosch and many baby angels in Heaven.

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Inez Johnson 92, of Bisbee, passed away on Thursday, November 25th, 2021. Funera Service will be held on Saturday, December 11th, 2021 at 2pm at Bisbee Lutheran Church in Bisbee, ND with Pastor Bonnie Weaver officiating. Music will be provided by Carolyn Heller.  Burial will take place at the Bisbee Cemetery following the service.
Inez Evelyn Saari was born on December 6th, 1928 on the family farm NE of Perth, ND. She was the youngest of four children born to Matt & Mary Saari. She attended school at Monroe School, attended high school in Rolla, and graduated in 1946. She met her future husband, Merrill Johnson at the dance hall in Mylo. He was the drummer in Pete Edwardson’s band. They were married in March of 1948. They moved to his family’s farmstead northeast of Bisbee where they farmed for 53 years, raising small grains and beef cattle. Together they raised three sons, Vaughn, Keith, and Paul. Inez loved animals and she had many pets over her lifetime. She told many stories about her little dog Nikki. Inez enjoyed any type of work outside from cultivating, hauling grain during harvest, to burning flax straw. She was famous in the family for her “Norman the Foreman” hat. She also enjoyed planting a huge garden and canning vegetables. Merrill and Inez traveled many places together with their friends and she often talked about Texas and Branson, MO as her favorites. She was an active member of the Bisbee Curling Club and competed in various towns and up into Canada with her curling team-Delores Geisen, Edna Anderson, and Sylvia Schmidt. They won many awards together. Inez was very proud of her Finn heritage. She often talked Finn to her best friend, Doris Larson while they enjoyed a cup of coffee together and the kids tried to listen in on their conversation. Merrill and Inez also enjoyed playing cards with family and friends. When they played rummy against the grandkids, the loser had to do the dishes.
She was a lifetime member of Bisbee Lutheran Church where she was involved in adult Bible study, Ladies Aid, and taught Sunday school. She was also an avid member of the Towner County American Cancer Society. Most of all, she loved her grandchildren. Ask anyone who knew her-she would tell you about her grandkids. They were her pride and joy. She loved baking all their favorites from caramel rolls to chocolate chip bars and she always had a full candy drawer. She was also known for her apple pie, which was truly a work of art.
Merrill passed away in 2001 and Inez continued to live on the farm until 2008 when she moved to ParkView Assisted Living in Rolla. She especially enjoyed her time there. She moved to the Towner County Living Center in October of 2021. The family would like to thank the staff of both ParkView and TCLC for their great care.
Inez is survived by her three sons, Vaughn (Valarie) Johnson of Perth, Keith Johnson of Henning, MN, and Paul Johnson of Bisbee; six grandchildren Aaron (Kjellan) Johnson of Moorhead, MN; Megan (Matt) Odermann of Perth; Matt Johnson of Bagley, MN; Katie (Chase) Johansen of Moorhead, MN; Dominik and Allia Johnson of Bisbee; eight great grandchildren Grant, Avery, Addison, Levi, Ally, Declan, Zoe, and Quinn. Inez was preceded in death by her husband, Merrill Johnson; daughter-in-law Bonnie Johnson; siblings Edwin Saari, I. Marian Cook, and Arne Saari; great-grandchildren Wyatt & Audra Johnson.

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​Nicholas “Nick” G. Streifel, 58 of Oberon ND passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2021, in Devils Lake in the loving care of his family.
Funeral Services for Nick will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake with Reverend Mr. Ken Severinson, Deacon officiating. Burial will be in St. James Catholic Cemetery, rural Minnewaukan ND. Gathering of family and friends will be on Friday, December 3rd from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Nicholas George Streifel was born on June 25, 1963, at Maddock ND the son of George and Virginia (Hager) Streifel. He grew up in the Minnewaukan/Oberon area. He attended school at Oberon and Minnewaukan, graduating from Minnewaukan High School with the class of 1981. He attended Lake Region Junior College in Devils Lake.
Nick began employment with Summer’s Manufacturing in 1981 as a welder, and continued with them until 2004, when he was then a salesman for the company. In 2004, Nick began farming with his brother Bill at Oberon until his passing. Nick worked at Ebach Construction also. Nick had many talents, but his ability as a metal fabricator was unbelievable. Everyone knew if you could not buy the part, Nick could just make you one.
Nick loved to fish, no matter the season, he loved to fish and was looking forward to another ice fishing season. He was the proud owner of a Harley-Davidson and was a member of the Norseman Cycle Club at one time. When Nick was not on the lake, or on his Harley he was traveling, enjoying the sites of the upper Midwest and West Coast. He enjoyed time at the Casino, sharing fishing tales with friends.
Nick’s family meant the world to him, and he loved them with all his heart and felt blessed to have their caring hearts and hands as he battled cancer these past few months.
Those family members that survive Nick are his mother Virginia Streifel, Devils Lake; brothers Dennis Streifel and Bill (Rose) Streifel all of Oberon; nieces and nephew Katie (Brock) Streifel and Justin (Kate) Streifel and Jennifer (Tyler) Weigelt and Lindsey (Matt) VanThuyne; great nephews Trey Weigelt and George Streifel; special friend Cindy Stinson and special buddy Carter Houle; aunts and uncles Paul Streifel, Minnewaukan, Carolyn (Byron) Butters, Andover MN, Mavis (Dale) Halvorson, Williamston MI, John (Janice) Hager, New Rockford ND, Colette Tufte, Devils Lake and many cousins. 
He was preceded in death by his dad, George and grandparents Nicholas and Catherine Streifel, Michael, and Rose Hager.

Private memorial service will be held at 11:00AM on Friday December 3, 2021 at the Sommerfeld Church in Reinland (parking lot service available at 101.3FM). Viewing will be from 12:00-9PM on Wednesday at Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler. Private family interment prior to the service at the Reinland Mennonite Church Cemetery, Schanzenfeld. 
(Livestream will be available via www.reinlandsommerfeld.com)

Cornelius Unrau
1942 ~ 2021
 Dad was born June 7, 1942 to Diedrich and Elizabeth Unrau of Plum Coulee, MB. He was baptized in 1962. He married Martha Dyck on October 29, 1972.Dad grew up in Hofnungsart school district where he attended school. He attended the after-school program, similar to 4-H today. After school he worked on the farm. Early on in his farming career he grew and raised a variety of crops and animals. Dad also kept bees and enjoyed his garden and fruit trees. He rented out most of his cultivated acres in the early 1990’s due to health reasons. This was a difficult time for him as dad could not drive and he had to see someone else work his land. A few years later the cream quota was sold and the cows were used for raising calves. During the time that he milked cows, he served on the Manitoba Milk Board.
Trips to the Experimental Farm in Morden to see the flowers and trees was something he enjoyed. Fall drives in the Pembina Hills were annual events. Dad also enjoyed the outdoors. His brother Frank owned wood property at one time, this was often referenced. He enjoyed going hunting so that he had a reason to spend time walking in the woods. He also loved spending time at Tim’s land near Piney with his children and grandchildren. Reading was another thing he enjoyed. Many hours were spent reading up on various topics that piqued his interest. Later on in life, books were often dropped off to be read so he could sensor them for his grandchildren. By example, he taught us many life lessons. One of them being how to manage finances. You did it carefully, thoughtfully, and with in-depth research. When Tim was contemplating buying land, we were somewhat taken aback by the passion and enthusiasm displayed by Dad. This was one exception where there were no cons and no resistance to this purchase. He was the biggest support of this cause. Once the purchase was made, he was always making plans for family outings to Tim’s land. It surprised us that he didn’t take up permanent residence there. Attending church was an absolute priority and he served there faithfully. He taught us more lessons by how he lived than by what he said.  He was not one to complain about hard work, like mucking out the barn in winter, or putting up bales in the heat of summer. Dad did not hire people easily and would usually figure out a way to tackle things on his own and do it successfully. He also took care of the ones he loved in his own quiet ways, such as registering their van under Mom’s name so that if he should pass away, she would not have as much to deal with. Learning and education were important to him. One rule that often was repeated was the first thing to do after school was homework, even if there was farm work to do. If someone had a school function of some kind, there was always a way to attend no matter what the workload was on the farm. Early morning trips to Winkler for band practice or after school trips to pick up drama students, were never inconveniences. He never complained about the noise when we practiced our instruments. His passion for promoting musical skills did not stop at his children but continued on to his grandchildren. One of his hobbies was growing fruit trees and vegetables. He took a winter course on horticultural where he learned how to graft and propagate. At one point he had a tree with 4-5 different varieties of apples propagated to one root stock. In later years he focused more on tomatoes. He had up to 60 tomatoes of different varieties in his garden. Every spring a trip was made to “yant zeed” to get Hungarian tomatoes, because that was the only greenhouse that had that variety. It could not be any other kind of Ox Heart but had to be the Hungarian. He wanted to make sure that each of his children also had a plant of this variety. Even after they moved to town in 2018 due to Mom’s health, he still had a garden. Many summer mornings were spent back at the farm tending to it. He enjoyed visiting with anyone and everyone. If he had something in common with someone, he was ready to discuss it. Be that bee keeping with his grandson Tom, gardening with a friend from Lowe Farm, or anything with anyone, really. 
Dad is survived by his children Phyllis (John); Kaitlin, Sam, Tom, Elizabeth, Tim (Jennifer); Preston, Kadence, Lisa (Mike); Clair, Orrin, Jocelyn Daniel. He leaves to mourn his siblings Diedrich, Helen, Anne, Betty, Frank (Jessie). In laws Susan (Dave), Cornie, Trudy, Ike, (Lena), Katie, Esther, (Abe), Ernie, (Betty), Ed, (Deb), Jim, (Katherine), Don, (Lisa). He was predeceased by his parents, brother Pete, and many in-laws.
The family would like to thank all the many people who have held us up in prayer and supported us in so many ways with kind words, food, acts of service, and love. We would also like to thank the caring and compassionate health care workers that took care of our father during his stay at the hospital.

Margie A. Hoffarth, 61 of Devils Lake passed away on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at Sanford Health, Fargo ND.
Margie Ann was born in Cando ND on August 20th, 1960, the daughter of Marie (Gartner) and Henry Timm. She was raised on the family farm near Egeland ND, went to school for a time in Egeland.  The family moved to Hampden ND where she attended school, graduating in 1979.
She met the love of her life, Tom Hoffarth, at Yak (Ladakh) Camp in Nekoma, ND where they both worked. Within a year they married on August 16th, 1980. They started their life together in Langdon ND. She was a stay-at-home mom with their daughters Leann and Jessica. In 92’ they moved to Devils Lake where they remained and lived a fun filled life till present time. 
After moving to Devils Lake Marge worked at the Lutheran home for many years till, she decided to change it up and worked for many years at Senior Meals and Services. The last 9 years she worked full time alongside her daughter Leann and granddaughter Cali at Leann’s Daycare. She loved working with kids and thought of them as family. She found it important to grow a special bond with them and loved making them little crotched gifts at holidays. 
Margie was a devoted Catholic who spent a lot of time in prayer. She found a great deal of comfort in the promises of her Lord and Savior. She was an active member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Gerard’s Circle, and a Eucharistic Adorer.
She was preceded in death by her father Henry, mother Marie, brother Kenneth Timm, sister Carol Ann Timm, in-laws Romeo and Mabel Hoffarth, brothers-in-law Marvin Tohm and Greg Hoffarth.
Her loving family include her husband Tom Hoffarth, daughter Leann (Hoffarth) Ohlson and her husband Eric, daughter Jessica Hoffarth and fiancé Cody Mertens; Eric and Leann’s 3 children, Cali, Aleksi  and Kai Ohlson and Cali’s boyfriend Dominic Ebertz- whom she already considered a grandson; siblings Mike “Butch” (Daisy) Timm, Garrison MN, Sherry (Duane) Mann, Grand Junction AZ, Leona “Tootsie” Tohm, Hereford, TX and June “Dolly” Timm, Sea Tac WA and many  beloved nieces and nephews
Among the many things she loved were crocheting- especially making things for all her loved ones. Margie was a talented crafter and perfectionist. She believed if you do something, do it right. She loved making things to give to others. She left many handmade Christmas gifts behind. She recently began making beautiful things with her Cricut. Margie found time to make extra special birthday cakes for her grandchildren, and loved to cook for family, as well as garden.
She loved spending time with her family. Especially her three grandkids. They were the light of her life. She loved to travel with her husband, children, and grandkids as often as possible. She especially liked being close to the ocean, always ready for the next adventure. She loved to listen to books on tape, go to her grandkid’s events, and loved spending time with her three fur babies Pablo, Eleanor and Rowdy. 
Visitation will be held at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake on Monday, November 29, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a Rosary and Scripture Service at 7:00 p.m.  Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, November 30th at 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Very Reverend C.F. Wilhelm celebrating the Mass.