Cass County, North
Dakota
Obituaries
BRUNELL
Mr. and Mrs. John Brunell of Wild Rice, N. D., were found dead in bed on the 29th ult., having been suffocated by coal gas. They leave nine children, the eldest being 12 years old. Some of the children are sick, but it is thought they will recover.
[Lorain County Reporter, Lorain, OH -- Jan 2, 1892 - Submitted by a Friend of Free Genealogy]
EDDY
Death of Prest. Eddy
Last evening, E. B. Eddy, Prest. of the First National Bank of Fargo, died, greatly mourned. He leaves a wife and four children in bereavement. He was one of the staid and most highly esteemed citizens of North Dakota and many who knew him here will regret to hear of his demise.
[13 Feb 1885; Grand Forks Herald; Contributed by Rita Bergendahl]
HALL
A.D. Hall, first dean of Fargo, N.D. college, was burned to death at Three Fork, Mont. The explosion of a can of gasoline casued his death.
[The Tomahawk. (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.), December 04, 1919 - Sub. by K.T.]
LAIRD
Suicide of Col Laird
Fargo, Nov 6 —The report of suicide of Col P N. Laird at Tower City Sunday night, comes upon the public with such force and particularity as to set all doubts at rest Colonel Laird was an old pioneer and has many acquaintances in North Dakota. It is said he weighed himself down with iron in his pockets and jumped into the mill pond where his body was found long afterwards, Mrs. Laird is reported insane over the catastrophe and the whole community is in sympathy with her and the family.
[6 Nov 1886; Grand Forks Herald; Contributed by Rita Bergendahl]
Sylvester C. Whitcher Dead
Sytester C. Whitcher, of , Macalester Park (MN?) who had been a resident of St. Paul since 1854, died yesterday at Farmington, Minn., of inflammatory rheumatism. Whitcher was in the livery business in St. Paul thirty-two years. He was eighty-three years old and is survived by two sons, Edward D. Whitcher, of Farmington, whom he was visiting at the time of his death, and Charles A. Whitcher, of Fargo, N. D.
[15 June 1904; The Saint Paul Globe. (St. Paul, Minn.)]
Arthur Best
Bismarck Tribune (23 Dec. 1898) submitted by FoFG MZ
Arthur Best, the fifteen year old son of Chief Best, of Casselton, was inured in a horse race and died from the effects of the injury.
Geo. B. Barnes
Grand Forks Herald (6 May 1909) submitted by FoFG MZ
Rev. Geo. B. Barnes, who was the first president of Fargo college, died at Minneapolis Tuesday.
Kathryn Mary Finch
The Forum (Tuesday, 1 May 2007) Submitted by Marla Zwakman
Abstract:
Born: 25 Oct. 1910 Cornell Township
Died: April 27, 2007, in Fargo.
Parents: John G. Moug & Caroline Woodrow
Sisters: Helen Briggs, Betty Brunelle
Brother: Richard (Rosemary) Moug (born in Fargo)
Employed at Manchester Biscuit Company in Fargo
Spouse: Maynard Finch
Married: Dec. 28, 1935 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fargo.
Children: Shirley Rumer, Carol (Lloyd) Stangeland, & Carman Clausen
Preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Maynard; her daughter, Shirley Rumer; a grandson, William Clausen; and her sisters, Helen Briggs & Betty Brunelle
Grandchildren: Reneece (Jeff) Strand, Julie (Jeff) Volk, Lynn (Marty) Rud, Jim (Gail) Stangeland, Carrie (Rod) Hansen, Mike (Vonda) Clausen, Rob (Angela) Weddle
17 great grandchildren & 2 great great grandchildren
Burial: Holy Cross North Cemetery, Fargo, ND.
J. N. Gaard
Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minn.) Thursday, 21 Aug. 1913
FARGO PIONEER DIES.
FARGO, N.D., Aug. 21. – J. N. Gaard, pioneer resident of Fargo, died suddenly following a few hours’ illness. Death was due to apoplexy. He was fifty-six years old and an undertaker.
Geo. W. Osborne
Grand Forks Herald (8 Apr. 1896) submitted by FoFG MZ
Geo. W. Osborne, of Hunter, died of apoplexy.
Paul J. Scott
Grand Forks Herald (28 Apr. 1916) submitted by FoFG MZ
Fargo, N.D., April 27. – Paul J. Scott, aged 15 years, died at a local hospital April 23 of an abcess of the lungs. The boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Scott, residing at Detroit, Minn. The parents arrived in the city and accompanied the body to Detroit Sunday afternoon.
Georg South
Grand Forks Herald (19 Nov. 1909) submitted by FoFG MZ
Georg South, a wealthy Cass county farmer, died at a hospital in Fargo on Wednesday from injuries resulting from the kick of a horse he was leading into his barn on Saturday.
Mayor of Fargo, N.D., Dies
Fargo, N.D., June 14 – Hon. Jno. A. Johnson, mayor of Fargo, a former president of the American League of Municipalities and a Mason of high degree, died Friday.
[Daily Herald, June 15, 1907 – Transcribed by AFOFG]
Lockjaw Ends Life of Laundry Girl
Fargo, N.D., march 25 – After having her scalp torn from her head, when her hair caught in a mangle in a laundry in this city, Bessie Thorud, whose home is near Kathryn, N.D. died at a local hospital today. Death came as a result of lockjaw.
[Duluth News-Tribune, March 25, 1911 – Transcribed by AFOFG]
Fargo’s Perfect baby Is Dead
Fargo, N.D., Nov. 2 – Fargo’s prize baby – Virginia Lee Weston – is dead. The little child died a victim of scarlet fever, the second death from this contagion within a week. Virginia Lee Weston won both the sweepstakes and the first baby girl’s prize at the 1919 North Dakota State fair. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Weston. The body was taken to St. Paul for burial.
[Grand Forks Herald, November 3, 1920 – Transcribed by AFOFG]
Dickinson – At Casselton, North Dakota, Tuesday, April 2d, 1889, Mrs. Allan Lincoln Dickinson.
[Wheeling Register, April 9, 1889 – Transcribed by AFOFG
