All Obituaries

Armand William Gehring, M.D., (Bill AKA “Doc”) age 79, of Hazen, North Dakota, passed away on January 15, 2019 in Beulah, ND. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Peace Lutheran Church, Hazen with Pastor Mark Martin officiating. Burial will follow at 2:00 PM at the North Dakota Veteran’s Cemetery, Mandan, ND. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Monday, January 21 at Barbot Funeral Home, Hazen. Bill Gehring was born in...

David James Miller, 61, Beulah, ND, died peacefully on January 15, 2019, after a courageous two year battle against cancer. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CST, Saturday January 19, 2019, at Immanuel Baptist Church, Beulah, with Dr. Bruce Overstreet officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM CST, Friday, January 18, 2019 at Immanuel Baptist Church, Beulah. David was born May 17, 1957 to Ralph and Irene Miller, the ninth of 19 children. He was raised on the farm and educated in...

Kenneth Miller, 74, of Hazen, died in a two-vehicle crash on January 3, 2019 on Highway 31, north of New Salem. Services will be held at 11:00 AM CST on Friday, January 11, 2019 at Peace Lutheran Church, Hazen, ND, with Pastor Mark Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Hazen. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM CDT on Thursday at Barbot Funeral Home, Hazen.   Kenneth was born on May 4, 1944 in Hazen, to Reinhold and Minnie (Wiedrich) Miller, being...

Bruce Alan Kessler, 59, of Beulah, passed away on December 26, 2018 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, Louisiana. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CST on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at the Beulah Congregational Church, Beulah, ND with Pastor Frank Sapp officiating. Burial will follow at the Gluechstahl Cemetery south of Beulah. Visitation will be held from 7:00 to 8:00 PM CST on Friday, January 4, 2019 at Barbot Funeral Home, Beulah. On October 30, 1959, Bruce was born in Richardton,...

Robert M. Gobar, 63, of Hazen, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen, ND.  A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018 at Barbot Funeral Home, Hazen, with a service starting at 7:00 PM.              Robert was born on April 20, 1955, in Oakland, CA, to Robert and Jeanne Marie (Bianchini) Gobar.  He was raised in the San Francisco Bay area.  Shortly...

William G. Neas, 89, of Hazen, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at the Knife River Care Center, Beulah, ND. A private family service will be held. William was born on June 5, 1929 to Minnie (Kobs) and William Neas in New Salem, ND. He graduated from New Salem High School and was drafted into the US Army during the Korean War and was stationed in Korea for a time. Bill went to California after his time in the service and began working as an engineer in the Aeorspace industry. During...

Pauline (Benz) Koehler, 93, of Hazen, ND passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at CHI St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CDT on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hazen with Pastor Kirk Peters officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM CDT on Wednesday at Barbot Funeral Home, Hazen. Pauline was born north of Hazen on June 10, 1925. She was the ninth of 10 children born...

James “Jim” Emil Rahn, 74, of Hazen, ND passed away Friday, December 14, 2018 at Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CDT on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at St. Martin Catholic Church, Hazen with Fr. Kenneth Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Jim was born on March 6, 1944 in Hazen to Herman and Viola (Reinhardt) Rahn. He was the oldest of eight children. Jim grew up and attended school near Hazen and also attended Hazen...

Duane L. Johnson, 85, peacefully passed away in the loving care of his girls at his side after a short, courageous battle with cancer on December 13th, 2018, in Mandan, ND. Services will be held 10:00 AM CST, Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at the Zion Lutheran Church, Beulah, with Pastor Mary Lou Aune officiating.  Burial will follow at the Beulah City Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Tuesday, at Barbot Funeral Home, Beulah. Duane was born April 24, 1933, in...

Donna Erickson, age 72, died peacefully December 13, 2018 at 12:40 AM at Knife River Care Center in Beulah ND after a long battle with an illness.  A memorial service will be at 11:00 AM CDT on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at the Salvation Army Church, 601 S Washington Street, Bismarck, ND. She was born in Minot ND to the late John Waller and Lola (Lee) Waller on June 29, 1946. Donna attended Minot Public Schools. She was an active member of the Salvation Army Church for many years. She...