All Obituaries

Urban (Ben) Benson, 72, of Bismarck, ND, passed away at his home on November 9, 2018. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CST on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at the Twin Buttes Memorial Hall, Twin Buttes, ND, with Diane Traverse officiating. Burial will follow at the Twin Buttes Congregational Cemetery. A wake service will be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at the Twin Buttes Memorial Hall starting at 4:00 PM CST. Urban was born January 18, 1946 to Bud and Viola Wilson in Elbowoods, ND....

Benjamin “Ben” J. Muhlhauser, 83, of Beulah, ND passed away Thursday, November 1, 2018 at Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CST on Monday, November 5, 2018 at Zion Lutheran Church, Beulah with Pastor Mary Lou Aune officiating. Burial will be held at a later time. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Ben was born on September 30, 1935 in Beulah, ND to Benjamin Joseph and Hulda (Sandau) Muhlhauser. He was the oldest...

Ida Knell, 99, passed away on October 21, 2018 at Elm Crest Manor, New Salem. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CDT on Friday, October 26, 2018 at Peace Lutheran Church, Hazen, ND, with Pastor Mark Martin and Pastor Walt Wolff officiating. Burial will follow at St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery, north of Hazen.   Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2018 from 5:00-7:00 PM CDT at Barbot Funeral Home, Hazen. Ida Pauline Knell was born in the Hazen area on February 14th,...

Elda Baisch, 84, of Hazen, ND passed away Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Hazen with Pastor Kirk Peters officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM CDT on Tuesday, October 23 at Barbot Funeral Home, Hazen and one hour prior to the service at the church. Elda was born on February 9, 1934 in her...

Mariann P. Sayler, 89, Beulah, passed away peacefully on October 15, 2018. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CDT on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at the Beulah Congregational Church, Beulah, ND with Pastor Frank Sapp officiating. Burial will be held at Beulah City Cemetery, Beulah.             Visitation will be held from 5-7 PM CDT Friday, at Barbot Funeral Home, Beulah. Mariann was born August 18, 1929 in Jamestown, ND, to Nelson P....

Carol Buchmann, 71, passed away on October 14, 2018 at CHI St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck, ND. A visitation will be held on Sunday, October 21, 2018 from 1:00-3:00 PM CDT at Barbot Funeral Home. Carol was born on February 23, 1947 in Beulah to Louie and Bernice (Luder) Flemmer. Carol grew up and attended school in Beulah and graduated from high school in 1965. Carol began working at Myer’s Drive In during high school and later worked at the grocery store in town for many years,...

Agnes Wiedrich, 96, Beulah, ND, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen, ND. Services will be held at 10:00 AM CDT on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Concordia Lutheran Church, Beulah, ND, with Pastor Toby Heller officiating. Burial will follow at Beulah City Cemetery, Beulah. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM CDT on Friday, October 12, 2018 at Barbot Funeral Home, Beulah. Agnes Wiedrich was born August 26, 1922 to Otto and Ida (Erdman)...

Rodney Roger Lukins, 67, Pick City, died Monday, October 8, 2018 at Trinity Hospital, Minot. Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Riverdale, with Pastor John Nilsen officiating. Burial will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, October 29, 2018 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Rodney was born March 31, 1951 in Hazen, North Dakota to Arthur and Frieda (Wittmayer) Lukins. He attended school in Pick City and Riverdale and...

William “Bill” Lawrence Fritsch, 64, of Stanton, ND, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at his home on October 5, 2018. Services will be held on Wednesday, October 10, at 11:00 AM CT at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Stanton with Pastor Dennis Ristvedt officiating. Burial will be held on Friday, October 12, at the Stanton City Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Bill was born on July 21, 1954, in Anchorage, Alaska, to...

Mertie R. Stompro Sr., 87, died peacefully on October 2, 2018, at the Good Shepherd Home, Watford City.  Services will be held at 11:00 AM CDT at the North Dakota Veteran’s Cemetery Chapel, Mandan, ND, on Monday, October 8, 2018 followed by burial with military honors. Mertie was born in Portal, ND on April 7, 1931, the second of six children of Elmer and Margaret (Campbell) Stompro.  After graduation he worked for the Soo Line railroad in Portal until he joined the Army in...