Clarabell M. Demers, 113 passed away January 17, 2024. Clarabell was born November 3, 1910, in Acton Township to Philomina (Minnie) and Victor Campbell. Clarabell attended St. Aloysius Academy of Oakwood. Clarabell helped local families with caring for their babies and doing housework until 1930 when she married Frederick Demers. The couple made their home on a farm near Oakwood and together raised their three children, MaryJane, Donald, and Ronald. The couple moved to the village of Oakwood in the mid-1940’s where they owned and operated the Demers Tavern until the mid-1970’s. A devout Catholic, Clarabell saw all three of her children attend St. Aloysius Academy. Clarabell was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Church of Oakwood and Altar Society. In 2001 she moved to an apartment in Grafton at the age of 90. Not one to embrace leisure, Clarabell continued to work as a Sample Lady at Denny’s Food Pride well into her mid ‘90’s. Clarabell volunteered at Walsh County Senior Meal
(Grafton, ND) North Dakota’s oldest living citizen has died. Clarabelle Demers died early Wednesday morning at Unity Medical Center in Grafton, according to her family. She was 113 years old. Demers, passionately known by many as “Gramma D,” was living at the Lutheran Sunset Home in Grafton at the time of her death. Up until a couple of years ago, Demers remained active in
Bruce Leonard Fagerholt, 75, of Hoople, ND, passed away on January 7th, 2024, at the Lutheran Sunset Home in Grafton, ND after a long journey with young-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Bruce was born on June 14, 1948, in Grafton, the son of Leonard and Elaine (Westby) Fagerholt. He grew up on the family homestead farm south of Hoople, the fifth generation to live there. He attended rural Gryte School for three years before attending Hoople School, graduating in 1966. He then attended North Dakota State University where he was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho and Army ROTC, graduating with a B.S. in Animal Science in 1970. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and served for two years, deploying to Vietnam from 1971-1972, where he received a Bronze Star.
Rosemarie (Lohse) Myrdal passed away peacefully on October 11 at Lutheran Sunset Home in Grafton. She was born on May 20, 1929, in Minot, North Dakota to Harry and Olga (Dragge) Lohse. A child of the Great Depression, Rosemarie would describe her childhood as living in two worlds - one spent on the family’s ranch near Lorraine, North Dakota, working as her father’s cattleman assistant and enjoying a rugged, independent lifestyle, and the other in the more refined, intellectual, and cultured world of Fargo, where the family settled following the Great Depression. Rosemarie loved and flourished in both places in different ways, and these experiences shaped her immensely, gaining a deep appreciation for rural agrarian life, as well as a love of education, global matters, and civic engagement.
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