Ida Maud Harmon was born May 10, 1933, about 10 miles south of Charbonneau in McKenzie County. Her parents were Vida Fern (Wetherelt) and Joseph P. Lester. She was the fourth of eight siblings. Ida ...

Merv Nordeng was born March 3, 1942, to Enoch and Bernice (Wold) Nordeng at a midwife's house in Watford City, N.D. He was raised on the family farm 13 miles northeast of town, where hard work and ...