Marc Melberg
Marc majored in History and Political Science. He was a fan of history with trips to most of the battle fields of the Civil War, and very much at home in the rich past of the Richmond, Virginia area. He enjoyed golf, model train building and finding the one thing you want more than anything else. Marc succumbed to cancer on March 13, 2013.
Karen Helland Nordvall
Karen graduated Magna Cum Laude with degrees in Art and English Education. She married Bob Nordvall (’67) and served in the mission field of Papua, New Guinea, for 11 years. After returning to North Dakota, she completed a Master’s in English as a Second Language and taught in Bismarck, working with refugee communities, and taught art at Shiloh Christian School. In 2006, she and Bob taught at Tartu Theological Academy in Estonia and St. Gregor’s in Saldus, Latvia. She was instrumental in establishing the first Friendship English Language Bible Camp in Estonia. Karen died on September 20, 2013, having loved Jesus and being His face for so many worldwide.
Nancy Malmo Orn
Nancy and Wayne were married during their junior year at Concordia. After raising three wonderful boys and attending their athletic events, Nancy entered the business world, operating a small restaurant in Stillwater, Minnesota and managing a Schwinn Bike and sporting goods store. She finished her ventures as an interior designer at two suburban furniture stores. Nancy made friends at every stop of Wayne’s teaching/coaching career and enjoyed lots of travels with family and friends. She lived a full, exciting life, even during the five years she battled cancer with conventional and alternative methods. Three grandchildren were highlights for her before she passed away on July 5, 2000.
Michael Possehl
Michael was from Baker, Minnesota. He graduated with a double major in Elementary Education and Political Science. Michael’s work career was in sales. He was a long time employee of a computer technology company at the time of his death on October 8, 1998.
Gerald Sanden
Gerald was from Barney, North Dakota, and majored in Business Administration with minors in History and Political Science. In 1967, he was one of two people chosen from North Dakota to go to Argentina later in the year to attend a farm youth exchange. On March 7, 1967, he went flying alone to practice techniques. The plane crashed in Cass County near Argusville, North Dakota.
Judith Severtson
Judy majored in Social Work, was a violinist with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra and was active in the student Christian group on campus. She died February 22, 1967, in a two-car accident while on her way home to Clear Lake, Iowa, for a weekend break with two friends. The gifts given in memory of Judy were some of the first donations to Handicap Village, an organization her father, Rev. Murley Severtson, helped create to provide a place where people with disabilities could live and work together in a Christian environment. Today the organization is called Opportunity Village and serves over 600 individuals in North Iowa. Judy’s life has made a difference for countless individuals and their families. Her burial monument contains a paraphrase of the promise of Jesus in John 14:19: “Because He lives I too shall live.”
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