The Forum set out to answer an intriguing question: What are the oldest restaurants in the Fargo-Moorhead area that still exist today? You might be surprised at what we learned.
Warren Opperman died on November 7, 2022 at Touchmark at Harwood Groves in Harwood, ND. Warren was born on August 7, 1926, in Fargo, North Dakota, the only child of Daniel and Louise Opperman. He attended Horace Mann Elementary School and graduated from Fargo Central High School. Immediately after graduation, Warren joined the Navy and served in World War II. He was the last surviving member of the original crew (“plank owner”) of the USS Fred T. Berry. He loved to reminisce about his navy days. After the war, he graduated from North Dakota Agricultural College. A Theta Chi fraternity friend remembered Warren as the best left-handed softball pitcher ever. Warren married Marjorie (Marge) Sebens on September 1, 1950. Warren’s career was in lumber sales, first in Bismarck, next with Masonite Corporation in Billings, and then home to Fargo in 1959 to partner with his father in Opperman Lumber Sales.