Francis Hafner, age 84, of Valley City, ND, died Wednesday, April 24th at his residence under CHI Hospice Care.  His funeral mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, May 1st at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Valley City.  Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 30th from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Lerud Mathias Funeral Home and one hour before the Mass on Wednesday at the Church.  A prayer service will be held at 7:00 PM at the Funeral Home.  Interment will be in St. Catherine’s Catholic Cemetery.  An online guestbook and livestream of the funeral service will be available at www.lerudmathias.com