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Grand Forks Herald, ND
September 16, 2004

Arlyn R. Irion, 55, of Langdon, ND, died September 14, 2004 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks after a battle with cancer.

Arlyn Ray Irion was born in Ashley, ND on February 7th, 1949 to Elledhor and Ida (Dollinger) Irion. He graduated from Lehr High School in 1967. He received his Bachelor of Science in Music from Valley City State University in 1970. On August 9th, 1969, he married Carol Emily Klipfel. Arlyn taught music in Green School near Valley City, Hazelton, Napoleon, and Lehr. He received a Master of Science from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1979. He then returned to his hometown of Lehr, ND and became a principal at Lehr Public School. Later, he became the Superintendent at Lehr and Edgeley. Arlyn was the Superintendent at Langdon Area High School for the past four years. He passed away September 14, 2004 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND after a battle with cancer. He was 55 years old. In 1970, Arlyn joined the North Dakota National Guard. He served in the Edgeley, Wishek, Linton, Jamestown, Fargo, and Bismarck guard units. Colonel Irion retired from the military in 2002 as the Commander of the Regional Training Institute (RTI) at Camp Grafton in Devils Lake. Arlyn enjoyed fishing, hunting, and spending time with his family. Arlyn's dream was to spend his retirement at their new home at Mina Lake near Aberdeen, SD.

Arlyn is survived by his loving wife Carol Irion; two daughters Jacqueline (Matthew) Strinden of Grand Forks, ND, and Kristin (Nicholas) Ziegelmann of Grand Forks, ND, one son Corey (Jessica) Irion of Grand Forks, ND and one granddaughter, Lauren Strinden. He is also survived by his mother Ida Irion of Fredonia, ND; two brothers Gary (Leona) Irion of Fargo, ND and Darcy (Lisa) Irion of Fredonia, ND; one sister Delilah (Lonnie) Bender of Lehr, ND; and many nieces and nephews.

Arlyn was preceded in death by his father, Elledhor Irion.

Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, Sept 16, 2004 with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. at the Brooks Funeral Home of Langdon. Visitation will also take place for one hour before the time of the services at the School on Friday. Services: Friday, September 17, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. at the Langdon Area High School of Langdon, North Dakota. Interment: North Dakota State Veteran's Cemetery of Mandan, North Dakota. Brooks Funeral Home, Langdon, ND.

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Irion, Arlyn R., 55, of Langdon, ND, Friday, Sept. 17, 3:00 p.m. at the Langdon Area High School of Langdon, ND. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16, with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. at the Brooks Funeral Home of Langdon and one hour before time of services at the school on Friday.

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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Frieda Irion, 96, Kulm, N.D., died Monday, March 26, 2007, at Wishek Home for the Aged, Wishek, N.D.

Frieda Langenhan was born May 2, 1910, in Crawinkel, Germany, the daughter of Emil Karl and Alwine Langenhan. She grew up in Berka/Werra, Germany. At age 16, she left home and began to work. After World War II, she began to work at a hotel as a cook and a room maid. She moved to Bad Hersfeld, Germany, where she had the opportunity to receive vocational training as a glove sewer. She became an expert with the sewing machine and did the most complicated sewing for the owner of the factory. After 1954, she traveled to the United States by ship. She married Christ Irion. She became a U.S. citizen. They lived and farmed in the Kulm and Fredonia, N.D., areas. When he became ill, she was his caretaker until he died. She lived in Kulm for many years. She enjoyed working in her yard and garden.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Klara; and five brothers, Karl, Werner, Arthur, and twins, Alfred and Willi.

Services: 2 p.m. today, Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Kulm.
Visitation: one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Burial: Kulm Congregational Cemetery, Kulm.


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The Billlings Gazette, MT
Friday, October 14, 1966
Page 8

TERRY- Samuel Irion, 73, of Terry died Wednesday Morning in the Terry Community Hospital of a heart ailment.

He was born March 7, 1891, at Postal, South Bessarabia [South Russia].  He married Christina Elhard Jan. 20, 1915 at the bride's home near Jud, N.D.  In March they moved to their homestead in eastern Montana, in the Cabin Creek area, 28 miles southeast of Fallon.  There they made their home until November 1963 when they retired and moved to Terry.

Survivors include the widow, Christina, Terry; four sons, Albert and Theodore of Fallon, Morris of Billings and Clarence (Andy) of Terry; three brothers Theophil of Kulm, N.D., Otto of Fredonia, N.D. and Ernest of Lodi, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Lydia Bohnet of Entwistle, Alberta, Canada, Mrs. Amelia Fode and Mrs. Bertha Fode, both of Jud and five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Terry Community Church, and burial will be at the Sunset Memorial Gardens at Glendive.


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Walter Isaacs, 91, of Deer River died Monday, Aug. 17, 1998, in Community Memorial Hospital, Deer River.

He was born April 21, 1907, at Gackle, N.D.

Surviving relatives include sons Melvin, Norman, Leroy and Leslie, all of Deer River; daughters Delores, Deer River; and Lila Stanley, Cohasset; sisters Helvie Salmela, Grand Rapids; and Lela Hepokoski and Esther Holmstrom, both of Deer River; brother Emery, Deer River; 21 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his wife, Edna; sons Delbert and Leonard; and daughter Shirley.

Funeral: Friday, Aug. 21, at 1 p.m. at Independent Apostolic Lutheran Church, Deer River with the Rev. Wayne Bergstead officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Carroll Funeral Home, Deer River. Burial: Lindenwood Cemetery, Morse Township. Arrangements are by Carroll Funeral Home, Deer River.

[Deer River, Itasca, MN]


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Monday, June 30, 2003

Andrew "Andy" Iszler, 88, Gackle, N.D., died Thursday, June 26, 2003, at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Center, Jamestown.

Mr. Iszler was born Aug. 16, 1914, in McIntosh County, near Venturia, N.D., the son of Andreas and Sophica (Joachim) Iszler. He grew up in the area, attended rural elementary school near Venturia and helped on the family farm. He married Viola Scheaffer on Oct. 5, 1941, in Wishek, N.D. They lived in Venturia until he entered the U.S. Army on March 20, 1942, at Fort Snelling, Minn. He served with the 353rd Anti Aircraft Searchlight Battalion in North Africa. He was discharged Nov. 23, 1944, at Wishek, with the rank of private first class. He returned to Wishek and farmed for four years until moving to a farm north of Cleveland where they lived for 15 years. They moved to a farm near Gackle where they farmed until 1992, when they moved into Gackle. She died Feb. 6, 2002. He was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gackle, and senior citizens club.

He is survived by a son, Roger (Ruby), Jamestown; two daughters, Doris (LeRoy) Jansen, Steele, N.D., and Donna (John) Basol, Rochester, Minn.; three sisters, Anna Kost, Ashley, N.D., Virginia (Roger) Bartholomay, Graham, Wash., and Shirley (Arlo) Lund, Pelican Rapids, Minn.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; a daughter, Debra; two brothers, Art and Harold; and a granddaughter.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gackle, with the Rev. Konrad Koosmann officiating.
Prayer service: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Haut Funeral Homes, Gackle.
Visitation: 1 to 5 p.m. today, Haut Funeral Homes, Jamestown, and 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home in Gackle.
Burial: Medina Cemetery, Medina, N.D.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Monday, November 05, 2007

Edwin M. Iszler, 88, Gackle, N.D., formerly of Streeter, N.D., died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown.

Mr. Iszler was born June 17, 1919, on the farm northwest of Streeter, the son of Michael and Katherina (Enzminger) Iszler. He received his elementary education in the local rural school and graduated from Streeter High School in 1939. He graduated in 1941 from the State Normal and Industrial School, Ellendale, N.D., with a degree in education. He then attended Valley City (N.D.) State College and South Dakota State University, Vermillion, S.D. He married Mildred Roth on Sept. 7, 1939, at Bowdle, S.D. They lived on a farm near Streeter. He taught school for 34 years in Milnor, Verona, Robinson, Streeter, Denhoff and Fort Ransom, all in North Dakota. He was also a World Book representative since 1950. He later entered the Gackle Care Center. She died in 2006. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Streeter, and also taught Sunday school.

He is survived by a daughter, Valentena Erbele, Streeter; three sons, Bruce, Hunter, N.D., Elliot (Alice), Big Sky, Mont., and Michael D. (Robin), Streeter; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, five brothers, four sisters and a son-in-law, Duane Erbele.

Services: 10:30 a.m. today, United Methodist Church, Streeter, with the Rev. Darwin Kopfmann officiating.
Arrangements by Haut Funeral Homes, Gackle.
Burial: Streeter City Cemetery, Streeter.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Friday, November 10, 2006

Mildred Iszler, 84, Napoleon, ND formerly of the Streeter, ND community died Wednesday morning November 8, 2006 in the Napoleon Care Center.

Mildred Hilda Roth was born February 3, 1922 two miles South of Streeter, ND. She received her elementary education in the local rural school and attended Streeter High School. She grew to womanhood in the vicinity where she helped on the family farm.

She and Edwin M. Iszler were married September 7, 1939 at Bowdle, South Dakota. They made their home on a farm near Streeter and Edwin taught School. She was a former member of the Baptist Church and later attended the United Methodist Church, President of the Church Ladies Mission Group and a member of the Homemakers.

Surviving are her husband, Edwin, Wishek, ND, 1 daughter and 3 sons, Valentena Erbele, Streeter, ND, Bruce Iszler, Hunter, ND, Elliot (Alice) Iszler, Big Sky, MT, and Michael D. (Robin) Iszler, Streeter, ND, 9 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, 3 sisters, Violet Newby, Portland, OR, Ethel Clark, Redding, CA, Luella Wymore, Salem, OR.

She was preceded in death by her parents, step-mother and one son-in-law, Duane Erbele in 2001.

The funeral Service will be at 11:00 AM Monday November 13, 2006 in the United Methodist Church in Streeter, ND with Rev. Darwin Kopfmann, pastor officiating.
Visitation – 9-9 Sunday Haut Funeral Homes Jamestown, ND.
Interment will be made in the Streeter City Cemetery, Streeter, ND
Burial: Streeter City Cemetery, Streeter.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
February 7, 2002

Viola Iszler, 79, Gackle, N.D., died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002, at St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck, N.D.

Viola Schaeffer was born May 6, 1922, at Wishek, N.D., the daughter of John and Margaretha (Neis) Schaeffer. She received her elementary education in the local school and grew up in the area. She married Andy Iszler Oct. 5, 1941, at Wishek. They lived for a short time in Venturia, N.D., until he entered the armed services. She lived in Jamestown and Bismarck, working at Jamestown Hospital and Bismarck Hospital. Following his discharge they farmed for four years near Wishek, and then moved north of Cleveland for 15 years before moving to a farm near Gackle. They farmed and lived there until 1991, when they moved into Gackle. She was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gackle, and the Senior Citizens.

She is survived by her husband; a son, Roger, (Ruby), Jamestown; two daughters, Doris (LeRoy) Jansen, Steele, N.D., and Donna (John) Basol, Rochester, Minn.; two brothers, John and Arthur, both Jamestown; a sister, Martha Schaible, Leola, S.D.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Debra; a brother, three sisters and a granddaughter.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gackle, with the Rev. David Winterfeldt officiating.
Prayer service: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Haut Funeral Chapel, Gackle.
Visitation: 3 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial: Medina (N.D.) Cemetery.


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Stutsman County Record
Jamestown, ND
September 29, 1938, Page 4

GACKLE RESIDENT DIES

Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church in Gackle Monday for Chris Janke, 72, of that town, who died at Jamestown hospital Friday.  Burial was in the Gackle cemetery.


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Dale Henry Janke, 65, Perham, Minn., died Sunday, April 4, 1999, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo.

Mr. Janke was born July 12, 1933, in Perham, where he graduated from high school in 1951. He served with the U.S. Army in Korea from 1955 to 1956. On June 6, 1959, he married Gayle Derke near Perham. They had farmed for the past 40 years near Perham and New York Mills, Minn.

He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Barbara Janke, Fargo, Brenda (Tim) Wilschewski, Perham, Amy (John David) Sobieski, St. Paul; his mother, Edna Janke, New York Mills; a sister, Delaine (William) Meyer, Perham; and two grandchildren. ...

Date: Thu - April 08, 1999
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: c3


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The funeral for Delores Janke, 76, 818 2nd St. W., West Fargo, formerly Pekin, N.D., will be at 2 Thursday in Stanley-Iverson Funeral Home, McVille, N.D. Visitation will be in the funeral home from 4 to 8 today and one hour before services.

She died Saturday, May 18, 1996. Delores Morken as born June 15, 1919, in Pekin, N.D., where she grew up and attended school. She married Art Gunderson in 1939 in Grand Forks, N.D. She married Arthur Janke Aug. 15, 1959, in Watertown, S.D. They lived in West Fargo. She worked for many years as a nurses aide at St. Luke's Hospital in Fargo.

She is survived by a son, Douglas Janke, West Fargo; a daughter, Sandra ...

Date: Wed - May 22, 1996
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: d6


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Saturday, February 10, 2007

Edmund Janke, 89, Jamestown, formerly Gackle, N.D., died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown.

Mr. Janke was born Nov. 26, 1917, at the family farm southeast of Gackle, the son of Andrew and Magdalena (Lippert) Janke. He grew up and received his elementary education at the local rural school. He married Ida Buerkle on Nov. 7, 1943, at a country church near Fredonia, N.D. They lived on a farm 12 ½ miles southeast of Gackle. He worked for the Logan County (North Dakota) A.S.C.S. for 19 years and the County Committee Board for nine years. In 1988, they retired and moved into Gackle. She died Nov. 10, 2001. In June 2002, he moved to Jamestown. He served as treasurer and clerk of St. James Lutheran Church, Gackle, until it merged with Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gackle. He also served on the Lutheran church board, the Feska rural school and Gackle Public School boards. He enjoyed playing cards and visiting.

He is survived by a daughter, Sharon (Ron) Knutson, Moorhead, Minn.; a son, Curtis (Jan), Jamestown; a sister, Alma Schott, Gackle; a brother, Wilbert, Gackle; and a grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his wife, parents and two sisters.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gackle, with the Rev. Russ Pollock officiating.
Prayer service: 7 p.m. Sunday, Haut Funeral Homes, Jamestown.
Visitation: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial: St. James Lutheran Cemetery, rural Gackle.


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Gottlieb Janke, 89, Minneapolis, Minn., died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Minneapolis.

Mr. Janke was born Dec. 16, 1908, near Venturia, N.D., where he grew up and attended school. He worked for farmers in the Venturia area and later moved to California, where he worked for C&H Sugar factory, as well as picking fruit and working for S&J Winery for several years. In 1942, he entered the U.S. Army and served during World War II. Following his military discharge in 1944, he moved to the Garrison, N.D., area where he worked on construction of the Garrison Dam. He also worked at Minot (N.D.) Air Force Base and did road construction for many years throughout ...

Date: Sat - November 21, 1998
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: c2


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
November 12, 2001

Ida Janke, 82, Gackle, N.D., died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2001, at St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck, N.D.

Ida Buerkle was born Jan. 25, 1919, at Fredonia, N.D., the daughter of John H. and Christina (Hehr) Buerkle. She grew up there received her elementary education at the local rural school. She married Edmund Janke on Nov. 7, 1943, at a small country church near Fredonia. They lived on a farm 12.5 miles southeast of Gackle. In 1988 they moved into Gackle and retired. She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gackle. She enjoyed playing cards and gardening.

She is survived by her husband; a daughter, Sharon Jenke, Moorhead, Minn.; a son, Curtis (Jan), Jamestown; a sister, Esther Buerkle, Edgeley, N.D.; and a granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and three sisters.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gackle, with the Rev. David Winterfeldt officiating.
Prayer service: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Haut Funeral Homes, Gackle.
Visitation: 1 to 5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Burial: St. James Lutheran Cemetery, southwest of Gackle.
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The Forum, Fargo, ND
11/12/2001
Gackle, N.D.

Ida Janke, 82, Gackle, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2001, in St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck, N.D.

Ida Buerkle was born Jan. 25, 1919, in Fredonia, N.D., where she grew up and attended school. On Nov. 7, 1943, she married Edmund Janke near Fredonia. They farmed near Gackle. In 1988, they moved into Gackle.

She is survived by her husband; a son, Curtis (Jan), Jamestown; a daughter, Sharon Janke, Moorhead; a sister, Esther Buerkle, Edgeley, N.D.; and one grandchild.

Visitation: Today from 1-5 and Tuesday from 9-9, with a prayer service at 7:30, in Haut Funeral Home, Gackle.
Funeral: Wednesday at 2 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Gackle.
Burial: St. James Lutheran Cemetery near Gackle.


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LaVerne June Janke, 62, Jamestown, N.D., died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1998, in her home.

LaVerne Bier was born March 13, 1935, near Medina, N.D., where she grew up and attended school. She graduated from Streeter (N.D.) High School, then attended business college in Jamestown. On Oct. 17, 1954, she married David Janke in Gackle, N.D. They lived on his parents' farm near Gackle. In 1962, then moved to Jamestown where she worked at Hi-Acres Manor and later as a nurses aide at Jamestown Hospital. In 1968, she began working for the North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown as an administrative secretary. She retired in 1991.

She is survived by her husband; a son, Randolph, Farmington, Minn.; two ...

Date: Fri - January 09, 1998
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: c2


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The Seattle Times, WA

Leroy Marvin JANKE Born June 25, 1927 in Gackle, ND., died March 26, 2001 in Renton at age 73. 

He is survived by his wife Jeannette Janke, Renton. 

Memorial Services Saturday, 3 p.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church, Shoreline. 
Inurnment will be at Tahoma National Cemetery. 
Memorials may be made to the Building Fund at Bethel Lutheran Church, Shoreline.
FAULL-STOKES MORTUARY, RENTON
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Napoleon Homestead, ND
April 25, 2001

LeRoy Marvin Janke, 73, died March 26, 2001 in Shoreline, WA, following a massive coronary.

LeRoy was born June 25, 1927 in Gackle, the son of Robert and Hertha Radke Janke. He attended public schools in Fredonia and Kulm. LeRoy served in the U.S. Navy until 1946. On Nov. 23, 1947 he married Jeannette Rodolf of Wishek.
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South County Journal
Kent WA
March 30, 2001

Leroy Marvin Janke of Renton died March 26, 2001, in Renton. He was 73.

Born June 25, 1927, in Gackle, N.D., Mr. Janke served in the Navy at the end of World War II. He married Jeanette Rudolf on Nov. 23, 1947, in Kulm, N.D. He was a resident of Renton 13 years.

Mr. Janke worked as a bus driver for A.T.C. Van. Co., retiring in January. He was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church of Shoreline and was a former member of the American Legion on Whidbey Island. He enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, boating, water and snow skiing and traveling.

Mr. Janke is survived by his wife, Jeannette Janke of Renton; son Rod Janke of Shoreline; daughters Judy Cifuni of Alpha, Ore., and Susan Mattson of Des Moines; brother Wilbert Janke, in Missouri; sister Idella Antle of Seattle; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Shoreline. Inurnment will be at Tahoma National Cemetery in Maple Valley.

Memorials may be made to the Bethel Lutheran Church of Shoreline Building Fund.
Arrangements are by Faull-Stokes Mortuary in Renton.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Friday, August 01, 2003

Lloyd Janke, 70, Gackle, N.D., died Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at his home.

Mr. Janke was born June 6, 1933, near Fredonia, N.D., the son of Jacob E. and Katharina (Schlecht) Janke. They lived in Enderlin, N.D., for a short time before moving to Gackle, N.D. He attended Gackle Public School and helped on the family farm. He married Aleaine Remboldt on Sept. 26, 1954, in Gackle. They lived in Gackle until moving to St. Paul, Minn., in 1959. They returned to Gackle in 1964, when they became interested in farming and bought his parents’ farm. She died in 1988. He married Elsie Dewald Klund [Klundt] on March 26, 1991, in Jamestown. They lived in Gackle. He was a member of the Grace Baptist Church, Gackle; an active member of the Lions Club; a fireman in Gackle; a City Council member; and an honorary member of the F.F.A.

He is survived by his wife, Elsie; two sons, Wendell (Dixie), Jamestown, and Rick, Bismarck, N.D.; a daughter, Bonnie (Everett) Wieland, Streeter, N.D.; two stepdaughters, Tamara (Doug) Schrupp, Vergas, Minn., and Beverly (Myles) Flateland, Vergas, Minn.; a stepson, Shannon (Cathy) Klundt, St. Cloud, Minn.; two sisters, Hilma (Edward D.) Jackson and Adeline Muller, both Lodi, Calif.; three grandchildren and a stepgrandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Aleaine; two children in infancy; and a brother.

Memorial services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Grace Baptist Church, Gackle, with the Rev. Gordon Moen officiating.
Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. today, Haut Funeral Homes, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle City Cemetery, Gackle.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Friday, August 11, 2006

Ruth Janke, 89, Kulm, N.D., died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, at Innovis Hospital, Fargo, N.D.

Ruth Nill was born Oct. 29, 1916, on a farm southeast of Kulm, the daughter of Christian and Mary (Herrmann) Nill. She grew up and attended school in the Kulm area. She married Emil Janke on Oct. 10, 1937, in New Beresina Congregational Church, rural Kulm. They farmed southeast of Kulm for 10 years and then farmed on the east edge of Kulm. They moved into Kulm in 1976. He died March 21, 1992. She began spending the winters in Barnesville, Minn., in 1994. She moved to Barnesville in 2000. In the summer of 2005, she moved to Golden Manor, Barnesville. She was a member of First Congregational Church, Kulm, the Dorcas Society and Harmony Homemakers Club.

She is survived by a daughter, Bonnie (Roger) Herman, Barnesville; a brother, Roy, Kulm; a sister; Ione Schafer, Tripp, S.D.; two grandsons; and a great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a brother, Edgar; and a sister, Ann Anderson.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Congregational Church, Kulm.
Visitation: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Arrangements by Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Kulm.
Burial: New Beresina Cemetery, Kulm.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Monday, October 17, 2005

Roland Jans, 86, Kulm, N.D., died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at Wishek Community Hospital, Wishek, N.D.  

Roland Jans was born April 16, 1919, in Fredonia, N.D., the son of William and Olga (Hiller) Jans.  He grew up in Fredonia and went to school at Fredonia Public School.   He was confirmed at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in 1934.  He moved with his family to Kulm in 1938. He graduated from Kulm High School 1940.  He worked as a clerk in a grocery and general merchandise store in Fredonia from 1933 to 1938 and as a teller in the Kulm State Bank from 1940 to 1942. In 1942 he entered the Armed Services. While in the service, he went overseas in the European theater. In October 1945 he was given an honorable discharge at Camp McCoy, Wisc.  He returned to work at the Kulm State Bank in October 1945.  He married Marion Gackle on July 25, 1943.  They had two sons and a daughter.  In 1949 he became cashier at the Kulm State Bank and in 1958 he became director.  In January 1968 he purchased the bank and continued to work there until January 1984 when he retired.  After retiring, he spent the winters at his home in Yuma, Ariz.  He was a member of the Kulm American Legion, Kulm Volunteer Fire Department, Elks, Eagles, Kulm Lions Club, Kulm Country Club and Kulm Congregational Church.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, cards, driving, wildlife and cafes. 

He is survived by a son, Bill (Diane), Camas, Wash.; a daughter, Rita (Viv) Humann, Kingman, Ariz.; a daughter-in-law, Penny (Jason) Jans McClean; a brother, Bill (Lorraine), Fargo, N.D.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and a son, Paul.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Kulm Congregational Church. Arrangements with Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Kulm.
Burial: Kulm Congregational Cemetery.


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The Bismarck Tribune, (ND) 
September 28, 2005

Julia Jansen, 97, died Sept. 22, 2005, at Friendship Manor, Shakopee, Minn. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Steele, with the Rev. Paul Tjostem officiating. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Steele.

Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at Eastgate Steele Chapel, where a family service will be held at 7 p.m. that evening. Visitation will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Valley City, N.D.
Thursday, May 15, 2003

Frances Jaskier, 84, Valley City, N.D., died Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at the Sheyenne Care Center, Valley City.

Frances Zuber was born Feb. 6, 1919, in Vashti, near Woodworth, N.D., the daughter of Jospeh and Frances (Wojcek) Zuber.  She attended rural schools near there. She lived in Chicago, Ill., working for Western Electric.  She returned to North Dakota in 1948 and worked for a seed company in Bismarck.  She married Stanley Jaskier on Sept. 24, 1956, in Jamestown. He died June 5, 1977.  She lived at Gackle (N.D.) Care Center and Bethel Four Acres, Jamestown.  She later became a resident of Sheyenne Care Center.

She is survived by a brother, Antone, Maryland; a sister, Sophia Marchi, Chicago; and a sister-in-law, Lorraine Zuber, Jamestown.

She was preceded in death by her husband; three brothers, John, Walter and Frank; and two sisters, Mildred Gallagher and Marie Ranos.

Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Eddy Funeral Chapel, Jamestown, with the Rev. Steven Reiske officiating.
Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. today, Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Jamestown.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Saturday, October 29, 2005

Donna Mae Jenner, 74, Osnabrock, N.D., formerly of Kulm, N.D., died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005, at Good Samaritan Center, Osnabrock, after a long illness.

Donna Mae Jenner was born Nov. 27, 1930, at Kulm, the daughter of Edmund and Julia (Fedje) Jenner.  She was baptized and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church, Kulm.  She was educated in the rural and Kulm school system and graduated from Kulm High School in 1949.  She attended Valley City (N.D.) State College and received a degree in education.  She taught in several schools in  North Dakota, including LaMoure, Beulah and Strausburg, and in Browning, Mont. In 1972, she returned to the family farm to care for her mother and uncle.  She was an agent for Stanley Products and Avon Cosmetics.  She later moved to the Gackle (N.D.) Care Center.  In 2002, she moved to the Good Samaritan Center.  She enjoyed helping her neighbors.

She is survived by a sister, Geraldine Slocomb, Tulalip, Wash.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Zion Lutheran Church, Kulm.
Visitation: one hour before the service at the church.
Burial: Kulm Congregational Cemetery, Kulm.


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Alvina Jerke, 88, Wishek, N.D., died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1997, in Wishek Nursing Home.

Alvina Suess was born Jan. 15, 1909, in Cleveland, N.D., where she grew up and attended school. She married Chris Jerke Nov. 6, 1932, in Medina, N.D. They lived in the Gackle, N.D., and Cleveland area. She entered the nursing home in 1987.

She is survived by her husband, Jud, N.D.; a son, Donald (Ann), Jud, N.D.; a daughter, Arlene Clifton, Owings Mills, Md.; a brother, Ted, Hemet, Calif.; and two grandchildren. ...

Date: Thu - December 04, 1997
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: c2


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Monday, May 05, 2003

Donald Jerke, 67, Gackle, N.D., died Saturday, May 3, 2003, at his home.

Mr. Jerke was born Nov. 6, 1935, in Jamestown, the son of Christ and Alvina (Suess) Jerke. He lived on a farm near Cleveland, N.D., until he was five years old, when the family moved to a farm near Gackle. He attended Gackle School and graduated from Gackle High School. He attended a business college in Fargo, N.D. He enjoyed driving school bus, tour buses and appointment driving for Gackle Care Center. He owned and operated a trucking business and farmed with his father. He married Ann Henke on Jan. 8, 1996, at Aberdeen, S.D. They lived on the farm north of Gackle. He was a member of Gackle United Church of Christ and served on the church board. He also served on the township board. He enjoyed reading, gardening, music and roundtable coffee time.

He is survived by his wife; father, Gackle; a sister, Arlene Clifton, Ownings Mills, Md.; three stepdaughters, Leslie Dockter, New Rockford, N.D., Camille Weixel, Eau Claire, Wis., and Amy (Shaun) Duffield, Lutz, Fla.; two grandchildren; and special friends Chance and Harlie Wilson.

He was preceded in death by his mother; a brother, Lloyd; and a brother-in-law, Ray Clifton.

Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, First United Church of Christ, Gackle, with the Rev. Gordon Moen officiating.
Prayer service: 7:30 p.m. today, Haut Funeral Home, Gackle.
Visitation: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Haut Funeral Home, Jamestown, and 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home in Gackle.
Burial: Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
August 23, 2007

John Jerke, 92, Gackle, N.D., died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at Sheyenne Care Center, Valley City, N.D.

Mr. Jerke was born March 3, 1915, on the family homestead northwest of Gackle, the son of John and Maria (Seitz) Jerke. He moved into Gackle with his parents in 1919. He attended Gackle Public School, Gackle and grew up there. He worked on area farms and for carpenters. He worked for three years for the railroad. He married Leah Lang on June 20, 1941, in Jamestown. They lived northeast of Gackle, where they farmed. He semi-retired from farming in 1978. They spent winters in Mesa, Ariz. He entered the Sheyenne Care Center in August 2007. He was a member of the UCC Congregational Church, Gackle, and Gackle Wildlife Club, and had served as Griffin Township clerk.

He is survived by his wife and a brother, Christ, Gackle.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Edward, Emanuel, Rudolf, Gustav; and five sisters, Bertha, Louisa, Lydia, Emily and Maria.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, UCC Church, Gackle, with the Rev. Tim Blackman officiating.
Visitation: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church.
Arrangements by Haut Funeral Home, Gackle.
Burial: Gackle Cemetery, Gackle.


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The Forum, Fargo, ND
07/06/2001

Magdalina Jerke, 86, Jamestown, died Tuesday, July 3, 2001, in Bismarck, N.D.

Magdalina Sukut was born Sept. 7, 1914, near Wishek, N.D., where she grew up and attended school. On Nov. 12, 1944, she married August Jerke. They lived in California where they worked in the shipyards during World War II. They then returned to Wishek where they farmed. In 1950 they moved to a farm near Tappen, N.D. They retired in 1968 and moved to Jamestown in 1976. He died in 1978. In 1994 she entered the Post House in Jamestown.

She is survived by a son, Bob (Kathy), Mandan, N.D., a daughter, Vangie (Jay) Olson, Devils Lake, N.D.; three brothers, Andy (Eileen) Sukut, the Rev. Walter (Barbara) Sukut, both Brandenton, Fla., Morris (Freida) Sukut, Billings, Mont.; two sisters, Viola Koenig, Bakersfield, Calif., Martha (Otto) Neumiller, Olympia, Wash.; and four grandchildren.

Visitation: Today 9-9, with a prayer service at 7:30, in Lisko Funeral Chapel, Jamestown, and one hour before the funeral in the church.
Funeral: Saturday at 11 in St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Jamestown.
Burial: Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown.


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Hulda Jesser, 84, Moorhead, Minn., died Thursday, April 3, 1997, in Eventide Nursing Home, Moorhead. Hulda Brenneise was born June 24, 1912, near Streeter, N.D., where she grew up. She attended school near Streeter and in Napoleon, N.D. On October 6, 1929, she married Henry Jesser in Streeter. They farmed in Underwood, N.D., and Turtle Lake, N.D. In 1959 they moved to Bismarck, N.D. In 1973 they moved to Streeter. He died in 1973. She moved to Medina, N.D. in 1983. In 1990 she moved to Moorhead. She entered Eventide Nursing Home in 1995. She is survived by two sons, Delton, Moorhead, Clinton, DeKalb, Ill.; two sisters, Martha Grenz, Bismarck, Freda Dockter, MeQuon, Wis.; six ...

Date: Sat - April 05, 1997
Author: Obituary
Publication: "Fargo Final Edition"
Location: a14


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Friday, February 02, 2007

Adolph Job, 91, Wishek, N.D., died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, at Wishek Home for the Aged, Wishek.

Mr. Job was born Oct. 14, 1915, at Kidder County, North Dakota, near Dawson, the son of Jacob and Caroline (Entzi) Job. He grew up in the area and received his elementary education at the local rural school. He then helped on the family farm. He married Lena Reuer on Sept. 8, 1938, at Streeter, N.D. They lived and farmed south of Dawson. They retired in 1979 and moved to Napoleon, N.D. She died in 1990. In September 2002, he moved to Golden Manor, Steele, N.D. In 2003, he moved to Wishek Home for the Aged. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Napoleon, where he served on the church council. He was also a member of the township board.

He is survived by a daughter, Darlene (Gordon) Walth, Wishek; a son Leroy, Bismarck, N.D.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; a daughter-in-law, Connie; two brothers; and three sisters.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Monday, Trinity Lutheran Church, Napoleon, with the Rev. Richard Hagenstuen officiating.
Visitation: noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Haut Funeral Homes, Wishek, and one hour before the service at the church.
Burial: Napoleon Cemetery, Napoleon.


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Napoleon Homestead, ND
June 2, 2004

Arthur Job, 86, Medina, died Friday, May 28, 2004, at Medcenter One in Bismarck.

Mr. Job was born July 27, 1917, in Streeter, the son of Frederick and Magdalena (Steib) Job. After working at several jobs on the West Coast, he returned home and attended a technical mechanic school in Chicago. He then entered the U.S. Army at Fort Snelling, MN, on his birthday in 1942.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
June 27, 2002

Ludwig L. Job, 87, Nortonville, N.D., died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, N.D.

Mr. Job was born Dec. 11, 1914, near Streeter, N.D., the son of Jacob L. and Eva (Mayer) Job. He grew up and attended school near Jud, N.D. He married Magda Egerdahl on Oct. 2, 1940, at Edgeley, N.D. They lived on a farm near Nortonville until 1947, when they moved to their present home east of Nortonville. He retired in 1976. He enjoyed woodworking, making lawn ornaments, reading the Bible, fishing, traveling and visiting.

He is survived by his wife; four sons, LeRoy, Montpelier, N.D., Roger, Nortonville, John (Jacque), Holt, Mo., and Noel, Kansas City, Kan.; six daughters, Darlene (Haze) Wolfe, Leesburg, Fla., Shirley (Craig) Leonard, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Della Job and Karen (Jerry) Cichos, both Bismarck, N.D., Geraldine Job, Stuart, Fla., and Donna (Gary) Rothwell, Jamestown; a daughter-in-law, Sue Job, Fargo; two sisters, Katherine Hollingsworth, Virginia, and Eva Mueller, Gackle, N.D.; four half sisters, Betty Ost, Bismarck, Elsie (Walter) Dallman and Edna (Ronald) Smith, both Portland, Ore., Lillian Skattum, Montpelier; two half brothers, Walter "Buddy" Job, Windsor, N.D., and Donald Job, Portland; 20 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Clayton; a daughter, LeVerne; a sister, Ida Oberlander; a half sister, Viola; and four half brothers, Elmer, Harold, Ernest and Art.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, First Assembly of God, Jamestown, with the Rev. Darrell Losing officiating.
Prayer service: 7 p.m. Friday, Eddy Funeral Chapel, Jamestown.
Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. Friday, Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
Burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown.


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The Jamestown Sun (online), ND
Week of Jan. 15-20, 2001

Floyd Johnston, 93, Jamestown, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2001, at Jamestown Hospital, Jamestown.

Mr. Johnston was born Jan. 2, 1908, in Derby, Iowa, the son of Joseph and Elsie (Boylan) Johnston. He attended rural schools and helped on the family farm. He married Ada Fode on Oct. 17, 1929, in Fredonia, N.D. They farmed for a short time in the Jud and Alfred, N.D., areas. In 1957 they moved to Montevideo, Minn., and lived there for 30 years. He worked for Lutheran Haven Nursing Home and MTI Technologies in Montevideo. In 1987 they moved to Jamestown. She died March 13, 1990.

He is survived by four daughters, June (Henry) Fietzek, Montpelier, N.D., Janice Fietzek, Jamestown, Joyce Ditto, Pensacola, Fla., and Jeanne (Jack) Eckert, Maple Grove, Minn.; a son, Jerald, Houma, La.; 18 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; two sons, Jerome and James "Jim"; a grandson, Jimmy J.; a son-in-law, Dan Ditto; three sisters and three brothers.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, St. John's Lutheran Church, Jamestown, with the Rev. Doug Opp officiating. 
Arrangements by Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
Burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
Thursday, January 13, 2005

Andrew Johs, 95, Napoleon, N.D., died Tuesday Jan. 11, 2005, in Napoleon.

Mr. Johs was born Dec. 10, 1909, on his parents’ farm in Shell Butte Township, Logan County, North Dakota, the son of Johann and Johanna (Schwartzenberger) Johs. He started school in 1920.  When he was 16 his father died, and he assumed much of the responsibility in assisting his mother in the farm’s operation.  He married Mary Ann Schmidt on Oct. 25, 1932, at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Napoleon.  They moved to a farm southwest of Napoleon.  He later moved to Napoleon and for the past year was a resident of Napoleon Care Center.  He was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church and a 45-year member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, serving 10 years in the church choir, as a trustee, on the Fargo Diocesan Development Program and various church committees.  He was also a member of Napoleon Golden Age Club, Logan County Farmers Union, Logan County Area Soil Conservation Committee, Weigel School Board, Red Cross Fund Drive, Logan Home for the Aged and Logan Historical Society.  He joined the Jamestown Knights of Columbus, later belonging to the Napoleon Council, where he was a member for 36 years.  He was an honorary life member of the Knights of Columbus and a third-degree knight.  He enjoyed playing cards.

He is survived by six sons, Hilbert (Kathleen), Wayne, Neb., Perry (Carol), Blaine, Minn., Joe (Judy) and Albert (Mary), both Bismarck, N.D., Myron, Lisbon, N.D., and Marty, Gackle, N.D.; two daughters, Viola (Chris) Leier, Linton, N.D., and Sally (Jerry) Feist, Big Lake, Minn.; a brother, Adam (Sally), Napoleon; two sisters, Mary Ann Weigel and Johanna Horner, both Napoleon; 23 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; a son, Leo; a grandson; three brothers; and two sisters.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Napoleon.
Prayer service: 7:30 p.m. Friday, following a 7 p.m. KC rosary service, Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Napoleon.
Visitation: 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial: Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Napoleon.


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The Jamestown Sun, ND
April 24, 2002

Freda Jones, 90, Jamestown, died Sunday, April 21, 2002, at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown.

Freda L. Heiser was born Nov. 8, 1911, at Streeter, N.D., the daughter of Jacob and Fredrika (Furst) Heiser. She grew up and attended school in Streeter. She attended Capital Commercial College, Bismarck, N.D. She worked at the North Dakota State Capitol. She married John J. Jones on Nov. 7, 1931, in Bismarck. They lived in Anchorage, Alaska, and Missoula, Mont. In 1942 they moved to Seattle, Wash., where she worked for Boeing Manufacturing until 1945. He died on Nov. 1, 1957. In 1959 she returned to Jamestown, and was employed by the North State Hospital from 1960 until retiring in 1977. She was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ, active in the V.F.W., and volunteered at Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Home, Jamestown. She enjoyed gardening and helping others.

She is survived by a sister, Martha Reglin, Aberdeen, Wash.; a sister-in-law, Lydia Heiser, Worland, Wyo.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers, and two sisters.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Jamestown, with the Rev. Terri Akkerman officiating.
Prayer service: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Eddy Funeral Chapel, Jamestown.
Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
Burial: Ft. George Wright Cemetery, Spokane, Wash.

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The Forum, Fargo, ND
04/24/2002
Jamestown, N.D.

Freda L. Jones, 90, Jamestown, died Sunday, April 21, 2002, in Central Dakota Village, Jamestown.

Freda L. Heiser was born Nov. 8, 1911, in Streeter, N.D., where she grew up and attended school. She attended Capital Commercial College, Bismarck, N.D., then worked at the North Dakota State Capitol. She married John J. Jones Nov. 7, 1931, in Bismarck. They lived in Anchorage, Alaska, and Missoula, Mont. In 1942, they moved to Seattle where she worked for Boeing Manufacturing until 1945. Her husband died in 1957. She returned to Jamestown in 1959 and worked at the State Hospital from 1960 until retiring in 1977.

She is survived by a sister, Martha Reglin, Aberdeen, Wash.

Visitation: Thursday from 1-9, with a prayer service at 7:30, in Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
Funeral: Friday at 2 in First Congregational United Church of Christ, Jamestown.
Burial: Fort George Wright Cemetery, Spokane, Wash.


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