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Glen Rude | 1936 – 2016 | Obituary
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Glen Rude

Born: October 04, 1936
Died: May 27, 2016

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GLEN RUDE

Glen Rude, age 79 of Bottineau, died Friday, May 27, 2016 in a Bottineau nursing home. Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in the Metigoshe Lutheran Church of rural Bottineau. Burial will be in the Salem Cemetery also of rural Bottineau. Visitation will be held on Sunday beginning at 1:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. in the Nero Funeral Home of Bottineau.

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The Day My Brother Learned the Heimlich Maneuver
Posting from Vickie Metcalfe (’70):  Bottineau, ND

 Gary and Dunseith Friends,

 Has anyone out there in Gary Stokes Land ever experienced the Heimlich maneuver?

 I just read with surprise  about Dr. Heimlich’s first effort at using his own technique which he developed in the 1970’s was last week!  

 http://www.startribune.com/how-to-perform-the-heimlich-maneuver/381206941/

Hmm…That reminds me of;

Way back in the  late 70’s. I was teaching  at Dunseith School

 I made my home and stayed  at the farm because our Dad was losing his vision and our mom had health concerns.

My brothers who were both students at Dunseith School, had alot to deal with growing up, attending school while trying to hold onto the family farm.

The elder brother, was in high school.

One evening at supper time, Dad was in his easy chair in the living room listening to books on tape for the blind,

I stood  with my back to the door at the kitchen counter preparing lettuce for a salad.

Without warning, stealthily, quietly from behind, two strong arms wrapped around my belly from behind.

                    A bear hug.

My  body was  lifted up off the floor, then quick succession to my  tummy two stomach thrusts.

          WHEEZING, I  was dropped  down, back on  my own two feet. 

 I turned, spitting mad to  see my brother.

In a  demanding teacher voice I said,  “Just what  the heck are you doing”?

With a satisfied grin, he said without apology, “Well Vickie, if you were choking to death ……I just saved you life.”

“I learned that in school today,  it’s called  the Heimlich maneuver.”

I hollered, ” WELL I wasn’t CHOKING!!!

Don’t be  practicing stuff on me without warning!

 I quickly forgave him completely because I knew If anything happened to Dad  or Mom,  my brother wanted and needed to  knowledgeable and confident  in what to do. 

I never asked my brother which teacher taught the Heimlich maneuver to the students of D.H.S.

From reading the tribune article I discovered Dr. Heimlich had never used his  own method until  last week when he was 96.

To think; my brother  demonstrated and tried it  years ago as a teen, and I his unwilling participant….

Until later,  Vickie L. Metcalfe

 

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Blog (462) posted on May 18, 2009

Sylvia Bergan Passed Away:Minot Daily News

BOTTINEAU Sylvia May Bergan, 98, Bottineau, died Friday, May 15, 2009, in a Bottineau hospital.

She was born Oct. 24, 1910, to Grover and Cora Lockhart in Tabor, Alb. She married Oscar Bergan July 23, 1929, at Cando.

She is survived by four nieces.

Funeral: Monday, 10 a.m., Metigoshe Lutheran Church, Bottineau.

Burial: Salem Cemetery, rural Bottineau.

Visitation: Today, 1 to 9 p.m., Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau.

I was sadden to hear of Sylvia’s passing. Jan Bergan Evans mentioned that she visited Sylvia several weeks ago. She said Sylvia was sleeping so she did not wake her. Sylvia was living in long term care at Saint Andrews hospital in Bottineau. Oscar and Sylvia were very close and dear friends of our family. We visited them often. We were all very active members of Salem church. Oscar and Sylvia were wonderful folks. Oscar was a carpenter. He had way more work than he could handle building and remodeling cabins at Lake Metigoshe. Sylvia was a great crafts person, baker and cook. She was well known throughout the area for her baking abilities, especially for her pies. I last saw Sylvia at my mothers funeral in July 2004. She was helping serve lunch following her funeral at the Metigoshe Christian center. Sylvia was a very beautiful and stylish lady always being well groomed and well dressed. She never ever looked her age. When I saw her at the bowling alley cafe shortly after she had celebrated her 90th birthday, she didn’t look a day over 60. Oscar and Sylvia did not have any children.

Reading the Striker family history, I noticed that Sylvia’s mother was a Striker. That makes her related to a lot of you folks. I always knew her maiden name was Lockhart, but was surprised to see she is part of the Striker family too. Gary

Posted form message 348 on 1/23/09
Reply from Mona Dionne Johnson (48):
Gar;y: Our cottage was not very far from the Metigoshe Store (Hobbs),
perhaps a mile, and we went there often. If we were working on the
boathouse or something and took a break, Chuck, Ross (our son) and I
would go for a snack, and this is where we met Sylvia Bergan, as she
worked for them and she baked the BEST frosted ginger cookies that I
have ever tasted.
Ross just loved them, and was raring to go when we
said we were going to the store. Harvey & Arvilla were so well liked at
the Lake and ran a good business, and would help you in any way they
could. We missed them when they moved away.
Mona Dionne Johnson, ’48

 

Reply from Gary Metcalfe (57): Forsyth, MO

Hey Gary, Thanks for all the work you put into this blog for all of us. Gary there is no mention of Janice’s brother, Roy Striker or her daughter Winnie and I can’t get through to her phone. Gary Metcalfe
Gary, first off I want to correct a very careless error of mine from yesterday’s message. I had Janice’s mother, Emma, on my mind when I wrote that little article about her. I want to thank those of you that pointed that out to me. I am reposting that comment with the corrections with today’s message.
Kay Nelson, can you answer Gary Metcalfe’s question about Winnie and Roy? Thanks, Gary
Reposted with Corrections from Yesterday:
Janice Stiker Nelson Fagan(47): Lincoln, CA
Daughter Kay Nelson’s email address
Follow up from yesterdays blog. I was able to contact Janice Striker Nelson today. She is convalescing in a nursing home from a fall that resulted in a broken hip or pelvis, I forgot which. She thinks she will be able to go home in several weeks.
Gary Metcalfe was able to provide enough info about Janice that enabled Eileen Brudwick to locate her with her searches. I was pleasantly surprised when I had a voice mail message from Janice’s daughter, Kay Nelson, letting me know we had found the right Janice.
I had a very nice chat today with Janice. I was very surprised when she told me her mother was a Lagerquist, sister to John and also Edna, Mrs. Harold Woodford. I had totally forgotten that. Janice is related to the Pearson’s too. When I mentioned Charlene, she said “that cute little red head.” She told me they lived where Arnold Zeiler used to live and she said that is where Lyle Zeiler (61) presently lives. She told me she is related to Lyle’s wife Sharon Pearson Zeiler (62). Sandra Zeiler Vandal, she remembers you too. She also mentioned Rodney Lagerquist. She said her daughter used to pretend he was her doll. That would have been Kay. She was born in 1947 and Rodney in 1949. Gary Metcalfe, she remembers you well too. She also knew the Hagen’s really well and also most of the Hiatt’s and Radley’s. Janice and her family moved to Californian in 1957. When I talked to Kay, Janice’s daughter, this evening, she told me she see’s her mother often and will share all this interesting Dunseith stuff with her. I told her I would add her to our daily distribution and for her to let me know if she ever wants to be discontinued in the future. She and her mother seemed pretty interested in all this Dunseith stuff though. They are super friendly folks. Looking at the Striker’s history in the Dunseith book, I noticed that Sylvia Lockhart Bergan and Emma Striker are first cousins too. Mrs. Lockhart was a Striker.
Gary