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Robert T. DeCoteau | 1963 – 2016 | Obituary
Robert T. DeCoteau
January 10, 1963 – November 16, 2016
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ROBERT TERRY DECOTEAU
Robert Terry DeCoteau, age 53 of Dunseith, died on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 in his home. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church of rural Belcourt. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery. A wake will be held on Monday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. in the Church.
Robert Terry DeCoteau, a son of Robert DeCoteau and Loretta Morin, was born on January 10, 1963 at Belcourt. He was reared and educated in the Dunseith area. Robert graduated from Dunseith High School in 1981. He then began working for construction companies, as a brick layer, carpenter and as a mechanic. In 1998 he attended the NDSSS at Wahpeton, receiving a degree in auto mechanics. Robert worked at area garages until his health forced him to retire. He has continued to make Dunseith his home.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, 4-wheeling and especially horse-trading.
He is survived by his daughter, Eron Counts of Fargo; son Gary Counts of Colorado; grandchildren, Alexis counts and Xavier Counts; father, Robert DeCoteau; companion, JoAnn Vivier of Dunseith; sisters, Celeste Hardesty of Fargo, Valerie (Kenny)DeCoteau-Peltier and Deanna (Stuart)Leonard both of Dunseith; brothers, Jeff (Margo Azure) DeCoteau of St. Michael’s, ND and Mark DeCoteau of Grand Forks; nieces and nephews, Rebecca, Jonathan and Hannah Leonard, Zane Wilkie and Keshawn Peltier.
Robert was preceded in death by his grandparents and his mother Loretta A.Morin.
SERVICES
Memorial Service
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
10:00 AM
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Belcourt, ND
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND
Betty Delorme | 1949 – 2016
Betty Delorme, age 67 of Dunseith, died Thursday at a Minneapolis hospital. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in St. Michaels Catholic Church in Dunseith. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery of rural Dunseith. A wake will be held on Wednesday beginning at 6:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 8:00 P.M. in the church.
Betty was born to Joseph J. and Delores L. (Davis) Peltier in Belcourt, North Dakota, on November 1, 1949. She was the first born of eleven children and her parents were very proud her as their daughter, and of the woman that she was. She attended her early school years at the Dunseith Day School, and later completed grades 9 through 12 at St. Joseph’s Academy for Girls in Crookston, Minnesota, and graduated from high school there on May 24, 1968.
Betty was United in marriage to Larry Delorme at St. Mary’s Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Dunseith, North Dakota on November 15, 1969. Betty and Larry shared many happy years together and they were blessed with a daughter – Carolyn Marie. Over the last several years, Betty’s special companion was Robert ‘Bob’ Gunville, and together they were blessed with a son – Scott William James. She was also a devoted and loving Grandmother to Hallie, Hemmie, and the twins – Hunter and Willie, Jr.
Betty was a modest person, so she didn’t talk about her accomplishments including her college course work and the degrees she received. She obtained a Certificate as a Clerk Typist in 1989; and graduated from TMCC with an A.A.S. Degree in 1990. She continued college at UTTC in Bismarck, North Dakota, and received an L.P.N. Degree on May 8, 1997.
Betty had a strong work ethic and was employed from the time she graduated high school to the time she retired from the I.H.S. Hospital in Belcourt, North Dakota in November 2011. Prior to her work at I.H.S., Betty worked at San Haven State Hospital for 19 years until its closing.
Betty enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, Craft Making, and being with family for all of life’s events and celebrations. Betty was the Matriarch to her brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews, and she will be greatly missed by those who loved her and knew her.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Delorme; her parents, Delores and Joseph Peltier; and nephews, Robert Peltier and Logan Herrera.
The man who walks among the stars
Posting from Vickie Metcalfe (’70): Bottineau, ND
Gary and Dunseith School Alumni & Friends,
Country was always been a first love in music.
As years passed I have ventured out into other music interests.
This past summer while reading Canadian News, I read about to the ‘Tragically Hip’.
Curiosity gobsmacked me! Because I love stories……
The more I listened, I discovered why Tragically Hip is one of the most popular bands across Canada.
I became drawn to the front man Gord Downie’s story.
Battling terminal brain cancer, which he shared with his fans when he announced retirement, his band gave a farewell tour across Canada.
Downie did not surrender to cancer completely, he chose to cut one more recording. And his band understood and supported him through this wonderful venture. He has spent some last few months recording “The Secret Path” to draw attention to ‘reconcilation’ .
He focused fellow Canadians to look at the plight of Indigenous who were forced to submit to residential schools
The Secret Path is a Music/story of a young boy, who 55 years ago ran away from a residential boarding school.
Once again, Gord Downie, this musican story teller,endeared himself into hearts.
Today at the national meeting of the Canadian Indigenous Assembly he received the special honor, the name, “Man Who Walks Among the Stars”.
If you so desire, please check out;
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/arts/secretpath/gord-downie-s-secret-path-airs-on-cbc-october-23-1.3802197
Repectifully,until later,
Vickie L.Metcalfe
Reply from Lee (Leland) Stickland (’64): Dickinson, ND
Gary and Bernadette,
SO very sorry for my mis-naming YOU, Bernadette. THERE is no greater insult, I know, I have been called a STRICKLAND for 70 years. I am so EMBARRASSED. I apologize.
38 years is a sincere milestone. My wife and I made it to 26 years and 20 days. It takes two to tangle. I have learned a lot since that great loss.
I am having a difficulty locating Dick’s phone number on your return, Gary. No problem, just another evidence of my lack of computer skills. I will find it.
I was writing a note to my son this evening, using the ‘return’ feature of the email system. I hit a wrong key when attempting to strike the exclamation mark without looking and lost all I had written. As we know, it is not lost, just misplaced. I eventually found it.
-29 wind chill a couple hours ago, 63 mph wind gust for tomorrow, -18 for TH on the thermometer; who knows what the wind chill may compute to>
And this is the banana belt of ND. One day some years ago I called my aunt Joy Peterson when it was +25 degrees here and it was -25 degrees in Dunseith. Joy was 84 then and had just came inside after shoveling her driveway. She now lives in the apartments west of the Police Department, where Grimmes’ once had their hotel. Joy will be 90 in Feb 2017, My uncle Leonard is 88, time does move on.
LEE
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From Audrey Hanson Aitchison: Bottineau, ND.
Folks, Audrey is my first cousin and also a first cousin to the Morinville siblings. Audrey, Thank you so much for this bit of history. I knew you were related to Dianne and Cheryl Larson, but I did not realize that you guys are as closely related as you are. Reading this history It appears their Grandfather and your Grandmother were siblings. I remember Reverend Weltzin too. He was the pastor for the Metigoshe Lutheran churches when my folks were confirmed members of Salem in the early 50’s. I remember the death of David Pladson too. I believe the Pladson family was living on the Zieman place west of Salem Church when he died. Keith and Florence, please correct me if I’m wrong. I remember visiting the Pladson’s at that time along with Gladys Rude. That is a memory that has always been stuck in my mind. LaVerne Rude, I don’t remember if you were along when our mothers visited the Pladson’s or not. I kind of think you were, but I’m not sure. Gary Reply from Dick Johnson: Dunseith, ND. Gary and Friends, Thanks to Peggy Wurgler Axtman for filling us in on the Dick Scenes from the Alaska cruise: Ice in the water from the glacier. Because of the Ice we had to turn around and go back. We were unable to see the Glacier. Alaska has some pretty rugged untouched country.
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