03/14/2012

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No Blog posting tomorrow (Thursday)

 
Folks,
 
Tomorrow we will be joining Art Hagen and Rose on a one day trip to Bohol. Bohol is another island located to the east of us. We’ll be taking the ocean Jet ferry leaving at 6:00 AM and returning from Bohol at 5:30 PM. It is an hour and 20 minute ferry boat ride. Rose has a tour guide and vehicle all arranged, so it should be a fun day. We will be seeing Art and Rose in a several hours at Bowling too.
 
Gary
 
 
 
 
 
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND

 

Obituaries

Lester Johnson
(Died March 13, 2012)

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Lester Johnson, age 88 of Bottineau, died Tuesday at a Bottineau hospital. Funeral will be held on Saturday at 11:00 am at the First Lutheran Church in Bottineau. Visitation will be Friday from 10:00 am until 7:00 pm at the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. (Nero Funeral Home – Bottineau)

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I was so saddened to see this message of Lester’s passing. Lester/Marian and family lived a short distance to the west of us in the hills.
 
Most every summer with our trips back to the area, I’d see Lester, multiple times, in the Bowling Alley, having coffee with the boys. I was always with my dad who too had coffee with the boys most everyday and very often several times each day.
 
After moving to town, Lester worked for a number of years for Ron Bergman. His specialty was small engine repairs/overhauls.
 
Two of Lester’s Aunt’s married Bjornseth’s. Cora to Jacob and Emma to Art. His Uncle Sander Johnson, who has been mentioned several times in this blog, had the little creamery and store on the Peace Garden Road located about a half mile into Bottineau county.
 
We can not forget Marian either. She was very active in our 4-H club and many other community affairs. After moving to Bottineau, she worked at the Senior Center for Many Years.
 
We extend our condolences to Marian and all of Lester’s family with his passing. He will be missed.
 
Gary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gary/Bernadette Stokes, Bernie Stokes (Son), Tyler Mick (14 year old Grandson)
Nevaeh (7 year old Granddaughter)
 
 
 
Reply to yesterday’s posting
From Joe Johnson (’77): Lindstrom, MN
 

I got all the “Are you smarter than a 60 year old” questions except for one. I thought Red Skelton’s hobo character was Clem Kadiddle Hopper and I had forgotten about Freddie the Freeloader. That “Are you smarter than a 60 year old” was a really good one, I enjoyed it.

Joe

 
 
Joke of the day
Posted by Joe Johnson
 
BOSS to an employee: “Do you believe in life after death?”

EMPLOYEE: “Certainly not! There’s no proof of it”, he replied.

BOSS: “Well, there is now. After you left yesterday morning to go to your uncle’s funeral, he stopped in looking for you to go out for lunch”.