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Gary,
Thanks, again for all YOUR efforts to keep things rollin’ about Dunseith folks.
Janice Striker c/would be the daughter of Lee and Emma Striker. The last place I can recall Lee and Emma living was on a farm west of Arnold Zeilers’.
Lee was a brother to my Grandmother, May Strike Stickland Hughes. May was Dad’s Mom. She lived at the nursing home in Dunseith. She benefited from the careful attentions and real care of my aunt, Joy Peterson. Both Grandmother May and Joy’s husband, Bill Peterson, lived at and died while at the nursing home in Dunseith.
I was the administrator of that home from September 25, 1975 to February 10, 1977. That expericnce was the impetus for me to foster the charter of an association of nursing homes in ND.
This assoc provides a voice for the pioneers of America and for North Dakota. We started with 6 charter member homes on April 22, 1977. That assoc now includes all the nursing homes in ND. The last state convention had over 1000 attendees.
(((Old age is not so bad when YOU consider the alternative.
We will all die from or of something if and when we live long enough.)))
I beleive that Emma was a Lockhart?
Janice was married to a Nelson when they lived in Dunseith. I was aware that she once lived in or near Redondo Beach, CA. Some years ago, I made an effort to contact her there but was not successful. I sure wish her well in the recovery efforts from that hip fracture.
When I operated nursing homes, we had a greater than 17% discharge rate for persons that used our services. This number was for those who were able to leave to home; not just to another level or source of care.
Operating a nursing home is easy, just
“CATCH PEOPLE DOING THINGS RIGHT”. lgs
Lee, Leland, Stick, Sticky—whatever ! (“Integrity has no price.”)
Lee, Mrs. Lee (Emma) Striker was a Lagerquist. I have pasted the William Striker history from the Dunseith book below. Reading who all the Striker siblings married, they/you are related to a whole lot of folks. Gary
Reply from Eileen & Mike Brudwick: Fargo, ND
Thank you for the condolences, Bill & Betty Schneider Lamb. We seen your niece, Randy & Connie Brudwick Mikkelson, however, we didn’t get a chance to visit with her very long. There just isn’t enough time to mingle much at times like this.
Eileen & Mike Brudwick
Reply from Neola, Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND
Thanks to Betty Lamb for the condolences. Her cousin and husband (Connie/Randy Mikkelson, Garrison) attended Uncle Gerald’s funeral. It was fun to see them again. As people usually say, “It’s too bad the only time family members seem to get together is at a funeral.” The positive side is that we DO see each other then.
Neola
Reply from Neola, Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND
WOW! After reading Eileen’s message, my head is so swelled, it won’t fit in the room! LOL!Mike/Eileen/Wally/I enjoy each other’s company tremendously. 
Neola
Reply From Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
Just a quick reply to Gary Metcalfe–The people are right, you just had
the barn going the wrong direction. Grandpa Has bought the barn from
Mrs. Lamb and Willard and moved it to our place. Your brother-in-law,
Duane ‘Babe” Coleman later built a new house on the place and used the
concrete barn floor as a driveway. Thanks for the info on the connection
between the Lambs and Wicks. Somewhere in my pictures I have a photo of
the barn coming down the road from the north, being pulled by our old
Caterpillar. They moved it in January and had trouble getting up the
hills with a truck so Dad hooked on with the old Cat and pulled them
along. I think it was moved in ’63. John and Dan Boguslawski and I
jacked the barn up and dug footings by hand and then poured concrete in
about ’66 or ’67. Before that it sat on railroad ties. It was a big
barn–30′ x 50′. I’ll find the picture one day and post it. Thanks Gary!
Dick
Reply from Brenda Hoffman (68): Greenville, SC
Dear Gary,
Floyd Dion asked a question about my step-great uncle, John Schick, a few days ago. I was going to send this info to him personally but misplaced his email address. My grandfather died when my mom was four and her sister two. They lived on a farm during the depression. Grandpa Schick’s wife had also died and he had a seven year old daughter, Violet. Grandma and Grandpa Schick met and married within three months (friends introduced them). It was not until I noted the dates at Grandma Schick’s funeral that I realized that she married Grandpa Schick on the anniversary date of her marriage to my biological grandfather. Times were tough and she did what she needed to do. I’m happy to report that Grandpa and Grandma Schick were happily married for more than 50 years. And we all loved Grandpa Schick – a warm, kind loving man. I really didn’t know John Schick, or Uncle John as he was called, that well but your description fits Grandpa Schick to a “t”.
Brenda Hoffman class of 68
Message from Cheryl Larson Dakin (71): BEDFORD, TX
I just got the Bottineau Courant and see that Lloyd and Teresa Awalt will soon be celebrating 60 years of marriage. Congratulations and best wishes to you for many more!
Cheryl Larson Dakin
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND
Lloyd (44) & Theresa Cote (47) Awalt:
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