Dad’s Brother, Nels Petterson from Everett, WA and Leah had not seen each other since about 1938 when they met in my folks back yard, in 1996, at a dinner gathering we had for friends and relatives. In the back yard, when Nels saw Leah he said, “Osa by to god, there is Leah Bergeron. I have not see her since 1938 when we were neighbors in Overly.” Nels was 91 years old at the time. Like my dad, he was sharp as a tack right up to his last breath in November of 1996.

 

Leah was a sweetheart, always so friendly and nice. She was very active with the Bottineau Senior Citizens organization. That is where she became good friends with my folks. Until I started doing this blog, I did not realize she was a Richard.

 

Leah is the youngest and I believe the only surviving sibling of the Hycinthe Richard family. Gary

 

Duane Kavlie

July 28, 1931-Feb. 10, 2012

February 11, 2012

Minot Daily News

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ROLETTE Duane Kavlie, 80, Rolette, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in a Rolette nursing home.

He was born July 28, 1931, to Leonard and Dagny Kavlie, in Bottineau. He married Phyllis Schroeder on Sept. 14, 1952, in Rolette.

Survivors: wife; daughters, Holly Foss, Pauline Roach, Jewel Honsey, Danise Gottbreht, all Rolette, and Roselle Tooke, Dunseith; 13 grandchildren, including Jamaar Benton and Jacob Benton, who they raised; eight great-grandchildren; brothers, Hampton, of Minot, Curtis, of Lake Pickerel, Minn., and Jerry, of Great Falls, Mont.

Funeral: Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., Ebenezer Lutheran Brethren Church, Rolette.

Burial: Rolette City Cemetery, Rolette.

Prayer service: Monday, 7 p.m., in the church.

Visitation: Monday, 5 to 7 p.m., in the church.

(Elick Funeral Home, Rolla)

Veronica Azure (August 31, 1925 – February 2, 2012) Send Flowers Send Sympathy Card Guest Book | Sign Guest Book VERONICA AZURE Veronica Azure, age 86 of Dunseith, died Thursday, February 2, 2012 in a Belcourt hospital. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Dunseith. Burial will be at the St. Ann’s Cemetery in Belcourt in the Spring. A wake will be held on Tuesday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 8:00 P.M. in the Church. Veronica Azure, a daughter of Lewis and Gladys (DeCoteau) Wilke, was born on August 31, 1925 at Belcourt. In 1947 she was married to Peter Azure at Belcourt. This marriage later ended. She is survived by a daughter, Nora Kohuth of Ft. Collins, CO; sons, Lowell Azure of Jamestown, Clarence Azure of Dunseith and Leland Azure of Ocala, CA; 9 grandchildren and one great grandchild; one brother, Pat Wilke of Belcourt.

I want to share this FB posting from Lorna to Art with you. Lorna is a very close friend of Rose’s

 

Lorna Sugala

It was nice meeting you Art last night. Rose Cena Hohl, is really sooo AMAZING and there’s no reason for you not to follow her in CEBU and to everywhere. Enjoy your stay and have more fun!

 

Reply to picture from Pastor Earle( #1) and Arlene (#27) Duame’s son, Stephan

Gary,  

 

 

What a joy to hear from you. I’m Stephen, Arlene and Earle’s son. My dad passed away in 1996. I have many fond memories of our time in the Turtle Mountains and with the people there. I was best friends with Jerry Larson and returned for many years. Those four church’s I can never forget. We would love to have the picture, thank you.

 

 

 

 

954-456-4527 – Stephen home

 

954-458-0614 – Arlene home

 

 

Gary’s reply to Stephan

Hello Stephen,

Thank you so much for this reply. I have included a message with the Ladies Aid picture that Neola Kofoid Garbe sent out to her Bottineau list of friends and many others. You mother, # 27, Arlene Duame, makes 5 folks still living that are in this picture. We will include you with any further correspondance of this picture and also of the 4 churches that we may have.

I was born in 1947, so I would have been 8 to 11 when your dad was our pastor. I do remember him well, but I don’t remember much about your family. After I left ND at the age of 19 I kind of lost touch with most of my Confirmation class. Until several months before Jerry Larson’s passing, we had not seen or spoken to one another since about 1965. I had lost my copy of my confirmation picture, so I contacted all of my Confirmation class trying to locate a copy. Betty Hanson finely found hers. With these contacts, I had a really nice chat with Jerry.

 

Take care and keep in touch,

 

Gary

 

 

Stephan’s Reply

Hi Everyone,

 

Thank you Neola for preparing these pictures, I’m sure it must have been quite a project. Thanks Gary for sending them to me. Also, thanks again Shirley for ‘finding’ me a few years ago. The pictures make my memories much more tangible. I formatted them in MS Word and printed them for my mother. It was her 88^th birthday on Feb 2^nd.

 

My years in the Turtle Mountains were my ‘Tom Sawyer’ years. From the parsonage on Lake Metigoshe we explored the world. There are so many good memories. And the four churches and all the time spent there. We only lived there four years (as I remember), but I returned every summer (for the full summer) to work on Jerry’s farm. I even went to one year of college at the School of Forestry in Bottineau. Through my ‘church’ years and through the years growing up with Jerry I met many wonderful people. We started and played on a softball team called the Metigoshe Mets. Some of us ‘guys’ even took a small motor home to the 1967 World’s Fair Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada.

 

They were formative years for me, thanks again everyone.

 

Shalom,

Stephen

 

 

Posted 8 hours ago by Art Hagen (’72)

Congratulation Ginger with your pending retirment. You have most certainly earned it. Gary

Obituaries

Veronica Azure (August 31, 1925 – February 2, 2012) Send Flowers Send Sympathy Card Sign Guest Book VERONICA AZURE Veronica Azure, age 86 of Dunseith, died Thursday, February 2, 2012 in a Belcourt hospital. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Dunseith. Burial will be at the St. Ann’s Cemetery in Belcourt in the Spring. A wake will be held on Tuesday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 8:00 P.M. in the Church.

Hi Gary,

With all the discussion about the Oil Boom in North Dakota, I would like to take a few minutes to share some thoughts. Short of sounding real negative( which I’ve always said,that their is a fine line between being negative and a realist.) I feel in my heart, and have felt for some time,that “our”state of North Dakota as we’ve known it will very soon become a thing of the past, due to this “Oil Boom” in the western part of the state.. My greatest fear with all of this is,and always has been is the saftey and well being of the good people of North Dakota. And my greatest fear was realized, on January 7, when Sherry Arnold, the teacher from Sidney Montana,was abducted,and more than likely raped and murdered. There was something about that incident that tore my heart out,and I don’t think I could of known her personally,and greived any harder. It made me physically ill. Not that this type of horror story is anything new to me,because I hear about incidents on the news like this all the time. The difference between here and North Dakota is that it’s almost expected here for crazy things to happen knowing that the south is a melting pot of people from all over the United States,and crazies,and criminals seem to gravitate to warmer climates,and is more densely populated. What was so difficult to accept with the Sherry Arnold situation was the trusting simplicity of life, that her and her family and the people of Sidney enjoyed,only to have such a horrific nightmare visited on them and forever shatter the innocence of their way of life. It should of never happened,and it will forever change the peace and tranquility of Sidney,and their trust of anyone they don’t know…not to mention the long range traumatic effect it will have not only on her kids,but the kids from the school who so dearly loved her. Losing someone you love is one thing, but to lose someone in such a horrific manner,and no closure,is more than I can get my mind around. Having said that, I hope the people of North Dakota keep in mind that, unless you live in a very small town,hundreds of miles from these oil fields,that you live by the same rules as I do here in the Carolinas, as far as walking or jogging by yourself or with ear phones in while walking or jogging,and you stay aware of your surroundings,and you trust no one you don’t know. Thier are hundreds maybe thousands of people pouring into the state that don’t necessairly live by the same values as the people in North Dakota were raised with…and trust and beleive they know we are trusting and giving people….(a criminals dream) I’m not saying everyone that’s coming to the oil feilds are criminals…I’m just saying their strangers,and you know nothing about them,and this “Oil Boom” is attracting all kinds…and you have to stay vigilant. The police reports speak for themselves. Just to solidify the point I’m trying to make I want to share with you a conversation that I had with an inmate at the North Dakota State Penitentary in Bismarck about 33 years ago.

 

I was with the Prison Ministry from the church I attended in Bismarck 33 years ago. We would go in and have church services and Bible Studies with the inmates on Saturdays. I was talking with an inmate that was from Arizona. He said, North Dakota is a criminals dream, because the people are trusting, not real criminal saavy,and if you do get caught and sent to prison here,it’s like getting sentenced to a Boy Scout Camp….he said, it’s worth the risk. I never forgot that conversation. So I hope this gives the people of my home state a peek into the reality, of what’s to come. By the police reports it looks like it’s already arrived. I’m not saying people need to live in fear,but they certainly have to rachet up their awareness a bit,and be more cautious,and less trusting. I think one positive thing to this equation, that will forever be with the people of North Dakota, is the cold winters…I have to smile when I say that,cuz it makes me think of the t-shirt I bought one time when I went home for a visit… It said,” “Minus 65 degrees below zero, Keeps the Riff Raff Out of North Dakota”. When the people here would ask me what that meant, I told them,”It’s plain and simply stating…”If your gonna live in our state your either gonna work or die,cuz theirs no sleeping on park benches in the winter,so you better find a job and get an apartment,and get indoors. Some smiled and shook their heads, some got offended, and I said, “Oh well”

 

Gods Blessings and Protection….Aggie