2/19/2016 (2351)

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Posting correction, Flint Michigan, for message posted with 2351
From Ginger LaRocque Poitra (’65):  Belcourt, ND

Gary,

I am sorry it wasn’t the weather,  it’s the lead in their water.

 

Betty Counts Poitra, Passed away on February 7, 2016
Posting from Debbie Poitra Rondeau (’77):  Dunseith, ND
Betty

Betty J. Poitra

Born: April 23, 1934
Died: February 08, 2016

Betty J. Poitra, age 81 of Dunseith, died Monday, February 8, 2016 in a Bottineau health care center. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 12, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Dunseith. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery of rural Dunseith. A wake will be held on Thursday beginning at 4:00 P.M. in the Eagleheart Cultural Center of Dunseith.

Betty J. Poitra, a daughter of Ernest and Helen (McCloud) Counts, was born on April 23, 1934 at Belcourt. She was reared and attended school in the Belcourt area. On April 14, 1956 she was married to Leo Poitra at Belcourt. Betty began working at the Crystal Café then Dales Café as a waitress. She worked for a time at San Haven and the Dunseith nursing home as a nurse’s aide. Later she worked at the Dunseith Public School as a truant officer. Betty and Leo owned and operated the Kelvin Klinic Bar north of Dunseith. After they sold the business, Betty began working as an ambulance driver for IHS in Belcourt. She worked as a CHR (Community Health Representative) worker until she retired in 2007. Leo passed away on September 18, 1994. Betty came out of retirement to take a job as a Green Thumb worker at Dunseith Fitness Center where she worked until her health began to fail. She has continued to make Dunseith her home.

She was a member of the St. Michael’s the Archangel Catholic Church of Dunseith. Betty loved to play cards, going the casino, visiting and spending time with her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by daughters, Darlene (Dennis) Azure, Carol (Curtis) Belgarde, Debbie Rondeau all of Dunseith and Judy Harms of Mayo, SC; sons, Terry (Norma) Poitra, Wade (Sandy) Poitra both of Dunseith and Reed (Tammy) Poitra of Burnsville, MN; 23 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son Randy; a grandson, Emery Poitra; 5 brothers and 3 sisters.

 

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Blog (422) posted on April 9, 2009

04/09/2009

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Reunion Letter written by Charlotte Hiatt Lang (39) in 1969:

Provide by Lee Stickland (64): lee_stickland@yahoo.com Dickinson, ND

Folks,

I got the following letter from Lee Stickland (64). It is a letter that he found going through his dad’s (Bob Stickland) personal belongs follow his recent death.

This letter was written by Charlotte Hiatt Lang (39) to the class members of 1937, 1938 & 1939 following a combined class reunion they had in 1968.

This letter was typed on 5 full pages of legal size paper with small lettering from the very top to the very bottom of each page. Charlotte did not waste any paper sending this letter out. I have pasted this letter, below, with 10 scans. I have tried unsuccessfully to reduce the file size of this letter smaller than I currently have it. I feel this letter is a significant piece of Dunseith history that should be published, so I decided to send it with a slightly larger file size than I normally like to send. With that said, this letter is all that I’m including with today’s blog.

Thank you Lee for sharing this with us.

Folks, If any of you would like the original copy of this letter that Lee sent to me, please let me and I will mail it to you. Lee, reading your little post-it notes with this letter, I’m thinking this is OK with you.

Gary