11/21/2016 (2461) | Dunseith Alumni

DHS Class of ‘59 Photo
Posted by Ginger LaRocque Poitra (’65): Belcourt, ND

Gary,

Are any of the class of 1959 able to name the students in this photo?
I know there are some of you in this picture out there.
I only know a couple, my sister Shirley LaRocque and Marjorie Spaeth.

My sister is in the front row in the middle, the one with the trim around the collar and pockets of her dress and Marjorie Spaeth at the right end of the front row.

Ginger Poitra class of 1965

Thanks Gary

DHS Class of ‘59

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Wendal Cushing | 1931 – 2016 | Obituary

Wendal Cushing

June 30, 1931 – November 11, 2016

WENDAL CUSHING

Wendal Cushing, age 85 of Bottineau, died Friday, November 11, 2016 at Mesa AZ. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. at the Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Bottineau. Burial will be in Oak Creek Cemetery also in Bottineau. Visitation will held on Friday beginning at 1:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. in the Nero Funeral Home of Bottineau.

Wendal Cushing was born June 30, 1931 at St. Andrews Hospital in Bottineau, North Dakota to Leonard and Florance (Fassett) Cushing. Wendal attended rural schools in Lordsburg Township where he completed the 7th grade. Wendal enlisted in the United States Army on Nov. 13, 1950, and served 2I months in Korea, during the Korean Conflict. After his discharge on Nov. 13, 1953, Wendal was employed by Mobil Oil Company in the state of Montana. He married Ellen Blada on December 26, 1955 and then Ellen encouraged him to return to college. Wendal graduated from the School of Forestry in 1958 and then Mayville State Teachers College in 1960. He was a high School instructor in Cavalier from 1960 until 1964. He then accepted an assistantship to North Dakota State University to receive a Masters Degree in Entomology. He returned to the North Dakota School of Forestry in Bottineau as an Instructor in life science, retiring from that position in 1986, with Professor Emeritus Status.

Wendal attended summer sessions at Colorado State University forestry camp in 1956, Oregon State University Entomology summer institute in 1966, and Arizona State University’s Desert Biologist summer institute in 1967, and Stanford University summer session on Deep Sea Oceanography at Pacific Grove California in 1970. Other extended studies included numerous trips to Glacier National Park and numerous trips to The Hudson Bay area near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Wendal entered the Government service U.S.D.A. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Plant Protection and Quarantine service in 1986 and after completing 30 years of service, retired in 2016.

Wendal was active in the Bottineau area in Junior Hockey and was awarded the Tiger John award in 1991 for service provided to the community. Wendal was also President of the North Dakota Amateur Hockey Association from 1982 -1983. He was a long time member of the American Legion, where he was the Commander of Post #42 during its 50th Anniversary in I969. Wendal was an avid biologist, studying birds, plants and he was especially interested in grasshoppers.

He is survived by his wife, Ellen of Bottineau; 2 sons, Byrnell Cushing and his wife, Janice of Minot and Steve Cushing and his wife, Alice of Peoria, AZ; daughter, Elizabeth Ann and her husband, Randal Miller of Bismarck; 8 grandchildren, Kevin, Jessica, Karen, Zachery, Benjamin, Kailee, Tatum and Bryson; one great-grand daughter, Kaylee Miller and several nieces and nephews.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Gary, Wallace and Leslie.

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Blog (522) posted on August 17, 2009

Posted on August 17, 2009

Reply from Margaret Seim Lawston (54): Citrus Heights, CA

HI GARY., Thanks for adding me to you list. I graduated from Notre Dame in 1954.After leaving the litte countryschool in the hills I went to Dunseith until High School. Eager to hear from friends in Dunseith. Thanks Margaret

Folks, I had a nice chat with Margaret today. She has been reading the past messages that I have posted on the Dunseith Alumni WEB site. She told me she has been reading each and every message very thoroughly. She is still reading those that I posted for 2008. So far I’ve only gotten through January with the postings of 2008. When I get time I will post the remaining messages for 2008. I do have all of the 2009 messages posted though. Margaret told me you guys have brought back so many good memories with all the stuff you have provided. She said she literally had tears of joy when reading some of the postings. Margaret is now retired from teaching. She lives near Sacramento, CA. She asked me to sign her up for any future cruises that we may have. Margaret’s mother was a Berube, so she is related to a lot of you folks. She told me she was a very close friend of Mildred Crum Rude. She said Millie visited her after she was diagnosed with cancer. Clark Crum, Mildred’s brother, was in her class.

Bill & Gwen Grimme, Margaret told me your brother Conley had gotten touch with her shortly before his passing and had made plans to visit her. Gary

Reply from Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND.

Gary and Friends,

Thanks to Sharon Zorn Gerdes for sharing Plylomena Westerman Black’s
letter and some local history of the mission. I was wondering if Sharon
would know the whereabouts of Phlyomena’s younger sister, Imogene, who
was in our grade? When they left, we never heard of them again. It would
be interesting to know where she went and what she did in life. Thanks
to Sharon, Plylomena, and of course, Gary!

Dick

Reply from Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND.

Gary and Friends,

I just got home from the museum steak fry fund raiser. The weather
cleared off late in the day and we had a good number of attendees and
some great steaks. The weather in the morning was bad and I think some
may have changed their plans because of it. We had about the same number
as last year but were prepared for more. Thanks to all those who came
and helped support the museum.

In looking at Bev Morinville Azure’s picture of Jess and Don Hosmer’s
wedding, I could see the Commercial Hotel in the background but
something was different than I remember. I flipped the picture and low
and behold, it looks right. It would have been taken in front of the
Dunseith Lutheran Church and looking northeast. Thanks Bev for sending
your pictures! Again, I’ll bet they were made from your dad’s slides and
got reversed in the process—easy fix. I am attaching the ‘flipped’
picture and I bet you can see the difference and recognize the Hotel in
the background. Thanks Gary and Bev!

Dick

Follow up reply from Dick:

Gary,

This wouldn’t necessarily have to be Jess and Don’s wedding. It could
easily have been someone else’s that Jess was an attendant for.The
newest car in the picture is the ’58 Chevy across the street. The two
tone car behind Jess is a ’57 Olds Super 88. It most likely was in
’59-’60, my guess. Thanks.

Dick

Jess Hosmer

Beverly Azure’s Obituary posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND.

Gary,

I asked Dick Johnson who this Beverly Azure was.

Here’s his reply: This isn’t the Bev Morinville Azure you know. This lady was riding with her niece on a horse cart when the horses ran away and flipped the cart. She had a broken neck. It happened about three miles east of my farm. Sad deal.

Dick

DUNSEITH Beverly Azure, 49, St. John, died Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, on arrival at a Belcourt hospital of injuries suffered in a horse and buggy accident near St. John.

She was born June 13, 1960, to Wilmar and Norma Azure in Belcourt. She married Damian Azure Sept. 9 1994, in St. John.

BEVERLY AZURE

June 13, 1960-Aug. 10, 2009

Survivors: husband; sons, Joseph Sangrait, St. John, Tyler Sangrait of Colorado; daughters, Amber Sangrait, Colorado, Dinah Gaspard, St. John; stepson, Damian Azure, Devils Lake; stepdaughter, Melanie Azure, Devils Lake; eight grandchildren; father, Fargo; brothers, Carlyle and Michael, both Dunseith, Dennis, Colorado; sisters, Jenny Amyotte and Christine Azure, both Dunseith.

Funeral: Saturday, 10 a.m., St. Benedict’s Church, rural Dunseith.

Burial: Church cemetery.

Wake and prayer service: Wake today, 5 p.m., prayer service today, 8 p.m., both in the church. (Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau)

Reunion & Cruise Folks, Please share some of your reunion and cruise pictures. We’ve only got a limited number that we took. Gary

Reunion at the Best Western

L to R: Lee Stickland & Larry St. Claire