Thank you from Bill Grimme (65):

First of all, I thank you all for the condolences you sent by email and in the blog. I hope I responded to everyone. If not, know that I appreciate all the kind words, thoughts, and prayers.

I feel it is necessary to file a small report on Greg’s funeral to this audience, because it feels to me that all were there in spirit.

The funeral was very well attended, I thought. It was wonderful to see friends of the Grimme family there. Pastor John Hesford delivered a fitting memorial – it almost seemed that he had known Greg all his life. Pastor Hesford has a true talent and he is a comforting presence.

And then there was the music. Joan Richards was great as the piano accompanist. She opened and closed the service with “Amazing Grace” and “Morning Has Broken”. Well done and thank you, Joan. Dick Johnson, Brenda Johnson, and Ron Hett did two pieces “Wayfaring Stranger” and “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”. I know I have never before experienced such fine talent a funeral service. And, I was not alone in my evaluation. EVERYONE I talked to after the service volunteered that it was the finest music selection and presentation that they had ever heard. Thank you, Joan, Dick, Brenda, and Ron.

We can be proud of our family in Dunseith and the area. They don’t forget their own and they welcome them home with conviction.

Thank you, everyone.

Bill Grimme

Reply from Mel Kuhn (70: St. John, ND.

Howdy Gary,

In response to your query in #564 of Jerome Allard. His mother was one of the 5 Cote sisters and he is double cousins with Carol, Mary and Larry.

Mel Kuhn [70]

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

Gary and Friends,

Sybil Johnson’s request about pictures of Axel and Bernice’s homes is
a tough one. The lived on a peninsula on Horseshoe Lake, out past our
barn. I have a picture of part of the house. The main part of the house
was actually a tar paper shack and to the east was a log addition that
was probably bedrooms. This place was abandoned in 1933 when Hans and
Cynthia Johnson moved to Towner, ND. Axel and his family moved into
their house and stayed there for several years. When Hans and Cynthia
moved back to the farm in 1942, I think Axel moved his family to
Dunseith to the house you remember. The house they first lived in on the
peninsula was falling down by the 1950s and in the 70s I pushed the
remnants into a pile and burned it and cleaned up the spot. I have never
seen a picture of the tar paper shack part. I do remember it well though
and can still remember going inside many times and looking at the stuff
that was still there. There was flowered wallpaper in the kitchen part
and the log walls were whitewashed. The roof was shot and the inside was
damp and moldy from rain running in. It’s rather interesting that we
have no pictures of the main part of the house. They took pictures of
everything else. To the east of the log addition was a small log cabin
that Red ‘Hobo’ Kelly stayed in. I played in that one too until the roof
collapsed in the early 60s. This cabin survived longer than the house
probably because it wasn’t quite as old. Anyway, I will attach a picture
of the cabin and part of the house and then a picture of Hans’s house
where Axel lived for 9 years or so. Thanks Gary!

Dick

News paper articles posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: neolag@min.midco.net Minot & Bottineau, ND.

Tim Greb is married to Trish Pladson, Daughter of Floyd & Patricia Pladson. Floyd’s parents were Eldon & Ella Pladson. The Pladson family lived right below the Ackworth Cemetery. Floyd’s brother Dan now owns the land and has a house directly behind the Cemetery. Gary

Reply from Ron Longie (65) when I asked him if he was ralated to Cote and his dad Dan. Gary

Gary,

Dan is my Uncle Verlin and Aunt Stella’s son I believe he lives in Bottineau.

Ron