11/08/2010

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Barbara Kalk (65)
Reply from Esther Murray Fleming (65): Flint, MI.
Gary, I am so happy to hear that Barbara Kalk is doing so well. Keep the prayer wheel going. They do help and they do work miracles always.
 
Love to all
Esther
 
 
 
 
Reply from Sharron Gottbreth Shen (59): Everett, WA.
 
How proud Evelyn Lise Gaudette Gottbreht, wife of George and my grandmother, would be to hear Bonnie’s request. I will scan “My Dear Old Flag” and post later today or Monday. Thanks Bonnie. Grams had a burning love of country.

Sharron

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

I too was impressed with Evie’s writing skills. The question of who wrote the song that Bonnie Awalt Houle asked about, is unknown to me but I do remember when Evie’s grandmother, Evelyn Gottbreht, sang the ‘Green Beret’ song at the Memorial Day program at the city hall. This is the song by Sgt. Barry Sadler that became a hit in the mid 60s. She asked my dad if one of the drummers from the school band could do the drum beat in the background and he assigned Bill Berube to the job. The drum part is not all the way through and Bill wasn’t sure where to start and stop. I still remember Evelyn, who was not short on words, saying ‘Stop’ and later, ‘Start’ when she wanted the drum part. She did a pretty good job on the song and it still has a place in my memory bank. It was around ’64-’65 if I remember right. Yes Bonnie, we had some great programs on Memorial Day in the old days. Thanks for remembering! Thanks Gary!

Dick


 
 
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND.

Jimmy Bercier

Aug. 24, 1964-Nov. 1, 2010

November 5, 2010

BELCOURT Michael James “Jimmy” Bercier, 46, Dunseith, died Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, near Rugby, of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

He was born Aug. 24, 1964, to Joseph and Ernestine Bercier, in Belcourt. He enlisted in the Army and served from 1984 to 1987. He married Wanda Handeland on April 15, 2010, in Belcourt.

Survivors: wife; daughters, Amanda Crissler and Naomi Bercier, both Belcourt; son, Michael Jr., Belcourt; stepdaughters, Jessica Handeland and Jayne Handeland, both Dunseith; stepson, Josh Handeland, Dunseith; mother, of Bismarck; four grandchildren; brothers, Linus, Bradley and Benjamin, all Bismarck, George and Robert, both Belcourt; sisters, Barbara Baker and Rose LaFloe, both Bismarck, Deborah Bercier and Beverly Sturm, both Minot.

Funeral: Monday, 10 a.m., St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Belcourt.

Burial: St. Ann’s Catholic Cemetery, Belcourt.

Rosary service: Sunday, 8 p.m., in the church.

Visitation: Sunday, 6 p.m., in the church.

(Elick Funeral Home, Rolla)