10/19/2011

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Happy Birthday Bob Leonard (DHS ’51): Dunseith, ND
 
 
 
 
Susan Boyer was killed in a car accident
 

DUNSEITH Susan Boyer, 56, Belcourt, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Belcourt.

She was born April 9, 1955, to Alex and Marion Machipiness, in Belcourt. She was later adopted by Ernest and Leona Patnaude. She served in the Army, and was discharged Oct. 31, 1975.

Survivors: sons, Randall Hayes and Brandon Lenoir, both Grand Forks; daughters, Heather Lenoir and Miranda Patnaude, both of Grand Forks; 12 grandchildren; brothers, Edward Machipiness, Seattle, Stanley Machipiness, Grand Forks, Francis Machipiness, Chicago, Peter Patnaude, Moorhead, Minn., and Michael Patnaude, Belcourt; sisters, Irene Machipiness, Billings, Mont., Angel Brown, Galesburg, Gloria Patnaude and Charlotte Martin, both Belcourt, Wannetta Bennett, Mahnomen, Minn., and Becky Olander, Fargo.

Funeral: Today, 10 a.m., St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Dunseith.

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

Visitation: Today, one hour prior to the service, in the church.

(Elick Funeral Home, Rolla)

 
 
Reply to Martha Lamb Schepp (’68)
From Marlys Hiatt (’71): Dunseith, ND
 
Congratulations Martha and family – I’m so glad to hear it was a safe
arrival and everyone is doing fine.

Marlys

 
 
 
Reply to yesterday’s posting
From Keith Pladson (66): Roanoke Rapids, NC
 

Thanks, Gary, for sharing some personal history about your family. I never knew anything about how lucky you and your brothers were to even be here. It reminds me of the commercial on TV for some ancestral search company. The lady relates how she found out on the site that her grandmother (or was it her great-grandmother) was one of five children. All of them died in childhood except her grandmother (or great-grandmother); so this lady is marveling about how lucky she was. The fact that your dad weighed only 1.5 lbs at birth and survived would be considered something very special even today, but to weigh only 1.5 lbs at birth in 1915 and survive truly was miraculous.

I, like many other readers of your blog I’m sure, have learned so much about different families that I would not otherwise have ever known (i.e., who is related to whom and how they are related, etc) . We are all so lucky that you decided to do this wonderful blog. So thanks again, Gary.
Keith Pladson (66)

Keith: It was through the Stokes’ adoption of dad that you and I are related. Your Grandmother was a Stokes, Sister to my Grandfather. She married a Thompson who was a brother to Mrs. (Ida) William Pritchard. With that connection you are related to all the Pritchard’s too.
 
Art Hagen (’72) & Lloyd Nelson receive “Partner in 4-H” award.
 
My Guess is that this award was given in the later 80’s. That is just a wild guess on my part. I am sure that Art and Lloyd can set me straight with the year.
 
Art Hagen (’72) was the owner of “Davidson’s Meat Processing Plant” and Lloyd Nelson was the Owner of “Lloyd’s Super Value”. These two guys were prominent business owners in Bottineau for decades.
 
Gary
 
 
 
 
Joke of the day
Posted by Art Hagen (72): Bottineau, ND