03/18/2012 | Dunseith Alumni

Luella Halvorson Dion (’47) Fell and broker her leg

Message from Floyd Dion (’45): Dunseith, ND

Hi Gary

Just to let you know that Luella fell in the house and broke her leg above her knee and was in the Minot hospital for 6 days. She went to the Good Samaritan Home at Bottineau for therapy . She has been told that she will be home before Easter.

1986 she fell on a wet floor and broke her hip while working at the Dunseith School, and 2008 she fell on the ice and broke her hip and shoulder. 2011 she had the hip replaced because the pin in her leg was loose . It all happened on the same leg..

Floyd

Floyd,

Luella has really gone through a lot with just that one leg too. We remember well her falling and breaking her hip and shoulder in 2008. She recovered well from that accident of which we know she will from this one too.

Thanks to Neola for enquiring about her being released from a Minot hospital that was posted in the Minot daily.

Easter is 3 weeks from today. We know that Luella will have lots of visitors at Bottineau Good Sam between now and then.

Gary

2012 Caribbean Cruise Pladson Pictures

Posted by Keith Pladaon (’66): Roanoke Rapids, NC

Gary,

I’ve attached a couple of Cruise photos. Let me know whether they come through okay and feel free to publish them in the blog.

Tina, John, Daniel, Robin, Alice and I often ate together while on the cruise. These photos were taken one night when we ate together in the main dining room. One is just of Alice and I and the other is of Dan, Tina and I together.

Alice and I really enjoyed this cruise. Our last cruise with Alice’s broken leg and my getting sick doesn’t conger up the best memories, so this was a big improvement to say the least. For me, one of the things that made it such a great time was having both Dan and Tina (and their spouses) on the cruise with us.

The day we were in Georgetown, Cayman Islands, the six of us went ashore together and after some shopping we eventually (or was that quickly) made our way to Margaritaville. The entertainment was great, and the drinks were plenty and we all had a fantastic time. In some ways the day flew by too quickly and soon it was time to head back to the boat. That day was my personal favorite time of the entire cruise.

Hope all is well with you guys. It looks like you had a fun time on your one day trip. Costs for things over there always seem so low compared with costs back here.

Keith Pladson (66)

Keith,

These are great pictures. Thanks for sharring. It was so wonderful that you and Alice were able to join us on this cruise with last minute schedule changes. We so enjoyed having all you guys onboard with us. Kind of like down home week.